🌎Africa 2025
On the Africa continent there are 54 sovereign countries and 4 territories/dependencies , according to the United Nations.
| Code: | AF |
|---|---|
| Countries: | There are fifty-four sovereign country on the Africa continent. |
| Territories and Dependencies: | There are only four territories or dependencies in Africa. |
| Area: | 30,370,000.00 km² (18,875,077.69 mi²). |
| Area Text: | Thirty million three hundred seventy thousand km² (Eighteen million eight hundred seventy-five thousand seventy-eight mi²). |
Countires of Africa
There are fifty-four sovereign countries on the Africa continent with independent central governments, and the list of countries may change over time depending on local politics.
| Country | ISO 3166-1 | Region | Region WB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | DZ | Africa › Northern Africa | Middle East & North Africa |
| Angola | AO | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Benin | BJ | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Botswana | BW | Africa › Southern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Burkina Faso | BF | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Burundi | BI | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Cameroon | CM | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Cape Verde | CV | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Central African Republic | CF | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Chad | TD | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Comoros | KM | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | CD | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Djibouti | DJ | Africa › Eastern Africa | Middle East & North Africa |
| Egypt | EG | Africa › Northern Africa | Middle East & North Africa |
| Equatorial Guinea | GQ | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Eritrea | ER | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Eswatini | SZ | Africa › Southern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Ethiopia | ET | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Gabon | GA | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Ghana | GH | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Guinea | GN | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Guinea-Bissau | GW | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Ivory Coast | CI | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Kenya | KE | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lesotho | LS | Africa › Southern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Liberia | LR | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Libya | LY | Africa › Northern Africa | Middle East & North Africa |
| Madagascar | MG | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Malawi | MW | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Mali | ML | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Mauritania | MR | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Mauritius | MU | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Morocco | MA | Africa › Northern Africa | Middle East & North Africa |
| Mozambique | MZ | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Namibia | NA | Africa › Southern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Niger | NE | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Nigeria | NG | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Republic of the Congo | CG | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Rwanda | RW | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | ST | Africa › Middle Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Senegal | SN | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Seychelles | SC | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Sierra Leone | SL | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Somalia | SO | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| South Africa | ZA | Africa › Southern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| South Sudan | SS | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Sudan | SD | Africa › Northern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Tanzania | TZ | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| The Gambia | GM | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Togo | TG | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Tunisia | TN | Africa › Northern Africa | Middle East & North Africa |
| Uganda | UG | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Zambia | ZM | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Zimbabwe | ZW | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Territories/Dependencies in Africa
| Country | ISO 3166-1 | Region | Region WB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayotte | YT | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Réunion | RE | Africa › Eastern Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | SH | Africa › Western Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Western Sahara | EH | Africa › Northern Africa | Middle East & North Africa |