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List of member of the African Union Countries and Capitals.

AU CountryDate of JoinedCapitalPopulationArea in sq km
AlgeriaMay 25, 1963Algiers33,769,6692,381,741
AngolaFebruary 11, 1979Luanda16,941,0001,246,700
BeninMay 25, 1963Porto-Novo6,769,914112,622
BotswanaOctober 31, 1966Gaborone1,639,833600,370
Burkina FasoMay 25, 1963Ouagadougou13,228,000274,000
BurundiMay 25, 1963Bujumbura3,589,43427,830
Cabo VerdeJuly 18, 1975Praia503,0004,033
CameroonMay 25, 1963Yaoundé17,795,000475,442
ChadMay 25, 1963N'Djamena10,780,6001,284,000
ComorosJuly 18, 1975Moroni798,0002,235
Côte d'IvoireMay 25, 1963Yamoussoukro18,373,060322,460
D.R CongoMay 25, 1963Kinshasa62,600,0002,344,858
DjiboutiJune 27, 1977Djibouti496,37423,200
Equatorial GuineaOctober 12, 1968Malabo504,00028,051
EritreaMay 24, 1993Asmara4,401,009117,600
EthiopiaMay 25, 1963Addis Ababa85,254,0901,104,300
GabonMay 25, 1963Libreville1,454,867267,745
Gambia1965-10Banjul1,700,00010,380
GhanaMay 25, 1963Accra23,000,000238,535
GuineaMay 25, 1963Conakry10,211,437245,857
KenyaDecember 13, 1963Nairobi37,953,840580,367
LesothoOctober 31, 1966Maseru1,795,00030,355
LiberiaMay 25, 1963Monrovia3,489,072111,369
LibyaMay 25, 1963Tripoli6,173,5791,759,541
MalawiJuly 13, 1964Lilongwe13,931,831118,484
MaliMay 25, 1963Bamako11,995,4021,240,192
MauritaniaMay 25, 1963Nouakchott3,069,0001,030,700
Mauritius1968-08Port Louis1,264,8662,040
MozambiqueJuly 18, 1975Maputo21,397,000801,590
Namibia1990-06Windhoek2,088,669825,418
NigerMay 25, 1963Niamey13,272,6791,267,000
NigeriaMay 25, 1963Abuja154,729,000923,768
Republic of the CongoMay 25, 1963Brazzaville3,999,000342,000
RwandaMay 25, 1963Kigali10,186,06326,798
Western SaharaFebruary 22, 1982El Aaiun (de jure)267,405266,000
São Tomé and PríncipeJuly 18, 1975São Tomé157,000964
SenegalMay 25, 1963Dakar11,658,000196,723
SeychellesJune 29, 1976Victoria82,247451
Sierra LeoneMay 25, 1963Freetown6,294,77471,740
SomaliaMay 25, 1963Mogadishu9,558,666637,661
South AfricaJune 6, 1994Pretoria (executive)47,900,0001,221,037
South SudanJuly 27, 2011Juba8,260,490619,745
SudanMay 25, 1963KhartoumTBD1,886,068
SwazilandSeptember 24, 1968Lobamba1,141,00017,364
TanzaniaJanuary 16, 1964Dodoma45,000,000945,203
TogoMay 25, 1963Lomé6,585,00056,785
TunisiaMay 25, 1963Tunis10,327,800163,610
UgandaMay 25, 1963Kampala30,900,000241,038
ZambiaDecember 16, 1964Lusaka11,668,000752,618
Zimbabwe1980-06Harare13,349,000390,757