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This web page provides a comprehensive list of 56 recognised sovereign states and two non-sovereign territories in Africa, with their names, capitals, populations, areas, currencies, and ISO codes. It also includes nine sub-national regions of non-African sovereign states that are located on the African continent.
This web page shows the current 54 African countries sorted by population, based on demographic projections from the most recent census or data. It also includes the partially recognized country of Western Sahara and the population growth rate of each country.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, with diverse natural resources, cultures, and history. Learn about its geography, countries, languages, religions, economy, and environmental issues from this comprehensive article.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa and the Arab world, with 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 mi2). See the full list of 54 African countries ranked by their total area, from largest to smallest.
The Human Development Index (HDI) measures well-being based on health, education, and income. See the latest HDI rankings of African countries in 2024, with Seychelles as the only very high human development country and Somalia as the lowest.
This web page shows the nominal GDP of African countries in 2020 and 2024, based on data from the International Monetary Fund. South Africa is the richest country in Africa in both years, followed by Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
This web page shows the dates when African states were colonized by European powers and lost their independence. It does not answer the query directly, but it provides a chronological list of colonization events by country name.
This web page provides a table of African countries and dependencies ranked by population density in inhabitants/km2, based on 2015 estimates. It also shows a density map of Africa and the area, population and population density of each country or territory.