Country Profiles
| Name | Flag | Capital | A [km²] | Pop. | Position on Map | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria (People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria) | Algiers | 2,381,740 | 33,333,216 | |||||
| Angola (Republic of Angola) | Luanda | 1,246,700 | 15,941,000 | |||||
| Benin (Republic of Benin) | Porto Novo | 112,622 | 8,439,000 | |||||
| Botswana (Republic of Botswana) | Gaborone | 581,726 | 1,839,833 | |||||
| Burkina Faso[7] | Ouagadougou | 274,000 | 13,228,000 | |||||
| Burundi[8] (Republic of Burundi) | Bujumbura | 27,830 | 7,548,000 | |||||
| Cameroon[9] (Republic of Cameroon) | Yaoundé | 475,442 | 17,795,000 | 2,421 | ||||
| Canary Islands (Spain)[10][n 1] | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 7,447 | 1,995,833 | N/A | ||||
| Cape Verde[11] (Republic of Cape Verde) | Praia | 4,033 | 420,979 | 6,418 | ||||
| Central African Republic[12](Central African Republic) | Bangui | 622,984 | 4,216,666 | 1,198 | ||||
| Ceuta (Spain)[10][n 1] | Ceuta | 28 | 76,861 | N/A | ||||
| Chad[13] (Republic of Chad) | N’Djamena | 1,284,000 | 10,146,000 | 1,519 | ||||
| Comoros[14] (Union of the Comoros) | Moroni | 2,235 | 798,000 | 1,660 | ||||
| Côte d’Ivoire[15] (Republic of Côte d’Ivoire) | Yamoussoukro | 322,460 | 17,654,843 | 1,600 | ||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo[16][n 2] (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Kinshasa | 2,344,858 | 63,655,000 | 774 | ||||
| Djibouti[17] (Republic of Djibouti) | Djibouti | 23,200 | 496,374 | 2,070 | ||||
| Egypt[18][n 3] (Arab Republic of Egypt) | Cairo | 1,001,449 | 80,335,036 | 4,836 | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea[19] (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) | Malabo | 28,051 | 504,000 | 16,312 | ||||
| Eritrea[20] (State of Eritrea) | Asmara | 117,600 | 4,401,000 | 1,000 | ||||
| Ethiopia[21] (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) | Addis Ababa | 1,104,300 | 85,237,338 | 823 | ||||
| Gabon[22] (Gabonese Republic) | Libreville | 267,668 | 1,384,000 | 7,055 | ||||
| Gambia[23] (Republic of The Gambia) | Banjul | 10,380 | 1,517,000 | 2002 | ||||
| Ghana[24] (Republic of Ghana) | Accra | 238,534 | 23,000,000 | 2,700 | ||||
| Guinea[25] (Republic of Guinea) | Conakry | 245,857 | 9,402,000 | 2,035 | ||||
| Guinea-Bissau[26] (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) | Bissau | 36,125 | 1,586,000 | 736 | ||||
| Kenya[27] (Republic of Kenya) | Nairobi | 580,367 | 34,707,817 | 1,445 | ||||
| Lesotho[28] (Kingdom of Lesotho) | Maseru | 30,355 | 1,795,000 | 2,113 | ||||
| Liberia[29] (Republic of Liberia) | Monrovia | 111,369 | 3,283,000 | 1,003 | ||||
| Libya[30] (Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) | Tripoli | 1,759,540 | 6,036,914 | 12,700 | ||||
| Madagascar[31] (Republic of Madagascar) | Antananarivo | 587,041 | 18,606,000 | 905 | ||||
| Madeira (Portugal)[n 4] | Funchal | 828 | 245,806 | N/A | ||||
| Malawi[32] (Republic of Malawi) | Lilongwe | 118,484 | 12,884,000 | 596 | ||||
| Mali[32] (Republic of Mali) | Bamako | 1,240,192 | 13,518,000 | 1,154 | ||||
| Mauritania[33] (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) | Nouakchott | 1,030,700 | 3,069,000 | 2,402 | ||||
| Mauritius[34] (Republic of Mauritius) | Port Louis | 2,040 | 1,219,220 | 13,703 | ||||
| Mayotte[35] (France)[n 5] | Mamoudzou | 374 | 186,452 | 2,600 | ||||
| Melilla (Spain)[n 1](Autonomous City of Melilla) | N/A | 20 | 72,000 | N/A | ||||
| Morocco[36] (Kingdom of Morocco) | Rabat | 446,550 | 33,757,175 | 4,600 | ||||
| Mozambique[37] (Republic of Mozambique) | Maputo | 801,590 | 20,366,795 | 1,389 | ||||
| Namibia[38] (Republic of Namibia) | Windhoek | 825,418 | 2,031,000 | 7,478 | ||||
| Niger[39] (Republic of Niger) | Niamey | 1,267,000 | 13,957,000 | 872 | ||||
| Nigeria[40] (Federal Republic of Nigeria) | Abuja | 923,768 | 154,729,000 | 1,188 | ||||
| Republic of the Congo[41][n 6](Republic of the Congo) | Brazzaville | 342,000 | 4,012,809 | 3,919 | ||||
| Réunion (France)[n 5] | Saint-Denis | 2,512 | 793,000 | N/A | ||||
| Rwanda[42] (Republic of Rwanda) | Kigali | 26,798 | 7,600,000 | 1,300 | ||||
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)[43] | Jamestown | 3,926 | 4,250 | N/A | ||||
| São Tomé and Príncipe[44](Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) | São Tomé | 964 | 157,000 | 1,266 | ||||
| Senegal[45] (Republic of Senegal) | Dakar | 196,723 | 11,658,000 | 1,759 | ||||
| Seychelles[46] (Republic of Seychelles) | Victoria | 451 | 80,654 | 11,818 | ||||
| Sierra Leone[47] (Republic of Sierra Leone) | Freetown | 71,740 | 6,144,562 | 903 | ||||
| Somalia[48] (Somali Republic) | Mogadishu | 637,657 | 9,832,017 | 600 | ||||
| South Africa[49] (Republic of South Africa) | Pretoria (executive) Bloemfontein (judicial) Cape Town(legislative) |
1,221,037 | 47,432,000 | 12,161 | ||||
| Sudan[50] (Republic of Sudan) | Khartoum | 2,505,813 | 36,992,490 | 2,522 | ||||
| Swaziland[51] (Kingdom of Swaziland) | Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane(administrative) |
17,364 | 1,032,000 | 5,245 | ||||
| Tanzania[52] (United Republic of Tanzania) | Dodoma | 945,087 | 37,849,133 | 723 | ||||
| Togo[53] (Togolese Republic) | Lomé | 56,785 | 6,100,000 | 1,700 | ||||
| Tunisia[54] (Tunisian Republic) | Tunis | 163,610 | 10,102,000 | 8,800 | ||||
| Uganda[55] (Republic of Uganda) | Kampala | 236,040 | 27,616,000 | 1,700 | ||||
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[n 7] | El Aaiún (Moroccan),Bir Lehlou(temporary)[n 8] | 267,405 | 266,000 | N/A | ||||
| Zambia[56] (Republic of Zambia) | Lusaka | 752,614 | 14,668,000 | 931 | ||||
| Zimbabwe[57] (Republic of Zimbabwe) | Harare | 390,757 | 13,010,000 | 2,607 |