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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
(2023)		Subregion
1 Nigeria 223,804,632 Western Africa
2 Ethiopia 126,527,060 Eastern Africa
3 Egypt 112,716,598 Northern Africa
4 DR Congo 102,262,808 Middle Africa
5 Tanzania 67,438,106 Eastern Africa
6 South Africa 60,414,495 Southern Africa
7 Kenya 55,100,586 Eastern Africa
8 Uganda 48,582,334 Eastern Africa
9 Sudan 48,109,006 Northern Africa
10 Algeria 45,606,480 Northern Africa
11 Morocco 37,840,044 Northern Africa
12 Angola 36,684,202 Middle Africa
13 Ghana 34,121,985 Western Africa
14 Mozambique 33,897,354 Eastern Africa
15 Madagascar 30,325,732 Eastern Africa
16 Côte d'Ivoire 28,873,034 Western Africa
17 Cameroon 28,647,293 Middle Africa
18 Niger 27,202,843 Western Africa
19 Mali 23,293,698 Western Africa
20 Burkina Faso 23,251,485 Western Africa
21 Malawi 20,931,751 Eastern Africa
22 Zambia 20,569,737 Eastern Africa
23 Chad 18,278,568 Middle Africa
24 Somalia 18,143,378 Eastern Africa
25 Senegal 17,763,163 Western Africa
26 Zimbabwe 16,665,409 Eastern Africa
27 Guinea 14,190,612 Western Africa
28 Rwanda 14,094,683 Eastern Africa
29 Benin 13,712,828 Western Africa
30 Burundi 13,238,559 Eastern Africa
31 Tunisia 12,458,223 Northern Africa
32 South Sudan 11,088,796 Eastern Africa
33 Togo 9,053,799 Western Africa
34 Sierra Leone 8,791,092 Western Africa
35 Libya 6,888,388 Northern Africa
36 Congo 6,106,869 Middle Africa
37 Central African Republic 5,742,315 Middle Africa
38 Liberia 5,418,377 Western Africa
39 Mauritania 4,862,989 Western Africa
40 Eritrea 3,748,901 Eastern Africa
41 Gambia 2,773,168 Western Africa
42 Botswana 2,675,352 Southern Africa
43 Namibia 2,604,172 Southern Africa
44 Gabon 2,436,566 Middle Africa
45 Lesotho 2,330,318 Southern Africa
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,150,842 Western Africa
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,714,671 Middle Africa
48 Mauritius 1,300,557 Eastern Africa
49 Eswatini 1,210,822 Southern Africa
50 Djibouti 1,136,455 Eastern Africa
51 Comoros 852,075 Eastern Africa
52 Cabo Verde 598,682 Western Africa
53 Sao Tome & Principe 231,856 Middle Africa
54 Seychelles 107,660 Eastern Africa

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2023)		Dependency of
1 Réunion 981,796 France
2 Western Sahara 587,259 (disputed)
3 Mayotte 335,995 France
4 Saint Helena 5,314 U.K.