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All 54 countries of Africa on a zoomable map, including the island nations. Tap or click a country to see its flag, capital, population, area, official languages and currency. Zoom in to see every name, capital, river and mountain: where labels would overlap, some only appear as you get closer.

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About Africa

Africa has 54 countries, home to about 1.53 billion people across 30,316,247 km² (11,705,164 sq mi).

The largest country by area is Algeria, at 2,381,740 km², about 8% of the total; the smallest is Seychelles, at 455 km².

Nigeria has the most people, about 244.3 million (16% of the total), and Seychelles the fewest, about 98,187. The most densely populated is Mauritius, with about 643 people per km².

16 of the 54 countries are landlocked: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Countries of Africa and their capitals

All 54 countries, with each capital, population and area. Sort by any column, or select a name to show it on the map.

Africa: countries, capitals, population and area. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Algiers47,735,6852,381,740
Luanda38,984,7961,246,700
Porto-Novo15,186,090112,622
Gaborone2,521,534581,730
Ouagadougou23,490,300274,200
Gitega13,590,10227,830
Praia611,0144,033
Yaoundé31,518,954475,440
Bangui5,750,570622,984
N'Djamena19,674,0041,284,000
Moroni911,7072,235
Brazzaville6,097,665342,000
Kinshasa119,038,8252,344,858
Djibouti1,013,70323,200
Cairo112,870,4571,001,450
Malabo1,795,83428,051
Asmara6,416,435117,600
Lobamba1,137,26817,364
Addis Ababa121,372,6321,104,300
Libreville2,513,738267,667
Banjul2,523,32711,300
Accra35,336,133238,533
Conakry14,374,590245,857
Bissau2,132,32536,125
Yamoussoukro31,855,971322,463
Nairobi55,751,717580,367
Maseru2,222,96230,355
Monrovia5,563,541111,369
Tripoli7,361,2631,759,540
Antananarivo31,345,040587,041
Lilongwe21,763,309118,484
Bamako22,634,4231,240,192
Nouakchott5,202,1091,030,700
Port Louis1,311,3752,040
Rabat37,387,585716,550
Maputo34,206,144799,380
Windhoek2,852,777824,292
Niamey27,322,5551,267,000
Abuja244,344,065923,768
Kigali13,623,30226,338
São Tomé223,561964
Dakar18,847,519196,722
Victoria98,187455
Freetown9,331,20371,740
Mogadishu20,324,160637,657
Pretoria61,089,9261,219,090
Juba12,703,714644,329
Khartoum50,467,2781,861,484
Dodoma69,145,464947,300
Lomé9,143,43956,785
Tunis11,962,995163,610
Kampala50,863,850241,038
Lusaka22,021,971752,618
Harare17,472,752390,757

The 54 countries are the African members of the UN. Western Sahara, a disputed territory, is shown in grey; Egypt is counted in Africa with the Sinai Peninsula.

Sources

  • Capitals and official languages: national constitutions and government sources.
  • Currencies: the ISO 4217 currency list and national central banks, checked October 2026.
  • Borders, coastlines, rivers and mountains: official sources. Disputed borders are shown as they are commonly drawn, which is not an endorsement of any claim.
  • Population and area: CIA World Factbook (2024 and 2025 estimates; total area including inland water), which capitals and languages were also checked against.