African Countries
Country↕ | Capital↕ | Population↕ | Area (km²)↕ | Subregion↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | Abuja | 223,800,000 | 923,768 | Western Africa |
DR Congo | Kinshasa | 112,832,000 | 2,344,858 | Middle Africa |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 111,652,998 | 1,104,300 | Eastern Africa |
Egypt | Cairo | 107,271,260 | 1,002,450 | Northern Africa |
Tanzania | Dodoma | 68,153,004 | 947,303 | Eastern Africa |
South Africa | Pretoria | 63,100,945 | 1,221,037 | Southern Africa |
Kenya | Nairobi | 53,330,978 | 580,367 | Eastern Africa |
Sudan | Khartoum | 51,662,000 | 1,886,068 | Northern Africa |
Algeria | Algiers | 47,400,000 | 2,381,741 | Northern Africa |
Uganda | Kampala | 45,905,417 | 241,550 | Eastern Africa |
Morocco | Rabat | 36,828,330 | 446,550 | Northern Africa |
Angola | Luanda | 36,170,961 | 1,246,700 | Middle Africa |
Mozambique | Maputo | 34,090,466 | 801,590 | Eastern Africa |
Ghana | Accra | 33,742,380 | 238,533 | Western Africa |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | 31,727,042 | 587,041 | Eastern Africa |
Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 31,719,275 | 322,463 | Western Africa |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | 29,442,327 | 475,442 | Middle Africa |
Niger | Niamey | 26,312,034 | 1,267,000 | Western Africa |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 24,070,553 | 272,967 | Western Africa |
Mali | Bamako | 22,395,489 | 1,240,192 | Western Africa |
Malawi | Lilongwe | 20,734,262 | 118,484 | Eastern Africa |
Zambia | Lusaka | 19,693,423 | 752,612 | Eastern Africa |
Somalia | Mogadishu | 19,655,000 | 637,657 | Eastern Africa |
Chad | N'Djamena | 19,340,757 | 1,284,000 | Middle Africa |
Senegal | Dakar | 18,593,258 | 196,722 | Western Africa |
Zimbabwe | Harare | 17,073,087 | 390,757 | Southern Africa |
South Sudan | Juba | 15,786,898 | 619,745 | Middle Africa |
Guinea | Conakry | 14,363,931 | 245,857 | Western Africa |
Rwanda | Kigali | 14,104,969 | 26,338 | Eastern Africa |
Benin | Porto-Novo | 13,224,860 | 112,622 | Western Africa |
Burundi | Gitega | 12,332,788 | 27,834 | Eastern Africa |
Tunisia | Tunis | 11,972,169 | 163,610 | Northern Africa |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | 9,077,691 | 71,740 | Western Africa |
Togo | Lomé | 8,095,498 | 56,785 | Western Africa |
Libya | Tripoli | 7,459,000 | 1,759,540 | Northern Africa |
Central African Republic | Bangui | 6,470,307 | 622,984 | Middle Africa |
Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 6,142,180 | 342,000 | Middle Africa |
Liberia | Monrovia | 5,248,621 | 111,369 | Western Africa |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | 4,927,532 | 1,030,700 | Western Africa |
Eritrea | Asmara | 3,607,000 | 117,600 | Eastern Africa |
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