List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, with information about their respective capitals, languages, currencies, population, area and GDP per capita. Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer to the African than European mainland, but politically are generally considered European by convention. Similarly, the island of Socotra is also on the African plate and much closer to Africa, but is politically part of the Asian state of Yemen. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, is considered an African state. Sovereign states Recognised states The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations,[1] and all except Morocco are members of the African Union.[2][3] Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official language(s) Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map Algeria[4] (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) Algiers Algerian dinar Arabic 2,381,740 33,333,267 7,126 Angola[5] (Republic of Angola) Luanda Kwanza Portuguese 1,246,700 16,941,000 5,813 Benin[6] (Republic of Benin) Porto Novo West African CFA franc French 112,622 8,439,000 1,176 Botswana[7] (Republic of Botswana) Gaborone Pula English, Setswana 581,726 1,839,833 11,400 Burkina Faso[8] (Burkina Faso) Ouagadougou West African CFA franc French 274,000 13,228,000 1,284 Burundi[9] (Republic of Burundi) Bujumbura Burundi franc Kirundi, French 27,830 7,548,000 739 Cameroon[10] (Republic of Cameroon) Yaoundé Central African CFA franc French, English 475,442 17,795,000 2,421 Cape Verde[11] (Republic of Cabo Verde) Praia Cape Verdean escudo Portuguese 4,033 420,979 6,418 Central African Republic[12] (Central African Republic) Bangui Central African CFA franc Sango, French 622,984 4,216,666 1,198 Chad[13] (Republic of Chad) N'Djamena Central African CFA franc French, Arabic 1,284,000 10,146,000 1,519 Comoros[14] (Union of the Comoros) Moroni Comorian franc Arabic, French, Comorian 2,235 798,000 1,660 Democratic Republic of Congo[15][n 1] (Democratic Republic of Congo) Kinshasa Congolese franc French 2,344,858 75,507,308 774 Djibouti[16] (Republic of Djibouti) Djibouti Djiboutian Franc Arabic, French 23,200 906,000 2,070 Egypt[17][n 2] (Arab Republic of Egypt) Cairo Egyptian Pound Arabic 1,001,449 84,550,000 4,836 Equatorial Guinea[18] (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) Malabo Central African CFA franc Spanish, French, Portuguese 28,051 504,000 16,312 Eritrea[19] (State of Eritrea) Asmara Nakfa Tigrinya, Arabic, English 117,600 5,880,000 1,000 Ethiopia[20] (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Amharic 1,104,300 85,237,338 1,100 Gabon[21] (Gabonese Republic) Libreville Central African CFA franc French 267,668 1,384,000 7,055 Gambia[22] (Republic of The Gambia) Banjul Dalasi English 10,380 1,517,000 2002 Ghana[23] (Republic of Ghana) Accra Ghanaian cedi English 238,534 23,000,000 2,700 Guinea[24] (Republic of Guinea) Conakry Guinean franc French 245,857 10,057,975 2,035 Guinea-Bissau[25] (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) Bissau West African CFA franc Portuguese 36,125 1,586,000 736 Ivory Coast[26] (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) Yamoussoukro West African CFA franc French 322,460 17,654,843 1,600 Kenya[27] (Republic of Kenya) Nairobi Kenyan shilling Swahili, English 580,367 34,707,817 1,445 Lesotho[28] (Kingdom of Lesotho) Maseru Loti Sesotho, English 30,355 2,067,000 2,113 Liberia[29] (Republic of Liberia) Monrovia Liberian dollar English 111,369 4,128,572 1,003 Libya[30] (State of Libya) Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic 1,759,540 6,036,914 12,700 Madagascar[31] (Republic of Madagascar) Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy, French 587,041 18,606,000 905 Malawi[32] (Republic of Malawi) Lilongwe Malawian kwacha English, Chichewa 118,484 12,884,000 596 Mali[33] (Republic of Mali) Bamako West African CFA franc French 1,240,192 13,518,000 1,154 Mauritania[34] (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) Nouakchott Mauritanian Ouguiya Arabic 1,030,700 3,069,000 2,402 Mauritius[35] (Republic of Mauritius) Port Louis Mauritian rupee English 2,040 1,219,220 13,703 Morocco[36] (Kingdom of Morocco) Rabat Moroccan dirham Arabic, Berber 446,550 (internationally recognized), 710,850 (claimed) 35,757,175 4,600 Mozambique[37] (Republic of Mozambique) Maputo Mozambican metical Portuguese 801,590 20,366,795 1,389 Namibia[38] (Republic of Namibia) Windhoek Namibian dollar English 825,418 2,031,000 7,478 Niger[39] (Republic of Niger) Niamey West African CFA franc French 1,267,000 13,957,000 872 Nigeria[40] (Federal Republic of Nigeria) Abuja Nigerian naira English 923,768 174,507,539 1,188 Republic of Congo[41][n 3] (Republic of Congo) Brazzaville Central African CFA franc French 342,000 4,012,809 3,919 Rwanda[42] (Republic of Rwanda) Kigali Rwandan franc Kinyarwanda, French, English 26,798 7,600,000 1,300 São Tomé and Príncipe[43] (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra Portuguese 964 183,176 1,266 Senegal[44] (Republic of Senegal) Dakar West African CFA franc French 196,723 11,658,000 1,759 Seychelles[45] (Republic of Seychelles) Victoria Seychellois rupee English, French, Seychellois Creole 451 80,654 11,818 Sierra Leone[46] (Republic of Sierra Leone) Freetown Leone English 71,740 6,144,562 903 Somalia[47] (Somali Republic) Mogadishu Somali shilling Somali, Arabic 637,657 9,832,017 600 South Africa[48] (Republic of South Africa) Bloemfontein, Cape Town, and Pretoria South African rand Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu 1,221,037 52,981,991 12,161 South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan)[49] Juba South Sudanese pound English 644,329 8,260,490 1,546 Sudan[50] (Republic of the Sudan) Khartoum Sudanese pound Arabic, English 1,861,484 36,787,012 2,800 Swaziland[51] (Kingdom of Swaziland) Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane (administrative) Lilangeni English, Swati 17,364 1,032,000 5,245 Tanzania[52] (United Republic of Tanzania) Dodoma Tanzanian shilling Swahili, English 945,203 44,929,002 723 Togo[53] (Togolese Republic) Lomé West African CFA franc French, Ewe 56,785 7,154,237 1,700 Tunisia[54] (Tunisian Republic) Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic 163,610 10,102,000 8,800 Uganda[55] (Republic of Uganda) Kampala Ugandan shilling English, Swahili 236,040 27,616,000 1,700 Zambia[56] (Republic of Zambia) Lusaka Zambian kwacha English, Lunda, Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, Kaonde 752,614 14,668,000 931 Zimbabwe[57] (Republic of Zimbabwe) Harare United States dollar and South African rand Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa 390,757 13,010,000 2,607 Partially recognised and unrecognised states The following are states that have established themselves in Africa as sovereign states, but remain limited in official recognition. The Sahrawi Republic is a member of the African Union. Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) Hargeisa Somaliland shilling Somali, English, Arabic 137,600 4,000,000 600 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[n 4] El Aaiún, Bir Lehlou (temporary)[n 5] Moroccan dirham N/A.[n 6] 267,405 266,000 N/A Non-sovereign territories There are 10 non-sovereign territories. Dependent territories This list contains territories that are politically administered as external dependencies. Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map French Southern and Antarctic Lands[n 7] (Îles Éparses part only) Saint-Pierre [n 8] Euro French 38.6 No permanent population[58] N/A Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)[n 9][59] Jamestown Saint Helenian pound English 420 5,661 N/A Other areas This list contains territories that are administered as incorporated parts of a primarily non-African state. Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map Canary Islands[60][n 10] Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Euro Spanish 7,447 2,205,247 N/A Ceuta[60][n 10] (Autonomous City of Ceuta) Ceuta Euro Spanish 28 76,861 N/A Madeira [n 11] (Autonomous Region of Madeira) Funchal Euro Portuguese 828 245,806 N/A Mayotte[61] (France)[n 12] Mamoudzou Euro French 374 186,452 2,600 Melilla [n 10] (Autonomous City of Melilla) Melilla Euro Spanish 20 72,000 N/A Plazas de soberanía [n 10] N/A Euro Spanish 74 N/A Réunion [n 13] Saint-Denis Euro French 2,512 793,000 N/A Lampedusa and Lampione Lampedusa e Linosa Euro Italian 21.4 6,304 N/A