African countries and their capitals, geography and population statistics. Data is accurate as of September 2010.
African countries are classified according to geography, language or colonial history.
| Name of region[87] and territory, with flag |
Area (km²) |
Population (2009 est) except where noted |
Density (per km²) |
Capital |
| Eastern Africa: | 6,384,904 | 316,053,651 | 49.5 | |
| Burundi | 27,830 | 8,988,091[88] | 322.9 | Bujumbura |
| Comoros | 2,170 | 752,438[88] | 346.7 | Moroni |
| Djibouti | 23,000 | 516,055[88] | 22.4 | Djibouti |
| Eritrea | 121,320 | 5,647,168[88] | 46.5 | Asmara |
| Ethiopia | 1,127,127 | 85,237,338[88] | 75.6 | Addis Ababa |
| Kenya | 582,650 | 39,002,772[88] | 66.0 | Nairobi |
| Madagascar | 587,040 | 20,653,556[88] | 35.1 | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | 118,480 | 14,268,711[88] | 120.4 | Lilongwe |
| Mauritius | 2,040 | 1,284,264[88] | 629.5 | Port Louis |
| Mayotte (France) | 374 | 223,765[88] | 489.7 | Mamoudzou |
| Mozambique | 801,590 | 21,669,278[88] | 27.0 | Maputo |
| Réunion (France) | 2,512 | 743,981(2002) | 296.2 | Saint-Denis |
| Rwanda | 26,338 | 10,473,282[88] | 397.6 | Kigali |
| Seychelles | 455 | 87,476[88] | 192.2 | Victoria |
| Somalia | 637,657 | 9,832,017[88] | 15.4 | Mogadishu |
| Tanzania | 945,087 | 41,048,532[88] | 43.3 | Dodoma |
| Uganda | 236,040 | 32,369,558[88] | 137.1 | Kampala |
| Zambia | 752,614 | 11,862,740[88] | 15.7 | Lusaka |
| Middle Africa: | 6,613,253 | 121,585,754 | 18.4 | |
| Angola | 1,246,700 | 12,799,293[88] | 10.3 | Luanda |
| Cameroon | 475,440 | 18,879,301[88] | 39.7 | Yaoundé |
| Central African Republic | 622,984 | 4,511,488[88] | 7.2 | Bangui |
| Chad | 1,284,000 | 10,329,208[88] | 8.0 | N’Djamena |
| Congo | 342,000 | 4,012,809[88] | 11.7 | Brazzaville |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,345,410 | 68,692,542[88] | 29.2 | Kinshasa |
| Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 633,441[88] | 22.6 | Malabo |
| Gabon | 267,667 | 1,514,993[88] | 5.6 | Libreville |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,001 | 212,679[88] | 212.4 | São Tomé |
| Northern Africa: | 8,533,021 | 211,087,622 | 24.7 | |
| Algeria | 2,381,740 | 34,178,188[88] | 14.3 | Algiers |
| Egypt[89] | 1,001,450 | 83,082,869[88] total, Asia 1.4m | 82.9 | Cairo |
| Libya | 1,759,540 | 6,310,434[88] | 3.6 | Tripoli |
| Morocco | 446,550 | 34,859,364[88] | 78.0 | Rabat |
| Sudan | 2,505,810 | 41,087,825[88] | 16.4 | Khartoum |
| Tunisia | 163,610 | 10,486,339[88] | 64.1 | Tunis |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[90] | 266,000 | 405,210[88] | 1.5 | El Aaiún |
| Spanish and Portuguese territories in Northern Africa: | ||||
| Canary Islands (Spain)[91] | 7,492 | 1,694,477(2001) | 226.2 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Ceuta (Spain)[92] | 20 | 71,505(2001) | 3,575.2 | — |
| Madeira Islands (Portugal)[93] | 797 | 245,000(2001) | 307.4 | Funchal |
| Melilla (Spain)[94] | 12 | 66,411(2001) | 5,534.2 | — |
| Southern Africa: | 2,693,418 | 56,406,762 | 20.9 | |
| Botswana | 600,370 | 1,990,876[88] | 3.3 | Gaborone |
| Lesotho | 30,355 | 2,130,819[88] | 70.2 | Maseru |
| Zimbabwe | 390,580 | 11,392,629[88] | 29.1 | Harare |
| Namibia | 825,418 | 2,108,665[88] | 2.6 | Windhoek |
| South Africa | 1,219,912 | 49,052,489[88] | 40.2 | Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria[95] |
| Swaziland | 17,363 | 1,123,913[88] | 64.7 | Mbabane |
| Western Africa: | 6,144,013 | 296,186,492 | 48.2 | |
| Benin | 112,620 | 8,791,832[88] | 78.0 | Porto-Novo |
| Burkina Faso | 274,200 | 15,746,232[88] | 57.4 | Ouagadougou |
| Cape Verde | 4,033 | 429,474[88] | 107.3 | Praia |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 322,460 | 20,617,068[88] | 63.9 | Abidjan,[96] Yamoussoukro |
| Gambia | 11,300 | 1,782,893[88] | 157.7 | Banjul |
| Ghana | 239,460 | 23,832,495[88] | 99.5 | Accra |
| Guinea | 245,857 | 10,057,975[88] | 40.9 | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 | 1,533,964[88] | 42.5 | Bissau |
| Liberia | 111,370 | 3,441,790[88] | 30.9 | Monrovia |
| Mali | 1,240,000 | 12,666,987[88] | 10.2 | Bamako |
| Mauritania | 1,030,700 | 3,129,486[88] | 3.0 | Nouakchott |
| Niger | 1,267,000 | 15,306,252[88] | 12.1 | Niamey |
| Nigeria | 923,768 | 158,259,000[88] | 161.5 | Abuja |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 410 | 7,637[88] | 14.4 | Jamestown |
| Senegal | 196,190 | 13,711,597[88] | 69.9 | Dakar |
| Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 6,440,053[88] | 89.9 | Freetown |
| Togo | 56,785 | 6,019,877[88] | 106.0 | Lomé |
| Africa Total | 30,368,609 | 1,001,320,281 | 33.0 | |
