NO.

Country
(Alphabetical Order)

Capital

Population
(2001-05 Estimates)

Area
(sq km)

1

Algeria

Algiers

32,531,853

2,381,740

2

Angola

Luanda

13,115,606

1,246,700

3

Benin

Porto-Novo

7,460,025

112,620

4

Botswana

Gaborone

1,640,115

600,370

5

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

13,925,313

274,200

6

Burundi

Bujumbura

6,370,609

27,830

7

Cameroon

Yaoundé

16,963,434

475,440

8

Cape Verde

Praia

418,224

4,033

9

Central African Republic

Bangui

3,799,897

622,984

10

Chad

N'Djamena

9,826,419

1,284,000

11

Comoros

Moroni

671,247

2,170

12

Congo (Congo Brazzaville)

Brazzaville

3,039,126

342,000

13

Congo,  Democratic Republic of  (DRC)

Kinshasa

60,085,004

2,345,410

14

Cote d'Ivoire

Yamoussoukro

17,298,040

322,460

15

Djibouti

Djibouti

476,703

23,000

16

Egypt

Cairo

77,505,756

1,001,450

17

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

535,881

28,051

18

Eritrea

Asmara

4,561,599

121,320

19

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

73,053,286

1,127,127

20

Gabon

Libreville

1,389,201

267,667

21

Gambia, The

Banjul

1,435,510

11,300

22

Ghana

Accra

21,029,853

239,460

23

Guinea

Conakry

9,467,866

245,857

24

Guinea-Bissau

Bissau

1,416,027

36,120

25

Kenya

Nairobi

33,393,408

582,650

26

Lesotho

Maseru

2,393,207

30,355

27

Liberia

Monrovia

3,482,211

111,370

28

Libya

Tripoli

5,765,563

1,759,540

29

Madagascar

Antananarivo

18,040,341

587,040

30

Malawi

Lilongwe

12,158,924

118,480

31

Mali

Bamako

12,291,529

1,240,000

32

Mauritania

Nouakchott

3,086,859

1,030,700

33

Mauritius

Port Louis

1,230,602

2,040

34

Morocco

Maputo

32,725,847

801,590

35

Mozambique

Rangoon

19,406,703

678,500

36

Namibia

Windhoek

2,030,692

825,418

37

Niger

Niamey

11,665,937

1,267,000

38

Nigeria

Abuja

156,468,571

923,768

39

Rwanda

Kigali

8,440,820

26,338

40

Saint Helena

Jamestown

7,460

500

41

Sao Tome and Principe

São Tomé

187,410

1,001

42

Senegal

Dakar

11,126,832

196,190

43

Seychelles

Victoria

81,188

455

44

Sierra Leone

Freetown

6,017,643

71,740

45

Somalia

Mogadishu

8,591,629

637,657

46

South Africa

Pretoria

48,051,581

1,219,912

47

Sudan

Khartoum

40,187,486

2,505,810

48

Swaziland

Mbabane

1,173,900

17,363

49

Tanzania

Dodoma

36,766,356

945,087

50

Togo

Lomé

5,681,519

56,785

51

Tunisia

Tunis

10,074,951

163,610

52

Uganda

Kampala

27,269,482

236,040

53

Western Sahara

El Aaiun (Spanish) Laayoune (Fr)

273,008

266,000

54

Zambia

Lusaka

11,261,795

752,614

55

Zimbabwe

Harare

12,746,990

390,580

TOTAL (Popn & area)

 920,097,038

30,589,442