Countries in African continent

COUNTRIES IN AFRICAN CONTINENT

Countries in Africa:

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There are 54 countries in Africa today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

• Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas) or Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)

Sno.	Country	Population (2020)	Subregion
1	Nigeria	206,139,589	Western Africa
2	Ethiopia	114,963,588	Eastern Africa
3	Egypt	102,334,404	Northern Africa
4	DR Congo	89,561,403	Middle Africa
5	Tanzania	59,734,218	Eastern Africa
6	South Africa	59,308,690	Southern Africa
7	Kenya	53,771,296	Eastern Africa
8	Uganda	45,741,007	Eastern Africa
9	Algeria	43,851,044	Northern Africa
10	Sudan	43,849,260	Northern Africa
11	Morocco	36,910,560	Northern Africa
12	Angola	32,866,272	Middle Africa
13	Mozambique	31,255,435	Eastern Africa
14	Ghana	31,072,940	Western Africa
15	Madagascar	27,691,018	Eastern Africa
16	Cameroon	26,545,863	Middle Africa
17	Côte d'Ivoire	26,378,274	Western Africa
18	Niger	24,206,644	Western Africa
19	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	Western Africa
20	Mali	20,250,833	Western Africa
21	Malawi	19,129,952	Eastern Africa
22	Zambia	18,383,955	Eastern Africa
23	Senegal	16,743,927	Western Africa
24	Chad	16,425,864	Middle Africa
25	Somalia	15,893,222	Eastern Africa
26	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	Eastern Africa
27	Guinea	13,132,795	Western Africa
28	Rwanda	12,952,218	Eastern Africa
29	Benin	12,123,200	Western Africa
30	Burundi	11,890,784	Eastern Africa
31	Tunisia	11,818,619	Northern Africa
32	South Sudan	11,193,725	Eastern Africa
33	Togo	8,278,724	Western Africa
34	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	Western Africa
35	Libya	6,871,292	Northern Africa
36	Congo	5,518,087	Middle Africa
37	Liberia	5,057,681	Western Africa
38	Central African Republic	4,829,767	Middle Africa
39	Mauritania	4,649,658	Western Africa
40	Eritrea	3,546,421	Eastern Africa
41	Namibia	2,540,905	Southern Africa
42	Gambia	2,416,668	Western Africa
43	Botswana	2,351,627	Southern Africa
44	Gabon	2,225,734	Middle Africa
45	Lesotho	2,142,249	Southern Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	Western Africa
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	Middle Africa
48	Mauritius	1,271,768	Eastern Africa
49	Eswatini	1,160,164	Southern Africa
50	Djibouti	988,000	Eastern Africa
51	Comoros	869,601	Eastern Africa
52	Cabo Verde	555,987	Western Africa
53	Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	Middle Africa
54	Seychelles	98,347	Eastern Africa

Dependencies or other territories

Sno.	Territory	Population (2020)	Dependency of
1	Réunion	895,312	France
2	Western Sahara	597,339	(disputed)
3	Mayotte	272,815	France
4	Saint Helena	6,077	U.K.