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Countries in Africa

54 countries

There are 54 countries in Africa. The list below gives the population, area, and capital of each one.

By Country Tally editors Updated November 13, 2026 Source: World Bank (population 2025)

All countries in Africa

In alphabetical order, with capital, population, and area
Country	Capital	Population	Area
Algeria	Algiers	47,435,312	2,381,740 km² (919,595 sq mi)
Angola	Luanda	39,040,039	1,246,700 km² (481,354 sq mi)
Benin	Porto-Novo	14,814,460	114,760 km² (44,309 sq mi)
Botswana	Gaborone	2,562,122	581,730 km² (224,607 sq mi)
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	24,074,580	274,200 km² (105,869 sq mi)
Burundi	Bujumbura	14,390,003	27,834 km² (10,747 sq mi)
Cabo Verde	Praia	527,326	4,030 km² (1,556 sq mi)
Cameroon	Yaoundé	29,879,337	475,442 km² (183,569 sq mi)
Central African Republic	Bangui	5,513,282	622,980 km² (240,534 sq mi)
Chad	N'Djamena	21,003,705	1,284,000 km² (495,755 sq mi)
Comoros	Moroni	882,847	1,870 km² (722 sq mi)
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	32,711,547	322,460 km² (124,503 sq mi)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	112,832,473	2,345,410 km² (905,568 sq mi)
Djibouti	Djibouti	1,184,076	23,200 km² (8,958 sq mi)
Egypt	Cairo	118,365,995	1,001,450 km² (386,662 sq mi)
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	1,938,431	28,052 km² (10,831 sq mi)
Eritrea	Asmara	3,607,003	121,630 km² (46,962 sq mi)
Eswatini	Mbabane	1,256,174	17,364 km² (6,704 sq mi)
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	135,472,051	1,129,819 km² (436,226 sq mi)
Gabon	Libreville	2,593,130	267,670 km² (103,348 sq mi)
Gambia	Banjul	2,822,093	11,295 km² (4,361 sq mi)
Ghana	Accra	35,064,272	238,539 km² (92,100 sq mi)
Guinea	Conakry	15,099,727	245,857 km² (94,926 sq mi)
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	2,249,515	36,125 km² (13,948 sq mi)
Kenya	Nairobi	57,532,493	591,970 km² (228,561 sq mi)
Lesotho	Maseru	2,363,325	30,360 km² (11,722 sq mi)
Liberia	Monrovia	5,731,206	111,370 km² (43,000 sq mi)
Libya	Tripoli	7,458,555	1,759,540 km² (679,362 sq mi)
Madagascar	Antananarivo	32,740,678	591,896 km² (228,532 sq mi)
Malawi	Lilongwe	22,216,120	118,484 km² (45,747 sq mi)
Mali	Bamako	25,198,821	1,241,238 km² (479,245 sq mi)
Mauritania	Nouakchott	5,315,065	1,030,700 km² (397,955 sq mi)
Mauritius	Port Louis	1,243,741	2,010 km² (776 sq mi)
Morocco	Rabat	38,430,770	446,550 km² (172,414 sq mi)
Mozambique	Maputo	35,631,653	799,380 km² (308,642 sq mi)
Namibia	Windhoek	3,092,816	824,292 km² (318,261 sq mi)
Niger	Niamey	27,917,831	1,267,000 km² (489,191 sq mi)
Nigeria	Abuja	237,527,782	923,768 km² (356,669 sq mi)
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	6,484,437	342,000 km² (132,047 sq mi)
Rwanda	Kigali	14,569,341	26,340 km² (10,170 sq mi)
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	240,254	960 km² (371 sq mi)
Senegal	Dakar	18,931,966	196,710 km² (75,950 sq mi)
Seychelles	Victoria	122,730	457 km² (176 sq mi)
Sierra Leone	Freetown	8,819,794	72,300 km² (27,915 sq mi)
Somalia	Mogadishu	19,654,739	637,657 km² (246,201 sq mi)
South Africa	Pretoria	64,747,319	1,219,602 km² (470,891 sq mi)
South Sudan	Juba	12,188,788	646,883 km² (249,763 sq mi)
Sudan	Khartoum	51,662,147	1,878,000 km² (725,100 sq mi)
Tanzania	Dodoma	70,545,865	945,500 km² (365,060 sq mi)
Togo	Lomé	8,591,626	56,785 km² (21,925 sq mi)
Tunisia	Tunis	12,348,573	163,610 km² (63,170 sq mi)
Uganda	Kampala	51,384,894	241,551 km² (93,263 sq mi)
Zambia	Lusaka	21,913,874	752,612 km² (290,585 sq mi)
Zimbabwe	Harare	16,950,795	390,760 km² (150,873 sq mi)