Countries in Africa:

There are 54 countries in Africa today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

Other entities, such as overseas territories, Crown Dependencies, autonomous regions and special administrative regions

#	Country	Population 2026	Subregion
1	Nigeria	242,431,832	Western Africa
2	Ethiopia	138,902,185	Eastern Africa
3	Egypt	120,101,175	Northern Africa
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	116,452,162	Middle Africa
5	Tanzania	72,563,780	Eastern Africa
6	South Africa	65,453,084	Southern Africa
7	Kenya	58,636,412	Eastern Africa
8	Sudan	53,282,719	Northern Africa
9	Uganda	52,761,470	Eastern Africa
10	Algeria	48,028,334	Northern Africa
11	Angola	40,215,180	Middle Africa
12	Morocco	38,762,441	Northern Africa
13	Mozambique	36,639,850	Eastern Africa
14	Ghana	35,697,557	Western Africa
15	Madagascar	33,522,052	Eastern Africa
16	Côte d'Ivoire	33,494,346	Western Africa
17	Cameroon	30,640,817	Middle Africa
18	Niger	28,814,878	Western Africa
19	Mali	25,932,275	Western Africa
20	Burkina Faso	24,601,700	Western Africa
21	Malawi	22,785,535	Eastern Africa
22	Zambia	22,521,915	Eastern Africa
23	Chad	21,560,380	Middle Africa
24	Somalia	20,305,907	Eastern Africa
25	Senegal	19,366,548	Western Africa
26	Zimbabwe	17,273,580	Eastern Africa
27	Guinea	15,441,992	Western Africa
28	Benin	15,170,420	Western Africa
29	Rwanda	14,889,693	Eastern Africa
30	Burundi	14,729,157	Eastern Africa
31	South Sudan	12,436,037	Eastern Africa
32	Tunisia	12,415,138	Northern Africa
33	Togo	9,930,918	Western Africa
34	Sierra Leone	8,996,744	Western Africa
35	Libya	7,539,852	Northern Africa
36	Republic of the Congo	6,637,786	Middle Africa
37	Liberia	5,853,949	Western Africa
38	Central African Republic	5,698,984	Middle Africa
39	Mauritania	5,461,319	Western Africa
40	Eritrea	3,682,669	Eastern Africa
41	Namibia	3,153,246	Southern Africa
42	Gambia	2,884,079	Western Africa
43	Gabon	2,647,400	Middle Africa
44	Botswana	2,603,388	Southern Africa
45	Lesotho	2,389,336	Southern Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,297,808	Western Africa
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,984,468	Middle Africa
48	Eswatini	1,269,859	Southern Africa
49	Mauritius	1,265,059	Eastern Africa
50	Djibouti	1,199,459	Eastern Africa
51	Comoros	899,010	Eastern Africa
52	Cabo Verde	529,630	Western Africa
53	São Tomé and Príncipe	244,994	Middle Africa
54	Seychelles	134,959	Eastern Africa

Other entities

#	Country	Population 2026	Status
1	Réunion	886,298	Overseas region of France
2	Western Sahara	610,813	Territory of undetermined status
3	Mayotte	347,536	Overseas region of France
4	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,148	British Overseas Territory

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