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.
Algeria
Capital: Algiers
Language: Arabic
Population: 447,022,473
Area: 2,381,741 km²
Angola
Capital: Luanda
Language: Portuguese
Population: 37,202,061
Area: 1,246,700 km²
Benin
Capital: Porto-Novo
Language: French
Population: 14,697,052
Area: 112,622 km²
Botswana
Capital: Gaborone
Language: English, Tswana
Population: 2,450,668
Area: 582,000 km²
British Indian Ocean Territory
Capital: Diego Garcia
Language: English
Population: 0
Area: 60 km²
Burkina Faso
Capital: Ouagadougou
Language: French
Population: 23,042,199
Area: 272,967 km²
Burundi
Capital: Gitega
Language: French, Kirundi
Population: 13,590,102
Area: 27,834 km²
Cameroon
Capital: Yaoundé
Language: English, French
Population: 30,966,105
Area: 475,442 km²
Central African Republic
Capital: Bangui
Language: French, Sango
Population: 5,650,957
Area: 622,984 km²
Chad
Capital: N'Djamena
Language: Arabic, French
Population: 19,093,595
Area: 1,284,000 km²
Comoros
Capital: Moroni
Language: Arabic, French, Comorian
Population: 900,141
Area: 1,862 km²
Djibouti
Capital: Djibouti
Language: Arabic, French
Population: 994,974
Area: 23,200 km²
Egypt
Capital: Cairo
Language: Arabic
Population: 111,247,248
Area: 1,002,450 km²
Equatorial Guinea
Capital: Malabo
Language: French, Portuguese, Spanish
Population: 1,795,834
Area: 28,051 km²
Eritrea
Capital: Asmara
Language: Arabic, English, Tigrinya
Population: 6,343,956
Area: 117,600 km²
Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Language: Amharic
Population: 118,550,298
Area: 1,104,300 km²
Gabon
Capital: Libreville
Language: French
Population: 2,455,105
Area: 267,668 km²
Gambia
Capital: Banjul
Language: English
Population: 2,523,327
Area: 10,689 km²
Ghana
Capital: Accra
Language: English
Population: 34,589,092
Area: 238,533 km²
Guinea
Capital: Conakry
Language: French
Population: 13,986,179
Area: 245,857 km²
Guinea-Bissau
Capital: Bissau
Language: Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
Population: 2,132,325
Area: 36,125 km²
Kenya
Capital: Nairobi
Language: English, Swahili
Population: 58,246,378
Area: 580,367 km²
Lesotho
Capital: Maseru
Language: English, Sotho
Population: 2,227,548
Area: 30,355 km²
Liberia
Capital: Monrovia
Language: English
Population: 5,437,249
Area: 111,369 km²
Libya
Capital: Tripoli
Language: Arabic
Population: 7,361,263
Area: 1,759,540 km²
Madagascar
Capital: Antananarivo
Language: French, Malagasy
Population: 29,452,714
Area: 587,041 km²
Malawi
Capital: Lilongwe
Language: English, Chewa
Population: 21,763,309
Area: 118,484 km²
Mali
Capital: Bamako
Language: French
Population: 21,990,607
Area: 1,240,192 km²
Mauritania
Capital: Nouakchott
Language: Arabic
Population: 4,328,040
Area: 1,030,700 km²
Mauritius
Capital: Port Louis
Language: English, French, Mauritian Creole
Population: 1,310,504
Area: 2,040 km²
Morocco
Capital: Rabat
Language: Arabic, Berber
Population: 37,387,585
Area: 446,550 km²
Mozambique
Capital: Maputo
Language: Portuguese
Population: 33,350,954
Area: 801,590 km²
Namibia
Capital: Windhoek
Language: Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
Population: 2,803,660
Area: 825,615 km²
Niger
Capital: Niamey
Language: French
Population: 26,342,784
Area: 1,267,000 km²
Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
Language: English
Population: 236,747,130
Area: 923,768 km²
Rwanda
Capital: Kigali
Language: English, French, Kinyarwanda
Population: 13,623,302
Area: 26,338 km²
Senegal
Capital: Dakar
Language: French
Population: 18,847,519
Area: 196,722 km²
Seychelles
Capital: Victoria
Language: Seychellois Creole, English, French
Population: 98,187
Area: 452 km²
Sierra Leone
Capital: Freetown
Language: English
Population: 9,121,049
Area: 71,740 km²
Somalia
Capital: Mogadishu
Language: Arabic, Somali
Population: 13,017,273
Area: 637,657 km²
South Africa
Capital: Pretoria
Language: Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Population: 60,442,647
Area: 1,221,037 km²
South Sudan
Capital: Juba
Language: English
Population: 12,703,714
Area: 619,745 km²
Sudan
Capital: Khartoum
Language: Arabic, English
Population: 50,467,278
Area: 1,886,068 km²
Tanzania
Capital: Dodoma
Language: English, Swahili
Population: 67,462,121
Area: 945,087 km²
Togo
Capital: Lomé
Language: French
Population: 8,917,994
Area: 56,785 km²
Tunisia
Capital: Tunis
Language: Arabic
Population: 12,048,847
Area: 163,610 km²
Uganda
Capital: Kampala
Language: English, Swahili
Population: 49,283,041
Area: 241,550 km²
Zambia
Capital: Lusaka
Language: English
Population: 20,799,116
Area: 752,612 km²
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: 390,757 km²