Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area, accounting for about a fifth of the world's land. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. It is surrounded by large areas of Africa water. There are 54 fully recognized and independent countries in Africa, and 14.7% (1.216 billion) of the world's population lives there. It is thought to be the continent where the first humans evolved.
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- Burkina Faso
- Angola
- Botswana
- Benin
- Central African Republic
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Cape Verde
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Congo (Republic)
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Lesotho
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Libya
- Ivory Coast
- Mozambique
- Seychelles
- Madagascar
- Rwanda
- Mali
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Malawi
- Morocco
- Senegal
- Namibia
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Somalia
- Mauritius
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Tunisia
- Niger
- Tanzania
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Mauritania
- Zambia
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Capital: Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Flag: 🇧🇫
Area: 274,000 km²
Angola
Currency: CFA Franc
Flag: 🇦🇴
Map: Link
Area: 1,246,700 km²
Landscape: Savanna (Green 🟢), Highlands (Brown 🟤), Coastal (Blue
Capital: Porto-Novo
Currency: Kwanza
Flag: 🇧🇯
Landscape: Tropical Forest (Green 🟢), Plateau (Brown 🟤)
Capital: Bangui
Flag: 🇨🇫
Currency: Pula
Area: 581,726 km²
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Flag: 🇧🇼
Landscape: Kalahari Desert (Yellow 🟡), Savannah (Green 🟢)
Area: 1,284,000 km²
Population (2021): 34,503,774
Capital: Luanda
Area: 112,622 km²
Benin
Capital: Yaoundé
Landscape: Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Highlands (Brown 🟤), Savanna (Light Green 🟢)
Population (2021): 27,198,628
Currency: CFA Franc
Flag: 🇰🇲
Map: Link
Comoros
Population (2021): 12,996,895
Central African Republic
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Landscape: Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Savannah (Light Green 🟢)
Map: Link
Capital: Praia
Population (2021): 587,925
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Map: Link
Map: Link
Population (2021): 22,100,683
Area: 28,051 km²
Map: Link
Equatorial Guinea
Landscape: Sahel (Yellow 🟡), Savannah (Green 🟢)
Population (2021): 2,588,423
Map: Link
Currency: CFA Franc
Currency: Comorian Franc
Population (2021): 1,634,466
Flag: 🇧🇮
Landscape: Highlands (Brown 🟤), Plateaus (Light Brown 🟤), Lakes(Blue 🔵)
Area: 622,984 km²
Landscape: Sahara Desert (Yellow 🟡), Sahel (Orange 🟠), Wetlands (Blue 🔵)
Map: Link
Map: Link
Landscape: Rainforests (Green 🟢), Rivers (Blue 🔵), Plateaus (Brown 🟤)
Flag: 🇬🇶
Capital: N'Djamena
Burundi
Currency: CFA Franc
Population (2021): 12,551,213
Population (2021): 5,457,154
Flag: 🇨🇩
Capital: Malabo
Botswana
Cameroon
Currency: CFA Franc
Map: Link
Currency: Burundi Franc
Area: 27,830 km²
Capital: Gaborone
Map: Link
Eritrea
Capital: Moroni
Population (2021): 95,894,118
Area: 2,235 km²
Area: 2,344,858 km²
Chad
Capital: Asmara
Map: Link
Landscape: Highlands (Brown 🟤), Coastal (Blue 🔵), Desert (Yellow 🟡)
Area: 4,033 km²
Population (2021): 3,620,312
Currency: Lilangeni
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Population (2021): 17,179,740
Currency: Congolese Franc
Currency: CFA Franc
Cape Verde
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Volcanic Islands (Dark Gray ⚫)
Population (2021): 1,192,271
Area: 117,600 km²
Flag: 🇹🇩
Currency: CFA Franc
Capital: Kinshasa
Landscape: Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Rivers (Blue 🔵), Savannah(Light Green 🟢)
Capital: Lobamba
Capital: Addis Ababa
Flag: 🇪🇷
Currency: Nakfa
Capital: Gitega
Flag: 🇨🇲
Area: 475,442 km²
Area: 17,364 km²
Population (2021): 120,283,026
Currency: Ethiopian Birr
Guinea
Capital: Bissau
Landscape: Mountains (Brown 🟤), Savanna (Light Green 🟢)
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Area: 23,200 km²
Population (2021): 2,060,721
Capital: Djibouti City
Map: Link
Map: Link
Landscape: Highlands (Brown 🟤), Rift Valley (Gray ⚫), Forests (Green 🟢)
Flag: 🇪🇹
Map: Link
Map: Link
Map: Link
Population (2021): 821,625
Population (2021): 5,835,806
Capital: Abuja
Currency: Nigerian Naira
Morocco
Ethiopia
Map: Link
Landscape: Highlands (Brown 🟤), Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Map: Link
Population (2021): 53,005,614
Flag: 🇬🇼
Flag: 🇰🇪
Landscape: Volcanic Islands (Dark Gray ⚫), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Capital: Cairo
Flag: 🇬🇳
Republic of the Congo
Map: Link
Landscape: Mangroves (Green 🟢), Wetlands (Blue 🔵), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Capital: Conakry
Flag: 🇸🇴
Guinea-Bissau
Currency: CFA Franc
Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo
Flag: 🇿🇦
Flag: 🇨🇻
Area: 1,267,000 km²
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Islands(Gray ⚫)
Flag: 🇩🇯
Capital: Niamey
Currency: Djibouti Franc
Population (2021): 1,105,557
Egypt
Population (2021): 109,262,178
Population (2021): 25,252,722
Kenya
Djibouti
Map: Link
Flag: 🇱🇾
Area: 1,759,540 km²
Capital: Tripoli
Madagascar
Population (2021): 28,915,653
Map: Link
Landscape: Forests (Green 🟢), Highlands (Brown 🟤), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Capital: Accra
Landscape: Sahara Desert (Yellow 🟡), Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Sahel (Orange 🟠)
Area: 238,534 km²
Currency: CFA Franc
Population (2021): 21,904,983
Map: Link
Capital: Bamako
Mali
Area: 1,240,192 km²
Flag: 🇲🇱
Capital: Banjul
Flag: 🇷🇼
Area: 26,798 km²
Landscape: Highlands (Brown 🟤), Lakes (Blue 🔵)
Map: Link
Population (2021): 13,461,888
Currency: Rwandan Franc
Capital: Kigali
Flag: 🇹🇬
Population (2021): 8,644,829
Map: Link
Map: Link
Rwanda
Area: 56,785 km²
Mauritania
Area: 1,030,700 km²
Currency: CFA Franc
Malawi
Capital: Juba
Area: 118,484 km²
Currency: Malawian Kwacha
Population (2021): 19,889,742
Flag: 🇲🇼
Capital: Lilongwe
Flag: 🇳🇬
Landscape: Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Nigeria
Area: 923,768 km²
Population (2021): 213,401,323
Landscape: Forested Highlands (Brown 🟤), Coastal (Blue 🔵), Savanna (Light Green 🟢)
Landscape: Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Forests (Green 🟢), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Map: Link
Liberia
Landscape: Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Map: Link
Currency: Liberian Dollar
Flag: 🇱🇷
Zambia
Capital: Lusaka
Population (2021): 19,473,125
Landscape: Sahara Desert (Yellow 🟡), Sahel (Orange 🟠)
Currency: Zambian Kwacha
Map: Link
Map: Link
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Desert (Yellow 🟡)
Currency: Egyptian Pound
Landscape: Nile Valley (Blue 🔵), Sahara Desert (Yellow 🟡), Coastal(Blue 🔵)
Flag: 🇪🇬
Flag: 🇬🇦
Population (2021): 2,341,179
Landscape: Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Capital: Antananarivo
Gabon
Area: 267,668 km²
Uganda
Flag: 🇬🇭
Population (2021): 37,076,584
Currency: Guinean Franc
Area: 587,041 km²
Population (2021): 32,833,031
Area: 245,857 km²
Capital: Windhoek
Map: Link
Flag: 🇳🇦
Landscape: Desert (Yellow 🟡), Highlands (Brown 🟤)
Flag: 🇲🇦
Population (2021): 45,853,778
Currency: Namibian Dollar
Capital: Kampala
Landscape: Lakes (Blue 🔵), Forests (Green 🟢), Highlands (Brown 🟤)
Namibia
Area: 236,040 km²
Currency: Ugandan Shilling
Map: Link
Capital: Harare
Flag: 🇺🇬
Capital: Khartoum
Area: 390,757 km²
Map: Link
Flag: 🇸🇩
Sudan
Landscape: Desert (Yellow 🟡), Sahel (Orange 🟠), Nile River (Blue 🔵)
Population (2021): 45,657,202
Currency: Sudanese Pound
Capital: Freetown
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Savannah (Light Green 🟢)
Map: Link
Sierra Leone
Population (2021): 8,420,641
Area: 945,203 km²
Capital: Dodoma
Currency: Tanzanian Shilling
Flag: 🇹🇿
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Mountains (Brown 🟤), Forests (Green 🟢), Lakes (Blue 🔵)
Area: 71,740 km²
Flag: 🇨🇬
Zimbabwe
Population (2021): 63,588,334
Population (2021): 2,639,916
Map: Link
Tanzania
Currency: CFA Franc
Currency: Ghanaian Cedi
Capital: Brazzaville
Currency: Zimbabwe Dollar
Map: Link
Flag: 🇿🇼
Landscape: Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Mountains (Brown 🟤), Plateaus (Gray ⚫)
Flag: 🇨🇮
Map: Link
Landscape: Riverine (Blue 🔵), Coastal (Blue 🔵), Savanna (Light Green 🟢)
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Tropical Forests (Green 🟢), Savannah (Light Green 🟢)
Capital: Yamoussoukro
Currency: Dalasi
Area: 10,380 km²
Population (2021): 16,876,720
Currency: CFA Franc
Landscape: Atlas Mountains (Brown 🟤), Coastal (Blue 🔵), Desert (Yellow 🟡)
Area: 825,418 km²
Area: 710,850 km²
Map: Link
Map: Link
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Desert (Yellow 🟡), Savannah (Light Green 🟢
Currency: CFA Franc
Capital: Dakar
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Sahel (Orange 🟠)
Population (2021): 223,107
Capital: Rabat
Currency: Kenyan Shilling
Currency: Somali Shilling
Area: 637,657 km²
Map: Link
Somalia
Capital: São Tomé
Area: 964 km²
Landscape: Volcanic Islands (Dark Gray ⚫), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
Flag: 🇸🇹
South Africa
Niger
Area: 36,125 km²
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Volcanic Island (Dark Gray ⚫)
Capital: Cape Town
Flag: 🇲🇺
Capital: Mogadishu
São Tomé and Príncipe
Map: Link
Flag: 🇸🇨
Area: 752,614 km²
Map: Link
Map: Link
Currency: Dobra
Population (2021): 59,392,255
Area: 801,590 km²
Population (2021): 15,993,524
Landscape: Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Rivers (Blue 🔵), Highlands (Brown 🟤)
Flag: 🇿🇲
Population (2021): 6,735,277
Flag: 🇸🇸
Map: Link
Currency: Malagasy Ariary
Seychelles
Capital: Victoria
Population (2021): 106,471
Flag: 🇱🇸
Lesotho
Population (2021): 13,531,906
Capital: Libreville
Population (2021): 27,478,249
Libya
Map: Link
Population (2021): 4,614,974
Map: Link
Currency: Moroccan Dirham
Population (2021): 1,298,915
Area: 1,104,300 km²
Currency: Mauritian Rupee
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Savannah (Light Green 🟢)
Population (2021): 5,193,416
Area: 111,369 km²
Map: Link
Togo
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Islands (Gray ⚫)
Area: 451 km²
Capital: Maputo
Flag: 🇸🇳
Area: 2,040 km²
Area: 1,221,037 km²
Currency: Seychellois Rupee
Capital: Port Louis
Map: Link
Capital: Lomé
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Mountains (Brown 🟤), Savannah (Light Green 🟢)
Tunisia
Capital: Maseru
Currency: Libyan Dinar
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Savannah (Light Green 🟢), Rivers (Blue 🔵)
Population (2021): 32,077,072
Flag: 🇬🇲
Ghana
Currency: Lesotho Loti
Currency: South Sudanese Pound
Capital: Nouakchott
Area: 644,329 km²
Flag: 🇲🇬
Area: 322,460 km²
Capital: Monrovia
Flag: 🇹🇳
Gambia
Flag: 🇲🇷
Capital: Nairobi
Map: Link
Landscape: Wetlands (Blue 🔵), Savannah (Light Green 🟢)
Currency: Ouguiya
Area: 580,367 km²
Senegal
Flag: 🇸🇱
Map: Link
Area: 30,355 km²
Landscape: Sahara Desert (Yellow 🟡), Coastal (Blue 🔵), Sahel (Orange 🟠)
Currency: Mozambican Metical
Flag: 🇸🇿
Landscape: Sahara Desert (Yellow 🟡), Coastal (Blue 🔵)
South Sudan
Landscape: Highlands (Brown 🟤), Lakes (Blue 🔵), Savannah (Light Green 🟢)
Map: Link
Currency: CFA Franc
Area: 196,723 km²
Area: 342,000 km²
Mozambique
Population (2021): 2,530,151
Currency: Leone
Population (2021): 12,262,946
Area: 163,610 km²
Mauritius
Currency: South African Rand
Area: 1,001,449 km²
Flag: 🇳🇪
Map: Link
Map: Link
Population (2021): 2,281,454
Population (2021): 10,748,272
Area: 1,861,484 km²
Landscape: Mountains (Brown 🟤), Plateaus (Gray ⚫)
Capital: Tunis
Currency: Tunisian Dinar
Landscape: Coastal (Blue 🔵), Desert (Yellow 🟡), Mountains (Brown 🟤)
Flag: 🇲🇿
Population (2021): 17,065,581