List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Africa (orthographic projection).svg 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 Italy, Spain, Portugal and France 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 1 Sovereign states 1.1 Recognised states 1.2 Partially recognised and unrecognised states 2 Non-sovereign territories 2.1 Dependent territories 2.2 Other areas 3 Notes 4 See also 5 References Sovereign states Recognised states 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 Capital Currency Official language(s) Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map Algeria[4] (Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria) Algeria Algiers Algerian dinar Arabic 2,381,740 33,333,216 7,124 Location Algeria AU Africa.svg Angola[5] (Republic of Angola) Angola Luanda Kwanza Portuguese 1,246,700 15,941,000 2,813 Location Angola AU Africa.svg Benin[6] (Republic of Benin) Benin Porto Novo West African CFA franc French 112,622 8,439,000 1,176 Location Benin AU Africa.svg Botswana[7] (Republic of Botswana) Botswana Gaborone Pula English, Setswana 581,726 1,839,833 11,400 Location Botswana AU Africa.svg Burkina Faso[8] (Burkina Faso) Burkina Faso Ouagadougou West African CFA franc French 274,000 13,228,000 1,284 Location Burkina Faso AU Africa.svg Burundi[9] (Republic of Burundi) Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Kirundi, French 27,830 7,548,000 739 Location Burundi AU Africa.svg Cameroon[10] (Republic of Cameroon) Cameroon Yaoundé Central African CFA franc French, English 475,442 17,795,000 2,421 Location Cameroon AU Africa.svg Cape Verde[11] (Republic of Cape Verde) Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean escudo Portuguese 4,033 420,979 6,418 Location Cape Verde AU Africa.svg Central African Republic[12] (Central African Republic) Central African Republic Bangui Central African CFA franc Sango, French 622,984 4,216,666 1,198 Location Central African Republic AU Africa.svg Chad[13] (Republic of Chad) Chad NDjamena Central African CFA franc French, Arabic 1,284,000 10,146,000 1,519 Location Chad AU Africa.svg Comoros[14] (Union of the Comoros) Comoros Moroni Comorian franc Arabic, French, Comorian 2,235 798,000 1,660 Location Comoros AU Africa.svg Côte dIvoire[15] (Republic of Côte dIvoire) Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro West African CFA franc French 322,460 17,654,843 1,600 Location Côte dIvoire AU Africa.svg Democratic Republic of Congo[16][n 1] (Democratic Republic of Congo) Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Congolese franc French 2,344,858 71,712,867 774 Location DR Congo AU Africa.svg Djibouti[17] (Republic of Djibouti) Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian Franc Arabic, French 23,200 906,000 2,070 Location Djibouti AU Africa.svg Egypt[18][n 2] (Arab Republic of Egypt) Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound Arabic 1,001,449 80,335,036 4,836 Location Egypt AU Africa.svg Equatorial Guinea[19] (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) Equatorial Guinea Malabo Central African CFA franc Spanish, French, Portuguese 28,051 504,000 16,312 Location Equatorial Guinea AU Africa.svg Eritrea[20] (State of Eritrea) Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Tigrinya, Arabic, English 117,600 5,880,000 1,000 Location Eritrea AU Africa.svg Ethiopia[21] (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Amharic, English 1,104,300 85,237,338 1,100 Location Ethiopia AU Africa.svg Gabon[22] (Gabonese Republic) Gabon Libreville Central African CFA franc French 267,668 1,384,000 7,055 Location Gabon AU Africa.svg Gambia[23] (Republic of The Gambia) The Gambia Banjul Dalasi English 10,380 1,517,000 2002 Location Gambia AU Africa.svg Ghana[24] (Republic of Ghana) Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi English 238,534 23,000,000 2,700 Location Ghana AU Africa.svg Guinea[25] (Republic of Guinea) Guinea Conakry Guinean franc French 245,857 9,402,000 2,035 Location Guinea AU Africa.svg Guinea-Bissau[26] (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) Guinea-Bissau Bissau West African CFA franc Portuguese 36,125 1,586,000 736 Location Guinea Bissau AU Africa.svg Kenya[27] (Republic of Kenya) Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling Swahili, English 580,367 34,707,817 1,445 Location Kenya AU Africa.svg Lesotho[28] (Kingdom of Lesotho) Lesotho Maseru Loti Sesotho, English 30,355 1,795,000 2,113 Location Lesotho AU Africa.svg Liberia[29] (Republic of Liberia) Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar English 111,369 3,283,000 1,003 Location Liberia AU Africa.svg Libya[30] (State of Libya) Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic 1,759,540 6,036,914 12,700 Location Libya AU Africa.svg Madagascar[31] (Republic of Madagascar) Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy, French 587,041 18,606,000 905 Location Madagascar AU Africa.svg Malawi[32] (Republic of Malawi) Malawi Lilongwe Malawian kwacha English, Chichewa 118,484 12,884,000 596 Location Malawi AU Africa.svg Mali[33] (Republic of Mali) Mali Bamako West African CFA franc French 1,240,192 13,518,000 1,154 Location Mali AU Africa.svg Mauritania[34] (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) Mauritania Nouakchott Mauritanian ouguiya Arabic 1,030,700 3,069,000 2,402 Location Mauritania AU Africa.svg Mauritius[35] (Republic of Mauritius) Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee English, French, Mauritian Creole 2,040 1,219,220 13,703 Location Mauritius AU Africa.svg Morocco[36] (Kingdom of Morocco) Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham Arabic, Berber 446,550 (internationally recognized), 710,850 (claimed) 35,757,175 4,600 Location Morocco Africa.svg Mozambique[37] (Republic of Mozambique) Mozambique Maputo Mozambican metical Portuguese 801,590 20,366,795 1,389 Location Mozambique AU Africa.svg Namibia[38] (Republic of Namibia) Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar English 825,418 2,031,000 7,478 Location Namibia AU Africa.svg Niger[39] (Republic of Niger) Niger Niamey West African CFA franc French 1,267,000 13,957,000 872 Location Niger AU Africa.svg Nigeria[40] (Federal Republic of Nigeria) Nigeria Abuja Nigerian naira English 923,768 154,729,000 1,188 Location Nigeria AU Africa.svg Republic of Congo[41][n 3] (Republic of Congo) Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Central African CFA franc French 342,000 4,012,809 3,919 Location Republic of the Congo AU Africa.svg Rwanda[42] (Republic of Rwanda) Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc Kinyarwanda, French, English 26,798 7,600,000 1,300 Location Rwanda AU Africa.svg São Tomé and Príncipe[43] (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra Portuguese 964 183,176 1,266 Location São Tomé and Príncipe AU Africa.svg Senegal[44] (Republic of Senegal) Senegal Dakar West African CFA franc French 196,723 11,658,000 1,759 Location Senegal AU Africa.svg Seychelles[45] (Republic of Seychelles) Seychelles Victoria Seychellois rupee English, French, Seychellois Creole 451 80,654 11,818 Location Seychelles AU Africa.svg Sierra Leone[46] (Republic of Sierra Leone) Sierra Leone Freetown Leone English 71,740 6,144,562 903 Location Sierra Leone AU Africa.svg Somalia[47] (Somali Republic) Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Somali, Arabic 637,657 9,832,017 600 Location Somalia AU Africa.svg South Africa[48] (Republic of South Africa) 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 47,432,000 12,161 Location South Africa AU Africa.svg South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan)[49] South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound English 644,329 8,260,490 1,546 Location South Sudan AU Africa.svg Sudan[50] (Republic of the Sudan) Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound Arabic, English 1,861,484 36,787,012 2,800 Location Sudan-N AU Africa.svg Swaziland[51] (Kingdom of Swaziland) Swaziland Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane (administrative) Lilangeni English, Swati 17,364 1,032,000 5,245 Location Swaziland AU Africa.svg Tanzania[52] (United Republic of Tanzania) Tanzania Dodoma Tanzanian shilling Swahili, English 945,203 44,929,002 723 Location Tanzania AU Africa.svg Togo[53] (Togolese Republic) Togo Lomé West African CFA franc French 56,785 6,100,000 1,700 Location Togo AU Africa.svg Tunisia[54] (Tunisian Republic) Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic 163,610 10,102,000 8,800 Location Tunisia AU Africa.svg Uganda[55] (Republic of Uganda) Uganda Kampala Ugandan shilling English, Swahili 236,040 27,616,000 1,700 Location Uganda AU Africa.svg Zambia[56] (Republic of Zambia) Zambia Lusaka Zambian kwacha English 752,614 14,668,000 931 Location Zambia AU Africa.svg Zimbabwe[57] (Republic of Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe Harare United States dollar and South African rand Shona, Ndebele, English 390,757 13,010,000 2,607 Location Zimbabwe AU Africa.svg Partially recognised and unrecognised states 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 languages Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) Somaliland Hargeisa Somaliland shilling Somali, English, Arabic 137,600 4,000,000 600 Somaliland in Africa (-mini map -rivers).svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[n 4] Western Sahara El Aaiún, Bir Lehlou (temporary)[n 5] Moroccan dirham N/A.[n 6] 267,405 266,000 N/A Location Western Sahara AU Africa.svg Non-sovereign territories There are 10 non-sovereign territories. Dependent territories This list contains territories that are politically administered as external dependencies. Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map French Southern and Antarctic Lands[n 7] (Îles Éparses part only) Saint-Pierre [n 8] Euro French 38.6 No permanent population[58] N/A French Southern and Antarctic Lands in its region (Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean only) (small islands magnified).svg Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)[n 9][59] Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown Saint Helenian pound English 420 5,661 N/A LocationStHelena.png Other areas This list contains territories that are administered as incorporated parts of a primarily non-African state. Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map Canary Islands[60][n 10] Canary Islands Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Euro Spanish 7,447 2,205,247 N/A Location Canary Islands Africa.svg Ceuta[60][n 10] (Autonomous City of Ceuta) Ceuta Ceuta Euro Spanish 28 76,861 N/A Ceuta-melilla.png Madeira [n 11] (Autonomous Region of Madeira) Madeira Funchal Euro Portuguese 828 245,806 N/A Location Madeira Africa.svg Mayotte[61] (France)[n 12] Mayotte Mamoudzou Euro French 374 186,452 2,600 Location Mayotte Africa.svg Melilla [n 10] (Autonomous City of Melilla) Melilla Melilla Euro Spanish 20 72,000 N/A Ceuta-melilla.png Plazas de soberanía [n 10] Spain N/A Euro Spanish 74 N/A Mapa del sur de España neutral.png Réunion [n 13] Réunion Saint-Denis Euro French 2,512 793,000 N/A Location Réunion Africa.svg Lampedusa and Lampione Italy Lampedusa e Linosa Euro Italian 21.4 6,304 N/A Pelagie Islands map.png Notes Jump up ^ Also known as Congo-Kinshasa and formerly as Zaire. Jump up ^ Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Africa. Jump up ^ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville. Jump up ^ Occupies part of the territory of Western Sahara, disputed with Morocco. Jump up ^ Currently under Moroccan administration. Bir Lehlou is the temporary official capital, but Tindouf is the acting capital Jump up ^ Arabic and Spanish recognised regional languages. Jump up ^ Overseas territory of France. Only the Îles Éparses are considered part of the African continent. The remaining four districts lie outside the continental shelf in the Indian Ocean or Antarctica. Jump up ^ The main station on the Îles Éparses is on Tromelin. The headquarters of the district chief, however, is Saint-Pierre, in Réunion. Jump up ^ Overseas territory of the United Kingdom. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Part of Spain. Jump up ^ Part of Portugal. Jump up ^ Currently an overseas department of France as of February 2011. Jump up ^ Overseas department of France. 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