Countries of Africa by population (2026)

1. INTRODUCTION

Below you can find a list with the population of all the countries of Africa updated to 2026.

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2. COUNTRIES OF AFRICA BY POPULATION (2026)

1. Nigeria: 224,437,000
2. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 112,849,000
3. Ethiopia: 107,381,000
4. Egypt: 107,058,000
5. Tanzania: 66,400,000
6. South Africa: 61,500,000
7. Kenya: 54,200,000
8. Sudan: 48,600,000
9. Algeria: 46,600,000
10. Uganda: 45,700,000
11. Morocco: 37,000,000
12. Angola: 34,100,000
13. Mozambique: 32,400,000
14. Ghana: 32,100,000
15. Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire): 31,000,000
16. Madagascar: 29,900,000
17. Cameroon: 28,700,000
18. Niger: 26,100,000
19. Mali: 23,300,000
20. Burkina Faso: 22,800,000
21. Zambia: 20,100,000
22. Malawi: 19,800,000
23. Somalia: 18,100,000
24. Chad: 18,000,000
25. Senegal: 18,300,000
26. Zimbabwe: 15,500,000
27. South Sudan: 15,000,000
28. Guinea: 13,600,000
29. Rwanda: 13,500,000
30. Benin: 13,300,000
31. Burundi: 13,100,000
32. Tunisia: 11,900,000
33. Sierra Leone: 8,730,000
34. Togo: 8,210,000
35. Libya: 7,300,000
36. Republic of the Congo: 6,100,000
37. Central African Republic: 5,740,000
38. Liberia: 5,420,000
39. Mauritania: 4,480,000
40. Eritrea: 3,720,000
41. Namibia: 2,640,000
42. Gambia: 2,490,000
43. Botswana: 2,390,000
44. Gabon: 2,350,000
45. Lesotho: 2,100,000
46. Guinea-Bissau: 1,810,000
47. Equatorial Guinea: 1,720,000
48. Mauritius: 1,260,000
49. Eswatini (Swaziland): 1,140,000
50. Djibouti: 1,200,000
51. Comoros: 844,000
52. Cape Verde: 576,000
53. Sao Tome and Principe: 224,000
54. Seychelles: 123,000

 

3. MORE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES

Countries by population (2024)