Country |
Population 2019 |
Area |
GDP - Per Capita |
Flag |
Map |
Capital |
Largest City by Pop. |
Subregion |
Currency |
Algeria |
42,679,018 |
2.382 million km² |
$4,892 |
![Algeria](/africa/images/algeria.png) |
![Algeria Map](/africa/images/algeria-map.gif) |
Algiers |
Algiers |
Northern Africa |
Algerian dinar |
Angola |
31,787,566 |
1.247 million km² |
$3,811 |
![Angola](/africa/images/angola.png) |
![Angola Map](/africa/images/angola-map.gif) |
Luanda |
Luanda |
Middle Africa |
Angolan kwanza |
Benin |
11,801,595 |
114,763 km² |
$1,034 |
![Benin](/africa/images/benin.png) |
![Benin Map](/africa/images/benin-map.gif) |
Porto-Novo |
Cotonou |
Western Africa |
CFA franc, West African CFA franc |
Botswana |
2,374,636 |
600,370 km² |
$8,114 |
![Botswana](/africa/images/botswana.png) |
![Botswana Map](/africa/images/botswana-map.gif) |
Gaborone |
Gaborone |
Southern Africa |
Botswana pula |
Burkina Faso |
20,321,560 |
274,200 km² |
$781 |
![Burkina Faso](/africa/images/burkina-faso.png) |
![Burkina Faso Map](/africa/images/burkina-faso-map.gif) |
Ouagadougou |
Ouagadougou |
Western Africa |
CFA franc, West African CFA franc |
Burundi |
11,575,964 |
27,834 km² |
$391 |
![Burundi](/africa/images/burundi.png) |
![Burundi Map](/africa/images/burundi-map.gif) |
Bujumbura |
Bujumbura |
Eastern Africa |
Burundian franc |
Cameroon |
25,312,993 |
475,442 km² |
$1,649 |
![Cameroon](/africa/images/cameroon.png) |
![Cameroon Map](/africa/images/cameroon-map.gif) |
Yaounde |
Douala |
Middle Africa |
CFA franc, Central African CFA franc |
Cape Verde |
560,349 |
4,033 km² |
$3,746 |
![Cape Verde](/africa/images/cape-verde.png) |
![Cape Verde Map](/africa/images/cape-verde-map.gif) |
Praia |
Praia |
Western Africa |
Cape Verdean escudo |
Chad |
15,814,345 |
1.284 million km² |
$774 |
![Chad](/africa/images/chad.png) |
![Chad Map](/africa/images/chad-map.gif) |
N'Djamena |
N'Djamena |
Middle Africa |
CFA franc, Central African CFA franc |
Central African Republic |
4,825,711 |
622,980 km² |
$484 |
![Central African Republic](/africa/images/CAR.png) |
![Central African Republic Map](/africa/images/CAR-map.gif) |
Bangui |
Bangui |
Middle Africa |
Central African CFA franc |
Comoros |
850,910 |
2,612 km² |
$918 |
![Comoros](/africa/images/comoros.png) |
![Comoros Map](/africa/images/comoros-map.gif) |
Moroni |
Moroni |
Eastern Africa |
Comorian franc |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
86,727,573 |
2.345 million km² |
$503 |
![Democratic Republic of Congo](/africa/images/congo.png) |
![Democratic Republic of Congo Map](/africa/images/congo-map.gif) |
Kinshasa |
Kinshasa |
Middle Africa |
Congolese franc, Zairean zaire |
Republic of the Congo |
5,542,197 |
342,000 km² |
$1,971 |
![Republic of the Congo](/africa/images/republic-of-the-congo.png) |
![Republic of the Congo Map](/africa/images/republic-of-the-congo-map.gif) |
Brazzaville |
Brazzaville |
Middle Africa |
CFA franc, Central African CFA franc |
Djibouti |
985,690 |
23,200 km² |
$2,415 |
![Djibouti](/africa/images/djibouti.png) |
![Djibouti Map](/africa/images/djibouti-map.gif) |
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
Eastern Africa |
Djiboutian franc |
Egypt |
101,168,745 |
1.01 million km² |
$2,670 |
![Egypt](/africa/images/egypt.png) |
![Egypt Map](/africa/images/egypt-map.gif) |
Cairo |
Cairo |
Northern Africa |
Egyptian pound |
Equatorial Guinea |
1,360,104 |
28,050 km² |
$8,371 |
![Equatorial Guinea](/africa/images/equatorial-guinea.png) |
![Equatorial Guinea Map](/africa/images/equatorial-guinea-map.gif) |
Malabo |
Bata |
Middle Africa |
CFA franc, Central African CFA franc |
Eritrea |
5,309,659 |
117,598 km² |
$1,453 |
![Eritrea](/africa/images/eritrea.png) |
![Eritrea Map](/africa/images/eritrea-map.gif) |
Asmara |
Asmara |
Eastern Africa |
Eritrean nakfa |
Ethiopia |
110,135,635 |
1.104 million km² |
$815 |
![Ethiopia](/africa/images/ethiopia.png) |
![Ethiopia Map](/africa/images/ethiopia-map.gif) |
Addis Ababa |
Addis Ababa |
Eastern Africa |
Ethiopian birr |
Gabon |
2,109,099 |
267,667 km² |
$8,580 |
![Gabon](/africa/images/gabon.png) |
![Gabon Map](/africa/images/gabon-map.gif) |
Libreville |
Libreville |
Middle Africa |
CFA franc, Central African CFA franc |
Gambia |
2,228,075 |
11,295 km² |
$520 |
![Gambia](/africa/images/gambia.png) |
![Gambia Map](/africa/images/cameroon-map.gif) |
Banjul |
Brikama |
Western Africa |
Gambian dalasi |
Ghana |
30,096,970 |
238,535 km² |
$1,885 |
![Ghana](/africa/images/ghana.png) |
![Ghana Map](/africa/images/ghana-map.gif) |
Accra |
Accra |
Western Africa |
Ghanaian cedi |
Guinea |
13,398,180 |
245,857 km² |
$873 |
![Guinea](/africa/images/guinea.png) |
![Guinea Map](/africa/images/guinea-map.gif) |
Conakry |
Conakry |
Western Africa |
Guinean franc |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,953,723 |
36,125 km² |
$884 |
![Guinea Bissau](/africa/images/guinea-bissau.png) |
![Guinea Bissau Map](/africa/images/guinea-bissau-map.gif) |
Bissau |
Bissau |
Western Africa |
CFA franc, West African CFA franc |
Ivory Coast/Côte d’Ivoire |
25,531,083 |
322,463 km² |
$2,075 |
![Ivory Coast](/africa/images/ivory-coast.png) |
![Ivory Coast Map](/africa/images/ivory-coast-map.gif) |
Yamoussoukro |
Abidjan |
Western Africa |
CFA franc, West African CFA franc |
Kenya |
52,214,791 |
582,644 km² |
$1,835 |
![Kenya](/africa/images/kenya.png) |
![Kenya Map](/africa/images/kenya-map.gif) |
Nairobi |
Nairobi |
Eastern Africa |
Kenyan shilling |
Lesotho |
2,292,682 |
30,355 km² |
$1,336 |
![Lesotho](/africa/images/lesotho.png) |
![Lesotho Map](/africa/images/lesotho-map.gif) |
Maseru |
Maseru |
Southern Africa |
South african rand, Lesotho loti |
Liberia |
4,977,720 |
111,369 km² |
$710 |
![Liberia](/africa/images/liberia.png) |
![Liberia Map](/africa/images/liberia-map.gif) |
Monrovia |
Monrovia |
Western Africa |
Liberian dollar |
Libya |
6,569,864 |
1.76 million km² |
$7,142 |
![Libya](/africa/images/libya.png) |
![Libya Map](/africa/images/libya-map.gif) |
Tripoli |
Tripoli |
Northern Africa |
Libyan dinar |
Madagascar |
26,969,642 |
587,041 km² |
$503 |
![Madagascar](/africa/images/madagascar.png) |
![Madagascar Map](/africa/images/madagascar-map.gif) |
Antananarivo |
Antananarivo |
Eastern Africa |
Malagasy ariary, Iraimbilanja |
Malawi |
19,718,743 |
118,484 km² |
$356 |
![Malawi](/africa/images/malawi.png) |
![Malawi Map](/africa/images/malawi-map.gif) |
Lilongwe |
Lilongwe |
Eastern Africa |
Malawian kwacha |
Mali |
19,689,140 |
1.241 million km² |
$978 |
![Mali](/africa/images/mali.png) |
![Mali Map](/africa/images/mali-map.gif) |
Bamako |
Bamako |
Western Africa |
CFA franc, West African CFA franc |
Mauritania |
4,661,149 |
1.03 million km² |
$1,189 |
![Mauritania](/africa/images/mauritania.png) |
![Mauritania Map](/africa/images/mauritania-map.gif) |
Nouakchott |
Nouakchott |
Western Africa |
Mauritanian Ouguiya |
Mauritius |
1,271,368 |
2,040 km² |
$11,182 |
![Mauritius](/africa/images/mauritius.png) |
![Mauritius Map](/africa/images/mauritius-map.gif) |
Port Louis |
Port Louis |
Eastern Africa |
Mauritian rupee |
Morocco |
36,635,156 |
446,550 km² |
$3,522 |
![Morocco](/africa/images/morocco.png) |
![Morocco Map](/africa/images/morocco-map.gif) |
Rabat |
Casablanca |
Northern Africa |
Moroccan dirham |
Mozambique |
31,408,823 |
801,590 km² |
$478 |
![Mozambique](/africa/images/mozambique.png) |
![Mozambique Map](/africa/images/mozambique-map.gif) |
Maputo |
Matola |
Eastern Africa |
Mozambican metical |
Namibia |
2,641,996 |
825,419 km² |
$5,326 |
![Namibia](/africa/images/namibia.png) |
![Namibia Map](/africa/images/namibia-map.gif) |
Windhoek |
Windhoek |
Southern Africa |
Namibian dollar, South African Rand |
Niger |
23,176,691 |
1.268 million km² |
$462 |
![Niger](/africa/images/niger.png) |
![Niger Map](/africa/images/niger-map.gif) |
Niamey |
Niamey |
Western Africa |
CFA franc, West African CFA franc |
Nigeria |
200,962,417 |
923,763 km² |
$2,366 |
![Nigeria](/africa/images/nigeria.png) |
![Nigeria Map](/africa/images/nigeria-map.gif) |
Abuja |
Lagos |
Western Africa |
Nigerian naira |
Rwanda |
12,794,412 |
26,338 km² |
$823 |
![Rwanda](/africa/images/rwanda.png) |
![Rwanda Map](/africa/images/rwanda-map.gif) |
Kigali |
Kigali |
Eastern Africa |
Rwandan franc |
Sao Tome & Principe |
213,379 |
1,001 km² |
$2,292 |
![Sao Tome and Principe](/africa/images/sao-tome-and-principe.png) |
![Sao Tome and Principe Map](/africa/images/sao-tome-and-principe-map.gif) |
Sao Tome |
Sao Tome |
Middle Africa |
Sao Tomean Dobra |
Senegal |
16,743,859 |
196,839 km² |
$1,297 |
![Senegal](/africa/images/senegal.png) |
![Senegal Map](/africa/images/senegal-map.gif) |
Dakar |
Dakar |
Western Africa |
CFA franc, West African CFA franc |
Seychelles |
95,702 |
459 km² |
$17,335 |
![Seychelles](/africa/images/seychelles.png) |
![Seychelles Map](/africa/images/seychelles-map.gif) |
Victoria |
Victoria |
Eastern Africa |
Seychellois rupee |
Sierra Leone |
7,883,123 |
71,740 km² |
$504 |
![Sierra Leone](/africa/images/sierra-leone.png) |
![Sierra Leone Map](/africa/images/sierra-leone-map.gif) |
Freetown |
Freetown |
Western Africa |
Sierra Leonean leone |
Somalia |
15,636,171 |
637,655 km² |
$525 |
![Somalia](/africa/images/somalia.png) |
![Somalia Map](/africa/images/somalia-map.gif) |
Mogadishu |
Mogadishu |
Eastern Africa |
United States Dollar, Somali shilling |
South Africa |
58,065,097 |
1.22 million km² |
$6,662 |
![South Africa](/africa/images/south-africa.png) |
![South Africa Map](/africa/images/south-african-map.gif) |
Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein |
Johannesburg |
Southern Africa |
South African rand |
South Sudan |
13,263,184 |
619,745 km² |
$212 |
![South Sudan](/africa/images/south-sudan.png) |
![South Sudan Map](/africa/images/south-sudan-map.gif) |
Juba |
Juba |
Eastern Africa |
South Sudanese pound |
Sudan |
42,514,094 |
1.886 million km² |
$1,950 |
![Sudan](/africa/images/sudan.png) |
![Sudan Map](/africa/images/sudan-map.gif) |
Khartoum |
Omdurman |
Northern Africa |
Sudanese pound |
Swaziland/Eswatini |
1,415,414 |
17,364 km² |
$3,281 |
![Swaziland](/africa/images/swaziland.png) |
![Swaziland Map](/africa/images/swaziland-map.gif) |
Mbabane, Lobamba |
Manzini |
Southern Africa |
South African Rand, Swazi lilangeni |
Tanzania |
60,913,557 |
945,087 km² |
$1,012 |
![Tanzania](/africa/images/tanzania.png) |
![Tanzania Map](/africa/images/tanzania-map.gif) |
Dodoma |
Dar es Salaam |
Eastern Africa |
Tanzanian shilling |
Tunisia |
11,783,168 |
163,610 km² |
$3,561 |
![Tunisia](/africa/images/tunisia.png) |
![Tunisia Map](/africa/images/tunisia-map.gif) |
Tunis |
Tunis |
Northern Africa |
Tunisian dinar |
Togo |
8,186,384 |
56,785 km² |
$742 |
![Togo](/africa/images/togo.png) |
![Togo Map](/africa/images/togo-map.gif) |
Lome |
Lome |
Western Africa |
CFA franc |
Uganda |
45,711,874 |
241,037 km² |
$650 |
![Uganda](/africa/images/uganda.png) |
![Uganda Map](/africa/images/uganda-map.gif) |
Kampala |
Kampala |
Eastern Africa |
Ugandan shilling |
Zambia |
18,137,369 |
752,618 km² |
$1,501 |
![Zambia](/africa/images/zambia.png) |
![Zambia Map](/africa/images/zambia-map.gif) |
Lusaka |
Lusaka |
Eastern Africa |
Zambian kwacha |
Zimbabwe |
17,297,495 |
390,757 km² |
$1,218 |
![Zimbabwe](/africa/images/zimbabwe.png) |
![Zimbabwe Map](/africa/images/zimbabwe-map.gif) |
Harare |
Harare |
Eastern Africa |
Zimbabwean dollar |