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Top 10 Most Populous African Countries

Can you name the ten biggest African countries in terms of population?
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First submittedMay 22, 2016
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Population
Country
233 mil
Nigeria
132 mil
Ethiopia
117 mil
Egypt
110 mil
D.R. Congo
68.7 mil
Tanzania
Population
Country
64.1 mil
South Africa
56.5 mil
Kenya
50.5 mil
Sudan
50.1 mil
Uganda
46.8 mil
Algeria
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69 Comments
KoljiVriVoda
+8
Level 81
May 22, 2016
Nice :)
redsplat
+2
Level 72
Jun 6, 2016
Great quiz, thank you!
Malbaby
+5
Level 70
Nov 6, 2016
Nice little quiz, had to think there.
SouthKorea
+2
Level 48
Sep 18, 2021
yeah. Libya has less population than laos somehow.
Trombone
+17
Level 61
Oct 26, 2021
desert
SundarIsaacs
+37
Level 57
Nov 6, 2016
Tiny little Uganda hmmm....
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Nov 6, 2016
Not that they're probably accurate, but you should see the projections for 2050.
AntiMatter8192
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Level 78
Apr 15, 2020
Beat Sudan in population! And I think it will come in the top 20 with like 80 million.
sacheth9
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Level 65
May 5, 2020
PraNic! You're from Uganda. Is it populated there?
nitrogenous
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Level 23
Mar 5, 2021
yeah they say at some point nigeria will overtake china in population or something like that
y4r4
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Level 40
Mar 7, 2021
i dont think so, india will
AntiMatter8192
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Level 78
Oct 4, 2021
@Pandora49 (Yes Ik very late) Yeah the population is quite high, but it's also fairly evenly spread, with major towns everywhere. The only place that's extremely densely populated is the shores of Lake Victoria, I think.
FHIUHEOEIHOE
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Level 47
Nov 27, 2021
By the end of the 21st century, it is very projected that Nigeria will overtake Brazil, Pakistan, Indonesia, and even the United States of America to become the 3rd most populated country,

India being 1st, China being 2nd.

kalbahamut
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Level 79
Dec 29, 2022
The number of cats I own tripled in the past year. So by 2030 I should have close to 20 thousand. That's how it works, right?
Basaball
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Level 52
Nov 7, 2025
I’m very curious as to how Blantyre and Lilongwe, Malawi are going to grow massively!
NorwegianQMaster
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Level 60
Jul 5, 2019
How about Even smaller Rwanda and Burundi. Around 10 million each. ON that small area. Lesotho too
Trombone
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Level 61
Sep 24, 2021
Rwanda expected to have around 30 million by 2100
daQuokka
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Level 67
Sep 12, 2020
Actually, Uganda is just smaller than the UK, which has about 1.5 times the population.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Jan 27, 2021
Yeah. I looked up the population density, and Uganda is only 52nd place. Still much lower than countries like Bangladesh, India, the UK, and only slightly ahead of China.
bostjan
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Level 71
Mar 5, 2021
I typed in Uganda and simultaneously thought "no way Uganda is on the list; why am I typing this?"
richiesyxx
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Level 74
Jun 24, 2024
Not that tiny… it’s only one place (79th) below the UK (78th) in the area rankings, and several places above Bangladesh (92nd) which has a comparatively gigantic population.
Dontforget
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Level 76
Apr 7, 2025
richiesyxx that surprised me more than Uganda being on this list
Epicx
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Level 22
Nov 6, 2016
Got all with 1:32 left
Corrode
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Level 60
Nov 6, 2016
Always strange to remember that Nigeria, not particularly big for an African country, has such a huge population. Probably because many larger ones (Sudan, DRC) have large swathes of desert or rainforest which are low density, but still.
amygilbo
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Level 42
Nov 8, 2016
Didn't get Sudan... but that's not a country anymore so I'm excused!! 😜
jamesd
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Level 67
Nov 8, 2016
Agreed. Whenever I miss a question I also revoke the answer's existence. I have been doing much better on Jetpunk quizzes since Harry Potter stopped existing.
DonTheLamplighter
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Level 87
May 27, 2017
Ooooh, great idea!!
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Mar 5, 2021
Harry who?
grantdon
+23
Level 74
Nov 21, 2016
It's still a country - South Sudan has recently gained independence
hampterGD
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Level 45
Sep 15, 2021
sudan never stopped existing, it got smaller
brayden813
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Level 29
May 20, 2023
Yes it is. It just got split in two, part of it is Sudan and part is South Sudan
joshxgarrett
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Level 61
Apr 27, 2018
I had no idea Algeria had a population that large.
Omnikin
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Level 68
Mar 13, 2019
Updating required
StealthyNinja467
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Level 26
Jun 26, 2019
I get the feeling people started moving to Uganda after the Ugandan Knuckles meme came up.
Lilylee
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Level 79
Aug 29, 2019
I find it so strange how Sudan can support such a large population. Looking Google Maps, it all seems to be just barren desert.
Idontknowok
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Level 50
May 26, 2020
A lot of people live near the nile river
JWatson24
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Level 71
Jan 27, 2021
Exactly the reason why Egypt has a large population too. Try looking up a population map of Egypt sometime--you'll be surprised.
rabble
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Level 68
Aug 6, 2024
I think the answer is welfare. AFAIK many of these countries haven't advanced to agrarian societies yet, and the huge, unproductive populations are subsidized by foreign welfare. Next year there are more people, and, surprise, they need more money.

U.S. Foreign Assistance By Country- from www.foreignassistance.gov

Nigeria $1.2b

South Africa $660m

Egypt $1.4b

DRC $907m

Ethiopia $2.2b

Algeria $5m

Kenya $1b

Sudan $860m

Tanzania $612m

Uganda $790m

I'd genuinely like to know what the US receives in return. At least trade it for gold, petroleum, or land

I assume that doesn't include things like UN, WEF, UNICEF, etc. I think something like 45/54 African countries receive food donations.

GlassMonkeyOLD
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Level 69
Jan 29, 2026
Fewer global pandemics, for starters....
Algarve
+3
Level 70
Sep 15, 2019
10 attempts = 10 correct answers.

I think that’s the first time I get such thing. Just didn’t get them in the right order, but Inthinknit doesn’t matter.

kiwikiwiNZ
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Level 39
Dec 2, 2019
idk why but i thought sudan had a really low population
JonOfKent
+9
Level 61
Jun 19, 2020
Ah yes, well you're mixing it up with Iceland. Don't worry, it's not just you
Mfundo
+1
Level 34
Feb 4, 2021
Congo brazaville+DRC
friedsquirrel
+1
Level 58
Mar 5, 2021
I honestly couldn't believe this quiz wasn't made before. Oh well..
Irishboy11
+1
Level 38
Mar 5, 2021
Got All
ILOVEQUIZZEZ
+1
Level 21
Mar 5, 2021
Great quiz although its very easy.
nitrogenous
+2
Level 23
Mar 5, 2021
how did only 60% of the people get uganda
thegoatisgoaty
+1
Level 75
Mar 5, 2021
Lol I thought that would be easy
AverageLondoner
+4
Level 57
Oct 27, 2021
I didn't, I thought something like Angola would beat it
12345wired
+1
Level 37
Mar 5, 2021
Well done!
yallknowkeed1234
+1
Level 19
Mar 6, 2021
Phew! 1:45 left
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 14, 2021
33 seconds
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Nov 13, 2021
Full version here. :)
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 35
Apr 5, 2022
I'm from a African country that looks like a city in the African map
cocachiantos
+1
Level 75
Aug 3, 2023
Djibouti ?
Ainmclarach
+1
Level 71
Aug 23, 2023
eSwatini.
kronoks
+1
Level 29
Jan 18, 2023
I'm surprised kenya is on the list..
leosaunders
+1
Level 36
May 19, 2024
got Uganda with literally 1 second left
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Jul 8, 2024
crap i misspelled Tanzania
FastFoodGuy
+1
Level 28
Nov 1, 2025
Here lemme help u, T-A-N-Z-A-N-I-A
SrgtZt
+1
Level 25
Aug 6, 2024
nice
3rdJetPunAccount
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Level 18
Nov 7, 2024
The thumbnail is from where I came from
Hedhoud
+1
Level 19
May 14, 2025
10/10 in the first try Nice Quiz man
FastFoodGuy
+1
Level 28
Nov 1, 2025
I like nigeria tho
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Dec 1, 2025
I've come across an interesting "conspiracy theory" if you can call it that, which suggests that the population of many of these countries is far less than what the UN says.

Apparently, when you look at satellite images, you don't see enough dwellings to justify the numbers provided by the UN, which are mostly just extrapolations from censuses taken decades ago. The last census in Nigeria was in 1991, for example.

I'd rate this theory as plausible.

In reality no one has any idea the true population of most of these countries.

Nevertheless, we'll continue to report the UN numbers, because it's the closest thing we have to an official source.

FreeStater
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Level 81
Jan 29, 2026
That is almost certainly true. Things have changed way too much since these countries last took their censuses, to the point that any model is just advanced guesswork. The Congolese population alone may be overestimated by as much as 30%.

They aren't complaining, though. In Nigeria, for instance, the states are incentivized to overreport their populations in order to get more of those sweet federal resources (which often come from the UN itself). Some Asian countries do this as well, notably China and several in south Asia, to make themselves seem like bigger players than they actually are.

GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Jan 29, 2026
If China were to overstate its population, then that would reduce its GDP per capita. What would be the point in that?
GlassMonkeyOLD
+2
Level 69
Jan 29, 2026
This lacks credibility and doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
BMull28
+1
Level 55
Jan 29, 2026
Nice quiz. Could probably do with reduced time or whammies as it can be a test of fast typing most African countries for some
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