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Jul 16, 2023 · List of countries (or dependencies) in Africa ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.
This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, which is sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021.
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, followed by Ethiopia, Egypt and Democratic Republic of the Congo. These four countries have a total number of humans above 100 mn. The top ten countries together hold a 61% share of the Africa population.
Country/regionPopulation(2023)Population(2024)Share (%)(africa)223,804,632229,152,21715.3126,527,060129,719,7198.68112,716,598114,484,2527.66102,262,808105,625,1147.07- Top 10 African Countries by Population
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About 799.5 million people in Africa or 61.5% of the continent’s population live in ten countries. Africa’s top ten most populous countries are distributed across the four regions; Eastern, Northern, Central, and Southern Africa, with five of the ten countries located within the Eastern Africa region. Nigeriais Africa’s most populous country, with ...
Africa’s five least populous countries have a combined population of approximately 2.7 million. The five countries collectively account for 0.2% of total Africa’s population. All the five countries, except Djibouti, are island nations and some of Africa’s smallest countries by size. Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, is Africa’s smal...
Most Central and Northern African countries are sparsely populated, with the majority recording at most 25 people per square kilometers. Eastern, Central, and Western Africa are the densely populated countries in the region. Mauritius, a tiny island country east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, is Africa’s most crowded country and the world’s 10t...
Africa has one of the world’s fastest-growing populations. In 1950, the continent had only 177 million people. However, within seven decades, grew over 7.5 times to the current 1.3 billion people. The population surpassed the one billion mark in 2009. An increase in life expectancy and a decrease in infant mortality rates are the main factors that ...
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- Nigeria - 200,963,600. As the most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria is home to over 206 million inhabitants. Each year, its population increases by nearly 5.5 million.
- Ethiopia - 112,078,730. Located in Africa’s horn on its east coast, the landlocked nation of Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa. It holds about 112 million people with an annual growth rate of 2.6%.
- Egypt - 100,388,070. A large portion of Egypt’s over 100 million inhabitants resides in Cairo and cities along the River Nile, with 43% of the population living in urban areas.
- The Democratic Republic of Congo - 86,790,570. After experiencing rapid population growth in recent decades, The Democratic Republic of the Congo is now Africa’s fourth most populous nation.
Nigeria has the largest population in Africa. As of 2023, the country counted over 223.8 million individuals, whereas Ethiopia, which ranked second, has 115 million inhabitants. Egypt registered...
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The current population of Africa is 1,493,939,356 as of Sunday, June 23, 2024, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Africa population is equivalent to 17.89% of the total world population. Africa ranks number among regions of the world (roughly equivalent to "continents"), ordered by population.
