African Countries

Surrounded by water from all directions, Africa is a continent with clearly determined and absolutely accurate borders. In the north it is separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea, in the northeast, is separated from Asia by the Suez Canal and farther by the Red Sea. From the east and southeast it is surrounded by the Indian Ocean, from the west by the Atlantic Ocean.

The total number of independent states in Africa is 54. The transcontinental country in this region is Egypt, having also a small part of its territory in Asia, on the other side of the Suez Canal, but politically it is a member of the African Union.

Among the African countries, the biggest one is Algeria, occupying around 7% of the continent’s territory. And the smallest nation is the Seychelles, the worldwide famous luxurious beach holiday destination, occupying 115 islands stretching along the mainland’s eastern coast.

The colorful Morocco is in the first place among the most popular travel spots in this part of the world, the second place belongs to South Africa, followed by Egypt and Tunisia

Approximate number of population in African Countries is 1,097,026,000

African Countries listed on Alphabetical Order

§  A §  Algeria §  Angola §  B §  Benin §  Botswana §  Burkina Faso §  Burundi §  C §  Cabo Verde §  Cameroon §  Central African Republic §  Chad §  Comoros §  Congo, Republic of the §  Congo, Democratic Republic of the §  Cote d’Ivoire §  D §  Djibouti §  E §  Egypt §  Equatorial Guinea §  Eritrea §  Ethiopia

§  G §  Gabon §  Gambia §  Ghana §  Guinea §  Guinea-Bissau §  K §  Kenya §  L §  Lesotho §  Liberia §  Libya §  M §  Madagascar §  Malawi §  Mali §  Mauritania §  Mauritius §  Morocco §  Mozambique §  N §  Namibia §  Niger §  Nigeria

§  R §  Rwanda §  S §  Sao Tome and Principe §  Senegal §  Seychelles §  Sierra Leone §  Somalia §  South Africa §  South Sudan §  Sudan §  Swaziland §  T §  Tanzania §  Togo §  Tunisia §  U §  Uganda §  Z §  Zambia §  Zimbabwe

Africa has one of the most land masses on earth, covering 30.2 million square km (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands. With this, Africa covers 6% of the Earth’s total surface area and 20.4 % of the world’s land area and is home to more than 1 billion people.

There are 54 African countries sharing this huge land mass. Most countries in Africa have seen a massive population growth with values doubling up in the past 50 years and these values are estimated to at least double by 2050 according to the latest United Nations projections.

In Africa today, 2 in every 3 people living in Africa are under 25 years of age (This number is 2 times the number in Europe). The population distribution of people in African countries is such that 32 inhabitants live in every square km and on the average, the Sub-Saharan Africa is more densely populated than the Latin America which has 28 inhabitants living in every square Km and it is estimated that Sub-Saharan Africa’s population density is going to increase to more than double where Latin America is today.

In most African countries, two-thirds of the population still live in rural areas although there is massive migration to the towns.

As at 1960, only the city of Johannesburg, had a population of more than one million people but not anymore since more than 40 African cities now have more 1 million people and if this rate continues, more than 50% of rural dwellers will migrate to the urban areas by 2030.

African Countries listed based on number of population

no	Country	Population	Country Code	Capital	Population
1	Seychelles Island	94,000	248	Victoria	25,000
2	São Tomé and Príncipe	194,000	239	São Tomé	43,400
3	Cape Verde	511,000	238	Praia	62,000
4	Equatorial Guinea	685,000	240	Malabo	35,000
5	Comoros	743,000	269	Moroni	19,000
6	Djibouti	918,000	253	Djibouti	62,000
7	Swaziland	1,077,000	268	Mbabane	41,000
8	Mauritius	1,273,000	230	Port Louis	145,000
9	Guinea-Bissau	1,699,000	245	Bissau	120,000
10	Gambia	1,794,000	220	Banjul	52,000
11	Lesotho	1,887,000	266	Maseru	14,000
12	Botswana	2,096,000	267	Gaborone	140,000
13	Namibia	2,160,000	264	Windhoek	148,000
14	Gabon	2,204,000	241	Libreville	57,000
15	Mauritania	3,461,000	222	Nouakchott	135,000
16	Liberia	3,881,000	231	Monrovia	430,000
17	Republic of the Congo	4,525,000	242	Brazzaville	620,000
18	Eritrea	4,980,000	291	Asmara (Asmera)	360,000
19	Central African Republic	5,217,000	236	Bangui	480,000
20	Sierra Leone	5,823,000	232	Freetown	48,000
21	Libya	6,323,000	218	Tripoli	570,000
22	Togo	6,675,000	228	Lomé	160,000
23	Burundi	9,023,000	257	Bujumbura	240,000
24	Somalia	9,662,000	252	Mogadishu	260,000
25	Republic of Benin	9,742,000	229	Porto-Novo	185,000
26	South Sudan	10,334,000	211	Juba	250,000
27	Rwanda	10,780,000	250	Kigali	118,000
28	Tunisia	10,889,000	216	Tunis	620,000
29	Guinea	11,861,000	224	Conakry	770,000
30	Chad	12,948,000	235	N’Djamena	190,000
31	Zimbabwe	13,098,000	263	Harare	1,200,000
32	Senegal	13,567,000	221	Dakar	165,000
33	Zambia	14,129,000	260	Lusaka	1,000,000
34	Malawi	15,316,000	265	Lilongwe	250,000
35	Mali	16,678,000	223	Bamako	700,000
36	Niger Republic	16,850,000	227	Niamey	250,000
37	Burkina Faso	17,338,000	226	Ouagadougou	650,000
38	Angola	21,256,000	244	Luanda	470,000
39	Cameroon	21,331,000	237	Yaoundé	660,000
40	Madagascar	21,852,000	261	Antananarivo	370,000
41	Ivory Coast	24,261,000	225	Yamoussoukro	110,000
42	Mozambique	24,491,000	258	Maputo	900,000
43	Ghana	26,441,000	233	Accra	600,000
44	Morocco	32,950,000	212	Rabat	1,230,000
45	Sudan	35,150,000	249	Khartoum	930,000
46	Uganda	35,363,000	256	Kampala	330,000
47	Algeria	38,295,000	213	Algiers	1,600,000
48	Kenya	43,291,000	254	Nairobi	1,200,000
49	Tanzania	45,950,000	255	Dar es Salaam	1,100,000
50	South Africa	53,076,000	27	Cape Town	1,600,000
51	Democratic Republic of the Congo	74,618,000	243	Kinshasa	2,800,000
52	Egypt	84,605,000	20	Cairo	6,800,000
53	Ethiopia	86,565,000	251	Addis Ababa	2,400,000
54	Nigeria	177,096,000	234	Abuja	300,000

Source: Africa Facts