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