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Countries in Africa
These are the countries in Africa in the Travle game: all 50 countries and territories, with their flags, capitals and populations. Spin the wheel to land on a random country from Africa only.
Africa at a glance
- 50countries and territories
- 1,543,860,600people (2025)
- 30,105,114km² of surface area (2024)
- 51people per km²
- 5subregions
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All countries in Africa (A–Z)
AlgeriaCapital: Algiers
Population: 47,435,312
AngolaCapital: Luanda
Population: 39,040,039
BeninCapital: Cotonou
Population: 14,814,460
BotswanaCapital: Gaborone
Population: 2,562,122
Burkina FasoCapital: Ouagadougou
Population: 24,074,580
BurundiCapital: Bujumbura
Population: 14,390,003
CameroonCapital: Yaounde
Population: 29,879,337
Central African RepublicCapital: Bangui
Population: 5,513,282
ChadCapital: Ndjamena
Population: 21,003,705
Côte d'IvoireCapital: —
Population: 32,711,547
Democratic Republic of the CongoCapital: Kinshasa
Population: 112,832,473
DjiboutiCapital: Djibouti
Population: 1,184,076
EgyptCapital: Cairo
Population: 118,365,995
Equatorial GuineaCapital: Malabo
Population: 1,938,431
EritreaCapital: Asmara
Population: 3,607,003
EswatiniCapital: Mbabane
Population: 1,256,174
EthiopiaCapital: Addis Ababa
Population: 135,472,051
GabonCapital: Libreville
Population: 2,593,130
GhanaCapital: Accra
Population: 35,064,272
GuineaCapital: Conakry
Population: 15,099,727
Guinea-BissauCapital: Bissau
Population: 2,249,515
KenyaCapital: Nairobi
Population: 57,532,493
LesothoCapital: Maseru
Population: 2,363,325
LiberiaCapital: Monrovia
Population: 5,731,206
LibyaCapital: Tripoli
Population: 7,458,555
MadagascarCapital: Antananarivo
Population: 32,740,678
MalawiCapital: Lilongwe
Population: 22,216,120
MaliCapital: Bamako
Population: 25,198,821
MauritaniaCapital: Nouakchott
Population: 5,315,065
MoroccoCapital: Rabat
Population: 38,430,770
MozambiqueCapital: Maputo
Population: 35,631,653
NamibiaCapital: Windhoek
Population: 3,092,816
NigerCapital: Niamey
Population: 27,917,831
NigeriaCapital: Abuja
Population: 237,527,782
Republic of the CongoCapital: Brazzaville
Population: 6,484,437
RwandaCapital: Kigali
Population: 14,569,341
SenegalCapital: Dakar
Population: 18,931,966
Sierra LeoneCapital: Freetown
Population: 8,819,794
SomaliaCapital: Mogadishu
Population: 19,654,739
South AfricaCapital: —
Population: 64,747,319
South SudanCapital: —
Population: 12,188,788
SudanCapital: Khartoum
Population: 51,662,147
TanzaniaCapital: Dar es Salaam
Population: 70,545,865
The GambiaCapital: Banjul
Population: 2,822,093
TogoCapital: Lomé
Population: 8,591,626
TunisiaCapital: Tunis
Population: 12,348,573
UgandaCapital: Kampala
Population: 51,384,894
Western SaharaCapital: —
Population: —
ZambiaCapital: Lusaka
Population: 21,913,874
ZimbabweCapital: Harare
Population: 16,950,795
Countries in Africa in numbers
Africa holds 18.9% of the population and 21.4% of the surface area of all the countries and territories in the Travle list. On average there are about 51 people per km², against 58 for the whole list.
The extremes of Africa
Largest by area
Algeria: 2,381,740 km²Smallest by area
The Gambia: 11,295 km²Most people
Nigeria: 237,527,782Fewest people
Djibouti: 1,184,076
How Africa divides up
Western Africa (15)
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Togo
Eastern Africa (15)
Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Middle Africa (8)
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo
Northern Africa (7)
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Southern Africa (5)
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa
Languages and money across Africa
Most widespread official languages
- English: 23 countries
- French: 22 countries
- Arabic: 12 countries
- Portuguese: 4 countries
- Swahili: 3 countries
- Tswana: 1 country
Most widely used currencies
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF): 8 countries
- CFA Franc BEAC (XAF): 6 countries
- Rand (ZAR): 3 countries
- Moroccan Dirham (MAD): 2 countries
Official status from Unicode CLDR (a technical reference, not a legal text); currencies from ISO 4217.
Compare Africa with the rest of the world
| Continent | Countries | Population (2025) | Share | Area km² (2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 50 | 1,543,860,600 | 18.9% | 30,105,114 |
| Asia | 46 | 4,786,446,918 | 58.6% | 31,963,442 |
| Europe | 39 | 743,759,617 | 9.1% | 23,494,278 |
| North America | 18 | 610,810,534 | 7.5% | 28,679,080 |
| South America | 13 | 437,788,241 | 5.4% | 17,701,968 |
| Oceania | 7 | 46,104,229 | 0.6% | 8,549,314 |
Countries in Africa: frequently asked questions
How many countries are there in Africa?
The Travle country list has 50 countries and territories in Africa, following Natural Earth's continent grouping.
What is the largest country in Africa?
Algeria, with 2,381,740 km² of surface area (2024, World Bank).
Which country in Africa has the most people?
Nigeria, with about 237,527,782 people (2025, World Bank).
What is the smallest country in Africa on this list?
The Gambia, with 11,295 km² of surface area (2024).
How is the wheel on this page different from the main one?
It only contains the 50 countries and territories of Africa. The main country wheel uses the whole Travle list.
Where do the figures come from?
Population (2025) and surface area (2024) come from the World Bank; continents, subregions and capitals from Natural Earth.
Sources: continents, subregions and capitals from Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); population (2025) and surface area (2024) from the World Bank; official languages from Unicode CLDR; currencies from ISO 4217. Figures cover the countries and territories in the Travle game.