List of African countries by population density

Map 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 (inh./km²)	Area (km²)	Population (2015 est.)
—	Mayotte (France)	641.7	374	240,000
1	Mauritius	624.0	2,040	1,273,000
2	Rwanda	440.8	26,338	11,610,000
3	Burundi	401.7	27,830	11,179,000
4	Comoros	363.1	2,170	788,000
—	Réunion (France)	342.8	2,512	861,000
5	Seychelles	211.0	455	96,000
6	Nigeria	197.2	923,768	182,202,000
7	São Tomé and Príncipe	189.8	1,001	190,000
8	Gambia	176.2	11,300	1,991,000
9	Uganda	165.4	236,040	39,032,000
10	Malawi	145.3	118,480	17,215,000
11	Cape Verde	129.2	4,033	521,000
12	Togo	128.6	56,785	7,305,000
13	Ghana	114.5	239,460	27,410,000
14	Benin	96.6	112,620	10,880,000
15	Egypt	91.4	1,001,450	91,508,000
16	Sierra Leone	89.9	71,740	6,453,000
17	Ethiopia	88.2	1,127,127	99,391,000
18	Kenya	79.0	582,650	46,050,000
19	Senegal	77.1	196,190	15,129,000
20	Morocco	77.0	446,550	34,378,000
21	Swaziland	74.1	17,363	1,287,000
22	Côte d'Ivoire	70.4	322,460	22,702,000
23	Lesotho	70.3	30,355	2,135,000
24	Tunisia	68.8	163,610	11,254,000
25	Burkina Faso	66.0	274,200	18,106,000
26	Tanzania	56.6	945,087	53,470,000
27	Guinea	51.3	245,857	12,609,000
28	Guinea-Bissau	51.1	36,120	1,844,000
29	Cameroon	49.1	475,440	23,344,000
30	South Africa	44.7	1,219,912	54,490,000
31	Eritrea	43.1	121,320	5,228,000
32	Madagascar	41.3	587,040	24,235,000
33	Liberia	40.4	111,370	4,503,000
34	Zimbabwe	39.9	390,580	15,603,000
35	Djibouti	38.6	23,000	888,000
36	Mozambique	34.9	801,590	27,978,000
37	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32.9	2,345,410	77,267,000
38	Equatorial Guinea	30.1	28,051	845,000
39	Sudan	21.6	1,861,484	40,235,000
40	Zambia	21.5	752,614	16,212,000
41	Angola	20.1	1,246,700	25,022,000
42	South Sudan	19.2	644,329	12,340,000
43	Somalia	16.9	637,657	10,787,000
44	Algeria	16.7	2,381,740	39,667,000
45	Niger	15.7	1,267,000	19,899,000
46	Mali	14.2	1,240,000	17,600,000
47	Republic of the Congo	13.5	342,000	4,620,000
48	Chad	10.9	1,284,000	14,037,000
—	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	19.6	394	7,729
49	Central African Republic	7.9	622,984	4,900,000
50	Gabon	6.4	267,667	1,725,000
51	Mauritania	3.9	1,030,700	4,068,000
52	Botswana	3.8	600,370	2,262,000
53	Libya	3.6	1,759,540	6,278,000
54	Namibia	3.0	825,418	2,459,000
—	Western Sahara	2.2	266,000	573,000
AVERAGE/TOTAL	39.1	30,360,301	1,186,178,255

See also

• List of African countries by population
• List of African countries by GDP
• Demographics of Africa

References