Facts About Africa
Facts and data for all countries across the African continent.
How many countries belong to Africa? The region currently includes 59, each contributing its own character to a wider regional identity that has formed over centuries.
Which Countries Are in Africa?
Algeria
Algiers
47,435,312 people
Angola
Luanda
39,040,039 people
Benin
Porto-Novo
14,814,460 people
Botswana
Gaborone
2,562,122 people
British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Garcia
0 people
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
24,074,580 people
Burundi
Gitega
14,390,003 people
Cameroon
Yaoundé
29,879,337 people
Cape Verde
Praia
527,326 people
Central African Republic
Bangui
5,513,282 people
Chad
N'Djamena
21,003,705 people
Comoros
Moroni
882,847 people
Congo
Brazzaville
6,484,437 people
Djibouti
Djibouti
1,184,076 people
DR Congo
Kinshasa
112,832,473 people
Egypt
Cairo
118,365,995 people
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
1,938,431 people
Eritrea
Asmara
3,607,003 people
Eswatini
Lobamba
1,256,174 people
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
135,472,051 people
Gabon
Libreville
2,593,130 people
Gambia
Banjul
2,822,093 people
Ghana
Accra
35,064,272 people
Guinea
Conakry
15,099,727 people
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
2,249,515 people
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
32,711,547 people
Kenya
Nairobi
57,532,493 people
Lesotho
Maseru
2,363,325 people
Liberia
Monrovia
5,731,206 people
Libya
Tripoli
7,458,555 people
Madagascar
Antananarivo
32,740,678 people
Malawi
Lilongwe
22,216,120 people
Mali
Bamako
25,198,821 people
Mauritania
Nouakchott
5,315,065 people
Mauritius
Port Louis
1,243,741 people
Mayotte
Mamoudzou
320,901 people
Morocco
Rabat
38,430,770 people
Mozambique
Maputo
35,631,653 people
Namibia
Windhoek
3,092,816 people
Niger
Niamey
27,917,831 people
Nigeria
Abuja
237,527,782 people
Réunion
Saint-Denis
896,175 people
Rwanda
Kigali
14,569,341 people
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown
5,651 people
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé
240,254 people
Senegal
Dakar
18,931,966 people
Seychelles
Victoria
122,730 people
Sierra Leone
Freetown
8,819,794 people
Somalia
Mogadishu
19,654,739 people
South Africa
Pretoria
64,747,319 people
South Sudan
Juba
12,188,788 people
Sudan
Khartoum
51,662,147 people
Tanzania
Dodoma
70,545,865 people
Togo
Lomé
8,591,626 people
Tunisia
Tunis
12,348,573 people
Uganda
Kampala
51,384,894 people
Western Sahara
El Aaiún
600,904 people
Zambia
Lusaka
21,913,874 people
Zimbabwe
Harare
16,950,795 people
From the most populous to the smallest, the countries of Africa together account for a sizeable share of the world's people and territory.