Largest countries in Africa by population — the full ranked list
The complete ranking of largest countries in Africa by population, in order, with what the ranking counts and how firm the figures behind it are. Free reference, no sign-up — and the guessing game that plays the same list.
All 54 sovereign states of Africa, ordered by population. About one person in six alive today is African, and the list spans a factor of roughly 1,700 from top to bottom — which is why it falls away so fast.
Ranked from published, countable figures.
54 entries, in order.
- Nigeria
- Ethiopia
- Egypt
- DR Congo
- Tanzania
- South Africa
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Sudan
- Algeria
- Morocco
- Angola
- Ghana
- Mozambique
- Madagascar
- Ivory Coast
- Cameroon
- Niger
- Mali
- Burkina Faso
- Malawi
- Zambia
- Chad
- Somalia
- Senegal
- Zimbabwe
- Guinea
- Rwanda
- Benin
- Burundi
- Tunisia
- South Sudan
- Togo
- Sierra Leone
- Libya
- Republic of the Congo
- Central African Republic
- Liberia
- Mauritania
- Eritrea
- Gambia
- Botswana
- Namibia
- Gabon
- Lesotho
- Guinea-Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea
- Mauritius
- Eswatini
- Djibouti
- Comoros
- Cape Verde
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles
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