African Countries by Population (2025)

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# Country (or
dependency) 		Population
(2025) 		Yearly
Change 		Net
Change 		Density
(P/Km²) 		Land Area
(Km²) 		Migrants
(net) 		Fert.
Rate 		Median
Age 		Urban
Pop % 		World
Share
1 Nigeria 237,527,782 2.08% 4,848,304 261 910,770 −15,258 4.3 18 55% 2.89%
2 Ethiopia 135,472,051 2.58% 3,412,284 135 1,000,000 24,054 3.8 19 23% 1.65%
3 Egypt 118,365,995 1.57% 1,827,737 119 995,450 −57,305 2.7 24 41% 1.44%
4 DR Congo 112,832,473 3.25% 3,556,208 50 2,267,050 −27,309 5.9 16 45% 1.37%
5 Tanzania 70,545,865 2.9% 1,985,708 80 885,800 −12,730 4.5 17 40% 0.86%
6 South Africa 64,747,319 1.16% 740,132 53 1,213,090 146,370 2.2 29 67% 0.79%
7 Kenya 57,532,493 1.95% 1,099,549 101 569,140 −27,330 3.1 20 32% 0.70%
8 Sudan 51,662,147 2.4% 1,213,184 29 1,765,048 291,469 4.2 19 35% 0.63%
9 Uganda 51,384,894 2.74% 1,369,802 257 199,810 −119,059 4.1 17 30% 0.62%
10 Algeria 47,435,312 1.33% 621,004 20 2,381,740 −27,531 2.7 29 74% 0.58%
11 Angola 39,040,039 3.05% 1,154,190 31 1,246,700 −3,524 5 17 69% 0.47%
12 Morocco 38,430,770 0.92% 349,597 86 446,300 −56,254 2.2 30 67% 0.47%
13 Mozambique 35,631,653 2.89% 999,887 45 786,380 −65,573 4.6 17 42% 0.43%
14 Ghana 35,064,272 1.85% 636,858 154 227,540 −17,079 3.3 21 59% 0.43%
15 Madagascar 32,740,678 2.43% 775,722 56 581,795 −2,227 3.8 19 40% 0.40%
16 Côte d'Ivoire 32,711,547 2.43% 777,317 103 318,000 11,305 4.2 18 49% 0.40%
17 Cameroon 29,879,337 2.59% 755,593 63 472,710 −15,379 4.2 18 59% 0.36%
18 Niger 27,917,831 3.28% 885,419 22 1,266,700 −7,704 5.8 16 18% 0.34%
19 Mali 25,198,821 2.94% 720,226 21 1,220,190 −48,019 5.4 16 44% 0.31%
20 Burkina Faso 24,074,580 2.23% 525,799 88 273,600 −27,130 4 18 34% 0.29%
21 Malawi 22,216,120 2.59% 560,834 236 94,280 −5,628 3.5 18 20% 0.27%
22 Zambia 21,913,874 2.81% 598,918 29 743,390 6,562 4 18 47% 0.27%
23 Chad 21,003,705 3.47% 704,582 17 1,259,200 −123,104 5.9 16 22% 0.26%
24 Somalia 19,654,739 3.4% 645,588 31 627,340 12,077 5.9 16 47% 0.24%
25 Senegal 18,931,966 2.32% 429,982 98 192,530 −12,636 3.7 20 52% 0.23%
26 Zimbabwe 16,950,795 1.9% 316,422 44 386,850 −54,555 3.6 18 38% 0.21%
27 Guinea 15,099,727 2.34% 344,942 61 245,720 −16,282 4 18 40% 0.18%
28 Benin 14,814,460 2.43% 351,736 131 112,760 −7,847 4.4 18 48% 0.18%
29 Rwanda 14,569,341 2.19% 312,774 591 24,670 6,282 3.6 20 18% 0.18%
30 Burundi 14,390,003 2.44% 342,217 560 25,680 −34,727 4.7 16 15% 0.17%
31 Tunisia 12,348,573 0.58% 71,464 79 155,360 −14,523 1.8 33 72% 0.15%
32 South Sudan 12,188,788 2.05% 245,380 20 610,952 6,145 3.7 19 28% 0.15%
33 Togo 9,721,608 2.17% 206,372 179 54,390 −15,010 4.1 19 44% 0.12%
34 Sierra Leone 8,819,794 2.06% 177,772 122 72,180 −11,309 3.6 20 46% 0.11%
35 Libya 7,458,555 1.05% 77,532 4 1,759,540 −172 2.3 28 78% 0.091%
36 Congo 6,484,437 2.39% 151,476 19 341,500 −2,999 4 19 70% 0.079%
37 Liberia 5,731,206 2.11% 118,389 60 96,320 −9,870 3.8 19 55% 0.070%
38 Central African Republic 5,513,282 3.43% 182,592 9 622,980 −14,693 5.8 14 44% 0.067%
39 Mauritania 5,315,065 2.82% 145,670 5 1,030,700 −5,044 4.6 17 60% 0.065%
40 Eritrea 3,607,003 2.02% 71,400 36 101,000 −6,698 3.6 19 75% 0.044%
41 Namibia 3,092,816 2.07% 62,685 4 823,290 1,866 3.2 21 54% 0.038%
42 Gambia 2,822,093 2.25% 62,105 279 10,120 −2,984 3.8 19 61% 0.034%
43 Gabon 2,593,130 2.13% 54,178 10 257,670 1,116 3.5 22 84% 0.032%
44 Botswana 2,562,122 1.63% 40,983 5 566,730 −5,665 2.7 23 76% 0.031%
45 Lesotho 2,363,325 1.11% 25,902 78 30,360 −5,192 2.6 22 33% 0.029%
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,249,515 2.19% 48,163 80 28,120 −1,373 3.7 19 46% 0.027%
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,938,431 2.43% 45,915 69 28,050 3,812 4 21 64% 0.024%
48 Mauritius 1,268,280 −0.23% −2,889 625 2,030 −2,784 1.2 38 42% 0.015%
49 Eswatini 1,256,174 1.07% 13,352 73 17,200 −5,775 2.7 22 31% 0.015%
50 Djibouti 1,184,076 1.31% 15,354 51 23,180 −581 2.6 25 71% 0.014%
51 Comoros 882,847 1.87% 16,219 474 1,861 −2,127 3.8 21 34% 0.011%
52 Réunion 882,405 0.43% 3,814 353 2,500 −2,585 2.1 38 0.011%
53 Western Sahara 600,904 1.76% 10,398 2 266,000 5,030 2.1 33 97% 0.0073%
54 Cabo Verde 527,326 0.47% 2,449 131 4,030 −1,284 1.5 29 79% 0.0064%
55 Mayotte 337,011 3.22% 10,506 899 375 44 4.5 17 41% 0.0041%
56 Sao Tome & Principe 240,254 2% 4,718 250 960 −650 3.5 19 78% 0.0029%
57 Seychelles 132,779 1.81% 2,361 289 460 1,590 2.1 34 44% 0.0016%
58 Saint Helena 5,197 −0.76% −40 13 390 1 1.6 51 33% 0.000063%

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).