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 - population rank. 2016*, 2017* - population according Worldbank, secondary sources of data are United Nations database and Wikipedia. 2018**, 2019** - calculated population according 2016 and 2017 years.
What is Africa population
| 2016* | 2017* | 2018** | 2019** | Yearly
growth (%) |
Middle East & North Africa | 436738031 | 444322417 | 452038520 | 459888621 | 1.7366 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1033212743 | 1061107721 | 1089755507 | 1119176726 | 2.6998 |
List of African countries
| Country,
Flag and codes | 2016* | 2017* | 2018** | 2019** | Yearly
growth (%) | Continent |
| 7 | Nigeria NG, NGA | 185989640 | 190886311 | 195911966 | 201069936 | 2.6328 | Africa |
| 12 | Ethiopia ET, ETH | 102403196 | 104957438 | 107575391 | 110258644 | 2.4943 | Africa |
| 14 | Egypt EG, EGY | 95688681 | 97553151 | 99453974 | 101391835 | 1.9485 | Africa |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo CD, COD | 78736153 | 81339988 | 84029901 | 86808770 | 3.3070 | Africa |
| 23 | Tanzania TZ, TZA | 55572201 | 57310019 | 59102161 | 60950345 | 3.1271 | Africa |
| 25 | South Africa ZA, ZAF | 56015473 | 56717156 | 57427652 | 58147048 | 1.2527 | Africa |
| 27 | Kenya KE, KEN | 48461567 | 49699862 | 50969793 | 52272173 | 2.5552 | Africa |
| 31 | Uganda UG, UGA | 41487965 | 42862958 | 44283522 | 45751166 | 3.3142 | Africa |
| 34 | Algeria DZ, DZA | 40606052 | 41318142 | 42042738 | 42780041 | 1.7537 | Africa |
| 35 | Sudan SD, SDN | 39578828 | 40533330 | 41510832 | 42511907 | 2.4116 | Africa |
| 40 | Morocco MA, MAR | 35276786 | 35739580 | 36208448 | 36683467 | 1.3119 | Africa |
| 46 | Angola AO, AGO | 28813463 | 29784193 | 30787622 | 31824857 | 3.3690 | Africa |
| 47 | Mozambique MZ, MOZ | 28829476 | 29668834 | 30532642 | 31421600 | 2.9115 | Africa |
| 48 | Ghana GH, GHA | 28206728 | 28833629 | 29474456 | 30129526 | 2.2225 | Africa |
| 51 | Madagascar MG, MDG | 24894551 | 25570895 | 26265605 | 26979189 | 2.7168 | Africa |
| 53 | Ivory Coast CI, CIV | 23695919 | 24294750 | 24908703 | 25538171 | 2.5271 | Africa |
| 55 | Cameroon CM, CMR | 23439189 | 24053727 | 24684368 | 25331543 | 2.6218 | Africa |
| 57 | Niger NE, NER | 20672987 | 21477348 | 22313010 | 23181187 | 3.8909 | Africa |
| 59 | Burkina Faso BF, BFA | 18646433 | 19193382 | 19756381 | 20335895 | 2.9333 | Africa |
| 60 | Malawi MW, MWI | 18091575 | 18622104 | 19168197 | 19730304 | 2.9325 | Africa |
| 61 | Mali ML, MLI | 17994837 | 18541980 | 19105767 | 19686697 | 3.0406 | Africa |
| 65 | Zambia ZM, ZMB | 16591390 | 17094130 | 17612099 | 18145763 | 3.0301 | Africa |
| 69 | Zimbabwe ZW, ZWE | 16150362 | 16529904 | 16918373 | 17315972 | 2.3501 | Africa |
| 71 | Senegal SN, SEN | 15411614 | 15850567 | 16302023 | 16766337 | 2.8482 | Africa |
| 73 | Chad TD, TCD | 14452543 | 14899994 | 15361298 | 15836884 | 3.0960 | Africa |
| 74 | Somalia SO, SOM | 14317996 | 14742523 | 15179639 | 15629715 | 2.9650 | Africa |
| 75 | Guinea GN, GIN | 12395924 | 12717176 | 13046754 | 13384874 | 2.5916 | Africa |
| 76 | South Sudan SS, SSD | 12230730 | 12575714 | 12930425 | 13295141 | 2.8206 | Africa |
| 77 | Rwanda RW, RWA | 11917508 | 12208407 | 12506402 | 12811671 | 2.4409 | Africa |
| 78 | Benin BJ, BEN | 10872298 | 11175692 | 11487550 | 11808110 | 2.7905 | Africa |
| 79 | Tunisia TN, TUN | 11403248 | 11532127 | 11662463 | 11794272 | 1.1302 | Africa |
| 80 | Burundi BI, BDI | 10524117 | 10864245 | 11215367 | 11577836 | 3.2319 | Africa |
| 101 | Togo TG, TGO | 7606374 | 7797694 | 7993829 | 8194898 | 2.5153 | Africa |
| 102 | Sierra Leone SL, SLE | 7396190 | 7557212 | 7721740 | 7889850 | 2.1771 | Africa |
| 108 | Libya LY, LBY | 6293253 | 6374616 | 6457033 | 6540516 | 1.2929 | Africa |
| 117 | Republic of the Congo CG, COG | 5125821 | 5260750 | 5399229 | 5541353 | 2.6323 | Africa |
| 120 | Eritrea ER, ERI | 4955000 | 5069000 | 5185622 | 5304928 | 2.3007 | Africa |
| 124 | Liberia LR, LBR | 4613823 | 4731906 | 4853010 | 4977213 | 2.5593 | Africa |
| 127 | Central African Republic CF, CAF | 4594621 | 4659080 | 4724442 | 4790721 | 1.4029 | Africa |
| 128 | Mauritania MR, MRT | 4301018 | 4420184 | 4542650 | 4668509 | 2.7706 | Africa |
| 143 | Namibia NA, NAM | 2479713 | 2533794 | 2589054 | 2645519 | 2.1809 | Africa |
| 144 | Botswana BW, BWA | 2250260 | 2291661 | 2333823 | 2376761 | 1.8398 | Africa |
| 145 | Lesotho LS, LSO | 2203821 | 2233339 | 2263252 | 2293566 | 1.3394 | Africa |
| 146 | Gambia GM, GMB | 2038501 | 2100568 | 2164524 | 2230427 | 3.0447 | Africa |
| 147 | Gabon GA, GAB | 1979786 | 2025137 | 2071527 | 2118979 | 2.2907 | Africa |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau GW, GNB | 1815698 | 1861283 | 1908012 | 1955915 | 2.5106 | Africa |
| 154 | Swaziland SZ, SWZ | 1343098 | 1367254 | 1391844 | 1416876 | 1.7985 | Africa |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea GQ, GNQ | 1221490 | 1267689 | 1315636 | 1365396 | 3.7822 | Africa |
| 159 | Mauritius MU, MUS | 1263473 | 1264613 | 1265754 | 1266896 | 0.0902 | Africa |
| 161 | Djibouti DJ, DJI | 942333 | 956985 | 971865 | 986977 | 1.5549 | Africa |
| 163 | ReunionRE, REU | 853000 | 857000 | 861018 | 865055 | 0.4689 | Africa |
| 164 | Comoros KM, COM | 795601 | 813912 | 832644 | 851807 | 2.3015 | Africa |
| 171 | Western Sahara EH, ESH | 539000 | 553000 | 567364 | 582101 | 2.5974 | Africa |
| 173 | Cape Verde CV, CPV | 539560 | 546388 | 553303 | 560305 | 1.2655 | Africa |
| 187 | Mayotte YT, MYT | 246500 | 253000 | 259671 | 266518 | 2.6369 | Africa |
| 189 | Sao Tome and Principe ST, STP | 199910 | 204327 | 208842 | 213456 | 2.2095 | Africa |
| 204 | Seychelles SC, SYC | 94677 | 95843 | 97023 | 98218 | 1.2316 | Africa |
| 235 | Saint Helena SH, SHN | 4040 | 4050 | 4060 | 4070 | 0.2475 | Africa |
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