Countries in Africa
On this page, you’ll find list of territories and sovereign countries in Africa from A to Z, each showing population estimates, area, capital, and language. Click on a country card to view a dashboard containing demographic, economic, and geographic data about the selected country. You can additionally filter the list by toggling countries and territories.
Countries in Africa
Algeria
Capital:Algiers
Language:Arabic
Population:447,022,473
Area:2,381,741km²
Angola
Capital:Luanda
Language:Portuguese
Population:37,202,061
Area:1,246,700km²
Benin
Capital:Porto-Novo
Language:French
Population:14,697,052
Area:112,622km²
Botswana
Capital:Gaborone
Language:English, Tswana
Population:2,450,668
Area:582,000km²
British Indian Ocean Territory
Capital:Diego Garcia
Language:English
Population:0
Area:60km²
Burkina Faso
Capital:Ouagadougou
Language:French
Population:23,042,199
Area:272,967km²
Burundi
Capital:Gitega
Language:French, Kirundi
Population:13,590,102
Area:27,834km²
Cameroon
Capital:Yaoundé
Language:English, French
Population:30,966,105
Area:475,442km²
Central African Republic
Capital:Bangui
Language:French, Sango
Population:5,650,957
Area:622,984km²
Chad
Capital:N'Djamena
Language:Arabic, French
Population:19,093,595
Area:1,284,000km²
Comoros
Capital:Moroni
Language:Arabic, French, Comorian
Population:900,141
Area:1,862km²
Democratic Republic of Congo
Capital:Kinshasa
Language:French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili
Population:115,403,027
Area:2,344,858km²
Djibouti
Capital:Djibouti
Language:Arabic, French
Population:994,974
Area:23,200km²
Egypt
Capital:Cairo
Language:Arabic
Population:111,247,248
Area:1,002,450km²
Equatorial Guinea
Capital:Malabo
Language:French, Portuguese, Spanish
Population:1,795,834
Area:28,051km²
Eritrea
Capital:Asmara
Language:Arabic, English, Tigrinya
Population:6,343,956
Area:117,600km²
Ethiopia
Capital:Addis Ababa
Language:Amharic
Population:118,550,298
Area:1,104,300km²
Gabon
Capital:Libreville
Language:French
Population:2,455,105
Area:267,668km²
Gambia
Capital:Banjul
Language:English
Population:2,523,327
Area:10,689km²
Ghana
Capital:Accra
Language:English
Population:34,589,092
Area:238,533km²
Guinea
Capital:Conakry
Language:French
Population:13,986,179
Area:245,857km²
Guinea-Bissau
Capital:Bissau
Language:Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
Population:2,132,325
Area:36,125km²
Ivory Coast
Capital:Yamoussoukro
Language:French
Population:29,981,758
Area:322,463km²
Kenya
Capital:Nairobi
Language:English, Swahili
Population:58,246,378
Area:580,367km²
Lesotho
Capital:Maseru
Language:English, Sotho
Population:2,227,548
Area:30,355km²
Liberia
Capital:Monrovia
Language:English
Population:5,437,249
Area:111,369km²
Libya
Capital:Tripoli
Language:Arabic
Population:7,361,263
Area:1,759,540km²
Madagascar
Capital:Antananarivo
Language:French, Malagasy
Population:29,452,714
Area:587,041km²
Malawi
Capital:Lilongwe
Language:English, Chewa
Population:21,763,309
Area:118,484km²
Mali
Capital:Bamako
Language:French
Population:21,990,607
Area:1,240,192km²
Mauritania
Capital:Nouakchott
Language:Arabic
Population:4,328,040
Area:1,030,700km²
Mauritius
Capital:Port Louis
Language:English, French, Mauritian Creole
Population:1,310,504
Area:2,040km²
Morocco
Capital:Rabat
Language:Arabic, Berber
Population:37,387,585
Area:446,550km²
Mozambique
Capital:Maputo
Language:Portuguese
Population:33,350,954
Area:801,590km²
Namibia
Capital:Windhoek
Language:Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
Population:2,803,660
Area:825,615km²
Niger
Capital:Niamey
Language:French
Population:26,342,784
Area:1,267,000km²
Nigeria
Capital:Abuja
Language:English
Population:236,747,130
Area:923,768km²
Republic of Congo
Capital:Brazzaville
Language:French, Kikongo, Lingala
Population:6,097,665
Area:342,000km²
Rwanda
Capital:Kigali
Language:English, French, Kinyarwanda
Population:13,623,302
Area:26,338km²
Saint Helena, Ascencion and Tristan da Cunha
Capital:Jamestown
Language:English
Population:7,943
Area:394km²
Senegal
Capital:Dakar
Language:French
Population:18,847,519
Area:196,722km²
Seychelles
Capital:Victoria
Language:Seychellois Creole, English, French
Population:98,187
Area:452km²
Sierra Leone
Capital:Freetown
Language:English
Population:9,121,049
Area:71,740km²
Somalia
Capital:Mogadishu
Language:Arabic, Somali
Population:13,017,273
Area:637,657km²
South Africa
Capital:Pretoria
Language:Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Population:60,442,647
Area:1,221,037km²
South Sudan
Capital:Juba
Language:English
Population:12,703,714
Area:619,745km²
Sudan
Capital:Khartoum
Language:Arabic, English
Population:50,467,278
Area:1,886,068km²
Tanzania
Capital:Dodoma
Language:English, Swahili
Population:67,462,121
Area:945,087km²
Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Capital:Port-aux-Français
Language:French
Population:0
Area:7,747km²
Togo
Capital:Lomé
Language:French
Population:8,917,994
Area:56,785km²
Tunisia
Capital:Tunis
Language:Arabic
Population:12,048,847
Area:163,610km²
Uganda
Capital:Kampala
Language:English, Swahili
Population:49,283,041
Area:241,550km²
Zambia
Capital:Lusaka
Language:English
Population:20,799,116
Area:752,612km²
Zimbabwe
Capital:Harare
Language:Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Chewa, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zimbabwean Sign Language
Population:17,150,352
Area:390,757km²