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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

See also

References

  1. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division Total Population Both sexes, July, 2015
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