African Countries by population (2024)

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# Country (or dependency) Population
(2024)		 Yearly
Change		 Net
Change		 Density
(P/Km²)		 Land Area
(Km²)		 Migrants
(net)		 Fert.
Rate		 Med.
Age		 Urban
Pop %		 World
Share
1 Nigeria 232,679,478 2.10 % 4,796,533 255 910,770 -35,202 4.4 18 54 % 2.85 %
2 Ethiopia 132,059,767 2.62 % 3,368,075 132 1,000,000 30,069 3.9 19 22 % 1.62 %
3 Egypt 116,538,258 1.75 % 2,002,486 117 995,450 123,884 2.7 24 41 % 1.43 %
4 DR Congo 109,276,265 3.30 % 3,486,534 48 2,267,050 -26,968 6.0 16 44 % 1.34 %
5 Tanzania 68,560,157 2.92 % 1,942,551 77 885,800 -29,865 4.5 17 39 % 0.84 %
6 South Africa 64,007,187 1.26 % 794,803 53 1,213,090 166,972 2.2 28 66 % 0.78 %
7 Kenya 56,432,944 1.98 % 1,093,941 99 569,140 -19,781 3.2 20 31 % 0.69 %
8 Sudan 50,448,963 0.81 % 406,172 29 1,765,048 -544,257 4.3 18 35 % 0.62 %
9 Uganda 50,015,092 2.79 % 1,358,491 250 199,810 -117,924 4.2 17 29 % 0.61 %
10 Algeria 46,814,308 1.41 % 650,089 20 2,381,740 -31,240 2.7 28 74 % 0.57 %
11 Morocco 38,081,173 0.98 % 368,668 85 446,300 -46,802 2.2 30 67 % 0.47 %
12 Angola 37,885,849 3.09 % 1,135,943 30 1,246,700 -2,629 5.0 17 68 % 0.46 %
13 Mozambique 34,631,766 2.96 % 996,606 44 786,380 -38,940 4.7 16 41 % 0.42 %
14 Ghana 34,427,414 1.89 % 639,500 151 227,540 -13,114 3.3 21 58 % 0.42 %
15 Madagascar 31,964,956 2.47 % 769,024 55 581,795 -1,795 3.9 19 40 % 0.39 %
16 Côte d'Ivoire 31,934,230 2.47 % 768,576 100 318,000 7,838 4.2 18 49 % 0.39 %
17 Cameroon 29,123,744 2.65 % 751,057 62 472,710 -13,892 4.3 18 59 % 0.36 %
18 Niger 27,032,412 3.34 % 872,545 21 1,266,700 -4,041 5.9 15 18 % 0.33 %
19 Mali 24,478,595 2.98 % 709,468 20 1,220,190 -46,880 5.5 16 44 % 0.30 %
20 Burkina Faso 23,548,781 2.27 % 523,005 86 273,600 -25,807 4.1 17 33 % 0.29 %
21 Malawi 21,655,286 2.61 % 550,804 230 94,280 -1,507 3.6 18 19 % 0.27 %
22 Zambia 21,314,956 2.85 % 590,991 29 743,390 7,381 4.0 18 46 % 0.26 %
23 Chad 20,299,123 5.07 % 980,059 16 1,259,200 204,040 6.0 16 22 % 0.25 %
24 Somalia 19,009,151 3.54 % 650,536 30 627,340 26,859 6.0 16 46 % 0.23 %
25 Senegal 18,501,984 2.35 % 424,411 96 192,530 -10,307 3.8 19 52 % 0.23 %
26 Zimbabwe 16,634,373 1.80 % 293,551 43 386,850 -60,528 3.7 18 38 % 0.20 %
27 Guinea 14,754,785 2.42 % 349,317 60 245,720 -12,024 4.1 18 40 % 0.18 %
28 Benin 14,462,724 2.49 % 351,690 128 112,760 -7,725 4.5 18 47 % 0.18 %
29 Rwanda 14,256,567 2.16 % 302,096 578 24,670 -15,582 3.6 20 18 % 0.17 %
30 Burundi 14,047,786 2.62 % 358,336 547 25,680 -27,074 4.8 16 14 % 0.17 %
31 Tunisia 12,277,109 0.63 % 76,678 79 155,360 -15,221 1.8 33 71 % 0.15 %
32 South Sudan 11,943,408 4.01 % 460,034 20 610,952 15,374 3.8 18 27 % 0.15 %
33 Togo 9,515,236 2.27 % 210,899 175 54,390 -14,014 4.1 19 44 % 0.12 %
34 Sierra Leone 8,642,022 2.15 % 181,510 120 72,180 -11,000 3.7 19 45 % 0.11 %
35 Libya 7,381,023 1.03 % 75,364 4 1,759,540 3,448 2.3 27 77 % 0.09 %
36 Congo 6,332,961 2.43 % 150,076 19 341,500 -2,491 4.1 18 69 % 0.08 %
37 Liberia 5,612,817 2.18 % 119,786 58 96,320 -7,779 3.9 19 54 % 0.07 %
38 Central African Republic 5,330,690 3.46 % 178,269 9 622,980 -15,357 6.0 14 44 % 0.07 %
39 Mauritania 5,169,395 2.93 % 146,954 5 1,030,700 -2,185 4.6 17 60 % 0.06 %
40 Eritrea 3,535,603 1.88 % 65,213 35 101,000 -12,696 3.7 19 74 % 0.04 %
41 Namibia 3,030,131 2.26 % 67,036 4 823,290 4,211 3.2 21 54 % 0.04 %
42 Gambia 2,759,988 2.30 % 62,143 273 10,120 -2,989 3.9 18 60 % 0.03 %
43 Gabon 2,538,952 2.18 % 54,163 10 257,670 1,105 3.6 22 84 % 0.03 %
44 Botswana 2,521,139 1.65 % 40,895 4 566,730 -5,778 2.7 23 75 % 0.03 %
45 Lesotho 2,337,423 1.12 % 25,951 77 30,360 -5,107 2.7 22 32 % 0.03 %
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,201,352 2.23 % 48,013 78 28,120 -1,712 3.8 19 46 % 0.03 %
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,892,516 2.43 % 44,967 67 28,050 3,891 4.1 21 63 % 0.02 %
48 Mauritius 1,271,169 -0.19 % -2,419 626 2,030 -2,787 1.2 37 41 % 0.02 %
49 Eswatini 1,242,822 1.00 % 12,316 72 17,200 -6,754 2.7 22 31 % 0.02 %
50 Djibouti 1,168,722 1.37 % 15,778 50 23,180 -11 2.6 25 71 % 0.01 %
51 Réunion 878,591 0.42 % 3,708 351 2,500 -2,931 2.2 38 N.A. 0.01 %
52 Comoros 866,628 1.91 % 16,241 466 1,861 -2,051 3.8 21 33 % 0.01 %
53 Western Sahara 590,506 1.86 % 10,777 2 266,000 5,358 2.2 32 97 % 0.01 %
54 Cabo Verde 524,877 0.49 % 2,546 130 4,030 -1,209 1.5 28 78 % 0.01 %
55 Mayotte 326,505 3.32 % 10,490 871 375 108 4.6 17 42 % 0.00 %
56 Sao Tome & Principe 235,536 2.02 % 4,665 245 960 -604 3.6 19 78 % 0.00 %
57 Seychelles 130,418 1.93 % 2,467 284 460 1,747 2.1 34 44 % 0.00 %
58 Saint Helena 5,237 -0.98 % -52 13 390 4 1.6 51 33 % 0.00 %

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)
Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).