At this time, there are 54 countries in Africa. I say “at this time” because currently, there are a few territories that are trying to become independent. As of July 9, 2011, South Sudan separated itself making it the 54th country. Somaliland and Western Sahara are the two present countries that are fighting to do this as well. While a few countries have it made with the production of gold, there are others that can be vlassified as the poorest in the world. In fact, the top ten poorest countries in the world are all located in Africa. In this article, we will go in depth on the countries in Africa by location along with the population and the capital. Let’s begin with Eastern Africa.

Countries in Eastern Africa

Name of Country / Population / Capital

Burundi / 8,500,000 / Bujumbura
Comoros / 727,000 / Moroni
Djibouti / 900,000 / Djibouti
Eritrea / 5,200,000 / Asmara
Ethiopia / 85,000,000 / Addis Ababa
Kenya / 40,000,000 / Nairobi
Madagascar / 20,100,000 / Antananarivo
Malawi / 15,400,000 / Lilongwe
Mauritius / 1,300,000 / Port Louis
Mozambique / 23,400,000 / Maputo
Réunion / 800,000 / Saint-Denis
Rwanda / 10,400,000 / Kigali
Seychelles / 100,000 / Victoria
Somalia / 9,400,000 / Mogadishu
Tanzania / 45,000,000 / Dodoma, Dar es Salaam
Uganda / 33,800,000 / Kampala
Zambia / 13,300,000 / Lusaka
Zimbabwe / 12,600,000 / Harare

Countries in Central Africa

Angola / 19,000,000 / Luanda
Cameroon / 20,000,000 / Yaoundé
Central African Republic / 4,800,000 / Bangui
Chad / 11,500,000 / N’Djamena
Congo, Rep. (Brazzaville) / 3,900,000 / Brazzaville
Congo, Dem. Rep. (Kinshasa) / 67,800,000 / Kinshasa
Equatorial Guinea / 700,000 / Malabo
Gabon / 1,500,000 / Libreville
São Tomé and Príncipe / 200,000 / São Tomé

Countries in Northern Africa

Algeria / 36,000,000 / Algiers
Egypt / 80,400,000 / Cairo
Libya / 6,500,000 / Tripoli
Morocco / 31,900,000 / Rabat
South Sudan / 9,000,000 / Juba
Sudan / 36,000,000 / Khartoum
Tunisia / 10,500,000 / Tunis
Western Sahara / 500,000 / ?

Countries in Southern Africa

Botswana / 1,800,000 / Gaborone
Lesotho / 1,900,000 / Maseru
Namibia / 2,200,000 / Windhoek
South Africa / 49,900,000 / Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
Swaziland / 1,200,000 / Mbabane, Lobamba

Countries in Western Africa

Benin / 9,800,000 / Porto-Novo, Cotonou
Burkina Faso / 16,200,000 / Ouagadougou
Cape Verde / 500,000 / Praia
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) / 22,000,000 / Yamoussoukro, Abidjan
Gambia, The / 1,800,000 / Banjul
Ghana / 24,000,000 / Accra
Guinea / 10,800,000 / Conakry
Guinea-Bissau / 1,600,000 / Bissau
Liberia / 4,100,000 / Monrovia
Mali / 15,200,000 / Bamako
Mauritania / 3,400,000 / Nouakchott
Niger / 15,900,000 / Niamey
Nigeria / 158,300,000 / Abuja
Saint Helena / 6,000 / Jamestown
Senegal / 12,500,000 / Dakar
Sierra Leone / 5,800,000 / Freetown
Togo / 6,800,000 / Lomé

So there you have all of the countries in Africa, the capitals and the population of each. The largest country is Algeria (919,595 square miles) while the smallest is Gambia (4,363 square miles). The poorest countries in Africa are the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Liberia.