Countries in Africa

Countries in Africa:54

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)

#	Country	Population (2018)	Subregion
1	Nigeria	195,875,237	Western Africa
2	Ethiopia	107,534,882	Eastern Africa
3	Egypt	99,375,741	Northern Africa
4	DR Congo	84,004,989	Middle Africa
5	Tanzania	59,091,392	Eastern Africa
6	South Africa	57,398,421	Southern Africa
7	Kenya	50,950,879	Eastern Africa
8	Uganda	44,270,563	Eastern Africa
9	Algeria	42,008,054	Northern Africa
10	Sudan	41,511,526	Northern Africa
11	Morocco	36,191,805	Northern Africa
12	Angola	30,774,205	Middle Africa
13	Mozambique	30,528,673	Eastern Africa
14	Ghana	29,463,643	Western Africa
15	Madagascar	26,262,810	Eastern Africa
16	Côte d'Ivoire	24,905,843	Western Africa
17	Cameroon	24,678,234	Middle Africa
18	Niger	22,311,375	Western Africa
19	Burkina Faso	19,751,651	Western Africa
20	Malawi	19,164,728	Eastern Africa
21	Mali	19,107,706	Western Africa
22	Zambia	17,609,178	Eastern Africa
23	Zimbabwe	16,913,261	Eastern Africa
24	Senegal	16,294,270	Western Africa
25	Chad	15,353,184	Middle Africa
26	Somalia	15,181,925	Eastern Africa
27	Guinea	13,052,608	Western Africa
28	South Sudan	12,919,053	Eastern Africa
29	Rwanda	12,501,156	Eastern Africa
30	Tunisia	11,659,174	Northern Africa
31	Benin	11,485,674	Western Africa
32	Burundi	11,216,450	Eastern Africa
33	Togo	7,990,926	Western Africa
34	Sierra Leone	7,719,729	Western Africa
35	Libya	6,470,956	Northern Africa
36	Congo	5,399,895	Middle Africa
37	Eritrea	5,187,948	Eastern Africa
38	Liberia	4,853,516	Western Africa
39	Central African Republic	4,737,423	Middle Africa
40	Mauritania	4,540,068	Western Africa
41	Namibia	2,587,801	Southern Africa
42	Botswana	2,333,201	Southern Africa
43	Lesotho	2,263,010	Southern Africa
44	Gambia	2,163,765	Western Africa
45	Gabon	2,067,561	Middle Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,907,268	Western Africa
47	Swaziland	1,391,385	Southern Africa
48	Equatorial Guinea	1,313,894	Middle Africa
49	Mauritius	1,268,315	Eastern Africa
50	Djibouti	971,408	Eastern Africa
51	Comoros	832,347	Eastern Africa
52	Cabo Verde	553,335	Western Africa
53	Sao Tome & Principe	208,818	Middle Africa
54	Seychelles	95,235	Eastern Africa

Dependencies or other territories

#	Territory	Population (2018)	Dependency of
1	Réunion	883,247	France
2	Western Sahara	567,421	(disputed)
3	Mayotte	259,682	France
4	Saint Helena	4,074	U.K.