Liste des pays africains par population

List of African countries by population - Wikimedia list article. Article “Liste des pays africains par population” in French Wikipedia has 11.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

Since the creation of article “Liste des pays africains par population”, its content was written by 15 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 305 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in French Wikipedia and cited 732 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #2982 in July 2023
• Global: #30460 in September 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #2411 in August 2024
• Global: #11432 in February 2024

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) List of African countries by population		45.7725
2	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول الإفريقية حسب عدد السكان		34.6692
3	Turkish (tr) Nüfusa göre Afrika ülkeleri listesi		17.5591
4	Thai (th) รายชื่อประเทศในทวีปแอฟริกาเรียงตามประชากร		13.484
5	Indonesian (id) Daftar negara Afrika menurut jumlah penduduk		13.4822
6	Chinese (zh) 非洲国家人口列表		13.2749
7	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países da África por população		11.2196
8	French (fr) Liste des pays africains par population		11.1619
9	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهای آفریقایی بر پایه جمعیت		10.7154
10	Hindi (hi) जनसँख्या के आधार पर अफ्रीकी देशो की सूची		9.8862

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Liste des pays africains par population" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of African countries by population		8 261 357
2	French (fr) Liste des pays africains par population		546 897
3	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول الإفريقية حسب عدد السكان		393 366
4	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países da África por população		358 627
5	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهای آفریقایی بر پایه جمعیت		225 935
6	Turkish (tr) Nüfusa göre Afrika ülkeleri listesi		158 654
7	Indonesian (id) Daftar negara Afrika menurut jumlah penduduk		107 452
8	Thai (th) รายชื่อประเทศในทวีปแอฟริกาเรียงตามประชากร		80 179
9	Chinese (zh) 非洲国家人口列表		64 088
10	Hindi (hi) जनसँख्या के आधार पर अफ्रीकी देशो की सूची		42 320

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Liste des pays africains par population" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of African countries by population		60 343
2	French (fr) Liste des pays africains par population		3 935
3	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países da África por população		2 440
4	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهای آفریقایی بر پایه جمعیت		646
5	Turkish (tr) Nüfusa göre Afrika ülkeleri listesi		623
6	Chinese (zh) 非洲国家人口列表		516
7	Finnish (fi) Luettelo Afrikan maista asukasluvun mukaan		275
8	Hindi (hi) जनसँख्या के आधार पर अफ्रीकी देशो की सूची		248
9	Indonesian (id) Daftar negara Afrika menurut jumlah penduduk		58
10	Urdu (ur) فہرست افریقی ممالک بلحاظ آبادی		23

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Liste des pays africains par population" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) List of African countries by population		218
2	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países da África por população		16
3	French (fr) Liste des pays africains par population		15
4	Hindi (hi) जनसँख्या के आधार पर अफ्रीकी देशो की सूची		10
5	Galician (gl) Lista de países de África por poboación		8
6	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول الإفريقية حسب عدد السكان		6
7	Finnish (fi) Luettelo Afrikan maista asukasluvun mukaan		6
8	Turkish (tr) Nüfusa göre Afrika ülkeleri listesi		6
9	Chinese (zh) 非洲国家人口列表		5
10	Urdu (ur) فہرست افریقی ممالک بلحاظ آبادی		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Liste des pays africains par population" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) List of African countries by population		3
2	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول الإفريقية حسب عدد السكان		1
3	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهای آفریقایی بر پایه جمعیت		1
4	Urdu (ur) فہرست افریقی ممالک بلحاظ آبادی		1
5	Finnish (fi) Luettelo Afrikan maista asukasluvun mukaan		0
6	French (fr) Liste des pays africains par population		0
7	Galician (gl) Lista de países de África por poboación		0
8	Hindi (hi) जनसँख्या के आधार पर अफ्रीकी देशो की सूची		0
9	Indonesian (id) Daftar negara Afrika menurut jumlah penduduk		0
10	Kazakh (kk) Африканың елдерінің халық саны		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Liste des pays africains par population" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) List of African countries by population		398
2	Urdu (ur) فہرست افریقی ممالک بلحاظ آبادی		120
3	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول الإفريقية حسب عدد السكان		76
4	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهای آفریقایی بر پایه جمعیت		31
5	Turkish (tr) Nüfusa göre Afrika ülkeleri listesi		30
6	Thai (th) รายชื่อประเทศในทวีปแอฟริกาเรียงตามประชากร		25
7	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países da África por população		24
8	Hindi (hi) जनसँख्या के आधार पर अफ्रीकी देशो की सूची		15
9	Chinese (zh) 非洲国家人口列表		7
10	French (fr) Liste des pays africains par population		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قائمة الدول الإفريقية حسب عدد السكان
en	English List of African countries by population
fa	Persian فهرست کشورهای آفریقایی بر پایه جمعیت
fi	Finnish Luettelo Afrikan maista asukasluvun mukaan
fr	French Liste des pays africains par population
gl	Galician Lista de países de África por poboación
hi	Hindi जनसँख्या के आधार पर अफ्रीकी देशो की सूची
id	Indonesian Daftar negara Afrika menurut jumlah penduduk
kk	Kazakh Африканың елдерінің халық саны
pt	Portuguese Lista de países da África por população
th	Thai รายชื่อประเทศในทวีปแอฟริกาเรียงตามประชากร
tr	Turkish Nüfusa göre Afrika ülkeleri listesi
ur	Urdu فہرست افریقی ممالک بلحاظ آبادی
zh	Chinese 非洲国家人口列表

Best Rank

French: #2411 08.2024

Global: #11432 02.2024

Best Rank

French: #2982 07.2023

Global: #30460 09.2024

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