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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.) |
Mauritius
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588 |
2,040 |
1,200,206 |
Mayotte (Fr.)
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457 |
374 |
170,879 |
Reunion (Fr.)
|
296 |
2,512 |
743,981 |
Comoros
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283 |
2,170 |
614,382 |
Rwanda
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281 |
26,338 |
7,398,074 |
Burundi
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229 |
27,830 |
6,373,002 |
Seychelles
|
176 |
455 |
80,098 |
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
170 |
1,001 |
170,372 |
Nigeria
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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
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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
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39 |
945,087 |
37,187,939 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
37 |
36,120 |
1,345,479 |
Eritrea
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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
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24 |
2,345,410 |
55,225,478 |
Djibouti
|
21 |
23,000 |
472,810 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
18 |
28,051 |
498,144 |
Saint Helena (UK)
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18 |
410 |
7,317 |
Sudan
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15 |
2,505,810 |
37,090,298 |
Algeria
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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
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8.7 |
342,000 |
2,958,448 |
Angola
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8.5 |
1,246,700 |
10,593,171 |
Niger
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8.4 |
1,267,000 |
10,639,744 |
Chad
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7.0 |
1,284,000 |
8,997,237 |
Central African Republic
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5.8 |
622,984 |
3,642,739 |
Gabon
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4.6 |
267,667 |
1,233,353 |
Libya
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3.1 |
1,759,540 |
5,368,585 |
Mauritania
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2.7 |
1,030,700 |
2,828,858 |
Botswana
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2.7 |
600,370 |
1,591,232 |
Namibia
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2.2 |
825,418 |
1,820,916 |
Western Sahara (Morocco)
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1.0 |
266,000 |
256,177 |
TOTAL |
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841,627,750 |
See also
Last updated: 09-03-2005 18:37:12
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