Africa is a great continent blessed with various countries with peculiarities in their population.
Africa has 58 countries, and only four have populations above one hundred million people each, while the most populous country in the continent, Nigeria, has a population above two hundred million, the only country with a population above two hundred million in Africa....CONTINUE READING
Interestingly, eight African countries have a population below one million while the least populated state in the continent, Saint Helena, has a population slightly above five thousand.
Everything about Africa is interesting, and the population demography of the continent is another interesting aspect of Africa. Below is the list of the countries existing in Africa and the number of people residing in each of the countries:
1. Nigeria 🇳🇬 223,804,632
2. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 126,527,060
3. Egypt 🇪🇬 112,716,598
4. Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩 102,262,808
5. Tanzania 🇹🇿 67,438,106
6. South Africa 🇿🇦 60,414,495
7. Kenya 🇰🇪 55,100,586
8. Sudan 🇸🇩 48,109,006
9. Uganda 🇺🇬 48,582,334
10. Algeria 🇩🇿 45,606,480
11. Morocco 🇲🇦 37,840,044
12. Angola 🇦🇴 36,684,202
13. Ghana 🇬🇭 34,121,985
14. Mozambique 🇲🇿 33,897,354
15. Madagascar 🇲🇬 30,325,732
16. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 (Côte d’Ivoire) 28,873,034
17. Cameroon 🇨🇲 28,647,293
18. Niger 🇳🇪 27,202,843
19. Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 23,251,485
20. Mali 🇲🇱 23,293,698
21. Malawi 🇲🇼 20,931,751
22. Zambia 🇿🇲 20,569,737
23. Chad 🇹🇩 18,278,568
24. Senegal 🇸🇳 17,763,163
25. Somalia 🇸🇴 18,143,378
26. Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 16,665,409
27. Guinea 🇬🇳 14,190,612
28. Rwanda 🇷🇼 14,094,683
29. Benin 🇧🇯 13,712,828
30. Tunisia 🇹🇳 12,458,223
31. Burundi 🇧🇮 13,238,559
32. South Sudan 🇸🇸 11,088,796
33. Togo 🇹🇬 9,053,799
34. Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 8,791,092
35. Libya 🇱🇾 6,888,388
36. Congo 🇨🇬 6,106,869
37. Central African Republic 🇨🇫 5,742,315
38. Liberia 🇱🇷 5,418,377
39. Mauritania 🇲🇷 4,862,989
40. Eritrea 🇪🇷 3,748,901
41. Gambia 🇬🇲 2,773,168
42. Botswana 🇧🇼 2,675,352
43. Namibia 🇳🇦 2,604,172
44. Gabon 🇬🇦 2,436,566
45. Lesotho 🇱🇸 2,330,318
46. Guinea- Bissau 🇬🇼 2,150,842
47. Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇳 1,714,671
48. Mauritius 🇲🇺 1,300,557
49. Eswatini 🇸🇿 1,210,822
50. Djibouti 🇩🇯 1,136,455
51. Réunion 🇷🇪 981,796
52. Comoros 🇰🇲 852,075
53. Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 598,682
54. Western Sahara 🇪🇭 587,259
55. Mayotte 🇲🇫 335,995
56. Sao Tome & Principe 🇸🇹 231,856
57. Seychelles 🇸🇨 107,660
58. Saint Helena 🇦🇮 5,314
