Countries in Africa

There are 58 countries and territories in Africa.

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