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The following table shows the countries of Africa and their population. The population data are estimations for 2024 from diferent sources.

Flag	Country	Capital	Area (km²)	Population	Density (pers/km²)
Total			29 715 525	1 493 134 045	50,2
Update: 01/03/2025
	Algeria	Algiers	2 381 740	46 814 308	19,7
	Angola	Luanda	1 246 700	37 885 849	30,4
	Benin	Porto-Novo	112 620	14 462 724	128,4
	Botswana	Gaborone	600 370	2 521 139	4,2
	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	274 200	23 548 781	85,9
	Burundi	Bujumbura	27 830	14 047 786	504,8
	Cameroon	Yaoundé	475 440	29 123 744	61,3
	Cape Verde	Praia	4 033	524 877	130,1
	Central African Republic	Bangui	622 436	5 330 690	8,6
	Chad	N'Djamena	622 984	20 299 123	32,6
	Comoros	Moroni	1 862	866 628	465,4
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	2 344 858	109 276 265	46,6
	Djibouti	Djibouti	23 200	1 168 722	50,4
	Egypt	Cairo	1 001 450	116 538 258	116,4
	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	28 051	1 892 516	67,5
	Eritrea	Asmara	121 100	3 535 603	29,2
	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	1 104 300	132 059 767	119,6
	Gabon	Libreville	267 667	2 538 952	9,5
	Gambia	Banjul	11 295	2 759 988	244,4
	Ghana	Accra	238 537	34 427 414	144,3
	Guinea	Conakry	250 158	14 754 785	59,0
	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	36 125	1 168 722	32,4
	Ivory Coast	Abidjan, Yamoussoukro	322 462	31 934 230	99,0
	Kenya	Nairobi	580 367	56 432 944	97,2
	Lesotho	Maseru	30 355	2 337 423	77,0
	Liberia	Monrovia	97 079	5 612 817	57,8
	Libya	Tripoli	1 775 500	7 381 023	4,2
	Madagascar	Antananarivo	587 041	31 964 956	54,5
	Malawi	Lilongwe	118 480	21 655 286	182,8
	Mali	Bamako	1 240 192	24 478 595	19,7
	Mauritania	Nouakchott	1 030 700	5 169 395	5,0
	Mauritius	Port Louis	2 040	1 271 169	623,1
	Morocco	Rabat	458 730	38 081 173	83,0
	Mozambique	Maputo	801 590	34 631 766	43,2
	Namibia	Windhoek	824 116	3 030 131	3,7
	Niger	Niamey	1 267 000	27 032 412	21,3
	Nigeria	Abuja	923 768	212 915 636	230,5
	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	342 000	6 332 961	18,5
	Rwanda	Kigali	26 338	14 256 567	541,3
	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	El Aaiún	266 000	590 506	2,2
	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	1 001	235 536	235,3
	Senegal	Dakar	196 722	18 501 984	94,1
	Seychelles	Victoria	455	130 418	286,6
	Sierra Leone	Freetown	71 740	8 642 022	120,5
	Somalia	Mogadishu	637 657	19 009 151	29,8
	South Africa	Cape Town, Pretoria	1 219 912	64 007 187	52,5
	South Sudan	Juba	644 000	11 943 408	18,5
	Sudan	Khartoum	1 886 068	50 448 963	26,7
	Swaziland	Mbabane	17 363	1 242 822	71,6
	Tanzania	Dodoma	945 087	68 560 157	72,5
	Togo	Lomé	56 785	9 515 236	167,6
	Tunisia	Tunis	163 610	12 277 109	75,0
	Uganda	Kampala	241 040	50 015 092	207,5
	Zambia	Lusaka	752 614	21 314 956	28,3
	Zimbabwe	Harare	390 757	16 634 373	42,6

List of dependent territories and not internationally recognized countries

Flag	Country	Capital	Leading country	Area (km²)	Population	Density (pers/km²)
Total				345 670	12 480 509	36,1
Update: 01/03/2025
	Ascension	Georgetown	UK	91	773	8,5
	Bouvet Island	-	Norway	49	0	0,0
	Ceuta	-	Spain	19	83 179	4 377,7
	Mayotte	Mamoudzou	France	373	326 505	875,0
	Melilla	-	Spain	13	85 985	6 614,2
	Puntland	Garowe	Self decleared independent	174 678	4 900 000	28,0
	Reunion	Saint-Denis	UK	2 547	878 591	345,0
	Saint Helena	Jamestown	UK	410	5 217	13,0
	Somaliland	Hargeisa	Self decleared independent	167 283	6 200 000	37,0
	Tristan da Cunha	Edimburgo de los Siete Mares	UK	207	259	1,3