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