SNo,Country,"July 1, 2013",% of,Average,Average,Rank,Estimated,Alternative,Date,(or dependent territory),projection,pop.,relative,absolute,,doubling,figure,,,,,annual,annual,,time,,,,,,growth,growth,,(Years),,,,,,(%),,,,,1,Nigeria,"17,70,96,000",16.1,3.24,"55,51,000",1,22,"16,42,91,827",20132,Ethiopia,"8,66,14,000",7.88,2.67,"22,53,000",2,26,"8,66,13,986","July 1, 2013"3,Egypt,"8,46,05,000",7.69,2.29,"18,93,000",3,31,"8,36,61,000","January 1, 2013"4,Democratic Republic of the Congo,"7,46,18,000",6.78,3.23,"23,34,000",4,22,"7,19,71,524",20135,South Africa,"5,29,82,000",4.82,1.35,"7,04,000",5,52,"5,29,81,991","July 1, 2013"6,Tanzania,"4,59,50,000",4.18,2.69,"12,04,000",6,26,"4,49,28,923","August 26, 2012"7,Kenya,"4,32,91,000",3.94,3.01,"12,66,000",7,23,"3,86,10,097","August 24, 2009"8,Algeria,"3,82,95,000",3.48,2.11,"7,92,000",8,33,"3,79,00,000","January 1, 2013"9,Uganda,"3,53,63,000",3.22,3.61,"12,32,000",9,20,"3,41,31,400","July 1, 2012"10,Sudan,"3,51,50,000",3.2,2.52,"8,63,000",10,28,"3,08,94,000","April 22, 2008"11,Morocco,"3,29,50,000",3,1.08,"3,53,000",11,64,"3,31,46,900","January 20, 2014"12,Ghana,"2,64,41,000",2.4,2.56,"6,59,000",12,27,"2,46,58,823","September 26, 2010"13,Mozambique,"2,44,91,000",2.23,3.33,"7,90,000",13,21,"2,37,00,715",201214,Ivory Coast,"2,39,19,000",2.17,3.09,"7,17,000",14,23,"2,32,02,000",201215,Madagascar,"2,18,52,000",1.99,2.75,"5,85,000",15,26,"2,06,96,070",201116,Angola,"2,12,56,000",1.93,3.14,"6,47,000",16,22,"2,06,09,294",201217,Cameroon,"2,09,30,000",1.9,2.66,"5,43,000",17,26,"2,03,86,799",201218,Niger,"1,74,93,000",1.59,3.85,"6,49,000",18,18,"1,71,29,076","December 10, 2012"19,Burkina Faso,"1,73,23,000",1.58,3.28,"5,50,000",19,21,"1,73,22,796",201320,Mali,"1,66,78,000",1.52,3.29,"5,32,000",20,21,"1,45,28,662","April 1, 2009"21,Malawi,"1,53,16,000",1.39,3.17,"4,70,000",21,22,"1,43,88,600","July 1, 2011"22,Zambia,"1,41,29,000",1.28,2.85,"3,92,000",22,25,"1,30,92,666","October 16, 2010"23,Senegal,"1,35,67,000",1.23,3.06,"4,03,000",23,23,"1,35,67,338",201324,Zimbabwe,"1,30,98,000",1.19,1.1,"1,42,000",24,64,"1,29,73,808","August 17, 2012"25,Chad,"1,29,48,000",1.18,3.64,"4,55,000",25,19,"1,12,74,106","May 20, 2009"26,Guinea,"1,18,61,000",1.08,3.09,"3,56,000",26,23,"1,08,24,200",201027,Tunisia,"1,08,89,000",0.99,1.03,"1,11,000",27,68,"1,07,77,500","July 1, 2012"28,Rwanda,"1,07,80,000",0.98,2.63,"2,76,000",28,27,"1,05,37,222","August 15, 2012"29,South Sudan,"1,03,34,000",0.94,4.4,"4,36,000",29,16,"82,60,490","April 22, 2008"30,Benin,"97,42,000",0.89,3.24,"3,06,000",30,22,"92,04,018",201331,Somalia,"96,62,000",0.88,1.17,"1,12,000",31,59,"93,31,000","July 1, 2010"32,Burundi,"90,23,000",0.82,2.36,"2,08,000",32,30,"80,53,574","June 18, 2008"33,Togo,"66,75,000",0.61,2.88,"1,87,000",33,24,"61,91,155","November 6, 2010"34,Libya,"63,23,000",0.57,1.56,"97,000",34,45,"64,33,092",201335,Sierra Leone,"58,23,000",0.53,1.84,"1,05,000",35,38,"55,65,626",201336,Central African Republic,"52,17,000",0.47,3.1,"1,57,000",36,23,"49,56,213",201337,Eritrea,"49,80,000",0.45,4.05,"1,94,000",37,17,"53,86,694",201338,Republic of the Congo,"45,25,000",0.41,3.31,"1,45,000",38,21,"36,97,490","April 28, 2007"39,Liberia,"38,81,000",0.35,2.1,"80,000",39,33,"34,76,608","March 21, 2008"40,Mauritania,"34,61,000",0.31,2.58,"87,000",40,27,"34,61,041",201341,Gabon,"22,04,000",0.2,3.96,"84,000",41,18,"19,81,032",201342,Namibia,"21,70,000",0.2,1.45,"31,000",42,48,"21,13,077","August 28, 2011"43,Botswana,"20,96,000",0.19,1.85,"38,000",43,38,"20,24,904","August 22, 2011"44,Lesotho,"18,87,000",0.17,0.05,"1,000",44,"1,308","19,11,087",201345,Equatorial Guinea,"18,37,000",0.17,4.2,"74,000",45,17,"16,22,000",201046,Gambia,"17,94,000",0.16,2.75,"48,000",46,26,"17,13,267",201347,Guinea-Bissau,"16,99,000",0.15,2.6,"43,000",47,27,"15,20,830","March 1, 2009"48,Mauritius,"12,73,000",0.12,0.63,"8,000",48,110,"12,57,900","July 3, 2011"49,Swaziland,"10,77,000",0.1,0.94,"10,000",49,74,"10,18,449","May 11, 2007"50,Djibouti,"9,12,000",0.08,2.7,"24,000",50,26,"8,64,618","July 1, 2011"51,Reunion (France),"8,62,000",0.08,1.41,"12,000",51,49,"8,21,136","January 1, 2010"52,Comoros,"7,43,000",0.07,2.62,"19,000",52,27,"7,24,300","July 1, 2012"53,Western Sahara,"6,50,000",0.06,5.18,"32,000",53,14,"5,52,931",201354,Cape Verde,"5,11,000",0.05,1.39,"7,000",54,50,"4,91,875","June 16, 2010"55,Mayotte (France),"2,17,000",0.02,2.36,"5,000",55,30,"2,12,600","August 21, 2012"56,Sao Tome and Principe,"1,94,000",0.02,3.19,"6,000",56,22,"1,87,356","May 13, 2012"57,Seychelles,"94,000",0.01,1.08,"1,000",57,65,"90,945","August 26, 2010"58,"Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)","4,000",0,0,0,58,-,"4,255","February 10, 2008",Total,"1,09,97,55,000",100,2.74,"2,92,79,000",,26,,,,,,,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_population,,,,,,,,,