Best Universities for Demography in Africa

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Demography. A graph of 5.44M citations received by 267K academic papers made by 322 universities in Africa was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Demography

#1 in South Africa

#114 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Demography

#2 in South Africa

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Demography

#3 in South Africa

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Demography

#4 in South Africa

#211 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Demography

#5 in South Africa

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

6. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Demography

#1 in Uganda

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1922

7. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Demography

#311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 41,269
Founded: 1948

8. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Demography

#376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 49,103
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1954

9. University of Ghana

For Demography

#1 in Ghana

#379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 67,914
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1948

10. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Demography

#382 in the World

Founded: 1950

11. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Demography

#1 in Kenya

#439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1970

12. Cairo University

For Demography

#1 in Egypt

#473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 207,853
Founded: 1908

13. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Demography

#499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Enrollment: 32,480
Founded: 1962

14. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Demography

#535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

15. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Demography

#6 in South Africa

#542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

16. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Demography

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

17. Ain Shams University

For Demography

#2 in Egypt

#610 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

18. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Demography

#2 in Ghana

#617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Enrollment: 85,000
Founded: 1951

19. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Demography

#7 in South Africa

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1904

20. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Demography

#8 in South Africa

#645 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

21. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Demography

#655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,399
Founded: 1955

22. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Demography

#673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 48,680
Founded: 1962

23. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Demography

#9 in South Africa

#674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 24,754
Founded: 1959

24. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Demography

#3 in Egypt

#718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 197,278
Founded: 1942

25. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Demography

#10 in South Africa

#722 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

26. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Demography

#724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

27. University of Malawi

For Demography

#1 in Malawi

#733 in the World

Founded: 1964

28. University of Yaounde I

Cameroon | Yaounde

For Demography

#760 in the World

Founded: 1962

29. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Demography

#4 in Egypt

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

30. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Demography

#780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 57,852
Founded: 2001

31. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Demography

#3 in Ghana

#786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

32. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Demography

#11 in South Africa

#802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

33. Assiut University

For Demography

#5 in Egypt

#805 in the World

Founded: 1957

34. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Demography

#1 in Zambia

#810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

35. University of Abomey-Calavi

Benin | Abomey-Calavi

For Demography

#1 in Benin

#812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1970

36. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Demography

#2 in Kenya

#825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

37. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Demography

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

38. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Demography

#892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,645
Founded: 1975

39. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Demography

#12 in South Africa

#893 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

40. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Demography

#3 in Kenya

#905 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

41. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Demography

#912 in the World

Enrollment: 30,414
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1976

42. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Demography

#938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

43. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Demography

#943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

44. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Demography

#959 in the World

Founded: 1964

45. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Demography

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

46. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Demography

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

47. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Demography

#13 in South Africa

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

48. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Demography

#4 in Kenya

#1066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

49. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Demography

#1077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1991

50. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Demography

#10 in Nigeria

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

51. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Demography

#1126 in the World

52. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Demography

#1 in Sudan

#1127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 41,030
Founded: 1956

53. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Demography

#1154 in the World

Founded: 1918

54. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Demography

#6 in Egypt

#1159 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

55. Bayero University Kano

For Demography

#11 in Nigeria

#1185 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

56. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Demography

#1187 in the World

57. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Demography

#1215 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

58. Al-Azhar University

For Demography

#7 in Egypt

#1233 in the World

Founded: 1961

59. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Demography

#1238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

60. University for Development Studies

For Demography

#4 in Ghana

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

61. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Demography

#1248 in the World

Founded: 2005

62. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Demography

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

63. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Demography

#2 in Uganda

#1280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

64. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Demography

#12 in Nigeria

#1295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

65. University of Kinshasa

DR Congo | Kinshasa

For Demography

#1 in the DR Congo

#1296 in the World

Founded: 1954

66. Tanta University

For Demography

#8 in Egypt

#1306 in the World

Founded: 1972

67. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Demography

#14 in South Africa

#1327 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

68. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Demography

#9 in Egypt

#1339 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

69. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Demography

#13 in Nigeria

#1350 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

70. Covenant University

For Demography

#14 in Nigeria

#1371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

71. University of Buea

Cameroon | Buea

For Demography

#1376 in the World

Founded: 1992

72. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Demography

#10 in Egypt

#1380 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

73. Eduardo Mondlane University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Demography

#1 in Mozambique

#1410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1962

74. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Demography

#15 in Nigeria

#1425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

75. Lagos State University

For Demography

#16 in Nigeria

#1440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

76. University of Sfax

For Demography

#1443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

77. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Demography

#5 in Ghana

#1461 in the World

Founded: 2011

78. University of Venda

South Africa | Thohoyandou

For Demography

#15 in South Africa

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1982

79. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Demography

#1494 in the World

80. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Demography

#17 in Nigeria

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1990

81. University of Jos

For Demography

#18 in Nigeria

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

82. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Demography

#19 in Nigeria

#1508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

83. Minia University

For Demography

#11 in Egypt

#1515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

84. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Demography

#1 in Mauritius

#1529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

85. Debre Berhan University

Ethiopia | Debre Berhan

For Demography

#10 in Ethiopia

#1532 in the World

Founded: 2007

86. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Demography

#1534 in the World

87. Wollega University

Ethiopia | Nekemte

For Demography

#11 in Ethiopia

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 2007

88. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Demography

#20 in Nigeria

#1551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 23,100
Founded: 1981

89. Mizan Tepi University

Ethiopia | Mizan

For Demography

#12 in Ethiopia

#1558 in the World

Founded: 2006

90. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Demography

#1572 in the World

91. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Demography

#1575 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

92. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Demography

#1583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

93. Benha University

For Demography

#12 in Egypt

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 88,016
Founded: 1976

94. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Demography

#21 in Nigeria

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

95. University of Douala

Cameroon | Douala

For Demography

#1591 in the World

Founded: 1977

96. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Demography

#22 in Nigeria

#1604 in the World

Founded: 1992

97. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Demography

#16 in South Africa

#1620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

98. University of Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou

For Demography

#1 in Burkina Faso

#1659 in the World

Enrollment: 44,860
Founded: 1974

99. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Demography

#23 in Nigeria

#1665 in the World

Founded: 2000

100. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Demography

#24 in Nigeria

#1703 in the World

Founded: 1975

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Africa

Anthropology252

Broadcast Journalism45

Classics and Ancient History100

Communications and Public Relations195

Criminology and Criminal Justice64

Early Childhood Education39

Education Majors230

Forensic Science53

Gender Studies116

Human Rights Law56

Intellectual Property and Patent Law23

International Law50

International Relations and Diplomacy27

Journalism and Digital Media69

Law Enforcement41

Library and Information science112

Media Studies53

Military science22

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution31

Occupational Safety and Health54

Political Economy67

Political Science364

Public Policy / Administration115

Radio and Television broadcasting66

Special Education27

Sports / Exercise science29

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies207

Urban and Regional planning39