List of African countries by population density

This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km2. Saint Helena, being closest to Africa, has been included. [1]

Rank Country or territory Density Area Population (2015 est.)
inh./km2 inh./mi² km2 mi²
— Mayotte (France) 641.7 1,662 374 144 240,000
1 Mauritius 624.0 1,616 2,040 790 1,273,000
2 Rwanda 440.8 1,142 26,338 10,169 11,610,000
3 Burundi 401.7 1,040 27,830 10,750 11,179,000
4 Comoros 363.1 940 2,170 840 788,000
— Réunion (France) 342.8 888 2,512 970 861,200
5 Seychelles 211.0 546 455 176 96,000
6 Nigeria 197.2 511 923,768 356,669 182,202,000
7 São Tomé and Príncipe 189.8 492 1,001 386 190,000
8 Gambia 176.2 456 11,300 4,400 1,991,000
9 Uganda 165.4 428 236,040 91,140 39,032,000
10 Malawi 145.3 376 118,480 45,750 17,215,000
11 Cabo Verde 129.2 335 4,033 1,557 521,000
12 Togo 128.6 333 56,785 21,925 7,305,000
13 Ghana 114.5 297 239,460 92,460 27,410,000
14 Benin 96.6 250 112,620 43,480 10,880,000
15 Egypt 91.4 237 1,001,450 386,660 91,508,000
16 Sierra Leone 89.9 233 71,740 27,700 6,453,000
17 Ethiopia 88.2 228 1,127,127 435,186 99,391,000
18 Kenya 79.0 205 582,650 224,960 46,050,000
19 Senegal 77.1 200 196,190 75,750 15,129,000
20 Eswatini (Swaziland) 74.1 192 17,363 6,704 1,287,000
21 Côte d'Ivoire 70.4 182 322,460 124,500 22,702,000
22 Lesotho 70.3 182 30,355 11,720 2,135,000
23 Tunisia 68.8 178 163,610 63,170 11,254,000
24 Burkina Faso 66.0 171 274,200 105,900 18,106,000
25 Tanzania 56.6 147 945,087 364,900 53,470,000
26 Guinea 51.3 133 245,857 94,926 12,609,000
27 Guinea-Bissau 51.1 132 36,120 13,950 1,844,000
28 Cameroon 49.1 127 475,440 183,570 23,344,000
29 Morocco 46.4 120 710,850 274,460 34,378,000
30 South Africa 44.7 116 1,219,912 471,011 54,490,000
31 Eritrea 43.1 112 121,320 46,840 5,228,000
32 Madagascar 41.3 107 587,040 226,660 24,235,000
33 Liberia 40.4 105 111,370 43,000 4,503,000
34 Zimbabwe 39.9 103 390,580 150,800 15,603,000
35 Djibouti 38.6 100 23,000 8,900 888,000
36 Mozambique 34.9 90 801,590 309,500 27,978,000
37 Democratic Republic of the Congo 32.9 85 2,345,410 905,570 77,267,000
38 Equatorial Guinea 30.1 78 28,051 10,831 845,000
39 Sudan 21.6 56 1,861,484 718,723 40,235,000
40 Zambia 21.5 56 752,614 290,586 16,212,000
41 Angola 20.1 52 1,246,700 481,400 25,022,000
42 South Sudan 19.2 50 644,329 248,777 12,340,000
43 Somalia 16.9 44 637,657 246,201 10,787,000
44 Algeria 16.7 43 2,381,740 919,590 39,667,000
45 Niger 15.7 41 1,267,000 489,000 19,899,000
46 Mali 14.2 37 1,240,000 480,000 17,600,000
47 Republic of the Congo 13.5 35 342,000 132,000 4,620,000
48 Chad 10.9 28 1,284,000 496,000 14,037,000
— Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 19.6 51 394 152 7,729
49 Central African Republic 7.9 20 622,984 240,535 4,900,000
50 Gabon 6.4 17 267,667 103,347 1,725,000
51 Mauritania 3.9 10 1,030,700 398,000 4,068,000
52 Botswana 3.8 9.8 600,370 231,800 2,262,000
53 Libya 3.6 9.3 1,759,540 679,360 6,278,000
54 Namibia 3.0 7.8 825,418 318,696 2,459,000
— AVERAGE/TOTAL 39.1 101 30,360,301 11,722,178 1,186,178,255

See also

References

  1. ^ "United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division Total Population Both sexes, July, 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
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