Countries of Africa

Africa has 49 countries on our map, covering 30,039,727 km². Algeria is the largest by area and the Gambia the smallest, while Nigeria is the most populous.

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Crazy but True

Africa is far bigger than most maps suggest. The Mercator projection used on many world maps shrinks it dramatically, and in reality you could fit the United States, China, India, Japan and most of Europe inside Africa all at the same time. It is also the only continent that sits in all four hemispheres, north, south, east and west.

All 49 countries of Africa

Country	Capital	Population	Area (km²)
Algeria	Algiers	47,435,312	2,381,741
Angola	Luanda	39,040,039	1,246,700
Benin	Porto-Novo	14,814,460	112,622
Botswana	Gaborone	2,562,122	582,000
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	24,074,580	272,967
Burundi	Gitega	14,390,003	27,834
Cameroon	Yaoundé	29,879,337	475,442
Central African Republic	Bangui	5,513,282	622,984
Chad	N'Djamena	21,003,705	1,284,000
Congo	Brazzaville	6,484,437	342,000
Djibouti	Djibouti	1,184,076	23,200
DR Congo	Kinshasa	112,832,473	2,344,858
Egypt	Cairo	118,365,995	1,002,450
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	1,938,431	28,051
Eritrea	Asmara	3,607,003	117,600
Eswatini	Lobamba	1,256,174	17,364
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	135,472,051	1,104,300
Gabon	Libreville	2,593,130	267,668
Gambia	Banjul	2,822,093	10,689
Ghana	Accra	35,064,272	238,533
Guinea	Conakry	15,099,727	245,857
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	2,249,515	36,125
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	32,711,547	322,463
Kenya	Nairobi	57,532,493	580,367
Lesotho	Maseru	2,363,325	30,355
Liberia	Monrovia	5,731,206	111,369
Libya	Tripoli	7,458,555	1,759,540
Madagascar	Antananarivo	32,740,678	587,041
Malawi	Lilongwe	22,216,120	118,484
Mali	Bamako	25,198,821	1,240,192
Mauritania	Nouakchott	5,315,065	1,030,700
Morocco	Rabat	38,430,770	446,550
Mozambique	Maputo	35,631,653	801,590
Namibia	Windhoek	3,092,816	825,615
Niger	Niamey	27,917,831	1,267,000
Nigeria	Abuja	237,527,782	923,768
Rwanda	Kigali	14,569,341	26,338
Senegal	Dakar	18,931,966	196,722
Sierra Leone	Freetown	8,819,794	71,740
Somalia	Mogadishu	19,654,739	637,657
South Africa	Pretoria	64,747,319	1,221,037
South Sudan	Juba	12,188,788	619,745
Sudan	Khartoum	51,662,147	1,886,068
Tanzania	Dodoma	70,545,865	945,087
Togo	Lomé	8,591,626	56,785
Tunisia	Tunis	12,348,573	163,610
Uganda	Kampala	51,384,894	241,550
Zambia	Lusaka	21,913,874	752,612
Zimbabwe	Harare	16,950,795	390,757

Africa at a glance

Countries: 49
Largest by area: Algeria (2,381,741 km²)
Smallest by area: Gambia (10,689 km²)
Most populous: Nigeria (237,527,782)
Landlocked countries: 16
Total area: 30,039,727 km²