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Countries of Africa by Population with Map (2021 Version)

Can you name all countries in Africa in order by population? There is a map to help.
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Quiz by Dollyfroggy
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Last updated: December 22, 2021
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First submittedNovember 20, 2021
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2021 Population
Country
211,400,708
Nigeria
117,876,227
Ethiopia
104,258,327
Egypt
92,377,993
D. R. Congo
61,498,437
Tanzania
60,041,994
South Africa
54,985,698
Kenya
47,123,531
Uganda
44,909,353
Sudan
44,616,624
Algeria
37,344,795
Morocco
33,933,610
Angola
32,163,047
Mozambique
31,732,129
Ghana
28,427,328
Madagascar
27,224,265
Cameroon
27,053,629
Ivory Coast
25,130,817
Niger
21,497,096
Burkina Faso
20,855,735
Mali
19,647,684
Malawi
18,920,651
Zambia
17,196,301
Senegal
16,914,985
Chad
16,359,504
Somalia
15,092,171
Zimbabwe
13,497,244
Guinea
2021 Population
Country
13,276,513
Rwanda
12,451,040
Benin
12,255,433
Burundi
11,935,766
Tunisia
11,381,378
South Sudan
8,478,250
Togo
8,141,343
Sierra Leone
6,958,532
Libya
5,657,013
Rep. of the Congo
5,180,203
Liberia
4,919,981
Central African
Republic
4,775,119
Mauritania
3,601,467
Eritrea
2,587,344
Namibia
2,486,945
Gambia
2,397,241
Botswana
2,278,825
Gabon
2,159,079
Lesotho
2,015,494
Guinea-Bissau
1,449,896
Equatorial Guinea
1,273,433
Mauritius
1,172,362
Eswatini
1,002,187
Djibouti
888,451
Comoros
561,898
Cape Verde
223,368
São Tomé and
Príncipe
98,908
Seychelles
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Level 25
Jun 5, 2022
Libya only has about 7 million???

And Tunisia has more?!?!?!

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Level 60
Jun 10, 2022
Yep! Hard to believe but it's true!
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Level 59
Mar 29, 2023
This quiz is so underrated. Good Job.

The order of some of these countries is very surprising. I would have expected South Sudan and Senegal to have more and Burkina Faso to have less.