Africa Rankings
Labor Force
million people
| Rank | Country | million people | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 | Nigeria | 116.6M |
2 | 2 | Ethiopia | 56.8M |
3 | 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.2M |
4 | 4 | Egypt | 36.1M |
5 | 5 | Tanzania | 34.1M |
6 | 6 | South Africa | 26.7M |
7 | 7 | Kenya | 24.7M |
8 | 8 | Uganda | 23.4M |
9 | 9 | Madagascar | 17.1M |
10 | 10 | Mozambique | 15.7M |
11 | 11 | Algeria | 13.6M |
12 | 12 | Ghana | 13.3M |
13 | 13 | Ivory Coast | 13.1M |
14 | 14 | Morocco | 12.6M |
15 | 15 | Niger | 12.0M |
16 | 16 | Cameroon | 11.5M |
17 | 17 | Sudan | 10.9M |
18 | 18 | Burkina Faso | 9.9M |
19 | 19 | Mali | 9.2M |
20 | 20 | Malawi | 8.3M |
21 | 21 | Zambia | 8.0M |
22 | 22 | Zimbabwe | 6.9M |
23 | 23 | Chad | 6.7M |
24 | 24 | Benin | 6.6M |
25 | 25 | Burundi | 6.3M |
26 | 26 | Senegal | 6.1M |
27 | 27 | Rwanda | 5.8M |
28 | 28 | Guinea | 4.7M |
29 | 29 | Tunisia | 4.3M |
30 | 30 | Somalia | 3.6M |
31 | 31 | Togo | 3.4M |
32 | 32 | Sierra Leone | 2.9M |
33 | 33 | Liberia | 2.7M |
34 | 35 | Republic of the Congo | 2.6M |
35 | 34 | Libya | 2.6M |
36 | 36 | Central African Republic | 2.1M |
37 | 37 | Eritrea | 1.8M |
38 | 38 | Mauritania | 1.2M |
39 | 39 | Botswana | 1.2M |
40 | 40 | Namibia | 1.2M |
41 | 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 899.2K |
42 | 41 | Lesotho | 889.5K |
43 | 43 | Gabon | 844.1K |
44 | 44 | Gambia | 807.3K |
45 | 45 | Equatorial Guinea | 738.0K |
46 | 46 | Mauritius | 622.1K |
47 | 47 | Swaziland | 430.9K |
48 | 48 | Comoros | 310.8K |
49 | 49 | Djibouti | 267.6K |
50 | 50 | Cape Verde | 226.4K |
51 | 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.1K |