Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area.[9] With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents;[10][11] the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4.[12] Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will reach 3.8 billion people by 2099.[13] Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate,[14] corruption,[14] colonialism, the Cold War,[15][16] and neocolonialism. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and a large and young population make Africa an important economic market in the broader global context. Africa has a large quantity of natural resources and food resources, including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum, natural gas, cocoa beans, and tropical fruit.

Africa

#	Country	Population
(2024)	Land Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)
1	Nigeria	232,679,478	910,770	255
2	Ethiopia	132,059,767	1,000,000	132
3	Egypt	116,538,258	995,450	117
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	109,276,265	2,267,050	48
5	Tanzania	68,560,157	885,800	77
6	South Africa	64,007,187	1,213,090	53
7	Kenya	56,432,944	569,140	99
8	Sudan	50,448,963	1,765,048	29
9	Uganda	50,015,092	199,810	250
10	Algeria	46,814,308	2,381,740	20
11	Morocco	38,081,173	446,300	85
12	Angola	37,885,849	1,246,700	30
13	Mozambique	34,631,766	786,380	44
14	Ghana	34,427,414	227,540	151
15	Madagascar	31,964,956	581,795	55
16	Côte d'Ivoire	31,934,230	318,000	100
17	Cameroon	29,123,744	472,710	62
18	Niger	27,032,412	1,266,700	21
19	Mali	24,478,595	1,220,190	20
20	Burkina Faso	23,548,781	273,600	86
21	Malawi	21,655,286	94,280	230
22	Zambia	21,314,956	743,390	29
23	Chad	20,299,123	1,259,200	16
24	Somalia	19,009,151	627,340	30
25	Senegal	18,501,984	192,530	96
26	Zimbabwe	16,634,373	386,850	43
27	Guinea	14,754,785	245,720	60
28	Benin	14,462,724	112,760	128
29	Rwanda	14,256,567	24,670	578
30	Burundi	14,047,786	25,680	547
31	Tunisia	12,277,109	155,360	79
32	South Sudan	11,943,408	610,952	20
33	Togo	9,515,236	54,390	175
34	Sierra Leone	8,642,022	72,180	120
35	Libya	7,381,023	1,759,540	4
36	Congo	6,332,961	341,500	19
37	Liberia	5,612,817	96,320	58
38	Central African Republic	5,330,690	622,980	9
39	Mauritania	5,169,395	1,030,700	5
40	Eritrea	3,535,603	101,000	35
41	Namibia	3,030,131	823,290	4
42	Gambia	2,759,988	10,120	273
43	Gabon	2,538,952	257,670	10
44	Botswana	2,521,139	566,730	4
45	Lesotho	2,337,423	30,360	77
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,201,352	28,120	78
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,892,516	28,050	67
48	Mauritius	1,271,169	2,030	626
49	Eswatini	1,242,822	17,200	72
50	Djibouti	1,168,722	23,180	50
51	Réunion	878,591	2,500	351
52	Comoros	866,628	1,861	466
53	Western Sahara	590,506	266,000	2
54	Cabo Verde	524,877	4,030	130
55	Mayotte	326,505	375	871
56	Sao Tome and Principe	235,536	960	245
57	Seychelles	130,418	460	284
58	Saint Helena	5,237	390	13