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Africa

The 54 countries of Africa: map, capitals, population and area

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The 54 countries of Africa shaded and outlined; small states ringed. Orthographic projection centred on 2.0°N 18.0°E; the scale bar is true at the centre.

Africa has 54 of the 195 countries in this atlas, in 5 subregions: Eastern Africa (17), Western Africa (16), Middle Africa (10), Northern Africa (6) and Southern Africa (5). Together they cover 30,049,078 km².

The largest by area is Algeria (2,381,741 km²) and the smallest is Seychelles (452 km²). Nigeria has the most people, 237.5 million in 2025; Seychelles has the fewest with World Bank data, 122,730.

Of the 54, 16 are landlocked, and 6 are island countries with no land border (Cape Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe and Seychelles).

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All 54 countries A–Z

FlagCountryCapitalPopulationArea km²
AlgeriaAlgiers47,435,31220252,381,741
AngolaLuanda39,040,03920251,246,700
BeninPorto-Novo14,814,4602025112,622
BotswanaGaborone2,562,1222025582,000
Burkina FasoOuagadougou24,074,5802025272,967
BurundiGitega14,390,003202527,834
CameroonYaoundé29,879,3372025475,442
Cape VerdePraia527,32620254,033
Central African RepublicBangui5,513,2822025622,984
ChadN'Djamena21,003,70520251,284,000
ComorosMoroni882,84720251,862
DjiboutiDjibouti1,184,076202523,200
DR CongoKinshasa112,832,47320252,344,858
EgyptCairo118,365,99520251,002,450
Equatorial GuineaMalabo1,938,431202528,051
EritreaAsmara3,607,0032025117,600
EswatiniLobamba1,256,174202517,364
EthiopiaAddis Ababa135,472,05120251,104,300
GabonLibreville2,593,1302025267,668
GambiaBanjul2,822,093202510,689
GhanaAccra35,064,2722025238,533
GuineaConakry15,099,7272025245,857
Guinea-BissauBissau2,249,515202536,125
Ivory CoastYamoussoukro32,711,5472025322,463
KenyaNairobi57,532,4932025580,367
LesothoMaseru2,363,325202530,355
LiberiaMonrovia5,731,2062025111,369
LibyaTripoli7,458,55520251,759,540
MadagascarAntananarivo32,740,6782025587,041
MalawiLilongwe22,216,1202025118,484
MaliBamako25,198,82120251,240,192
MauritaniaNouakchott5,315,06520251,030,700
MauritiusPort Louis1,243,74120252,040
MoroccoRabat38,430,7702025446,550
MozambiqueMaputo35,631,6532025801,590
NamibiaWindhoek3,092,8162025825,615
NigerNiamey27,917,83120251,267,000
NigeriaAbuja237,527,7822025923,768
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville6,484,4372025342,000
RwandaKigali14,569,341202526,338
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé240,2542025964
SenegalDakar18,931,9662025196,722
SeychellesVictoria122,7302025452
Sierra LeoneFreetown8,819,794202571,740
SomaliaMogadishu19,654,7392025637,657
South AfricaPretoria64,747,31920251,221,037
South SudanJuba12,188,7882025619,745
SudanKhartoum51,662,14720251,886,068
TanzaniaDodoma70,545,8652025945,087
TogoLomé8,591,626202556,785
TunisiaTunis12,348,5732025163,610
UgandaKampala51,384,8942025241,550
ZambiaLusaka21,913,8742025752,612
ZimbabweHarare16,950,7952025390,757
 Population: World Bank, latest value (year under each figure), CC BY 4.0. Area and capitals: world-countries (ODbL 1.0).