Africa

# Country Population 2026 Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²)
1 Nigeria 242,431,832 910,770 266
2 Ethiopia 138,902,185 1,000,000 139
3 Egypt 120,101,175 995,450 121
4 DR Congo 116,452,162 2,267,050 51
5 Tanzania 72,563,780 885,800 82
6 South Africa 65,453,084 1,213,090 54
7 Kenya 58,636,412 569,140 103
8 Sudan 53,282,719 1,765,048 30
9 Uganda 52,761,469 199,810 264
10 Algeria 48,028,334 2,381,740 20
11 Angola 40,215,179 1,246,700 32
12 Morocco 38,762,441 446,300 87
13 Mozambique 36,639,851 786,380 47
14 Ghana 35,697,557 227,540 157
15 Madagascar 33,522,052 581,795 58
16 Côte d'Ivoire 33,494,346 318,000 105
17 Cameroon 30,640,817 472,710 65
18 Niger 28,814,878 1,266,700 23
19 Mali 25,932,275 1,220,190 21
20 Burkina Faso 24,601,700 273,600 90
21 Malawi 22,785,535 94,280 242
22 Zambia 22,521,915 743,390 30
23 Chad 21,560,380 1,259,200 17
24 Somalia 20,305,907 627,340 32
25 Senegal 19,366,548 192,530 101
26 Zimbabwe 17,273,580 386,850 45
27 Guinea 15,441,993 245,720 63
28 Benin 15,170,419 112,760 135
29 Rwanda 14,889,693 24,670 604
30 Burundi 14,729,157 25,680 574
31 South Sudan 12,436,037 610,952 20
32 Tunisia 12,415,138 155,360 80
33 Togo 9,930,918 54,390 183
34 Sierra Leone 8,996,745 72,180 125
35 Libya 7,539,851 1,759,540 4
36 Congo 6,637,785 341,500 19
37 Liberia 5,853,949 96,320 61
38 Central African Republic 5,698,984 622,980 9
39 Mauritania 5,461,319 1,030,700 5
40 Eritrea 3,682,669 101,000 36
41 Namibia 3,153,246 823,290 4
42 Gambia 2,884,079 10,120 285
43 Gabon 2,647,399 257,670 10
44 Botswana 2,603,388 566,730 5
45 Lesotho 2,389,336 30,360 79
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,297,808 28,120 82
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,984,468 28,050 71
48 Eswatini 1,269,859 17,200 74
49 Mauritius 1,265,059 2,030 623
50 Djibouti 1,199,459 23,180 52
51 Comoros 899,010 1,861 483
52 Réunion 886,298 2,500 355
53 Western Sahara 610,813 266,000 2
54 Cabo Verde 529,630 4,030 131
55 Mayotte 347,536 375 927
56 Sao Tome & Principe 244,994 960 255
57 Seychelles 134,959 460 293
58 Saint Helena 5,147 390 13