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Countries of Africa

54 countries and territories in Africa, with the facts that do not change.

Country Capital Area (km²) Population Currency
Nigeria Abuja 923,768 237,527,782 NGN
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 1,104,300 135,472,051 ETB
Egypt Cairo 1,001,450 118,365,995 EGP
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 2,344,858 112,832,473 CDF
Tanzania Dodoma 947,300 70,545,865 TZS
South Africa Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) 1,219,090 64,747,319 ZAR
Kenya Nairobi 580,367 57,532,493 KES
Sudan Khartoum 1,861,484 51,662,147 SDG
Uganda Kampala 241,038 51,384,894 UGX
Algeria Algiers 2,381,740 47,435,312 DZD
Angola Luanda 1,246,700 39,040,039 AOA
Morocco Rabat 716,550 38,430,770 MAD
Mozambique Maputo 799,380 35,631,653 MZN
Ghana Accra 238,533 35,064,272 GHS
Madagascar Antananarivo 587,041 32,740,678 MGA
Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (seat of government) 322,463 32,711,547 XOF
Cameroon Yaoundé 475,440 29,879,337 XAF
Niger Niamey 1,267,000 27,917,831 XOF
Mali Bamako 1,240,192 25,198,821 XOF
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 274,200 24,074,580 XOF
Malawi Lilongwe 118,484 22,216,120 MWK
Zambia Lusaka 752,618 21,913,874 ZMW
Chad N'Djamena 1,284,000 21,003,705 XAF
Somalia Mogadishu 637,657 19,654,739 SOS
Senegal Dakar 196,722 18,931,966 XOF
Zimbabwe Harare 390,757 16,950,795 ZWG
Guinea Conakry 245,857 15,099,727 GNF
Benin Porto-Novo (official); Cotonou (seat of government) 112,622 14,814,460 XOF
Rwanda Kigali 26,338 14,569,341 RWF
Burundi Gitega 27,830 14,390,003 BIF
Tunisia Tunis 163,610 12,348,573 TND
South Sudan Juba 644,329 12,188,788 SSP
Sierra Leone Freetown 71,740 8,819,794 SLE
Togo Lomé 56,785 8,591,626 XOF
Libya Tripoli 1,759,540 7,458,555 LYD
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 342,000 6,484,437 XAF
Liberia Monrovia 111,369 5,731,206 LRD
Central African Republic Bangui 622,984 5,513,282 XAF
Mauritania Nouakchott 1,030,700 5,315,065 MRU
Eritrea Asmara 117,600 3,607,003 ERN
Namibia Windhoek 824,292 3,092,816 NAD
Gambia Banjul 11,300 2,822,093 GMD
Gabon Libreville 267,667 2,593,130 XAF
Botswana Gaborone 581,730 2,562,122 BWP
Lesotho Maseru 30,355 2,363,325 LSL
Guinea-Bissau Bissau 36,125 2,249,515 XOF
Equatorial Guinea Malabo 28,051 1,938,431 XAF
Eswatini Mbabane (administrative); Lobamba (legislative) 17,364 1,256,174 SZL
Mauritius Port Louis 2,040 1,243,741 MUR
Djibouti Djibouti 23,200 1,184,076 DJF
Comoros Moroni 2,235 882,847 KMF
Cape Verde Praia 4,033 527,326 CVE
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 964 240,254 STN
Seychelles Victoria 455 122,730 SCR