RankCountryPopulationArea (Sq.Km.)Population Density (Sq.Km.)
1Nigeria
158,259,000
923,768.00171.32
2Ethiopia79,221,0001,127,127.0070.29
3Egypt78,848,0001,001,450.0078.73
4Congo (Dem. Rep. of )67,827,0002,345,410.0028.92
5South Africa

49,991,3001,219,912.00
40.98
6Tanzania45,040,000945,087.00
47.66
7Kenya
40,863,000582,650.00
70.13
8Algeria
35,423,000
2,381,740.0014.87
9Uganda33,796,000
236,040.00143.18
10Sudan31,894,0001,886,068.00
16.40
11Morocco31,892,000446,550.00
71.42
12Ghana
24,333,000
239,460.00
101.62
13Mozambique23,406,000
801,590.00
29.20
14Cote d'Ivoire21,571,000322,460.00
66.90
15Madagascar21,146,000587,040.00
36.02
16Cameroon
19,958,000475,440.00
41.98
17Angola18,993,0001,246,700.0015.23
18Burkina Faso16,287,000
274,200.00
59.40
19Niger
15,891,000
1,267,000.00
12.54
20Malawi
15,692,000118,480.00
132.44
21Mali
14,517,1761,240,000.00
11.71
22Zambia13,257,000
752,614.00
17.61
23Senegal
12,861,000196,190.00
65.55
24Zimbabwe12,644,000390,580.0032.37
25Chad
11,274,106
1,284,000.00
8.78
26Tunisia
10,432,500163,610.0063.76
27Guinea10,324,000245,857.00
41.99
28Rwanda10,277,000
26,338.00
390.20
29Somalia
9,359,000

637,657.00

14.68
30Benin9,212,000
112,620.0081.80
31Burundi
8,519,00027,830.00
306.11
32South Sudan
8,260,490
619,745.00
13.32
33Togo
6,780,000
56,785.00
119.40