List of African countries by population density
Density map of Africa
This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km2 . Saint Helena , being closest to Africa, has been included.
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Rank
Country or territory
Density
Area
Population (2015 est.)
inh./km2
inh./mi²
km2
mi²
—
Mayotte (France)
641.7
1,662
374
144
240,000
1
Mauritius
624.0
1,616
2,040
790
1,273,000
2
Rwanda
440.8
1,142
26,338
10,169
11,610,000
3
Burundi
401.7
1,040
27,830
10,750
11,179,000
4
Comoros
363.1
940
2,170
840
788,000
—
Réunion (France)
342.8
888
2,512
970
861,200
5
Seychelles
211.0
546
455
176
96,000
6
Nigeria
197.2
511
923,768
356,669
182,202,000
7
São Tomé and Príncipe
189.8
492
1,001
386
190,000
8
Gambia
176.2
456
11,300
4,400
1,991,000
9
Uganda
165.4
428
236,040
91,140
39,032,000
10
Malawi
145.3
376
118,480
45,750
17,215,000
11
Cabo Verde
129.2
335
4,033
1,557
521,000
12
Togo
128.6
333
56,785
21,925
7,305,000
13
Ghana
114.5
297
239,460
92,460
27,410,000
14
Benin
96.6
250
112,620
43,480
10,880,000
15
Egypt
91.4
237
1,001,450
386,660
91,508,000
16
Sierra Leone
89.9
233
71,740
27,700
6,453,000
17
Ethiopia
88.2
228
1,127,127
435,186
99,391,000
18
Kenya
79.0
205
582,650
224,960
46,050,000
19
Senegal
77.1
200
196,190
75,750
15,129,000
20
Eswatini (Swaziland)
74.1
192
17,363
6,704
1,287,000
21
Côte d'Ivoire
70.4
182
322,460
124,500
22,702,000
22
Lesotho
70.3
182
30,355
11,720
2,135,000
23
Tunisia
68.8
178
163,610
63,170
11,254,000
24
Burkina Faso
66.0
171
274,200
105,900
18,106,000
25
Tanzania
56.6
147
945,087
364,900
53,470,000
26
Guinea
51.3
133
245,857
94,926
12,609,000
27
Guinea-Bissau
51.1
132
36,120
13,950
1,844,000
28
Cameroon
49.1
127
475,440
183,570
23,344,000
29
Morocco
46.4
120
710,850
274,460
34,378,000
30
South Africa
44.7
116
1,219,912
471,011
54,490,000
31
Eritrea
43.1
112
121,320
46,840
5,228,000
32
Madagascar
41.3
107
587,040
226,660
24,235,000
33
Liberia
40.4
105
111,370
43,000
4,503,000
34
Zimbabwe
39.9
103
390,580
150,800
15,603,000
35
Djibouti
38.6
100
23,000
8,900
888,000
36
Mozambique
34.9
90
801,590
309,500
27,978,000
37
Democratic Republic of the Congo
32.9
85
2,345,410
905,570
77,267,000
38
Equatorial Guinea
30.1
78
28,051
10,831
845,000
39
Sudan
21.6
56
1,861,484
718,723
40,235,000
40
Zambia
21.5
56
752,614
290,586
16,212,000
41
Angola
20.1
52
1,246,700
481,400
25,022,000
42
South Sudan
19.2
50
644,329
248,777
12,340,000
43
Somalia
16.9
44
637,657
246,201
10,787,000
44
Algeria
16.7
43
2,381,740
919,590
39,667,000
45
Niger
15.7
41
1,267,000
489,000
19,899,000
46
Mali
14.2
37
1,240,000
480,000
17,600,000
47
Republic of the Congo
13.5
35
342,000
132,000
4,620,000
48
Chad
10.9
28
1,284,000
496,000
14,037,000
—
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)
19.6
51
394
152
7,729
49
Central African Republic
7.9
20
622,984
240,535
4,900,000
50
Gabon
6.4
17
267,667
103,347
1,725,000
51
Mauritania
3.9
10
1,030,700
398,000
4,068,000
52
Botswana
3.8
9.8
600,370
231,800
2,262,000
53
Libya
3.6
9.3
1,759,540
679,360
6,278,000
54
Namibia
3.0
7.8
825,418
318,696
2,459,000
—
AVERAGE/TOTAL
39.1
101
30,360,301
11,722,178
1,186,178,255
See also
References