List of African countries by population

This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, also sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent in the world, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. Africa is also the continent with the youngest population, as 60% of Africans are 24 years of age or younger. This list also includes the French department Réunion, and the partially recognized country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, commonly known as Western Sahara, which is a member of the African Union. Table

Country or territory %Africa Population %growth Officialfigure Officialdate Notes 1 15.4% 227,882,945 2.12% 216,783,400 21 Mar 2022Official projection 2 8.7% 128,691,692 2.64% 107,334,000 1 Jul 2023Official projection 3 7.7% 114,535,772 1.70% 102,060,688 1 Jul 2021Official projection 4 7.1% 105,789,731 3.31% 95,370,000 1 Jul 2019Official figure 5 4.5% 66,617,606 2.95% 61,741,120 23 Aug 20222022 census result 6 4.3% 63,212,384 1.34% 59,604,992 1 Jul 2022Official estimate 7 3.7% 55,339,003 2.00% 51,526,000 1 Jan 2023Official projection 8 3.4% 50,042,791 1.34% 41,984,500 1 Jul 2018Official projection 9 3.3% 48,656,601 2.84% 45,905,417 1 May 20242024 census result 10 3.1% 46,164,219 1.51% 46,300,000 1 Jan 2023Official projection 11 2.5% 37,712,505 1.03% 36,828,330 1 Sep 20242024 census result 12 2.5% 36,749,906 3.13% 38,778,554 1 Jan 2026Official projection 13 2.3% 33,787,914 1.93% 34,378,768 1 Jan 2026Official projection 14 2.3% 33,635,160 3.00% 33,244,414 1 Mar 2024 15 2.1% 31,195,932 2.49% 27,190,927 1 Jun 2020Official projection 16 2.1% 31,165,654 2.54% 29,389,150 14 Dec 20212021 census result 17 1.9% 28,372,687 2.68% 24,348,251 Jul 1 2019Official projection 18 1.9% 26,159,867 3.35% 23,196,000 1 Jul 2020Official projection 19 1.8% 23,769,127 3.02% 14,528,662 4 May 2024 20 1.6% 23,025,776 2.30% 20,505,155 16 Nov 20192019 census result 21 1.4% 21,104,482 2.60% 19,809,511 3 Sep 2023Official projection 22 1.4% 20,723,965 2.83% 19,610,769 14 Sep 20222022 census result 23 1.3% 19,319,064 4.68% 15,775,400 1 Jul 2019Official projection 24 1.2% 18,358,615 3.13% 12,316,895 4 May 2024 25 1.2% 18,077,573 2.42% 18,275,743 1 Jul 2023Official projection 26 1.1% 16,340,822 1.69% 15,178,979 20 Apr 20222022 census result 27 1.0% 14,405,465 2.49% 13,261,638 Jul 1 2022Official projection 28 1.0% 14,111,034 2.55% 12,606,998 1 Jul 2023Official projection 29 1.0% 13,954,471 2.22% 13,246,394 15 Aug 20222022 census result 30 0.9% 13,689,450 2.77% 13,097,400 1 Jul 2023Official projection 31 0.9% 12,200,431 0.68% 11,803,588 1 Jan 2022Official estimate 32 0.8% 11,483,374 4.19% 13,249,924 1 Jul 2020Official projection 33 0.6% 9,304,337 2.36% 8,095,498 8 Nov 20222022 census result 34 0.6% 8,460,512 2.22% 7,541,641 9 Dec 20212021 census result 35 0.5% 7,305,659 1.13% 6,931,061 1 Jan 2020Official estimate 36 0.4% 6,182,885 2.45% 3,697,490 4 May 2024 37 0.4% 5,493,031 2.23% 4,844,381 1 Jul 2023Official projection 38 0.4% 5,152,421 1.07% 6,091,097 1 Mar 2021Official estimate 39 0.3% 5,022,441 3.01% 4,352,037 1 Jul 2022Official figure 40 0.3% 3,470,390 1.79% 3,815,900 1 Jul 2012Official projection 41 0.2% 2,963,095 2.54% 2,641,857 1 Jul 2023Official projection 42 0.2% 2,697,845 2.33% 2,417,471 1 Jul 2022Official projection 43 0.2% 2,484,789 2.22% 2,349,099 1 Jul 2023Official projection 44 0.2% 2,480,244 1.65% 2,346,179 18 Mar 20222022 census result 45 0.2% 2,311,472 1.11% 2,103,600 1 Jul 2023Official projection 46 0.1% 2,153,339 2.27% 1,781,308 1 Jul 2023Official projection 47 0.1% 1,847,549 2.44% 1,558,160 1 Jul 2022Official projection 48 0.1% 1,273,588 -0.20% 1,261,196 31 Dec 2022Official projection 49 0.1% 1,230,506 0.95% 1,223,362 1 Jul 2023Official projection 50 0.1% 1,152,944 1.39% 1,001,454 1 Jul 2021Official estimate — (France) 0.1% 896,175 896,175 10 Jan 2024 51 0.1% 850,387 1.94% 758,316 15 Dec 20172017 census result — (disputed) 0.04% 579,729 1.93% 579,000 1 Jul 2020Official projection 52 0.04% 522,331 0.50% 483,628 16 Jun 20212021 census result 53 0.02% 230,871 2.02% 210,200 13 May 2020Official projection 54 0.01% 127,951 1.94% 100,447 22 Apr 20222022 census result Total 100% 1,480,770,525 2.34% 1,332,291,870

List of African countries by population

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