Countries in Africa

There are 58 countries and territories in Africa.

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All countries in Africa
CountryCodeAreaPopulationP/km2Capital
Mayotte*YT374.0 km2279,471747.2Mamoudzou
MauritiusMU2,040.0 km21,265,303620.2Port Louis
RwandaRW26,338.0 km212,301,939467.1Kigali
BurundiBI27,830.0 km211,175,378401.6Gitega
ComorosKM2,170.0 km2832,322383.6Moroni
Reunion*RE2,517.0 km2776,948308.7Saint-Denis
SeychellesSC455.0 km296,762212.7Victoria
NigeriaNG923,768.0 km2195,874,740212.0Abuja
GambiaGM11,300.0 km22,280,102201.8Banjul
Sao Tome and PrincipeST1,001.0 km2197,700197.5Sao Tome
UgandaUG236,040.0 km242,723,139181.0Kampala
MalawiMW118,480.0 km217,563,749148.2Lilongwe
TogoTG56,785.0 km27,889,094138.9Lome
Cabo VerdeCV4,033.0 km2543,767134.8Praia
GhanaGH239,460.0 km229,767,108124.3Accra
Sierra LeoneSL71,740.0 km27,650,154106.6Freetown
BeninBJ112,620.0 km211,485,048102.0Porto-Novo
EgyptEG1,001,450.0 km298,423,59598.3Cairo
EthiopiaET1,127,127.0 km2109,224,55996.9Addis Ababa
KenyaKE582,650.0 km251,393,01088.2Nairobi
SenegalSN196,190.0 km215,854,36080.8Dakar
MoroccoMA446,550.0 km236,029,13880.7Rabat
Ivory CoastCI322,460.0 km225,069,22977.7Yamoussoukro
Burkina FasoBF274,200.0 km219,751,53572.0Ouagadougou
TunisiaTN163,610.0 km211,565,20470.7Tunis
LesothoLS30,355.0 km22,108,13269.4Maseru
EswatiniSZ17,363.0 km21,136,19165.4Mbabane
TanzaniaTZ945,087.0 km256,318,34859.6Dodoma
CameroonCM475,440.0 km225,216,23753.0Yaounde
Guinea-BissauGW36,120.0 km21,874,30951.9Bissau
EritreaER121,320.0 km26,209,26251.2Asmara
GuineaGN245,857.0 km212,414,31850.5Conakry
South AfricaZA1,219,912.0 km257,779,62247.4Pretoria
Equatorial GuineaGQ28,051.0 km21,308,97446.7Malabo
MadagascarMG587,040.0 km226,262,36844.7Antananarivo
LiberiaLR111,370.0 km24,818,97743.3Monrovia
DjiboutiDJ23,000.0 km2958,92041.7Djibouti
ZimbabweZW390,580.0 km214,439,01837.0Harare
MozambiqueMZ801,590.0 km229,495,96236.8Maputo
Democratic Republic of the CongoCD2,345,410.0 km284,068,09135.8Kinshasa
AngolaAO1,246,700.0 km230,809,76224.7Luanda
SomaliaSO637,657.0 km215,008,15423.5Mogadishu
ZambiaZM752,614.0 km217,351,82223.1Lusaka
SudanSD1,861,484.0 km241,801,53322.5Khartoum
Saint Helena*SH410.0 km27,46018.2Jamestown
AlgeriaDZ2,381,740.0 km242,228,42917.7Algiers
NigerNE1,267,000.0 km222,442,94817.7Niamey
MaliML1,240,000.0 km219,077,69015.4Bamako
Republic of the CongoCG342,000.0 km25,244,36315.3Brazzaville
South SudanSS644,329.0 km28,260,49012.8Juba
ChadTD1,284,000.0 km215,477,75112.1N'Djamena
GabonGA267,667.0 km22,119,2757.9Libreville
Central African RepublicCF622,984.0 km24,666,3777.5Bangui
MauritaniaMR1,030,700.0 km24,403,3194.3Nouakchott
LibyaLY1,759,540.0 km26,678,5673.8Tripoli
BotswanaBW600,370.0 km22,254,1263.8Gaborone
NamibiaNA825,418.0 km22,448,2553.0Windhoek
Western Sahara*EH266,000.0 km2273,0081.0El-Aaiun
Total: 58--1,274,975,412Ø 109.0-

There are 54 independent countries and 4 territories or political entities in Africa.

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