African Countries by population (2018)

	Country (or dependency)	Population (2018)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Density (P/Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
1	Nigeria	195,875,237	2.61 %	4,988,926	215	910,770	-60,000	5.7	18	49 %	2.57 %
2	Ethiopia	107,534,882	2.46 %	2,577,444	108	1,000,000	-12,000	4.6	19	20 %	1.41 %
3	Egypt	99,375,741	1.87 %	1,822,590	100	995,450	-55,005	3.4	25	38 %	1.30 %
4	DR Congo	84,004,989	3.28 %	2,665,001	37	2,267,050	3,012	6.4	17	39 %	1.10 %
5	Tanzania	59,091,392	3.11 %	1,781,373	67	885,800	-40,000	5.2	17	31 %	0.77 %
6	South Africa	57,398,421	1.20 %	681,265	47	1,213,090	161,300	2.6	26	62 %	0.75 %
7	Kenya	50,950,879	2.52 %	1,251,017	90	569,140	-10,000	4.1	19	26 %	0.67 %
8	Uganda	44,270,563	3.28 %	1,407,605	222	199,810	-30,000	5.9	16	16 %	0.58 %
9	Algeria	42,008,054	1.67 %	689,912	18	2,381,740	-28,654	3.0	28	72 %	0.55 %
10	Sudan	41,511,526	2.41 %	978,196	24	1,765,048	-117,877	4.8	19	34 %	0.54 %
11	Morocco	36,191,805	1.27 %	452,225	81	446,300	-61,422	2.6	28	59 %	0.47 %
12	Angola	30,774,205	3.32 %	990,012	25	1,246,700	17,464	6.0	16	36 %	0.40 %
13	Mozambique	30,528,673	2.90 %	859,839	39	786,380	-5,000	5.5	17	31 %	0.40 %
14	Ghana	29,463,643	2.18 %	630,014	129	227,540	-10,000	4.2	20	53 %	0.39 %
15	Madagascar	26,262,810	2.71 %	691,915	45	581,795	-1,500	4.4	19	35 %	0.34 %
16	Côte d'Ivoire	24,905,843	2.52 %	611,093	78	318,000	12,000	5.1	18	50 %	0.33 %
17	Cameroon	24,678,234	2.60 %	624,507	52	472,710	-7,200	5.0	18	55 %	0.32 %
18	Niger	22,311,375	3.88 %	834,027	18	1,266,700	-5,699	7.4	15	18 %	0.29 %
19	Burkina Faso	19,751,651	2.91 %	558,269	72	273,600	-25,000	5.6	17	30 %	0.26 %
20	Malawi	19,164,728	2.91 %	542,624	203	94,280	-6,000	4.9	17	16 %	0.25 %
21	Mali	19,107,706	3.05 %	565,726	16	1,220,190	-60,490	6.4	16	38 %	0.25 %
22	Zambia	17,609,178	3.01 %	515,048	24	743,390	-6,898	5.2	17	39 %	0.23 %
23	Zimbabwe	16,913,261	2.32 %	383,357	44	386,850	-50,000	4.0	19	30 %	0.22 %
24	Senegal	16,294,270	2.80 %	443,703	85	192,530	-19,999	5.0	18	43 %	0.21 %
25	Chad	15,353,184	3.04 %	453,190	12	1,259,200	20,000	6.3	16	21 %	0.20 %
26	Somalia	15,181,925	2.98 %	439,402	24	627,340	-45,374	6.6	17	31 %	0.20 %
27	Guinea	13,052,608	2.64 %	335,432	53	245,720	-50,000	5.1	18	38 %	0.17 %
28	South Sudan	12,919,053	2.73 %	343,339	21	610,952	85,000	5.2	19	19 %	0.17 %
29	Rwanda	12,501,156	2.40 %	292,749	507	24,670	-15,820	4.2	19	32 %	0.16 %
30	Tunisia	11,659,174	1.10 %	127,047	75	155,360	-13,193	2.3	31	66 %	0.15 %
31	Benin	11,485,674	2.77 %	309,982	102	112,760	-8,454	5.2	18	45 %	0.15 %
32	Burundi	11,216,450	3.24 %	352,205	437	25,680	-14,000	6.0	18	13 %	0.15 %
33	Togo	7,990,926	2.48 %	193,232	147	54,390	-1,999	4.7	19	39 %	0.10 %
34	Sierra Leone	7,719,729	2.15 %	162,517	107	72,180	-4,200	4.8	18	35 %	0.10 %
35	Libya	6,470,956	1.51 %	96,340	4	1,759,540	-86,681	2.4	27	79 %	0.08 %
36	Congo	5,399,895	2.64 %	139,145	16	341,500	-12,000	4.9	19	60 %	0.07 %
37	Eritrea	5,187,948	2.35 %	119,117	51	101,000	-32,000	4.4	19	32 %	0.07 %
38	Liberia	4,853,516	2.57 %	121,610	50	96,320	-4,000	4.8	19	49 %	0.06 %
39	Central African Republic	4,737,423	1.68 %	78,343	8	622,980	-79,226	5.1	18	43 %	0.06 %
40	Mauritania	4,540,068	2.71 %	119,884	4	1,030,700	8,000	4.9	20	57 %	0.06 %
41	Namibia	2,587,801	2.13 %	54,007	3	823,290	-274	3.6	21	47 %	0.03 %
42	Botswana	2,333,201	1.81 %	41,540	4	566,730	3,000	2.9	24	52 %	0.03 %
43	Lesotho	2,263,010	1.33 %	29,671	75	30,360	-5,000	3.3	21	27 %	0.03 %
44	Gambia	2,163,765	3.01 %	63,197	214	10,120	-2,695	5.6	17	59 %	0.03 %
45	Gabon	2,067,561	2.09 %	42,424	8	257,670	17,088	4.0	23	78 %	0.03 %
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,907,268	2.47 %	45,985	68	28,120	-2,001	4.9	19	50 %	0.02 %
47	Swaziland	1,391,385	1.76 %	24,131	81	17,200	-1,200	3.3	20	20 %	0.02 %
48	Equatorial Guinea	1,313,894	3.64 %	46,205	47	28,050	18,000	5.0	22	26 %	0.02 %
49	Mauritius	1,268,315	0.25 %	3,177	625	2,030	-2,416	1.5	36	39 %	0.02 %
50	Djibouti	971,408	1.51 %	14,423	42	23,180	1,200	3.1	24	74 %	0.01 %
51	Réunion	883,247	0.76 %	6,685	353	2,500	-2,828	2.4	35	99 %	0.01 %
52	Comoros	832,347	2.26 %	18,435	447	1,861	-2,000	4.6	20	28 %	0.01 %
53	Western Sahara	567,421	2.68 %	14,793	2	266,000	572	2.6	27	92 %	0.01 %
54	Cabo Verde	553,335	1.27 %	6,947	137	4,030	-2,210	2.5	24	62 %	0.01 %
55	Mayotte	259,682	2.62 %	6,637	692	375	-300	4.1	19	44 %	0.00 %
56	Sao Tome & Principe	208,818	2.20 %	4,491	218	960	-1,120	4.7	18	67 %	0.00 %
57	Seychelles	95,235	0.53 %	498	207	460	-440	2.4	35	54 %	0.00 %
58	Saint Helena	4,074	0.62 %	25	10	390		N.A.	N.A.	40 %	0.00 %