List of African countries and dependencies
This is a list of African countries and dependencies, including the respective capitals , languages , currencies , population , area and GDP per capita (dependencies are listed with a blue background).
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent , after Asia . At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi ) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth 's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.[1] [2] human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
Name (official name )
Flag
Capital
Currency
Official languages
Area (km²)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP)
Map
Algeria [3] People's Democratic Republic of Algeria )
Algiers Algerian dinar Arabic 2,381,740
33,333,216
$7,700
3
Angola [4] Republic of Angola )
Luanda Kwanza Portuguese 1,246,700
15,941,000
$2,813
40
Benin [5] Republic of Benin )
Porto Novo West African CFA franc French 112,622
8,439,000
$1,176
24
Botswana [6] Republic of Botswana )
Gaborone Pula English , Setswana 581,726
1,639,833
$11,400
46
Burkina Faso [7]
Ouagadougou West African CFA franc French 274,000
13,228,000
$1,284
21
Burundi [8] Republic of Burundi )
Bujumbura Burundi franc Kirundi , French , Swahili 27,830
7,548,000
$739
38
Cameroon [9] Republic of Cameroon )
Yaoundé Central African CFA franc French , English 475,442
17,795,000
$2,421
26
Canary Islands (Spain )[10] [11]
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Euro Spanish 7,447
1,995,833
N/A
6
Cape Verde [12] Republic of Cape Verde )
Praia Cape Verdean escudo Portuguese 4,033
420,979
$6,418
14a
Central African Republic [13] Central African Republic )
Bangui Central African CFA franc Sango , French 622,984
4,216,666
$1,198
27
Ceuta (Spain )[10] [11]
Ceuta
Euro Spanish 28
76,861
N/A
2a
Chad [14] Republic of Chad )
N'Djamena Central African CFA franc French , Arabic 1,284,000
10,146,000
$1,519
11
Comoros [15] Union of the Comoros )
Moroni Comorian franc Arabic , French 2,235
798,000
$1,660
43a
Côte d'Ivoire [16] Republic of Côte d'Ivoire )
Yamoussoukro West African CFA franc French 322,460
17,654,843
$1,600
20
Democratic Republic of the Congo [17] [18] Democratic Republic of the Congo )
Kinshasa Congolese franc French 2,344,858
63,655,000
$774
34
Djibouti [19] Republic of Djibouti )
Djibouti Djiboutian Franc Arabic , French 23,200
496,374
$2,070
29
Egypt [20] [21] Arab Republic of Egypt )
Cairo Egyptian Pound Arabic 1,001,449
80,335,036
$4,836
5
Equatorial Guinea [22] Republic of Equatorial Guinea )
Malabo Central African CFA franc Spanish , French , Portuguese 28,051
504,000
$16,312
31
Eritrea [23] State of Eritrea )
Asmara Nakfa None at national level
117,600
4,401,000
$1,000
13
Ethiopia [24] Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia )
Addis Ababa Birr Amharic 1,104,300
75,067,000
$823
28
Gabon [25] Gabonese Republic )
Libreville Central African CFA franc French 267,668
1,384,000
$7,055
32
Gambia [26] Republic of The Gambia )
Banjul Dalasi English 10,380
1,517,000
$2002
15
Ghana [27] Republic of Ghana )
Accra Ghanaian cedi English 238,534
23,000,000
$2,700
22
Guinea [28] Republic of Guinea )
Conakry Guinean franc French 245,857
9,402,000
$2,035
17
Guinea-Bissau [29] Republic of Guinea-Bissau )
Bissau West African CFA franc Portuguese 36,125
1,586,000
$736
16
Kenya [30] Republic of Kenya )
Nairobi Kenyan shilling Swahili , English 580,367
34,707,817
$1,445
36
Lesotho [31] Kingdom of Lesotho )
Maseru Loti Southern Sotho , English 30,355
1,795,000
$2,113
49
Liberia [32] Republic of Liberia )
Monrovia Liberian dollar English 111,369
3,283,000
$1,003
19
Libya [33] Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya )
Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic 1,759,540
6,036,914
$12,700
4
Madagascar [34] Republic of Madagascar )
Antananarivo Malagasy ariary Malagasy , French , English 587,041
18,606,000
$905
44
Madeira (Portugal )[35]
Funchal Euro Portuguese 828
245,806
N/A
1
Malawi [36] Republic of Malawi )
Lilongwe Malawian kwacha English , Chichewa 118,484
12,884,000
$596
42
Mali [37] Republic of Mali )
Bamako West African CFA franc French 1,240,192
13,518,000
$1,154
9
Mauritania [38] Islamic Republic of Mauritania )
Nouakchott Mauritanian ouguiya Arabic 1,030,700
3,069,000
$2,402
8
Mauritius [39] Republic of Mauritius )
Port Louis Mauritian rupee English 2,040
1,219,220
$13,703
44a
Mayotte [40] France )[41]
Mamoudzou Euro French 374
186,452
2,600
43b
Melilla (Spain )[11]
N/A
Euro Spanish 20
72,000
N/A
2b
Morocco [42] Kingdom of Morocco )
Rabat Moroccan dirham Arabic 446,550
33,757,175
$4,600
2
Mozambique [43] Republic of Mozambique )
Maputo Mozambican metical Portuguese 801,590
20,366,795
$1,389
43
Namibia [44] Republic of Namibia )
Windhoek Namibian dollar English 825,418
2,031,000
$7,478
45
Niger [45] Republic of Niger )
Niamey West African CFA franc French , Hausa 1,267,000
13,957,000
$872
10
Nigeria [46] Federal Republic of Nigeria )
Abuja Nigerian naira English 923,768
133,530,000
$1,188
25
Republic of the Congo [47] [48] Republic of the Congo )
Brazzaville Central African CFA franc French 342,000
3,999,000
$1,369
33
Réunion (France )[41]
Saint-Denis Euro French 2,512
793,000
N/A
44b
Rwanda [49] Republic of Rwanda )
Kigali Rwandan franc Kinyarwanda , French , English 26,798
7,600,000
$1,300
37
Saint Helena [50]
Jamestown Saint Helenian pound English 3,926
4,250
N/A
40b
São Tomé and Príncipe [51] Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe )
São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra Portuguese 964
157,000
$1,266
31a
Senegal [52] Republic of Senegal )
Dakar West African CFA franc French 196,723
11,658,000
$1,759
14
Seychelles [53] Republic of Seychelles )
Victoria Seychellois rupee English , French , Seychellois Creole 451
80,654
$11,818
39a
Sierra Leone [54] Republic of Sierra Leone )
Freetown Leone English 71,740
6,144,562
$903
18
Somalia [55] Somali Republic )
Mogadishu Somali shilling Somali 637,661
17,700,000
$2,941
30
South Africa [56] Republic of South Africa )
Pretoria (executive) Bloemfontein (judicial)Cape Town (legislative)South African rand Afrikaans , English , Southern Ndebele , Northern Sotho , Sotho , Swati , Tsonga , Tswana , Venda , Xhosa , Zulu 1,221,037
47,432,000
$12,161
48
Sudan [57] Republic of Sudan )
Khartoum Sudanese pound Arabic , English 2,505,813
36,992,490
$2,522
12
Swaziland [58] Kingdom of Swaziland )
Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane (administrative) Lilangeni English , Swati 17,364
1,032,000
$5,245
50
Tanzania [59] United Republic of Tanzania )
Dodoma Tanzanian shilling Swahili , English 945,087
37,849,133
$723
39
Togo [60] Togolese Republic )
Lomé West African CFA franc French 56,785
6,100,000
$1,700
23
Tunisia [61] Tunisian Republic )
Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic 163,610
10,102,000
$8,800
3
Uganda [62] Republic of Uganda )
Kampala Ugandan shilling English , Swahili 236,040
27,616,000
$1,700
35
Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic )[63]
El Aaiún (Moroccan), Bir Lehlou (temporary)[64] Moroccan dirham N/A.[65]
267,405
266,000
N/A
7
Zambia [66] Republic of Zambia )
Lusaka Zambian kwacha English 752,614
11,668,000
$931
41
Zimbabwe [67] Republic of Zimbabwe )
Harare Zimbabwean dollar Shona , Ndebele , English 390,757
13,010,000
$2,607
47
See also
Notes
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