Here is the ranking of the countries and territories of Africa, by size of population and in descending order, with the rank indicated. The figures are the most recent that we found on the official statistical sites of the countries.
There are currently 63 countries and territories in Africa, of which 54 are represented at the United Nations.
| Rank | Country | Population | Area | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Algeria | 43,820,839 inhab. | 2,381,741 km² | 18.40 inhab./km² |
| 51 | Angola | 29,131,016 inhab. | 1,281,432 km² | 22.73 inhab./km² |
| 78 | Benin | 12,506,347 inhab. | 114,763 km² | 108.98 inhab./km² |
| 148 | Botswana | 2,325,082 inhab. | 581,726 km² | 4.00 inhab./km² |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 21,510,181 inhab. | 270,764 km² | 79.44 inhab./km² |
| 81 | Burundi | 11,759,805 inhab. | 27,834 km² | 422.50 inhab./km² |
| 58 | Cameroon | 23,799,022 inhab. | 475,650 km² | 50.03 inhab./km² |
| 152 | Canary Islands | 2,108,121 inhab. | 7,447 km² | 283.08 inhab./km² |
| 178 | Cape Verde | 544,081 inhab. | 4,033 km² | 134.91 inhab./km² |
| 116 | Central African Republic | 5,745,135 inhab. | 622,984 km² | 9.22 inhab./km² |
| 72 | Chad | 16,818,391 inhab. | 1,284,200 km² | 13.10 inhab./km² |
| 244 | Chagos | 4,239 inhab. | 56 km² | 75.70 inhab./km² |
| 169 | Comoros | 845,477 inhab. | 1,862 km² | 454.07 inhab./km² |
| 122 | Congo | 5,279,517 inhab. | 341,821 km² | 15.45 inhab./km² |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 95,784,841 inhab. | 2,345,410 km² | 40.84 inhab./km² |
| 166 | Djibouti | 1,048,999 inhab. | 25,030 km² | 41.91 inhab./km² |
| 14 | Egypt | 100,004,225 inhab. | 1,010,408 km² | 98.97 inhab./km² |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,015,334 inhab. | 28,051 km² | 71.85 inhab./km² |
| 123 | Eritrea | 5,187,948 inhab. | 121,320 km² | 42.76 inhab./km² |
| 165 | Eswatini (Swaziland) | 1,159,250 inhab. | 17,355 km² | 66.80 inhab./km² |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 101,104,642 inhab. | 1,132,308 km² | 89.29 inhab./km² |
| 154 | Gabon | 2,074,656 inhab. | 267,667 km² | 7.75 inhab./km² |
| 149 | Gambia | 2,207,816 inhab. | 10,689 km² | 206.55 inhab./km² |
| 49 | Ghana | 30,280,811 inhab. | 238,553 km² | 126.94 inhab./km² |
| 77 | Guinea | 12,559,623 inhab. | 245,857 km² | 51.09 inhab./km² |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,655,289 inhab. | 36,125 km² | 45.82 inhab./km² |
| 53 | Ivory Coast | 26,491,888 inhab. | 322,462 km² | 82.16 inhab./km² |
| 29 | Kenya | 50,773,109 inhab. | 580,876 km² | 87.41 inhab./km² |
| 150 | Lesotho | 2,183,687 inhab. | 30,355 km² | 71.94 inhab./km² |
| 118 | Liberia | 5,569,923 inhab. | 111,369 km² | 50.01 inhab./km² |
| 113 | Libya | 6,549,402 inhab. | 1,759,540 km² | 3.72 inhab./km² |
| 52 | Madagascar | 27,249,564 inhab. | 587,295 km² | 46.40 inhab./km² |
| 193 | Madeira | 254,368 inhab. | 802 km² | 317.17 inhab./km² |
| 67 | Malawi | 18,073,097 inhab. | 118,484 km² | 152.54 inhab./km² |
| 62 | Mali | 20,933,072 inhab. | 1,246,814 km² | 16.79 inhab./km² |
| 134 | Mauritania | 3,984,110 inhab. | 1,030,700 km² | 3.87 inhab./km² |
| 162 | Mauritius | 1,266,030 inhab. | 2,007 km² | 630.81 inhab./km² |
| 188 | Mayotte | 288,926 inhab. | 375 km² | 770.47 inhab./km² |
| 40 | Morocco | 35,481,848 inhab. | 446,550 km² | 79.46 inhab./km² |
| 48 | Mozambique | 30,405,881 inhab. | 782,574 km² | 38.85 inhab./km² |
| 147 | Namibia | 2,352,592 inhab. | 824,116 km² | 2.85 inhab./km² |
| 57 | Niger | 24,118,328 inhab. | 1,266,491 km² | 19.04 inhab./km² |
| 5 | Nigeria | 230,844,184 inhab. | 923,768 km² | 249.89 inhab./km² |
| 128 | Puntland | 4,905,246 inhab. | 212,510 km² | 23.08 inhab./km² |
| 168 | Réunion | 858,450 inhab. | 2,512 km² | 341.74 inhab./km² |
| 79 | Rwanda | 12,089,721 inhab. | 26,338 km² | 459.02 inhab./km² |
| 242 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 5,705 inhab. | 415 km² | 13.75 inhab./km² |
| 197 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 201,770 inhab. | 1,001 km² | 201.57 inhab./km² |
| 71 | Senegal | 17,215,428 inhab. | 196,712 km² | 87.52 inhab./km² |
| 212 | Seychelles | 97,023 inhab. | 459 km² | 211.38 inhab./km² |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 8,567,493 inhab. | 71,740 km² | 119.42 inhab./km² |
| 75 | Somalia | 13,611,470 inhab. | 637,657 km² | 21.35 inhab./km² |
| 127 | Somaliland | 4,979,218 inhab. | 176,119 km² | 28.27 inhab./km² |
| 25 | South Africa | 57,725,606 inhab. | 1,219,912 km² | 47.32 inhab./km² |
| 76 | South Sudan | 12,864,588 inhab. | 644,329 km² | 19.97 inhab./km² |
| 32 | Sudan | 44,318,058 inhab. | 1,886,068 km² | 23.50 inhab./km² |
| 23 | Tanzania | 59,441,988 inhab. | 945,088 km² | 62.90 inhab./km² |
| 104 | Togo | 8,067,378 inhab. | 56,530 km² | 142.71 inhab./km² |
| 83 | Tunisia | 11,582,075 inhab. | 162,155 km² | 71.43 inhab./km² |
| 37 | Uganda | 39,612,378 inhab. | 241,551 km² | 163.99 inhab./km² |
| 173 | Western Sahara | 654,052 inhab. | 266,000 km² | 2.46 inhab./km² |
| 66 | Zambia | 18,411,253 inhab. | 770,243 km² | 23.90 inhab./km² |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 14,025,965 inhab. | 390,757 km² | 35.89 inhab./km² |