List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, with information about their respective capitals, languages, currencies, population,area and GDP per capita. Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain are located on the African continental plate, however they are considered European by convention. The island of Socotra is also on the African plate, but is part of the Asian state of Yemen. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai peninsula, is considered an African state.
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1 Sovereign states

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1.1 Recognised states 1.2 Partially recognised and unrecognised states

2 Non-sovereign territories

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2.1 Dependent territories 2.2 Other areas

3 Notes 4 See also 5 References

Sovereign states[edit]
Recognised states[edit]

The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations,[1] and all except Morocco are members of the African Union.[2][3]

Name (official name)

Flag

Capital

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Algeria[4] (P eople's Democratic Republic of Algeria)

Algiers

Algerian Arabic dinar

2,381,7 33,333, 7,124 40 216

Angola[5] (R epublic of Angola)

Luanda

Kwanza Portuguese

1,246,7 15,941, 2,813 00 000

Benin[6] (Republic of Benin)

Porto Novo

West African French CFA franc

112,622

8,439,0 1,176 00

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Botswana[7] (Republic of Botswana)

Gaborone

Pula

English, Setswana

581,726

1,839,8 11,40 33 0

Burkina Faso[8] (Burkina Faso)

West Ouagadougo African French u CFA franc

274,000

13,228, 1,284 000

Burundi[9] ( Republic of Burundi)

Bujumbura

Burundi Kirundi, French franc

27,830

7,548,0 739 00

Cameroon[10 ] (Republic of Cameroon)

Yaound

Central African French, English CFA franc

475,442

17,795, 2,421 000

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Cape Verde[11] (Re public of Cabo Verde)

Praia

Cape Verdean Portuguese escudo

4,033

420,979 6,418

Central African Republic[12] (Central African Republic)

Bangui

Central African Sango, French CFA franc

622,984

4,216,6 1,198 66

Chad[13] (Re public of Chad)

N'Djamena

Central African French, Arabic CFA franc

1,284,0 10,146, 1,519 00 000

Comoros[14] (Union of the Comoros)

Moroni

Comoria Arabic, French, Comorian n franc

2,235

798,000 1,660

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Cte d'Ivoire[15] ( Republic of Cte d'Ivoire)

West Yamoussou African French kro CFA franc

322,460

17,654, 1,600 843

Democratic Republic of Congo[16][n 1] (Democrat ic Republic of Congo)

Kinshasa

Congole French se franc

2,344,8 75,507, 774 58 308

Djibouti[17] ( Republic of Djibouti)

Djibouti

Djibouti Arabic, French an Franc

23,200

906,000 2,070

Egypt[18][n 2] (Arab Republic of Egypt)

Cairo

Egyptia Arabic n Pound

1,001,4 84,550, 4,836 49 000

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Equatorial Guinea[19](R epublic of Equatorial Guinea)

Malabo

Central African Spanish, French, Portuguese 28,051 CFA franc

504,000

16,31 2

Eritrea[20] (State of Eritrea)

Asmara

Nakfa

Tigrinya, Arabic, English

117,600

5,880,0 1,000 00

Ethiopia[21] ( Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia Amharic n birr

1,104,3 85,237, 1,100 00 338

Gabon[22] (G abonese Republic)

Libreville

Central African French CFA franc

267,668

1,384,0 7,055 00

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Gambia[23] ( Republic of The Gambia)

Banjul

Dalasi

English

10,380

1,517,0 2002 00

Ghana[24] (R epublic of Ghana)

Accra

Ghanaia English n cedi

238,534

23,000, 2,700 000

Guinea[25] (R epublic of Guinea)

Conakry

Guinean French franc

245,857

10,057, 2,035 975

GuineaBissau[26](Re public of GuineaBissau)

Bissau

West African Portuguese CFA franc

36,125

1,586,0 736 00

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Kenya[27] (R epublic of Kenya)

Nairobi

Kenyan Swahili, English shilling

580,367

34,707, 1,445 817

Lesotho[28] ( Kingdom of Lesotho)

Maseru

Loti

Sesotho, English

30,355

2,067,0 2,113 00

Liberia[29] (R epublic of Liberia)

Monrovia

Liberian English dollar

111,369

4,128,5 1,003 72

Libya[30] (State of Libya)

Tripoli

Libyan dinar

Arabic

1,759,5 6,036,9 12,70 40 14 0

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Madagascar[ 31] (Republic of Madagascar )

Antananariv Malagas Malagasy, French o y Ariary

587,041

18,606, 905 000

Malawi[32] ( Republic of Malawi)

Lilongwe

Malawia n English, Chichewa kwacha

118,484

12,884, 596 000

Mali[33] (Republic of Mali)

Bamako

West African French CFA franc

1,240,1 13,518, 1,154 92 000

Mauritania[3 4] (Islamic Republic of Mauritania)

Maurita Nouakchott nian Arabic Ouguiya

1,030,7 3,069,0 2,402 00 00

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Mauritius[35] (Republic of Mauritius)

Port Louis

Mauritia English n rupee

2,040

1,219,2 13,70 20 3

Morocco[36] (Kingdom of Morocco)

Rabat

Morocc an Arabic, Berber dirham

446,550 (internat ionally recogni 35,757, 4,600 zed), 175 710,850 (claime d)

Mozambiqu e[37](Republi c of Mozambique )

Maputo

Mozam bican Portuguese metical

801,590

20,366, 1,389 795

Namibia[38] ( Republic of Namibia)

Windhoek

Namibia English n dollar

825,418

2,031,0 7,478 00

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Niger[39] (Re public of Niger)

Niamey

West African French CFA franc

1,267,0 13,957, 872 00 000

Nigeria[40] ( Federal Republic of Nigeria)

Abuja

Nigerian English naira

923,768

174,507 1,188 ,539

Republic of Congo[41][n 3] (Republic of Congo)

Brazzaville

Central African French CFA franc

342,000

4,012,8 3,919 09

Rwanda[42] ( Republic of Rwanda)

Kigali

Rwanda Kinyarwanda, French, Engli 26,798 n franc sh

7,600,0 1,300 00

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So Tom and Prncipe[43] ( Democratic Republic of So Tom and Prncipe)

So Tom

So Tom and Portuguese Prncipe Dobra

964

183,176 1,266

Senegal[44] ( Republic of Senegal)

Dakar

West African French CFA franc

196,723

11,658, 1,759 000

Seychelles[45 ] (Republic of Seychelles)

Victoria

Seychell English, French, Seychellois ois 451 Creole rupee

80,654

11,81 8

Sierra Leone[46] (R epublic of Sierra Leone)

Freetown

Leone

English

71,740

6,144,5 903 62

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Somalia[47] ( Somali Republic)

Mogadishu

Somali shilling

Somali, Arabic

637,657

9,832,0 600 17

South Africa[48] (R epublic of South Africa)

Afrikaans, English, Southern Bloemfontei South Ndebele,Northern n,Cape 1,221,0 52,981, 12,16 African Sotho, Sesotho, Swati, Tson Town, 37 991 1 rand ga,Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Z and Pretoria ulu

South Sudan (Repu blic of South Sudan)[49]

Juba

South Sudanes English e pound

644,329

8,260,4 1,546 90

Sudan[50] (R epublic of the Sudan)

Khartoum

Sudanes Arabic, English e pound

1,861,4 36,787, 2,800 84 012

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Swaziland[51 ] (Kingdom of Swaziland)

Lobamba(ro yal and Lilange legislative) English, Swati ni Mbabane(ad ministrative)

17,364

1,032,0 5,245 00

Tanzania[52] (United Republic of Tanzania)

Dodoma

Tanzani an Swahili, English shilling

945,203

44,929, 723 002

Togo[53] (To golese Republic)

Lom

West African French, Ewe CFA franc

56,785

7,154,2 1,700 37

Tunisia[54] ( Tunisian Republic)

Tunis

Tunisian Arabic dinar

163,610

10,102, 8,800 000

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Uganda[55] ( Republic of Uganda)

Kampala

Uganda n English, Swahili shilling

236,040

27,616, 1,700 000

Zambia[56] ( Republic of Zambia)

Lusaka

Zambia n English kwacha

752,614

14,668, 931 000

Zimbabwe[57 ] (Republic of Zimbabwe)

Harare

United States dollar a ndSouth African rand

Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Nde 13,010, 390,757 2,607 bele, Shangani, Shona, Sign 000 language, Sotho,Tonga, Tsw ana, Venda, Xhosa

Partially recognised and unrecognised states[edit]

The following are states that have established themselves in Africa as sovereign states, but remain limited in official recognition. The Sahrawi Republic is a member of the African Union.
Area (km2)

Name (official name)

Flag

Capital

Currency

Official languages

Name (official name)

Flag

Capital

Currency

Official languages

Area (km2)

Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland)

Hargeisa

Somaliland shilling

Somali, English,Arabic 137,600

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[n 4]

El Aain, Bir Lehlou(temporary)[n 5]

Moroccan dirham N/A.[n 6]

267,405