Countries In Africa - List Of Countries In Africa, Sub Regions And Population

How many Countries in Africa?
The total number of Countries in Africa: 54

There are a total of about 54 countries in Africa today, according to a report from the United Nations. Below, I will be sharing with you, a complete list of all countries in Africa, including their current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

However, Not included in this total of “countries” and listed separately are:
Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas)
Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)

#	Country	Population (2019)	Subregion
1	Nigeria	200,962,417	Western Africa
2	Ethiopia	110,135,635	Eastern Africa
3	Egypt	101,168,745	Northern Africa
4	DR Congo	86,727,573	Middle Africa
5	Tanzania	60,913,557	Eastern Africa
6	South Africa	58,065,097	Southern Africa
7	Kenya	52,214,791	Eastern Africa
8	Uganda	45,711,874	Eastern Africa
9	Algeria	42,679,018	Northern Africa
10	Sudan	42,514,094	Northern Africa
11	Morocco	36,635,156	Northern Africa
12	Angola	31,787,566	Middle Africa
13	Mozambique	31,408,823	Eastern Africa
14	Ghana	30,096,970	Western Africa
15	Madagascar	26,969,642	Eastern Africa
16	Côte d'Ivoire	25,531,083	Western Africa
17	Cameroon	25,312,993	Middle Africa
18	Niger	23,176,691	Western Africa
19	Burkina Faso	20,321,560	Western Africa
20	Malawi	19,718,743	Eastern Africa
21	Mali	19,689,140	Western Africa
22	Zambia	18,137,369	Eastern Africa
23	Zimbabwe	17,297,495	Eastern Africa
24	Senegal	16,743,859	Western Africa
25	Chad	15,814,345	Middle Africa
26	Somalia	15,636,171	Eastern Africa
27	Guinea	13,398,180	Western Africa
28	South Sudan	13,263,184	Eastern Africa
29	Rwanda	12,794,412	Eastern Africa
30	Benin	11,801,595	Western Africa
31	Tunisia	11,783,168	Northern Africa
32	Burundi	11,575,964	Eastern Africa
33	Togo	8,186,384	Western Africa
34	Sierra Leone	7,883,123	Western Africa
35	Libya	6,569,864	Northern Africa
36	Congo	5,542,197	Middle Africa
37	Eritrea	5,309,659	Eastern Africa
38	Liberia	4,977,720	Western Africa
39	Central African Republic	4,825,711	Middle Africa
40	Mauritania	4,661,149	Western Africa
41	Namibia	2,641,996	Southern Africa
42	Botswana	2,374,636	Southern Africa
43	Lesotho	2,292,682	Southern Africa
44	Gambia	2,228,075	Western Africa
45	Gabon	2,109,099	Middle Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,953,723	Western Africa
47	Swaziland	1,415,414	Southern Africa
48	Equatorial Guinea	1,360,104	Middle Africa
49	Mauritius	1,271,368	Eastern Africa
50	Djibouti	985,690	Eastern Africa
51	Comoros	850,910	Eastern Africa
52	Cabo Verde	560,349	Western Africa
53	Sao Tome & Principe	213,379	Middle Africa
54	Seychelles	95,702	Eastern Africa