Population of African Nations 2023

Population of African Nations 2023

Discover the latest population figures for African nations in 2023. Get insights into population growth, trends and demographics.

#	Country (or dependency)	Population (2020)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Density (P/Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
1	Nigeria	206,139,589	2.58 %	5,175,990	226	910,770	-60,000	5.4	18	52 %	2.64 %
2	Ethiopia	114,963,588	2.57 %	2,884,858	115	1,000,000	30,000	4.3	19	21 %	1.47 %
3	Egypt	102,334,404	1.94 %	1,946,331	103	995,450	-38,033	3.3	25	43 %	1.31 %
4	DR Congo	89,561,403	3.19 %	2,770,836	40	2,267,050	23,861	6.0	17	46 %	1.15 %
5	South Africa	59,308,690	1.28 %	750,420	49	1,213,090	145,405	2.4	28	67 %	0.76 %
6	Tanzania	59,734,218	2.98 %	1,728,755	67	885,800	-40,076	4.9	18	37 %	0.77 %
7	Kenya	53,771,296	2.28 %	1,197,323	94	569,140	-10,000	3.5	20	28 %	0.69 %
8	Uganda	45,741,007	3.32 %	1,471,413	229	199,810	168,694	5.0	17	26 %	0.59 %
9	Algeria	43,851,044	1.85 %	797,990	18	2,381,740	-10,000	3.1	29	73 %	0.56 %
10	Sudan	43,849,260	2.42 %	1,036,022	25	1,765,048	-50,000	4.4	20	35 %	0.56 %
11	Morocco	36,910,560	1.20 %	438,791	83	446,300	-51,419	2.4	30	64 %	0.47 %
12	Angola	32,866,272	3.27 %	1,040,977	26	1,246,700	6,413	5.6	17	67 %	0.42 %
13	Ghana	31,072,940	2.15 %	655,084	137	227,540	-10,000	3.9	22	57 %	0.40 %
14	Mozambique	31,255,435	2.93 %	889,399	40	786,380	-5,000	4.9	18	38 %	0.40 %
15	Madagascar	27,691,018	2.68 %	721,711	48	581,795	-1,500	4.1	20	39 %	0.36 %
16	Cameroon	26,545,863	2.59 %	669,483	56	472,710	-4,800	4.6	19	56 %	0.34 %
17	Côte d’Ivoire	26,378,274	2.57 %	661,730	83	318,000	-8,000	4.7	19	51 %	0.34 %
18	Niger	24,206,644	3.84 %	895,929	19	1,266,700	4,000	7.0	15	17 %	0.31 %
19	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	2.86 %	581,895	76	273,600	-25,000	5.2	18	31 %	0.27 %
20	Mali	20,250,833	3.02 %	592,802	17	1,220,190	-40,000	5.9	16	44 %	0.26 %
21	Malawi	19,129,952	2.69 %	501,205	203	94,280	-16,053	4.3	18	18 %	0.25 %
22	Zambia	18,383,955	2.93 %	522,925	25	743,390	-8,000	4.7	18	45 %	0.24 %
23	Senegal	16,743,927	2.75 %	447,563	87	192,530	-20,000	4.7	19	49 %	0.21 %
24	Chad	16,425,864	3.00 %	478,988	13	1,259,200	2,000	5.8	17	23 %	0.21 %
25	Somalia	15,893,222	2.92 %	450,317	25	627,340	-40,000	6.1	17	47 %	0.20 %
26	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	1.48 %	217,456	38	386,850	-116,858	3.6	19	38 %	0.19 %
27	Guinea	13,132,795	2.83 %	361,549	53	245,720	-4,000	4.7	18	39 %	0.17 %
28	Rwanda	12,952,218	2.58 %	325,268	525	24,670	-9,000	4.1	20	18 %	0.17 %
29	Benin	12,123,200	2.73 %	322,049	108	112,760	-2,000	4.9	19	48 %	0.16 %
30	Tunisia	11,818,619	1.06 %	123,900	76	155,360	-4,000	2.2	33	70 %	0.15 %
31	Burundi	11,890,784	3.12 %	360,204	463	25,680	2,001	5.5	17	14 %	0.15 %
32	South Sudan	11,193,725	1.19 %	131,612	18	610,952	-174,200	4.7	19	25 %	0.14 %
33	Togo	8,278,724	2.43 %	196,358	152	54,390	-2,000	4.4	19	43 %	0.11 %
34	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	2.10 %	163,768	111	72,180	-4,200	4.3	19	43 %	0.10 %
35	Libya	6,871,292	1.38 %	93,840	4	1,759,540	-1,999	2.3	29	78 %	0.09 %
36	Congo	5,518,087	2.56 %	137,579	16	341,500	-4,000	4.5	19	70 %	0.07 %
37	Liberia	5,057,681	2.44 %	120,307	53	96,320	-5,000	4.4	19	53 %	0.06 %
38	Central African Republic	4,829,767	1.78 %	84,582	8	622,980	-40,000	4.8	18	43 %	0.06 %
39	Mauritania	4,649,658	2.74 %	123,962	5	1,030,700	5,000	4.6	20	57 %	0.06 %
40	Eritrea	3,546,421	1.41 %	49,304	35	101,000	-39,858	4.1	19	63 %	0.05 %
41	Namibia	2,540,905	1.86 %	46,375	3	823,290	-4,806	3.4	22	55 %	0.03 %
42	Gambia	2,416,668	2.94 %	68,962	239	10,120	-3,087	5.3	18	59 %	0.03 %
43	Botswana	2,351,627	2.08 %	47,930	4	566,730	3,000	2.9	24	73 %	0.03 %
44	Gabon	2,225,734	2.45 %	53,155	9	257,670	3,260	4.0	23	87 %	0.03 %
45	Lesotho	2,142,249	0.80 %	16,981	71	30,360	-10,047	3.2	24	31 %	0.03 %
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	2.45 %	47,079	70	28,120	-1,399	4.5	19	45 %	0.03 %
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	3.47 %	46,999	50	28,050	16,000	4.6	22	73 %	0.02 %
48	Mauritius	1,271,768	0.17 %	2,100	626	2,030	0	1.4	37	41 %	0.02 %
49	Eswatini	1,160,164	1.05 %	12,034	67	17,200	-8,353	3.0	21	30 %	0.01 %
50	Djibouti	988,000	1.48 %	14,440	43	23,180	900	2.8	27	79 %	0.01 %
51	Réunion	895,312	0.72 %	6,385	358	2,500	-1,256	2.3	36	100 %	0.01 %
52	Comoros	869,601	2.20 %	18,715	467	1,861	-2,000	4.2	20	29 %	0.01 %
53	Western Sahara	597,339	2.55 %	14,876	2	266,000	5,582	2.4	28	87 %	0.01 %
54	Cabo Verde	555,987	1.10 %	6,052	138	4,030	-1,342	2.3	28	68 %	0.01 %
55	Mayotte	272,815	2.50 %	6,665	728	375	0	3.7	20	46 %	0.00 %
56	Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	1.91 %	4,103	228	960	-1,680	4.4	19	74 %	0.00 %
57	Seychelles	98,347	0.62 %	608	214	460	-200	2.5	34	56 %	0.00 %
58	Saint Helena	6,077	0.30 %	18	16	390		N.A.	N.A.	27 %	0.00 %

Source: The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division provided an in-depth analysis of data in their report titled “World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision” using the medium-fertility variant.

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World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision – United Nations Population Division
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
World Urbanization Prospects – Population Division – United Nations
United Nations Statistics Division
World Bank