Continental atlas

Africa

Every country and territory in the Africa region, with capitals, populations, areas, and links straight into each full profile.

59 countries 1,462,464,411 people 30,320,633 km² total land area 5 UN subregions

Africa is the world's second-largest continent, home to 54 sovereign nations spread across roughly 30.3 million square kilometres. From the Sahara's dune seas in the north to the Cape's wine country in the south, the continent encompasses tropical rainforests, savannahs, highlands, and rift valleys. Its political map was redrawn dramatically in the twentieth century as colonial rule gave way to independence movements, and today African states range from city-state-sized Comoros to the vast expanse of Algeria. Population growth, urbanisation, and natural-resource wealth make Africa one of the most consequential regions for the twenty-first century.

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Subregions of Africa

UN-defined subregions group neighbouring countries with shared geography, history, and economic links. Tap a chip to see only that subset.

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Every country in Africa

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Algeria	Algiers	47,400,000	2,381,741	Northern Africa
Angola	Luanda	36,170,961	1,246,700	Middle Africa
Benin	Porto-Novo	13,224,860	112,622	Western Africa
Botswana	Gaborone	2,359,609	582,000	Southern Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia	—	60	Eastern Africa
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	24,070,553	272,967	Western Africa
Burundi	Gitega	12,332,788	27,834	Eastern Africa
Cameroon	Yaoundé	29,442,327	475,442	Middle Africa
Cape Verde	Praia	491,233	4,033	Western Africa
Central African Republic	Bangui	6,470,307	622,984	Middle Africa
Chad	N'Djamena	19,340,757	1,284,000	Middle Africa
Comoros	Moroni	919,901	1,862	Eastern Africa
DR Congo	Kinshasa	112,832,000	2,344,858	Middle Africa
Djibouti	Djibouti	1,066,809	23,200	Eastern Africa
Egypt	Cairo	107,271,260	1,002,450	Northern Africa
Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	1,668,768	28,051	Middle Africa
Eritrea	Asmara	3,607,000	117,600	Eastern Africa
Eswatini	Mbabane	1,235,549	17,364	Southern Africa
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	111,652,998	1,104,300	Eastern Africa
Gabon	Libreville	2,469,296	267,668	Middle Africa
Gambia	Banjul	2,422,712	10,689	Western Africa
Ghana	Accra	33,742,380	238,533	Western Africa
Guinea	Conakry	14,363,931	245,857	Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	1,781,308	36,125	Western Africa
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	31,719,275	322,463	Western Africa
Kenya	Nairobi	53,330,978	580,367	Eastern Africa
Lesotho	Maseru	2,116,427	30,355	Southern Africa
Liberia	Monrovia	5,248,621	111,369	Western Africa
Libya	Tripoli	7,459,000	1,759,540	Northern Africa
Madagascar	Antananarivo	31,727,042	587,041	Eastern Africa
Malawi	Lilongwe	20,734,262	118,484	Eastern Africa
Mali	Bamako	22,395,489	1,240,192	Western Africa
Mauritania	Nouakchott	4,927,532	1,030,700	Western Africa
Mauritius	Port Louis	1,243,741	2,040	Eastern Africa
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	320,901	374	Eastern Africa
Morocco	Rabat	36,828,330	446,550	Northern Africa
Mozambique	Maputo	34,090,466	801,590	Eastern Africa
Namibia	Windhoek	3,022,401	825,615	Southern Africa
Niger	Niamey	26,312,034	1,267,000	Western Africa
Nigeria	Abuja	223,800,000	923,768	Western Africa
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	6,142,180	342,000	Middle Africa
Rwanda	Kigali	14,104,969	26,338	Eastern Africa
Réunion	Saint-Denis	896,175	2,511	Eastern Africa
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	5,651	394	Western Africa
Senegal	Dakar	18,593,258	196,722	Western Africa
Seychelles	Victoria	122,729	452	Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone	Freetown	9,077,691	71,740	Western Africa
Somalia	Mogadishu	19,655,000	637,657	Eastern Africa
South Africa	Pretoria	63,100,945	1,221,037	Southern Africa
South Sudan	Juba	15,786,898	619,745	Middle Africa
Sudan	Khartoum	51,662,000	1,886,068	Northern Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	209,607	964	Middle Africa
Tanzania	Dodoma	68,153,004	947,303	Eastern Africa
Togo	Lomé	8,095,498	56,785	Western Africa
Tunisia	Tunis	11,972,169	163,610	Northern Africa
Uganda	Kampala	45,905,417	241,550	Eastern Africa
Western Sahara	El Aaiún	600,904	266,000	Northern Africa
Zambia	Lusaka	19,693,423	752,612	Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe	Harare	17,073,087	390,757	Southern Africa