List 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]
Rank | Country or territory | Density | Area | Population (2015 est.) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inh./km2 | inh./mi² | km2 | mi² | |||
— | 641.7 | 1,662 | 374 | 144 | 240,000 | |
1 | 624.0 | 1,616 | 2,040 | 790 | 1,273,000 | |
2 | 440.8 | 1,142 | 26,338 | 10,169 | 11,610,000 | |
3 | 401.7 | 1,040 | 27,830 | 10,750 | 11,179,000 | |
4 | 363.1 | 940 | 2,170 | 840 | 788,000 | |
— | 342.8 | 888 | 2,512 | 970 | 861,2000 | |
5 | 211.0 | 546 | 455 | 176 | 96,000 | |
6 | 197.2 | 511 | 923,768 | 356,669 | 182,202,000 | |
7 | 189.8 | 492 | 1,001 | 386 | 190,000 | |
8 | 176.2 | 456 | 11,300 | 4,400 | 1,991,000 | |
9 | 165.4 | 428 | 236,040 | 91,140 | 39,032,000 | |
10 | 145.3 | 376 | 118,480 | 45,750 | 17,215,000 | |
11 | 129.2 | 335 | 4,033 | 1,557 | 521,000 | |
12 | 128.6 | 333 | 56,785 | 21,925 | 7,305,000 | |
13 | 114.5 | 297 | 239,460 | 92,460 | 27,410,000 | |
14 | 96.6 | 250 | 112,620 | 43,480 | 10,880,000 | |
15 | 91.4 | 237 | 1,001,450 | 386,660 | 91,508,000 | |
16 | 89.9 | 233 | 71,740 | 27,700 | 6,453,000 | |
17 | 88.2 | 228 | 1,127,127 | 435,186 | 99,391,000 | |
18 | 79.0 | 205 | 582,650 | 224,960 | 46,050,000 | |
19 | 77.1 | 200 | 196,190 | 75,750 | 15,129,000 | |
20 | 77.0 | 199 | 446,550 | 172,410 | 34,378,000 | |
21 | 74.1 | 192 | 17,363 | 6,704 | 1,287,000 | |
22 | 70.4 | 182 | 322,460 | 124,500 | 22,702,000 | |
23 | 70.3 | 182 | 30,355 | 11,720 | 2,135,000 | |
24 | 68.8 | 178 | 163,610 | 63,170 | 11,254,000 | |
25 | 66.0 | 171 | 274,200 | 105,900 | 18,106,000 | |
26 | 56.6 | 147 | 945,087 | 364,900 | 53,470,000 | |
27 | 51.3 | 133 | 245,857 | 94,926 | 12,609,000 | |
28 | 51.1 | 132 | 36,120 | 13,950 | 1,844,000 | |
29 | 49.1 | 127 | 475,440 | 183,570 | 23,344,000 | |
30 | 44.7 | 116 | 1,219,912 | 471,011 | 54,490,000 | |
31 | 43.1 | 112 | 121,320 | 46,840 | 5,228,000 | |
32 | 41.3 | 107 | 587,040 | 226,660 | 24,235,000 | |
33 | 40.4 | 105 | 111,370 | 43,000 | 4,503,000 | |
34 | 39.9 | 103 | 390,580 | 150,800 | 15,603,000 | |
35 | 38.6 | 100 | 23,000 | 8,900 | 888,000 | |
36 | 34.9 | 90 | 801,590 | 309,500 | 27,978,000 | |
37 | 32.9 | 85 | 2,345,410 | 905,570 | 77,267,000 | |
38 | 30.1 | 78 | 28,051 | 10,831 | 845,000 | |
39 | 21.6 | 56 | 1,861,484 | 718,723 | 40,235,000 | |
40 | 21.5 | 56 | 752,614 | 290,586 | 16,212,000 | |
41 | 20.1 | 52 | 1,246,700 | 481,400 | 25,022,000 | |
42 | 19.2 | 50 | 644,329 | 248,777 | 12,340,000 | |
43 | 16.9 | 44 | 637,657 | 246,201 | 10,787,000 | |
44 | 16.7 | 43 | 2,381,740 | 919,590 | 39,667,000 | |
45 | 15.7 | 41 | 1,267,000 | 489,000 | 19,899,000 | |
46 | 14.2 | 37 | 1,240,000 | 480,000 | 17,600,000 | |
47 | 13.5 | 35 | 342,000 | 132,000 | 4,620,000 | |
48 | 10.9 | 28 | 1,284,000 | 496,000 | 14,037,000 | |
— | 19.6 | 51 | 394 | 152 | 7,729 | |
49 | 7.9 | 20 | 622,984 | 240,535 | 4,900,000 | |
50 | 6.4 | 17 | 267,667 | 103,347 | 1,725,000 | |
51 | 3.9 | 10 | 1,030,700 | 398,000 | 4,068,000 | |
52 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 600,370 | 231,800 | 2,262,000 | |
53 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 1,759,540 | 679,360 | 6,278,000 | |
54 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 825,418 | 318,696 | 2,459,000 | |
— | 2.2 | 5.7 | 266,000 | 103,000 | 573,000 | |
— | AVERAGE/TOTAL | 39.1 | 101 | 30,360,301 | 11,722,178 | 1,186,178,255 |
See also
- List of African countries by population
- List of African countries by GDP
- Demographics of Africa
References
- "United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division Total Population Both sexes, July, 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
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