51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: people. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Egypt (878,268) and the lowest in Cabo Verde (0).
The median country is at 8,109: half are above, half below.
| In chart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 878,268 | |
| 2 | Kenya | 218,646 | |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 112,987 | |
| 4 | Libya | 105,954 | |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100,112 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 82,358 | |
| 7 | Sudan | 50,147 | |
| 8 | Niger | 50,004 | |
| 9 | Tanzania | 43,262 | |
| 10 | Uganda | 35,249 | |
| 11 | Angola | 30,261 | |
| 12 | Somalia | 25,702 | |
| 13 | Malawi | 25,251 | |
| 14 | Mozambique | 18,972 | |
| 15 | Cameroon | 18,553 | |
| 16 | Nigeria | 18,192 | |
| 17 | Rwanda | 15,251 | |
| 18 | Morocco | 15,033 | |
| 19 | Zambia | 12,906 | |
| 20 | Benin | 11,947 | |
| 21 | Djibouti | 10,141 | |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 9,495 | |
| 23 | Chad | 9,371 | |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 8,454 | |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8,177 | |
| 26 | Republic of the Congo | 8,109 | |
| 27 | Mauritania | 7,378 | |
| 28 | Tunisia | 5,523 | |
| 29 | Togo | 4,282 | |
| 30 | Algeria | 3,690 | |
| 31 | Eswatini | 3,511 | |
| 32 | South Sudan | 3,246 | |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 1,957 | |
| 34 | Senegal | 1,538 | |
| 35 | Burundi | 1,466 | |
| 36 | Namibia | 1,326 | |
| 37 | Madagascar | 1,279 | |
| 38 | Liberia | 725 | |
| 39 | The Gambia | 509 | |
| 40 | Ghana | 475 | |
| 41 | Mali | 322 | |
| 42 | Mauritius | 233 | |
| 43 | Lesotho | 202 | |
| 44 | Guinea | 172 | |
| 45 | Gabon | 86 | |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 30 | |
| 47 | Botswana | 21 | |
| 48 | Comoros | 14 | |
| 49 | Cabo Verde | 0 | |
| 50 | Eritrea | 0 | |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0 |
Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart above, up to six at a time. The ranking uses the latest year for which at least half of the countries have a value; countries without a value that year are not listed.
