Africa’s Population Rankings

Africa	World	Country	Population
1.	10	Nigeria	123,337,822
2.	15	Egypt	68,359,979
3.	18	Ethiopia	64,117,452
4.	23	Democratic Republic of Congo	51,964,999
5.	26	South Africa	43,421,021
6.	32	Tanzania	35,306,126
7.	33	Sudan	35,079,814
8.	35	Algeria	31,193,917
9.	36	Kenya	30,339,770
10.	37	Morocco	30,122,350
11.	43	Uganda	23,317,560
12.	50	Ghana	19,533,560
13.	53	Mozambique	19,104,696
14.	57	Ivory Coast	15,980,950
15.	59	Madagascar	15,506,472
16.	60	Cameroon	15,421,937
17.	65	Burkina Faso	11,946,065
18.	66	Zimbabwe	11,342,521
19.	68	Mali	10,685,948
20.	70	Malawi	10,385,849
21.	74	Angola	10,145,267
22.	76	Niger	10,075,511
23.	78	Senegal	9,987,494
24.	80	Tunisia	9,593,402
25.	81	Zambia	9,582,418
26.	84	Chad	8,424,504
27.	89	Guinea	7,466,200
28.	91	Somalia	7,253,137
29.	92	Rwanda	7,229,129
30.	96	Benin	6,395,919
31.	99	Burundi	6,054,714
32.	105	Sierra Leone	5,232,624
33.	107	Libya	5,115,450
34.	109	Togo	5,018,502
35.	119	Eritrea	4,135,933
36.	127	Central African Republic	3,512,751
37.	131	Liberia	3,164,156
38.	132	Republic of Congo	2,830,961
39.	134	Mauritania	2,667,859
40.	140	Lesotho	2,143,141
41.	146	Namibia	1,771,327
42.	147	Botswana	1,576,470
43.	149	The Gambia	1,367,124
44.	150	Guinea-Bissau	1,285,715
45.	151	Gabon	1,208,436
46.	152	Mauritius	1,179,368
47.	155	Swaziland	1,083,289
48.	159	Reunion	720,934
49.	163	Comoros	578,400
50.	164	Equatorial Guinea	474,214
51.	166	Djibouti	451,442
52.	172	Cape Verde	401,343
53.	181	Western Sahara	244,943
54.	187	Sao Tome and Principe	159,883
55.	198	Seychelles	79,326

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