Which country in Africa has the highest population density?

Mauritius has the highest population density in Africa: 610 people per km² (2025). Next come Rwanda (553 people per km²) and Burundi (517 people per km²).

Which country in Africa has the lowest population density?

Namibia, with 3.7 people per km² (2025).

What is the typical population density of a country in Africa?

The median of the 54 countries in Africa is 66 people per km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

People per square kilometre of total area, from the population and area figures on this site. Source: World Bank, Wikidata, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Africa by population density

People per square kilometre of total area, from the population and area figures on this site. 54 countries in Africa, highest first. World Bank, Wikidata, 2025

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Highest

610

Mauritius

Median country

half above, half below

Lowest

3.7

Namibia

Countries in Africa by population density, World Bank, Wikidata, 2025
#	Country	Per km²	Region
1	Mauritius	610	Eastern Africa
2	Rwanda	553	Eastern Africa
3	Burundi	517	Eastern Africa
4	Comoros	434	Eastern Africa
5	Seychelles	267	Eastern Africa
6	Nigeria	257	Western Africa
7	Gambia	250	Western Africa
8	São Tomé and Principe	240	Middle Africa
9	Uganda	213	Eastern Africa
10	Malawi	188	Eastern Africa
11	Togo	151	Western Africa
12	Ghana	147	Western Africa
13	Cabo Verde	131	Western Africa
14	Benin	129	Western Africa
15	Sierra Leone	123	Western Africa
16	Ethiopia	123	Eastern Africa
17	Egypt	117	Northern Africa
18	Côte d'Ivoire	101	Western Africa
19	Kenya	99	Eastern Africa
20	Senegal	96	Western Africa
21	Burkina Faso	88	Western Africa
22	Morocco	86	Northern Africa
23	Lesotho	78	Southern Africa
24	Tunisia	75	Northern Africa
25	Tanzania	74	Eastern Africa
26	Eswatini	72	Southern Africa
27	Equatorial Guinea	69	Middle Africa
28	Cameroon	63	Middle Africa
29	Guinea-Bissau	62	Western Africa
30	Guinea	61	Western Africa
31	Madagascar	56	Eastern Africa
32	South Africa	53	Southern Africa
33	Liberia	51	Western Africa
34	Djibouti	51	Eastern Africa
35	DR Congo	48	Middle Africa
36	Mozambique	44	Eastern Africa
37	Zimbabwe	43	Eastern Africa
38	Angola	31	Middle Africa
39	Somalia	31	Eastern Africa
40	Eritrea	31	Eastern Africa
41	Zambia	29	Eastern Africa
42	Sudan	27	Northern Africa
43	Niger	22	Western Africa
44	Mali	20	Western Africa
45	Algeria	20	Northern Africa
46	Congo	19	Middle Africa
47	South Sudan	19	Eastern Africa
48	Chad	16	Middle Africa
49	Gabon	9.7	Middle Africa
50	Central African Republic	8.8	Middle Africa
51	Mauritania	5.2	Western Africa
52	Botswana	4.4	Southern Africa
53	Libya	4.2	Northern Africa
54	Namibia	3.7	Southern Africa

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Per km²	Status
Saint Helena	14	Territory of United Kingdom
Western Sahara	2.3	Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Africa has the highest population density?: Mauritius has the highest population density in Africa: 610 people per km² (2025). Next come Rwanda (553 people per km²) and Burundi (517 people per km²).
Which country in Africa has the lowest population density?: Namibia, with 3.7 people per km² (2025).
What is the typical population density of a country in Africa?: The median of the 54 countries in Africa is 66 people per km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: People per square kilometre of total area, from the population and area figures on this site. Source: World Bank, Wikidata, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank, Wikidata. Where the World Bank has no estimate, the population is Wikidata’s. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.