Country Selection Africa
The table below gives a short view about the countries and their
last reported population data - mostly 2023 estimates.
Country |
Capital |
Area
(km²) |
Population |
Density
(pers/km²) |
Total |
29 715 525 | 1 447 075
945 |
48,7 |
Update: 03/13/2023 |
Algeria |
Algiers |
2 381 740 |
41 318 142 |
17,35 |
Angola |
Luanda |
1 246 700 |
29 784 193 |
23,89 |
Benin |
Porto-Novo |
112 620 |
11 175 692 |
99,23 |
Botswana |
Gaborone |
600 370 |
2 291 661 |
3,82 |
Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
274 200 |
19 193 382 |
70,00 |
Burundi |
Bujumbura |
27 830 |
10 864 245 |
390,38 |
Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
475 440 |
24 053 727 |
50,59 |
Cape Verde |
Praia |
4 033 |
546 388 |
135,48 |
Central African Republic |
Bangui |
622 436 |
4 659 080 |
7,49 |
Chad |
N'Djamena |
622 984 |
14 899 994 |
23,92 |
Comoros |
Moroni |
1 862 |
813 912 |
437,12 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Kinshasa |
2 344 858 |
81 339 988 |
34,69 |
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
23 200 |
956 985 |
41,25 |
Egypt |
Cairo |
1 001 450 |
97 553 151 |
97,41 |
Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
28 051 |
1 267 689 |
45,19 |
Eritrea |
Asmara |
121 100 |
5 068 831 |
41,86 |
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
1 104 300 |
104 957 438 |
95,04 |
Gabon |
Libreville |
267 667 |
2 025 137 |
7,57 |
Gambia |
Banjul |
11 295 |
2 100 568 |
185,97 |
Ghana |
Accra |
238 537 |
28 833 629 |
120,88 |
Guinea |
Conakry |
250 158 |
12 717 176 |
50,84 |
Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
36 125 |
1 861 283 |
51,52 |
Ivory Coast |
Abidjan, Yamoussoukro |
322 462 |
29 344 847 |
91,0 |
Kenya |
Nairobi |
580 367 |
57 052 004 |
98,3 |
Lesotho |
Maseru |
30 355 |
2 210 646 |
72,8 |
Liberia |
Monrovia |
97 079 |
5 506 280 |
56,7 |
Libya |
Tripoli |
1 775 500 |
7 252 573 |
4,1 |
Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
587 041 |
28 812 195 |
49,1 |
Malawi |
Lilongwe |
118 480 |
21 359 722 |
180,3 |
Mali |
Bamako |
1 240 192 |
21 279 597 |
179,6 |
Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
1 030 700 |
4 244 878 |
4,1 |
Mauritius |
Port Louis |
2 040 |
1 309 448 |
641,9 |
Morocco |
Rabat |
458 730 |
37 067 420 |
80,8 |
Mozambique |
Maputo |
801 590 |
32 513 805 |
40,6 |
Namibia |
Windhoek |
824 116 |
2 777 232 |
3,4 |
Niger |
Niamey |
1 267 000 |
25 396 840 |
20,0 |
Nigeria |
Abuja |
923 768 |
230 842 743 |
249,9 |
Republic of the Congo |
Brazzaville |
342 000 |
5 677 493 |
16,6 |
Rwanda |
Kigali |
26 338 |
13 400 541 |
508,8 |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
El Aaiún |
266 000 |
552 628 |
2,1 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé |
1 001 |
220 372 |
220,2 |
Senegal |
Dakar |
196 722 |
18 384 660 |
93,5 |
Seychelles |
Victoria |
455 |
97 617 |
214,5 |
Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
71 740 |
8 908 040 |
124,2 |
Somalia |
Mogadishu |
637 657 |
12 693 796 |
19,9 |
South Africa |
Cape Town, Pretoria |
1 219 912 |
58 048 332 |
47,6 |
South Sudan |
Juba |
644 000 |
12 118 379 |
18,8 |
Sudan |
Khartoum |
1 886 068 |
49 197 555 |
26,1 |
Swaziland |
Mbabane |
17 363 |
1 130 043 |
65,1 |
Tanzania |
Dodoma |
945 087 |
65 642 682 |
69,5 |
Togo |
Lomé |
56 785 |
8 703 961 |
153,3 |
Tunisia |
Tunis |
163 610 |
11 976 182 |
73,2 |
Uganda |
Kampala |
241 040 |
47 729 952 |
198,0 |
Zambia |
Lusaka |
752 614 |
20 216 029 |
26,9 |
Zimbabwe |
Harare |
390 757 |
15 418 674 |
39,5 |
Additionally there are depending territories
or under different independent authority, usually dependencies or
self-declared independent countries, recognized only by a limited
number of countries on international level or autonomous part of
other countries.
Country |
Capital |
Dominion
| Area
(km²) |
Population |
Density
(pers/km²) |
Total |
345 670 |
7 864 540 |
22,8 |
Update: 03/13/2023 |
Ascension |
Georgetown |
UK |
91 |
806 |
8,9 |
Bouvet Island |
- |
Norway |
49 |
0 |
0,0 |
Ceuta |
- |
Spain |
19 |
84 959 |
4 471,5 |
Mayotte |
Mamoudzou |
France |
373 |
256 518 |
687,7 |
Melilla |
- |
Spain |
13 |
86 120 |
6 624,6 |
Puntland |
Garowe |
Selfdecleared independent |
174 678 |
3 007 812 |
17,2 |
Reunion |
Saint-Denis |
UK |
2 547 |
852 924 |
334,9 |
Saint Helena |
Jamestown |
UK |
410 |
7 935 |
19,4 |
Somaliland |
Hargeisa |
Selfdecleared independent |
167 283 |
3 508 180 |
21,0 |
Tristan da Cunha |
Edimburgo de los Siete Mares |
UK |
207 |
270 |
1,3 |
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