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Map of Africa with countries and capitals
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The Facts:
Area: 11,730,000 sq mi (30,370,000 sq km).
Population: ~ 1,500,000,000.
Language groups: Afroasiatic languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Niger–Congo languages.
Regions of Africa: Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa.
Major Rivers: Nile, Niger, Congo, Orange, Limpopo and Zambezi.
Major Lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Nyasa, Lake Chad.
Major Islands: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Socotra, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Saint Helena, Comoros, Seychelles, Zanzibar.
Tourist Attractions in Africa: Pyramids of Giza, Victoria Falls, Mount Kilimanjaro, Masai Mara National Reserve, Zanzibar, Kruger National Park, Sharm El Sheikh.
| Largest Africa country by Area | Algeria - 2,381,741km 2 (919,595mi 2 ) |
| Smallest Africa country by Area | Seychelles - 452km 2 (175mi 2 ) |
| Largest Africa country by Population | Nigeria (225,000,000) |
| Smallest Africa country by Population | Seychelles (110,000) |
| Country | Population | Area in km 2 | Area in mi 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 45,600,000 | 2,381,741 | 919,595 |
| Angola | 36,700,000 | 1,246,700 | 481,400 |
| Benin | 13,750,000 | 114,763 | 44,310 |
| Botswana | 2,700,000 | 581,730 | 224,610 |
| Burkina Faso | 23,300,000 | 274,222 | 105,878 |
| Burundi | 13,250,000 | 27,834 | 10,747 |
| Cameroon | 28,700,000 | 475,442 | 183,569 |
| Cape Verde | 600,000 | 4,033 | 1,557 |
| Central African Republic | 5,800,000 | 622,984 | 240,535 |
| Chad | 18,300,000 | 1,284,000 | 496,000 |
| Comoros | 860,000 | 1,862 | 719 |
| Djibouti | 1,150,000 | 23,200 | 9,000 |
| DR Congo | 102,300,000 | 2,344,858 | 905,355 |
| Egypt | 112,500,000 | 941,450 | 363,500 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,750,000 | 28,051 | 10,831 |
| Eritrea | 3,800,000 | 117,600 | 45,400 |
| Eswatini | 1,250,000 | 17,364 | 6,704 |
| Ethiopia | 126,600,000 | 1,104,300 | 426,400 |
| Gabon | 2,500,000 | 267,668 | 103,347 |
| Gambia | 2,850,000 | 11,295 | 4,361 |
| Ghana | 34,500,000 | 238,533 | 92,098 |
| Guinea | 14,300,000 | 245,857 | 94,926 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,350,000 | 36,125 | 13,948 |
| Kenya | 56,500,000 | 580,367 | 224,081 |
| Lesotho | 2,500,000 | 30,355 | 11,720 |
| Liberia | 5,600,000 | 111,369 | 43,000 |
| Libya | 7,000,000 | 1,759,540 | 679,360 |
| Madagascar | 31,000,000 | 587,041 | 226,658 |
| Malawi | 21,500,000 | 118,484 | 45,747 |
| Mali | 23,500,000 | 1,240,192 | 478,841 |
| Mauritania | 4,900,000 | 1,030,700 | 398,000 |
| Mauritius | 1,400,000 | 2,239 | 864 |
| Mayotte (France) | 270,000 | 374 | 144 |
| Morocco | 38,500,000 | 446,550 | 172,410 |
| Mozambique | 34,500,000 | 801,590 | 309,500 |
| Namibia | 2,650,000 | 825,615 | 318,772 |
| Niger | 28,700,000 | 1,267,000 | 489,000 |
| Nigeria | 225,000,000 | 923,768 | 356,669 |
| Republic of the Congo | 6,150,000 | 342,000 | 132,000 |
| Réunion (France) | 895,000 | 2,512 | 970 |
| Rwanda | 14,500,000 | 26,338 | 10,169 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 235,000 | 964 | 372 |
| Senegal | 18,200,000 | 196,722 | 75,955 |
| Seychelles | 110,000 | 452 | 175 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,900,000 | 71,740 | 27,700 |
| Somalia | 18,500,000 | 637,657 | 246,201 |
| South Africa | 61,000,000 | 1,221,037 | 471,445 |
| South Sudan | 11,500,000 | 644,329 | 248,777 |
| Sudan | 48,500,000 | 1,861,484 | 718,723 |
| Tanzania | 68,000,000 | 945,203 | 364,945 |
| Togo | 9,200,000 | 56,785 | 21,925 |
| Tunisia | 12,800,000 | 163,610 | 63,170 |
| Uganda | 49,000,000 | 241,550 | 93,260 |
| Zambia | 21,000,000 | 752,612 | 290,585 |
| Zimbabwe | 17,000,000 | 390,757 | 150,872 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 29,100,000 | 322,460 | 124,500 |
| Western Sahara | 593,000 | 266,000 | 103,000 |
| Capital | Country |
|---|---|
| Abidjan (former capital) | Cote d'Ivoire |
| Abuja | Nigeria |
| Accra | Ghana |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
| Algiers | Algeria |
| Antananarivo | Madagascar |
| Asmara | Eritrea |
| Bamako | Mali |
| Bangui | Central African Republic |
| Banjul | Gambia |
| Bissau | Guinea-Bissau |
| Bloemfontein (judicial) | South Africa |
| Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo |
| Bujumbura (de facto) | Burundi |
| Cairo | Egypt |
| Cape Town (legislative) | South Africa |
| Conakry | Guinea |
| Dakar | Senegal |
| Dar es Salaam (de facto, judicial) | Tanzania |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dodoma (official, legislative) | Tanzania |
| El Aaiún (declared) | Western Sahara |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone |
| Gaborone | Botswana |
| Georgetown | Ascension Island |
| Gitega (official) | Burundi |
| Harare | Zimbabwe |
| Hargeisa | Somaliland |
| Jamestown | Saint Helena |
| Juba | South Sudan |
| Kampala | Uganda |
| Khartoum | Sudan |
| Kigali | Rwanda |
| Kinshasa | DR Congo |
| Libreville | Gabon |
| Lilongwe | Malawi |
| Lobamba (royal) | Eswatini |
| Lomé | Togo |
| Luanda | Angola |
| Lusaka | Zambia |
| Malabo | Equatorial Guinea |
| Mamoudzou | Mayotte |
| Maputo | Mozambique |
| Maseru | Lesotho |
| Mbabane (administrative) | Eswatini |
| Mogadishu | Somalia |
| Monrovia | Liberia |
| Moroni | Comoros |
| Nairobi | Kenya |
| N'Djamena | Chad |
| Niamey | Niger |
| Nouakchott | Mauritania |
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
| Port Louis | Mauritius |
| Porto-Novo | Benin |
| Praia | Cape Verde |
| Pretoria (executive) | South Africa |
| Rabat | Réunion |
| Saint-Denis | Morocco |
| São Tomé | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Tifariti (de facto) | Western Sahara |
| Tripoli | Libya |
| Tunis | Tunisia |
| Victoria | Seychelles |
| Windhoek | Namibia |
| Yamoussoukro (official) | Cote d'Ivoire |
| Yaoundé | Cameroon |
