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List of African countries by population

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date20 Aug 2024
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, followed by Ethiopia, Egypt and Democratic Republic of the Congo. These four countries have a total number of humans above 100 million. The top ten countries together hold a 61% share of the Africa population. As of 2024, 32 countries have a population above 10 million. The least populous country in Africa is Seychelles. Saint Helena is the least populous region in Africa. Eight countries/dependent territories in Africa have a population below one million.

Two African country are in the list of the top ten most populous countries globally as it hosts Nigeria and Ethiopia, the world's 6th and 10th most populous country, resp. Fifteen countries are within the top 50 world population ranking.

Out of 58 countries/territories, only Mauritius and Saint Helena would see a population decrease in 2024. Nigeria would be the top contributor to the total population increment in 2024. Nigeria accounts for 14 percent of the total population increase in Africa. Nigeria's population would increase by 4.8 million, followed by the DR Congo (3.5 million) and Ethiopia (3.4 million). Nine countries will add at least one million humans in 2024.

Chad would have the highest population growth rate of 4.31% in 2024. Seven countries in Africa have a growth rate above 3%. 36 countries have a growth rate above 2%. Six countries are on the list of the world's top 10 fastest-growing nations. Only four countries have a growth rate between 0-1%. Saint Helena has negative growth rate of -0.82%.

DR Congo, which is currently at 4th position, will surpass Egypt and Ethiopia by 2100 to become the 2nd most populous country in Africa. Fifth-ranked Tanzania will occupy 4th spot in 2100. South Africa will move down to 12th position in 2100 from 4th in 1950.

In 1950, Western Sahara was the least populous country in Africa. Now Seychelles will remain the least populous country until 2100.

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Population (UN)
Country/Region Population Share (%) Rank Growth (2024) Growth Rank
20232024 AfricaWorldAfricaWorldNet%AfricaWorld
Burundi13,689,45014,047,7860.9270.1723078345,7702.461723
Comoros850,387866,6280.05720.01065216416,2421.874057
Djibouti1,152,9441,168,7220.07710.01435016115,7001.344883
Eritrea3,470,3903,535,6030.2330.04334013267,6461.913854
Ethiopia128,691,692132,059,7678.721.622103,409,4872.581521
Kenya55,339,00356,432,9443.720.6917261,096,9011.943752
Madagascar31,195,93231,964,9562.110.3921549773,1322.422026
Malawi21,104,48221,655,2861.430.2652162558,3082.581622
Mauritius1,273,5881,271,1690.08390.015648159-2,696-0.2157192
Mayotte316,015326,5050.02150.004005518310,5073.22610
Mozambique33,635,16034,631,7662.290.42413451,004,1442.90914
Réunion874,883878,5910.05800.0108511633,8310.4456152
Rwanda13,954,47114,256,5670.9410.1752977300,4392.113244
Seychelles127,951130,4180.008610.00160571942,4231.864159
Somalia18,358,61519,009,1511.250.2332468646,6503.4026
South Sudan11,483,37411,943,4080.7880.1463281247,1112.073448
Uganda48,656,60150,015,0923.300.6139311,365,9992.731319
United Republic of Tanzania66,617,60668,560,1574.530.8405221,963,8962.871015
Zambia20,723,96521,314,9561.410.2612263594,8152.791218
Zimbabwe16,340,82216,634,3731.100.2042674311,9771.883956
Angola36,749,90637,885,8492.500.46412411,145,9873.02711
Cameroon28,372,68729,123,7441.920.3571752752,4052.581420
Central African Republic5,152,4215,330,6900.3520.065338122180,8813.3937
Chad19,319,06420,299,1231.340.2492365857,3584.2213
Congo6,182,8856,332,9610.4180.077636113150,6662.382229
Democratic Republic of the Congo105,789,731109,276,2657.211.344153,520,2273.2259
Equatorial Guinea1,847,5491,892,5160.1250.02324715045,7972.421924
Gabon2,484,7892,538,9520.1680.03114314554,1792.132941
Sao Tome and Principe230,871235,5360.01550.00289561884,7032.003651
Algeria46,164,21946,814,3083.090.5741033634,4251.354781
Egypt114,535,772116,538,2587.691.433131,919,6971.654468
Libya7,305,6597,381,0230.4870.09043510676,9661.0452105
Morocco37,712,50538,081,1732.510.4671140359,7780.9453112
Sudan50,042,79150,448,9633.330.618830800,7791.594671
Tunisia12,200,43112,277,1090.8100.150318073,6980.6054137
Western Sahara579,729590,5060.03900.007235317210,6461.804362
Botswana2,480,2442,521,1390.1660.03094414641,1741.634570
Eswatini1,230,5061,242,8220.08200.01524916013,0311.0551103
Lesotho2,311,4722,337,4230.1540.02864514725,9491.1150100
Namibia2,963,0953,030,1310.2000.03714113963,9562.113143
South Africa63,212,38464,007,1874.220.784624758,6051.194996
Benin14,111,03414,462,7240.9550.1772876349,6422.422127
Burkina Faso23,025,77623,548,7811.550.2892059525,7302.232637
Cabo Verde522,331524,8770.03460.00643541752,5260.4855145
Côte d'Ivoire31,165,65431,934,2302.110.3911650772,8842.421825
Gambia2,697,8452,759,9880.1820.03384214462,1652.252536
Ghana33,787,91434,427,4142.270.4221446637,9131.854260
Guinea14,405,46814,754,7850.9740.1812775346,4892.352332
Guinea-Bissau2,153,3392,201,3520.1450.02704614847,9282.182739
Liberia5,493,0315,612,8170.3700.068837118118,8502.123042
Mali23,769,12724,478,5951.620.3001958712,4992.91813
Mauritania5,022,4415,169,3950.3410.063339126145,7492.821117
Niger26,159,86727,032,4121.780.3311854879,9473.2548
Nigeria227,882,945232,679,47815.42.85164,816,6732.073347
Saint Helena5,2895,2370.000350.0000658232-43-0.8258223
Senegal18,077,57318,501,9841.220.2272569427,8212.312433
Sierra Leone8,460,5128,642,0220.5700.10634102178,2352.063549
Togo9,304,3379,515,2360.6280.1173397205,6872.162840
Africa 1,480,770,525 1,515,140,849 18.56 34,453,884 2.30
Estimated and Projected population (UN)
Country/Region 1950 2000 2050 2100
PopulationRankPopulationRankPopulation RankPopulationRank
Burundi2,254,938296,470,1943124,131,7202837,873,96127
Comoros161,93852536,080521,307,558501,911,03448
Djibouti62,33153747,318501,530,540481,841,53449
Eritrea814,866392,247,031405,696,062408,444,38140
Ethiopia17,670,412367,411,4943225,021,8752367,289,5963
Kenya5,769,1851130,642,890883,593,2398104,195,50010
Madagascar3,956,0731816,516,3381553,185,4751485,341,14815
Malawi2,950,3002111,315,9422237,361,6832259,141,25822
Mauritius525,558431,216,629471,107,19751581,71654
Mayotte20,52656156,49255645,426541,375,55150
Mozambique5,910,2251018,129,6531363,530,95211104,346,5349
Réunion249,21449763,14049941,41352852,21452
Rwanda2,157,097328,213,9312922,707,9103032,779,34629
Seychelles38,2845583,31857141,74657115,96357
Somalia2,213,131318,838,7132637,206,5122467,364,02419
South Sudan2,493,283276,032,2673218,341,9743123,840,77232
Uganda5,750,9131224,000,1501185,431,2026120,835,1928
United Republic of Tanzania7,625,155834,260,1396129,621,1025262,834,7214
Zambia2,321,3022810,017,6312338,083,3852164,473,91621
Zimbabwe2,790,9052211,892,0551925,866,3852637,166,57228
Angola4,551,8691516,194,8691674,295,39410150,045,5746
Cameroon4,330,0841614,912,6311751,096,3171688,875,68814
Central African Republic1,438,057343,833,4163610,616,7533618,779,14934
Chad2,525,454268,512,0932738,857,6862069,546,60717
Congo835,261383,151,3453711,006,4713520,025,64433
Democratic Republic of the Congo12,294,287550,507,4424218,246,0723430,709,4452
Equatorial Guinea226,56350703,279513,143,728465,003,22344
Gabon472,842451,275,572454,084,533436,903,32341
Sao Tome and Principe60,87454144,01856365,11556534,01455
Algeria9,018,426630,903,893759,565,5541264,487,52720
Egypt21,148,164273,083,2842161,630,1924201,895,1845
Libya1,131,460365,305,021339,260,605389,783,56839
Morocco8,935,450728,423,435943,440,4311937,884,37026
Sudan6,189,910927,816,7451085,206,3837136,890,7557
Tunisia3,608,985199,764,9352513,145,1413310,652,23538
Western Sahara12,96057271,94354777,31653831,29353
Botswana413,697461,677,382433,437,430453,836,82546
Eswatini271,655481,041,414481,505,331491,340,87951
Lesotho579,551412,003,913412,993,077473,259,29947
Namibia514,591441,818,647424,512,301415,897,94442
South Africa13,038,491447,159,719579,177,328994,314,44812
Benin2,250,476307,221,6193024,433,8092739,587,56825
Burkina Faso4,213,1521711,925,5461837,304,3832349,854,22823
Cabo Verde184,97251453,31753566,13455416,94056
Côte d'Ivoire2,735,1802317,699,0041455,746,98513104,042,81911
Gambia306,736471,455,084444,301,895425,703,04243
Ghana5,080,6641319,637,0871250,553,0471767,547,74618
Guinea3,013,177208,428,8322823,404,5842932,007,04730
Guinea-Bissau543,627421,234,741463,438,608444,665,48445
Liberia918,902372,928,117388,910,5303912,665,39537
Mali4,696,9111411,559,2902046,154,0791879,354,04816
Mauritania657,715402,613,441399,415,5983717,118,46935
Niger2,597,8102411,509,6302152,513,8761590,819,27413
Nigeria37,283,0101126,382,4941359,185,5561476,747,7811
Saint Helena5,224586,016583,968582,63558
Senegal2,555,369259,968,2602430,364,9542547,014,18624
Sierra Leone1,999,623334,423,6113512,948,3253415,934,25636
Togo1,399,600355,140,0373415,584,7783226,300,75431
Africa 227,776,419 830,582,528 2,466,647,618 3,813,883,603
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