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The current population of Western Africa is 460,541,236 as of Monday, December 2, 2024, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Western Africa population is equivalent to 5.59% of the total world population. Western Africa ranks number 2 in Africa among subregions ranked by Population.
[8] [9] The population of West Africa is estimated at 419 million [1] [2] people as of 2021, and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 were female and 192,309,000 male. [3] The region is demographically [10] and economically [11] one of the fastest growing on the African continent.
16 Countries Considered Part of Western Africa: Benin , Burkina Faso , Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea Bissau , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Sierra Leone and Togo
As of July 1, 2024 the population of Western Africa reached 456,251,328, of which 230,048,555 people are male and 226,202,774 female. The country has a population density of 75.2441 people per square kilometer.
Western Africa Population (total); Countries in Western Africa: Nigeria; Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire; Niger; Burkina Faso
Western Africa, region of the western African continent comprising the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, also sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [ 1 ]
List of countries (or dependencies) in Africa ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.
World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision. ( 2 ) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, ( 4 ) United Nations Statistical Division.
How many West African countries are there? West Africa has eighteen countries, some of which are Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Togo, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.