![[IMAGE: Flag of Algeria]](/africa/flags/alfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Algeria]](/africa/outline-maps/al_s.gif) | Algeria Capital: Algiers
Population: 28,539,321 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Angola]](/africa/flags/anfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Angola]](/africa/outline-maps/an_s.gif) | Angola Capital: Luanda
Population: 10,069,501 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Batswana]](/africa/flags/bofl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Batswana]](/africa/outline-maps/bo_s.gif) | Batswana Capital: Gaborone
Population: 1,392,414 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Benin]](/africa/flags/befl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Benin]](/africa/outline-maps/be_s.gif) | Benin Capital: Porto-Novo (designated), Cotonou
Population: 5,522,677 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Burkina Faso]](/africa/flags/bffl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Burkina Faso]](/africa/outline-maps/bf_s.gif) | Burkina Faso Capital: Ouagadougou
Population: 10,422,828 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Burundi]](/africa/flags/bufl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Burundi]](/africa/outline-maps/bu_s.gif) | Burundi Capital: Bujumbura
Population: 8,262,429 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Cameroon]](/africa/flags/cafl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Cameroon]](/africa/outline-maps/ca_s.gif) | Cameroon Capital: Yaounde
Population: 13,521,000 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Cape Verde]](/africa/flags/cvfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Cape Verde]](/africa/outline-maps/cv_s.gif) | Cape Verde Capital: Praia (Sao Tiago Island)
Population: 435,983 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Central African Republic]](/africa/flags/crfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Central African Republic]](/africa/outline-maps/cr_s.gif) | Central African Republic Capital: Bangui
Population: 3,209,759 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Chad]](/africa/flags/chfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Chad]](/africa/outline-maps/ch_s.gif) | Chad Capital: N\'Djamena
Population: 5,586,505 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Comoros]](/africa/flags/cofl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Comoros]](/africa/outline-maps/co_s.gif) | Comoros Capital: Moroni (Ngazidja Island)
Population: 549,338 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Congo]](/africa/flags/cnfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Congo]](/africa/outline-maps/cn_s.gif) | Congo Capital: Brazzaville
Population: 2,504,996 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Congo (Zaire)]](/africa/flags/zafl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Congo (Zaire)]](/africa/outline-maps/za_s.gif) | Congo (Zaire) Capital: Brazzaville
Population: 2,504,996 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Djibouti]](/africa/flags/djfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Djibouti]](/africa/outline-maps/dj_s.gif) | Djibouti Capital: Djibouti
Population: 421,320 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Egypt]](/africa/flags/egfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Egypt]](/africa/outline-maps/eg_s.gif) | Egypt Capital: Cairo
Population: 62,359,623 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Equatorial Guinea]](/africa/flags/eqfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Equatorial Guinea]](/africa/outline-maps/eq_s.gif) | Equatorial Guinea Capital: Malabo (Bioko Island)
Population: 420,293 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Eritrea]](/africa/flags/erfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Eritrea]](/africa/outline-maps/er_s.gif) | Eritrea Capital: Asmera
Population: 4,298,269 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Ethiopia]](/africa/flags/etfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Ethiopia]](/africa/outline-maps/et_s.gif) | Ethiopia Capital: Addis Ababa
Population: 55,979,018 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Gabon]](/africa/flags/gafl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Gabon]](/africa/outline-maps/ga_s.gif) | Gabon Capital: Libreville
Population: 1,155,749 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Gambia]](/africa/flags/gmfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Gambia]](/africa/outline-maps/gm_s.gif) | Gambia Capital: Banjul
Population: 989,273 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Ghana]](/africa/flags/ghfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Ghana]](/africa/outline-maps/gh_s.gif) | Ghana Capital: Accra
Population: 17,763,138 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Guinea]](/africa/flags/gufl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Guinea]](/africa/outline-maps/gu_s.gif) | Guinea Capital: Conakry
Population: 6,549,336 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Guinea-Bissau]](/africa/flags/gbfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Guinea-Bissau]](/africa/outline-maps/gb_s.gif) | Guinea-Bissau Capital: Bissau
Population: 1,124,537 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Ivory Coast]](/africa/flags/icfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Ivory Coast]](/africa/outline-maps/ic_s.gif) | Ivory Coast Capital: Abidjan
Population: 14,791,257 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Kenya]](/africa/flags/kefl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Kenya]](/africa/outline-maps/ke_s.gif) | Kenya Capital: Nairobi
Population: 28,817,227 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Lestho]](/africa/flags/lefl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Lestho]](/africa/outline-maps/le_s.gif) | Lestho Capital: Maseru
Population: 1,992,960 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Liberia]](/africa/flags/lifl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Liberia]](/africa/outline-maps/li_s.gif) | Liberia Capital: Monrovia
Population: 3,073,245 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Libya]](/africa/flags/lyfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Libya]](/africa/outline-maps/ly_s.gif) | Libya Capital: Tripoli
Population: 5,248,401 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Madagascar]](/africa/flags/mdfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Madagascar]](/africa/outline-maps/md_s.gif) | Madagascar Capital: Antananarivo
Population: 13,862,325 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Malawi]](/africa/flags/mlfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Malawi]](/africa/outline-maps/ml_s.gif) | Malawi Capital: Lilongwe
Population: 9,803,384 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Mali]](/africa/flags/mafl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Mali]](/africa/outline-maps/ma_s.gif) | Mali Capital: Bamako
Population: 9,375,132 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Mauritania]](/africa/flags/mtfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Mauritania]](/africa/outline-maps/mt_s.gif) | Mauritania Capital: Nouakchott
Population: 2,263,202 (July |
![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Mauritius]](/africa/outline-maps/mu_s.gif) | Mauritius Capital: Port Louis (Mauritius Island)
Population: 1,127,068 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Mayotte]](/africa/flags/myfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Mayotte]](/africa/outline-maps/my_s.gif) | Mayotte Capital: Mamoutzou
Population: 97,088 (July 199 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Morocco]](/africa/flags/mofl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Morocco]](/africa/outline-maps/mo_s.gif) | Morocco Capital: Rabat
Population: 29,158,848 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Mozambique]](/africa/flags/mzfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Mozambique]](/africa/outline-maps/mz_s.gif) | Mozambique Capital: Maputo
Population: 18,115,250 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Namibia]](/africa/flags/nafl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Namibia]](/africa/outline-maps/na_s.gif) | Namibia Capital: Windhoek
Population: 1,651,545 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Niger]](/africa/flags/ngfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Niger]](/africa/outline-maps/ng_s.gif) | Niger Capital: Niamey
Population: 9,280,208 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Nigeria]](/africa/flags/nifl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Nigeria]](/africa/outline-maps/ni_s.gif) | Nigeria Capital: Abuja (designated), Lagos (de fa
Population: 101,232,251 (Jul |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Reunion]](/africa/flags/refl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Reunion]](/africa/outline-maps/re_s.gif) | Reunion Capital: Saint-Denis
Population: 732,570 (July 20 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Rwanda]](/africa/flags/rwfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Rwanda]](/africa/outline-maps/rw_s.gif) | Rwanda Capital: Kigali
Population: 8,605,307 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of São Tomé and Principe]](/africa/flags/spfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of São Tomé and Principe]](/africa/outline-maps/sp_s.gif) | São Tomé and Principe Capital: São Tomé (São Tomé Island)
Population: 140,423 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Senegal]](/africa/flags/sefl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Senegal]](/africa/outline-maps/se_s.gif) | Senegal Capital: Dakar
Population: 9,007,080 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Seychelles]](/africa/flags/syfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Seychelles]](/africa/outline-maps/sy_s.gif) | Seychelles Capital: Victoria (Mahe Island)
Population: 72,709 (July 199 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Sierra Leone]](/africa/flags/slfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Sierra Leone]](/africa/outline-maps/sl_s.gif) | Sierra Leone Capital: Freetown
Population: 3.5 million (Cen |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Somalia]](/africa/flags/sofl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Somalia]](/africa/outline-maps/so_s.gif) | Somalia Capital: Mogadishu
Population: 7,347,554 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of South Africa]](/africa/flags/safl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of South Africa]](/africa/outline-maps/sa_s.gif) | South Africa Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape
Population: 45,095,459 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Sudan]](/africa/flags/sufl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Sudan]](/africa/outline-maps/su_s.gif) | Sudan Capital: Khartoum
Population: 30,120,420 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Swaziland]](/africa/flags/swfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Swaziland]](/africa/outline-maps/sw_s.gif) | Swaziland Capital: Mbabane
Population: 966,977 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Tanzania]](/africa/flags/tafl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Tanzania]](/africa/outline-maps/ta_s.gif) | Tanzania Capital: Dar es Salaam
Population: 28,701,077 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Togo]](/africa/flags/tofl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Togo]](/africa/outline-maps/to_s.gif) | Togo Capital: Lome
Population: 4,410,370 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Tunisia]](/africa/flags/tufl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Tunisia]](/africa/outline-maps/tu_s.gif) | Tunisia Capital: Tunis
Population: 8,879,845 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Uganda]](/africa/flags/ugfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Uganda]](/africa/outline-maps/ug_s.gif) | Uganda Capital: Kampala
Population: 19,573,262 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Western Sahara]](/africa/flags/wsfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Western Sahara]](/africa/outline-maps/ws_s.gif) | Western Sahara Capital: El Aaiun (Laayoune)
Population: 217,211 (July 19 |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Zambia]](/africa/flags/zmfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Zambia]](/africa/outline-maps/zm_s.gif) | Zambia Capital: Lusaka
Population: 9,445,723 (July |
![[IMAGE: Flag of Zimbabwe]](/africa/flags/zbfl.gif) ![[IMAGE: Geographic Position of Zimbabwe]](/africa/outline-maps/zb_s.gif) | Zimbabwe Capital: Harare
Population: 11,139,961 (July |
