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Africa Rankings

Population Density

people per square km

Rank
Country
people per square km
Current
Previous
1
1
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
625.26
2
2
Rwanda flag
Rwanda
565.65
3
3
Burundi flag
Burundi
533.08
4
4
Comoros flag
Comoros
456.95
5
6
Gambia flag
Gambia
266.59
6
5
Seychelles flag
Seychelles
260.38
7
7
Nigeria flag
Nigeria
250.21
8
8
Uganda flag
Uganda
242.65
9
9
Sao Tome and Principe flag
Sao Tome and Principe
240.49
10
10
Malawi flag
Malawi
223.85
11
11
Togo flag
Togo
171.07
12
12
Ghana flag
Ghana
148.5
13
13
Cape Verde flag
Cape Verde
129.61
14
14
Benin flag
Benin
125.14
15
15
Sierra Leone flag
Sierra Leone
117.21
16
16
Egypt flag
Egypt
115.06
17
17
Ethiopia flag
Ethiopia
114.04
18
18
Ivory Coast flag
Ivory Coast
98.01
19
19
Kenya flag
Kenya
95.27
20
20
Senegal flag
Senegal
93.89
21
21
Morocco flag
Morocco
84.5
22
22
Burkina Faso flag
Burkina Faso
84.16
23
23
Tunisia flag
Tunisia
78.53
24
25
Guinea-Bissau flag
Guinea-Bissau
76.58
25
24
Lesotho flag
Lesotho
76.14
26
26
Tanzania flag
Tanzania
75.21
27
27
Swaziland flag
Swaziland
71.54
28
28
Equatorial Guinea flag
Equatorial Guinea
65.87
29
29
Cameroon flag
Cameroon
60.02
30
30
Guinea flag
Guinea
58.63
31
31
Liberia flag
Liberia
57.03
32
32
Madagascar flag
Madagascar
53.62
33
33
South Africa flag
South Africa
52.11
34
34
Djibouti flag
Djibouti
49.74
35
35
Democratic Republic of the Congo flag
Democratic Republic of the Congo
46.66
36
37
Mozambique flag
Mozambique
42.77
37
36
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe
42.24
38
38
Somalia flag
Somalia
29.26
39
39
Eritrea flag
Eritrea
28.64
40
40
Zambia flag
Zambia
27.88
41
41
Sudan flag
Sudan
26.79
42
42
Niger flag
Niger
20.65
43
44
Mali flag
Mali
19.48
44
43
Algeria flag
Algeria
19.38
45
45
Republic of the Congo flag
Republic of the Congo
18.11
46
46
Chad flag
Chad
15.34
47
47
Gabon flag
Gabon
9.64
48
48
Central African Republic flag
Central African Republic
8.27
49
49
Mauritania flag
Mauritania
4.87
50
50
Botswana flag
Botswana
4.38
51
51
Libya flag
Libya
4.15
52
52
Namibia flag
Namibia
3.6