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List of African countries by population density

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This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km2. Saint Helena, being closest to Africa, has been included.

{{Cite web |url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DVD/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/1_Population/WPP2015_POP_F01_1_TOTAL_POPULATION_BOTH_SEXES.XLS |title=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division Total Population Both sexes, July, 2015 |access-date=2015-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125602/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DVD/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/1_Population/WPP2015_POP_F01_1_TOTAL_POPULATION_BOTH_SEXES.XLS |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable sortable"

!scope="col" data-sort-type="number" rowspan=2|Rank

!scope="col" rowspan=2|Country or territory

!scope="col" colspan=2|Density

!scope="col" colspan=2|Area

!scope="col" data-sort-type="number" rowspan=2|Population (2015 est.)

scepe="col"|inh./km2

!scepe="col"|inh./mi²

!scepe="col"|km2

!scepe="col"|mi²

—

|align="left" |{{Country|Mayotte}} (France)

|{{convert|641.7|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|374|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|240,000

1

|align="left" |{{Country|Mauritius}}

|{{convert|624.0|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|2,040|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1,273,000

2

|align="left" |{{Country|Rwanda}}

|{{convert|440.8|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|26,338|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|11,610,000

3

|align="left" |{{Country|Burundi}}

|{{convert|401.7|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|27,830|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|11,179,000

4

|align="left" |{{Country|Comoros}}

|{{convert|363.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|2,170|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|788,000

—

|align="left" |{{Country|Réunion}} (France)

|{{convert|342.8|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|2,512|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|861,200

5

|align="left" |{{Country|Seychelles}}

|{{convert|211.0|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|455|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|96,000

6

|align="left" |{{Country|Nigeria}}

|{{convert|197.2|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|923,768|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|182,202,000

7

|align="left" |{{Country|São Tomé and Príncipe}}

|{{convert|189.8|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,001|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|190,000

8

|align="left" |{{Country|Gambia}}

|{{convert|176.2|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|11,300|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1,991,000

9

|align="left" |{{Country|Uganda}}

|{{convert|165.4|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|236,040|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|39,032,000

10

|align="left" |{{Country|Malawi}}

|{{convert|145.3|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|118,480|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|17,215,000

11

|align="left" |{{Country|Cabo Verde}}

|{{convert|129.2|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|4,033|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|521,000

12

|align="left" |{{Country|Togo}}

|{{convert|128.6|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|56,785|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|7,305,000

13

|align="left" |{{Country|Ghana}}

|{{convert|114.5|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|239,460|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|27,410,000

14

|align="left" |{{Country|Benin}}

|{{convert|96.6|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|112,620|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|10,880,000

15

|align="left" |{{Country|Egypt}}

|{{convert|91.4|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,001,450|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|91,508,000

16

|align="left" |{{Country|Sierra Leone}}

|{{convert|89.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|71,740|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|6,453,000

17

|align="left" |{{Country|Ethiopia}}

|{{convert|88.2|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,127,127|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|99,391,000

18

|align="left" |{{Country|Kenya}}

|{{convert|79.0|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|582,650|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|46,050,000

19

|align="left" |{{Country|Senegal}}

|{{convert|77.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|196,190|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|15,129,000

20

|align="left" |{{Country|Eswatini|name=Eswatini (Swaziland)}}

|{{convert|74.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|17,363|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1,287,000

21

|align="left" |{{Country|Côte d'Ivoire}}

|{{convert|70.4|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|322,460|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|22,702,000

22

|align="left" |{{Country|Lesotho}}

|{{convert|70.3|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|30,355|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2,135,000

23

|align="left" |{{Country|Tunisia}}

|{{convert|68.8|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|163,610|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|11,254,000

24

|align="left" |{{Country|Burkina Faso}}

|{{convert|66.0|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|274,200|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|18,106,000

25

|align="left" |{{Country|Tanzania}}

|{{convert|56.6|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|945,087|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|53,470,000

26

|align="left" |{{Country|Guinea}}

|{{convert|51.3|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|245,857|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|12,609,000

27

|align="left" |{{Country|Guinea-Bissau}}

|{{convert|51.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|36,120|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1,844,000

28

|align="left" |{{Country|Cameroon}}

|{{convert|49.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|475,440|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|23,344,000

29

|align="left" |{{Country|Morocco}}

|{{convert|46.4|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|710,850|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|34,378,000

30

|align="left" |{{Country|South Africa}}

|{{convert|44.7|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,219,912|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|54,490,000

31

|align="left" |{{Country|Eritrea}}

|{{convert|43.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|121,320|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|5,228,000

32

|align="left" |{{Country|Madagascar}}

|{{convert|41.3|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|587,040|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|24,235,000

33

|align="left" |{{Country|Liberia}}

|{{convert|40.4|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|111,370|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|4,503,000

34

|align="left" |{{Country|Zimbabwe}}

|{{convert|39.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|390,580|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|15,603,000

35

|align="left" |{{Country|Djibouti}}

|{{convert|38.6|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|23,000|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|888,000

36

|align="left" |{{Country|Mozambique}}

|{{convert|34.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|801,590|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|27,978,000

37

|align="left" |{{Country|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

|{{convert|32.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|2,345,410|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|77,267,000

38

|align="left" |{{Country|Equatorial Guinea}}

|{{convert|30.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|28,051|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|845,000

39

|align="left" |{{Country|Sudan}}

|{{convert|21.6|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,861,484|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|40,235,000

40

|align="left" |{{Country|Zambia}}

|{{convert|21.5|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|752,614|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|16,212,000

41

|align="left" |{{Country|Angola}}

|{{convert|20.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,246,700|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|25,022,000

42

|align="left" |{{Country|South Sudan}}

|{{convert|19.2|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|644,329|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|12,340,000

43

|align="left" |{{Country|Somalia}}

|{{convert|16.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|637,657|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|10,787,000

44

|align="left" |{{Country|Algeria}}

|{{convert|16.7|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|2,381,740|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|39,667,000

45

|align="left" |{{Country|Niger}}

|{{convert|15.7|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,267,000|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|19,899,000

46

|align="left" |{{Country|Mali}}

|{{convert|14.2|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,240,000|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|17,600,000

47

|align="left" |{{Country|Republic of the Congo}}

|{{convert|13.5|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|342,000|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|4,620,000

48

|align="left" |{{Country|Chad}}

|{{convert|10.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,284,000|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|14,037,000

—

|align="left" |{{Country|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha}} (UK)

|{{convert|19.6|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|394|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|7,729

49

|align="left" |{{Country|Central African Republic}}

|{{convert|7.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|622,984|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|4,900,000

50

|align="left" |{{Country|Gabon}}

|{{convert|6.4|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|267,667|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1,725,000

51

|align="left" |{{Country|Mauritania}}

|{{convert|3.9|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,030,700|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|4,068,000

52

|align="left" |{{Country|Botswana}}

|{{convert|3.8|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|600,370|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2,262,000

53

|align="left" |{{Country|Libya}}

|{{convert|3.6|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|1,759,540|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|6,278,000

54

|align="left" |{{Country|Namibia}}

|{{convert|3.0|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|825,418|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2,459,000

—

|align="left" |AVERAGE/TOTAL

|{{convert|39.1|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|{{convert|30,360,301|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1,186,178,255

See also

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References

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Population Density

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