African Union Countries

List of member of the African Union Countries and Capitals.

AU Country Date of Joined Capital Population Area in sq km Algeria May 25, 1963 Algiers 33,769,669 2,381,741 Angola February 11, 1979 Luanda 16,941,000 1,246,700 Benin May 25, 1963 Porto-Novo 6,769,914 112,622 Botswana October 31, 1966 Gaborone 1,639,833 600,370 Burkina Faso May 25, 1963 Ouagadougou 13,228,000 274,000 Burundi May 25, 1963 Bujumbura 3,589,434 27,830 Cabo Verde July 18, 1975 Praia 503,000 4,033 Cameroon May 25, 1963 Yaoundé 17,795,000 475,442 Chad May 25, 1963 N'Djamena 10,780,600 1,284,000 Comoros July 18, 1975 Moroni 798,000 2,235 Côte d'Ivoire May 25, 1963 Yamoussoukro 18,373,060 322,460 D.R Congo May 25, 1963 Kinshasa 62,600,000 2,344,858 Djibouti June 27, 1977 Djibouti 496,374 23,200 Equatorial Guinea October 12, 1968 Malabo 504,000 28,051 Eritrea May 24, 1993 Asmara 4,401,009 117,600 Ethiopia May 25, 1963 Addis Ababa 85,254,090 1,104,300 Gabon May 25, 1963 Libreville 1,454,867 267,745 Gambia 1965-10 Banjul 1,700,000 10,380 Ghana May 25, 1963 Accra 23,000,000 238,535 Guinea May 25, 1963 Conakry 10,211,437 245,857 Kenya December 13, 1963 Nairobi 37,953,840 580,367 Lesotho October 31, 1966 Maseru 1,795,000 30,355 Liberia May 25, 1963 Monrovia 3,489,072 111,369 Libya May 25, 1963 Tripoli 6,173,579 1,759,541 Malawi July 13, 1964 Lilongwe 13,931,831 118,484 Mali May 25, 1963 Bamako 11,995,402 1,240,192 Mauritania May 25, 1963 Nouakchott 3,069,000 1,030,700 Mauritius 1968-08 Port Louis 1,264,866 2,040 Mozambique July 18, 1975 Maputo 21,397,000 801,590 Namibia 1990-06 Windhoek 2,088,669 825,418 Niger May 25, 1963 Niamey 13,272,679 1,267,000 Nigeria May 25, 1963 Abuja 154,729,000 923,768 Republic of the Congo May 25, 1963 Brazzaville 3,999,000 342,000 Rwanda May 25, 1963 Kigali 10,186,063 26,798 Western Sahara February 22, 1982 El Aaiun (de jure) 267,405 266,000 São Tomé and Príncipe July 18, 1975 São Tomé 157,000 964 Senegal May 25, 1963 Dakar 11,658,000 196,723 Seychelles June 29, 1976 Victoria 82,247 451 Sierra Leone May 25, 1963 Freetown 6,294,774 71,740 Somalia May 25, 1963 Mogadishu 9,558,666 637,661 South Africa June 6, 1994 Pretoria (executive) 47,900,000 1,221,037 South Sudan July 27, 2011 Juba 8,260,490 619,745 Sudan May 25, 1963 Khartoum TBD 1,886,068 Swaziland September 24, 1968 Lobamba 1,141,000 17,364 Tanzania January 16, 1964 Dodoma 45,000,000 945,203 Togo May 25, 1963 Lomé 6,585,000 56,785 Tunisia May 25, 1963 Tunis 10,327,800 163,610 Uganda May 25, 1963 Kampala 30,900,000 241,038 Zambia December 16, 1964 Lusaka 11,668,000 752,618 Zimbabwe 1980-06 Harare 13,349,000 390,757