List of countries in Africa
The list of African states includes all states that are located on the African continent .
| State name 1 | Official long form of the state name |
Capital | Population (2017) | Area in km² | Inhabitant per km² | flag | ISO-3 code | ISO-2 code | TLD | English name | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Union | - | Addis Ababa | 1.256.268.025 | 29,797,500 | 42.4 |
|
- | - | - | African Union | - |
| Egypt | Arab Republic of Egypt | Cairo | 97.553.151 | 1,001,450 | 98.0 |
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EGY | EG | .eg | Egypt | Misr |
| Algeria | People's Democratic Republic of Algeria | Algiers | 41,318,142 | 2,381,741 | 17.3 |
|
DZA | Double room | .dz | Algeria | Al Jaza'ir |
| Angola | Republic of Angola | Luanda | 29,784,193 | 1,246,700 | 23.9 |
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AGO | AO | .ao | Angola | Angola |
| Equatorial Guinea | Republic of Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 1,267,689 | 28.051 | 45.2 |
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GNQ | GQ | .gq | Equatorial Guinea | Guinea Ecuatorial |
| Ethiopia | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 104,957,438 | 1,133,380 | 105.0 |
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ETH | ET | .et | Ethiopia | Ityop'iya |
| Benin | Republic of Benin | Porto-Novo | 11,175,692 | 112,622 | 99.1 |
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BEN | BJ | .bj | Benin | Benin |
| Botswana | Republic of Botswana | Gaborone | 2,291,661 | 581.730 | 4.0 |
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BWA | BW | .bw | Botswana | Botswana |
| Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 19.193.382 | 274.200 | 70.2 |
|
BFA | BF | .bf | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso |
| Burundi | Republic of Burundi | Gitega | 10,864,245 | 27,834 | 423.1 |
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BDI | BI | .bi | Burundi | Burundi |
| Djibouti | Republic of Djibouti | Djibouti city | 956.985 | 23,200 | 41.3 |
|
DJI | DJ | .dj | Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Ivory Coast | Republic of Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 24,294,750 | 322,463 | 76.4 |
|
CIV | CI | .ci | Ivory Coast | Cote d'Ivoire |
| Eritrea | State of Eritrea | Asmara | 5,068,831 | 121.144 | 50.2 |
|
ERI | HE | .he | Eritrea | Ertra |
| Gabon | Gabonese Republic | Libreville | 2,025,137 | 267,667 | 7.9 |
|
GAVE | GA | .ga | Gabon | Gabon |
| Gambia | Republic of the Gambia | Banjul | 2,100,568 | 11,295 | 207.6 |
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GMB | GM | .gm | Gambia, the | Gambia, the |
| Ghana | Republic of Ghana | Accra | 28,833,629 | 238,537 | 126.7 |
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GHA | GH | .gh | Ghana | Ghana |
| Guinea | Republic of Guinea | Conakry | 12,717,176 | 245.857 | 51.8 |
|
GIN | GN | .gn | Guinea | Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau | Republic of Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 1,861,283 | 36,125 | 66.2 |
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GNB | GW | .gw | Guinea-Bissau | Guiné-Bissau |
| Cameroon | Republic of Cameroon | Yaoundé | 24,053,727 | 475,442 | 45.6 |
|
CMR | CM | .cm | Cameroon | Cameroun ( French ), Cameroon ( English ) |
| Cape Verde | Republic of Cape Verde | Praia | 546,388 | 4.036 | 122.4 |
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CPV | CV | .cv | Cape Verde | Cabo Verde |
| Kenya | Republic of Kenya | Nairobi | 49,699,862 | 582,646 | 87.3 |
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KEN | KE | .ke | Kenya | Kenya |
| Comoros | Union of Comoros | Moroni | 813.912 | 1,862 | 437.4 |
|
COM | KM | .km | Comoros | Comores |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa | 81,339,988 | 2,344,858 | 35.9 |
|
COD | CD | .CD | Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Kinshasa) | Congo, République Démocratique du |
| Congo, Republic | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 5,260,750 | 342,000 | 15.4 |
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COG | CG | .cg | Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) | Congo, République du |
| Lesotho | Kingdom of Lesotho | Maseru | 2,233,339 | 30,355 | 73.7 |
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LSO | LS | .ls | Lesotho | Lesotho |
| Liberia | Republic of Liberia | Monrovia | 4,731,906 | 97,754 | 49.1 |
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LBR | LR | .lr | Liberia | Liberia |
| Libya | Libya | Tripoli | 6,374,616 | 1,775,500 | 3.6 |
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LBY | LY | .ly | Libya | Libiyah |
| Madagascar | Republic of Madagascar | Antananarivo | 25,570,895 | 587.041 | 44.0 |
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MDG | MG | .mg | Madagascar | Madagascar |
| Malawi | Republic of Malawi | Lilongwe | 18,622,104 | 118,484 | 197.5 |
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MWI | MW | .mw | Malawi | Malawi |
| Mali | Republic of Mali | Bamako | 18,541,980 | 1,240,192 | 15.2 |
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MLI | ML | .ml | Mali | Mali |
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Morocco without Western Sahara (EH) |
Kingdom of Morocco | Rabat | 35,739,580 | 458.730 | 80.1 |
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MAR | MA | .ma | Morocco | Al Maghrib |
| Mauritania | Islamic Republic of Mauritania | Nouakchott | 4,420,184 | 1,030,700 | 4.3 |
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MRI | MR | .mr | Mauritania | Muritaniyah |
| Mauritius | Republic of Mauritius | Port Louis | 1,265,138 | 2,040 | 623.2 |
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MUS | MU | .mu | Mauritius | Mauritius |
| Mozambique | Republic of Mozambique | Maputo | 29,668,834 | 799.380 | 37.7 |
|
MOZ | MZ | .mz | Mozambique | Mozambique |
| Namibia | Republic of Namibia | Windhoek | 2,533,794 | 824.292 | 3.1 |
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NAM | N / A | .n / A | Namibia | Namibia |
| Niger | Republic of Niger | Niamey | 21,477,348 | 1,267,000 | 17.0 |
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NER | NE | .ne | Niger | Niger |
| Nigeria | Federal Republic of Nigeria | Abuja | 190.886.311 | 923,768 | 209.6 |
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NGA | NG | .ng | Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Rwanda | Republic of Rwanda | Kigali | 12.208.407 | 26,338 | 494.9 |
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RWA | RW | .rw | Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Zambia | Republic of Zambia | Lusaka | 17.094.130 | 752.614 | 23.0 |
|
ZMB | ZM | .zm | Zambia | Zambia |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome | 204,327 | 1,001 | 212.8 |
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STP | ST | .st | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome e Principe |
| Senegal | Republic of Senegal | Dakar | 15,850,567 | 196.722 | 82.3 |
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SEN | SN | .sn | Senegal | Senegal |
| Seychelles | Republic of Seychelles | Victoria | 94,737 | 454 | 206.0 |
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SYC | SC | .sc | Seychelles | Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone | Republic of Sierra Leone | Freetown | 7,557,212 | 71,740 | 104.7 |
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SLE | SL | .sl | Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone |
| Zimbabwe | Republic of Zimbabwe | Harare | 16,529,904 | 390.757 | 42.7 |
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TWO | ZW | . or | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
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Somalia with Somaliland |
Federal Republic of Somalia | Mogadishu | 14,742,523 | 637.657 | 23.5 |
|
SOM | SO | .so | Somalia | Somalia |
| South Africa | Republic of South Africa | Pretoria | 56.717.156 | 1,220,813 | 46.8 |
|
ZAF | ZA | .za | South Africa | Suid-Afrika ( Afrikaans ), South Africa ( English ) |
| Sudan | Republic of Sudan | Khartoum | 40,533,330 | 1,840,687 | 23.6 |
|
SDN | SD | .sd | Sudan | As Sudan |
| South Sudan | Republic of South Sudan | Juba | 12,575,714 | 619.745 | 20.6 |
|
SSD | SS | .ss | South Sudan | South Sudan |
| Swaziland | Kingdom of Eswatini | Mbabane | 1,367,254 | 17,364 | 79.5 |
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SWZ | SZ | .sz | Swaziland | Swaziland |
| Tanzania | United Republic of Tanzania | Dodoma | 57.310.019 | 945.087 | 64.7 |
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TZA | TZ | .tz | Tanzania | Tanzania |
| Togo | Republic of Togo | Lomé | 7,797,694 | 56,785 | 143.4 |
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TGO | TG | .tg | Togo | Togo |
| Chad | Republic of Chad | N'Djamena | 14,899,994 | 1,284,000 | 11.8 |
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TCD | TD | .td | Chad | Tchad |
| Tunisia | Republic of Tunisia | Tunis | 11,532,127 | 163,610 | 74.2 |
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TO DO | TN | .tn | Tunisia | Tunis |
| Uganda | Republic of Uganda | Kampala | 42,862,958 | 241,548 | 214.5 |
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UGA | Basement | .ug | Uganda | Uganda |
| Western Sahara | Sahara Arab Democratic Republic | El Aaiún | 552,628 | 252.120 | 2.1 |
|
ESH | EH | .eh | Western Sahara | Sahara Occidental |
| Central African Republic | Central African Republic | Bangui | 4,659,080 | 622.984 | 7.5 |
|
CAF | CF | .cf | Central African Republic | République Centrafricaine |
| State name 1 | Official long form of the state name |
Capital | Population (2017) | Area in km² | Inhabitant per km² | flag | ISO-3 code | ISO-2 code | TLD | English name | Local name |
1 Use of the state name in German Wikipedia.
The area information was taken from the Fischer Weltalmanach 2014 ( ISBN 978-3-596-72014-9 ) and is based on information for 2012. The population figures come from the UN and apply to mid-2017.
See also
- List of historical states in Africa
- List of States of America
- List of states in Asia
- List of countries in Europe
Web links
- ↑ Directory of state names for official use in the Federal Republic of Germany. Federal Foreign Office, June 28, 2018.
- ↑ Directory of state names for official use in the Federal Republic of Germany. Federal Foreign Office, June 28, 2018.
- ↑ UN World Population Prospects 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .