List of African countries by population density
This is a list of African countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km2. Saint Helena, being closest to Africa, has been included. Egypt as a whole has been included, even though some of Egypt is located in Asia.
| country | pop. dens. | area | population |
|---|---|---|---|
| (/km²) | (km²) | (2002-07-01 est.) | |
| Mauritius | 588 | 2,040 | 1,200,206 |
| Mayotte (Fr.) | 457 | 374 | 170,879 |
| Reunion (Fr.) | 296 | 2,512 | 743,981 |
| Comoros | 283 | 2,170 | 614,382 |
| Rwanda | 281 | 26,338 | 7,398,074 |
| Burundi | 229 | 27,830 | 6,373,002 |
| Seychelles | 176 | 455 | 80,098 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 170 | 1,001 | 170,372 |
| Nigeria | 141 | 923,768 | 129,934,911 |
| Gambia | 129 | 11,300 | 1,455,842 |
| Uganda | 105 | 236,040 | 24,699,073 |
| Cape Verde | 101 | 4,033 | 408,760 |
| Togo | 93 | 56,785 | 5,285,501 |
| Malawi | 90 | 118,480 | 10,701,824 |
| Ghana | 85 | 239,460 | 20,244,154 |
| Sierra Leone | 78 | 71,740 | 5,614,743 |
| Lesotho | 73 | 30,355 | 2,207,954 |
| Egypt | 71 | 1,001,450 | 70,712,345 |
| Morocco (excluding Western Sahara) | 70 | 446,550 | 31,167,783 |
| Swaziland | 65 | 17,363 | 1,123,605 |
| Benin | 60 | 112,620 | 6,787,625 |
| Ethiopia | 60 | 1,127,127 | 67,673,031 |
| Tunisia | 60 | 163,610 | 9815,644 |
| Senegal | 54 | 196,190 | 10,589,571 |
| Kenya | 53 | 582,650 | 31,138,735 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 52 | 322,460 | 16,804,784 |
| Burkina Faso | 46 | 274,200 | 12,603,185 |
| Tanzania | 39 | 945,087 | 37,187,939 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 37 | 36,120 | 1,345,479 |
| Eritrea | 37 | 121,320 | 4,465,651 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1,219,912 | 43,647,658 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 475,440 | 16,184,748 |
| Guinea | 32 | 245,857 | 7,775,065 |
| Liberia | 30 | 111,370 | 3,288,198 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 390,580 | 11,376,676 |
| Madagascar | 28 | 587,040 | 16,473,477 |
| Mozambique | 24 | 801,590 | 19,607,519 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24 | 2,345,410 | 55,225,478 |
| Djibouti | 21 | 23,000 | 472,810 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 18 | 28,051 | 498,144 |
| Saint Helena (UK) | 18 | 410 | 7,317 |
| Sudan | 15 | 2,505,810 | 37,090,298 |
| Algeria | 14 | 2,381,740 | 32,277,942 |
| Zambia | 13 | 752,614 | 9,959,037 |
| Somalia | 12 | 637,657 | 7,753,310 |
| Mali | 9.1 | 1,240,000 | 11,340,480 |
| Republic of the Congo | 8.7 | 342,000 | 2,958,448 |
| Angola | 8.5 | 1,246,700 | 10,593,171 |
| Niger | 8.4 | 1,267,000 | 10,639,744 |
| Chad | 7.0 | 1,284,000 | 8,997,237 |
| Central African Republic | 5.8 | 622,984 | 3,642,739 |
| Gabon | 4.6 | 267,667 | 1,233,353 |
| Libya | 3.1 | 1,759,540 | 5,368,585 |
| Mauritania | 2.7 | 1,030,700 | 2,828,858 |
| Botswana | 2.7 | 600,370 | 1,591,232 |
| Namibia | 2.2 | 825,418 | 1,820,916 |
| Western Sahara ( Occupied by Morocco) | 1.0 | 266,000 | 256,177 |
| TOTAL | 841,627,750 |