Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 6.3 | 25.0 | 32.2 | 36.2 | 40.1 | 40.9 | 41.7 | 42.5 | 43.3 | 44.0 | 44.8 | 45.5 | 46.2 | 47.0 | 47.7 | 48.4 | 49.1 |
| Egypt | 34.8 | 58.7 | 73.4 | 81.5 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 93.6 | 95.8 | 98.0 | 100.1 | 102.1 | 104.2 | 106.2 | 108.0 | 109.8 | 111.5 | 113.1 |
| Libya | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Tunisia | 33.0 | 53.6 | 62.9 | 66.0 | 69.3 | 70.1 | 70.9 | 71.7 | 72.6 | 73.4 | 74.2 | 75.0 | 75.7 | 76.4 | 77.1 | 77.6 | 78.0 |
| Burundi | 137.5 | 217.6 | 252.0 | 295.5 | 365.1 | 378.4 | 392.2 | 406.5 | 420.6 | 430.2 | 437.7 | 448.1 | 461.8 | 477.2 | 491.3 | 504.9 | 518.7 |
| Comoros | 131.2 | 238.9 | 288.1 | 318.5 | 351.9 | 359.0 | 366.3 | 374.1 | 382.3 | 390.5 | 398.6 | 406.6 | 414.6 | 422.7 | 431.0 | 439.6 | 448.2 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.9 | 16.2 | 22.3 | 25.9 | 30.2 | 31.3 | 32.3 | 33.4 | 34.6 | 35.7 | 37.0 | 38.4 | 39.7 | 41.0 | 42.3 | 43.7 | 45.2 |
| Eritrea | 22.2 | 22.0 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 27.7 | 28.2 | ||
| Ethiopia | 67.4 | 69.4 | 80.2 | 82.5 | 84.9 | 87.2 | 89.6 | 92.0 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 99.8 | 102.6 | 105.4 | 108.2 | 111.1 | ||
| Kenya | 20.0 | 40.2 | 53.8 | 62.9 | 73.1 | 75.1 | 77.1 | 79.0 | 80.9 | 82.7 | 84.6 | 86.4 | 88.2 | 90.0 | 91.7 | 93.5 | 95.3 |
| Madagascar | 11.5 | 20.7 | 28.4 | 32.9 | 38.1 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 41.4 | 42.6 | 43.7 | 44.9 | 46.0 | 47.3 | 48.5 | 49.8 | 51.0 | 52.3 |
| Malawi | 49.2 | 101.3 | 120.0 | 136.2 | 157.3 | 161.9 | 166.6 | 171.4 | 176.3 | 181.2 | 186.2 | 191.3 | 196.5 | 201.8 | 207.2 | 212.6 | 218.2 |
| Mauritius | 406.9 | 521.6 | 584.7 | 605.1 | 616.0 | 627.1 | 628.9 | 630.4 | 631.6 | 632.4 | 632.8 | 633.4 | 633.7 | 633.9 | 634.0 | 634.1 | 632.2 |
| Rwanda | 161.4 | 299.0 | 333.0 | 367.0 | 418.2 | 428.6 | 439.0 | 449.7 | 460.7 | 471.8 | 483.1 | 494.6 | 506.2 | 517.9 | 529.6 | 541.4 | 553.3 |
| Seychelles | 116.5 | 151.1 | 176.4 | 180.1 | 195.2 | 190.1 | 192.0 | 195.5 | 198.6 | 203.1 | 205.8 | 208.4 | 210.4 | 212.2 | 214.0 | 215.8 | 260.6 |
| Somalia | 6.0 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 23.8 | 24.6 | 25.6 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 28.4 |
| Sudan | 19.8 | 20.2 | 20.8 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 25.7 | 26.4 | ||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 25.7 | 50.7 | 60.5 | 62.7 | 64.6 | 65.0 | 65.3 | 65.7 | 66.1 | 66.4 | 66.8 | 67.3 | 68.0 | 68.6 | 69.3 | 70.2 | 70.9 |
| Uganda | 51.7 | 87.9 | 120.1 | 139.9 | 161.5 | 166.3 | 171.2 | 176.2 | 181.5 | 187.2 | 193.5 | 200.4 | 207.3 | 214.4 | 221.7 | 229.0 | 236.0 |
| Zambia | 5.8 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 15.8 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 26.4 | 27.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 13.5 | 26.2 | 30.7 | 32.3 | 34.5 | 35.1 | 35.7 | 36.2 | 36.7 | 37.2 | 37.7 | 38.3 | 38.9 | 39.5 | 40.1 | 40.8 | 41.5 |