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Countries of Africa

Africa has 54 of the world's 195 countries in our count, in 5 regions.

Together they have about 1.6 billion inhabitants, 19% of the population of all 195 countries, on 30,014,398 km².

The largest country is Algeria, the smallest the Seychelles.

The most populous country is Nigeria, the least populous the Seychelles.

The Seychelles has the highest GDP per person, Burundi the lowest.

The Central African Republic has the youngest population (median age 14.6 years), Mauritius the oldest (38.3 years).

ZimbabweZambiaUgandaTunisiaTogoTanzaniaEswatiniSouth SudanSudanSouth AfricaSomaliaSierra LeoneSenegalSão Tomé and PríncipeRwandaNigeriaNigerNamibiaMozambiqueMoroccoMauritiusMauritaniaMaliMalawiMadagascarLibyaLiberiaLesothoKenyaGuinea-BissauGuineaGhanaGambiaGabonEthiopiaEritreaEquatorial GuineaEgyptDjiboutiCôte d'IvoireDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoComorosChadCentral African RepublicCabo VerdeCameroonBurundiBurkina FasoBotswanaBeninAngolaAlgeriaBurundiComorosCabo VerdeDjiboutiGambiaGuinea-BissauEquatorial GuineaLesothoMauritiusRwandaSierra LeoneSão Tomé and PríncipeEswatiniSeychellesTogo

Regions of Africa

All 54 countries of Africa

Sorted by population. Every country links to its own page.

CountryCapitalPopulationAreakm²
NigeriaAbuja242.4M923,768
EthiopiaAddis Ababa138.9M1,104,300
EgyptCairo120.1M1,002,000
Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa116.5M2,345,410
TanzaniaDodoma72.6M947,303
South AfricaPretoria65.5M1,221,037
KenyaNairobi58.6M591,958
SudanKhartoum53.3M1,878,000
UgandaKampala52.8M241,550
AlgeriaAlgiers48M2,381,741
AngolaLuanda40.2M1,246,700
MoroccoRabat38.8M446,550
MozambiqueMaputo36.6M799,380
GhanaAccra35.7M238,537
MadagascarAntananarivo33.5M587,041
Côte d'IvoireYamoussoukro33.5M322,462
CameroonYaoundé30.6M475,650
NigerNiamey28.8M1,267,000
MaliBamako25.9M1,240,192
Burkina FasoOuagadougou24.6M272,969
MalawiLilongwe22.8M117,726
ZambiaLusaka22.5M752,612
ChadN'Djamena21.6M1,284,000
SomaliaMogadishu20.3M637,657
SenegalDakar19.4M196,712
ZimbabweHarare17.3M390,757
GuineaConakry15.4M245,836
BeninPorto-Novo15.2M114,763
RwandaKigali14.9M26,338
BurundiBujumbura14.7M27,834
South SudanJuba12.4M658,841
TunisiaTunis12.4M163,610
TogoLomé9.9M56,785
Sierra LeoneFreetown9M72,300
LibyaTripoli7.5M1,676,198
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville6.6M342,000
LiberiaMonrovia5.9M111,369
Central African RepublicBangui5.7M622,984
MauritaniaNouakchott5.5M1,030,700
EritreaAsmara3.7M121,144
NamibiaWindhoek3.2M825,229
GambiaBanjul2.9M11,295
GabonLibreville2.6M267,668
BotswanaGaborone2.6M581,730
LesothoMaseru2.4M30,355
Guinea-BissauBissau2.3M36,125
Equatorial GuineaMalabo2M28,051
EswatiniMbabane1.3M17,363
MauritiusPort Louis1.3M1,979
DjiboutiDjibouti1.2M23,200
ComorosMoroni899,0102,235
Cabo VerdePraia529,6304,033
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé244,994964
SeychellesVictoria134,959457

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Questions about the countries of Africa

How many countries are there in Africa?

We count 54 countries in Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

What is the largest country in Africa?

The largest country in Africa is Algeria, with 2,381,741 km².

What is the smallest country in Africa?

The smallest country in Africa is the Seychelles, with 457 km².

Which country in Africa has the most inhabitants?

The most populous country in Africa is Nigeria, with about 242.4 million inhabitants.

Each country is counted on one continent only, following Natural Earth: Russia, for example, is counted in Europe and Turkey in Asia. Regions are Natural Earth's subregions, which follow the UN's M49 standard. Capital, region, borders and country code: Natural Earth, capitals checked by hand. Flag: flag-icons. How we check our data →