Africa Map

Map of Africa with Capitals: Click to see large
Map of Africa with Capitals

Description: This map shows countries, capital cities, major cities, island and lakes in Africa.
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Africa Political Map

Description: This map shows oceans, seas, islands, and governmental boundaries of countries in Africa.
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Map of Africa with countries and capitals

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Regions of Africa

Map of West Africa

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Map of North Africa

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Map of East Africa

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Map of East Africa

Map of Southern Africa

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Map of Southern Africa

List of Countries in Africa


About Africa

The Facts:
Area: 11,730,000 sq mi (30,370,000 sq km).
Population: ~ 1,500,000,000.
Language groups: Afroasiatic languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Niger–Congo languages.
Regions of Africa: Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa.
Major Rivers: Nile, Niger, Congo, Orange, Limpopo and Zambezi.
Major Lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Nyasa, Lake Chad.
Major Islands: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Socotra, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Saint Helena, Comoros, Seychelles, Zanzibar.
Tourist Attractions in Africa: Pyramids of Giza, Victoria Falls, Mount Kilimanjaro, Masai Mara National Reserve, Zanzibar, Kruger National Park, Sharm El Sheikh.


Population and Area of African Countries

Largest Africa country by Area Algeria - 2,381,741km2 (919,595mi2)
Smallest Africa country by Area Seychelles - 452km2 (175mi2)
Largest Africa country by Population Nigeria (225,000,000)
Smallest Africa country by Population Seychelles (110,000)

Country Population Area in km2 Area in mi2
Algeria 45,600,000 2,381,741 919,595
Angola 36,700,000 1,246,700 481,400
Benin 13,750,000 114,763 44,310
Botswana 2,700,000 581,730 224,610
Burkina Faso 23,300,000 274,222 105,878
Burundi 13,250,000 27,834 10,747
Cameroon 28,700,000 475,442 183,569
Cape Verde 600,000 4,033 1,557
Central African Republic 5,800,000 622,984 240,535
Chad 18,300,000 1,284,000 496,000
Comoros 860,000 1,862 719
Djibouti 1,150,000 23,200 9,000
DR Congo 102,300,000 2,344,858 905,355
Egypt 112,500,000 941,450 363,500
Equatorial Guinea 1,750,000 28,051 10,831
Eritrea 3,800,000 117,600 45,400
Eswatini 1,250,000 17,364 6,704
Ethiopia 126,600,000 1,104,300 426,400
Gabon 2,500,000 267,668 103,347
Gambia 2,850,000 11,295 4,361
Ghana 34,500,000 238,533 92,098
Guinea 14,300,000 245,857 94,926
Guinea-Bissau 2,350,000 36,125 13,948
Kenya 56,500,000 580,367 224,081
Lesotho 2,500,000 30,355 11,720
Liberia 5,600,000 111,369 43,000
Libya 7,000,000 1,759,540 679,360
Madagascar 31,000,000 587,041 226,658
Malawi 21,500,000 118,484 45,747
Mali 23,500,000 1,240,192 478,841
Mauritania 4,900,000 1,030,700 398,000
Mauritius 1,400,000 2,239 864
Mayotte (France) 270,000 374 144 
Morocco 38,500,000 446,550 172,410
Mozambique 34,500,000 801,590 309,500
Namibia 2,650,000 825,615 318,772
Niger 28,700,000 1,267,000 489,000
Nigeria 225,000,000 923,768 356,669
Republic of the Congo 6,150,000 342,000 132,000
Réunion (France) 895,000 2,512 970
Rwanda 14,500,000 26,338 10,169
São Tomé and Príncipe 235,000 964 372
Senegal 18,200,000 196,722 75,955
Seychelles 110,000 452 175
Sierra Leone 8,900,000 71,740 27,700
Somalia 18,500,000 637,657 246,201
South Africa 61,000,000 1,221,037 471,445
South Sudan 11,500,000 644,329 248,777
Sudan 48,500,000 1,861,484 718,723
Tanzania 68,000,000 945,203 364,945
Togo 9,200,000 56,785 21,925
Tunisia 12,800,000 163,610 63,170
Uganda 49,000,000 241,550 93,260
Zambia 21,000,000 752,612 290,585
Zimbabwe 17,000,000 390,757 150,872
Cote d'Ivoire 29,100,000 322,460 124,500
Western Sahara 593,000 266,000 103,000


Major Cities in Africa

Capital Cities in Africa

Capital Country
Abidjan (former capital) Cote d'Ivoire
Abuja Nigeria
Accra Ghana
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Algiers Algeria
Antananarivo Madagascar
Asmara Eritrea
Bamako Mali
Bangui Central African Republic
Banjul Gambia
Bissau Guinea-Bissau
Bloemfontein (judicial) South Africa
Brazzaville Republic of the Congo
Bujumbura (de facto) Burundi
Cairo Egypt
Cape Town (legislative) South Africa
Conakry Guinea
Dakar Senegal
Dar es Salaam (de facto, judicial) Tanzania
Djibouti Djibouti
Dodoma (official, legislative) Tanzania
El Aaiún (declared) Western Sahara
Freetown Sierra Leone
Gaborone Botswana
Georgetown Ascension Island
Gitega (official) Burundi
Harare Zimbabwe
Hargeisa Somaliland
Jamestown Saint Helena
Juba South Sudan
Kampala Uganda
Khartoum Sudan
Kigali Rwanda
Kinshasa DR Congo
Libreville Gabon
Lilongwe Malawi
Lobamba (royal) Eswatini
Lomé Togo
Luanda Angola
Lusaka Zambia
Malabo Equatorial Guinea
Mamoudzou Mayotte
Maputo Mozambique
Maseru Lesotho
Mbabane (administrative) Eswatini
Mogadishu Somalia
Monrovia Liberia
Moroni Comoros
Nairobi Kenya
N'Djamena Chad
Niamey Niger
Nouakchott Mauritania
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Port Louis Mauritius
Porto-Novo Benin
Praia Cape Verde
Pretoria (executive) South Africa
Rabat Réunion
Saint-Denis Morocco
São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe
Tifariti (de facto) Western Sahara
Tripoli Libya
Tunis Tunisia
Victoria Seychelles
Windhoek Namibia
Yamoussoukro (official) Cote d'Ivoire
Yaoundé Cameroon




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Last Updated: February 07, 2024