Recognised States
The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations, and all except Morocco are members of the African Union.
| Name (official name) | Flag | Capital | Currency | Official language(s) | Area (km2) | Population | GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) | Algiers | Algerian dinar | Arabic | 2,381,740 | 33,333,216 | 7,124 | 3 | |
| Angola (Republic of Angola) | Luanda | Kwanza | Portuguese | 1,246,700 | 15,941,000 | 2,813 | 42 | |
| Benin (Republic of Benin) |
Porto Novo | West African CFA franc | French | 112,622 | 8,439,000 | 1,176 | 24 | |
| Botswana (Republic of Botswana) | Gaborone | Pula | English, Setswana | 581,726 | 1,839,833 | 11,400 | 46 | |
| Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso) |
Ouagadougou | West African CFA franc | French | 274,000 | 13,228,000 | 1,284 | 21 | |
| Burundi (Republic of Burundi) | Bujumbura | Burundi franc | Kirundi, French | 27,830 | 7,548,000 | 739 | 38 | |
| Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon) | Yaoundé | Central African CFA franc | French, English | 475,442 | 17,795,000 | 2,421 | 26 | |
| Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde) | Praia | Cape Verdean escudo | Portuguese | 4,033 | 420,979 | 6,418 | 14a | |
| Central African Republic (Central African Republic) | Bangui | Central African CFA franc | Sango, French | 622,984 | 4,216,666 | 1,198 | 27 | |
| Chad (Republic of Chad) | N'Djamena | Central African CFA franc | French, Arabic | 1,284,000 | 10,146,000 | 1,519 | 11 | |
| Comoros (Union of the Comoros) | Moroni | Comorian franc | Arabic, French, Comorian | 2,235 | 798,000 | 1,660 | 43a | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Kinshasa | Congolese franc | French | 2,344,858 | 71,712,867 | 774 | 34 | |
| Republic of the Congo (Republic of the Congo) | Brazzaville | Central African CFA franc | French | 342,000 | 4,012,809 | 3,919 | 25 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) | Yamoussoukro |
West African CFA franc | French | 322,460 | 17,654,843 | 1,600 | 20 | |
| Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti) | Djibouti | Djiboutian Franc | Arabic, French | 23,200 | 906,000 | 2,070 | 29 | |
| Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt) | Cairo | Egyptian Pound | Arabic | 1,001,449 | 80,335,036 | 4,836 | 5 | |
| Equatorial Guinea (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) | Malabo | Central African CFA franc | Spanish, French, Portuguese | 28,051 | 504,000 | 16,312 | 31 | |
| Eritrea (State of Eritrea) |
Asmara | Nakfa | Tigrinya, Arabic, English | 117,600 | 5,880,000 | 1,000 | 13 | |
| Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) | Addis Ababa | Ethiopian birr | Amharic, English | 1,104,300 | 85,237,338 | 1,100 | 28 | |
| Gabon (Gabonese Republic) | Libreville | Central African CFA franc | French | 267,668 | 1,384,000 | 7,055 | 32 | |
| Gambia (Republic of The Gambia) | Banjul | Dalasi | English | 10,380 | 1,517,000 | 2002 | 15 | |
| Ghana (Republic of Ghana) | Accra | Ghanaian cedi | English, Twi | 238,534 | 23,000,000 | 2,700 | 22 | |
| Guinea (Republic of Guinea) | Conakry | Guinean franc | French | 245,857 | 9,402,000 | 2,035 | 17 | |
| Guinea-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) | Bissau | West African CFA franc | Portuguese | 36,125 | 1,586,000 | 736 | 16 | |
| Kenya (Republic of Kenya) | Nairobi | Kenyan shilling | Swahili, English | 580,367 | 34,707,817 | 1,445 | 36 | |
| Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho) | Maseru | Loti | Southern Sotho, English | 30,355 | 1,795,000 | 2,113 | 49 | |
| Liberia (Republic of Liberia) | Monrovia | Liberian dollar | English | 111,369 | 3,283,000 | 1,003 | 19 | |
| Libya (Republic of Libya) |
Tripoli | Libyan dinar | Arabic | 1,759,540 | 6,036,914 | 12,700 | 4 | |
| Madagascar (Republic of Madagascar) | Antananarivo | Malagasy Ariary | Malagasy, French | 587,041 | 18,606,000 | 905 | 44 | |
| Malawi (Republic of Malawi) | Lilongwe | Malawian kwacha | English, Chichewa | 118,484 | 12,884,000 | 596 | 42 | |
| Mali (Republic of Mali) |
Bamako | West African CFA franc | French | 1,240,192 | 13,518,000 | 1,154 | 9 | |
| Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) | Nouakchott | Mauritanian ouguiya | Arabic | 1,030,700 | 3,069,000 | 2,402 | 8 | |
| Mauritius (Republic of Mauritius) | Port Louis | Mauritian rupee | English, French, Mauritian Creole | 2,040 | 1,219,220 | 13,703 | 44a | |
| Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) | Rabat | Moroccan dirham | Arabic, Berber | 446,550 (internationally recognized), 710,850 (claimed) | 35,757,175 | 4,600 | 2 | |
| Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique) | Maputo | Mozambican metical | Portuguese | 801,590 | 20,366,795 | 1,389 | 43 | |
| Namibia (Republic of Namibia) | Windhoek | Namibian dollar | English | 825,418 | 2,031,000 | 7,478 | 45 | |
| Niger (Republic of Niger) | Niamey | West African CFA franc | French | 1,267,000 | 13,957,000 | 872 | 10 | |
| Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria) | Abuja | Nigerian naira | English | 923,768 | 154,729,000 | 1,188 | 25 | |
| Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda) | Kigali | Rwandan franc | Kinyarwanda, French, English | 26,798 | 7,600,000 | 1,300 | 37 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) | São Tomé | São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra | Portuguese | 964 | 157,000 | 1,266 | 31a | |
| Senegal (Republic of Senegal) | Dakar | West African CFA franc | French | 196,723 | 11,658,000 | 1,759 | 14 | |
| Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles) | Victoria | Seychellois rupee | English, French, Seychellois Creole | 451 | 80,654 | 11,818 | 39a | |
| Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone) | Freetown | Leone | English | 71,740 | 6,144,562 | 903 | 18 | |
| Somalia (Somali Republic) | Mogadishu | Somali shilling | Somali, Arabic | 637,657 | 9,832,017 | 600 | 30 | |
| South Africa (Republic of South Africa) | Bloemfontein, Cape Town, and Pretoria |
South African rand | Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu | 1,221,037 | 47,432,000 | 12,161 | 48 | |
| South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan) | Juba | South Sudanese pound | English | 644,329 | 8,260,490 | 1,546 | 12 | |
| Sudan (Republic of the Sudan) |
Khartoum | Sudanese pound | Arabic, English | 1,861,484 | 36,787,012 | 2,300 | 12 | |
| Swaziland (Kingdom of Swaziland) | Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane (administrative) |
Lilangeni | English, Swati | 17,364 | 1,032,000 | 5,245 | 50 | |
| Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) | Dodoma | Tanzanian shilling | Swahili, English | 945,087 | 37,849,133 | 723 | 39 | |
| Togo (Togolese Republic) | Lomé | West African CFA franc | French | 56,785 | 6,100,000 | 1,700 | 23 | |
| Tunisia (Tunisian Republic) | Tunis | Tunisian dinar | Arabic | 163,610 | 10,102,000 | 8,800 | 3 | |
| Uganda (Republic of Uganda) | Kampala | Ugandan shilling | English, Swahili | 236,040 | 27,616,000 | 1,700 | 35 | |
| Zambia (Republic of Zambia) | Lusaka | Zambian kwacha | English | 752,614 | 14,668,000 | 931 | 41 | |
| Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) | Harare | United States dollar and South African rand | Shona, Ndebele, English | 390,757 | 13,010,000 | 2,607 | 47 |
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