Percent Of World Population

Africa Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Nigeria	2.56	2020	1	2.52
2	Ethiopia	1.43	2020	2	1.41
3	Egypt	1.27	2020	3	1.26
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.11	2020	4	1.09
5	South Africa	0.74	2020	5	0.73
5	Tanzania	0.74	2020	5	0.73
7	Kenya	0.67	2020	7	0.66
8	Uganda	0.57	2020	8	0.56
9	Algeria	0.54	2020	9	0.54
9	Sudan	0.54	2020	9	0.54
11	Morocco	0.46	2020	11	0.46
12	Ghana	0.39	2020	12	0.38
12	Mozambique	0.39	2020	12	0.38
14	Madagascar	0.34	2020	14	0.34
15	Cameroon	0.33	2020	15	0.32
15	Ivory Coast	0.33	2020	15	0.32
17	Niger	0.3	2020	17	0.29
18	Burkina Faso	0.26	2020	18	0.25
19 ↓	Mali	0.25	2020	18	0.25
20	Malawi	0.24	2020	20	0.23
21	Zambia	0.23	2020	21	0.22
22	Senegal	0.21	2020	22	0.2
23 ↓	Chad	0.2	2020	22	0.2
23 ↑	Somalia	0.2	2020	24	0.19
25	Zimbabwe	0.18	2020	25	0.18
26	Rwanda	0.16	2020	26	0.16
26	Guinea	0.16	2020	26	0.16
28	Benin	0.15	2020	28	0.15
28	Tunisia	0.15	2020	28	0.15
28 ↑	Burundi	0.15	2020	30	0.14
31	Sierra Leone	0.1	2020	31	0.1
31	Togo	0.1	2020	31	0.1
33	Libya	0.09	2020	33	0.09
34	Republic of the Congo	0.07	2020	34	0.07
35	Central African Republic	0.06	2020	35	0.06
35	Liberia	0.06	2020	35	0.06
35	Mauritania	0.06	2020	35	0.06
38	Eritrea	0.04	2011	38	0.04
39	Gabon	0.03	2020	39	0.03
39	Namibia	0.03	2020	39	0.03
39	Lesotho	0.03	2020	39	0.03
39	Botswana	0.03	2020	39	0.03
39	Gambia	0.03	2020	39	0.03
44	Mauritius	0.02	2020	44	0.02
44	Equatorial Guinea	0.02	2020	44	0.02
44	Guinea-Bissau	0.02	2020	44	0.02
47	Djibouti	0.01	2020	47	0.01
47	Swaziland	0.01	2020	47	0.01
47	Comoros	0.01	2020	47	0.01
47	Cape Verde	0.01	2020	47	0.01
51	Sao Tome and Principe	0	2020	51	0
51	Seychelles	0	2020	51	0

Definition of Percent Of World Population

The population share of a particular country is measured as its population as percent of the total world population in a given year. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.