Sovereign
states
Recognised states
The following
list of countries are all members of the United Nations. All
except Morocco are members of the African Union.
Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages
Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map
Algeria[1] (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) Algeria
Algiers Algerian dinar Arabic 2,381,740 33,333,216 7,124
3Location Algeria AU Africa.svg
Angola[2] (Republic of Angola) Angola Luanda Kwanza Portuguese
1,246,700 15,941,000 2,813 42
Location Angola AU Africa.svg
Benin[3] (Republic of Benin) Benin Porto Novo West African CFA
franc French 112,622 8,439,000 1,176 24Location Benin AU
Africa.svg
Botswana[4] (Republic of Botswana) Botswana Gaborone Pula
English, Setswana 581,726 1,839,833 11,400 46Location Botswana
AU Africa.svg
Burkina Faso[5] Burkina Faso Ouagadougou West African CFA
franc French 274,000 13,228,000 1,284 21Location Burkina Faso
AU Africa.svg
Burundi[6] (Republic of Burundi) Burundi Bujumbura Burundi
franc Kirundi, French 27,830 7,548,000 739 38Location Burundi
AU Africa.svg
Cameroon[7] (Republic of Cameroon) Cameroon Yaoundé Central
African CFA franc French, English 475,442 17,795,000 2,421
26Location Cameroon AU Africa.svg
Cape Verde[8] (Republic of Cape Verde) Cape Verde Praia Cape
Verdean escudo Portuguese 4,033 420,979 6,418 14aLocation Cape
Verde AU Africa.svg
Central African Republic[9] (Central African Republic) Central
African Republic Bangui Central African CFA franc Sango,
French 622,984 4,216,666 1,198 27Location Central African
Republic AU Africa.svg
Chad[10] (Republic of Chad) Chad N'Djamena Central African CFA
franc French, Arabic 1,284,000 10,146,000 1,519 11Location
Chad AU Africa.svg
Comoros[11] (Union of the Comoros) Comoros Moroni Comorian
franc Arabic, French 2,235 798,000 1,660 43aLocation Comoros
AU Africa.svg
Côte d'Ivoire[12] (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) Côte d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro
West African CFA franc French 322,460 17,654,843 1,600
20Location Côte d'Ivoire AU Africa.svg
Democratic Republic of the Congo[13][n 1] (Democratic Republic
of the Congo) Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
Congolese franc French 2,344,858 63,655,000 774 34Location DR
Congo AU Africa.svg
Djibouti[14] (Republic of Djibouti) Djibouti Djibouti
Djiboutian Franc Arabic, French 23,200 496,374 2,070
29Location Djibouti AU Africa.svg
Egypt[15][n 2] (Arab Republic of Egypt) Egypt Cairo Egyptian
Pound Arabic 1,001,449 80,335,036 4,836 5Location Egypt AU
Africa.svg
Equatorial Guinea[16] (Republic of Equatorial Guinea)
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Central African CFA franc Spanish,
French 28,051 504,000 16,312 31Location Equatorial Guinea AU
Africa.svg
Eritrea[17] (State of Eritrea) Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Tigrinya,
Arabic 117,600 5,880,000 1,000 13Location Eritrea AU
Africa.svg
Ethiopia[18] (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Amharic 1,104,300
85,237,338 823 28Location Ethiopia AU Africa.svg
Gabon[19] (Gabonese Republic) Gabon Libreville Central African
CFA franc French 267,668 1,384,000 7,055 32Location Gabon AU
Africa.svg
Gambia[20] (Republic of The Gambia) The Gambia Banjul Dalasi
English 10,380 1,517,000 2002 15Location Gambia AU Africa.svg
Ghana[21] (Republic of Ghana) Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi
English 238,534 23,000,000 2,700 22Location Ghana AU
Africa.svg
Guinea[22] (Republic of Guinea) Guinea Conakry Guinean franc
French 245,857 9,402,000 2,035 17 Location Guinea AU
Africa.svg
Guinea-Bissau[23] (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) Guinea-Bissau
Bissau West African CFA franc Portuguese 36,125 1,586,000 736
16Location Guinea Bissau AU Africa.svg
Kenya[24] (Republic of Kenya) Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling
Swahili, English 580,367 34,707,817 1,445 36Location Kenya AU
Africa.svg
Lesotho[25] (Kingdom of Lesotho) Lesotho Maseru Loti Southern
Sotho, English 30,355 1,795,000 2,113 49Location Lesotho AU
Africa.svg
Liberia[26] (Republic of Liberia) Liberia Monrovia Liberian
dollar English 111,369 3,283,000 1,003 19Location Liberia AU
Africa.svg
Libya[27] (Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic 1,759,540 6,036,914 12,700
4Location Libya AU Africa.svg
Madagascar[28] (Republic of Madagascar) Madagascar
Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy, French, English 587,041
18,606,000 905 44 Location Madagascar AU Africa.svg
Malawi[29] (Republic of Malawi) Malawi Lilongwe Malawian
kwacha English, Chichewa 118,484 12,884,000 596 42Location
Malawi AU Africa.svg
Mali[30] (Republic of Mali) Mali Bamako West African CFA franc
French 1,240,192 13,518,000 1,154 9 Location Mali AU
Africa.svg
Mauritania[31] (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) Mauritania
Nouakchott Mauritanian ouguiya Arabic 1,030,700 3,069,000
2,402 8Location Mauritania AU Africa.svg
Mauritius[32] (Republic of Mauritius) Mauritius Port Louis
Mauritian rupee English 2,040 1,219,220 13,703 44aLocation
Mauritius AU Africa.svg
Morocco[33] (Kingdom of Morocco) Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham
Arabic 446,550 33,757,175 4,600 2Location Morocco Africa.svg
Mozambique[34] (Republic of Mozambique) Mozambique Maputo
Mozambican metical Portuguese 801,590 20,366,795 1,389
43Location Mozambique AU Africa.svg
Namibia[35] (Republic of Namibia) Namibia Windhoek Namibian
dollar English 825,418 2,031,000 7,478 45Location Namibia AU
Africa.svg
Niger[36] (Republic of Niger) Niger Niamey West African CFA
franc French 1,267,000 13,957,000 872 10Location Niger AU
Africa.svg
Nigeria[37] (Federal Republic of Nigeria) Nigeria Abuja
Nigerian naira English 923,768 154,729,000 1,188 25Location
Nigeria AU Africa.svg
Republic of the Congo[38][n 3] (Republic of the Congo)
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Central African CFA franc
French 342,000 4,012,809 3,919 25Location Republic of the
Congo AU Africa.svg
Rwanda[39] (Republic of Rwanda) Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc
Kinyarwanda, French, English 26,798 7,600,000 1,300 37Location
Rwanda AU Africa.svg
São Tomé and Príncipe[40] (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and
Príncipe) São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe
Dobra Portuguese 964 157,000 1,266 31aLocation São Tomé and
Príncipe AU Africa.svg
Senegal[41] (Republic of Senegal) Senegal Dakar West African
CFA franc French 196,723 11,658,000 1,759 14 Location Senegal
AU Africa.svg
Seychelles[42] (Republic of Seychelles) Seychelles Victoria
Seychellois rupee English, Seychellois Creole 451 80,654
11,818 39a Location Seychelles AU Africa.svg
Sierra Leone[43] (Republic of Sierra Leone) Sierra Leone
Freetown Leone English 71,740 6,144,562 903 18Location Sierra
Leone AU Africa.svg
Somalia[44] (Somali Republic) Somalia Mogadishu Somali
shilling Somali, Arabic 637,657 9,832,017 600 30Location
Somalia AU Africa.svg
South Africa[45] (Republic of South Africa) South Africa
Bloemfontein, Cape Town, and Pretoria
South African rand Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele,
Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa,
Zulu 1,221,037 47,432,000 12,161 48Location South Africa AU
Africa.svg
Sudan[46] (Republic of Sudan) Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound
Arabic, English 2,505,813 39,154,490 2,522 12Location Sudan AU
Africa.svg
Swaziland[47] (Kingdom of Swaziland) Swaziland Lobamba (royal
and legislative)
Mbabane (administrative) Lilangeni English, Swati 17,364
1,032,000 5,245 50Location Swaziland AU Africa.svg
Tanzania[48] (United Republic of Tanzania) Tanzania Dodoma
Tanzanian shilling Swahili, English 945,087 37,849,133 723
39Location Tanzania AU Africa.svg
Togo[49] (Togolese Republic) Togo Lomé West African CFA franc
French 56,785 6,100,000 1,700 23Location Togo AU Africa.svg
Tunisia[50] (Tunisian Republic) Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar
Arabic 163,610 10,102,000 8,800 3Location Tunisia AU
Africa.svg
Uganda[51] (Republic of Uganda) Uganda Kampala Ugandan
shilling English, Swahili 236,040 27,616,000 1,700 35Location
Uganda AU Africa.svg
Zambia[52] (Republic of Zambia) Zambia Lusaka Zambian kwacha
English 752,614 14,668,000 931 41Location Zambia AU Africa.svg
Zimbabwe[53] (Republic of Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwean
dollar Shona, Ndebele, English 390,757 13,010,000 2,607
47Location Zimbabwe AU Africa.svg
Partially recognised and unrecognised states
The following are states that have established themselves in
Africa as sovereign states, but remain limited in official
recognition. The Sahrawi republic is a member of the African
Union.
Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages
Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map
Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) Somaliland Hargeisa
Somaliland shilling Somali 137,600 3,500,000 600
30LocationSomaliland3.png
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[n 4] Western Sahara El Aaiún
(Moroccan), Bir Lehlou (temporary)[n 5] Moroccan dirham N/A.[n
6] 267,405 266,000 N/A 7Location Western Sahara AU Africa.svg
Non-sovereign territories
Dependent territories
This list contains territories that are politically
administered as external dependencies.
Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages
Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map
French Southern and Antarctic Lands[n 7] Port-aux-Français [n
8] Euro French 38.6 No permanent population[54] N/A
Mayotte[55] (France)[n 9] Mayotte Mamoudzou Euro French 374
186,452 2,600 43bLocation Mayotte Africa.svg
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)[n 10][56]
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown Saint
Helenian pound English 420 5,661 N/A 40bLocationStHelena.png
Other areas
This list contains territories that are administered as
incorporated parts of a primarily non-African state.
Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages
Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map
Canary Islands [57][n 11] Canary Islands Las Palmas de Gran
Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Euro Spanish 7,447
1,995,833 N/A 6Location Canary Islands Africa.svg
Ceuta [57][n 11] (Autonomous City of Ceuta) Ceuta Ceuta Euro
Spanish 28 76,861 N/A 2aLocalización Ceuta.png
Madeira [n 12] Madeira Funchal Euro Portuguese 828 245,806 N/A
1Location Madeira Africa.svg
Melilla [n 11] (Autonomous City of Melilla) Melilla Melilla
Euro Spanish 20 72,000 N/A 2bLocalización Melilla.png
Plazas de soberanía [n 11] Spain N/A Euro Spanish Uninhabited
N/A 2a Mapa del sur de España neutral.png
Réunion [n 13] Réunion Saint-Denis Euro French 2,512 793,000
N/A
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