Country %

Africa

Africa

population

%

growth

Official

figure

Official

date

1 Nigeria 15.3% 223,804,632 2.4% 216,783,400 21 Mar 2022
2 Ethiopia 8.7% 126,527,060 2.6% 107,334,000 1 Jul 2023
3 Egypt 7.7% 111,942,661 1.6% 102,060,688 1 Jul 2021
4 DR Congo 7.0% 102,262,809 3.3% 95,370,000 1 Jul 2019
5 Tanzania 4.6% 67,438,106 3.0% 61,741,120 23 Aug 2022
6 South Africa 4.1% 60,414,495 0.9% 60,604,992 1 Jul 2022
7 Kenya 3.8% 55,100,587 2.0% 51,526,000 1 Jan 2023
8 Uganda 3.3% 48,582,334 2.8% 41,583,600 1 Jul 2020
9 Sudan 3.3% 48,109,006 2.6% 41,984,500 1 Jul 2018
10 Algeria 3.1% 45,606,481 1.6% 44,700,000 1 Jan 2021
11 Morocco 2.6% 37,840,044 1.0% 35,372,615 1 Jul 2020
12 Angola 2.5% 36,684,203 3.1% 34,094,077 1 Jul 2023
13 Ghana 2.3% 34,121,985 1.9% 30,832,019 27 Jun 2021
14 Mozambique 2.3% 33,897,354 2.8% 26,899,105 1 Aug 2017
15 Madagascar 2.1% 30,325,732 2.4% 27,190,927 1 Jun 2020
16 Ivory Coast 2.0% 28,873,034 2.5% 29,389,150 14 Dec 2021
17 Cameroon 2.0% 28,647,293 2.6% 24,348,251 Jul 1 2019
18 Niger 1.9% 27,202,843 3.8% 23,196,000 1 Jul 2020
19 Mali 1.6% 23,293,699 3.1% 14,528,662 1 Apr 2009
20 Burkina Faso 1.6% 23,251,485 2.5% 20,505,155 16 Nov 2019
21 Malawi 1.4% 20,931,751 2.6% 19,809,511 3 Sep 2023
22 Zambia 1.4% 20,569,738 2.8% 19,610,769 14 Sep 2022
23 Chad 1.3% 18,278,568 3.1% 15,775,400 1 Jul 2019
24 Somalia 1.2% 18,143,379 3.1% 12,316,895 1 Jan 2014
25 Senegal 1.2% 17,763,163 2.6% 18,275,743 1 Jul 2023
26 Zimbabwe 1.1% 16,665,409 2.1% 15,178,979 20 Apr 2022
27 Guinea 1.0% 14,190,612 2.4% 13,261,638 Jul 1 2022
28 Rwanda 1.0% 14,094,683 2.3% 13,246,394 15 Aug 2022
29 Benin 0.9% 13,712,828 2.7% 12,606,998 1 Jul 2023
30 Burundi 0.9% 13,238,559 2.7% 13,097,400 1 Jul 2023
31 Tunisia 0.9% 12,458,223 0.8% 11,803,588 1 Jan 2022
32 South Sudan 0.8% 11,088,796 1.6% 13,249,924 1 Jul 2020
33 Togo 0.6% 9,053,799 2.3% 8,095,498 8 Nov 2022
34 Sierra Leone 0.6% 8,791,092 2.2% 7,541,641 9 Dec 2021
35 Libya 0.5% 6,888,388 1.1% 6,931,061 1 Jan 2020
36 Republic of the Congo 0.4% 6,106,869 2.3% 3,697,490 28 Apr 2007
37 Central African Republic 0.4% 5,742,316 2.9% 6,091,097 1 Mar 2021
38 Liberia 0.4% 5,418,377 2.2% 4,844,381 1 Jul 2023
39 Mauritania 0.3% 4,862,989 2.7% 4,352,037 1 Jul 2022
40 Eritrea 0.3% 3,748,902 1.8% 3,815,900 1 Jul 2012
41 Gambia 0.2% 2,773,168 2.5% 2,417,471 1 Jul 2022
42 Botswana 0.2% 2,675,353 1.7% 2,346,179 18 Mar 2022
43 Namibia 0.2% 2,604,172 1.4% 2,641,857 1 Jul 2023
44 Gabon 0.2% 2,436,567 2.0% 2,349,099 1 Jul 2023
45 Lesotho 0.2% 2,330,318 1.1% 2,103,600 1 Jul 2023
46 Guinea-Bissau 0.1% 2,150,842 2.2% 1,781,308 1 Jul 2023
47 Equatorial Guinea 0.1% 1,714,672 2.4% 1,558,160 1 Jul 2022
48 Mauritius 0.1% 1,300,557 0.1% 1,261,196 31 Dec 2022
49 Eswatini 0.1% 1,210,822 0.8% 1,223,362 1 Jul 2023
50 Djibouti 0.1% 1,136,455 1.4% 1,001,454 1 Jul 2021
51 Comoros 0.1% 852,075 1.8% 758,316 15 Dec 2017
52 Cape Verde 0.04% 598,682 0.9% 483,628 16 Jun 2021
53 Western Sahara 0.04% 587,259 2.0% 579,000 1 Jul 2020
54 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.02% 231,856 2.0% 210,200 13 May 2020
55 Seychelles 0.01% 107,660 0.5% 100,447 22 Apr 2022
Total 100% 1,458,384,742 2.4% 1,332,291,870