Countries in Africa
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Country | Code | Area | Population | P/km2 | Capital |
Mayotte* | YT | 374.0 km2 | 279,471 | 747.2 | Mamoudzou |
Mauritius | MU | 2,040.0 km2 | 1,265,303 | 620.2 | Port Louis |
Rwanda | RW | 26,338.0 km2 | 12,301,939 | 467.1 | Kigali |
Burundi | BI | 27,830.0 km2 | 11,175,378 | 401.6 | Gitega |
Comoros | KM | 2,170.0 km2 | 832,322 | 383.6 | Moroni |
Reunion* | RE | 2,517.0 km2 | 776,948 | 308.7 | Saint-Denis |
Seychelles | SC | 455.0 km2 | 96,762 | 212.7 | Victoria |
Nigeria | NG | 923,768.0 km2 | 195,874,740 | 212.0 | Abuja |
Gambia | GM | 11,300.0 km2 | 2,280,102 | 201.8 | Banjul |
Sao Tome and Principe | ST | 1,001.0 km2 | 197,700 | 197.5 | Sao Tome |
Uganda | UG | 236,040.0 km2 | 42,723,139 | 181.0 | Kampala |
Malawi | MW | 118,480.0 km2 | 17,563,749 | 148.2 | Lilongwe |
Togo | TG | 56,785.0 km2 | 7,889,094 | 138.9 | Lome |
Cabo Verde | CV | 4,033.0 km2 | 543,767 | 134.8 | Praia |
Ghana | GH | 239,460.0 km2 | 29,767,108 | 124.3 | Accra |
Sierra Leone | SL | 71,740.0 km2 | 7,650,154 | 106.6 | Freetown |
Benin | BJ | 112,620.0 km2 | 11,485,048 | 102.0 | Porto-Novo |
Egypt | EG | 1,001,450.0 km2 | 98,423,595 | 98.3 | Cairo |
Ethiopia | ET | 1,127,127.0 km2 | 109,224,559 | 96.9 | Addis Ababa |
Kenya | KE | 582,650.0 km2 | 51,393,010 | 88.2 | Nairobi |
Senegal | SN | 196,190.0 km2 | 15,854,360 | 80.8 | Dakar |
Morocco | MA | 446,550.0 km2 | 36,029,138 | 80.7 | Rabat |
Ivory Coast | CI | 322,460.0 km2 | 25,069,229 | 77.7 | Yamoussoukro |
Burkina Faso | BF | 274,200.0 km2 | 19,751,535 | 72.0 | Ouagadougou |
Tunisia | TN | 163,610.0 km2 | 11,565,204 | 70.7 | Tunis |
Lesotho | LS | 30,355.0 km2 | 2,108,132 | 69.4 | Maseru |
Eswatini | SZ | 17,363.0 km2 | 1,136,191 | 65.4 | Mbabane |
Tanzania | TZ | 945,087.0 km2 | 56,318,348 | 59.6 | Dodoma |
Cameroon | CM | 475,440.0 km2 | 25,216,237 | 53.0 | Yaounde |
Guinea-Bissau | GW | 36,120.0 km2 | 1,874,309 | 51.9 | Bissau |
Eritrea | ER | 121,320.0 km2 | 6,209,262 | 51.2 | Asmara |
Guinea | GN | 245,857.0 km2 | 12,414,318 | 50.5 | Conakry |
South Africa | ZA | 1,219,912.0 km2 | 57,779,622 | 47.4 | Pretoria |
Equatorial Guinea | GQ | 28,051.0 km2 | 1,308,974 | 46.7 | Malabo |
Madagascar | MG | 587,040.0 km2 | 26,262,368 | 44.7 | Antananarivo |
Liberia | LR | 111,370.0 km2 | 4,818,977 | 43.3 | Monrovia |
Djibouti | DJ | 23,000.0 km2 | 958,920 | 41.7 | Djibouti |
Zimbabwe | ZW | 390,580.0 km2 | 14,439,018 | 37.0 | Harare |
Mozambique | MZ | 801,590.0 km2 | 29,495,962 | 36.8 | Maputo |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | CD | 2,345,410.0 km2 | 84,068,091 | 35.8 | Kinshasa |
Angola | AO | 1,246,700.0 km2 | 30,809,762 | 24.7 | Luanda |
Somalia | SO | 637,657.0 km2 | 15,008,154 | 23.5 | Mogadishu |
Zambia | ZM | 752,614.0 km2 | 17,351,822 | 23.1 | Lusaka |
Sudan | SD | 1,861,484.0 km2 | 41,801,533 | 22.5 | Khartoum |
Saint Helena* | SH | 410.0 km2 | 7,460 | 18.2 | Jamestown |
Algeria | DZ | 2,381,740.0 km2 | 42,228,429 | 17.7 | Algiers |
Niger | NE | 1,267,000.0 km2 | 22,442,948 | 17.7 | Niamey |
Mali | ML | 1,240,000.0 km2 | 19,077,690 | 15.4 | Bamako |
Republic of the Congo | CG | 342,000.0 km2 | 5,244,363 | 15.3 | Brazzaville |
South Sudan | SS | 644,329.0 km2 | 8,260,490 | 12.8 | Juba |
Chad | TD | 1,284,000.0 km2 | 15,477,751 | 12.1 | N'Djamena |
Gabon | GA | 267,667.0 km2 | 2,119,275 | 7.9 | Libreville |
Central African Republic | CF | 622,984.0 km2 | 4,666,377 | 7.5 | Bangui |
Mauritania | MR | 1,030,700.0 km2 | 4,403,319 | 4.3 | Nouakchott |
Libya | LY | 1,759,540.0 km2 | 6,678,567 | 3.8 | Tripoli |
Botswana | BW | 600,370.0 km2 | 2,254,126 | 3.8 | Gaborone |
Namibia | NA | 825,418.0 km2 | 2,448,255 | 3.0 | Windhoek |
Western Sahara* | EH | 266,000.0 km2 | 273,008 | 1.0 | El-Aaiun |
Total: 58 | - | - | 1,274,975,412 | Ø 109.0 | - |
There are 54 independent countries and 4 territories or political entities in Africa.
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