Africa: States and Populations (2020)

10/07/2022

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	Country	Population	Subregion
	Country	2020	Subregion
1	Algeria	43,851,044	Eastern Africa
2	Angola	32,866,272	Eastern Africa
3	Benin	12,123,200	Middle Africa
4	Botswana	2,351,627	Eastern Africa
5	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	Western Africa
6	Burundi	11,890,784	Western Africa
7	Cabo Verde	555,987	Northern Africa
8	Cameroon	26,545,863	Eastern Africa
9	Central African Republic	4,829,767	Southern Africa
10	Chad	16,425,864	Western Africa
11	Comoros	869,601	Middle Africa
12	Congo	5,518,087	Eastern Africa
13	Côte d’Ivoire	26,378,274	Western Africa
14	Djibouti	988,000	Middle Africa
15	DR Congo	89,561,403	Western Africa
16	Egypt	102,334,404	Eastern Africa
17	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	Northern Africa
18	Eritrea	3,546,421	Northern Africa
19	Eswatini	1,160,164	Northern Africa
20	Ethiopia	114,963,588	Eastern Africa
21	Gabon	2,225,734	Middle Africa
22	Gambia	2,416,668	Eastern Africa
23	Ghana	31,072,940	Western Africa
24	Guinea	13,132,795	Eastern Africa
25	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	Middle Africa
26	Kenya	53,771,296	Western Africa
27	Lesotho	2,142,249	Southern Africa
28	Liberia	5,057,681	Western Africa
29	Libya	6,871,292	Western Africa
30	Madagascar	27,691,018	Southern Africa
31	Malawi	19,129,952	Middle Africa
32	Mali	20,250,833	Middle Africa
33	Mauritania	4,649,658	Southern Africa
34	Mauritius	1,271,768	Western Africa
35	Morocco	36,910,560	Western Africa
36	Mozambique	31,255,435	Western Africa
37	Namibia	2,540,905	Western Africa
38	Niger	24,206,644	Eastern Africa
39	Nigeria	206,139,589	Eastern Africa
40	Rwanda	12,952,218	Western Africa
41	Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	Middle Africa
42	Senegal	16,743,927	Eastern Africa
43	Seychelles	98,347	Eastern Africa
44	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	Middle Africa
45	Somalia	15,893,222	Western Africa
46	South Africa	59,308,690	Eastern Africa
47	South Sudan	11,193,725	Eastern Africa
48	Sudan	43,849,260	Western Africa
49	Tanzania	59,734,218	Eastern Africa
50	Togo	8,278,724	Northern Africa
51	Tunisia	11,818,619	Southern Africa
52	Uganda	45,741,007	Eastern Africa
53	Zambia	18,383,955	Eastern Africa
54	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	Northern Africa

		Dependencies and Other Territories


#	Territory	Population	Dependency of
#	Territory	-2020	Dependency of
1	Réunion	895,312	France
2	Saint Helena	6,077	U.K.
3	Western Sahara	597,339	(disputed)
4	Mayotte	272,815	France