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
(2025) 		Subregion
1 Nigeria 237,527,782 Western Africa
2 Ethiopia 135,472,051 Eastern Africa
3 Egypt 118,365,995 Northern Africa
4 DR Congo 112,832,473 Middle Africa
5 Tanzania 70,545,865 Eastern Africa
6 South Africa 64,747,319 Southern Africa
7 Kenya 57,532,493 Eastern Africa
8 Sudan 51,662,147 Northern Africa
9 Uganda 51,384,894 Eastern Africa
10 Algeria 47,435,312 Northern Africa
11 Angola 39,040,039 Middle Africa
12 Morocco 38,430,770 Northern Africa
13 Mozambique 35,631,653 Eastern Africa
14 Ghana 35,064,272 Western Africa
15 Madagascar 32,740,678 Eastern Africa
16 Côte d'Ivoire 32,711,547 Western Africa
17 Cameroon 29,879,337 Middle Africa
18 Niger 27,917,831 Western Africa
19 Mali 25,198,821 Western Africa
20 Burkina Faso 24,074,580 Western Africa
21 Malawi 22,216,120 Eastern Africa
22 Zambia 21,913,874 Eastern Africa
23 Chad 21,003,705 Middle Africa
24 Somalia 19,654,739 Eastern Africa
25 Senegal 18,931,966 Western Africa
26 Zimbabwe 16,950,795 Eastern Africa
27 Guinea 15,099,727 Western Africa
28 Benin 14,814,460 Western Africa
29 Rwanda 14,569,341 Eastern Africa
30 Burundi 14,390,003 Eastern Africa
31 Tunisia 12,348,573 Northern Africa
32 South Sudan 12,188,788 Eastern Africa
33 Togo 9,721,608 Western Africa
34 Sierra Leone 8,819,794 Western Africa
35 Libya 7,458,555 Northern Africa
36 Congo 6,484,437 Middle Africa
37 Liberia 5,731,206 Western Africa
38 Central African Republic 5,513,282 Middle Africa
39 Mauritania 5,315,065 Western Africa
40 Eritrea 3,607,003 Eastern Africa
41 Namibia 3,092,816 Southern Africa
42 Gambia 2,822,093 Western Africa
43 Gabon 2,593,130 Middle Africa
44 Botswana 2,562,122 Southern Africa
45 Lesotho 2,363,325 Southern Africa
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,249,515 Western Africa
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,938,431 Middle Africa
48 Mauritius 1,268,280 Eastern Africa
49 Eswatini 1,256,174 Southern Africa
50 Djibouti 1,184,076 Eastern Africa
51 Comoros 882,847 Eastern Africa
52 Cabo Verde 527,326 Western Africa
53 Sao Tome & Principe 240,254 Middle Africa
54 Seychelles 132,779 Eastern Africa

Dependencies or other territories

# Country Population
(2025) 		Dependency of
1 Réunion 882,405 France
2 Western Sahara 600,904 (disputed)
3 Mayotte 337,011 France
4 Saint Helena 5,197 U.K.