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.[citation needed]
| country |
pop. dens. (/km²) |
area (km²) |
population (2002-07-01 est.) |
| Mauritius |
588 |
2,040 |
1,200,206 |
| Mayotte (Fr.) |
457 |
374 |
170,879 |
| Réunion (Fr.) |
296 |
2,512 |
743,981 |
| Comoros |
283 |
2,170 |
614,382 |
| Rwanda |
281 |
26,338 |
7,398,074 |
| Burundi |
229 |
27,830 |
6,373,002 |
| Seychelles |
176 |
455 |
80,098 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
170 |
1,001 |
170,372 |
| Nigeria |
141 |
923,768 |
129,934,911 |
| Gambia |
129 |
11,300 |
1,455,842 |
| Uganda |
105 |
236,040 |
24,699,073 |
| Cape Verde |
101 |
4,033 |
408,760 |
| Togo |
93 |
56,785 |
5,285,501 |
| Malawi |
90 |
118,480 |
10,701,824 |
| Ghana |
85 |
239,460 |
20,244,154 |
| Sierra Leone |
78 |
71,740 |
5,614,743 |
| Lesotho |
73 |
30,355 |
2,207,954 |
| Egypt |
71 |
1,001,450 |
70,712,345 |
| Morocco (excluding Western Sahara) |
70 |
446,550 |
31,167,783 |
| Swaziland |
65 |
17,363 |
1,123,605 |
| Benin |
60 |
112,620 |
6,787,625 |
| Ethiopia |
60 |
1,127,127 |
67,673,031 |
| Tunisia |
60 |
163,610 |
9815,644 |
| Senegal |
54 |
196,190 |
10,589,571 |
| Kenya |
53 |
582,650 |
31,138,735 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
52 |
322,460 |
16,804,784 |
| Burkina Faso |
46 |
274,200 |
12,603,185 |
| Tanzania |
39 |
945,087 |
37,187,939 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
37 |
36,120 |
1,345,479 |
| Eritrea |
37 |
121,320 |
4,465,651 |
| South Africa |
36 |
1,219,912 |
43,647,658 |
| Cameroon |
34 |
475,440 |
16,184,748 |
| Guinea |
32 |
245,857 |
7,775,065 |
| Liberia |
30 |
111,370 |
3,288,198 |
| Zimbabwe |
29 |
390,580 |
11,376,676 |
| Madagascar |
28 |
587,040 |
16,473,477 |
| Mozambique |
24 |
801,590 |
19,607,519 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
24 |
2,345,410 |
55,225,478 |
| Djibouti |
21 |
23,000 |
472,810 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
18 |
28,051 |
498,144 |
| Sudan |
15 |
2,505,810 |
37,090,298 |
| Algeria |
14 |
2,381,740 |
32,277,942 |
| Zambia |
13 |
752,614 |
9,959,037 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) |
13 |
420 |
5,661 |
| Somalia |
12 |
637,657 |
7,753,310 |
| Mali |
9.1 |
1,240,000 |
11,340,480 |
| Republic of the Congo |
8.7 |
342,000 |
2,958,448 |
| Angola |
8.5 |
1,246,700 |
10,593,171 |
| Niger |
8.4 |
1,267,000 |
10,639,744 |
| Chad |
8.0 |
1,284,000 |
10,329,208 |
| Central African Republic |
5.8 |
622,984 |
3,642,739 |
| Gabon |
4.6 |
267,667 |
1,233,353 |
| Libya |
3.1 |
1,759,540 |
5,368,585 |
| Mauritania |
2.7 |
1,030,700 |
2,828,858 |
| Botswana |
2.7 |
600,370 |
1,591,232 |
| Namibia |
2.2 |
825,418 |
1,820,916 |
| Western Sahara |
1.0 |
266,000 |
256,177 |
| AVERAGE/TOTAL |
27.721273 |
30,360,298 |
841,626,094 |
See also [edit]
