Countries in Africa

There are 53 countries in Africa covered in this guide. Below is a complete list with the capital, population, currency and dialling code for each — tap any country for the full fact file.

Flag	Country	Capital	Population	Currency	Dialling Code
	Algeria	Algiers	47,400,000	Algerian dinar	+213
	Angola	Luanda	36,170,961	Angolan kwanza	+244
	Benin	Porto-Novo	13,224,860	West African CFA franc	+229
	Botswana	Gaborone	2,359,609	Botswana pula	+267
	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	24,070,553	West African CFA franc	+226
	Burundi	Gitega	12,332,788	Burundian franc	+257
	Cameroon	Yaoundé	29,442,327	Central African CFA franc	+237
	Cape Verde	Praia	491,233	Cape Verdean escudo	+238
	Central African Republic	Bangui	6,470,307	Central African CFA franc	+236
	Chad	N'Djamena	19,340,757	Central African CFA franc	+235
	Comoros	Moroni	919,901	Comorian franc	+269
	DR Congo	Kinshasa	112,832,000	Congolese franc	+243
	Djibouti	Djibouti	1,066,809	Djiboutian franc	+253
	Egypt	Cairo	107,271,260	Egyptian pound	+20
	Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	1,668,768	Central African CFA franc	+240
	Eritrea	Asmara	3,607,000	Eritrean nakfa	+291
	Eswatini	Mbabane	1,235,549	Swazi lilangeni	+268
	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	111,652,998	Ethiopian birr	+251
	Gabon	Libreville	2,469,296	Central African CFA franc	+241
	Gambia	Banjul	2,422,712	Dalasi	+220
	Ghana	Accra	33,742,380	Ghanaian cedi	+233
	Guinea	Conakry	14,363,931	Guinean franc	+224
	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	31,719,275	West African CFA franc	+225
	Kenya	Nairobi	53,330,978	Kenyan shilling	+254
	Lesotho	Maseru	2,116,427	Lesotho loti	+266
	Liberia	Monrovia	5,248,621	Liberian dollar	+231
	Libya	Tripoli	7,459,000	Libyan dinar	+218
	Madagascar	Antananarivo	31,727,042	Malagasy ariary	+261
	Malawi	Lilongwe	20,734,262	Malawian kwacha	+265
	Mali	Bamako	22,395,489	West African CFA franc	+223
	Mauritania	Nouakchott	4,927,532	Mauritanian ouguiya	+222
	Mauritius	Port Louis	1,243,741	Mauritian rupee	+230
	Morocco	Rabat	36,828,330	Moroccan dirham	+212
	Mozambique	Maputo	34,090,466	Mozambican metical	+258
	Namibia	Windhoek	3,022,401	Namibian dollar	+264
	Niger	Niamey	26,312,034	West African CFA franc	+227
	Nigeria	Abuja	223,800,000	Nigerian naira	+234
	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	6,142,180	Central African CFA franc	+242
	Rwanda	Kigali	14,104,969	Rwandan franc	+250
	Senegal	Dakar	18,593,258	West African CFA franc	+221
	Seychelles	Victoria	122,729	Seychellois rupee	+248
	Sierra Leone	Freetown	9,077,691	Leone	+232
	Somalia	Mogadishu	19,655,000	Somali shilling	+252
	South Africa	Pretoria	63,100,945	South African rand	+27
	South Sudan	Juba	15,786,898	South Sudanese pound	+211
	Sudan	Khartoum	51,662,000	Sudanese pound	+249
	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	209,607	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra	+239
	Tanzania	Dodoma	68,153,004	Tanzanian shilling	+255
	Togo	Lomé	8,095,498	West African CFA franc	+228
	Tunisia	Tunis	11,972,169	Tunisian dinar	+216
	Uganda	Kampala	45,905,417	Ugandan shilling	+256
	Zambia	Lusaka	19,693,423	Zambian kwacha	+260
	Zimbabwe	Harare	17,073,087	Zimbabwean dollar	+263

Last updated: 13 July 2026