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List of sovereign states and dependent territories in AfricaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, with information about their
respective capitals, languages, currencies, population,area and GDP per capita.
Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain are located on the African continental plate, however they
are considered European by convention. The island of Socotra is also on the African plate, but is part of
the Asian state of Yemen. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai peninsula, is considered an
African state.
Contents
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1 Sovereign states
o 1.1 Recognised states
o 1.2 Partially recognised and unrecognised states
2 Non-sovereign territories
o 2.1 Dependent territories
o 2.2 Other areas
3 Notes
4 See also
5 References
Sovereign states[edit]
Recognised states[edit]
The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations,[1] and all except Morocco are
members of the African Union.[2][3]
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Algeria [4] (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria)
AlgiersAlgerian dinar
Arabic2,381,740
33,333,216
7,124
Angola [5] (Republic of Angola)
Luanda Kwanza Portuguese1,246,700
15,941,000
2,813
Benin [6] (Republic of Benin)
Porto Novo
West African CFA franc
French 112,6228,439,000
1,176
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Botswana [7] (Republic of Botswana)
Gaborone Pula English, Setswana 581,7261,839,833
11,400
Burkina Faso [8] (Burkina Faso)
Ouagadougou
West African CFA franc
French 274,00013,228,000
1,284
Burundi [9] (Republic of Burundi)
BujumburaBurundi franc
Kirundi, French 27,8307,548,000
739
Cameroon [10] (Republic of Cameroon)
Yaoundé
Central African CFA franc
French, English 475,44217,795,000
2,421
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Cape Verde [11] (Republic of Cabo Verde)
PraiaCape Verdean escudo
Portuguese 4,033 420,979 6,418
Central African Republic [12] (Central African Republic)
Bangui
Central African CFA franc
Sango, French 622,9844,216,666
1,198
Chad [13] (Republic of Chad)
N'Djamena
Central African CFA franc
French, Arabic1,284,000
10,146,000
1,519
Comoros [14] (Union of the Comoros)
MoroniComorian franc
Arabic, French, Comorian 2,235 798,000 1,660
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Côte d'Ivoire [15] (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)
Yamoussoukro
West African CFA franc
French 322,46017,654,843
1,600
Democratic Republic of Congo [16] [n 1] (Democratic Republic of Congo)
KinshasaCongolese franc
French2,344,858
75,507,308
774
Djibouti [17] (Republic of Djibouti)
DjiboutiDjiboutian Franc
Arabic, French 23,200 906,000 2,070
Egypt [18] [n 2] (Arab Republic of Egypt)
CairoEgyptian Pound
Arabic1,001,449
84,550,000
4,836
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Equatorial Guinea [19] (Republic of Equatorial Guinea)
Malabo
Central African CFA franc
Spanish, French, Portuguese 28,051 504,00016,312
Eritrea [20] (State of Eritrea)
Asmara Nakfa Tigrinya, Arabic, English 117,6005,880,000
1,000
Ethiopia [21] (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
Addis Ababa
Ethiopian birr
Amharic1,104,300
85,237,338
1,100
Gabon [22] (Gabonese Republic)
Libreville
Central African CFA franc
French 267,6681,384,000
7,055
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Gambia [23] (Republic of The Gambia)
Banjul Dalasi English 10,3801,517,000
2002
Ghana [24] (Republic of Ghana)
AccraGhanaian cedi
English 238,53423,000,000
2,700
Guinea [25] (Republic of Guinea)
ConakryGuinean franc
French 245,85710,057,975
2,035
Guinea-Bissau [26] (Republic of Guinea-Bissau)
Bissau
West African CFA franc
Portuguese 36,1251,586,000
736
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Kenya [27] (Republic of Kenya)
NairobiKenyan shilling
Swahili, English 580,36734,707,817
1,445
Lesotho [28] (Kingdom of Lesotho)
Maseru Loti Sesotho, English 30,3552,067,000
2,113
Liberia [29] (Republic of Liberia)
MonroviaLiberian dollar
English 111,3694,128,572
1,003
Libya [30] (State of Libya)
TripoliLibyan dinar
Arabic1,759,540
6,036,914
12,700
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Madagascar [31] (Republic of Madagascar)
Antananarivo
Malagasy Ariary
Malagasy, French 587,04118,606,000
905
Malawi [32] (Republic of Malawi)
LilongweMalawian kwacha
English, Chichewa 118,48412,884,000
596
Mali [33] (Republic of Mali)
Bamako
West African CFA franc
French1,240,192
13,518,000
1,154
Mauritania [34] (Islamic Republic of Mauritania)
NouakchottMauritanian Ouguiya
Arabic1,030,700
3,069,000
2,402
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Mauritius [35] (Republic of Mauritius)
Port LouisMauritian rupee
English 2,0401,219,220
13,703
Morocco [36] (Kingdom of Morocco)
RabatMoroccan dirham
Arabic, Berber
446,550 (internationally recognized), 710,850 (claimed)
35,757,175
4,600
Mozambique [37] (Republic of Mozambique)
MaputoMozambican metical
Portuguese 801,59020,366,795
1,389
Namibia [38] (Republic of Namibia)
WindhoekNamibian dollar
English 825,4182,031,000
7,478
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Niger [39] (Republic of Niger)
Niamey
West African CFA franc
French1,267,000
13,957,000
872
Nigeria [40] (Federal Republic of Nigeria)
AbujaNigerian naira
English 923,768174,507,539
1,188
Republic of Congo [41] [n 3] (Republic of Congo)
Brazzaville
Central African CFA franc
French 342,0004,012,809
3,919
Rwanda [42] (Republic of Rwanda)
KigaliRwandan franc
Kinyarwanda, French, English
26,7987,600,000
1,300
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
São Tomé and Príncipe [43] (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe)
São Tomé
São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra
Portuguese 964 183,176 1,266
Senegal [44] (Republic of Senegal)
Dakar
West African CFA franc
French 196,72311,658,000
1,759
Seychelles [45] (Republic of Seychelles)
VictoriaSeychellois rupee
English, French, Seychellois Creole
451 80,65411,818
Sierra Leone [46] (Republic of Sierra Leone)
Freetown Leone English 71,7406,144,562
903
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Somalia [47] (Somali Republic)
MogadishuSomali shilling
Somali, Arabic 637,6579,832,017
600
South Africa [48] (Republic of South Africa)
Bloemfontein,Cape Town, and Pretoria
South African rand
Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele,Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Swati, Tsonga,Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
1,221,037
52,981,991
12,161
South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan)[49]
JubaSouth Sudanese pound
English 644,3298,260,490
1,546
Sudan [50] (Republic of the Sudan)
KhartoumSudanese pound
Arabic, English1,861,484
36,787,012
2,800
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Swaziland [51] (Kingdom of Swaziland)
Lobamba(royal and legislative)Mbabane(administrative)
Lilangeni
English, Swati 17,3641,032,000
5,245
Tanzania [52] (United Republic of Tanzania)
DodomaTanzanian shilling
Swahili, English 945,20344,929,002
723
Togo [53] (Togolese Republic)
Lomé
West African CFA franc
French, Ewe 56,7857,154,237
1,700
Tunisia [54] (Tunisian Republic)
TunisTunisian dinar
Arabic 163,61010,102,000
8,800
Name (official name)
Flag CapitalCurrency
Official language(s)
Area (k
m2)
Population
GDP per capita (PPP) (US$)
Map
Uganda [55] (Republic of Uganda)
KampalaUgandan shilling
English, Swahili 236,04027,616,000
1,700
Zambia [56] (Republic of Zambia)
LusakaZambian kwacha
English 752,61414,668,000
931
Zimbabwe [57] (Republic of Zimbabwe)
Harare
United States dollar andSouth African rand
Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga,Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sign language, Sotho,Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa
390,75713,010,000
2,607
Partially recognised and unrecognised states[edit]
The following are states that have established themselves in Africa as sovereign states, but remain limited in
official recognition. The Sahrawi Republic is a member of the African Union.
Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languagesArea (km2)
Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland)
HargeisaSomaliland shilling
Somali, English,Arabic 137,600
Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languagesArea (km2)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [n 4]
El Aaiún, Bir Lehlou(temporary)[n 5] Moroccan dirham N/A.[n 6] 267,405