Territories and regions

List of regions of Africa and List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

Algeria

Togo

Benin

Botswana

Cameroon

Cent Afr Rep

Chad

Democratic

Republic of

the Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Cape*

Verde

Libya

Mali

Ghana

Sierra

Leone

Ivory

Coast

Burkina

Faso

Mauritania

Morocco

São Tomé

and Príncipe*

Gabon

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Congo

Somalia

Somaliland

South Africa

Sudan

South Sudan

Tunisia

Western

Sahara

Senegal

The Gambia

Guinea-

Bissau

Guinea

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mozambique

Burundi

Rwanda

Uganda

Tanzania

Angola

Saint Helena (UK)*

Lesotho

Eswatini

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Mauritius*

Réunion*

*Comoros

Seychelles

Atlantic

Ocean

Atlantic

Ocean

Indian

Ocean

Strait of Gibraltar

Mediterranean Sea

Red

The countries in this table are categorized according to the scheme for geographic subregions used by the United Nations, and data included are per sources in cross-referenced articles. Where they differ, provisos are clearly indicated.

Regions of Africa:

Physical map of Africa

Arms	Flag	Name of region^[182] and territory, with flag	Area (km²)	Population^[183]	Year	Density (per km²)	Capital
North Africa
		Algeria	2,381,740	34,178,188	2009	14	Algiers
		Canary Islands (Spain)^[184]	7,492	2,154,905	2017	226	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
		Ceuta (Spain)^[185]	20	85,107	2017	3,575	—
		Egypt ^[186]	1,001,450	82,868,000	2012	83	Cairo
		Libya	1,759,540	6,310,434	2009	4	Tripoli
		Madeira (Portugal)^[187]	797	245,000	2001	307	Funchal
		Melilla (Spain)^[188]	12	85,116	2017	5,534	—
		Morocco	446,550	35,740,000	2017	78	Rabat
		Tunisia	163,610	10,486,339	2009	64	Tunis
		Western Sahara ^[189]	266,000	405,210	2009	2	El Aaiún
East Africa
		Burundi	27,830	8,988,091	2009	323	Gitega
		Comoros	2,170	752,438	2009	347	Moroni
		Djibouti	23,000	828,324	2015	22	Djibouti
		Eritrea	121,320	5,647,168	2009	47	Asmara
		Ethiopia	1,127,127	84,320,987	2012	75	Addis Ababa
		French Southern Territories (France)	439,781	100	2019	—	Saint Pierre
		Kenya	582,650	39,002,772	2009	66	Nairobi
		Madagascar	587,040	20,653,556	2009	35	Antananarivo
		Malawi	118,480	14,268,711	2009	120	Lilongwe
		Mauritius	2,040	1,284,264	2009	630	Port Louis
		Mayotte (France)	374	223,765	2009	490	Mamoudzou
		Mozambique	801,590	21,669,278	2009	27	Maputo
		Réunion (France)	2,512	743,981	2002	296	Saint Denis
		Rwanda	26,338	10,473,282	2009	398	Kigali
		Seychelles	455	87,476	2009	192	Victoria
		Somalia	637,657	9,832,017	2009	15	Mogadishu
		Somaliland	176,120	3,508,180	2012	25	Hargeisa
		South Sudan	619,745	8,260,490	2008	13	Juba
		Sudan	1,861,484	30,894,000	2008	17	Khartoum
		Tanzania	945,087	44,929,002	2009	43	Dodoma
		Uganda	236,040	32,369,558	2009	137	Kampala
Central Africa
		Angola	1,246,700	12,799,293	2009	10	Luanda
		Cameroon	475,440	18,879,301	2009	40	Yaoundé
		Central African Republic	622,984	4,511,488	2009	7	Bangui
		Chad	1,284,000	10,329,208	2009	8	N’Djamena
		Republic of the Congo	342,000	4,012,809	2009	12	Brazzaville
		Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,345,410	69,575,000	2012	30	Kinshasa
		Equatorial Guinea	28,051	633,441	2009	23	Malabo
		Gabon	267,667	1,514,993	2009	6	Libreville
		São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001	212,679	2009	212	São Tomé
Southern Africa
		Botswana	600,370	1,990,876	2009	3	Gaborone
		Eswatini	17,363	1,123,913	2009	65	Mbabane
		Lesotho	30,355	2,130,819	2009	70	Maseru
		Namibia	825,418	2,108,665	2009	3	Windhoek
		Zambia	752,614	11,862,740	2009	16	Lusaka
		Zimbabwe	390,580	11,392,629	2009	29	Harare
		South Africa	1,219,912	51,770,560	2011	42	Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria ^[190]
West Africa
		Benin	112,620	8,791,832	2009	78	Porto-Novo
		Burkina Faso	274,200	15,746,232	2009	57	Ouagadougou
		Cape Verde	4,033	429,474	2009	107	Praia
		The Gambia	11,300	1,782,893	2009	158	Banjul
		Ghana	239,460	23,832,495	2009	100	Accra
		Guinea	245,857	10,057,975	2009	41	Conakry
		Guinea-Bissau	36,120	1,533,964	2009	43	Bissau
		Ivory Coast	322,460	20,617,068	2009	64	Abidjan,^[191] Yamoussoukro
		Liberia	111,370	3,441,790	2009	31	Monrovia
		Mali	1,240,000	12,666,987	2009	10	Bamako
		Mauritania	1,030,700	3,129,486	2009	3	Nouakchott
		Niger	1,267,000	15,306,252	2009	12	Niamey
		Nigeria	923,768	166,629,000	2012	180	Abuja
		Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	420	7,728	2012	13	Jamestown
		Senegal	196,190	13,711,597	2009	70	Dakar
		Sierra Leone	71,740	6,440,053	2009	90	Freetown
		Togo	56,785	6,019,877	2009	106	Lomé
Africa Total			30,368,609	1,001,320,281	2009	33

See also

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