Countries in Africa by Population

Name all the countries in Africa with the greatest population

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Rank	Population	Answer
1	177,096,000	Nigeria
2	86,614,000	Ethiopia
3	84,605,000	Egypt
4	74,618,000	Democratic Republic of the Congo
5	52,982,000	South Africa
6	45,950,000	Tanzania
7	43,291,000	Kenya
8	38,295,000	Algeria
9	35,363,000	Uganda
10	35,150,000	Sudan
11	32,950,000	Morocco
12	26,441,000	Ghana
13	24,491,000	Mozambique
14	23,919,000	Ivory Coast
15	21,852,000	Madagascar

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4 Comments

Level 75

Jan 3, 2016

So where's the rest?

Level 32

Jul 31, 2017

Madagascar is in the top 15!!!!??? NEVER would have guessed. My dad is from Ghana and I am always saying I have yet to meet anyone from Madagascar

Level 50

Jun 23, 2018

But there are 53 countries in Africa.

Level 66

Oct 25, 2019

These figures are incredibly old, Nigeria and Ethiopia have over 200 and 100 million people now respectively.