Africa

Africa

Africa has a total of 54 countries, the most of any continent. The most populous of these countries is Nigeria, which has more than 211 million people. The largest country by land area in Africa is Algeria, which spans over 919,595 mi² (2,381,741 km²). Africa also has one of the world’s best-known transcontinental countries, Egypt, whose northeastern corner extends into Asia. Below are the 54 countries in Africa in alphabetical order:

Countries of Africa:

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde/Cape Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo/Republic of the Congo
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt (transcontinental – generally considered African)
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia, The
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast/Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Territories of Africa:

• Canary Islands (Spain)
• Ceuta (Spain)
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)
• Madeira (Portugal)
• Mayotte (France)
• Melilla (Spain)
• Pelagie Islands (Italy)
• Plazas de Soberania (Spain)
• Reunion (France)
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)
• Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)