Map of Western Africa

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Last Updated: October 21, 2024

Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa, located southwest of central Sahara and bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean. The natural border to the east is the Cameroon Mountains. The United Nations defines West Africa as 16 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as the islands of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. West Africa has an area of approximately 1,974,103 sq mi (5,112,903 sq km) and an estimated population of 419 million as of 2021.

Major and principal cities in Western Africa include Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau, Conakry, Dakar, Freetown, Lagos, Lomé, Monrovia, Niamey, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Porto-Novo, Praia, and Yamoussoukro.

List of Countries of Western Africa

List of Countries of West Africa
Country	Capital	Population (2021)^[1]	Area	Currency
Benin	Porto-Novo	12,996,895	112,622 sq km (43,484 sq mi)	CFA franc
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	22,100,683	274,000 sq km (105,792 sq mi)	CFA franc
Cape Verde	Praia	587,925	4,033 sq km (1,557 sq mi)	Cape Verdean escudo
Cote d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	27,478,249	322,460 sq km (124,503 sq mi)	CFA franc
Gambia	Banjul	2,639,916	10,380 sq km (4,008 sq mi)	dalasi
Ghana	Accra	32,833,031	238,534 sq km (92,098 sq mi)	Ghana cedi
Guinea	Conakry	13,531,906	245,857 sq km (94,926 sq mi)	Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	2,060,721	36,125 sq km (13,948 sq mi)	CFA franc
Liberia	Monrovia	5,193,416	111,369 sq km (43,000 sq mi)	Liberian dollar
Mali	Bamako	21,904,983	1,240,192 sq km (478,841 sq mi)	CFA franc
Mauritania	Nouakchott	4,614,974	1,030,700 sq km (397,955 sq mi)	ouguiya
Niger	Niamey	25,252,722	1,267,000 sq km (489,191 sq mi)	CFA franc
Nigeria	Abuja	213,401,323	923,768 sq km (356,669 sq mi)	naira
Senegal	Dakar	16,876,720	196,723 sq km (75,955 sq mi)	CFA franc
Sierra Leone	Freetown	8,420,641	71,740 sq km (27,699 sq mi)	leone
Togo	Lomé	8,644,829	56,785 sq km (21,925 sq mi)	CFA franc