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Population
54 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank
| Rank | Country | Value descending | As of | vs previous | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 122,730 | 2025 | ↑ 1,376 | + compare |
| 2 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe | 240,254 | 2025 | ↑ 4,718 | + compare |
| 3 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | 527,326 | 2025 | ↑ 2,449 | + compare |
| 4 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 882,847 | 2025 | ↑ 16,219 | + compare |
| 5 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 1.2M | 2025 | ↑ 15,354 | + compare |
| 6 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 1.2M | 2025 | ↓ 2,038 | + compare |
| 7 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 1.3M | 2025 | ↑ 13,352 | + compare |
| 8 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 1.9M | 2025 | ↑ 45,915 | + compare |
| 9 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 2.2M | 2025 | ↑ 48,163 | + compare |
| 10 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 2.4M | 2025 | ↑ 25,902 | + compare |
| 11 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 2.6M | 2025 | ↑ 40,983 | + compare |
| 12 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 2.6M | 2025 | ↑ 54,178 | + compare |
| 13 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 2.8M | 2025 | ↑ 62,105 | + compare |
| 14 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 3.1M | 2025 | ↑ 62,685 | + compare |
| 15 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 3.6M | 2025 | ↑ 71,400 | + compare |
| 16 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 5.3M | 2025 | ↑ 145,670 | + compare |
| 17 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 5.5M | 2025 | ↑ 182,592 | + compare |
| 18 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 5.7M | 2025 | ↑ 118,389 | + compare |
| 19 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 6.5M | 2025 | ↑ 151,476 | + compare |
| 20 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 7.5M | 2025 | ↑ 77,532 | + compare |
| 21 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 8.6M | 2025 | ↑ 185,068 | + compare |
| 22 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 8.8M | 2025 | ↑ 177,772 | + compare |
| 23 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 12.2M | 2025 | ↑ 245,380 | + compare |
| 24 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 12.3M | 2025 | ↑ 71,464 | + compare |
| 25 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 14.4M | 2025 | ↑ 342,217 | + compare |
| 26 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 14.6M | 2025 | ↑ 312,774 | + compare |
| 27 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 14.8M | 2025 | ↑ 351,736 | + compare |
| 28 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 15.1M | 2025 | ↑ 344,942 | + compare |
| 29 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 17M | 2025 | ↑ 316,422 | + compare |
| 30 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 18.9M | 2025 | ↑ 429,982 | + compare |
| 31 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 19.7M | 2025 | ↑ 645,588 | + compare |
| 32 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 21M | 2025 | ↑ 704,582 | + compare |
| 33 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 21.9M | 2025 | ↑ 598,918 | + compare |
| 34 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 22.2M | 2025 | ↑ 560,834 | + compare |
| 35 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 24.1M | 2025 | ↑ 525,799 | + compare |
| 36 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 25.2M | 2025 | ↑ 720,226 | + compare |
| 37 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 27.9M | 2025 | ↑ 885,419 | + compare |
| 38 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 29.9M | 2025 | ↑ 755,593 | + compare |
| 39 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 32.7M | 2025 | ↑ 777,317 | + compare |
| 40 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 32.7M | 2025 | ↑ 775,722 | + compare |
| 41 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 35.1M | 2025 | ↑ 636,858 | + compare |
| 42 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 35.6M | 2025 | ↑ 999,887 | + compare |
| 43 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 38.4M | 2025 | ↑ 349,597 | + compare |
| 44 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 39M | 2025 | ↑ 1.2M | + compare |
| 45 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 47.4M | 2025 | ↑ 621,004 | + compare |
| 46 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 51.4M | 2025 | ↑ 1.4M | + compare |
| 47 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 51.7M | 2025 | ↑ 1.2M | + compare |
| 48 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 57.5M | 2025 | ↑ 1.1M | + compare |
| 49 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 64.7M | 2025 | ↑ 740,132 | + compare |
| 50 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 70.5M | 2025 | ↑ 2M | + compare |
| 51 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 112.8M | 2025 | ↑ 3.6M | + compare |
| 52 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 118.4M | 2025 | ↑ 1.8M | + compare |
| 53 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 135.5M | 2025 | ↑ 3.4M | + compare |
| 54 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 237.5M | 2025 | ↑ 4.8M | + compare |
| Median | 15M | median of shown |