The 54 Nations of Africa by Population

​Source: Worldometer
Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Rank by Population	Country	Population	Density (per sq/km	Median Age
1	​Nigeria	206,139,589	226	18
2	Ethiopia	​114,963,588	115	19
3	Egypt	102,334,404	103	25
4	DR Congo	89,561,403	40	17
5	South Africa	59,308,690	49	28
6	Tanzania	59,734,218	67	18
7	Kenya	53,771,296	94	20
8	Uganda	45,741,007	229	17
9	Algeria	​43,851,044	18	29
10	Sudan	43,849,260	25	20
11	Morocco	36,910,560	83	30
12	Angola	32,866,272	26	17
13	Ghana	31,072,940	137	22
14	Mozambique	31,255,435	40	​18
15	Madascar	27,691,018	48	20
16	Cameroon	26,545,863	56	19
17	Cote d'Ivoire	26,378,274	83	19
18	Niger	​24,206,644	19	15
19	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	​76	18
20	Mali	20,250,833	17	16
21	Malawi	19,129,952	203	18
22	Zambia	18,383,955	25	18
23	Senegal	16,743,927	87	19
24	Chad	16,425,864	13	17
25	Somalia	15,893,222	25	​17
26	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	38	19
27	Guinea	13,132,795	53	18
28	Rwanda	12,952,218	525	20
29	Benin	12,123,200	108	19
30	Tunisia	11,818,619	76	33
31	Burundi	11,890,784	463	17
32	South Sudan	11,193,725	18	19
33	Togo	8,278,724	152	19
34	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	111	19
35	Libya	6,871,292	4	29
36	Congo	5,518,087	16	19
37	Liberia	5,057,681	53	19
38	Central African Republic	4,829,767	8	18
39	Mauritania	4,649,658	5	20
40	Eritrea	3,546,421	35	19
41	Namibia	2,540,905	3	22
42	Gambia	2,416,668	239	18
43	Botswana	2,351,627	4	24
44	Gabon	2,225,734	9	23
45	Lesotho	2,142,249	71	​24
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	70	19
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	50	22
48	Mauritius	1,271,768	626	37
49	Eswatini	1,160,164	67	21
50	Djibouti	988,000	43	27
51	Comoros	869,601	467	20
52	Cabo Verde	555,987	138	28
53	Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	228	19
54	Seychelles	98,347	214	34