Countries in Africa - find information on all countries in Africa

There are 58 countries and territories in Africa.

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All countries in Africa
Country	Code	Area	Population	P/km²	Capital
Algeria	DZ	2,381,740.0 km²	34,586,184	14.5	Algiers
Democratic Republic of the Congo	CD	2,345,410.0 km²	70,916,439	30.2	Kinshasa
Sudan	SD	1,861,484.0 km²	35,000,000	18.8	Khartoum
Libya	LY	1,759,540.0 km²	6,461,454	3.7	Tripoli
Chad	TD	1,284,000.0 km²	10,543,464	8.2	N'Djamena
Niger	NE	1,267,000.0 km²	15,878,271	12.5	Niamey
Angola	AO	1,246,700.0 km²	13,068,161	10.5	Luanda
Mali	ML	1,240,000.0 km²	13,796,354	11.1	Bamako
South Africa	ZA	1,219,912.0 km²	49,000,000	40.2	Pretoria
Ethiopia	ET	1,127,127.0 km²	88,013,491	78.1	Addis Ababa
Mauritania	MR	1,030,700.0 km²	3,205,060	3.1	Nouakchott
Egypt	EG	1,001,450.0 km²	80,471,869	80.4	Cairo
Tanzania	TZ	945,087.0 km²	41,892,895	44.3	Dodoma
Nigeria	NG	923,768.0 km²	154,000,000	166.7	Abuja
Namibia	NA	825,418.0 km²	2,128,471	2.6	Windhoek
Mozambique	MZ	801,590.0 km²	22,061,451	27.5	Maputo
Zambia	ZM	752,614.0 km²	13,460,305	17.9	Lusaka
South Sudan	SS	644,329.0 km²	8,260,490	12.8	Juba
Somalia	SO	637,657.0 km²	10,112,453	15.9	Mogadishu
Central African Republic	CF	622,984.0 km²	4,844,927	7.8	Bangui
Botswana	BW	600,370.0 km²	2,029,307	3.4	Gaborone
Madagascar	MG	587,040.0 km²	21,281,844	36.3	Antananarivo
Kenya	KE	582,650.0 km²	40,046,566	68.7	Nairobi
Cameroon	CM	475,440.0 km²	19,294,149	40.6	Yaounde
Morocco	MA	446,550.0 km²	31,627,428	70.8	Rabat
Zimbabwe	ZW	390,580.0 km²	11,651,858	29.8	Harare
Republic of the Congo	CG	342,000.0 km²	3,039,126	8.9	Brazzaville
Ivory Coast	CI	322,460.0 km²	21,058,798	65.3	Yamoussoukro
Burkina Faso	BF	274,200.0 km²	16,241,811	59.2	Ouagadougou
Gabon	GA	267,667.0 km²	1,545,255	5.8	Libreville
Western Sahara*	EH	266,000.0 km²	273,008	1.0	Laayoune / El Aaiun
Guinea	GN	245,857.0 km²	10,324,025	42.0	Conakry
Ghana	GH	239,460.0 km²	24,339,838	101.6	Accra
Uganda	UG	236,040.0 km²	33,398,682	141.5	Kampala
Senegal	SN	196,190.0 km²	12,323,252	62.8	Dakar
Tunisia	TN	163,610.0 km²	10,589,025	64.7	Tunis
Eritrea	ER	121,320.0 km²	5,792,984	47.7	Asmara
Malawi	MW	118,480.0 km²	15,447,500	130.4	Lilongwe
Benin	BJ	112,620.0 km²	9,056,010	80.4	Porto-Novo
Liberia	LR	111,370.0 km²	3,685,076	33.1	Monrovia
Sierra Leone	SL	71,740.0 km²	5,245,695	73.1	Freetown
Togo	TG	56,785.0 km²	6,587,239	116.0	Lome
Guinea-Bissau	GW	36,120.0 km²	1,565,126	43.3	Bissau
Lesotho	LS	30,355.0 km²	1,919,552	63.2	Maseru
Equatorial Guinea	GQ	28,051.0 km²	1,014,999	36.2	Malabo
Burundi	BI	27,830.0 km²	9,863,117	354.4	Bujumbura
Rwanda	RW	26,338.0 km²	11,055,976	419.8	Kigali
Djibouti	DJ	23,000.0 km²	740,528	32.2	Djibouti
Swaziland	SZ	17,363.0 km²	1,354,051	78.0	Mbabane
Gambia	GM	11,300.0 km²	1,593,256	141.0	Banjul
Cape Verde	CV	4,033.0 km²	508,659	126.1	Praia
Reunion*	RE	2,517.0 km²	776,948	308.7	Saint-Denis
Comoros	KM	2,170.0 km²	773,407	356.4	Moroni
Mauritius	MU	2,040.0 km²	1,294,104	634.4	Port Louis
Sao Tome and Principe	ST	1,001.0 km²	175,808	175.6	Sao Tome
Seychelles	SC	455.0 km²	88,340	194.2	Victoria
Saint Helena*	SH	410.0 km²	7,460	18.2	Jamestown
Mayotte*	YT	374.0 km²	159,042	425.2	Mamoudzou
Total: 58	-	-	1,015,470,588	Ø 91.3	-

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

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