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According to the United Nations, Africa now has 54 countries. The whole list is shown in the table below, along with current population and subregion information (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Africa is the world’s second-largest continent in terms of land size and population, covering an area of around 30 million km2 and home to 1.2 billion people.

Africa is home to 54 UN-recognized countries, two autonomous entities with restricted or no recognition (Western Sahara and Somaliland), and some non-African territories (mainly islands).

For instance, Spain controls the Canary Islands. Nonetheless, given Africa’s difficult political status, colonial history, and current insurrections in a number of countries, the continent’s exact number of legally recognized countries remains a point of contention.

Africa as a Whole

Africa has the youngest population of any continent, with a median age of 19.7. (in comparison to the global median age of 30.4).

Niger has the world’s youngest median age of 15.3 years. Algeria, located in northern Africa, is Africa’s largest sovereign state and also one of the most populous, with around 44 million citizens.

Nigeria is by far the most populous country in Africa, with about 211 million inhabitants as of 2021.

Ethiopia is the next largest country, with a population of about 118 million, followed by Egypt, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, South Africa, and Kenya, which all have populations ranging from 92 million to 54 million.

Even the smallest African countries have a sizable population. Rwanda and Burundi are both relatively small countries in terms of land area (despite sharing borders with the much bigger Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania), but have populations of 13.2 million and 12.2 million, respectively.

Lesotho is another tiny landlocked country surrounded by significantly larger South Africa, with a population of more than 2.1 million.

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Seychelles is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

Seychelles, a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, is Africa’s smallest country, with a population of approximately 98,000.

Countries in Africa

The table below contains a complete list of Africa’s 54 countries.

Country2022 PopulationGNI per capita (US Dollars)Growth RateLand Mass
Algeria45,350,148$3,5501.64%2,381,741 km²
Angola35,027,343$2,2303.22%1,246,700 km²
Benin
12,784,726$1,2802.68%112,622 km²
Botswana2,441,162$6,6401.83%582,000 km²
Burkina Faso22,102,838$7902.82%272,967 km²
Burundi12,624,840$2703.01%27,834 km²
Cameroon27,911,548$1,5002.53%475,442 km²
Cape Verde567,678–1.03%4,033 km²
Central African Republic5,016,678$5101.97%622,984 km²
Chad17,413,580$6602.95%1,284,000 km²
Comoros907,419$1,4502.14%1,862 km²
Djibouti1,016,097$3,3201.39%23,200 km²
DR Congo95,240,792$5503.10%2,344,858 km²
Egypt106,156,692$3,0001.82%1,002,450 km²
Equatorial Guinea28,051 km²3.23%$5,8101,496,662
Eritrea3,662,244$5101.69%117,600 km²
Eswatini1,184,817$3,5801.06%17,364 km²
Ethiopia120,812,698$8902.49%1,104,300 km²
Gabon2,331,533$6,9702.31%267,668 km²
Gambia2,558,482$7502.88%10,689 km²
Ghana32,395,450$2,2302.09%238,533 km²
Guinea13,865,691$1,0202.73%245,857 km²
Guinea Bissau2,063,367$7602.38%36,125 km²
Ivory Coast27,742,298$2,2802.55%322,463 km²
Kenya56,215,221$1,7602.24%580,367 km²
Lesotho2,175,699$1,1000.77%30,355 km²
Liberia5,305,117$5302.41%111,369 km²
Libya7,040,745$4,8501.18%1,759,540 km²
Madagascar29,178,077$4802.64%587,041 km²
Malawi20,180,839$5802.71%118,484 km²
Mali21,473,764$8302.96%1,240,192 km²
Mauritania4,901,981$1,6402.66%1,030,700 km²
Mauritius1,274,727$10,2300.10%2,040 km²
Morocco37,772,756$2,9801.15%446,550 km²
Mozambique33,089,461$4602.88%801,590 km²
Namibia2,633,874$4,5201.80%825,615 km²
Niger26,083,660$5403.79%1,267,000 km²
Nigeria216,746,934$2,0002.53%923,768 km²
Republic of the Congo5,797,805$1,8302.49%342,000 km²
Rwanda13,600,464$7802.44%26,338 km²
Sao Tome And Principe227,679$2,0701.93%964 km²
Senegal17,653,671$1,4302.66%196,722 km²
Seychelles99,426$12,7200.52%452 km²
Sierra Leone8,306,436$4902.03%71,740 km²
Somalia16,841,795$3102.95%637,657 km²
South Africa60,756,135$5,4101.19%1,221,037 km²
South Sudan11,618,511$1,0902.08%619,745 km²
Sudan45,992,020$6502.41%1,886,068 km²
Tanzania63,298,550$1,0802.93%945,087 km²
Togo8,680,837$9202.39%56,785 km²
Tunisia12,046,656$3,1000.93%163,610 km²
Uganda48,432,863$8002.78%241,550 km²
Zambia19,470,234$1,1902.90%752,612 km²
Zimbabwe15,331,428$1,0901.58%390,757 km²
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