African Countries and Regions
Africa is a continent that mainly consists of the earth’s second largest continent, both in terms of area and population, after Asia. Including the continent’s islands, Africa measures 30,244,050 km², which corresponds to 20.3% of the earth’s land mass or about 6% of the earth’s total area. About 22 million km² of these are located in the tropics, making the African continent the world’s warmest continent. In Africa, more than 900 million people live in 57 countries – one-seventh of the world’s population. Its length in the north-south direction is about 8,000 km and its greatest width is about 7,800 km.
Area: | 30,244,050 km |
Population: | 900,000,000 |
States: | 52 |
Countries: | 57 |
The following subdivision of Africa into regions is used, for example, by the UN statistical agency UNSD:
Regions in Africa
- North Africa
- West Africa
- Central Africa
- East Africa
- Southern Africa (named differently from the other regions to distinguish it from the state of South Africa)
Countries in Africa
Algeria | North Africa |
Angola | Central Africa |
Benin | West Africa |
Botswana | Southern Africa |
Burkina Faso | West Africa |
Burundi | East Africa |
Cameroon | Central Africa |
Cape Verde | West Africa |
Central African Republic | Central Africa |
Chad | Central Africa |
Comoros | East Africa |
D.R. Congo | Central Africa |
Republic of Congo | Central Africa |
Djibouti | East Africa |
Egypt | North Africa |
Equatorial Guinea | Central Africa |
Eritrea | East Africa |
Ethiopia | East Africa |
Gabon | Central Africa |
Gambia | West Africa |
Ghana | West Africa |
Guinea | West Africa |
Guinea-Bissau | West Africa |
Ivory Coast | West Africa |
Kenya | East Africa |
Lesotho | Southern Africa |
Liberia | West Africa |
Libya | North Africa |
Mozambique | East Africa |
Madagascar | East Africa |
Malawi | East Africa |
Mali | West Africa |
Mauritania | West Africa |
Mauritius | East Africa |
Morocco | North Africa |
Namibia | Southern Africa |
Niger | West Africa |
Nigeria | West Africa |
Rwanda | East Africa |
Sao Tome and Principe | Central Africa |
Senegal | West Africa |
Seychelles | East Africa |
Sierra Leone | West Africa |
Somalia | East Africa |
South Africa | Southern Africa |
South Sudan | East Africa |
Sudan | North Africa |
Swaziland | Southern Africa |
Tanzania | East Africa |
Togo | West Africa |
Tunisia | North Africa |
Uganda | East Africa |
Zambia | East Africa |
Zimbabwe | East Africa |