Africa Population

Name: Population of Africa by country
Creator: Population.is
License: CC BY 3.0 IGO (distributed via Our World in Data)

Africa is home to an estimated 1,583,834,502 people in 2026, across 58 countries and territories. The largest is Nigeria. Totals are the sum of UN World Population Prospects estimates for each country.

Population 2026: 1,583,834,502
Yearly change: +2.27%
Countries & territories: 58
Density: 53 per km²

Countries in Africa by Population

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1	Nigeria	242,431,835	+2.06%	266	54.6	18.3
2	Ethiopia	138,902,185	+2.53%	124	67.6	19.3
3	Egypt	120,101,178	+1.47%	121	71.8	24.7
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	116,452,162	+3.21%	51	62.1	15.9
5	Tanzania	72,563,778	+2.86%	82	67.2	17.6
6	South Africa	65,453,083	+1.09%	54	66.3	28.9
7	Kenya	58,636,406	+1.92%	101	63.8	20.3
8	Sudan	53,282,716	+3.14%	29	66.5	18.8
9	Uganda	52,761,469	+2.68%	263	68.5	17.1
10	Algeria	48,028,337	+1.25%	20	76.5	28.8
11	Angola	40,215,180	+3.01%	32	64.8	16.7
12	Morocco	38,762,441	+0.86%	87	75.5	30.1
13	Mozambique	36,639,855	+2.83%	47	63.8	16.6
14	Ghana	35,697,559	+1.81%	157	65.7	21.6
15	Madagascar	33,522,055	+2.39%	58	63.8	19.4
16	Ivory Coast	33,494,339	+2.39%	105	62.1	18.5
17	Cameroon	30,640,815	+2.55%	65	64.0	18.2
18	Niger	28,814,878	+3.21%	23	61.4	15.7
19	Mali	25,932,277	+2.91%	21	60.7	15.9
20	Burkina Faso	24,601,699	+2.19%	90	61.3	18.0
21	Malawi	22,785,535	+2.56%	242	67.6	18.4
22	Zambia	22,521,912	+2.77%	30	66.5	18.2
23	Chad	21,560,385	+2.65%	17	55.2	15.7
24	Somalia	20,305,912	+3.31%	32	59.0	15.6
25	Senegal	19,366,551	+2.30%	101	68.9	19.8
26	Zimbabwe	17,273,584	+1.90%	45	63.1	18.3
27	Guinea	15,441,991	+2.27%	63	60.9	18.5
28	Benin	15,170,419	+2.40%	135	61.0	18.2
29	Rwanda	14,889,701	+2.20%	627	68.0	20.2
30	Burundi	14,729,163	+2.36%	574	63.8	16.6
31	South Sudan	12,436,040	+2.03%	20	57.7	19.0
32	Tunisia	12,415,143	+0.54%	80	76.7	33.4
33	Sierra Leone	8,996,749	+2.01%	125	62.0	19.9
34	Togo	8,780,004	+2.19%	161	62.9	18.4
35	Libya	7,539,848	+1.09%	4	71.1	28.0
36	Republic of the Congo	6,637,786	+2.36%	19	66.0	18.7
37	Liberia	5,853,953	+2.14%	61	62.3	19.0
38	Central African Republic	5,698,990	+3.37%	9	57.7	14.6
39	Mauritania	5,461,321	+2.75%	5	68.7	17.5
40	Eritrea	3,682,667	+2.10%	30	68.9	19.5
41	Namibia	3,153,248	+1.95%	4	67.5	21.5
42	Gambia	2,884,086	+2.20%	285	66.1	18.8
43	Gabon	2,647,400	+2.09%	10	68.5	21.6
44	Botswana	2,603,392	+1.61%	5	69.3	23.7
45	Lesotho	2,389,341	+1.10%	79	57.8	22.1
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,297,814	+2.15%	82	64.3	19.6
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,984,472	+2.37%	71	63.9	20.9
48	Eswatini	1,269,863	+1.09%	74	64.3	22.7
49	Mauritius	1,265,062	-0.25%	633	73.8	38.3
50	Djibouti	1,199,458	+1.30%	52	66.2	25.2
51	Comoros	899,015	+1.83%	481	67.0	20.7
52	Reunion	886,294	+0.44%	—	—	38.4
53	Western Sahara	610,822	+1.65%	—	—	32.8
54	Cabo Verde	529,641	+0.44%	131	76.2	29.5
55	Mayotte	347,544	+3.12%	—	—	17.3
56	Sao Tome and Principe	245,000	+1.97%	255	69.9	19.7
57	Seychelles	134,980	+1.64%	295	76.3	34.6
58	Saint Helena	5,169	-0.98%	—	—	51.0