African Sovereign Nations

1 February, 2026 lov 0 Comments 1 category

Here is a table of all 54 recognized African sovereign nations, with their capital cities and the latest available population estimates (generally based on 2023-2024 United Nations projections).

Country	Capital City	Population (Approx.)
Algeria	Algiers	46,000,000
Angola	Luanda	37,000,000
Benin	Porto-Novo (Cotonou is seat of government)	14,000,000
Botswana	Gaborone	2,700,000
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	23,000,000
Burundi	Gitega (changed from Bujumbura)	13,000,000
Cabo Verde	Praia	600,000
Cameroon	Yaoundé	28,000,000
Central African Republic	Bangui	6,000,000
Chad	N’Djamena	18,000,000
Comoros	Moroni	900,000
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Kinshasa	105,000,000
Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville	6,000,000
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Yamoussoukro (Abidjan is admin. center)	29,000,000
Djibouti	Djibouti City	1,100,000
Egypt	Cairo	113,000,000
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo (Oyala is a planned future capital)	1,700,000
Eritrea	Asmara	3,700,000
Eswatini (Swaziland)	Mbabane (executive); Lobamba (legislative)	1,200,000
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	127,000,000
Gabon	Libreville	2,400,000
Gambia	Banjul	2,800,000
Ghana	Accra	34,000,000
Guinea	Conakry	14,000,000
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	2,200,000
Kenya	Nairobi	56,000,000
Lesotho	Maseru	2,300,000
Liberia	Monrovia	5,500,000
Libya	Tripoli	6,900,000
Madagascar	Antananarivo	30,000,000
Malawi	Lilongwe	21,000,000
Mali	Bamako	23,000,000
Mauritania	Nouakchott	4,900,000
Mauritius	Port Louis	1,300,000
Morocco	Rabat	38,000,000
Mozambique	Maputo	34,000,000
Namibia	Windhoek	2,600,000
Niger	Niamey	27,000,000
Nigeria	Abuja	226,000,000
Rwanda	Kigali	14,000,000
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	200,000
Senegal	Dakar	18,000,000
Seychelles	Victoria	100,000
Sierra Leone	Freetown	8,800,000
Somalia	Mogadishu	18,000,000
South Africa	Pretoria (admin.), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)	61,000,000
South Sudan	Juba	11,000,000
Sudan	Khartoum	48,000,000
Tanzania	Dodoma (Dar es Salaam is commercial center)	67,000,000
Togo	Lomé	9,000,000
Tunisia	Tunis	12,000,000
Uganda	Kampala	49,000,000
Zambia	Lusaka	21,000,000
Zimbabwe	Harare	17,000,000

Important Notes:

Population Figures: All numbers are rounded to the nearest significant digit for clarity and are based on recent UN/World Bank estimates. They are dynamic and change daily.
Capitals: Some nations have multiple capitals (South Africa, Eswatini) or official capitals that differ from their primary commercial/administrative cities (e.g., Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania).
Western Sahara: Listed as a non-self-governing territory by the UN; its status is disputed. It is not included in the count of 54 sovereign states.