Geography | The Countries and Territories of Africa

The following are the countries and territories of Africa:

Africa

FlagCountryISO 2-Letter Country CodeCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
AlgeriaDZAlgiersArabicAlgerian
AngolaAOLuandaPortugueseAngolan
BeninBJPorto NovoFrenchBeninese, Beninois
BotswanaBWGaboroneEnglish, SetswanaBatswana, Motswana
Burkina FasoBFOuagadougouFrenchBurkinabe
BurundiBIBujumburaKirundi, FrenchBurundian
Cabo Verde
(Cape Verde)
CVPraiaPortugueseCabo Verdean
CameroonCMYaoundeEnglish, FrenchCameroonian
Central African RepublicCFBanguiFrench, SangoCentral African
ChadTDN’DjamenaFrench, ArabicChadian
ComorosKMMoroniComorian, Arabic,
French
Comoran
Congo, Democratic Republic ofCDKinshasaFrenchCongolese
Congo, Republic ofCGBrazzavilleFrenchCongolese
Cote d’Ivoire
(Ivory Coast)
CIYamoussokroFrenchIvorian, Ivoirian
DjiboutiDJDjiboutiFrench, ArabicDjiboutian
EgyptEGCairoArabicEgyptian
Equatorial GuineaGQMalaboSpanish, French,
Portuguese
Equatoguinean, Equatorial Guinean
EritreaERAsmaraTigrinya, Arabic,
English
Ertrean
EthiopiaETAddis AbabaAmharicEthiopian
EswatiniSZLobamba, MbabaneSiSwati, EnglishEmaswati (plural), Liswati (singular)
GabonGALibrevilleFrenchGabonese, Gabonaise
GambiaGMBanjulEnglishGambian
GhanaGHAccraEnglishGhanaian
GuineaGNConakryFrenchGuinean
Guinea-BissauGWBissauPortugueseBissau-Guinean
KenyaKENairobiEnglish, SwahiliKenyan
LesothoLSMaseruSesothoMosotho, Basotho
LiberiaLRMonroviaEnglishLiberian
LibyaLYTripoliArabicLibyan
MadagascarMGAntananarivoMalagasy, FrenchMalagasy
MalawiMWLilongweChichewa, EnglishMalawian
MaliMLBamakoFrenchMalian
MauritaniaMRNouakchottArabicMauritanian
MauritiusMUPort LouisMauritian Creole, English,
French
Mauritian
MoroccoMARabatArabic, BerberMoroccan
MozambiqueMZMaputoPortugueseMozambican
NamibiaNAWindhoekEnglishNamibian
NigerNENiameyFrenchNigerien
NigeriaNGAbujaEnglishNigerian
RwandaRWKigaliKinyarwanda, French,
English
Rwandan, Rwandese
São Tomé and PríncipeSTSão ToméPortugueseSao Tomean, Santomean
SenegalSNDakarFrenchSenegalese
SeychellesSCVictoriaFrench, English,
Seychellois Creole
Seychellois, Seychelloise, Seselwa
Sierra LeoneSLFreetownEnglishSierra Leonian
SomaliaSOMogadishuSomali, ArabicSomali, Somalian
South AfricaZABloemfontein, Cape Town, PretoriaEnglish, Afrikaans,
Northern Sotho,
Southern Ndbele,
Southern Sotho,
Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda,
Xhosa, Zulu
South African
South SudanSSJubaEnglishSouth Sudanese
SudanSDKhartoumArabic, EnglishSudanese
TanzaniaTZDodomaSwahili, EnglishTanzanian
TogoTGLomeFrenchTogolese
TunisiaTNTunisArabicTunisian
UgandaUGKampalaEnglish, SwahiliUgandan
ZambiaZMLusakaEnglishZambian
ZimbabweZWHarareEnglishZimbabwean

Territories

FlagCountryISO 2-Letter Country CodeCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
Canary Islands (ES)ICLas Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
SpanishCanarian
Ceuta (ES)EACeutaSpanishCeutan
Lampedusa and Lampione (IT)ITLampedusa e LinosaItalian
Madeira (PT)PTFunchalPortugueseMadeiran
Mayotte (FR)YTMamoudzouFrenchMahoran
Melilla (ES)EAMelillaSpanishMelillan
Plazas de Soberanía (ES)ESN/ASpanish 
Réunion (FR)RESaint-DenisFrenchRéunionnais
Zanzibar (TZ)Zanzibar CitySwahili, Arabic, EnglishZanzibari

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