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Africa
Countries of the African continent
54countries
1.5 billionpeople
30,049,078 km²
The region in detail
Africa brings together 54 countries — more than any other continent — from Egypt to South Africa and from Morocco to Madagascar. It is the hardest region to memorise: many West and Central African states with similar flags and names, and former colonial names still in use. Learn to tell Mali and Malawi apart, place the landlocked countries (Chad, Niger, Zambia) and the islands (Comoros, Mauritius, Cape Verde). The interactive map and the flag quiz are your best allies to master this rich and complex continent.
The 54 countries of Africa
South Africa
Pretoria
Algeria
Algiers
Angola
Luanda
Benin
Porto-Novo
Botswana
Gaborone
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Gitega
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Cape Verde
Praia
Comoros
Moroni
Congo
Brazzaville
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
Djibouti
Djibouti
Egypt
Cairo
Eritrea
Asmara
Eswatini
Mbabane
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Gabon
Libreville
Gambia
Banjul
Ghana
Accra
Guinea
Conakry
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Mauritius
Port Louis
Kenya
Nairobi
Lesotho
Maseru
Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
Tripoli
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Mali
Bamako
Morocco
Rabat
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mozambique
Maputo
Namibia
Windhoek
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Uganda
Kampala
Central African Republic
Bangui
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
Rwanda
Kigali
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé
Senegal
Dakar
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Somalia
Mogadishu
Sudan
Khartoum
South Sudan
Juba
Tanzania
Dodoma
Chad
N'Djamena
Togo
Lomé
Tunisia
Tunis
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare