Top 10 Most Populous Tribes In Africa 2023
More than a billion people live in 54 countries in Africa. Additionally, it has approximately 3,000 tribes that hail from a variety of regions and have varying populations. Ten groups of people, or, if you prefer, tribes, make up 30% of the African population. These tribes were almost always independent states prior to colonization, possessing their own language and institutions.
Top 10 Africa's Most Populous/Largest Tribe 2023
- Hausa-78 million
- Igbo-45 million
- Yoruba-47 million
- Oromo-40 million
- Amazigh-40 million
- Fulani-35 million
- Amhara-26.2 million
- Akan - 20 million
- Somali-20 million
- Hutu-18.5 million
1. Hausa-78 million
Nigeria is home to 67 million Hausa (78 million people). They are a diverse group of people who speak their own dialect of Hausa.
The Hausa (plural equivalents: Bahaushiya (f), Bahaushe (m), Hausawa in plural and in general: Hausa or Hassa; Ausa, Mgbakpa, Kado, Al-Takari, Fellata, and Abakwariga (exonyms) are one of Africa's largest ethnic groups. The Hausa are a culturally and linguistically diverse group that live primarily in the Sahelian and Sudanian Daura region of northern Nigeria and south-eastern Niger. Additionally, there are significant numbers of Hausa in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Chad, Togo, Ghana, Sudan, Gabon, and Senegal. Nigeria and Niger are home to the largest concentration of Hausa people.
2. Igbo-45 million
45 million Igbo people live in Nigeria today, where they make up more than 18 percent of the population. They also live in Guinea.
The Igbo language, which they primarily speak, is their own language.
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The Igbo people (also known as /???bo?/ ;
incorrectly Ibo, which used to include Iboe, Ebo, Eboans, and Heebo; natively d'gb' [b] is an ethnic group from the current south-central and south-eastern regions of Nigeria. The Niger River divides the Igbo homeland geographically into two distinct regions: an eastern region, which is the larger of the two, and a western region.
One of the largest ethnic groups in Africa is the Igbo. Igbos are also highly urbanized, with Onitsha, Enugu, Aba, Owerri, Orlu, Okigwe, Asaba, Awka, Nsukka, Nnewi, Umuahia, Abakaliki, Afikpo, Agbor, and Arochukwu being some of the largest metropolitan areas, cities, and towns in Igboland.
The Igbo people are well-known for business and are listed as top 10 richest tribes in Africa.
3. Yoruba-47 million
There are 47 million Yoruba people worldwide, most notably in Nigeria (43.4 million) and Benin (1.4 million). The majority of Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language, which belongs to the Niger-Congo language family.
The people of Yoruba (Yoruba: Ran Yorùbá, translated
Yoruba heritage; also referred to as won omo Yorùbá, lit. The ethnic group known as Children of Yoruba, or simply the Yoruba, is found in southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin, which are collectively referred to as Yorubaland. Over 43 million people worldwide are Yoruba. According to the CIA World Factbook, the Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, accounting for 21% of the country's population and making up the majority of this population. The Yoruba language is spoken by the majority of the people.
4. Oromo-40 million
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40 million Oromo people live in Ethiopia, where they have mostly settled, and they make up 34.5% of the Ethiopian population. The Oromo language is their own distinct language.
Waaqeffanna is even their own religion, which some still practice to this day.
The people of Oromo (Oromo: The Oromoo Ge'ez :
??? ? ; ’ Oromo) are a people of Ethiopian descent who also live in northern Kenya and Somalia. In Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa as a whole, they are the largest ethnic group. They account for approximately 34.5% of Ethiopia's population, according to the 2007 census, and other estimates place their share at around 40%.
Oromo people number more than 35 million in Ethiopia alone, out of an estimated 102 million in Ethiopia as a whole.
5. Amazigh-40 million
40 million Amazigh people make up the Amazigh people. They can be found in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger in addition to Morocco and Algeria.
Although they also speak Arabic, the majority of Amazigh speak the Amazigh language.
6. Fulani-35 million
Fulani people usually live in countries in Western Africa like Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, and Chad.
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Fula is their distinctive language. They are dispersed throughout West Africa, and we believe they have 35 million people living there.
The Fula, Fulani, or Fule people (Fula:
Ful?e ; French: Peul ; Hausa: Either Fulani or Hilani;
Portuguese: Fula ; Wolof: Pël; The Bambara
One of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, Fulaw (with a total population of 30 to 35 million) are widely dispersed throughout the region. It is generally accepted that the Fula people are descended from people from North Africa and the Middle East who later mixed with local West African ethnic groups. They are bound together as an ethnic group by the Fula language, their religion (Islam), and their history and culture.
7. Amhara-26.2 million
Amhara make up 26.2 million people, most of whom live in Ethiopia, where they account for 26.9 percent of the population.
They are native Ethiopians who have historically resided in the country's northern, central, and western regions.
He is an Amharan (Amharic: ??? ? , ?mara ;
Ge'ez : ????? , The mära, also known as the Abyssinians, are an ethnic group that has traditionally lived in Ethiopia's northern and central highlands, particularly the Amhara Region. Additionally, they are prevalent in the Ethiopian expatriate population, particularly in North America.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the primary faith practiced by the Amharas, who assert that Solomon is their ancestor. Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and is an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the Semitic branch of the Ethiosemitic group.
8. Akan - 20 million
The Akan are a tribe of about 20 million people who live in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, particularly in the south of both countries.
They also speak Akan, which belongs to the Central Tano language family and is their own language.
The Akan /kn/ are a meta-ethnic group that mostly speak Central Tano languages and live in the southern parts of Ghana, which was once part of the Gold Coast. In addition, the majority of people in the Ivory Coast are Akans.
9. Somali-20 million
The Somali Tribe is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, where they make up the majority of the population. They have a population of approximately 20 million.
10. Hutu-18.5 million
The Hutu people, who number 18.5 million, live primarily in two countries. The Hutu are the smallest of Africa's top ten tribes.
More than 18 million Hutus live in Rwanda and Burundi, where Hutus make up about 85% of the population.
