1:31:29 AM Wed, May 22nd 2013
| Rank | Country | Population | Area (Sq.Km.) | Population Density (Sq.Km.) |
| 1 | Nigeria
| 158,259,000
| 923,768.00 | 171.32 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 79,221,000 | 1,127,127.00 | 70.29 |
| 3 | Egypt | 78,848,000 | 1,001,450.00 | 78.73 |
| 4 | Congo (Dem. Rep. of ) | 67,827,000 | 2,345,410.00 | 28.92 |
| 5 | South Africa
| 49,991,300 | 1,219,912.00
| 40.98 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 45,040,000 | 945,087.00
| 47.66
|
| 7 | Kenya
| 40,863,000 | 582,650.00
| 70.13 |
| 8 | Algeria
| 35,423,000
| 2,381,740.00 | 14.87 |
| 9 | Uganda | 33,796,000
| 236,040.00 | 143.18
|
| 10 | Sudan | 31,894,000 | 1,886,068.00
| 16.40 |
| 11 | Morocco | 31,892,000 | 446,550.00
| 71.42
|
| 12 | Ghana
| 24,333,000
| 239,460.00
| 101.62
|
| 13 | Mozambique | 23,406,000
| 801,590.00
| 29.20 |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21,571,000 | 322,460.00
| 66.90
|
| 15 | Madagascar | 21,146,000 | 587,040.00
| 36.02
|
| 16 | Cameroon
| 19,958,000 | 475,440.00
| 41.98
|
| 17 | Angola | 18,993,000 | 1,246,700.00 | 15.23 |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 16,287,000
| 274,200.00
| 59.40 |
| 19 | Niger
| 15,891,000
| 1,267,000.00
| 12.54
|
| 20 | Malawi
| 15,692,000 | 118,480.00
| 132.44 |
| 21 | Mali
| 14,517,176 | 1,240,000.00
| 11.71
|
| 22 | Zambia | 13,257,000
| 752,614.00
| 17.61
|
| 23 | Senegal
| 12,861,000 | 196,190.00
| 65.55 |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 12,644,000 | 390,580.00 | 32.37
|
| 25 | Chad
| 11,274,106
| 1,284,000.00
| 8.78
|
| 26 | Tunisia
| 10,432,500 | 163,610.00 | 63.76 |
| 27 | Guinea | 10,324,000 | 245,857.00
| 41.99 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 10,277,000
| 26,338.00
| 390.20 |
| 29 | Somalia
| 9,359,000
| 637,657.00
| 14.68
|
| 30 | Benin | 9,212,000
| 112,620.00 | 81.80
|
| 31 | Burundi
| 8,519,000 | 27,830.00
| 306.11
|
| 32 | South Sudan
| 8,260,490
| 619,745.00
| 13.32
|
| 33 | Togo
| 6,780,000
| 56,785.00
| 119.40
|