This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, which is sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021.[1] Africa is also the youngest continent, as 60% of Africa is 24 years of age or younger.[2] This list also includes the partially recognized country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, commonly known as Western Sahara, which is a member of the African Union.[3]
Africa population by country[4]
Country | % Africa |
Africa population[4] |
% growth |
Official figure |
Official date |
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1 | ![]() |
15.3% | 223,804,632 | 2.4% | 216,783,400 | 21 Mar 2022[5] | |
2 | ![]() |
8.7% | 126,527,060 | 2.6% | 107,334,000 | 1 Jul 2023[6] | |
3 | ![]() |
7.7% | 111,942,661 | 1.6% | 102,060,688 | 1 Jul 2021[7] | [a] |
4 | ![]() |
7.0% | 102,262,809 | 3.3% | 95,370,000 | 1 Jul 2019[8] | |
5 | ![]() |
4.6% | 69,419,073 | 3.0% | 61,741,120 | 23 Aug 2022[9] | |
6 | ![]() |
4.1% | 59,414,495 | 0.9% | 59,604,992 | 1 Jul 2022[10] | |
7 | ![]() |
3.8% | 55,100,587 | 2.0% | 51,526,000 | 1 Jan 2023[11] | |
8 | ![]() |
3.3% | 48,582,334 | 2.8% | 41,583,600 | 1 Jul 2020[12] | |
9 | ![]() |
3.3% | 48,109,006 | 2.6% | 41,984,500 | 1 Jul 2018[13] | |
10 | ![]() |
3.1% | 45,606,481 | 1.6% | 44,700,000 | 1 Jan 2021[14] | |
11 | ![]() |
2.6% | 37,840,044 | 1.0% | 35,372,615 | 1 Jul 2020[15] | |
12 | ![]() |
2.5% | 36,684,203 | 3.1% | 34,094,077 | 1 Jul 2023[16] | |
13 | ![]() |
2.3% | 34,121,985 | 1.9% | 30,832,019 | 27 Jun 2021[17] | |
14 | ![]() |
2.3% | 34,697,068 | 2.8% | 26,899,105 | 4 May 2024[18] | |
15 | ![]() |
2.1% | 30,325,732 | 2.4% | 27,190,927 | 1 Jun 2020[19] | |
16 | ![]() |
2.0% | 28,873,034 | 2.5% | 29,389,150 | 14 Dec 2021[20] | |
17 | ![]() |
2.0% | 28,647,293 | 2.6% | 24,348,251 | Jul 1 2019[21] | |
18 | ![]() |
1.9% | 27,202,843 | 3.8% | 23,196,000 | 1 Jul 2020[22] | |
19 | ![]() |
1.6% | 23,893,796 | 3.1% | 14,528,662 | 4 May 2024[23] | |
20 | ![]() |
1.6% | 23,251,485 | 2.5% | 20,505,155 | 16 Nov 2019[24] | |
21 | ![]() |
1.4% | 20,931,751 | 2.6% | 19,809,511 | 3 Sep 2023[25] | |
22 | ![]() |
1.4% | 20,569,738 | 2.8% | 19,610,769 | 14 Sep 2022[26] | |
23 | ![]() |
1.3% | 18,278,568 | 3.1% | 15,775,400 | 1 Jul 2019[27] | |
24 | ![]() |
1.2% | 18,611,700 | 3.1% | 12,316,895 | 4 May 2024[28] | [b] |
25 | ![]() |
1.2% | 17,763,163 | 2.6% | 18,275,743 | 1 Jul 2023[31] | |
26 | ![]() |
1.1% | 16,665,409 | 2.1% | 15,178,979 | 20 Apr 2022[32] | |
27 | ![]() |
1.0% | 14,190,612 | 2.4% | 13,261,638 | Jul 1 2022[33] | |
28 | ![]() |
1.0% | 14,094,683 | 2.3% | 13,246,394 | 15 Aug 2022[34] | |
29 | ![]() |
0.9% | 13,712,828 | 2.7% | 12,606,998 | 1 Jul 2023[35] | |
30 | ![]() |
0.9% | 13,238,559 | 2.7% | 13,097,400 | 1 Jul 2023[36] | |
31 | ![]() |
0.9% | 12,458,223 | 0.8% | 11,803,588 | 1 Jan 2022[37] | |
32 | ![]() |
0.8% | 11,088,796 | 1.6% | 13,249,924 | 1 Jul 2020[38] | |
33 | ![]() |
0.6% | 9,053,799 | 2.3% | 8,095,498 | 8 Nov 2022[39] | |
34 | ![]() |
0.6% | 8,791,092 | 2.2% | 7,541,641 | 9 Dec 2021[40] | |
35 | ![]() |
0.5% | 6,888,388 | 1.1% | 6,931,061 | 1 Jan 2020[41] | |
36 | ![]() |
0.4% | 6,222,913 | 2.3% | 3,697,490 | 4 May 2024[42] | |
37 | ![]() |
0.4% | 5,742,316 | 2.9% | 6,091,097 | 1 Mar 2021[43] | |
38 | ![]() |
0.4% | 5,418,377 | 2.2% | 4,844,381 | 1 Jul 2023[44] | |
39 | ![]() |
0.3% | 4,862,989 | 2.7% | 4,352,037 | 1 Jul 2022[45] | |
40 | ![]() |
0.3% | 3,748,902 | 1.8% | 3,815,900 | 1 Jul 2012[46] | |
41 | ![]() |
0.2% | 2,773,168 | 2.5% | 2,417,471 | 1 Jul 2022[47] | |
42 | ![]() |
0.2% | 2,675,353 | 1.7% | 2,346,179 | 18 Mar 2022[48] | |
43 | ![]() |
0.2% | 2,604,172 | 1.4% | 2,641,857 | 1 Jul 2023[49] | |
44 | ![]() |
0.2% | 2,436,567 | 2.0% | 2,349,099 | 1 Jul 2023[50] | |
45 | ![]() |
0.2% | 2,330,318 | 1.1% | 2,103,600 | 1 Jul 2023[51] | |
46 | ![]() |
0.1% | 2,150,842 | 2.2% | 1,781,308 | 1 Jul 2023[52] | |
47 | ![]() |
0.1% | 1,714,672 | 2.4% | 1,558,160 | 1 Jul 2022[53] | |
48 | ![]() |
0.1% | 1,300,557 | 0.1% | 1,261,196 | 31 Dec 2022[54] | |
49 | ![]() |
0.1% | 1,210,822 | 0.8% | 1,223,362 | 1 Jul 2023[55] | |
50 | ![]() |
0.1% | 1,136,455 | 1.4% | 1,001,454 | 1 Jul 2021[56] | |
51 | ![]() |
0.1% | 852,075 | 1.8% | 758,316 | 15 Dec 2017[57] | |
52 | ![]() |
0.04% | 598,682 | 0.9% | 483,628 | 16 Jun 2021[58] | |
- | ![]() |
0.04% | 587,259 | 2.0% | 579,000 | 1 Jul 2020[59] | [c] |
53 | ![]() |
0.02% | 231,856 | 2.0% | 210,200 | 13 May 2020[62] | |
54 | ![]() |
0.01% | 107,660 | 0.5% | 100,447 | 22 Apr 2022[63] | |
Total | 100% | 1,458,384,742 | 2.4% | 1,332,291,870 |