Africa is the world’s second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia in both cases.

At about 30.3 million km2 including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area.

With 1.4 billion people, it accounts for around 18% of the world’s human population.

Africa contains 54 countries.

LIST OF AFRICA COUNTRIES BY POPULATION

Nigeria 218,839,589
Ethiopia 124,334,404
Egypt 108,000,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo 95,600,000
Tanzania 63,200,000
South Africa 60,800,000
Kenya 54,900,000
Sudan 46,268,269
Algeria 45,300,000
Uganda 42,885,900
Morocco 37,034,729
Angola 35,097,671
Mozambique 31,600,000
Ghana 31,072,940
Cameroon 28,524,175
Madagascar 28,427,328
Ivory Coast 27,087,732
Niger 24,112,753
Burkina Faso 21,500,000
Mali 20,856,000
Malawi 20,100,000
Zambia 19,400,000
Senegal 17,200,000
Chad 16,818,391
Somalia 15,800,000
Zimbabwe 15,790,716
South Sudan 13,249,924
Rwanda 12,955,768
Guinea 12,907,395
Benin 12,506,347
Burundi 12,500,000
Tunisia 11,746,695
Sierra Leone 8,297,882
Togo 7,886,000
Libya 6,959,000
Republic of the Congo 5,657,000
Central African Republic 5,600,000
Liberia 4,661,010
Mauritania 4,200,000
Eritrea 3,656,663
Namibia 2,550,226
Gambia 2,487,000
Botswana 2,410,338
Gabon 2,233,272
Lesotho 2,100,000
Guinea-Bissau 1,600,000
Equatorial Guinea 1,505,588
Mauritius 1,266,334
Eswatini 1,100,000
Djibouti 976,107
Comoros 800,000
Cape Verde 563,198
Sao Tome and Principe 200,000
Seychelles 99,202

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