List of African countries by population density

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Density map of Africa

This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². Saint Helena, being closest to Africa, has been included. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rank	Country or territory	Density		Area		Population (2015 est.)
		inh./km2	inh./mi²	km2	mi²
—	Template:Country (France)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	240,000
1	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1,273,000
2	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	11,610,000
3	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	11,179,000
4	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	788,000
—	Template:Country (France)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	861,200
5	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	96,000
6	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	182,202,000
7	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	190,000
8	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1,991,000
9	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	39,032,000
10	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	17,215,000
11	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	521,000
12	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	7,305,000
13	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	27,410,000
14	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	10,880,000
15	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	91,508,000
16	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	6,453,000
17	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	99,391,000
18	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	46,050,000
19	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	15,129,000
20	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1,287,000
21	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	22,702,000
22	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	2,135,000
23	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	11,254,000
24	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	18,106,000
25	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	53,470,000
26	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	12,609,000
27	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1,844,000
28	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	23,344,000
29	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	34,378,000
30	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	54,490,000
31	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	5,228,000
32	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	24,235,000
33	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	4,503,000
34	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	15,603,000
35	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	888,000
36	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	27,978,000
37	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	77,267,000
38	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	845,000
39	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	40,235,000
40	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	16,212,000
41	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	25,022,000
42	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	12,340,000
43	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	10,787,000
44	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	39,667,000
45	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	19,899,000
46	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	17,600,000
47	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	4,620,000
48	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	14,037,000
—	Template:Country (UK)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	7,729
49	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	4,900,000
50	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1,725,000
51	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	4,068,000
52	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	2,262,000
53	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	6,278,000
54	Template:Country	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	2,459,000
—	AVERAGE/TOTAL	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1,186,178,255

See also

• List of African countries by population
• List of African countries by GDP
• Demographics of Africa