๐ฆ Countries in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest continent, stretching from the Mediterranean coast in the north to Cape Agulhas at its southern tip. It's home to the Sahara (the largest hot desert on Earth), the Congo Basin rainforest, the Great Rift Valley, and over 1.4 billion people across 54 countries.
How many countries are in Africa?
There are 54 sovereign countries in Africa, home to about 1.42B people across 30.0M kmยฒ.
They are spread across 5 sub-regions: Central Africa (8), East Africa (16), North Africa (6), Southern Africa (8), West Africa (16).
Countries54
Total population1.42B
Land area30.0M kmยฒ
Sub-regions5
All 54 countries in Africa
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Central Africa ยท 8 countries
East Africa ยท 16 countries
Burundi๐ Gitega
๐ฅ 12.6M
Comoros๐ Moroni
๐ฅ 836K
Djibouti๐ Djibouti City
๐ฅ 988K
Eritrea๐ Asmara
๐ฅ 3.5M
Ethiopia๐ Addis Ababa
๐ฅ 126.5M
Kenya๐ Nairobi
๐ฅ 55.9M
Madagascar๐ Antananarivo
๐ฅ 28.9M
Malawi๐ Lilongwe
๐ฅ 20.4M
Mauritius๐ Port Louis
๐ฅ 1.3M
Mozambique๐ Maputo
๐ฅ 32.8M
Rwanda๐ Kigali
๐ฅ 13.5M
Seychelles๐ Victoria
๐ฅ 98K
Somalia๐ Mogadishu
๐ฅ 17.1M
South Sudan๐ Juba
๐ฅ 11.1M
Tanzania๐ Dodoma
๐ฅ 63.7M
Uganda๐ Kampala
๐ฅ 47.1M
North Africa ยท 6 countries
Southern Africa ยท 8 countries
West Africa ยท 16 countries
Benin๐ Porto-Novo
๐ฅ 13.3M
Burkina Faso๐ Ouagadougou
๐ฅ 22.1M
Cabo Verde๐ Praia
๐ฅ 561K
Gambia๐ Banjul
๐ฅ 2.6M
Ghana๐ Accra
๐ฅ 33.5M
Guinea๐ Conakry
๐ฅ 13.5M
Guinea-Bissau๐ Bissau
๐ฅ 2.1M
Ivory Coast๐ Yamoussoukro
๐ฅ 28.9M
Liberia๐ Monrovia
๐ฅ 5.3M
Mali๐ Bamako
๐ฅ 22.4M
Mauritania๐ Nouakchott
๐ฅ 4.7M
Niger๐ Niamey
๐ฅ 25.1M
Nigeria๐ Abuja
๐ฅ 222M
Senegal๐ Dakar
๐ฅ 17.7M
Sierra Leone๐ Freetown
๐ฅ 8.1M
Togo๐ Lomรฉ
๐ฅ 8.6M
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