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Countries in Africa:

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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, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
# Country Population 2026 Subregion
1 Nigeria 242,431,832 Western Africa
2 Ethiopia 138,902,185 Eastern Africa
3 Egypt 120,101,175 Northern Africa
4 DR Congo 116,452,162 Middle Africa
5 Tanzania 72,563,780 Eastern Africa
6 South Africa 65,453,084 Southern Africa
7 Kenya 58,636,412 Eastern Africa
8 Sudan 53,282,719 Northern Africa
9 Uganda 52,761,469 Eastern Africa
10 Algeria 48,028,334 Northern Africa
11 Angola 40,215,179 Middle Africa
12 Morocco 38,762,441 Northern Africa
13 Mozambique 36,639,851 Eastern Africa
14 Ghana 35,697,557 Western Africa
15 Madagascar 33,522,052 Eastern Africa
16 Côte d'Ivoire 33,494,346 Western Africa
17 Cameroon 30,640,817 Middle Africa
18 Niger 28,814,878 Western Africa
19 Mali 25,932,275 Western Africa
20 Burkina Faso 24,601,700 Western Africa
21 Malawi 22,785,535 Eastern Africa
22 Zambia 22,521,915 Eastern Africa
23 Chad 21,560,380 Middle Africa
24 Somalia 20,305,907 Eastern Africa
25 Senegal 19,366,548 Western Africa
26 Zimbabwe 17,273,580 Eastern Africa
27 Guinea 15,441,993 Western Africa
28 Benin 15,170,419 Western Africa
29 Rwanda 14,889,693 Eastern Africa
30 Burundi 14,729,157 Eastern Africa
31 South Sudan 12,436,037 Eastern Africa
32 Tunisia 12,415,138 Northern Africa
33 Togo 9,930,918 Western Africa
34 Sierra Leone 8,996,745 Western Africa
35 Libya 7,539,851 Northern Africa
36 Congo 6,637,785 Middle Africa
37 Liberia 5,853,949 Western Africa
38 Central African Republic 5,698,984 Middle Africa
39 Mauritania 5,461,319 Western Africa
40 Eritrea 3,682,669 Eastern Africa
41 Namibia 3,153,246 Southern Africa
42 Gambia 2,884,079 Western Africa
43 Gabon 2,647,399 Middle Africa
44 Botswana 2,603,388 Southern Africa
45 Lesotho 2,389,336 Southern Africa
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,297,808 Western Africa
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,984,468 Middle Africa
48 Eswatini 1,269,859 Southern Africa
49 Mauritius 1,265,059 Eastern Africa
50 Djibouti 1,199,459 Eastern Africa
51 Comoros 899,010 Eastern Africa
52 Cabo Verde 529,630 Western Africa
53 Sao Tome & Principe 244,994 Middle Africa
54 Seychelles 134,959 Eastern Africa

Dependencies or other territories

# Country Population 2026 Dependency of
1 Réunion 886,298 France
2 Western Sahara 610,813 (disputed)
3 Mayotte 347,536 France
4 Saint Helena 5,147 U.K.