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Sub-Saharan Africa
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Mauritius leads Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023 at 625, while Namibia sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 4. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.0156313469625MauritiusMauritius: 625625RwandaRwanda: 566566BurundiBurundi: 533533ComorosComoros: 457457Gambia, TheGambia, The: 267267SeychellesSeychelles: 260260NigeriaNigeria: 250250UgandaUganda: 243243Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 240240MalawiMalawi: 224224TogoTogo: 151151GhanaGhana: 148148

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Mauritius 625
2 Rwanda 566
3 Burundi 533
4 Comoros 457
5 Gambia, The 267
6 Seychelles 260
7 Nigeria 250
8 Uganda 243
9 Sao Tome and Principe 240
10 Malawi 224
11 Togo 151
12 Ghana 148
13 Cabo Verde 130
14 Benin 125
15 Sierra Leone 117
16 Ethiopia 114
17 Cote d'Ivoire 98
18 Kenya 95
19 Senegal 94
20 Burkina Faso 84
21 Guinea-Bissau 77
22 Lesotho 76
23 Tanzania 75
24 Eswatini 72
25 Equatorial Guinea 66
26 Cameroon 60
27 Guinea 59
28 Liberia 57
29 Madagascar 54
30 South Africa 52
31 Congo, Dem. Rep. 47
32 Mozambique 43
33 Zimbabwe 42
34 Angola 29
35 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 29
36 Eritrea 29
37 Zambia 28
38 Sudan 27
39 Niger 21
40 Mali 19
41 South Sudan 18
42 Congo, Rep. 18
43 Chad 15
44 Gabon 10
45 Central African Republic 8
46 Mauritania 5
47 Botswana 4
48 Namibia 4

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023, Mauritius leads with a gap of 60 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Namibia at 4.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.