List of African Countries

(as used by the United Nations when categorising geographic subregions)

Eastern Africa

Country
Burundi

Population Map
8,500,000

Capital City

Burundi Map

Bujumbura

Comoros

727,000

Comoros Map

Moroni

Djibouti

900,000

Djibouti Map

Djibouti

5,200,000

Eritrea Map

Asmara

Ethiopia

85,000,000

Ethiopia Map

Kenya

40,000,000

Kenya Map

Madagascar

20,100,000 Madagascar Map Antananarivo

Malawi

15,400,000

Eritrea

Mauritius
Mozambique

1,300,000

Nairobi
Lilongwe
Port Louis

23,400,000 Mozambique Map Maputo

Runion

800,000

Rwanda

10,400,000

Seychelles

Malawi Map

Addis Ababa

Saint-Denis
Rwanda Map

100,000

Kigali
Victoria

Somalia

9,400,000

Somalia Map

Mogadishu

Tanzania

45,000,000

Tanzania Map

Dodoma, Dar es Salaam

Uganda

33,800,000

Uganda Map

Kampala

Zambia

13,300,000

Zambia Map

Lusaka

Zimbabwe

12,600,000

Zimbabwe Map

Harare

Central Africa (Middle Africa)

Country

Population

Map

Angola

19,000,000

Angola Map

Cameroon

20,000,000

Cameroon Map

Central African Republic

Chad
Congo, Rep. (Brazzaville)
Congo, Dem. Rep. (Kinshasa)
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
So Tom and Prncipe

Capital City
Luanda
Yaound

4,800,000 Central African Republic Bangui

Map
11,500,000

Chad Map

N'Djamena

3,900,000

Congo, Rep. Map

Brazzaville

67,800,000 Congo, Dem. Rep. Map Kinshasa

700,000
1,500,000
200,000

Equatorial Guinea Map

Gabon Map

Malabo
Libreville
So Tom

Northern Africa

Country

Population

Map

Algeria

36,000,000

Algeria Map

Algiers

Egypt

80,400,000

Egypt Map

Cairo

Libya

6,500,000

Libya Map

Tripoli

31,900,000

Morocco Map

Rabat

9,000,000

see: Sudan Map

Juba

Sudan

36,000,000

Sudan Map

Khartoum

Tunisia

10,500,000

Tunisia Map

Tunis

Morocco
South Sudan

Western Sahara

500,000

Capital City

see: Mauritania
Map

(El Aain)

Map

Capital City

Southern Africa

Country

Population

Botswana

1,800,000

Lesotho

1,900,000

Namibia

2,200,000

South Africa
Swaziland

Botswana Map

Gaborone
Maseru

Namibia Map

Windhoek

49,900,000 South Africa Map Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town

1,200,000

Swaziland Map

Mbabane, Lobamba

Western Africa

Country
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Gambia, The

Population
9,800,000

Map
Benin Map

Capital City
Porto-Novo, Cotonou

16,200,000 Burkina Faso Map Ouagadougou

500,000 Cape Verde Map Praia
22,000,000

Ivory Coast Map

Yamoussoukro, Abidjan

1,800,000 see: Senegal Map Banjul

Ghana

24,000,000

Ghana Map

Accra

Guinea

10,800,000

Guinea Map

Conakry

Guinea-Bissau

1,600,000

Guinea-Bissau
Map

Liberia

4,100,000

Liberia Map

Monrovia

15,200,000

Mali Map

Bamako

3,400,000

Mauritania Map

15,900,000

Niger Map

158,300,000

Nigeria Map

Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria

Bissau

Nouakchott
Niamey
Abuja

Saint Helena
Senegal

6,000
12,500,000

Jamestown
Senegal Map

Dakar

Sierra Leone

5,800,000 Sierra Leone Map Freetown

Togo

6,800,000

Togo Map

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