Every recognised African nation has a profile on Africa Center, plus the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which the African Union recognises and the United Nations lists as a non-self-governing territory. Use the filters below to narrow the list by region, or search by name. Each card shows population, capital, and nominal GDP at a glance; click through for the full profile, including currency, languages, urbanisation, life expectancy, literacy, and growth rate.
Figures are taken from World Bank, IMF, UN agency and national statistics-office releases. For how we reconcile sources when they differ, see the methodology; for what each indicator means, see the glossary.
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Algeria
Capital: Algiers
Population:
46.7M
GDP:
$206B
Egypt
Capital: Cairo
Population:
112.0M
GDP:
$507B
Libya
Capital: Tripoli
Population:
7.2M
GDP:
$45B
Morocco
Capital: Rabat
Population:
38.0M
GDP:
$147B
Tunisia
Capital: Tunis
Population:
12.5M
GDP:
$47B
Western Sahara
Capital: El Aaiún
Population:
0.6M
GDP:
N/A
Benin
Capital: Porto-Novo
Population:
14.2M
GDP:
$19B
Burkina Faso
Capital: Ouagadougou
Population:
23.5M
GDP:
$20B
Cape Verde
Capital: Praia
Population:
0.6M
GDP:
$2B
Côte d'Ivoire
Capital: Yamoussoukro
Population:
29.4M
GDP:
$75B
Gambia
Capital: Banjul
Population:
2.7M
GDP:
$2B
Ghana
Capital: Accra
Population:
34.1M
GDP:
$79B
Guinea
Capital: Conakry
Population:
14.5M
GDP:
$22B
Guinea-Bissau
Capital: Bissau
Population:
2.1M
GDP:
$2B
Liberia
Capital: Monrovia
Population:
5.5M
GDP:
$4B
Mali
Capital: Bamako
Population:
23.3M
GDP:
$20B
Mauritania
Capital: Nouakchott
Population:
5.0M
GDP:
$10B
Niger
Capital: Niamey
Population:
27.2M
GDP:
$16B
Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
Population:
230.0M
GDP:
$510B
Senegal
Capital: Dakar
Population:
18.3M
GDP:
$30B
Sierra Leone
Capital: Freetown
Population:
8.8M
GDP:
$4B
Togo
Capital: Lomé
Population:
9.0M
GDP:
$9B
Burundi
Capital: Gitega
Population:
13.4M
GDP:
$4B
Comoros
Capital: Moroni
Population:
0.9M
GDP:
$1B
Djibouti
Capital: Djibouti City
Population:
1.1M
GDP:
$4B
Eritrea
Capital: Asmara
Population:
3.7M
GDP:
$2B
Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Population:
129.0M
GDP:
$167B
Kenya
Capital: Nairobi
Population:
55.1M
GDP:
$118B
Madagascar
Capital: Antananarivo
Population:
30.8M
GDP:
$16B
Mauritius
Capital: Port Louis
Population:
1.3M
GDP:
$12B
Rwanda
Capital: Kigali
Population:
14.4M
GDP:
$14B
Seychelles
Capital: Victoria
Population:
0.1M
GDP:
$2B
Somalia
Capital: Mogadishu
Population:
18.6M
GDP:
$8B
South Sudan
Capital: Juba
Population:
11.5M
GDP:
$4B
Tanzania
Capital: Dodoma
Population:
67.0M
GDP:
$85B
Uganda
Capital: Kampala
Population:
50.0M
GDP:
$53B
Angola
Capital: Luanda
Population:
37.0M
GDP:
$118B
Cameroon
Capital: Yaoundé
Population:
29.3M
GDP:
$48B
Central African Republic
Capital: Bangui
Population:
5.9M
GDP:
$3B
Chad
Capital: N'Djamena
Population:
18.3M
GDP:
$13B
Republic of Congo
Capital: Brazzaville
Population:
6.3M
GDP:
$15B
Democratic Republic of Congo
Capital: Kinshasa
Population:
105.0M
GDP:
$69B
Equatorial Guinea
Capital: Malabo
Population:
1.7M
GDP:
$13B
Gabon
Capital: Libreville
Population:
2.4M
GDP:
$22B
São Tomé and Príncipe
Capital: São Tomé
Population:
0.2M
GDP:
$1B
Botswana
Capital: Gaborone
Population:
2.7M
GDP:
$21B
Eswatini
Capital: Mbabane
Population:
1.2M
GDP:
$5B
Lesotho
Capital: Maseru
Population:
2.3M
GDP:
$3B
Malawi
Capital: Lilongwe
Population:
20.9M
GDP:
$14B
Mozambique
Capital: Maputo
Population:
34.6M
GDP:
$19B
Namibia
Capital: Windhoek
Population:
2.6M
GDP:
$13B
South Africa
Capital: Pretoria
Population:
61.0M
GDP:
$426B
Zambia
Capital: Lusaka
Population:
20.6M
GDP:
$31B
Zimbabwe
Capital: Harare
Population:
16.7M
GDP:
$28B
Last reviewed: 28 April 2026.