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Sovereign states
Recognised states
The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations, and all except Morocco are members
of the African Union.
Name (official
name)
Flag
Capital
Currency
Official language(s)
Area (km2)
Population
GDP
per
capita
(PPP)
(US$)
Algeria (People's
Democratic
Republic of
Algeria)
Algiers
Algerian dinar
Arabic
2,381,740
33,333,267
7,126
Angola (Republic
of Angola)
Luanda
Kwanza
Portuguese
1,246,700
16,941,000
5,813
Benin
(Republic of Benin)
Porto Novo
West African
CFA franc
French
112,622
8,439,000
1,176
Botswana
(Republic of
Botswana)
Gaborone
Pula
English, Setswana
581,726
1,839,833
11,400
Burkina Faso
(Burkina Faso)
Ouagadougou
West African
CFA franc
French
274,000
13,228,000
1,284
Burundi (Republic
of Burundi)
Bujumbura
Burundi franc
Kirundi, French
27,830
7,548,000
739
Cameroon
(Republic of
Cameroon)
Yaound
Central
African CFA
franc
French, English
475,442
17,795,000
2,421
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Cape Verde
(Republic of Cabo
Verde)
Praia
Cape Verdean
escudo
Portuguese
4,033
420,979
6,418
Central African
Republic (Central
African Republic)
Bangui
Central
African CFA
franc
Sango, French
622,984
4,216,666
1,198
Chad (Republic of
Chad)
N'Djamena
Central
African CFA
franc
French, Arabic
1,284,000
10,146,000
1,519
Comoros (Union of
the Comoros)
Moroni
Comorian
franc
Arabic, French,
Comorian
2,235
798,000
1,660
Democratic
Republic of
[1]
Congo
(Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Kinshasa
Congolese
franc
French
2,344,858
75,507,308
774
Djibouti (Republic
of Djibouti)
Djibouti
Djiboutian
Franc
Arabic, French
23,200
906,000
2,070
[2]
Egypt (Arab
Republic of Egypt)
Cairo
Egyptian
Pound
Arabic
1,001,449
84,550,000
4,836
Equatorial Guinea
(Republic of
Equatorial Guinea)
Malabo
Central
African CFA
franc
Spanish, French,
Portuguese
28,051
504,000
16,312
Eritrea
(State of Eritrea)
Asmara
Nakfa
Tigrinya, Arabic,
English
117,600
5,880,000
1,000
Ethiopia (Federal
Democratic
Republic of
Ethiopia)
Addis Ababa
Ethiopian birr
Amharic
1,104,300
85,237,338
1,100
Gabon (Gabonese
Republic)
Libreville
Central
African CFA
franc
French
267,668
1,384,000
7,055
Gambia (Republic
of The Gambia)
Banjul
Dalasi
English
10,380
1,517,000
2002
Ghana (Republic of
Ghana)
Accra
Ghanaian cedi
English
238,534
23,000,000
2,700
Guinea (Republic
of Guinea)
Conakry
Guinean franc
French
245,857
10,057,975
2,035
Guinea-Bissau
(Republic of
Guinea-Bissau)
Bissau
West African
CFA franc
Portuguese
36,125
1,586,000
736
Ivory Coast
(Republic of Cte
d'Ivoire)
Yamoussoukro
West African
CFA franc
French
322,460
17,654,843
1,600
Kenya (Republic of
Kenya)
Nairobi
Kenyan
shilling
Swahili, English
580,367
34,707,817
1,445
Lesotho (Kingdom
of Lesotho)
Maseru
Loti
Sesotho, English
30,355
2,067,000
2,113
Liberia (Republic
of Liberia)
Monrovia
111,369
4,128,572
1,003
Libya
(State of Libya)
Tripoli
Libyan dinar
Arabic
1,759,540
6,036,914
12,700
Madagascar
(Republic of
Madagascar)
Antananarivo
Malagasy
Ariary
Malagasy, French
587,041
18,606,000
905
Malawi (Republic
of Malawi)
Lilongwe
Malawian
kwacha
English, Chichewa
118,484
12,884,000
596
Mali
(Republic of Mali)
Bamako
West African
CFA franc
French
1,240,192
13,518,000
1,154
Mauritania
(Islamic Republic
of Mauritania)
Nouakchott
Mauritanian
Ouguiya
Arabic
1,030,700
3,069,000
2,402
Mauritius
(Republic of
Mauritius)
Port Louis
Mauritian
rupee
English
2,040
1,219,220
13,703
Morocco (Kingdom
of Morocco)
Rabat
Moroccan
dirham
Arabic, Berber
446,550
(internationally
recognized),
710,850
(claimed)
35,757,175
4,600
Mozambique
(Republic of
Mozambique)
Maputo
Mozambican
metical
Portuguese
801,590
20,366,795
1,389
Namibia (Republic
of Namibia)
Windhoek
Namibian
dollar
English
825,418
2,031,000
7,478
Niger (Republic of
Niger)
Niamey
West African
CFA franc
French
1,267,000
13,957,000
872
Nigeria (Federal
Republic of
Nigeria)
Abuja
Nigerian naira
English
923,768
174,507,539 1,188
Republic of
[3]
Congo
(Republic of
Congo)
Brazzaville
Central
African CFA
franc
French
342,000
4,012,809
3,919
Rwanda (Republic
of Rwanda)
Kigali
Rwandan
franc
Kinyarwanda, French,
English
26,798
7,600,000
1,300
So Tom and
Prncipe
(Democratic
Republic of So
Tom and
Prncipe)
So Tom
So Tom and
Prncipe
Dobra
Portuguese
964
183,176
1,266
Senegal (Republic
of Senegal)
Dakar
West African
CFA franc
French
196,723
11,658,000
1,759
Seychelles
(Republic of
Seychelles)
Victoria
Seychellois
rupee
English, French,
Seychellois Creole
451
80,654
11,818
Sierra Leone
(Republic of Sierra
Leone)
Freetown
Leone
English
71,740
6,144,562
903
Somalia (Somali
Republic)
Mogadishu
Somali
shilling
Somali, Arabic
637,657
9,832,017
600
South Africa
(Republic of South
Africa)
Bloemfontein,
Cape Town, and
Pretoria
South African
rand
Afrikaans, English,
Southern Ndebele,
Northern Sotho,
Sesotho, Swati,
Tsonga, Tswana,
Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
1,221,037
52,981,991
12,161
South Sudan
(Republic of South
Sudan)
Juba
South
Sudanese
pound
English
644,329
8,260,490
1,546
Sudan (Republic of
the Sudan)
Khartoum
Sudanese
pound
Arabic, English
1,861,484
36,787,012
2,800
Swaziland
(Kingdom of
Swaziland)
Lobamba (royal
and legislative)
Mbabane
(administrative)
Lilangeni
English, Swati
17,364
1,032,000
5,245
Tanzania (United
Republic of
Tanzania)
Dodoma
Tanzanian
shilling
Swahili, English
945,203
44,929,002
723
Togo (Togolese
Republic)
Lom
West African
CFA franc
French, Ewe
56,785
7,154,237
1,700
Tunisia (Tunisian
Republic)
Tunis
Tunisian dinar
Arabic
163,610
10,102,000
8,800
Uganda (Republic
of Uganda)
Kampala
Ugandan
shilling
English, Swahili
236,040
27,616,000
1,700
Zambia (Republic
of Zambia)
Lusaka
Zambian
kwacha
English, Lunda,
Bemba, Nyanja,
Tonga, Kaonde
752,614
14,668,000
931
Zimbabwe
(Republic of
Zimbabwe)
Harare
United States
dollar and
South African
rand
Chewa, Chibarwe,
390,757
English, Kalanga,
Koisan, Nambya,
Ndau, Ndebele,
Shangani, Shona, Sign
language, Sotho,
Tonga, Tswana,
Venda, Xhosa
13,010,000
2,607
Name (official
name)
Flag
Capital
Currency
Official
languages
Somaliland
(Republic of
Somaliland)
Hargeisa
Somaliland
shilling
Somali,
English,
Arabic
Sahrawi Arab
Democratic
[4]
Republic
El Aain, Bir
Lehlou
[5]
(temporary)
Moroccan
dirham
N/A.
Population
GDP per
capita
(PPP) (US$)
137,600
4,000,000
600
267,405
266,000
N/A
Area
(km2)
[6]
Map
Non-sovereign territories
There are 10 non-sovereign territories.
Dependent territories
This list contains territories that are politically administered as external dependencies.
Name (official name)
Flag
Capital
Currency
Official
languages
Population
Area
(km2)
GDP per
capita
(PPP)
(US$)
Saint-Pierre
Euro
French
38.6
No permanent
[9]
population
N/A
Jamestown
Saint
Helenian
pound
English
420
5,661
N/A
[8]
Map
Other areas
This list contains territories that are administered as incorporated parts of a primarily non-African state.
Name (official
name)
[11]
Flag
Capital
Currency
Official
languages
Area Population
(km2)
GDP per
capita
(PPP)
(US$)
Canary Islands
Spanish
7,447
2,205,247
N/A
Ceuta (Autonomous
City of Ceuta)
Ceuta
Euro
Spanish
28
76,861
N/A
Funchal
Euro
Portuguese
828
245,806
N/A
Mayotte (France)
Mamoudzou
Euro
French
374
186,452
2,600
Melilla (Autonomous
City of Melilla)
Melilla
Euro
Spanish
20
72,000
N/A
[12]
Madeira
(Autonomous Region
of Madeira)
[13]
Map
Plazas de soberana
Runion
[14]
Lampedusa and
Lampione
N/A
Euro
Spanish
Saint-Denis
Euro
French
Lampedusa e Linosa
Euro
Italian
74
N/A
2,512
793,000
N/A
21.4
6,304
N/A
Notes
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
Part of Spain.
Part of Portugal.
Currently an overseas department of France as of February 2011.
Overseas department of France.
References
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