Countries in Africa

All 54 countries in Africa, from the ones everyone names first to the ones few people think of, with each country’s region and capital.

36 Plankton
18 Too Clever
0 Schooler
0 Rare
0 Deep Cut
0 One in a Krillion

All 54 countries in Africa

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

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Countries in Africa, with definition, region, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Region
also Cabo Verde	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Praia.	Western Africa	Plankton	1M
	Country in Northern Africa. Capital: Rabat.	Northern Africa	Plankton	673K
	Country in Northern Africa. Capital: Cairo.	Northern Africa	Plankton	550K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Abuja.	Western Africa	Plankton	368K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Accra.	Western Africa	Plankton	301K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Antananarivo.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	301K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Mogadishu.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	301K
	Country in Southern Africa. Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein share the capital functions.	Southern Africa	Plankton	301K
	Country in Northern Africa. Capital: Algiers.	Northern Africa	Plankton	246K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Addis Ababa.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	246K
also Côte d'Ivoire	Country in Western Africa. Yamoussoukro is the official capital and Abidjan the largest city.	Western Africa	Plankton	246K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Dakar.	Western Africa	Plankton	246K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Victoria.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	246K
	Country in Northern Africa. Capital: Khartoum.	Northern Africa	Plankton	246K
	Country in Northern Africa. Capital: Tunis.	Northern Africa	Plankton	246K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Port Louis.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	201K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Dodoma.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	201K
	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Yaoundé.	Middle Africa	Plankton	165K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Nairobi.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	165K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Monrovia.	Western Africa	Plankton	165K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Kampala.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	165K
	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Luanda.	Middle Africa	Plankton	135K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Ouagadougou.	Western Africa	Plankton	135K
	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: N'Djamena.	Middle Africa	Plankton	est.
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Asmara.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	135K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Bamako.	Western Africa	Plankton	135K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Niamey.	Western Africa	Plankton	est.
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Freetown.	Western Africa	Plankton	135K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Lomé.	Western Africa	Plankton	135K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Harare.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	135K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Djibouti.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	110K
	Country in Northern Africa. Capital: Tripoli.	Northern Africa	Plankton	110K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Nouakchott.	Western Africa	Plankton	110K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Maputo.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	110K
	Country in Southern Africa. Capital: Windhoek.	Southern Africa	Plankton	110K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Kigali.	Eastern Africa	Plankton	110K
	Country in Western Africa. Porto-Novo is the official capital and Cotonou the seat of government.	Western Africa	Too Clever	91K
	Country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.	Southern Africa	Too Clever	91K
	Country in Middle Africa.	Middle Africa	Too Clever	91K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Conakry.	Western Africa	Too Clever	91K
	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Bissau.	Western Africa	Too Clever	91K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Juba.	Eastern Africa	Too Clever	91K
also DR Congo	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Kinshasa.	Middle Africa	Too Clever	74K
also Swaziland	Country in Southern Africa. Mbabane is the administrative capital and Lobamba the royal and legislative capital.	Southern Africa	Too Clever	74K
	Country in Southern Africa. Capital: Maseru.	Southern Africa	Too Clever	74K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Lilongwe.	Eastern Africa	Too Clever	74K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Lusaka.	Eastern Africa	Too Clever	74K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Gitega.	Eastern Africa	Too Clever	61K
	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Libreville.	Middle Africa	Too Clever	61K
also The Gambia	Country in Western Africa. Capital: Banjul.	Western Africa	Too Clever	50K
	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Bangui.	Middle Africa	Too Clever	41K
	Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Moroni.	Eastern Africa	Too Clever	41K
also Congo-Brazzaville	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Brazzaville.	Middle Africa	Too Clever	33K
	Country in Middle Africa. Capital: São Tomé.	Middle Africa	Too Clever	33K

Questions about countries in Africa

How many countries are in Africa?

RareList lists 54 countries in Africa: all of them UN member states. We follow the UN M49 regions; other lists may count a few border countries differently.

What are the best-known countries in Africa?

The most searched are Cape Verde, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana.

Which country in Africa is the least searched?

Republic of the Congo, with about 33K US searches a month. Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Brazzaville.

Which letters do countries in Africa start with?

The most common first letter is S, with 8 countries. No country in Africa starts with F, H, J, O, P, Q, V, W, X and Y.

The list is the 193 member states of the United Nations plus its two observer states, the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Territories whose status is disputed, such as Kosovo and Taiwan, and dependent territories, such as Greenland and Puerto Rico, are not included. Continents follow the UN M49 regions, with the Americas split into North America (including Central America and the Caribbean) and South America.