Africa: Countries and Territories by Population Density

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Rank	Country / Region	Capital	Density	Population	Area
1	Mauritius	Port Louis	608 per km²	≈1.2 million	2,040 km²
2	Mayotte	Mamoudzou	607 per km²	226,915	374 km²
3	Rwanda	Kigali	547 per km²	≈14.4 million	26,338 km²
4	Comoros	Moroni	507 per km²	944,388	1,862 km²
5	Burundi	Gitega	443 per km²	≈12.3 million	27,834 km²
6	Réunion	Saint-Denis	335 per km²	840,974	2,511 km²
7	Seychelles	Victoria	273 per km²	123,565	452 km²
8	Nigeria	Abuja	242 per km²	223.8 million	923,768 km²
9	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	229 per km²	220,372	964 km²
10	Gambia	Banjul	227 per km²	≈2.4 million	10,689 km²
11	Uganda	Kampala	190 per km²	≈45.9 million	241,550 km²
12	Malawi	Lilongwe	179 per km²	≈21.2 million	118,484 km²
13	Ghana	Accra	144 per km²	≈34.4 million	238,533 km²
14	Togo	Lomé	143 per km²	≈8.1 million	56,785 km²
15	Cape Verde	Praia	122 per km²	491,233	4,033 km²
16	Benin	Porto-Novo	120 per km²	≈13.6 million	112,622 km²
17	Sierra Leone	Freetown	118 per km²	≈8.5 million	71,740 km²
18	Egypt	Cairo	108 per km²	≈108.6 million	≈1.00 million km²
19	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	103 per km²	≈33.3 million	322,463 km²
20	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	101 per km²	≈111.7 million	≈1.10 million km²
21	Senegal	Dakar	99.5 per km²	≈19.6 million	196,722 km²
22	Kenya	Nairobi	93.4 per km²	≈54.2 million	580,367 km²
23	Morocco	Rabat	83.4 per km²	≈37.3 million	446,550 km²
24	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	82.4 per km²	≈22.5 million	272,967 km²
25	Tanzania	Dodoma	74.1 per km²	≈70.0 million	945,087 km²
26	Tunisia	Tunis	73.3 per km²	≈12.0 million	163,610 km²
27	Guinea	Conakry	71.3 per km²	≈17.5 million	245,857 km²
28	Eswatini	Mbabane	71.2 per km²	≈1.2 million	17,364 km²
29	Lesotho	Maseru	69.7 per km²	≈2.1 million	30,355 km²
30	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	64.0 per km²	≈1.8 million	28,051 km²
31	Cameroon	Yaoundé	61.9 per km²	≈29.4 million	475,442 km²
32	Madagascar	Antananarivo	55.6 per km²	≈32.7 million	587,041 km²
33	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	52.3 per km²	≈1.9 million	36,125 km²
34	South Africa	Pretoria	51.6 per km²	≈63.0 million	≈1.22 million km²
35	DR Congo	Kinshasa	49.7 per km²	≈116.5 million	≈2.34 million km²
36	Liberia	Monrovia	47.1 per km²	≈5.2 million	111,369 km²
37	Djibouti	Djibouti	46.0 per km²	≈1.1 million	23,200 km²
38	Mozambique	Maputo	43.6 per km²	≈35.0 million	801,590 km²
39	Zimbabwe	Harare	41.4 per km²	≈16.2 million	390,757 km²
40	Somalia	Mogadishu	31.8 per km²	≈20.3 million	637,657 km²
41	Eritrea	Asmara	31.3 per km²	≈3.7 million	117,600 km²
42	Angola	Luanda	31.1 per km²	≈38.8 million	≈1.25 million km²
43	Zambia	Lusaka	30.6 per km²	≈23.0 million	752,612 km²
44	Sudan	Khartoum	28.3 per km²	≈53.3 million	≈1.89 million km²
45	Niger	Niamey	21.7 per km²	≈27.5 million	≈1.27 million km²
46	South Sudan	Juba	20.5 per km²	≈12.7 million	619,745 km²
47	Algeria	Algiers	19.9 per km²	47.4 million	≈2.38 million km²
48	Mali	Bamako	19.3 per km²	≈23.9 million	≈1.24 million km²
49	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	18.5 per km²	≈6.3 million	342,000 km²
50	Chad	N'Djamena	15.6 per km²	≈20.0 million	≈1.28 million km²
51	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	14.3 per km²	5,651	394 km²
52	Gabon	Libreville	9.2 per km²	≈2.5 million	267,668 km²
53	Central African Republic	Bangui	8.8 per km²	≈5.5 million	622,984 km²
54	Mauritania	Nouakchott	4.8 per km²	≈4.9 million	≈1.03 million km²
55	Botswana	Gaborone	4.3 per km²	≈2.5 million	582,000 km²
56	Libya	Tripoli	4.3 per km²	≈7.5 million	≈1.76 million km²
57	Namibia	Windhoek	3.7 per km²	≈3.0 million	825,615 km²
58	Western Sahara	El Aaiún	1.9 per km²	510,713	266,000 km²

This list was last updated on October 8, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Population and area are rounded in the table; the country pages show the exact figures.