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