Population Rankings by Country: Africa, 2026

Showing: 57 (54 countries, 3 territories)

World Share: 19.1%

1		Nigeria	242M
2		Ethiopia	139M
3		Egypt	120M
4		DR Congo	116M
5		Tanzania	72.6M
6		South Africa	65.5M
7		Kenya	58.6M
8		Sudan	53.3M
9		Uganda	52.8M
10		Algeria	48M
11		Angola	40.2M
12		Morocco	38.8M
13		Mozambique	36.6M
14		Ghana	35.7M
15		Madagascar	33.5M
16		Côte d’Ivoire	33.5M
17		Cameroon	30.6M
18		Niger	28.8M
19		Mali	25.9M
20		Burkina Faso	24.6M
21		Malawi	22.8M
22		Zambia	22.5M
23		Chad	21.6M
24		Somalia	20.3M
25		Senegal	19.4M
26		Zimbabwe	17.3M
27		Guinea	15.4M
28		Benin	15.2M
29		Rwanda	14.9M
30		Burundi	14.7M
31		South Sudan	12.4M
32		Tunisia	12.4M
33		Togo	9.93M
34		Sierra Leone	9M
35		Libya	7.54M
36		Republic of the Congo	6.64M
37		Liberia	5.85M
38		Central African Republic	5.7M
39		Mauritania	5.46M
40		Eritrea	3.68M
41		Namibia	3.15M
42		Gambia	2.88M
43		Gabon	2.65M
44		Botswana	2.6M
45		Lesotho	2.39M
46		Guinea-Bissau	2.3M
47		Equatorial Guinea	1.98M
48		Eswatini	1.27M
49		Mauritius	1.27M
50		Djibouti	1.2M
51		Comoros	899,010
52		Réunion	886,298
53		Cabo Verde	529,630
54		Mayotte	347,536
55		São Tomé and Príncipe	244,994
56		Seychelles	134,959
57		Saint Helena	5,148

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