Last updated: May 13, 2026

Countries in Africa

African countries in the database.

Country	Capital	Continent	Population	Area	Currency
Algeria	Algiers	Africa	47.4 million	2,381,741 km²	Algerian dinar
Angola	Luanda	Africa	36.2 million	1,246,700 km²	Angolan kwanza
Benin	Porto-Novo	Africa	13.2 million	112,622 km²	West African CFA franc
Botswana	Gaborone	Africa	2.4 million	582,000 km²	Botswana pula
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Africa	24.1 million	272,967 km²	West African CFA franc
Burundi	Gitega	Africa	12.3 million	27,834 km²	Burundian franc
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Africa	29.4 million	475,442 km²	Central African CFA franc
Cape Verde	Praia	Africa	491.2 thousand	4,033 km²	Cape Verdean escudo
Central African Republic	Bangui	Africa	6.5 million	622,984 km²	Central African CFA franc
Chad	N'Djamena	Africa	19.3 million	1,284,000 km²	Central African CFA franc
Comoros	Moroni	Africa	919.9 thousand	1,862 km²	Comorian franc
Djibouti	Djibouti	Africa	1.1 million	23,200 km²	Djiboutian franc
DR Congo	Kinshasa	Africa	112.8 million	2,344,858 km²	Congolese franc
Egypt	Cairo	Africa	107.3 million	1,002,450 km²	Egyptian pound
Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa	1.7 million	28,051 km²	Central African CFA franc
Eritrea	Asmara	Africa	3.6 million	117,600 km²	Eritrean nakfa
Eswatini	Mbabane	Africa	1.2 million	17,364 km²	Swazi lilangeni
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Africa	111.7 million	1,104,300 km²	Ethiopian birr
Gabon	Libreville	Africa	2.5 million	267,668 km²	Central African CFA franc
Gambia	Banjul	Africa	2.4 million	10,689 km²	dalasi
Ghana	Accra	Africa	33.7 million	238,533 km²	Ghanaian cedi
Guinea	Conakry	Africa	14.4 million	245,857 km²	Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Africa	1.8 million	36,125 km²	West African CFA franc
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Africa	31.7 million	322,463 km²	West African CFA franc
Kenya	Nairobi	Africa	53.3 million	580,367 km²	Kenyan shilling
Lesotho	Maseru	Africa	2.1 million	30,355 km²	Lesotho loti
Liberia	Monrovia	Africa	5.2 million	111,369 km²	Liberian dollar
Libya	Tripoli	Africa	7.5 million	1,759,540 km²	Libyan dinar
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa	31.7 million	587,041 km²	Malagasy ariary
Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa	20.7 million	118,484 km²	Malawian kwacha
Mali	Bamako	Africa	22.4 million	1,240,192 km²	West African CFA franc
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Africa	4.9 million	1,030,700 km²	Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa	1.2 million	2,040 km²	Mauritian rupee
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	Africa	320.9 thousand	374 km²	euro
Morocco	Rabat	Africa	36.8 million	446,550 km²	Moroccan dirham
Mozambique	Maputo	Africa	34.1 million	801,590 km²	Mozambican metical
Namibia	Windhoek	Africa	3 million	825,615 km²	Namibian dollar
Niger	Niamey	Africa	26.3 million	1,267,000 km²	West African CFA franc
Nigeria	Abuja	Africa	223.8 million	923,768 km²	Nigerian naira
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Africa	6.1 million	342,000 km²	Central African CFA franc
Rwanda	Kigali	Africa	14.1 million	26,338 km²	Rwandan franc
Réunion	Saint-Denis	Africa	896.2 thousand	2,511 km²	euro
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	Africa	5.7 thousand	394 km²	Pound sterling
Senegal	Dakar	Africa	18.6 million	196,722 km²	West African CFA franc
Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	122.7 thousand	452 km²	Seychellois rupee
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Africa	9.1 million	71,740 km²	Leone
Somalia	Mogadishu	Africa	19.7 million	637,657 km²	Somali shilling
South Africa	Pretoria	Africa	63.1 million	1,221,037 km²	South African rand
South Sudan	Juba	Africa	15.8 million	619,745 km²	South Sudanese pound
Sudan	Khartoum	Africa	51.7 million	1,886,068 km²	Sudanese pound
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Africa	209.6 thousand	964 km²	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
Tanzania	Dodoma	Africa	68.2 million	947,303 km²	Tanzanian shilling
Togo	Lomé	Africa	8.1 million	56,785 km²	West African CFA franc
Tunisia	Tunis	Africa	12 million	163,610 km²	Tunisian dinar
Uganda	Kampala	Africa	45.9 million	241,550 km²	Ugandan shilling
Western Sahara	El Aaiún	Africa	600.9 thousand	266,000 km²	Algerian dinar
Zambia	Lusaka	Africa	19.7 million	752,612 km²	Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe	Harare	Africa	17.1 million	390,757 km²	Zimbabwean dollar