Africa

#	Country	Population 2026	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)
1	Nigeria	242,431,832	910,768	266
2	Ethiopia	138,902,185	1,096,570	127
3	Egypt	120,101,175	995,450	121
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	116,452,162	2,267,048	51
5	Tanzania	72,563,780	885,800	82
6	South Africa	65,453,084	1,214,470	54
7	Kenya	58,636,412	569,140	103
8	Sudan	53,282,719	1,731,671	31
9	Uganda	52,761,470	197,100	268
10	Algeria	48,028,334	2,381,740	20
11	Angola	40,215,180	1,246,700	32
12	Morocco	38,762,441	446,300	87
13	Mozambique	36,639,850	786,380	47
14	Ghana	35,697,557	227,533	157
15	Madagascar	33,522,052	581,540	58
16	Côte d'Ivoire	33,494,346	318,003	105
17	Cameroon	30,640,817	472,710	65
18	Niger	28,814,878	1,266,700	23
19	Mali	25,932,275	1,220,190	21
20	Burkina Faso	24,601,700	273,800	90
21	Malawi	22,785,535	94,080	242
22	Zambia	22,521,915	743,398	30
23	Chad	21,560,380	1,259,200	17
24	Somalia	20,305,907	627,337	32
25	Senegal	19,366,548	192,530	101
26	Zimbabwe	17,273,580	386,847	45
27	Guinea	15,441,992	245,717	63
28	Benin	15,170,420	110,622	137
29	Rwanda	14,889,693	24,668	604
30	Burundi	14,729,157	25,680	574
31	South Sudan	12,436,037	644,329	19
32	Tunisia	12,415,138	155,360	80
33	Togo	9,930,918	54,385	183
34	Sierra Leone	8,996,744	71,620	126
35	Libya	7,539,852	1,759,540	4
36	Republic of the Congo	6,637,786	341,500	19
37	Liberia	5,853,949	96,320	61
38	Central African Republic	5,698,984	622,984	9
39	Mauritania	5,461,319	1,030,700	5
40	Eritrea	3,682,669	101,000	36
41	Namibia	3,153,246	823,290	4
42	Gambia	2,884,079	10,120	285
43	Gabon	2,647,400	257,667	10
44	Botswana	2,603,388	566,730	5
45	Lesotho	2,389,336	30,355	79
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,297,808	28,120	82
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,984,468	28,051	71
48	Eswatini	1,269,859	17,204	74
49	Mauritius	1,265,059	2,030	623
50	Djibouti	1,199,459	23,180	52
51	Comoros	899,010	1,862	483
52	Réunion	886,298	2,512	353
53	Western Sahara	610,813	266,000	2
54	Cabo Verde	529,630	4,033	131
55	Mayotte	347,536	374	929
56	São Tomé and Príncipe	244,994	964	254
57	Seychelles	134,959	455	297
58	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,148	394	13

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