World StatisticsSub-Saharan Africa: country data
Countries48
Total population (latest)1,321,654,217
LargestNigeria
Population
237.5M
135.5M
112.8M
70.5M
64.7M
57.5M
51.7M
51.4M
39.0M
35.6M
35.1M
32.7M
32.7M
29.9M
27.9M
25.2M
24.1M
22.2M
21.9M
21.0M
19.7M
18.9M
17.0M
15.1M
14.8M
| Country / region | Population | GDP per capita (current US$) | Life expectancy at birth (years) | Fertility rate (births per woman) | Population aged 65 and above (% of total) | Internet users (% of population) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 39,040,039 | 3,129 | 64.8 | 5.05 | 2.9 | 40.7 |
| Benin | 14,814,460 | 1,658 | 61.0 | 4.48 | 3.2 | 34.0 |
| Botswana | 2,562,122 | 7,778 | 69.3 | 2.70 | 4.1 | 57.5 |
| Burkina Faso | 24,074,580 | 1,148 | 61.3 | 4.11 | 2.7 | 28.3 |
| Burundi | 14,390,003 | 234 | 63.8 | 4.79 | 2.5 | 8.6 |
| Cameroon | 29,879,337 | 1,972 | 64.0 | 4.26 | 2.8 | 46.3 |
| Cape Verde | 527,326 | 5,796 | 76.2 | 1.51 | 7.2 | 74.7 |
| Central African Republic | 5,513,282 | 556 | 57.7 | 5.95 | 2.2 | 13.8 |
| Chad | 21,003,705 | 1,022 | 55.2 | 6.03 | 2.1 | 12.6 |
| Comoros | 882,847 | 2,056 | 67.0 | 3.82 | 4.5 | 32.5 |
| Congo - Brazzaville | 6,484,437 | 2,515 | 66.0 | 4.11 | 3.1 | 47.3 |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 112,832,473 | 807 | 62.1 | 5.98 | 3.1 | 19.7 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 32,711,547 | 3,050 | 62.1 | 4.23 | 2.7 | 41.4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,938,431 | 6,615 | 63.9 | 4.12 | 3.8 | 63.3 |
| Eritrea | 3,607,003 | 689 | 68.9 | 3.68 | 4.3 | 14.3 |
| Eswatini | 1,256,174 | 4,108 | 64.3 | 2.72 | 4.3 | 63.4 |
| Ethiopia | 135,472,051 | 933 | 67.6 | 3.91 | 3.3 | 21.9 |
| Gabon | 2,593,130 | 8,263 | 68.5 | 3.59 | 4.1 | 68.7 |
| Gambia | 2,822,093 | 919 | 66.1 | 3.91 | 3.2 | 49.5 |
| Ghana | 35,064,272 | 3,257 | 65.7 | 3.34 | 3.8 | 72.2 |
| Guinea | 15,099,727 | 1,877 | 60.9 | 4.13 | 3.5 | 33.3 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,249,515 | 1,124 | 64.3 | 3.76 | 3.2 | 29.8 |
| Kenya | 57,532,493 | 2,363 | 63.8 | 3.17 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| Lesotho | 2,363,325 | 1,089 | 57.8 | 2.66 | 3.9 | 51.8 |
| Liberia | 5,731,206 | 915 | 62.3 | 3.86 | 3.3 | 32.2 |
| Madagascar | 32,740,678 | 599 | 63.8 | 3.91 | 3.5 | 18.7 |
| Malawi | 22,216,120 | 672 | 67.6 | 3.59 | 2.6 | 19.0 |
| Mali | 25,198,821 | 1,193 | 60.7 | 5.51 | 2.4 | 36.8 |
| Mauritania | 5,315,065 | 2,198 | 68.7 | 4.62 | 3.2 | 45.8 |
| Mauritius | 1,243,741 | 12,991 | 73.8 | 1.44 | 14.1 | 73.3 |
| Mozambique | 35,631,653 | 627 | 63.8 | 4.69 | 2.7 | 20.5 |
| Namibia | 3,092,816 | 4,876 | 67.5 | 3.21 | 3.8 | 64.9 |
| Niger | 27,917,831 | 775 | 61.4 | 5.94 | 2.6 | 15.6 |
| Nigeria | 237,527,782 | 1,224 | 54.6 | 4.38 | 3.1 | 41.2 |
| Rwanda | 14,569,341 | 1,124 | 68.0 | 3.64 | 4.0 | 31.7 |
| Senegal | 18,931,966 | 1,955 | 68.9 | 3.76 | 3.6 | 60.1 |
| Seychelles | 122,730 | 19,449 | 76.3 | 1.85 | 8.7 | 87.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,819,794 | 846 | 62.0 | 3.70 | 3.3 | 25.1 |
| Somalia | 19,654,739 | 661 | 59.0 | 6.01 | 2.6 | 27.9 |
| South Africa | 64,747,319 | 6,598 | 66.3 | 2.20 | 6.9 | 78.4 |
| South Sudan | 12,188,788 | 1,080 | 57.7 | 3.78 | 3.1 | 6.7 |
| Sudan | 51,662,147 | 1,165 | 66.5 | 4.26 | 3.4 | 18.6 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 240,254 | 4,084 | 69.9 | 3.60 | 3.9 | 59.1 |
| Tanzania | 70,545,865 | 1,319 | 67.2 | 4.54 | 3.0 | 31.2 |
| Togo | 8,591,626 | 1,384 | 62.9 | 4.12 | 3.5 | 39.5 |
| Uganda | 51,384,894 | 1,206 | 68.5 | 4.16 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| Zambia | 21,913,874 | 1,318 | 66.5 | 4.04 | 2.0 | 17.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 16,950,795 | 3,021 | 63.1 | 3.67 | 3.6 | 41.6 |
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