African Countries

Africa is the world's second-largest continent and contains 54 sovereign countries, more than any other continent. They range from Nigeria, whose population rivals that of any nation on Earth, to the tiny island state of Seychelles. The continent is usually divided into five regions: Northern, Western, Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, each with its own distinct mix of languages, currencies and history.

54 countries 54 sovereign states recognised by the African Union.

Country	Capital	Currency	Population
Algeria	Algiers	DZD د.ج	47,435,312
Angola	Luanda	AOA Kz	39,040,039
Benin	Porto-Novo	XOF Fr	14,814,460
Botswana	Gaborone	BWP P	2,562,122
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	XOF Fr	24,074,580
Burundi	Gitega	BIF Fr	14,390,003
Cameroon	Yaoundé	XAF Fr	29,879,337
Cape Verde	Praia	CVE Esc	527,326
Central African Republic	Bangui	XAF Fr	5,513,282
Chad	N'Djamena	XAF Fr	21,003,705
Comoros	Moroni	KMF Fr	882,847
Congo	Brazzaville	XAF Fr	6,484,437
Djibouti	Djibouti	DJF Fr	1,184,076
DR Congo	Kinshasa	CDF FC	112,832,473
Egypt	Cairo	EGP £	118,365,995
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	XAF Fr	1,938,431
Eritrea	Asmara	ERN Nfk	3,607,003
Eswatini	Lobamba	SZL L	1,256,174
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	ETB Br	135,472,051
Gabon	Libreville	XAF Fr	2,593,130
Gambia	Banjul	GMD D	2,822,093
Ghana	Accra	GHS ₵	35,064,272
Guinea	Conakry	GNF Fr	15,099,727
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	XOF Fr	2,249,515
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	XOF Fr	32,711,547
Kenya	Nairobi	KES Sh	57,532,493
Lesotho	Maseru	LSL L	2,363,325
Liberia	Monrovia	LRD $	5,731,206
Libya	Tripoli	LYD ل.د	7,458,555
Madagascar	Antananarivo	MGA Ar	32,740,678
Malawi	Lilongwe	MWK MK	22,216,120
Mali	Bamako	XOF Fr	25,198,821
Mauritania	Nouakchott	MRU UM	5,315,065
Mauritius	Port Louis	MUR ₨	1,243,741
Morocco	Rabat	MAD د.م.	38,430,770
Mozambique	Maputo	MZN MT	35,631,653
Namibia	Windhoek	NAD $	3,092,816
Niger	Niamey	XOF Fr	27,917,831
Nigeria	Abuja	NGN ₦	237,527,782
Rwanda	Kigali	RWF Fr	14,569,341
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	STN Db	240,254
Senegal	Dakar	XOF Fr	18,931,966
Seychelles	Victoria	SCR ₨	122,730
Sierra Leone	Freetown	SLL Le	8,819,794
Somalia	Mogadishu	SOS Sh	19,654,739
South Africa	Pretoria	ZAR R	64,747,319
South Sudan	Juba	SSP £	12,188,788
Sudan	Khartoum	SDG PT	51,662,147
Tanzania	Dodoma	TZS Sh	70,545,865
Togo	Lomé	XOF Fr	8,591,626
Tunisia	Tunis	TND د.ت	12,348,573
Uganda	Kampala	UGX Sh	51,384,894
Zambia	Lusaka	ZMW ZK	21,913,874
Zimbabwe	Harare	BWP P	16,950,795

Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Sources and vintage on the data page. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition described above.