Nigeria the 3rd most populous country in the world in 2100? - A
With 186 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with more than 90 million of its population under age 18.
Nigeria
173,000,000
2013
Official estimate
Ethiopia
99,391,000
2015
Official estimate
Egypt
94,408,000
February 12, 2019
Official population clock
Democratic Republic of the Congo
86,026,000
July 1, 2015
Official estimate
South Africa
54,956,900
July 1, 2015
Official estimate
Tanzania
51,046,000
2015
Official estimate
Kenya
45,533,000
2015
Official estimate
Sudan
40,235,000
2015
Official estimate
Algeria
40,100,000
January 1, 2016
Official estimate
Uganda
34,856,813
August 28, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
Morocco [1]
33,337,529
September 1, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
Mozambique
28,013,000
2015
Official estimate
Ghana
27,043,093
2014
Official estimate
Angola
24,383,301
May 16, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
Ivory Coast
22,671,331
May 15, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
Madagascar
22,434,363
2014
Official estimate
Cameroon
21,917,602
2015
Official estimate
Niger
17,138,707
December 10, 2012
Final 2012 census result
Burkina Faso
18,450,494
2015
Official estimate
Mali
14,528,662
April 1, 2009
Final 2009 census result
Malawi
16,832,900
July 1, 2016
Official estimate
Zambia
15,473,905
2015
Official estimate
Somalia
12,316,895
January 1, 2016
Official estimate
Senegal
14,354,690
2015
Official estimate
Chad
11,039,873
May 20, 2009
Final 2009 census result
Zimbabwe
13,061,239
August 17, 2012
Final 2012 census result
Rwanda
10,515,973
August 15, 2012
Final 2012 census result
Tunisia
10,982,754
April 23, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
Guinea
10,628,972
April 2, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
Benin
10,008,749
May 11, 2013
Final 2013 census result
Burundi
9,823,828
2015
Official estimate
South Sudan
8,260,490
April 22, 2008
2008 census result
Togo
6,191,155
November 6, 2010
Final 2010 census result
Eritrea
6,536,000
July 1, 2014
Official estimate
Sierra Leone
6,348,350
2014
Official estimate
Libya
5,298,152
April 15, 2006
2006 census result
Republic of the Congo
3,697,490
April 28, 2007
2007 census result
Central African Republic
3,859,139
2017
[1]
Liberia
3,476,608
March 21, 2008
Final 2008 census result
Mauritania
3,718,678
2016
Official estimate
Namibia
2,280,700
July 1, 2015
Official estimate
Botswana
2,024,904
August 22, 2011
Final 2011 census result
Gambia
1,882,450
April 15, 2013
Preliminary 2013 census result [permanent dead link ]
Equatorial Guinea
1,222,442
July 4, 2015
Preliminary 2015 census result
Lesotho
1,894,194
2011
Official estimate
Gabon
1,802,278
October 5, 2013
Preliminary 2013 census result
Guinea-Bissau
1,530,673
2015
Official estimate
Mauritius
1,261,208
July 1, 2014
Official estimate
Eswatini (Swaziland)
1,119,375
2015
Official estimate
Djibouti
864,618
July 1, 2011
Official estimate
Réunion (France )
840,974
January 1, 2013
Official estimate
Comoros
806,200
July 1, 2016
Official estimate
Cape Verde
491,875
June 16, 2010
Final 2010 census result [permanent dead link ]
Western Sahara [2]
510,713
September 2, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
Mayotte (France )
212,600
August 21, 2012
2012 census result
São Tomé and Príncipe
179,200
May 13, 2012
Final 2012 census result
Seychelles
90,945
August 26, 2010
Final 2010 census result
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK )
5,633
June 2016
2016 census result