Geography

African Countries

All countries in Africa with capital, population, area, and subregion.

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Country
Capital
Population
Area (km²)
Subregion
NigeriaAbuja223,800,000923,768Western Africa
DR CongoKinshasa112,832,0002,344,858Middle Africa
EthiopiaAddis Ababa111,652,9981,104,300Eastern Africa
EgyptCairo107,271,2601,002,450Northern Africa
TanzaniaDodoma68,153,004947,303Eastern Africa
South AfricaPretoria63,100,9451,221,037Southern Africa
KenyaNairobi53,330,978580,367Eastern Africa
SudanKhartoum51,662,0001,886,068Northern Africa
AlgeriaAlgiers47,400,0002,381,741Northern Africa
UgandaKampala45,905,417241,550Eastern Africa
MoroccoRabat36,828,330446,550Northern Africa
AngolaLuanda36,170,9611,246,700Middle Africa
MozambiqueMaputo34,090,466801,590Eastern Africa
GhanaAccra33,742,380238,533Western Africa
MadagascarAntananarivo31,727,042587,041Eastern Africa
Ivory CoastYamoussoukro31,719,275322,463Western Africa
CameroonYaoundé29,442,327475,442Middle Africa
NigerNiamey26,312,0341,267,000Western Africa
Burkina FasoOuagadougou24,070,553272,967Western Africa
MaliBamako22,395,4891,240,192Western Africa
MalawiLilongwe20,734,262118,484Eastern Africa
ZambiaLusaka19,693,423752,612Eastern Africa
SomaliaMogadishu19,655,000637,657Eastern Africa
ChadN'Djamena19,340,7571,284,000Middle Africa
SenegalDakar18,593,258196,722Western Africa
ZimbabweHarare17,073,087390,757Southern Africa
South SudanJuba15,786,898619,745Middle Africa
GuineaConakry14,363,931245,857Western Africa
RwandaKigali14,104,96926,338Eastern Africa
BeninPorto-Novo13,224,860112,622Western Africa
BurundiGitega12,332,78827,834Eastern Africa
TunisiaTunis11,972,169163,610Northern Africa
Sierra LeoneFreetown9,077,69171,740Western Africa
TogoLomé8,095,49856,785Western Africa
LibyaTripoli7,459,0001,759,540Northern Africa
Central African RepublicBangui6,470,307622,984Middle Africa
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville6,142,180342,000Middle Africa
LiberiaMonrovia5,248,621111,369Western Africa
MauritaniaNouakchott4,927,5321,030,700Western Africa
EritreaAsmara3,607,000117,600Eastern Africa
NamibiaWindhoek3,022,401825,615Southern Africa
GabonLibreville2,469,296267,668Middle Africa
GambiaBanjul2,422,71210,689Western Africa
BotswanaGaborone2,359,609582,000Southern Africa
LesothoMaseru2,116,42730,355Southern Africa
Guinea-BissauBissau1,781,30836,125Western Africa
Equatorial GuineaMalabo1,668,76828,051Middle Africa
MauritiusPort Louis1,243,7412,040Eastern Africa
EswatiniMbabane1,235,54917,364Southern Africa
DjiboutiDjibouti1,066,80923,200Eastern Africa
ComorosMoroni919,9011,862Eastern Africa
RéunionSaint-Denis896,1752,511Eastern Africa
Western SaharaEl Aaiún600,904266,000Northern Africa
Cape VerdePraia491,2334,033Western Africa
MayotteMamoudzou320,901374Eastern Africa
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé209,607964Middle Africa
SeychellesVictoria122,729452Eastern Africa
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaJamestown5,651394Western Africa
British Indian Ocean TerritoryDiego Garcia060Eastern Africa
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