HOW MANY COUNTRIES IN AFRICA?

Currently, there are between 47 and

55 countries on the continent of Africa. The most accurate count of countries for the continent of Africa is 54. This includes all
internationally recognized territories and states on the continent.

The variation is a result of disputed territories and inconsistencies around the inclusion of island nations off the coast of Africa. The African
Union recognizes 54 countries while the United Nations recognizes 54 as well. They, unfortunately, do not recognize the same 54
nations.  Both the United Nations and the African Union have slight variations in their inclusions of countries. For example, Morocco is part of
the United Nations but not a member of the African Union. The recently created region of Western Sahara is recognized by the African Union
but not by the United Nations.

DIVIDING LINES OF AFRICA

The continent of Africa is bordered to the West by the Atlantic Ocean. To the East you will find the boundary set by the Indian Ocean. To the
South, the Southern Ocean gives Africa is “V” shape. To the North, the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea define its boundaries. Africa is one of
the few continents that is mostly defined simply by the bodies of water which surround it.

LIST OF COUNTRIES IN AFRICA

African Country Capital City Population

 Algeria Algiers 39,667,203

 Angola Luanda 25,326,755

 Benin Porto-Novo 10,782,365

 Botswana Gaborone 2,176,741

 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 18,450,347

 Burundi Bujumbura 9,824,320

 Cameroon Yaoundé 21,918,057

 Cape Verde Praia 525,662

African Country Capital City Population

 Central African Republic Bangui 4,900,413

 Chad N’Djamena 13,675,741

 Comoros Moroni 783,544

 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 77,267,269

 Djibouti Djibouti 961,037

 Egypt Cairo 88,523,985

 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 1,996,227

 Eritrea Asmara 6,895,222

 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 99,391,145

 Gabon Libreville 1,873,230

 Gambia Banjul 2,022,474

 Ghana Accra 27,414,682

 Guinea Conakry 10,935,259

 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 1,788,088

 Ivory Coast Abidjan, Yamoussoukro 23,126,355

 Kenya Nairobi 45,533,204

 Lesotho Maseru 1,908,335

 Liberia Monrovia 4,046,007

 Libya Tripoli 6,278,522

 Madagascar Antananarivo 23,043,955

 Malawi Lilongwe 16,307,685

 Mali Bamako 17,796,125

 Mauritania Nouakchott 3,632,657

 Mauritius Port Louis 1,263,916

 Morocco Rabat 34,380,277

 Mozambique Maputo 28,013,037

 Namibia Windhoek 2,281,238

 Niger Niamey 18,880,785

 Nigeria Abuja 182,202,652

 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 4,706,257

 Rwanda Kigali 11,324,426

 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 194,000

 Senegal Dakar 14,150,852

 Seychelles Victoria 970,457

 Sierra Leone Freetown 6,513,357

 Somalia Mogadishu 10,972,148

 South Africa Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria 5,495,724

 South Sudan Juba 12,519,321

 Sudan Khartoum 40,235,712

African Country Capital City Population

 Swaziland Mbabane 1,119,524

 Tanzania Dodoma 51,046,045

 Togo Lomé 7,065,418

 Tunisia Tunis 11,118,759

 Uganda Kampala 37,102,024

 Zambia Lusaka 15,474,644

 Zimbabwe Harare 13,503,963

Total 1,125,307,147