List of African countries by population density
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This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². Saint Helena, being closest to Africa, has been included. [1]
| Country or territory | Density (inh./km²) | area (km²) | population (2015 est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayotte (Fr.) | 641.7 | 374 | 240000 |
| Mauritius | 624.0 | 2040 | 1273000 |
| Rwanda | 440.8 | 26338 | 11610000 |
| Burundi | 401.7 | 27830 | 11179000 |
| Comoros | 363.1 | 2170 | 788000 |
| Réunion (Fr.) | 342.8 | 2512 | 861000 |
| Seychelles | 211.0 | 455 | 96000 |
| Nigeria | 197.2 | 923768 | 182202000 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 189.8 | 1001 | 190000 |
| Gambia | 176.2 | 11300 | 1991000 |
| Uganda | 165.4 | 236040 | 39032000 |
| Malawi | 145.3 | 118480 | 17215000 |
| Cape Verde | 129.2 | 4033 | 521000 |
| Togo | 128.6 | 56785 | 7305000 |
| Ghana | 114.5 | 239460 | 27410000 |
| Benin | 96.6 | 112620 | 10880000 |
| Egypt | 91.4 | 1001450 | 91508000 |
| Sierra Leone | 89.9 | 71740 | 6453000 |
| Ethiopia | 88.2 | 1127127 | 99391000 |
| Kenya | 79.0 | 582650 | 46050000 |
| Senegal | 77.1 | 196190 | 15129000 |
| Morocco (excluding Western Sahara) | 77.0 | 446550 | 34378000 |
| Swaziland | 74.1 | 17363 | 1287000 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 70.4 | 322460 | 22702000 |
| Lesotho | 70.3 | 30355 | 2135000 |
| Tunisia | 68.8 | 163610 | 11254000 |
| Burkina Faso | 66.0 | 274200 | 18106000 |
| Tanzania | 56.6 | 945087 | 53470000 |
| Guinea | 51.3 | 245857 | 12609000 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 51.1 | 36120 | 1844000 |
| Cameroon | 49.1 | 475440 | 23344000 |
| South Africa | 44.7 | 1219912 | 54490000 |
| Eritrea | 43.1 | 121320 | 5228000 |
| Madagascar | 41.3 | 587040 | 24235000 |
| Liberia | 40.4 | 111370 | 4503000 |
| Zimbabwe | 39.9 | 390580 | 15603000 |
| Djibouti | 38.6 | 23000 | 888000 |
| Mozambique | 34.9 | 801590 | 27978000 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 32.9 | 2345410 | 77267000 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 30.1 | 28051 | 845000 |
| Sudan | 21.6 | 1861484 | 40235000 |
| Zambia | 21.5 | 752614 | 16212000 |
| Angola | 20.1 | 1246700 | 25022000 |
| South Sudan | 19.2 | 644329 | 12340000 |
| Somalia | 16.9 | 637657 | 10787000 |
| Algeria | 16.7 | 2381740 | 39667000 |
| Niger | 15.7 | 1267000 | 19899000 |
| Mali | 14.2 | 1240000 | 17600000 |
| Republic of the Congo | 13.5 | 342000 | 4620000 |
| Chad | 10.9 | 1284000 | 14037000 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 19.6 | 394 | 7729 |
| Central African Republic | 7.9 | 622984 | 4900000 |
| Gabon | 6.4 | 267667 | 1725000 |
| Mauritania | 3.9 | 1030700 | 4068000 |
| Botswana | 3.8 | 600370 | 2262000 |
| Libya | 3.6 | 1759540 | 6278000 |
| Namibia | 3.0 | 825418 | 2459000 |
| Western Sahara | 2.2 | 266000 | 573000 |
| AVERAGE/TOTAL | 39.1 | 30360301 | 1186178255 |
