Population Density Rankings by Country: Africa, 2026
The number of people per square kilometer.
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| 1 | Mayotte | 926.8 | ||
| 2 | Mauritius | 623.2 | ||
| 3 | Rwanda | 615 | ||
| 4 | Burundi | 567.6 | ||
| 5 | Comoros | 483.1 | ||
| 6 | Réunion | 354.5 | ||
| 7 | Seychelles | 295.3 | ||
| 8 | Gambia | 285 | ||
| 9 | Nigeria | 266.2 | ||
| 10 | Uganda | 264.1 | ||
| 11 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 255.2 | ||
| 12 | Malawi | 241 | ||
| 13 | Togo | 182.6 | ||
| 14 | Ghana | 156.9 | ||
| 15 | Ethiopia | 138.9 | ||
| 16 | Benin | 134.5 | ||
| 17 | Cabo Verde | 131.4 | ||
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 125.4 | ||
| 19 | Egypt | 120.7 | ||
| 20 | Côte d’Ivoire | 105.3 | ||
| 21 | Kenya | 101 | ||
| 22 | Senegal | 100.6 | ||
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 89.9 | ||
| 24 | Morocco | 86.9 | ||
| 25 | Tanzania | 81.9 | ||
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 81.7 | ||
| 27 | Tunisia | 79.9 | ||
| 28 | Lesotho | 78.7 | ||
| 29 | Eswatini | 73.1 | ||
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 70.7 | ||
| 31 | Cameroon | 65.7 | ||
| 32 | Guinea | 62.8 | ||
| 33 | Liberia | 60.8 | ||
| 34 | Madagascar | 57.6 | ||
| 35 | South Africa | 53.6 | ||
| 36 | Djibouti | 51.7 | ||
| 37 | DR Congo | 51.4 | ||
| 38 | Mozambique | 46.6 | ||
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 44.7 | ||
| 40 | Somalia | 32.4 | ||
| 41 | Angola | 32.3 | ||
| 42 | Eritrea | 30.4 | ||
| 43 | Zambia | 30.3 | ||
| 44 | Sudan | 30.2 | ||
| 45 | Niger | 22.7 | ||
| 46 | South Sudan | 22 | ||
| 47 | Mali | 21.3 | ||
| 48 | Algeria | 20.2 | ||
| 49 | Republic of the Congo | 19.4 | ||
| 50 | Chad | 17.1 | ||
| 51 | Saint Helena | 13.2 | ||
| 52 | Gabon | 10.3 | ||
| 53 | Central African Republic | 9.1 | ||
| 54 | Mauritania | 5.3 | ||
| 55 | Botswana | 4.6 | ||
| 56 | Libya | 4.5 | ||
| 57 | Namibia | 3.8 |
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