There are 54 countries on this continent, and this is the very exact number of countries in Africa. And this is more than a quarter of the number of countries in the world.
The surface of Africa is 30 415 873 km². And on this continent live more than 1.3 billion people or 17% of the world’s population.
The list of 54 African countries in alphabetical order
A
1. South Africa
2. Algeria
3. Angola
B
4. Benin
5. Bostwana
6. Burkina Faso
7. Burundi
C
8. Cameroon
9. Cape Verde
10. Central African Republic
11. Comoros
12. Republic of Congo
13. Democratic Republic of Congo
14. Ivory Coast
D
15. Djibouti
E
16. Egypt
17. Eritrea
18. Ethiopia
G
19. Gabon
20. the Gambia
21. Ghana
22. Guinea
23. Guinea-Bissau
24. Equatorial Guinea
K
25. Kenya
L
26. Lesotho
27. Liberia
28. Libya
M
29. Madagascar
30. Malawi
31. Mali
32. Morocco
33. Mauritius
34. Mauritania
35. Mozambique
N
36. Namibia
37. Niger
38. Nigeria
O
39. Uganda
R
40. Rwanda
S
41. Sao Tome and Principe
42. Senegal
43. Seychelles
44. Sierra Leone
45. Somalia
46. Sudan
47. South Sudan
48. Swaziland
T
49. Tanzania
50. Chad
51. Togo
52. Tunisia
Z
53. Zambia
54. Zimbabwe
Territories that are not recognized by the international community
Azawad (Mali)
Punt (Somalia)
Somaliland (Somalia)
Sahrawi Republic – Western Sahara
African territories that are not independents
Cabinda – Angola
Casamance – Senegal
Sud Kivu – Republic Democratic Congo
Rodrigues – Mauritius
Zanzibar – Tanzania
The 54 countries of the African continent are distributed as follows:
8 countries in North Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia
15 countries in West Africa
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
8 countries in Central Africa
Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad
10 countries in East Africa
Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda
and 13 countries in Southern Africa
Angola, Bostwana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe