Countries in Africa

Country Population 2019 Area GDP - Per Capita Flag Map Capital Largest City by Pop. Subregion Currency
Algeria 42,679,018 2.382 million km² $4,892 Algeria Algeria Map Algiers Algiers Northern Africa Algerian dinar
Angola 31,787,566 1.247 million km² $3,811 Angola Angola Map Luanda Luanda Middle Africa Angolan kwanza
Benin 11,801,595 114,763 km² $1,034 Benin Benin Map Porto-Novo Cotonou Western Africa CFA franc, West African CFA franc
Botswana 2,374,636 600,370 km² $8,114 Botswana Botswana Map Gaborone Gaborone Southern Africa Botswana pula
Burkina Faso 20,321,560 274,200 km² $781 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Map Ouagadougou Ouagadougou Western Africa CFA franc, West African CFA franc
Burundi 11,575,964 27,834 km² $391 Burundi Burundi Map Bujumbura Bujumbura Eastern Africa Burundian franc
Cameroon 25,312,993 475,442 km² $1,649 Cameroon Cameroon Map Yaounde Douala Middle Africa CFA franc, Central African CFA franc
Cape Verde 560,349 4,033 km² $3,746 Cape Verde Cape Verde Map Praia Praia Western Africa Cape Verdean escudo
Chad 15,814,345 1.284 million km² $774 Chad Chad Map N'Djamena N'Djamena Middle Africa CFA franc, Central African CFA franc
Central African Republic 4,825,711 622,980 km² $484 Central African Republic Central African Republic Map Bangui Bangui Middle Africa Central African CFA franc
Comoros 850,910 2,612 km² $918 Comoros Comoros Map Moroni Moroni Eastern Africa Comorian franc
Democratic Republic of Congo 86,727,573 2.345 million km² $503 Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Map Kinshasa Kinshasa Middle Africa Congolese franc, Zairean zaire
Republic of the Congo 5,542,197 342,000 km² $1,971 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Map Brazzaville Brazzaville Middle Africa CFA franc, Central African CFA franc
Djibouti 985,690 23,200 km² $2,415 Djibouti Djibouti Map Djibouti Djibouti Eastern Africa Djiboutian franc
Egypt 101,168,745 1.01 million km² $2,670 Egypt Egypt Map Cairo Cairo Northern Africa Egyptian pound
Equatorial Guinea 1,360,104 28,050 km² $8,371 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Map Malabo Bata Middle Africa CFA franc, Central African CFA franc
Eritrea 5,309,659 117,598 km² $1,453 Eritrea Eritrea Map Asmara Asmara Eastern Africa Eritrean nakfa
Ethiopia 110,135,635 1.104 million km² $815 Ethiopia Ethiopia Map Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Eastern Africa Ethiopian birr
Gabon 2,109,099 267,667 km² $8,580 Gabon Gabon Map Libreville Libreville Middle Africa CFA franc, Central African CFA franc
Gambia 2,228,075 11,295 km² $520 Gambia Gambia Map Banjul Brikama Western Africa Gambian dalasi
Ghana 30,096,970 238,535 km² $1,885 Ghana Ghana Map Accra Accra Western Africa Ghanaian cedi
Guinea 13,398,180 245,857 km² $873 Guinea Guinea Map Conakry Conakry Western Africa Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau 1,953,723 36,125 km² $884 Guinea Bissau Guinea Bissau Map Bissau Bissau Western Africa CFA franc, West African CFA franc
Ivory Coast/Côte d’Ivoire 25,531,083 322,463 km² $2,075 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Map Yamoussoukro Abidjan Western Africa CFA franc, West African CFA franc
Kenya 52,214,791 582,644 km² $1,835 Kenya Kenya Map Nairobi Nairobi Eastern Africa Kenyan shilling
Lesotho 2,292,682 30,355 km² $1,336 Lesotho Lesotho Map Maseru Maseru Southern Africa South african rand, Lesotho loti
Liberia 4,977,720 111,369 km² $710 Liberia Liberia Map Monrovia Monrovia Western Africa Liberian dollar
Libya 6,569,864 1.76 million km² $7,142 Libya Libya Map Tripoli Tripoli Northern Africa Libyan dinar
Madagascar 26,969,642 587,041 km² $503 Madagascar Madagascar Map Antananarivo Antananarivo Eastern Africa Malagasy ariary, Iraimbilanja
Malawi 19,718,743 118,484 km² $356 Malawi Malawi Map Lilongwe Lilongwe Eastern Africa Malawian kwacha
Mali 19,689,140 1.241 million km² $978 Mali Mali Map Bamako Bamako Western Africa CFA franc, West African CFA franc
Mauritania 4,661,149 1.03 million km² $1,189 Mauritania Mauritania Map Nouakchott Nouakchott Western Africa Mauritanian Ouguiya
Mauritius 1,271,368 2,040 km² $11,182 Mauritius Mauritius Map Port Louis Port Louis Eastern Africa Mauritian rupee
Morocco 36,635,156 446,550 km² $3,522 Morocco Morocco Map Rabat Casablanca Northern Africa Moroccan dirham
Mozambique 31,408,823 801,590 km² $478 Mozambique Mozambique Map Maputo Matola Eastern Africa Mozambican metical
Namibia 2,641,996 825,419 km² $5,326 Namibia Namibia Map Windhoek Windhoek Southern Africa Namibian dollar, South African Rand
Niger 23,176,691 1.268 million km² $462 Niger Niger Map Niamey Niamey Western Africa CFA franc, West African CFA franc
Nigeria 200,962,417 923,763 km² $2,366 Nigeria Nigeria Map Abuja Lagos Western Africa Nigerian naira
Rwanda 12,794,412 26,338 km² $823 Rwanda Rwanda Map Kigali Kigali Eastern Africa Rwandan franc
Sao Tome & Principe 213,379 1,001 km² $2,292 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe Map Sao Tome Sao Tome Middle Africa Sao Tomean Dobra
Senegal 16,743,859 196,839 km² $1,297 Senegal Senegal Map Dakar Dakar Western Africa CFA franc, West African CFA franc
Seychelles 95,702 459 km² $17,335 Seychelles Seychelles Map Victoria Victoria Eastern Africa Seychellois rupee
Sierra Leone 7,883,123 71,740 km² $504 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Map Freetown Freetown Western Africa Sierra Leonean leone
Somalia 15,636,171 637,655 km² $525 Somalia Somalia Map Mogadishu Mogadishu Eastern Africa United States Dollar, Somali shilling
South Africa 58,065,097 1.22 million km² $6,662 South Africa South Africa Map Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein Johannesburg Southern Africa South African rand
South Sudan 13,263,184 619,745 km² $212 South Sudan South Sudan Map Juba Juba Eastern Africa South Sudanese pound
Sudan 42,514,094 1.886 million km² $1,950 Sudan Sudan Map Khartoum Omdurman Northern Africa Sudanese pound
Swaziland/Eswatini 1,415,414 17,364 km² $3,281 Swaziland Swaziland Map Mbabane, Lobamba Manzini Southern Africa South African Rand, Swazi lilangeni
Tanzania 60,913,557 945,087 km² $1,012 Tanzania Tanzania Map Dodoma Dar es Salaam Eastern Africa Tanzanian shilling
Tunisia 11,783,168 163,610 km² $3,561 Tunisia Tunisia Map Tunis Tunis Northern Africa Tunisian dinar
Togo 8,186,384 56,785 km² $742 Togo Togo Map Lome Lome Western Africa CFA franc
Uganda 45,711,874 241,037 km² $650 Uganda Uganda Map Kampala Kampala Eastern Africa Ugandan shilling
Zambia 18,137,369 752,618 km² $1,501 Zambia Zambia Map Lusaka Lusaka Eastern Africa Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe 17,297,495 390,757 km² $1,218 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Map Harare Harare Eastern Africa Zimbabwean dollar