African countries by their population

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Africa is the world’s second largest and second most-populous continent, being behind Asia in both categories. At about 30.3 million km² (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. With over 1.2 billion people, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with a population of 190,632,256 while Seychelles is the least populous with a population of 93,920.

Here is the list of all African countries by their population.

Rank	Country	Population
1	Nigeria	190,632,256
2	Ethiopia	105,350,016
3	Egypt	97,041,072
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	83,301,152
5	South Africa	54,841,552
6	Tanzania	53,950,936
7	Kenya	47,615,740
8	Algeria	40,969,444
9	Uganda	39,570,124
10	Sudan	37,345,936
11	Morocco	33,986,656
12	Angola	29,310,272
13	Ghana	27,499,924
14	Mozambique	26,573,706
15	Madagascar	25,054,160
16	Cameroon	24,994,884
17	Cote d’Ivoire	24,184,810
18	Burkina Faso	20,107,508
19	Niger	19,245,344
20	Malawi	19,196,246
21	Mali	17,885,244
22	Zambia	15,972,000
23	Senegal	14,668,522
24	Zimbabwe	13,805,084
25	Guinea	12,413,867
26	Chad	12,075,985
27	Rwanda	11,901,484
28	Burundi	11,466,756
29	Tunisia	11,403,800
30	Benin	11,038,805
31	Somalia	11,031,386
32	Togo	7,965,055
33	Libya	6,653,210
34	Sierra Leone	6,163,195
35	Eritrea	5,918,919
36	Central African Republic	5,625,118
37	Congo, Republic of the	4,954,674
38	Liberia	4,689,021
39	Mauritania	3,758,571
40	Namibia	2,484,780
41	Botswana	2,214,858
42	Gambia, The	2,051,363
43	Lesotho	1,958,042
44	Guinea-Bissau	1,792,338
45	Gabon	1,772,255
46	Swaziland	1,467,152
47	Mauritius	1,356,388
48	Djibouti	865,267
49	Comoros	808,080
50	Equatorial Guinea	778,358
51	Western Sahara	603,253
52	Cape Verde	560,899
53	Sao Tome and Principe	201,025
54	Seychelles	93,920

	Total	1,209,170,412