Name of region[1] and
territory, with flag
Area
(km²)
Population
(1 July 2002 est.)
Population density
(per km²)
Capital
Eastern Africa:
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Burundi Burundaidh 27,830 6,373,002 229.0 Bujumbura
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Comoros Na h-Eileanan Chomoro 2,170 614,382 283.1 Moroni
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Djibouti Diobutaidh 23,000 472,810 20.6 Djibouti
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Eritrea Ertra 121,320 4,465,651 36.8 Asmara
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Ethiopia An Itiop 1,127,127 67,673,031 60.0 Addis Ababa
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Kenya Ceinia 582,650 31,138,735 53.4 Nairobi
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Madagascar Madagascar 587,040 16,473,477 28.1 Antananarivo
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Malawi Malabhaidh 118,480 10,701,824 90.3 Lilongwe
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mauritius Na h-Eileanan Mhoiriseas 2,040 1,200,206 588.3 Port Louis
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mayotte Mayotte (France) 374 170,879 456.9 Mamoudzou
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mozambique Mòsaimbic 801,590 19,607,519 24.5 Maputo
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Réunion Réunion (France) 2,512 743,981 296.2 Saint-Denis
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Rwanda Ruanda 26,338 7,398,074 280.9 Kigali
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Seychelles Na h-Eileanan Sheiseall 455 80,098 176.0 Victoria
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Somalia Somàilia 637,657 7,753,310 12.2 Mogadishu
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Tanzania Tansainìa 945,087 37,187,939 39.3 Dodoma
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Uganda Uganda 236,040 24,699,073 104.6 Kampala
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Zambia Saimbia 752,614 9,959,037 13.2 Lusaka
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Zimbabwe Siombabue 390,580 11,376,676 29.1 Harare
Middle Africa:
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Angola Angòla 1,246,700 10,593,171 8.5 Luanda
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Cameroon Camarun 475,440 16,184,748 34.0 Yaoundé
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Central African Republic Poblachd Meadhan Afraga 622,984 3,642,739 5.8 Bangui
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Chad An t-Siad 1,284,000 8,997,237 7.0 N'Djamena
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Republic of the Congo Congo 342,000 2,958,448 8.7 Brazzaville
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Democratic Republic of the Congo Poblachd Dheamocrach na Congo 2,345,410 55,225,478 23.5 Kinshasa
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Equatorial Guinea Gini Mheadhan-Chriosach 28,051 498,144 17.8 Malabo
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Gabon Gabon 267,667 1,233,353 4.6 Libreville
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé agus Príncipe 1,001 170,372 170.2 São Tomé
Northern Africa:
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Algeria Aldiria 2,381,740 32,277,942 13.6 Algiers
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Egypt An Eiphit[2] 1,001,450 70,712,345 70.6 Cairo
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Libya Libia 1,759,540 5,368,585 3.1 Tripoli
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Morocco Maroco 446,550 31,167,783 69.8 Rabat
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Sudan Sudàn 2,505,810 37,090,298 14.8 Khartoum
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Tunisia Tuinisia 163,610 9,815,644 60.0 Tunis
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Western Sahara Western Sahara[3] 266,000 256,177 1.0 El Aaiún
European dependencies in Northern Africa:
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Canary Islands Canary Islands (Spain)[4] 7,492 1,694,477 226.2 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Ceuta Ceuta (Spain)[5] 20 71,505 3,575.2
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Madeira Madeira Islands (Portugal)[6] 797 245,000 307.4 Funchal
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Melilla Melilla (Spain)[7] 12 66,411 5,534.2
Southern Africa:
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Botswana Botsuana 600,370 1,591,232 2.7 Gaborone
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Eswatini Eswatini 17,363 1,123,605 64.7 Mbabane
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Lesotho Leasoto 30,355 2,207,954 72.7 Maseru
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Namibia Naimibia 825,418 1,820,916 2.2 Windhoek
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich South Africa Afraga a Deas 1,219,912 43,647,658 35.8 Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria[8]
Western Africa:
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Benin Beinin 112,620 6,787,625 60.3 Porto-Novo
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Burkina Faso Buircina Fhaso 274,200 12,603,185 46.0 Ouagadougou
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Cape Verde Ceap Bheard 4,033 408,760 101.4 Praia
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Côte d'Ivoire Costa Ìbhri 322,460 16,804,784 52.1 Abidjan, Yamoussoukro[9]
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Gambia Ghaimbia 11,300 1,455,842 128.8 Banjul
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Ghana Gàna 239,460 20,244,154 84.5 Accra
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Guinea Gini 245,857 7,775,065 31.6 Conakry
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Guinea-Bissau Gini-Bissau 36,120 1,345,479 37.3 Bissau
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Liberia Libèiria 111,370 3,288,198 29.5 Monrovia
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mali Màili 1,240,000 11,340,480 9.1 Bamako
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mauritania Moratainia 1,030,700 2,828,858 2.7 Nouakchott
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Niger Nìgeir 1,267,000 10,639,744 8.4 Niamey
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Nigeria Nìgeiria 923,768 129,934,911 140.7 Abuja
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Saint Helena Saint Helena (UK) 410 7,317 17.8 Jamestown
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Senegal Seanagal 196,190 10,589,571 54.0 Dakar
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Sierra Leone Siarra Leòmhann 71,740 5,614,743 78.3 Freetown
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Togo Tògo 56,785 5,285,501 93.1 Lomé
Total 30,368,609 843,705,143 27.8

Iomraidhean

deasaich
  1. Continental regions as per UN categorisations/map.
  2. Egypt is generally considered a transcontinental country in Northern Africa (UN region) and Western Asia; population and area figures are for African portion only, west of the Suez Canal.
  3. Western Sahara is disputed between the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, who administer a minority of the territory, and Morocco, who occupy the remainder.
  4. The Spanish Canary Islands, of which Las Palmas de Gran Canaria are Santa Cruz de Tenerife are co-capitals, are often considered part of Northern Africa due to their relative proximity to Morocco and Western Sahara; population and area figures are for 2001.
  5. The Spanish exclave of Ceuta is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.
  6. The Portuguese Madeira Islands are often considered part of Northern Africa due to their relative proximity to Morocco; population and area figures are for 2001.
  7. The Spanish exclave of Melilla is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.
  8. Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of South Africa, while Cape Town is its legislative seat, and Pretoria is the country's administrative seat.
  9. Yamoussoukro is the official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while Abidjan is the de facto seat.