Rank Country (or dependent territory) July 1, 2015 projection % of pop. Average relative annual growth (%) Average absolute annual growth Estimated doubling time (Years) Official figure (where available) Date of last figure Source Nigeria 181,563,000 15.98 2.91 4,731,000 24 173,000,000 2013 Official estimate Ethiopia 103,764,000 7.81 2.41 2,424,000 29 99,391,000 2015 Official estimate Egypt 89,125,000 7.68 2.29 2,028,000 31 94,408,000 October 12, 2018 Official population clock Democratic Republic of the Congo 77,267,000 6.70 3.13 2,390,000 22 86,026,000 July 1, 2015 Official estimate South Africa 54,957,000 4.77 1.61 873,000 43 54,956,900 July 1, 2015 Official estimate 6 Tanzania 51,046,000 4.23 2.97 1,414,000 24 51,046,000 2015 Official estimate 7 Kenya 45,533,000 3.84 2.87 1,196,000 24 45,533,000 2015 Official estimate 8 Sudan 40,235,000 3.33 3.07 912,000 23 40,235,000 2015 Official estimate 9 Algeria 39,670,000 3.46 2.07 768,000 34 40,100,000 January 1, 2016 Official estimate 10 Uganda 37,102,000 3.10 3.09 1,201,000 23 34,856,813 August 28, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result 11 Morocco 34,380,000 3.33 1.24 412,000 56 33,337,529 September 1, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result 12 Mozambique 28,013,000 2.23 2.74 702,000 26 28,013,000 2015 Official estimate 13 Ghana 27,414,000 2.40 2.48 621,000 28 27,043,093 2014 Official estimate 14 Angola 25,326,000 2.20 3.43 839,000 21 24,383,301 May 16, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result 15 Ivory Coast 23,126,000 2.02 2.55 451,000 27 22,671,331 May 15, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result 16 Madagascar 23,043,000 2.00 2.71 609,000 26 22,434,363 2014 Official estimate 17 Cameroon 21,918,000 1.90 2.65 565,000 27 21,917,602 2015 Official estimate 18 Niger 18,880,000 1.64 3.86 701,000 18 17,138,707 December 10, 2012 Final 2012 census result 19 Burkina Faso 18,450,000 1.60 3.26 582,000 22 18,450,494 2015 Official estimate 20 Mali 17,796,000 1.54 3.30 568,000 21 14,528,662 April 1, 2009 Final 2009 census result 21 Malawi 16,307,000 1.41 3.18 502,000 22 16,832,900 July 1, 2016 Official estimate 22 Zambia 15,474,000 1.34 3.00 451,000 23 15,473,905 2015 Official estimate 23 Somalia 14,317,996 0.95 1.54 166,000 45 12,316,895 January 1, 2016 Official estimate 24 Senegal 14,150,000 1.23 2.92 401,000 24 14,354,690 2015 Official estimate 25 Chad 13,675,000 1.19 3.57 471,000 20 11,039,873 May 20, 2009 Final 2009 census result 26 Zimbabwe 13,503,000 1.17 1.17 156,000 60 13,061,239 August 17, 2012 Final 2012 census result 27 South Sudan 12,519,000 1.09 5.95 703,000 12 8,260,490 April 22, 2008 2008 census result 28 Rwanda 11,324,000 0.98 2.61 288,000 27 10,515,973 August 15, 2012 Final 2012 census result 29 Tunisia 11,118,000 0.96 1.04 114,000 67 10,982,754 April 23, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result 30 Guinea 10,935,000 0.95 2.30 246,000 30 10,628,972 April 2, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result 31 Benin 10,782,000 0.93 3.54 369,000 20 10,008,749 May 11, 2013 Final 2013 census result 32 Burundi 9,824,000 0.85 2.93 280,000 24 9,823,828 2015 Official estimate 33 Togo 7,065,000 0.61 2.87 197,000 25 6,191,155 November 6, 2010 Final 2010 census result 34 Eritrea 6,895,000 0.60 5.49 359,000 13 6,536,000 July 1, 2014 Official estimate 35 Sierra Leone 6,513,000 0.56 2.57 163,000 27 6,348,350 2014 Official estimate 36 Libya 6,278,000 0.54 1.13 70,000 62 5,298,152 April 15, 2006 2006 census result 37 Republic of the Congo 4,706,000 0.41 2.98 136,000 24 3,697,490 April 28, 2007 2007 census result 38 Central African Republic 4,659,080 0.42 2.00 96,000 35 3,859,139 2017 (1) 39 Liberia 4,046,000 0.35 2.09 83,000 33 3,476,608 March 21, 2008 Final 2008 census result 40 Mauritania 3,632,000 0.31 2.43 86,000 29 3,718,678 2016 Official estimate 41 Namibia 2,281,000 0.20 2.01 45,000 35 2,280,700 July 1, 2015 Official estimate 42 Botswana 2,176,000 0.19 1.92 41,000 36 2,024,904 August 22, 2011 Final 2011 census result 43 Gambia 2,022,000 0.18 3.27 64,000 22 1,882,450 April 15, 2013 Preliminary 2013 census result 44 Equatorial Guinea 1,996,000 0.17 4.23 81,000 17 1,222,442 July 4, 2015 Preliminary 2015 census result 45 Lesotho 1,908,000 0.17 0.21 4,000 330 1,894,194 2011 Official estimate 46 Gabon 1,873,000 0.16 1.85 34,000 38 1,802,278 October 5, 2013 Preliminary 2013 census result 47 Guinea - Bissau 1,788,000 0.16 2.58 45,000 27 1,530,673 2015 Official estimate 48 Mauritius 1,263,000 0.11 0.16 2,000 437 1,261,208 July 1, 2014 Official estimate 49 eSwatini (Swaziland) 1,119,000 0.10 1.18 13,000 59 1,119,375 2015 Official estimate 50 Djibouti 961,000 0.08 2.67 25,000 26 864,618 July 1, 2011 Official estimate 51 Réunion (France) 853,000 0.07 0.71 6,000 98 840,974 January 1, 2013 Official estimate 52 Comoros 783,000 0.07 2.62 20,000 27 806,200 July 1, 2016 Official estimate 53 Cape Verde 525,000 0.05 1.35 7,000 52 491,875 June 16, 2010 Final 2010 census result 54 Western Sahara 509,000 0.04 1.80 9,000 39 510,713 September 2, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result 55 Mayotte (France) 229,000 0.02 2.69 6,000 26 212,600 August 21, 2012 2012 census result 56 São Tomé and Príncipe 194,000 0.02 2.65 5,000 27 179,200 May 13, 2012 Final 2012 census result 57 Seychelles 97,000 0.01 1.04 1,000 67 90,945 August 26, 2010 Final 2010 census result 58 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 4,000 < 0.01 0.0 0 - 5,633 June 2016 2016 census result Total 1,153,308,000 100.00 2.68 30,155,000 26
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