Nigeria leads Africa's 2026 population at 242 million people while Seychelles has the fewest at 135,000: every African ...

Global life expectancy is rising, meaning a greater percentage of the world's population is older adults. However, not every country has experienced this elder boom equally. The World Bank Group ...

Nigeria retained its position as Africa's most populous country with an estimated 242.4 million people in 2026 Ethiopia and Egypt ranked second and third, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

The Central African Republic has Africa's youngest population in 2026, with a median age of just 14.6 years — the world's lowest, per UN World Population Prospects 2024.