Population

1. 1 Nigeria 237.53m 2025 +2.1 %
2. 2 Ethiopia 135.47m 2025 +2.6 %
3. 3 Egypt 118.37m 2025 +1.6 %
4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 112.83m 2025 +3.3 %
5. 5 Tanzania 70.55m 2025 +2.9 %
6. 6 South Africa 64.75m 2025 +1.2 %
7. 7 Kenya 57.53m 2025 +1.9 %
8. 8 Sudan 51.66m 2025 +2.4 %
9. 9 Uganda 51.38m 2025 +2.7 %
10. 10 Algeria 47.44m 2025 +1.3 %
11. 11 Angola 39.04m 2025 +3.0 %
12. 12 Morocco 38.43m 2025 +0.9 %
13. 13 Mozambique 35.63m 2025 +2.9 %
14. 14 Ghana 35.06m 2025 +1.8 %
15. 15 Madagascar 32.74m 2025 +2.4 %
16. 16 Côte d’Ivoire 32.71m 2025 +2.4 %
17. 17 Cameroon 29.88m 2025 +2.6 %
18. 18 Niger 27.92m 2025 +3.3 %
19. 19 Mali 25.2m 2025 +2.9 %
20. 20 Burkina Faso 24.07m 2025 +2.2 %
21. 21 Malawi 22.22m 2025 +2.6 %
22. 22 Zambia 21.91m 2025 +2.8 %
23. 23 Chad 21m 2025 +3.5 %
24. 24 Somalia 19.65m 2025 +3.4 %
25. 25 Senegal 18.93m 2025 +2.3 %
26. 26 Zimbabwe 16.95m 2025 +1.9 %
27. 27 Guinea 15.1m 2025 +2.3 %
28. 28 Benin 14.81m 2025 +2.4 %
29. 29 Rwanda 14.57m 2025 +2.2 %
30. 30 Burundi 14.39m 2025 +2.4 %
31. 31 Tunisia 12.35m 2025 +0.6 %
32. 32 South Sudan 12.19m 2025 +2.1 %
33. 33 Sierra Leone 8.82m 2025 +2.1 %
34. 34 Togo 8.59m 2025 +2.2 %
35. 35 Libya 7.46m 2025 +1.1 %
36. 36 Republic of the Congo 6.48m 2025 +2.4 %
37. 37 Liberia 5.73m 2025 +2.1 %
38. 38 Central African Republic 5.51m 2025 +3.4 %
39. 39 Mauritania 5.32m 2025 +2.8 %
40. 40 Eritrea 3.61m 2025 +2.0 %
41. 41 Namibia 3.09m 2025 +2.1 %
42. 42 The Gambia 2.82m 2025 +2.3 %
43. 43 Gabon 2.59m 2025 +2.1 %
44. 44 Botswana 2.56m 2025 +1.6 %
45. 45 Lesotho 2.36m 2025 +1.1 %
46. 46 Guinea-Bissau 2.25m 2025 +2.2 %
47. 47 Equatorial Guinea 1.94m 2025 +2.4 %
48. 48 Eswatini 1.26m 2025 +1.1 %
49. 49 Mauritius 1.24m 2025 −0.2 %
50. 50 Djibouti 1.18m 2025 +1.3 %
51. 51 Comoros 882.85k 2025 +1.9 %
52. 52 Cabo Verde 527.33k 2025 +0.5 %
53. 53 São Tomé and Príncipe 240.25k 2025 +2.0 %
54. 54 Seychelles 122.73k 2025 +1.1 %

Each country is ranked on the latest value published by the source; the year is shown next to the value.