The population of Africa by countries(2022)

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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 (2020)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %
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 %
Côte 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 %
Réunion	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 %

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