Name of region[1] and
territory, with flag
Area
(km²)
Population
(1 July 2002 est.)
Population density
(per km²)
Capital
Eastern Africa:
Burundi Burundi 27,830 6,373,002 229.0 Bujumbura
Comoros Comoros 2,170 614,382 283.1 Moroni
Djibouti Djibouti 23,000 472,810 20.6 Djibouti
Eritrea Eritrea 121,320 4,465,651 36.8 Asmara
Ethiopia Ethiopia 1,127,127 67,673,031 60.0 Addis Ababa
Kenya Kenya 582,650 31,138,735 53.4 Nairobi
Madagascar Madagascar 587,040 16,473,477 28.1 Antananarivo
Malawi Malawi 118,480 10,701,824 90.3 Lilongwe
Mauritius Mauritius 2,040 1,200,206 588.3 Port Louis
Mayotte Mayotte (France) 374 170,879 456.9 Mamoudzou
Mozambique Mozambique 801,590 19,607,519 24.5 Maputo
Réunion Réunion (France) 2,512 743,981 296.2 Saint-Denis
Rwanda Rwanda 26,338 7,398,074 280.9 Kigali
Seychelles Seychelles 455 80,098 176.0 Victoria
Somalia Somalia 637,657 7,753,310 12.2 Mogadishu
Tanzania Tanzania 945,087 37,187,939 39.3 Dodoma
Uganda Uganda 236,040 24,699,073 104.6 Kampala
Zambia Zambia 752,614 9,959,037 13.2 Lusaka
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 390,580 11,376,676 29.1 Harare
Middle Africa:
Angola Angola 1,246,700 10,593,171 8.5 Luanda
Cameroon Cameroon 475,440 16,184,748 34.0 Yaoundé
Central African Republic Central African Republic 622,984 3,642,739 5.8 Bangui
Chad Chad 1,284,000 8,997,237 7.0 N'Djamena
Republic of the Congo Congo 342,000 2,958,448 8.7 Brazzaville
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,345,410 55,225,478 23.5 Kinshasa
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 28,051 498,144 17.8 Malabo
Gabon Gabon 267,667 1,233,353 4.6 Libreville
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 1,001 170,372 170.2 São Tomé
Northern Africa:
Algeria Algeria 2,381,740 32,277,942 13.6 Algiers
Egypt Egypt[2] 1,001,450 70,712,345 70.6 Cairo
Libya Libya 1,759,540 5,368,585 3.1 Tripoli
Morocco Morocco 446,550 31,167,783 69.8 Rabat
Sudan Sudan 2,505,810 37,090,298 14.8 Khartoum
Tunisia Tunisia 163,610 9,815,644 60.0 Tunis
Western Sahara Western Sahara [3] 266,000 256,177 1.0 El Aaiún
Southern Europe dependencies in Northern Africa:
Canary Islands (Spain)[4] 7,492 1,694,477 226.2 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Ceuta Ceuta (Spain)[5] 20 71,505 3,575.2
Madeira Islands (Portugal)[6] 797 245,000 307.4 Funchal
Melilla Melilla (Spain)[7] 12 66,411 5,534.2
Southern Africa:
Botswana Botswana 600,370 1,591,232 2.7 Gaborone
Lesotho Lesotho 30,355 2,207,954 72.7 Maseru
Namibia Namibia 825,418 1,820,916 2.2 Windhoek
South Africa South Africa 1,219,912 43,647,658 35.8 Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria[8]
Eswatini Swaziland 17,363 1,123,605 64.7 Mbabane
Western Africa:
Benin Benin 112,620 6,787,625 60.3 Porto-Novo
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 274,200 12,603,185 46.0 Ouagadougou
Cape Verde Cape Verde 4,033 408,760 101.4 Praia
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 322,460 16,804,784 52.1 Abidjan, Yamoussoukro[9]
The Gambia Gambia 11,300 1,455,842 128.8 Banjul
Ghana Ghana 239,460 20,244,154 84.5 Accra
Guinea Guinea 245,857 7,775,065 31.6 Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 36,120 1,345,479 37.3 Bissau
Liberia Liberia 111,370 3,288,198 29.5 Monrovia
Mali Mali 1,240,000 11,340,480 9.1 Bamako
Mauritania Mauritania 1,030,700 2,828,858 2.7 Nouakchott
Niger Niger 1,267,000 10,639,744 8.4 Niamey
Nigeria Nigeria 923,768 129,934,911 140.7 Abuja
Saint Helena Saint Helena (UK) 410 7,317 17.8 Jamestown
Senegal Senegal 196,190 10,589,571 54.0 Dakar
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 71,740 5,614,743 78.3 Freetown
Togo Togo 56,785 5,285,501 93.1 Lomé
Total 30,368,609 843,705,143 27.8


  1. ^ Continental regions as per UN categorisations/map.
  2. ^ Egypt is generally considered a transcontinental country in Northern Africa (UN region) and Western Asia; population and area figures are for African portion only, west of the Suez Canal.
  3. ^ Western Sahara is disputed between the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, who administer a minority of the territory, and Morocco, who occupy the remainder.
  4. ^ The Spanish Canary Islands, of which Las Palmas de Gran Canaria are Santa Cruz de Tenerife are co-capitals, are often considered part of Northern Africa due to their relative proximity to Morocco and Western Sahara; population and area figures are for 2001.
  5. ^ The Spanish exclave of Ceuta is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.
  6. ^ The Portuguese Madeira Islands are often considered part of Northern Africa due to their relative proximity to Morocco; population and area figures are for 2001.
  7. ^ The Spanish exclave of Melilla is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.
  8. ^ Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of South Africa, while Cape Town is its legislative seat, and Pretoria is the country's administrative seat.
  9. ^ Yamoussoukro is the official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while Abidjan is the de facto seat.