Countries in Africa

There are 54 countries and one “non-self governing territory”, the Western Sahara, in Africa.

Before colonial rule Africa comprised up to 10,000 different states and autonomous groups with distinct languages and customs.

All of Africa was colonized by foreign powers during the “scramble for Africa”, except Ethiopia and Liberia.

African continent is the world’s oldest populated area.

Africa is the second most populous continent with about 1.1 billion people or 16% of the world’s population.

Over 50% of Africans are under the age of 25.The continent’s population will more than double to 2.3 billion people by 2050.

Africa is the world’s poorest and most underdeveloped continent with a continental GDP that accounts for just 2.4% of global GDP.

France still owns Réunion (pop 2020 – 895,312) and Mayotte (pop 2020 – 272,815). United Kingdom still occupies Saint Helena (Pop 2020 – 6,077.

Source: National Geographic

#	Country	Population (2020)	Subregion
1	Nigeria	206139589	Western Africa
2	Ethiopia	114963588	Eastern Africa
3	Egypt	102334404	Northern Africa
4	DR Congo	89561403	Middle Africa
5	Tanzania	59734218	Eastern Africa
6	South Africa	59308690	Southern Africa
7	Kenya	53771296	Eastern Africa
8	Uganda	45741007	Eastern Africa
9	Algeria	43851044	Northern Africa
10	Sudan	43849260	Northern Africa
11	Morocco	36910560	Northern Africa
12	Angola	32866272	Middle Africa
13	Mozambique	31255435	Eastern Africa
14	Ghana	31072940	Western Africa
15	Madagascar	27691018	Eastern Africa
16	Cameroon	26545863	Middle Africa
17	Côte d'Ivoire	26378274	Western Africa
18	Niger	24206644	Western Africa
19	Burkina Faso	20903273	Western Africa
20	Mali	20250833	Western Africa
21	Malawi	19129952	Eastern Africa
22	Zambia	18383955	Eastern Africa
23	Senegal	16743927	Western Africa
24	Chad	16425864	Middle Africa
25	Somalia	15893222	Eastern Africa
26	Zimbabwe	14862924	Eastern Africa
27	Guinea	13132795	Western Africa
28	Rwanda	12952218	Eastern Africa
29	Benin	12123200	Western Africa
30	Burundi	11890784	Eastern Africa
31	Tunisia	11818619	Northern Africa
32	South Sudan	11193725	Eastern Africa
33	Togo	8278724	Western Africa
34	Sierra Leone	7976983	Western Africa
35	Libya	6871292	Northern Africa
36	Congo	5518087	Middle Africa
37	Liberia	5057681	Western Africa
38	Central African Republic	4829767	Middle Africa
39	Mauritania	4649658	Western Africa
40	Eritrea	3546421	Eastern Africa
41	Namibia	2540905	Southern Africa
42	Gambia	2416668	Western Africa
43	Botswana	2351627	Southern Africa
44	Gabon	2225734	Middle Africa
45	Lesotho	2142249	Southern Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau	1968001	Western Africa
47	Equatorial Guinea	1402985	Middle Africa
48	Mauritius	1271768	Eastern Africa
49	Eswatini	1160164	Southern Africa
50	Djibouti	988000	Eastern Africa
51	Comoros	869601	Eastern Africa
52	Cabo Verde	555987	Western Africa
53	Sao Tome & Principe	219159	Middle Africa
54	Seychelles	98347	Eastern Africa