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Eastern Africa. Big diverse region from the Horn down through the Rift Valley: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, plus the islands (Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius).

Middle Africa. Equatorial Africa: the two Congos (DRC and ROC), Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé. The least-named region of the continent.

Northern Africa. Sahara band: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, plus Western Sahara as contested territory.

Southern Africa. Five countries clustered around South Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, eSwatini, Lesotho. Lesotho is fully encircled by South Africa.

Western Africa. 16 nations along Africa's Atlantic bulge — Nigeria is by far the largest. The narrow ones (Togo, Benin, Gambia) are most-missed.

CountryCapitalSubregionPopulation
🇩🇿 AlgeriaAlgiersNorthern Africa47.4 million
🇦🇴 AngolaLuandaMiddle Africa36.2 million
🇧🇯 BeninPorto-NovoWestern Africa13.2 million
🇧🇼 BotswanaGaboroneSouthern Africa2.4 million
🇧🇫 Burkina FasoOuagadougouWestern Africa24.1 million
🇧🇮 BurundiGitegaEastern Africa12.3 million
🇨🇲 CameroonYaoundéMiddle Africa29.4 million
🇨🇻 Cape VerdePraiaWestern Africa491,233
🇨🇫 Central African RepublicBanguiMiddle Africa6.5 million
🇹🇩 ChadN'DjamenaMiddle Africa19.3 million
🇰🇲 ComorosMoroniEastern Africa919,901
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasaMiddle Africa112.8 million
🇩🇯 DjiboutiDjiboutiEastern Africa1.1 million
🇪🇬 EgyptCairoNorthern Africa107.3 million
🇬🇶 Equatorial GuineaCiudad de la PazMiddle Africa1.7 million
🇪🇷 EritreaAsmaraEastern Africa3.6 million
🇸🇿 EswatiniMbabaneSouthern Africa1.2 million
🇪🇹 EthiopiaAddis AbabaEastern Africa111.7 million
🇬🇦 GabonLibrevilleMiddle Africa2.5 million
🇬🇲 GambiaBanjulWestern Africa2.4 million
🇬🇭 GhanaAccraWestern Africa33.7 million
🇬🇳 GuineaConakryWestern Africa14.4 million
🇬🇼 Guinea-BissauBissauWestern Africa1.8 million
🇨🇮 Ivory CoastYamoussoukroWestern Africa31.7 million
🇰🇪 KenyaNairobiEastern Africa53.3 million
🇱🇸 LesothoMaseruSouthern Africa2.1 million
🇱🇷 LiberiaMonroviaWestern Africa5.2 million
🇱🇾 LibyaTripoliNorthern Africa7.5 million
🇲🇬 MadagascarAntananarivoEastern Africa31.7 million
🇲🇼 MalawiLilongweEastern Africa20.7 million
🇲🇱 MaliBamakoWestern Africa22.4 million
🇲🇷 MauritaniaNouakchottWestern Africa4.9 million
🇲🇺 MauritiusPort LouisEastern Africa1.2 million
🇲🇦 MoroccoRabatNorthern Africa36.8 million
🇲🇿 MozambiqueMaputoEastern Africa34.1 million
🇳🇦 NamibiaWindhoekSouthern Africa3.0 million
🇳🇪 NigerNiameyWestern Africa26.3 million
🇳🇬 NigeriaAbujaWestern Africa223.8 million
🇨🇬 Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleMiddle Africa6.1 million
🇷🇼 RwandaKigaliEastern Africa14.1 million
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and PrincipeSão ToméMiddle Africa209,607
🇸🇳 SenegalDakarWestern Africa18.6 million
🇸🇨 SeychellesVictoriaEastern Africa122,729
🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneFreetownWestern Africa9.1 million
🇸🇴 SomaliaMogadishuEastern Africa19.7 million
🏳️ SomalilandHargeisaEastern Africa5.7 million
🇿🇦 South AfricaPretoriaSouthern Africa63.1 million
🇸🇸 South SudanJubaMiddle Africa15.8 million
🇸🇩 SudanKhartoumNorthern Africa51.7 million
🇹🇿 TanzaniaDodomaEastern Africa68.2 million
🇹🇬 TogoLoméWestern Africa8.1 million
🇹🇳 TunisiaTunisNorthern Africa12.0 million
🇺🇬 UgandaKampalaEastern Africa45.9 million
🇪🇭 Western SaharaEl AaiúnNorthern Africa600,904
🇿🇲 ZambiaLusakaEastern Africa19.7 million
🇿🇼 ZimbabweHarareSouthern Africa17.1 million