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Current Most Populous Countries In Africa (UN Estimates)
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These are the 2010 estimated total population figures for all African countries & overseas dependencies, which are listed on the United Nations Population Division database. We have also included the overall % of the global population which is residing in each nation, and you can also view this exact dataset for the years 2015, 2020 and 2050. These figures were collated as part of the 2008 United Nations revision of the 'World Population Prospects', which was released in 2009.

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Data released by UNdata (United Nations) - June.18.2009 - Next data release 2011

References

	Country/Territory	United Nations Variant [1]	% World Population	Estimated 2010 Population [2]

1	Nigeria	Medium variant	2.291	158,258,917
2	Ethiopia	Medium variant	1.230	84,975,606
3	Egypt	Medium variant	1.223	84,474,427
4	DR Congo	Medium variant	0.982	67,827,495
5	South Africa	Medium variant	0.731	50,492,408
6	Tanzania	Medium variant	0.652	45,039,573
7	Sudan	Medium variant	0.625	43,192,438
8	Kenya	Medium variant	0.591	40,862,900
9	Algeria	Medium variant	0.513	35,422,589
10	Uganda	Medium variant	0.489	33,796,461
11	Morocco	Medium variant	0.469	32,381,283
12	Ghana	Medium variant	0.352	24,332,755
13	Mozambique	Medium variant	0.339	23,405,670
14	Ivory Coast	Medium variant	0.312	21,570,746
15	Madagascar	Medium variant	0.292	20,146,442
16	Cameroon	Medium variant	0.289	19,958,351
17	Angola	Medium variant	0.275	18,992,707
18	Burkina Faso	Medium variant	0.236	16,286,706
19	Niger	Medium variant	0.230	15,891,482
20	Malawi	Medium variant	0.227	15,691,784
21	Mali	Medium variant	0.193	13,323,104
22	Zambia	Medium variant	0.192	13,257,269
23	Senegal	Medium variant	0.186	12,860,717
24	Zimbabwe	Medium variant	0.183	12,644,041
25	Chad	Medium variant	0.167	11,506,130
26	Tunisia	Medium variant	0.150	10,373,957
27	Guinea	Medium variant	0.149	10,323,755
28	Rwanda	Medium variant	0.149	10,277,212
29	Somalia	Medium variant	0.135	9,358,602
30	Benin	Medium variant	0.133	9,211,741
31	Burundi	Medium variant	0.123	8,518,862
32	Togo	Medium variant	0.098	6,780,030
33	Libya	Medium variant	0.095	6,545,619
34	Sierra Leone	Medium variant	0.084	5,835,664
35	Eritrea	Medium variant	0.076	5,223,994
36	Central African Republic	Medium variant	0.065	4,505,945
37	Liberia	Medium variant	0.059	4,101,767
38	Republic of Congo	Medium variant	0.054	3,758,678
39	Mauritania	Medium variant	0.049	3,365,675
40	Namibia	Medium variant	0.032	2,212,037
41	Lesotho	Medium variant	0.030	2,084,182
42	Botswana	Medium variant	0.029	1,977,569
43	Gambia	Medium variant	0.025	1,750,732
44	Guinea-Bissau	Medium variant	0.024	1,647,380
45	Gabon	Medium variant	0.022	1,501,266
46	Mauritius	Medium variant	0.019	1,296,569
47	Swaziland	Medium variant	0.017	1,201,904
48	Djibouti	Medium variant	0.013	879,053
49	Reunion	Medium variant	0.012	837,094
50	Equatorial Guinea	Medium variant	0.010	693,385
51	Comoros	Medium variant	0.010	691,351
52	Western Sahara	Medium variant	0.008	530,436
53	Cape Verde	Medium variant	0.007	512,582
54	Mayotte	Medium variant	0.003	199,065
55	Sao Tome & Principe	Medium variant	0.002	165,397
56	Seychelles	Medium variant	0.001	84,600
57	Saint Helena	Medium variant	<0.001	4,406

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References

[1] We have chosen to use the 'Medium Variant' from UNdata.
[2] The statistics quoted above are taken from the UNdata statistics database. UNdata quotes the original sources as being 'United Nations Population Division' (World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision). UNdata is a statistical service provided by the United Nations. All data is available free of charge and may be copied freely, duplicated and further distributed, provided that UNdata is cited as the reference. The full UNdata re-publishing policy is here. This complete dataset was last updated by UNdata on June.18.2009 & last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on September.12.2010. UNdata give the next update as April 2011, but these release dates can often be misleading.

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