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  • How many 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)
#CountryPopulation
(2024)		Subregion
1 Nigeria 232,679,478 Western Africa
2 Ethiopia 132,059,767 Eastern Africa
3 Egypt 116,538,258 Northern Africa
4 DR Congo 109,276,265 Middle Africa
5 Tanzania 68,560,157 Eastern Africa
6 South Africa 64,007,187 Southern Africa
7 Kenya 56,432,944 Eastern Africa
8 Sudan 50,448,963 Northern Africa
9 Uganda 50,015,092 Eastern Africa
10 Algeria 46,814,308 Northern Africa
11 Morocco 38,081,173 Northern Africa
12 Angola 37,885,849 Middle Africa
13 Mozambique 34,631,766 Eastern Africa
14 Ghana 34,427,414 Western Africa
15 Madagascar 31,964,956 Eastern Africa
16 Côte d'Ivoire 31,934,230 Western Africa
17 Cameroon 29,123,744 Middle Africa
18 Niger 27,032,412 Western Africa
19 Mali 24,478,595 Western Africa
20 Burkina Faso 23,548,781 Western Africa
21 Malawi 21,655,286 Eastern Africa
22 Zambia 21,314,956 Eastern Africa
23 Chad 20,299,123 Middle Africa
24 Somalia 19,009,151 Eastern Africa
25 Senegal 18,501,984 Western Africa
26 Zimbabwe 16,634,373 Eastern Africa
27 Guinea 14,754,785 Western Africa
28 Benin 14,462,724 Western Africa
29 Rwanda 14,256,567 Eastern Africa
30 Burundi 14,047,786 Eastern Africa
31 Tunisia 12,277,109 Northern Africa
32 South Sudan 11,943,408 Eastern Africa
33 Togo 9,515,236 Western Africa
34 Sierra Leone 8,642,022 Western Africa
35 Libya 7,381,023 Northern Africa
36 Congo 6,332,961 Middle Africa
37 Liberia 5,612,817 Western Africa
38 Central African Republic 5,330,690 Middle Africa
39 Mauritania 5,169,395 Western Africa
40 Eritrea 3,535,603 Eastern Africa
41 Namibia 3,030,131 Southern Africa
42 Gambia 2,759,988 Western Africa
43 Gabon 2,538,952 Middle Africa
44 Botswana 2,521,139 Southern Africa
45 Lesotho 2,337,423 Southern Africa
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,201,352 Western Africa
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,892,516 Middle Africa
48 Mauritius 1,271,169 Eastern Africa
49 Eswatini 1,242,822 Southern Africa
50 Djibouti 1,168,722 Eastern Africa
51 Comoros 866,628 Eastern Africa
52 Cabo Verde 524,877 Western Africa
53 Sao Tome & Principe 235,536 Middle Africa
54 Seychelles 130,418 Eastern Africa

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2024)		Dependency of
1 Réunion 878,591 France
2 Western Sahara 590,506 (disputed)
3 Mayotte 326,505 France
4 Saint Helena 5,237 U.K.