|
Egypt |
|
Population: 77,420,000 (16) |
|
Area: 387,048 sq. miles (30) |
|
Language(s): Arabic |
|
Capital: Cairo |
|
Largest City: Cairo |
|
Currency: Egyptian Pound |
|
|
|
|
|
Population: 6,420,000 (105) |
|
Area: 679,359 sq. miles (17) |
|
Language(s): Arabic |
|
Capital: Tripoli |
|
Largest City: Tripoli |
|
Currency: Dinar |
|
|
|
Tunisia |
|
Population: 10,432,500 (79) |
|
Area:63,170 sq. miles (92) |
|
Language(s): Arabic |
|
Capital: Tunis |
|
Largest City:Tunis |
|
Currency: Tunisian Dinar |
|
|
|
Algeria |
|
Population: 34,895,00 (36) |
|
Area: 919,595 sq. miles (11) |
|
Language(s): Arabic |
|
Capital: Algiers |
|
Largest City: Algiers |
|
Currency: Algerian Dinar |
|
|
|
Morocco |
|
Population: 31,993,000 (37) |
|
Area: 172,414 sq. miles (57) |
|
Language(s): Arabic |
|
Capital: Rabat |
|
Largest City: Casablanca |
|
Currency: Moroccan Dirham |
|
|
No Flag |
Western Sahara |
|
Population: 513,000 (168) |
|
Area: 103,000 sq. miles (77) |
|
Language(s): Arabic |
|
Capital: N/A |
|
Largest City: El Aaiun |
|
Currency: Moroccan dirham, Sahrawi Peseta |
|
|
|
Mauritania |
|
Population: 3,291,000 (125) |
|
Area: 397,954 sq. miles (29) |
|
Language(s): Arabic |
|
Capital: Nouakchott |
|
Largest City: Nouakchott |
|
Currency: Ouguiya |
|
|
|
Mali |
|
Population: 14,517,176 (66) |
|
Area: 478,839 sq. miles (24) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Bamako |
|
Largest City: Bamako |
|
Currency: West African Franc |
|
|
|
Senegal |
|
Population:13,711,597 (67) |
|
Area: 76,000 sq. miles (87) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Dakar |
|
Largest City: Dakar |
|
Currency: CFA Franc |
|
|
|
The Gambia |
|
Population: 1,705,000 (146) |
|
Area: 4,007 sq. miles (164) |
|
Language(s): English |
|
Capital: Banjul |
|
Largest City: Serekunda |
|
Currency: Dalasi |
|
|
|
Guinea-Bissau |
|
Population: 1,647,000 (148) |
|
Area: 13,948 sq. miles (136) |
|
Language(s): Portuguese |
|
Capital: Bissau |
|
Largest City: Bissau |
|
Currency: West African Franc |
|
|
|
Guinea |
|
Population: 10,057,975 (81) |
|
Area: 94,926 sq. miles (78) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Conakry |
|
Largest City: Conakry |
|
Currency: Guinean Franc |
|
|
|
Sierra Leone |
|
Population: 5,246,000 (110) |
|
Area: 27,699 sq. miles (119) |
|
Language(s): English, Krio |
|
Capital: Freetown |
|
Largest City: Freetown |
|
Currency: Leone |
|
|
|
Liberia |
|
Population:3,955,000 (128) |
|
Area: 43,000 sq. miles (103) |
|
Language(s): English |
|
Capital: Monrovia |
|
Largest City: Monrovia |
|
Currency: Liberian Dollar |
|
|
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
|
Population: 20,617,000 (56) |
|
Area: 124,502 sq. miles (68) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Yamoussoukro |
|
Largest City: Abidjan |
|
Currency: West African franc |
|
|
|
Burkina Faso |
|
Population: 15,746,232 (61) |
|
Area: 105,792 sq. miles (74) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Ouagadougou |
|
Largest City: Ouagadougou |
|
Currency: West African franc |
|
|
|
Ghana |
|
Population: 23,837,000 (48) |
|
Area: 92,098 sq. miles (81) |
|
Language(s): English |
|
Capital: Accra |
|
Largest City: Accra |
|
Currency: Ghanian cedi |
|
|
|
Togo |
|
Population: 6,619,000 (101) |
|
Area: 21,925 sq. miles (125) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Lome |
|
Largest City: Lome |
|
Currency: CFA franc |
|
|
|
Benin |
|
Population: 8,791,832 (89) |
|
Area: 43,484 sq. miles (101) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Porto-Novo |
|
Largest City: Cotonou |
|
Currency: West African franc |
|
|
|
Niger |
|
Population: 15,306,252 (63) |
|
Area: 489,678 sq. miles (22) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Niamey |
|
Largest City: Niamey |
|
Currency: West African franc |
|
|
|
Nigeria |
|
Population:154,729,000 (8) |
|
Area: 356,667 sq. miles (32) |
|
Language(s): English |
|
Capital: Abuja |
|
Largest City: Lagos |
|
Currency: Naira |
|
|
|
Chad |
|
Population: 10,329,208 (75) |
|
Area: 495,753 sq. miles (21) |
|
Language(s): French, Arabic |
|
Capital: N'Djamena |
|
Largest City: N'Djamena |
|
Currency: CFA franc |
|
|
|
Cameroon |
|
Population: 18,879,301 (58) |
|
Area: 183,568 sq. miles (53) |
|
Language(s): French, English |
|
Capital: Younde |
|
Largest City: Douala |
|
Currency: CFA franc |
|
|
|
Sudan |
|
Population: 42,272,000 (33) |
|
Area: 967,495 sq. miles (10) |
|
Language(s): Arabic, English |
|
Capital: Khartoum |
|
Largest City: Omdurman |
|
Currency: Sudanese pound |
|
|
|
Central Africa Republic |
|
Population: 4,422,000 (124) |
|
Area: 240,534 sq. miles (43) |
|
Language(s): Sango, French |
|
Capital: Bangui |
|
Largest City: Bangui |
|
Currency: CFA franc |
|
|
|
Ethiopia |
|
Population: 79,221,000 (15) |
|
Area: 426,371 sq. miles (27) |
|
Language(s): Amharic |
|
Capital: Addis Ababa |
|
Largest City: Addis Ababa |
|
Currency: Birr |
|
|
|
Eritrea |
|
Population: 5,673,520 (118) |
|
Area: 45,405 sq. miles (100) |
|
Language(s): English, Arabic, Tigrinya |
|
Capital: Asmara |
|
Largest City: Asmara |
|
Currency: Nakfa |
|
|
|
Djbouti |
|
Population: 864,000 (160) |
|
Area: 8,958 sq. miles (149) |
|
Language(s): Arabic, French |
|
Capital: Djbouti |
|
Largest City: Djbouti |
|
Currency: Franc |
|
|
|
Somalia |
|
Population: 9,133,000 (85) |
|
Area: 246,201 sq. miles (41) |
|
Language(s): Somali, Arabic |
|
Capital: Mogadishu |
|
Largest City: Mogadishu |
|
Currency:
Somali shilling |
|
|
|
Equitorial Guinea |
|
Population: 676,000 (160) |
|
Area:10,828 sq. miles (144) |
|
Language(s): Spanish, French, Portuguese |
|
Capital: Malabo |
|
Largest City: Bata |
|
Currency:
CFA franc |
|
|
|
Congo |
|
Population: 3,686,000 (128) |
|
Area: 132,047 sq. miles (64) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Brazzaville |
|
Largest City: Brazzaville |
|
Currency:
CFA franc |
|
|
|
Gabon |
|
Population: 1,475,000 (150) |
|
Area: 103,347 sq. miles (76) |
|
Language(s): French |
|
Capital: Libreville |
|
Largest City: Libreville |
|
Currency:
CFA franc |
|
|
|
Democratic Republic of Congo |
|
Population: 70,916,439 (18) |
|
Area: 905,355 sq. miles (12) |
|
Language(s): French, Swahili, Lingala, Kinkongo, Tshiluba |
|
Capital: Kinshasa |
|
Largest City: Kinshasa |
|
Currency:
Congolese franc |
|
|
|
Uganda |
|
Population: 32,369,558 (37) |
|
Area: 91,136 sq. miles (81) |
|
Language(s): English, Swahili |
|
Capital: Kampala |
|
Largest City: Kampala |
|
Currency:
Ugandan shilling |
|
|
|
Rwanda |
|
Population: 10,746,311 (80) |
|
Area: 10,169 sq. miles (147) |
|
Language(s): Kiyarwanda, French, English |
|
Capital: Kigali |
|
Largest City: Kigali |
|
Currency:
Rwandan franc |
|
|
|
Burundi |
|
Population: 8,988,091 (89) |
|
Area: 10,745 sq. miles (145) |
|
Language(s): Kurundi, French |
|
Capital: Bujumbura |
|
Largest City: Bujumbura |
|
Currency:
Burundi franc |
|
|
|
Kenya |
|
Population: 39,002,772 (32) |
|
Area: 224,080 sq. miles (47) |
|
Language(s): Swaheli, English |
|
Capital: Nairobi |
|
Largest City: Nairobi |
|
Currency:
Kenyan shilling |
|
|
|
Angola |
|
Population: 18,498,000 (59) |
|
Area: 481,354 sq. miles (23) |
|
Language(s): Portuguese |
|
Capital: Luanda |
|
Largest City: Luanda |
|
Currency:
Kwanza |
|
|
|
Zambia |
|
Population: 18,498,000 (59) |
|
Area: 481,354 sq. miles (23) |
|
Language(s): Portuguese |
|
Capital: Luanda |
|
Largest City: Luanda |
|
Currency:
Kwanza |
|
|
|
Zimbabwe |
|
Population: 18,498,000 (59) |
|
Area: 481,354 sq. miles (23) |
|
Language(s): Portuguese |
|
Capital: Luanda |
|
Largest City: Luanda |
|
Currency:
Kwanza |
|
|
|
Mozambique |
|
Population: 22,894,000 (54) |
|
Area: 309,496 sq. miles (35) |
|
Language(s): Portuguese |
|
Capital: Maputo |
|
Largest City: Maputo |
|
Currency:
Mozambican metical |
|
|
|
Malawi |
|
Population: 15,028,757 (64) |
|
Area: 45,747 sq. miles (99) |
|
Language(s): English |
|
Capital: Lilongwe |
|
Largest City: Blantyre |
|
Currency:
Kwatcha |
|
|
|
Tanzania |
|
Population: 43,739,000 (43) |
|
Area: 364,898 sq. miles (31) |
|
Language(s): English, Swahili |
|
Capital: Dodoma |
|
Largest City: Dar es Salaam |
|
Currency:
Tanzanian shilling |
|
|
|
Botswana |
|
Population: 1,990,876 (146) |
|
Area: 224,610 sq. miles (47) |
|
Language(s): English, Tswana |
|
Capital: Gaborone |
|
Largest City: Gaborone |
|
Currency:
Pula |
|
|
|
Swaziland |
|
Population: 1,185,000 (154) |
|
Area: 6,704 sq. miles (157) |
|
Language(s): English, SiSwati |
|
Capital: Lobamba |
|
Largest City: Mbabane |
|
Currency:
Lilengeni |
|
|
|
Lesotho |
|
Population: 2,067,000 (146) |
|
Area:12,727 sq. miles (140) |
|
Language(s): English, SiSwati |
|
Capital: Maseru |
|
Largest City: Maseru |
|
Currency:
Lesotho loti |
|
|
|
South Africa |
|
Population: 49,320,000 (25) |
|
Area:471,443 sq. miles (25) |
|
Language(s): 11 different languages including English and Tswana |
|
Capital: Pretoria (executive), Capetown (Legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) |
|
Largest City: Johannesburg |
|
Currency:
Rand |
|
|
|
Namibia |
|
Population: 2,108,665 (142) |
|
Area: 318,696 sq. miles (34) |
|
Language(s): English |
|
Capital: Windhoek |
|
Largest City: Windhoek |
|
Currency:
Namibian Dollar |
|
|
|
Madagascar |
|
Population: 20,653,556 (55) |
|
Area: 226,597 sq. miles (45) |
|
Language(s): English, French, Malagasy |
|
Capital: Antananarivo |
|
Largest City: Antananarivo |
|
Currency:
Malagasy ariary |
|
|
|
Mauritius |
|
Population: 1,288,000 (151) |
|
Area: 787 sq. miles (179) |
|
Language(s): English |
|
Capital: Port Louis |
|
Largest City: Port Louis |
|
Currency:
Mauritian rupee |
|
|
|
Comoros |
|
Population: 798,000 (159) |
|
Area: 863 sq. miles (178) |
|
Language(s): Comorian, Arabic, French |
|
Capital: Moroni |
|
Largest City: Moroni |
|
Currency:
Comorian franc |
|
|
|
Seychelles |
|
Population: 84,000 (195) |
|
Area: 174 sq. miles (197) |
|
Language(s): Seychellois Creole, English, French |
|
Capital: Victoria |
|
Largest City: Victoria |
|
Currency:
Seychellois rupee |
|
|
|
|