African Countries- Capital Cities,– Africa is the second-largest continent in the world in both area and population. It is an almost entirely isolated landmass with only a small land bridge in the northeast, connecting the African Mainland with Western Asia.
How many countries are there in Africa? 48 countries share the area of mainland Africa, plus six island nations are considered to be part of the continent. All in all, there are 54 sovereign African countries and two disputed areas, namely Somaliland and Western Sahara. See the list of African countries we provided below.
According to United Nation, An estimated 1.34 billion people live in the second-largest continent, representing about 14 percent of the world’s population (as of 2020). By far the most populous country in Africa is Nigeria, with a population of more than 190 million.
The list below will help you learn the 55 African Countries- Capital Cities to best decide which country is best for your business strategies.
African Countries And Their Capital Cities:
What are the 54 countries in Africa and their capitals? Below are the full list of African countries and their capital cities:
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- Algeria – …………..Algiers
- Angola – ………….Luanda
- Benin – …………..Porto-Novo
- Botswana – ………Gaborone
- Burundi – ………….Bujumbura
- Burkina Faso –………Ouagadougou
- Cameroon – ……..Yaoundé
- Cape Verde – ………Praia
- Central African Republic – …….Bangui
- Chad – …………….N’Djamena
- Comoros – …………..Moroni
- Cote d’Ivoire – ………Yamoussoukro
- DR Congo – ………Kinshasa
- Djibouti – ……….Djibouti City
- Egypt –…………… Cairo
- Equatorial Guinea –……. Malabo
- Eritrea – ………..Asmara
- Ethiopia – ……….Addis Ababa
- Gabon – …….Libreville
- Gambia – ………Banjul
- Ghana – ……….Accra
- Guinea – ……….Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau – ……Bissau
- Kenya –…….. Nairobi
- Lesotho – ……..Maseru
- Liberia –…….. Monrovia
- Libya – ……..Tripoli
- Madagascar – …..Antananarivo
- Malawi –……. Lilongwe
- Mali – …….Bamako
- Mauritania – ….Nouakchott
- Mauritius – ….Port Louis
- Morocco – ……..Rabat
- Mozambique – ……Maputo
- Namibia –……. Windhoek
- Niger – …………Niamey
- Nigeria – ……..Abuja
- Republic of the Congo –…… Brazzaville
- Réunion – …..Saint-Denis
- Rwanda – ……….Kigali
- São Tomé and Principe – …..São Tomé
- Senegal – ……..Dakar
- Seychelles – ……….Victoria
- Sierra Leone – ……..Freetown
- Somalia –………..Mogadishu
- South Africa – ….Pretoria
- South Sudan –……. Juba
- Sudan – ………Khartoum
- Swaziland – ……Mbabane
- Tanzania – …….Dodoma
- Togo – …….Lomé
- Tunisia – …….Tunis
- Uganda –…… Kampala
- Zambia – ……..Lusaka
- Zimbabwe – …….Harare
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List Of Geographic Region In Africa:
The 55 members are grouped into five major geographic regions below. Other physical regions part of Africa are the Sahara, the Sahel, the Ethiopian Highlands, the savanna, the Swahili Coast, the rainforest and the African Great Lakes.
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- North Africa:
- West Africa
- Central Africa
- East Africa
- Southern Africa
1. North Africa:
The Northern Africa (as used by the United Nations) refers to the portion of Africa along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea (except for Sudan).
In the northwest, the Atlas Mountains dominate the area. South of the Mediterranean coastal strip stretches the Sahara from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
There are six countries in Northern Africa and one disputed territory, Western Sahara. According to the United Nations Population Division, approximately 242 million people live in Northern Africa.
2. West Africa:
The Western Africa mostly refers to the countries north of the Gulf of Guinea in the north-western part of the continent. West Africa is located in the southern part of the so-called hump of Africa; it is bounded in the north by the Sahara desert and the Sahel zone.
There are sixteen countries in West Africa and one British Overseas Territory, Saint Helena. According to the United Nations Population Division, an estimated 392 million people live in West Africa.
3. Central Africa:
Central Africa or Middle Africa (as used by the United Nations) refers to the tropical central portion of the African continent.
There are nine countries in Central Africa, including the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
According to the United Nations Population Division, approximately 174 million people live in Central Africa.
4. East Africa:
East Africa or Eastern Africa, is the eastern portion of the African continent; it includes Madagascar and other, smaller islands.
In a narrower sense, the term East Africa may refer to the former British colonial areas of present-day Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
According to the United Nations Population Division, roughly 445 million people live in East Africa
5. Southern Africa:
Southern Africa is the southern portion of the African continent, bounded by the South Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Indian Ocean in the east. The United Nations geoscheme lists five countries in Southern Africa, with a total population of about 67 million people.
