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
47,400,000 people
Angola
Luanda
36,170,961 people
Benin
Porto-Novo
13,224,860 people
Botswana
Gaborone
2,359,609 people
British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Garcia
0 people
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
24,070,553 people
Burundi
Gitega
12,332,788 people
Cameroon
Yaoundé
29,442,327 people
Cape Verde
Praia
491,233 people
Central African Republic
Bangui
6,470,307 people
Chad
N'Djamena
19,340,757 people
Comoros
Moroni
919,901 people
Djibouti
Djibouti
1,066,809 people
DR Congo
Kinshasa
112,832,000 people
Egypt
Cairo
107,271,260 people
Equatorial Guinea
Ciudad de la Paz
1,668,768 people
Eritrea
Asmara
3,607,000 people
Eswatini
Mbabane
1,235,549 people
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
111,652,998 people
Gabon
Libreville
2,469,296 people
Gambia
Banjul
2,422,712 people
Ghana
Accra
33,742,380 people
Guinea
Conakry
14,363,931 people
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
1,781,308 people
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
31,719,275 people
Kenya
Nairobi
53,330,978 people
Lesotho
Maseru
2,116,427 people
Liberia
Monrovia
5,248,621 people
Libya
Tripoli
7,459,000 people
Madagascar
Antananarivo
31,727,042 people
Malawi
Lilongwe
20,734,262 people
Mali
Bamako
22,395,489 people
Mauritania
Nouakchott
4,927,532 people
Mauritius
Port Louis
1,243,741 people
Mayotte
Mamoudzou
320,901 people
Morocco
Rabat
36,828,330 people
Mozambique
Maputo
34,090,466 people
Namibia
Windhoek
3,022,401 people
Niger
Niamey
26,312,034 people
Nigeria
Abuja
223,800,000 people
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
6,142,180 people
Réunion
Saint-Denis
896,175 people
Rwanda
Kigali
14,104,969 people
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown
5,651 people
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé
209,607 people
Senegal
Dakar
18,593,258 people
Seychelles
Victoria
122,729 people
Sierra Leone
Freetown
9,077,691 people
Somalia
Mogadishu
19,655,000 people
South Africa
Pretoria
63,100,945 people
South Sudan
Juba
15,786,898 people
Sudan
Khartoum
51,662,000 people
Tanzania
Dodoma
68,153,004 people
Togo
Lomé
8,095,498 people
Tunisia
Tunis
11,972,169 people
Uganda
Kampala
45,905,417 people
Western Sahara
El Aaiún
600,904 people
Zambia
Lusaka
19,693,423 people
Zimbabwe
Harare
17,073,087 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.