Countries in Africa

There are 54 countries in Africa, plus 5 territories. The largest is Algeria and the smallest is Seychelles.

All 54 countries in Africa

Country	Capital	Area	Region
Algeria	Algiers	2,381,741 km²	Northern Africa
Angola	Luanda	1,246,700 km²	Middle Africa
Benin	Porto-Novo	112,622 km²	Western Africa
Botswana	Gaborone	582,000 km²	Southern Africa
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	272,967 km²	Western Africa
Burundi	Gitega	27,834 km²	Eastern Africa
Cameroon	Yaoundé	475,442 km²	Middle Africa
Cape Verde	Praia	4,033 km²	Western Africa
Central African Republic	Bangui	622,984 km²	Middle Africa
Chad	N'Djamena	1,284,000 km²	Middle Africa
Comoros	Moroni	1,862 km²	Eastern Africa
Djibouti	Djibouti	23,200 km²	Eastern Africa
DR Congo	Kinshasa	2,344,858 km²	Middle Africa
Egypt	Cairo	1,002,450 km²	Northern Africa
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	28,051 km²	Middle Africa
Eritrea	Asmara	117,600 km²	Eastern Africa
Eswatini	Lobamba	17,364 km²	Southern Africa
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	1,104,300 km²	Eastern Africa
Gabon	Libreville	267,668 km²	Middle Africa
Gambia	Banjul	10,689 km²	Western Africa
Ghana	Accra	238,533 km²	Western Africa
Guinea	Conakry	245,857 km²	Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	36,125 km²	Western Africa
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	322,463 km²	Western Africa
Kenya	Nairobi	580,367 km²	Eastern Africa
Lesotho	Maseru	30,355 km²	Southern Africa
Liberia	Monrovia	111,369 km²	Western Africa
Libya	Tripoli	1,759,540 km²	Northern Africa
Madagascar	Antananarivo	587,041 km²	Eastern Africa
Malawi	Lilongwe	118,484 km²	Eastern Africa
Mali	Bamako	1,240,192 km²	Western Africa
Mauritania	Nouakchott	1,030,700 km²	Western Africa
Mauritius	Port Louis	2,040 km²	Eastern Africa
Morocco	Rabat	446,550 km²	Northern Africa
Mozambique	Maputo	801,590 km²	Eastern Africa
Namibia	Windhoek	825,615 km²	Southern Africa
Niger	Niamey	1,267,000 km²	Western Africa
Nigeria	Abuja	923,768 km²	Western Africa
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	342,000 km²	Middle Africa
Rwanda	Kigali	26,338 km²	Eastern Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	964 km²	Middle Africa
Senegal	Dakar	196,722 km²	Western Africa
Seychelles	Victoria	452 km²	Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone	Freetown	71,740 km²	Western Africa
Somalia	Mogadishu	637,657 km²	Eastern Africa
South Africa	Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town	1,221,037 km²	Southern Africa
South Sudan	Juba	619,745 km²	Middle Africa
Sudan	Khartoum	1,886,068 km²	Northern Africa
Tanzania	Dodoma	945,087 km²	Eastern Africa
Togo	Lomé	56,785 km²	Western Africa
Tunisia	Tunis	163,610 km²	Northern Africa
Uganda	Kampala	241,550 km²	Eastern Africa
Zambia	Lusaka	752,612 km²	Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe	Harare	390,757 km²	Eastern Africa

Territories in Africa

Country	Capital	Area	Region
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia	60 km²	Eastern Africa
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	374 km²	Eastern Africa
Réunion	Saint-Denis	2,511 km²	Eastern Africa
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	394 km²	Western Africa
Western Sahara	El Aaiún	266,000 km²	Northern Africa