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Population

54 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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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

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.