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How many countries in Africa? - List of 54 Countries in Africa

There are 54 countries in Africa today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with subregion and current population. Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.3 million sq km including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area.

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This is a list of African countries and dependent territories sorted by population.

List of Countries in Africa and their subregions

#	Country	Region	Population (2020)
1	Algeria	Northern Africa	43,851,044
2	Angola	Middle Africa	32,866,272
3	Benin	Western Africa	12,123,200
4	Botswana	Southern Africa	2,351,627
5	Burkina Faso	Western Africa	20,903,273
6	Burundi	Eastern Africa	11,890,784
7	Cabo Verde	Western Africa	555,987
8	Cameroon	Middle Africa	26,545,863
9	Central African Republic	Middle Africa	4,829,767
10	Chad	Middle Africa	16,425,864
11	Comoros	Eastern Africa	869,601
12	Congo	Middle Africa	5,518,087
13	Côte d'Ivoire	Western Africa	26,378,274
14	Djibouti	Eastern Africa	988,000
15	DR Congo	Middle Africa	89,561,403
16	Egypt	Northern Africa	102,334,404
17	Equatorial Guinea	Middle Africa	1,402,985
18	Eritrea	Eastern Africa	3,546,421
19	Eswatini	Southern Africa	1,160,164
20	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	114,963,588
21	Gabon	Middle Africa	2,225,734
22	Gambia	Western Africa	2,416,668
23	Ghana	Western Africa	31,072,940
24	Guinea	Western Africa	13,132,795
25	Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa	1,968,001
26	Kenya	Eastern Africa	53,771,296
27	Lesotho	Southern Africa	2,142,249
28	Liberia	Western Africa	5,057,681
29	Libya	Northern Africa	6,871,292
30	Madagascar	Eastern Africa	27,691,018
31	Malawi	Eastern Africa	19,129,952
32	Mali	Western Africa	20,250,833
33	Mauritania	Western Africa	4,649,658
34	Mauritius	Eastern Africa	1,271,768
35	Morocco	Northern Africa	36,910,560
36	Mozambique	Eastern Africa	31,255,435
37	Namibia	Southern Africa	2,540,905
38	Niger	Western Africa	24,206,644
39	Nigeria	Western Africa	206,139,589
40	Rwanda	Eastern Africa	12,952,218
41	Sao Tome & Principe	Middle Africa	219,159
42	Senegal	Western Africa	16,743,927
43	Seychelles	Eastern Africa	98,347
44	Sierra Leone	Western Africa	7,976,983
45	Somalia	Eastern Africa	15,893,222
46	South Africa	Southern Africa	59,308,690
47	South Sudan	Eastern Africa	11,193,725
48	Sudan	Northern Africa	43,849,260
49	Tanzania	Eastern Africa	59,734,218
50	Togo	Western Africa	8,278,724
51	Tunisia	Northern Africa	11,818,619
52	Uganda	Eastern Africa	45,741,007
53	Zambia	Eastern Africa	18,383,955
54	Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa	14,862,924

Dependencies or other territories in Africa

#	Territory	Dependency of	Population
1	Réunion	France	895,312
2	Western Sahara	(disputed)	597,339
3	Mayotte	France	272,815
4	Saint Helena	U.K.	6,077

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