Africa is the world’s second largest and second most-populous continent, being behind Asia in both categories. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos.
Here are all African countries by their population.
| Rank | Country | Population |
| 1. | Nigeria | 190,632,256 |
| 2. | Ethiopia | 105,350,016 |
| 3. | Egypt | 97,041,072 |
| 4. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 83,301,152 |
| 5. | South Africa | 54,841,552 |
| 6. | Tanzania | 53,950,936 |
| 7. | Kenya | 47,615,740 |
| 8. | Algeria | 40,969,444 |
| 9. | Uganda | 39,570,124 |
| 10. | Sudan | 37,345,936 |
| 11. | Morocco | 33,986,656 |
| 12. | Angola | 29,310,272 |
| 13. | Ghana | 27,499,924 |
| 14. | Mozambique | 26,573,706 |
| 15. | Madagascar | 25,054,160 |
| 16. | Cameroon | 24,994,884 |
| 17. | Cote d’Ivoire | 24,184,810 |
| 18. | Burkina Faso | 20,107,508 |
| 19. | Niger | 19,245,344 |
| 20. | Malawi | 19,196,246 |
| 21. | Mali | 17,885,244 |
| 22. | Zambia | 15,972,000 |
| 23. | Senegal | 14,668,522 |
| 24. | Zimbabwe | 13,805,084 |
| 25. | Guinea | 12,413,867 |
| 26. | Chad | 12,075,985 |
| 27. | Rwanda | 11,901,484 |
| 28. | Burundi | 11,466,756 |
| 29. | Tunisia | 11,403,800 |
| 30. | Benin | 11,038,805 |
| 31. | Somalia | 11,031,386 |
| 32. | Togo | 7,965,055 |
| 33. | Libya | 6,653,210 |
| 34. | Sierra Leone | 6,163,195 |
| 35. | Eritrea | 5,918,919 |
| 36. | Central African Republic | 5,625,118 |
| 37. | Congo, Republic of the | 4,954,674 |
| 38. | Liberia | 4,689,021 |
| 39. | Mauritania | 3,758,571 |
| 40. | Namibia | 2,484,780 |
| 41. | Botswana | 2,214,858 |
| 42. | Gambia, The | 2,051,363 |
| 43. | Lesotho | 1,958,042 |
| 44. | Guinea-Bissau | 1,792,338 |
| 45. | Gabon | 1,772,255 |
| 46. | Swaziland | 1,467,152 |
| 47. | Mauritius | 1,356,388 |
| 48. | Djibouti | 865,267 |
| 49. | Comoros | 808,080 |
| 50. | Equatorial Guinea | 778,358 |
| 51. | Western Sahara | 603,253 |
| 52. | Cape Verde | 560,899 |
| 53. | Sao Tome and Principe | 201,025 |
| 54. | Seychelles | 93,920 |
| Total population | 1,209,170,412 | |
