| no. | Name | calculation 2013 | area (km²) | area (sq.mile) | population density (per km²) | population density (per sq.mile) | flag | capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 164 291 827 | 923 768 | 356 669 | 177.8 | 460.6 |  | |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 89 335 431 | 1 127 127 | 435 186 | 79.26 | 205.3 |  | Āddīs Ābebā |
| 3 | Egypt | 81 578 695 | 1 001 450 | 386 662 | 81.46 | 211.0 |  | Cairo |
| 4 | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 71 971 524 | 2 344 798 | 905 332 | 30.69 | 79.50 |  | Kinshasa |
| 5 | South Africa | 51 005 946 | 1 219 090 | 470 693 | 41.84 | 108.4 |  | Pretoria |
| 6 | Tanzania | 44 982 314 | 945 088 | 364 901 | 47.60 | 123.3 |  | Dodoma |
| 7 | Algeria | 38 594 114 | 2 381 741 | 919 595 | 16.20 | 41.97 |  | Algiers |
| 8 | Kenya | 38 507 161 | 581 787 | 224 629 | 66.19 | 171.4 |  | Nairobi |
| 9 | Sudan | 32 626 827 | 1 886 068 | 728 215 | 17.30 | 44.80 |  | Khartoum |
| 10 | Morocco | 32 310 007 | 458 730 | 177 117 | 70.43 | 182.4 |  | Rabat |
| 11 | Uganda | 31 835 061 | 242 554 | 93 651 | 131.2 | 339.9 |  | Kampala |
| 12 | Ghana | 25 840 978 | 238 538 | 92 100 | 108.3 | 280.6 |  | Accra |
| 13 | Ivory Coast | 23 782 887 | 322 461 | 124 503 | 73.75 | 191.0 |  | Yamoussoukro |
| 14 | Mozambique | 23 498 643 | 799 380 | 308 642 | 29.40 | 76.14 |  | Maputo |
| 15 | Madagascar | 21 032 110 | 587 041 | 226 658 | 35.83 | 92.79 |  | Antananarivo |
| 16 | Cameroon | 20 743 017 | 475 442 | 183 569 | 43.63 | 113.0 |  | Yaoundé |
| 17 | Angola | 20 658 798 | 1 246 700 | 481 354 | 16.57 | 42.92 |  | Luanda |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 17 189 568 | 267 950 | 103 456 | 64.15 | 166.2 |  | Ouagadougou |
| 19 | Niger | 16 332 361 | 1 186 408 | 458 075 | 13.77 | 35.65 |  | Niamey |
| 20 | Malawi | 14 580 403 | 118 480 | 45 745 | 123.1 | 318.7 |  | Lilongwe |
| 21 | Zambia | 14 151 011 | 752 614 | 290 586 | 18.80 | 48.70 |  | Lusaka |
| 22 | Mali | 13 960 258 | 1 240 198 | 478 843 | 11.26 | 29.15 |  | Bamako |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 12 879 415 | 390 784 | 150 883 | 32.96 | 85.36 |  | Harare |
| 24 | Chad | 12 491 419 | 1 284 000 | 495 755 | 9.73 | 25.20 |  | N'Djaména |
| 25 | Senegal | 12 427 285 | 196 722 | 75 955 | 63.17 | 163.6 |  | Dakar |
| 26 | Somalia | 11 881 965 | 637 657 | 246 201 | 18.63 | 48.26 |  | Muqdisho |
| 27 | Guinea | 11 752 500 | 245 857 | 94 926 | 47.80 | 123.8 |  | Conakry |
| 28 | Tunisia | 10 843 063 | 163 610 | 63 170 | 66.27 | 171.6 |  | Tunis |
| 29 | South Sudan | 10 488 144 | 618 745 | 238 899 | 16.95 | 43.90 |  | |
| 30 | Rwanda | 9 389 896 | 26 338 | 10 169 | 356.5 | 923.4 |  | Kigali |
| 31 | Benin | 9 204 018 | 112 622 | 43 484 | 81.72 | 211.7 |  | Porto Novo |
| 32 | Burundi | 8 880 560 | 27 834 | 10 747 | 319.1 | 826.3 |  | Bujumbura |
| 33 | Togo | 6 556 965 | 56 785 | 21 925 | 115.5 | 299.1 |  | Lomé |
| 34 | Libya | 6 433 092 | 1 775 500 | 685 524 | 3.62 | 9.38 |  | |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 5 565 626 | 71 740 | 27 699 | 77.58 | 200.9 |  | Freetown |
| 36 | Eritrea | 5 386 694 | 121 100 | 46 757 | 44.48 | 115.2 |  | Āsmara |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 4 956 213 | 622 436 | 240 324 | 7.96 | 20.62 |  | Bangui |
| 38 | Congo | 4 185 702 | 342 000 | 132 047 | 12.24 | 31.70 |  | Brazzaville |
| 39 | Liberia | 3 749 690 | 97 079 | 37 482 | 38.63 | 100.0 |  | Monrovia |
| 40 | Mauritania | 3 341 234 | 1 035 000 | 399 616 | 3.23 | 8.36 |  | Nouakchott |
| 41 | Namibia | 2 358 163 | 825 112 | 318 578 | 2.86 | 7.40 |  | Windhoek |
| 42 | Botswana | 2 108 343 | 581 730 | 224 607 | 3.62 | 9.39 |  | Gaborone |
| 43 | Gabon | 1 981 032 | 267 667 | 103 347 | 7.40 | 19.17 |  | Libreville |
| 44 | Lesotho | 1 911 087 | 30 355 | 11 720 | 62.96 | 163.1 |  | Maseru |
| 45 | Gambia | 1 713 267 | 10 689 | 4 127 | 160.3 | 415.1 |  | Banjul |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 671 042 | 36 123 | 13 947 | 46.26 | 119.8 |  | |
| 47 | Mauritius | 1 307 839 | 2 040 | 787 | 641.2 | 1 661 |  | Port Louis |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 014 999 | 28 051 | 10 831 | 36.18 | 93.72 |  | Malabo |
| 49 | Swaziland | 966 153 | 17 363 | 6 704 | 55.64 | 144.1 |  | Mbabane |
| 50 | Djibouti | 906 112 | 23 200 | 8 958 | 39.06 | 101.2 |  | |
| 51 | Reunion | 852 659 | 2 547 | 983 | 334.8 | 867.2 |  | Saint-Denis |
| 52 | Comoros | 680 617 | 1 862 | 719 | 365.5 | 946.7 |  | Moroni |
| 53 | Western Sahara | 552 931 | 266 000 | 102 703 | 2.08 | 5.38 |  | al-'Ayūn |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 509 614 | 4 033 | 1 557 | 126.4 | 327.3 |  | Praia |
| 55 | Mayotte | 230 213 | 373 | 144 | 616.8 | 1 597 |  | |
| 56 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 171 611 | 1 001 | 386 | 171.4 | 444.0 |  | São Tomé |
| 57 | Seychelles | 90 059 | 455 | 176 | 197.9 | 512.6 |  | Victoria |
| 58 | Saint Helena | 3 574 | 410 | 158 | 8.72 | 22.58 |  | Jamestown |
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