List of African countries by population
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List of African countries by population

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Country (or dependent territory)	Official figure (where available)	Date of last figure	Source

Nigeria	193,392,517	2016	Official estimate

Ethiopia	99,391,000	2015	Official estimate

Egypt	96,983,083	March 31, 2019	Official population clock

Democratic Republic of the Congo	86,026,000	July 1, 2015	Official estimate

South Africa	54,956,900	July 1, 2015	Official estimate

Tanzania	51,046,000	2015	Official estimate

Kenya	45,533,000	2015	Official estimate

Sudan	40,235,000	2015	Official estimate

Algeria	40,100,000	January 1, 2016	Official estimate

Uganda	34,856,813	August 28, 2014	Preliminary 2014 census result

Morocco	33,337,529	September 1, 2014	Preliminary 2014 census result

Mozambique	28,013,000	2015	Official estimate

Ghana	27,043,093	2014	Official estimate

Angola	24,383,301	May 16, 2014	Preliminary 2014 census result

Ivory Coast	22,671,331	May 15, 2014	Preliminary 2014 census result

Madagascar	22,434,363	2014	Official estimate

Cameroon	21,917,602	2015	Official estimate

Niger	17,138,707	December 10, 2012	Final 2012 census result

Burkina Faso	18,450,494	2015	Official estimate

Mali	14,528,662	April 1, 2009	Final 2009 census result

Malawi	16,832,900	July 1, 2016	Official estimate

Zambia	15,473,905	2015	Official estimate

Somalia	12,316,895	January 1, 2016	Official estimate

Senegal	14,354,690	2015	Official estimate

Chad	11,039,873	May 20, 2009	Final 2009 census result

Zimbabwe	13,061,239	August 17, 2012	Final 2012 census result

Rwanda	10,515,973	August 15, 2012	Final 2012 census result

Tunisia	10,982,754	April 23, 2014	Preliminary 2014 census result

Guinea	10,628,972	April 2, 2014	Preliminary 2014 census result

Benin	10,008,749	May 11, 2013	Final 2013 census result

Burundi	9,823,828	2015	Official estimate

South Sudan	8,260,490	April 22, 2008	2008 census result

Togo	6,191,155	November 6, 2010	Final 2010 census result

Eritrea	6,536,000	July 1, 2014	Official estimate

Sierra Leone	6,348,350	2014	Official estimate

Libya	5,298,152	April 15, 2006	2006 census result

Republic of the Congo	3,697,490	April 28, 2007	2007 census result

Central African Republic	3,859,139	2017	[1]

Liberia	3,476,608	March 21, 2008	Final 2008 census result

Mauritania	3,718,678	2016	Official estimate

Namibia	2,280,700	July 1, 2015	Official estimate

Botswana	2,024,904	August 22, 2011	Final 2011 census result

Lesotho	1,894,194	2011	Official estimate

Gambia	1,882,450	April 15, 2013	Preliminary 2013 census result[permanent dead link]

Gabon	1,802,278	October 5, 2013	Preliminary 2013 census result

Guinea-Bissau	1,530,673	2015	Official estimate

Mauritius	1,261,208	July 1, 2014	Official estimate

Equatorial Guinea	1,222,442	July 4, 2015	Preliminary 2015 census result

Eswatini (Swaziland)	1,119,375	2015	Official estimate

Djibouti	864,618	July 1, 2011	Official estimate

Réunion (France)	840,974	January 1, 2013	Official estimate

Comoros	806,200	July 1, 2016	Official estimate

Cape Verde	491,875	June 16, 2010	Final 2010 census result[permanent dead link]

Western Sahara	510,713	September 2, 2014	Preliminary 2014 census result

Mayotte (France)	212,600	August 21, 2012	2012 census result

São Tomé and Príncipe	179,200	May 13, 2012	Final 2012 census result

Seychelles	90,945	August 26, 2010	Final 2010 census result

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	5,633	June 2016	2016 census result

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Seychelles has the smallest population of any African country.

final_sentence: Seychelles has the smallest population of any African country.