List of African countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

UN (Population)
Country/Region	Population			Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2021)
Country/Region	2020	2021	Change	Africa	World	Africa	World	%	W rank
Burundi	11,890,781	12,255,429	364,648	0.887	0.156	30	78	3.07	6
Comoros	869,595	888,456	18,861	0.0649	0.0113	52	163	2.17	46
Djibouti	988,002	1,002,197	14,195	0.0737	0.0127	50	160	1.44	74
Eritrea	3,546,427	3,601,462	55,035	0.265	0.0457	40	133	1.55	67
Ethiopia	114,963,583	117,876,226	2,912,643	8.58	1.50	2	12	2.53	27
Kenya	53,771,300	54,985,702	1,214,402	4.01	0.698	7	26	2.26	43
Madagascar	27,691,019	28,427,333	736,314	2.07	0.361	15	51	2.66	22
Malawi	19,129,955	19,647,681	517,726	1.43	0.249	21	61	2.71	18
Mauritius	1,271,767	1,273,428	1,661	0.0949	0.0162	48	157	0.13	193
Mayotte	272,813	279,507	6,694	0.0204	0.00355	55	186	2.45	31
Mozambique	31,255,435	32,163,045	907,610	2.33	0.408	13	46	2.90	14
Réunion	895,308	901,696	6,388	0.0668	0.0115	51	162	0.71	140
Rwanda	12,952,209	13,276,517	324,308	0.966	0.169	28	76	2.50	29
Seychelles	98,340	98,910	570	0.00734	0.00126	57	200	0.58	152
Somalia	15,893,219	16,359,500	466,281	1.19	0.208	25	73	2.93	11
South Sudan	11,193,729	11,381,377	187,648	0.835	0.145	32	83	1.68	62
Uganda	45,741,000	47,123,533	1,382,533	3.41	0.598	8	30	3.02	7
United Republic of Tanzania	59,734,213	61,498,438	1,764,225	4.46	0.781	5	23	2.95	10
Zambia	18,383,956	18,920,657	536,701	1.37	0.240	22	65	2.92	12
Zimbabwe	14,862,927	15,092,171	229,244	1.11	0.192	26	74	1.54	70
Angola	32,866,268	33,933,611	1,067,343	2.45	0.431	12	43	3.25	4
Cameroon	26,545,864	27,224,262	678,398	1.98	0.346	16	52	2.56	25
Central African Republic	4,829,764	4,919,987	90,223	0.360	0.0625	38	125	1.87	55
Chad	16,425,859	16,914,985	489,126	1.23	0.215	24	72	2.98	9
Congo	5,518,092	5,657,017	138,925	0.412	0.0718	36	116	2.52	28
Democratic Republic of the Congo	89,561,404	92,377,986	2,816,582	6.68	1.17	4	16	3.14	5
Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	1,449,891	46,906	0.105	0.0184	47	153	3.34	3
Gabon	2,225,728	2,278,829	53,101	0.166	0.0289	44	146	2.39	37
Sao Tome and Principe	219,161	223,364	4,203	0.0163	0.00284	56	187	1.92	53
Botswana	2,351,625	2,397,240	45,615	0.175	0.0304	43	145	1.94	50
Eswatini	1,160,164	1,172,369	12,205	0.0865	0.0149	49	159	1.05	104
Lesotho	2,142,252	2,159,067	16,815	0.160	0.0274	45	147	0.78	134
Namibia	2,540,916	2,587,344	46,428	0.190	0.0329	41	143	1.83	59
South Africa	59,308,690	60,041,996	733,306	4.42	0.762	6	25	1.24	90
Benin	12,123,198	12,451,031	327,833	0.904	0.158	29	77	2.70	19
Burkina Faso	20,903,278	21,497,097	593,819	1.56	0.273	19	59	2.84	15
Cabo Verde	555,988	561,901	5,913	0.0415	0.00714	54	172	1.06	103
Côte d'Ivoire	26,378,275	27,053,629	675,354	1.97	0.344	17	53	2.56	24
Gambia	2,416,664	2,486,937	70,273	0.180	0.0316	42	144	2.91	13
Ghana	31,072,945	31,732,128	659,183	2.32	0.403	14	47	2.12	47
Guinea	13,132,792	13,497,237	364,445	0.980	0.171	27	75	2.78	16
Guinea-Bissau	1,967,998	2,015,490	47,492	0.147	0.0256	46	150	2.41	35
Liberia	5,057,677	5,180,208	122,531	0.377	0.0658	37	122	2.42	33
Mali	20,250,834	20,855,724	604,890	1.51	0.265	20	60	2.99	8
Mauritania	4,649,660	4,775,110	125,450	0.347	0.0606	39	127	2.70	21
Niger	24,206,636	25,130,810	924,174	1.81	0.319	18	56	3.82	2
Nigeria	206,139,587	211,400,704	5,261,117	15.4	2.68	1	7	2.55	26
Saint Helena	6,071	6,095	24	0.00045	0.00008	58	229	0.40	168
Senegal	16,743,930	17,196,308	452,378	1.25	0.218	23	69	2.70	20
Sierra Leone	7,976,985	8,141,343	164,358	0.595	0.103	34	103	2.06	48
Togo	8,278,737	8,478,242	199,505	0.618	0.108	33	102	2.41	36
Algeria	43,851,043	44,616,626	765,583	3.27	0.567	9	34	1.75	60
Egypt	102,334,403	104,258,327	1,923,924	7.63	1.32	3	14	1.88	54
Libya	6,871,287	6,958,538	87,251	0.513	0.0884	35	107	1.27	87
Morocco	36,910,558	37,344,787	434,229	2.75	0.474	11	40	1.18	95
Sudan	43,849,269	44,909,351	1,060,082	3.27	0.570	10	33	2.42	34
Tunisia	11,818,618	11,935,764	117,146	0.882	0.152	31	79	0.99	109
Western Sahara	597,330	611,872	14,542	0.0446	0.00777	53	170	2.43	32
Africa	1,340,598,113	1,373,486,472	32,888,359		17.44			2.45

UN (Demographics)
Country/Region	Density (2021)			Sex ratio (2021)		Fert. rate (2015-20)		Med. age (2020)		Life exp. (2015-20)
Country/Region	P/sq km	P/sq mile	rank	M/100 F	rank	births/W	rank	years	rank	years	rank
Nigeria	232.1	601.2	65	102.781	173	5.42	8	18.064	186	54.18	197
Ethiopia	117.9	305.3	99	100.133	130	4.30	33	19.466	170	65.97	161
Egypt	104.7	271.3	110	102.106	161	3.33	57	24.606	137	71.74	124
Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.75	105.5	173	99.718	115	5.96	3	16.988	195	60.21	187
United Republic of Tanzania	69.43	179.8	147	99.932	123	4.92	12	17.992	188	64.84	164
South Africa	49.50	128.2	163	97.005	64	2.41	89	27.621	120	63.62	171
Kenya	96.61	250.2	117	98.771	101	3.52	54	20.119	163	66.18	158
Uganda	235.8	610.8	63	97.314	71	5.01	11	16.733	196	62.76	177
Algeria	18.73	48.52	200	102.112	162	3.05	60	28.521	111	76.59	73
Sudan	25.44	65.90	192	99.858	119	4.43	28	19.659	168	64.95	163
Morocco	83.68	216.7	128	98.597	98	2.42	87	29.538	106	76.33	78
Angola	27.22	70.50	185	97.939	83	5.55	6	16.677	198	60.54	185
Mozambique	40.90	105.9	172	94.648	39	4.89	13	17.620	190	60.05	188
Ghana	139.5	361.2	86	102.809	174	3.89	42	21.507	155	63.65	170
Madagascar	48.86	126.6	165	99.578	110	4.11	36	19.568	169	66.49	157
Cameroon	57.59	149.2	155	100.093	129	4.60	21	18.688	180	58.77	190
Côte d'Ivoire	85.07	220.3	125	101.586	156	4.68	18	18.854	177	57.25	195
Niger	19.84	51.38	199	101.195	149	6.95	1	15.151	201	61.80	178
Burkina Faso	78.57	203.5	135	99.983	125	5.23	10	17.551	193	60.92	183
Mali	17.09	44.27	206	100.459	137	5.92	4	16.347	200	58.71	191
Malawi	208.4	539.7	71	97.332	72	4.25	34	18.080	185	63.43	174
Zambia	25.45	65.92	191	98.103	86	4.66	19	17.592	192	63.26	175
Senegal	89.32	231.3	124	95.432	46	4.65	20	18.514	183	67.47	151
Chad	13.43	34.79	214	99.701	114	5.80	5	16.554	199	53.80	199
Somalia	26.08	67.54	186	99.419	109	6.12	2	16.683	197	56.94	196
Zimbabwe	39.01	101.0	176	91.356	20	3.63	48	18.668	181	60.83	184
Guinea	54.93	142.3	158	94.046	32	4.74	16	18.020	187	61.04	181
Rwanda	538.2	1,394	24	96.747	58	4.10	39	20.039	166	68.44	147
Benin	110.4	286.0	105	99.828	118	4.87	14	18.781	179	61.30	180
Burundi	477.2	1,236	28	98.547	94	5.45	7	17.320	194	61.03	182
Tunisia	76.83	199.0	137	98.395	90	2.20	104	32.835	80	76.41	75
South Sudan	18.63	48.25	201	100.240	134	4.74	17	19.040	176	57.43	194
Togo	155.9	403.7	80	99.086	104	4.35	30	19.350	173	60.53	186
Sierra Leone	112.8	292.1	102	99.691	112	4.32	32	19.402	172	54.07	198
Libya	3.955	10.24	226	101.854	159	2.25	101	28.817	110	72.70	115
Congo	16.57	42.90	209	99.868	120	4.45	26	19.204	175	64.16	167
Liberia	53.78	139.3	159	101.162	148	4.35	31	19.411	171	63.60	172
Central African Republic	7.898	20.45	219	98.305	88	4.75	15	17.611	191	52.67	201
Mauritania	4.633	12.00	222	100.949	145	4.59	22	20.114	164	64.61	165
Eritrea	35.66	92.35	178	100.507	138	4.10	38	19.209	174	65.74	162
Namibia	3.143	8.140	231	94.122	33	3.42	55	21.832	154	63.02	176
Gambia	245.7	636.5	57	98.390	89	5.25	9	17.844	189	61.54	179
Botswana	4.230	10.96	223	94.160	34	2.89	68	24.044	141	69.10	146
Gabon	8.844	22.91	218	103.578	179	4.00	40	22.511	148	66.06	159
Lesotho	71.12	184.2	144	97.528	78	3.16	58	24.010	142	53.51	200
Guinea-Bissau	71.67	185.6	143	95.913	49	4.51	25	18.833	178	57.82	193
Equatorial Guinea	51.69	133.9	161	125.404	194	4.55	24	22.335	152	58.25	192
Mauritius	627.3	1,625	20	97.238	69	1.39	187	37.457	61	74.76	96
Eswatini	68.16	176.5	148	97.030	65	3.03	62	20.729	160	59.31	189
Djibouti	43.24	112.0	169	110.386	192	2.76	74	26.570	126	66.54	156
Réunion	360.7	934.2	37	93.769	28	2.27	99	35.895	66	80.03	36
Comoros	477.4	1,236	27	101.788	158	4.24	35	20.370	161	63.98	169
Western Sahara	2.300	5.958	232	109.352	190	2.41	90	28.424	113	69.86	140
Cabo Verde	139.4	361.1	87	100.818	143	2.29	96	27.604	121	72.70	116
Mayotte	745.4	1,930	15	96.787	59	3.73	45	20.073	165	79.35	43
Sao Tome and Principe	232.7	602.6	64	100.174	132	4.35	29	18.612	182	70.05	139
Seychelles	215.0	556.9	69	105.139	182	2.46	82	34.181	72	73.29	109
Saint Helena	15.63	40.48	212	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Africa	46.33	120.0		99.904		4.44		19.682		62.66

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