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 |