Population in Africa · 2025

What country in Africa has the most people?

Nigeria has the most people in Africa, with a population of 237.5 million.

Ranking by Population
#	Country	Population
1	Nigeria	237,527,782
2	Ethiopia	135,472,051
3	Egypt	118,365,995
4	DR Congo	112,832,473
5	Tanzania	70,545,865
6	South Africa	64,747,319
7	Kenya	57,532,493
8	Sudan	51,662,147
9	Uganda	51,384,894
10	Algeria	47,435,312
11	Angola	39,040,039
12	Morocco	38,430,770
13	Mozambique	35,631,653
14	Ghana	35,064,272
15	Madagascar	32,740,678
16	Côte d'Ivoire	32,711,547
17	Cameroon	29,879,337
18	Niger	27,917,831
19	Mali	25,198,821
20	Burkina Faso	24,074,580
21	Malawi	22,216,120
22	Zambia	21,913,874
23	Chad	21,003,705
24	Somalia	19,654,739
25	Senegal	18,931,966
26	Zimbabwe	16,950,795
27	Guinea	15,099,727
28	Benin	14,814,460
29	Rwanda	14,569,341
30	Burundi	14,390,003
31	Tunisia	12,348,573
32	South Sudan	12,188,788
33	Sierra Leone	8,819,794
34	Togo	8,591,626
35	Libya	7,458,555
36	Republic of the Congo	6,484,437
37	Liberia	5,731,206
38	Central African Republic	5,513,282
39	Mauritania	5,315,065
40	Eritrea	3,607,003
41	Namibia	3,092,816
42	Gambia	2,822,093
43	Gabon	2,593,130
44	Botswana	2,562,122
45	Lesotho	2,363,325
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,249,515
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,938,431
48	Eswatini	1,256,174
49	Mauritius	1,243,741
50	Djibouti	1,184,076
51	Comoros	882,847
52	Cabo Verde	527,326
53	Sao Tome and Principe	240,254
54	Seychelles	122,730

Key facts

Runners-up

Ethiopia is 2nd and Egypt 3rd in Africa.

Lead

Nigeria has 1.8× the figure of Ethiopia.