Updated at 6:36 am, Thu Nov 17, 2022
- The current population of Africa is 1,416,889,863 as of Thursday, November 17, 2022, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
- Africa population is equivalent to 16.72% of the total world population.
- Africa ranks number 2 among regions of the world ordered by population.
- The population density in Africa is 45 per Km2 (117 people per mi2).
- The total land area is 29,648,481 Km2 (11,447,338 sq. miles)
- 45.6 % of the population is urban (646,101,775 people in 2022)
- The median age in Africa is 19.7 years.
Country (or dependency) |
Population |
Yearly |
Net |
Migrants |
Fert. |
Med. |
Urban |
Nigeria |
206,139,589 |
2.58 % |
5,175,990 |
-60,000 |
5.4 |
18 |
52 % |
Ethiopia |
114,963,588 |
2.57 % |
2,884,858 |
30,000 |
4.3 |
19 |
21 % |
Egypt |
102,334,404 |
1.94 % |
1,946,331 |
-38,033 |
3.3 |
25 |
43 % |
DR Congo |
89,561,403 |
3.19 % |
2,770,836 |
23,861 |
6.0 |
17 |
46 % |
South Africa |
59,308,690 |
1.28 % |
750,420 |
145,405 |
2.4 |
28 |
67 % |
Tanzania |
59,734,218 |
2.98 % |
1,728,755 |
-40,076 |
4.9 |
18 |
37 % |
Kenya |
53,771,296 |
2.28 % |
1,197,323 |
-10,000 |
3.5 |
20 |
28 % |
Uganda |
45,741,007 |
3.32 % |
1,471,413 |
168,694 |
5.0 |
17 |
26 % |
Algeria |
43,851,044 |
1.85 % |
797,990 |
-10,000 |
3.1 |
29 |
73 % |
Sudan |
43,849,260 |
2.42 % |
1,036,022 |
-50,000 |
4.4 |
20 |
35 % |
Morocco |
36,910,560 |
1.20 % |
438,791 |
-51,419 |
2.4 |
30 |
64 % |
Angola |
32,866,272 |
3.27 % |
1,040,977 |
6,413 |
5.6 |
17 |
67 % |
Ghana |
31,072,940 |
2.15 % |
655,084 |
-10,000 |
3.9 |
22 |
57 % |
Mozambique |
31,255,435 |
2.93 % |
889,399 |
-5,000 |
4.9 |
18 |
38 % |
Madagascar |
27,691,018 |
2.68 % |
721,711 |
-1,500 |
4.1 |
20 |
39 % |
Cameroon |
26,545,863 |
2.59 % |
669,483 |
-4,800 |
4.6 |
19 |
56 % |
Cรดte d'Ivoire |
26,378,274 |
2.57 % |
661,730 |
-8,000 |
4.7 |
19 |
51 % |
Niger |
24,206,644 |
3.84 % |
895,929 |
4,000 |
7.0 |
15 |
17 % |
Burkina Faso |
20,903,273 |
2.86 % |
581,895 |
-25,000 |
5.2 |
18 |
31 % |
Mali |
20,250,833 |
3.02 % |
592,802 |
-40,000 |
5.9 |
16 |
44 % |
Malawi |
19,129,952 |
2.69 % |
501,205 |
-16,053 |
4.3 |
18 |
18 % |
Zambia |
18,383,955 |
2.93 % |
522,925 |
-8,000 |
4.7 |
18 |
45 % |
Senegal |
16,743,927 |
2.75 % |
447,563 |
-20,000 |
4.7 |
19 |
49 % |
Chad |
16,425,864 |
3.00 % |
478,988 |
2,000 |
5.8 |
17 |
23 % |
Somalia |
15,893,222 |
2.92 % |
450,317 |
-40,000 |
6.1 |
17 |
47 % |
Zimbabwe |
14,862,924 |
1.48 % |
217,456 |
-116,858 |
3.6 |
19 |
38 % |
Guinea |
13,132,795 |
2.83 % |
361,549 |
-4,000 |
4.7 |
18 |
39 % |
Rwanda |
12,952,218 |
2.58 % |
325,268 |
-9,000 |
4.1 |
20 |
18 % |
Benin |
12,123,200 |
2.73 % |
322,049 |
-2,000 |
4.9 |
19 |
48 % |
Tunisia |
11,818,619 |
1.06 % |
123,900 |
-4,000 |
2.2 |
33 |
70 % |
Burundi |
11,890,784 |
3.12 % |
360,204 |
2,001 |
5.5 |
17 |
14 % |
South Sudan |
11,193,725 |
1.19 % |
131,612 |
-174,200 |
4.7 |
19 |
25 % |
Togo |
8,278,724 |
2.43 % |
196,358 |
-2,000 |
4.4 |
19 |
43 % |
Sierra Leone |
7,976,983 |
2.10 % |
163,768 |
-4,200 |
4.3 |
19 |
43 % |
Libya |
6,871,292 |
1.38 % |
93,840 |
-1,999 |
2.3 |
29 |
78 % |
Congo |
5,518,087 |
2.56 % |
137,579 |
-4,000 |
4.5 |
19 |
70 % |
Liberia |
5,057,681 |
2.44 % |
120,307 |
-5,000 |
4.4 |
19 |
53 % |
Central African
Republic |
4,829,767 |
1.78 % |
84,582 |
-40,000 |
4.8 |
18 |
43 % |
Mauritania |
4,649,658 |
2.74 % |
123,962 |
5,000 |
4.6 |
20 |
57 % |
Eritrea |
3,546,421 |
1.41 % |
49,304 |
-39,858 |
4.1 |
19 |
63 % |
Namibia |
2,540,905 |
1.86 % |
46,375 |
-4,806 |
3.4 |
22 |
55 % |
Gambia |
2,416,668 |
2.94 % |
68,962 |
-3,087 |
5.3 |
18 |
59 % |
Botswana |
2,351,627 |
2.08 % |
47,930 |
3,000 |
2.9 |
24 |
73 % |
Gabon |
2,225,734 |
2.45 % |
53,155 |
3,260 |
4.0 |
23 |
87 % |
Lesotho |
2,142,249 |
0.80 % |
16,981 |
-10,047 |
3.2 |
24 |
31 % |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,968,001 |
2.45 % |
47,079 |
-1,399 |
4.5 |
19 |
45 % |
Equatorial Guinea |
1,402,985 |
3.47 % |
46,999 |
16,000 |
4.6 |
22 |
73 % |
Mauritius |
1,271,768 |
0.17 % |
2,100 |
0 |
1.4 |
37 |
41 % |
Eswatini |
1,160,164 |
1.05 % |
12,034 |
-8,353 |
3.0 |
21 |
30 % |
Djibouti |
988,000 |
1.48 % |
14,440 |
900 |
2.8 |
27 |
79 % |
Rรฉunion |
895,312 |
0.72 % |
6,385 |
-1,256 |
2.3 |
36 |
100 % |
Comoros |
869,601 |
2.20 % |
18,715 |
-2,000 |
4.2 |
20 |
29 % |
Western Sahara |
597,339 |
2.55 % |
14,876 |
5,582 |
2.4 |
28 |
87 % |
Cabo Verde |
555,987 |
1.10 % |
6,052 |
-1,342 |
2.3 |
28 |
68 % |
Mayotte |
272,815 |
2.50 % |
6,665 |
0 |
3.7 |
20 |
46 % |
Sao Tome &
Principe |
219,159 |
1.91 % |
4,103 |
-1,680 |
4.4 |
19 |
74 % |
Seychelles |
98,347 |
0.62 % |
608 |
-200 |
2.5 |
34 |
56 % |
Saint Helena |
6,077 |
0.30 % |
18 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
27 % |
African countries by population density(in millions) |
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