Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Structure > Population > Total
DEFINITION:
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 154.73 million | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Ethiopia | 82.82 million | 2009 | ||
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66.02 million | 2009 | ||
| 4 | South Africa | 49.32 million | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Tanzania | 43.74 million | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Sudan | 42.27 million | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Kenya | 39.8 million | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Uganda | 32.71 million | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Ghana | 23.84 million | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Mozambique | 22.89 million | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21.08 million | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Madagascar | 19.63 million | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Cameroon | 19.52 million | 2009 | ||
| 14 | Angola | 18.5 million | 2009 | ||
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 15.76 million | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Niger | 15.29 million | 2009 | ||
| 17 | Malawi | 15.26 million | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Mali | 13.01 million | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Zambia | 12.94 million | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Senegal | 12.53 million | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 12.52 million | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Chad | 11.21 million | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Guinea | 10.07 million | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Rwanda | 10 million | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Somalia | 9.13 million | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Benin | 8.93 million | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Burundi | 8.3 million | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Togo | 6.62 million | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 5.7 million | 2009 | ||
| 30 | Eritrea | 5.07 million | 2009 | ||
| 31 | Central African Republic | 4.42 million | 2009 | ||
| 32 | Liberia | 3.95 million | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Mauritania | 3.29 million | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Namibia | 2.17 million | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Lesotho | 2.07 million | 2009 | ||
| 36 | Botswana | 1.95 million | 2009 | ||
| 37 | The Gambia | 1.71 million | 2009 | ||
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.61 million | 2009 | ||
| 39 | Gabon | 1.47 million | 2009 | ||
| 40 | Mauritius | 1.28 million | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Swaziland | 1.18 million | 2009 | ||
| 42 | Djibouti | 864,202 | 2009 | ||
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 676,273 | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Comoros | 659,098.35 | 2009 | ||
| 45 | Cape Verde | 505,606 | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 162,755 | 2009 | ||
| 47 | Seychelles | 87,972 | 2009 |
