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Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.
Population, total - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa982,993,881
2Sub-Saharan Africa819,272,739
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa770,585,739
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria619,266,240
5North Africa163,721,142
6Nigeria151,319,500
7Egypt81,527,172
8Ethiopia80,713,434
9Democratic Republic of the Congo64,205,366
10South Africa48,687,000
11Tanzania42,483,923
12Sudan41,347,723
13Kenya38,534,087
14Algeria34,361,756
15Uganda31,656,865
16Morocco31,228,981
17Ghana23,350,927
18Mozambique21,780,614
19Ivory Coast20,591,302
20Madagascar19,110,941
21Cameroon18,897,957
22Angola18,020,668
23Burkina Faso15,208,586
24Niger14,668,743
25Malawi14,278,404
26Mali12,711,140
27Zambia12,620,219
28Zimbabwe12,462,879
29Senegal12,211,181
30Chad11,067,437
31Tunisia10,326,600
32Guinea9,833,055
33Rwanda9,720,694
34Somalia8,953,890
35Benin8,662,086
36Burundi8,074,254
37Togo6,458,605
38Libya6,276,632
39Sierra Leone5,559,853
40Eritrea4,996,204
41Central African Republic4,423,452
42Liberia3,793,400
43Republic of the Congo3,615,152
44Mauritania3,200,288
45Namibia2,114,161
46Lesotho2,016,823
47Botswana1,904,991
48Gambia1,660,200
49Guinea-Bissau1,575,446
50Gabon1,448,159
51Mauritius1,268,835
52Swaziland1,167,834
53Djibouti847,732
54Equatorial Guinea659,197
55Comoros643,571
56Cape Verde498,672
57Sao Tome and Principe160,954
58Seychelles86,335
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