Name of region[1] and
territory, with flag |
Area
(km²) |
Population
(1 July 2002 est.) |
Population density
(per km²) |
Capital |
| Eastern Africa: |
| Template:Country data Burundi Burundaidh |
27,830 |
6,373,002 |
229.0 |
Bujumbura |
| Template:Country data Comoros Na h-Eileanan Chomoro |
2,170 |
614,382 |
283.1 |
Moroni |
| Template:Country data Djibouti Diobutaidh |
23,000 |
472,810 |
20.6 |
Djibouti |
| Template:Country data Eritrea Ertra |
121,320 |
4,465,651 |
36.8 |
Asmara |
| Template:Country data Ethiopia An Itiop |
1,127,127 |
67,673,031 |
60.0 |
Addis Ababa |
| Template:Country data Kenya Ceinia |
582,650 |
31,138,735 |
53.4 |
Nairobi |
| Template:Country data Madagascar Madagascar |
587,040 |
16,473,477 |
28.1 |
Antananarivo |
| Template:Country data Malawi Malabhaidh |
118,480 |
10,701,824 |
90.3 |
Lilongwe |
| Template:Country data Mauritius Na h-Eileanan Mhoiriseas |
2,040 |
1,200,206 |
588.3 |
Port Louis |
| Template:Country data Mayotte Mayotte (France) |
374 |
170,879 |
456.9 |
Mamoudzou |
| Template:Country data Mozambique Mòsaimbic |
801,590 |
19,607,519 |
24.5 |
Maputo |
| Template:Country data Réunion Réunion (France) |
2,512 |
743,981 |
296.2 |
Saint-Denis |
| Template:Country data Rwanda Ruanda |
26,338 |
7,398,074 |
280.9 |
Kigali |
| Template:Country data Seychelles Na h-Eileanan Sheiseall |
455 |
80,098 |
176.0 |
Victoria |
| Template:Country data Somalia Somàilia |
637,657 |
7,753,310 |
12.2 |
Mogadishu |
| Template:Country data Tanzania Tansainìa |
945,087 |
37,187,939 |
39.3 |
Dodoma |
| Template:Country data Uganda Uganda |
236,040 |
24,699,073 |
104.6 |
Kampala |
| Template:Country data Zambia Saimbia |
752,614 |
9,959,037 |
13.2 |
Lusaka |
| Template:Country data Zimbabwe Siombabue |
390,580 |
11,376,676 |
29.1 |
Harare |
| Middle Africa: |
| Template:Country data Angola Angòla |
1,246,700 |
10,593,171 |
8.5 |
Luanda |
| Template:Country data Cameroon Camarun |
475,440 |
16,184,748 |
34.0 |
Yaoundé |
| Template:Country data Central African Republic Poblachd Meadhan Afraga |
622,984 |
3,642,739 |
5.8 |
Bangui |
| Template:Country data Chad An t-Siad |
1,284,000 |
8,997,237 |
7.0 |
N'Djamena |
| Template:Country data Republic of the Congo Congo |
342,000 |
2,958,448 |
8.7 |
Brazzaville |
| Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo Poblachd Dheamocrach na Congo |
2,345,410 |
55,225,478 |
23.5 |
Kinshasa |
| Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea Gini Mheadhan-Chriosach |
28,051 |
498,144 |
17.8 |
Malabo |
| Template:Country data Gabon Gabon |
267,667 |
1,233,353 |
4.6 |
Libreville |
| Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé agus Príncipe |
1,001 |
170,372 |
170.2 |
São Tomé |
| Northern Africa: |
| Template:Country data Algeria Aldiria |
2,381,740 |
32,277,942 |
13.6 |
Algiers |
| Template:Country data Egypt An Eiphit[2] |
1,001,450 |
70,712,345 |
70.6 |
Cairo |
| Template:Country data Libya Libia |
1,759,540 |
5,368,585 |
3.1 |
Tripoli |
| Template:Country data Morocco Maroco |
446,550 |
31,167,783 |
69.8 |
Rabat |
| Template:Country data Sudan Sudàn |
2,505,810 |
37,090,298 |
14.8 |
Khartoum |
| Template:Country data Tunisia Tuinisia |
163,610 |
9,815,644 |
60.0 |
Tunis |
| Template:Country data Western Sahara Western Sahara[3] |
266,000 |
256,177 |
1.0 |
El Aaiún |
| European dependencies in Northern Africa: |
| Template:Country data Canary Islands Canary Islands (Spain)[4] |
7,492 |
1,694,477 |
226.2 |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Template:Country data Ceuta Ceuta (Spain)[5] |
20 |
71,505 |
3,575.2 |
— |
| Template:Country data Madeira Madeira Islands (Portugal)[6] |
797 |
245,000 |
307.4 |
Funchal |
| Template:Country data Melilla Melilla (Spain)[7] |
12 |
66,411 |
5,534.2 |
— |
| Southern Africa: |
| Template:Country data Botswana Botsuana |
600,370 |
1,591,232 |
2.7 |
Gaborone |
| Template:Country data Lesotho Leasoto |
30,355 |
2,207,954 |
72.7 |
Maseru |
| Template:Country data Namibia Naimibia |
825,418 |
1,820,916 |
2.2 |
Windhoek |
| Template:Country data South Africa Afraga a Deas |
1,219,912 |
43,647,658 |
35.8 |
Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria[8] |
| Template:Country data Swaziland Dùthaich nan Suasaidh |
17,363 |
1,123,605 |
64.7 |
Mbabane |
| Western Africa: |
| Template:Country data Benin Beinin |
112,620 |
6,787,625 |
60.3 |
Porto-Novo |
| Template:Country data Burkina Faso Buircina Fhaso |
274,200 |
12,603,185 |
46.0 |
Ouagadougou |
| Template:Country data Cape Verde Ceap Bheard |
4,033 |
408,760 |
101.4 |
Praia |
| Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire Costa Ìbhri |
322,460 |
16,804,784 |
52.1 |
Abidjan, Yamoussoukro[9] |
| Template:Country data Gambia Ghaimbia |
11,300 |
1,455,842 |
128.8 |
Banjul |
| Template:Country data Ghana Gàna |
239,460 |
20,244,154 |
84.5 |
Accra |
| Template:Country data Guinea Gini |
245,857 |
7,775,065 |
31.6 |
Conakry |
| Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau Gini-Bissau |
36,120 |
1,345,479 |
37.3 |
Bissau |
| Template:Country data Liberia Libèiria |
111,370 |
3,288,198 |
29.5 |
Monrovia |
| Template:Country data Mali Màili |
1,240,000 |
11,340,480 |
9.1 |
Bamako |
| Template:Country data Mauritania Moratainia |
1,030,700 |
2,828,858 |
2.7 |
Nouakchott |
| Template:Country data Niger Nìgeir |
1,267,000 |
10,639,744 |
8.4 |
Niamey |
| Template:Country data Nigeria Nìgeiria |
923,768 |
129,934,911 |
140.7 |
Abuja |
| Template:Country data Saint Helena Saint Helena (UK) |
410 |
7,317 |
17.8 |
Jamestown |
| Template:Country data Senegal Seanagal |
196,190 |
10,589,571 |
54.0 |
Dakar |
| Template:Country data Sierra Leone Siarra Leòmhann |
71,740 |
5,614,743 |
78.3 |
Freetown |
| Template:Country data Togo Tògo |
56,785 |
5,285,501 |
93.1 |
Lomé |
| Total |
30,368,609 |
843,705,143 |
27.8 |
