Africa Map
Africa Map.
Africa is the second largest continent and the second most populated in the world, and is behind Asia in both categories. It is located between the Atlantic to the west and the Indian Ocean, to the east. The Mediterranean Sea separates it north from the European continent; the point where the two continents are closest is the 14.4 km wide Strait of Gibraltar. The Red Sea separates it to the east of the Arabian peninsula and it is united to Asia through the isthmus of Suez, in Egyptian territory. It has a total area of 30 272 922 km² (621 600 km² in insular mass), which represents 20.4% of the total land surface of the planet. The population is one billion inhabitants, less than 15% of the world total. The continent is divided into 54 sovereign states, plus two states with limited recognition and two dependent territories.
Africa is the second largest continent and the second most populated in the world, and is behind Asia in both categories. It is located between the Atlantic to the west and the Indian Ocean, to the east. The Mediterranean Sea separates it north from the European continent; the point where the two continents are closest is the 14.4 km wide Strait of Gibraltar. The Red Sea separates it to the east of the Arabian peninsula and it is united to Asia through the isthmus of Suez, in Egyptian territory. It has a total area of 30 272 922 km² (621 600 km² in insular mass), which represents 20.4% of the total land surface of the planet. The population is one billion inhabitants, less than 15% of the world total. The continent is divided into 54 sovereign states, plus two states with limited recognition and two dependent territories.
List of countries in Africa with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density.
| Country | Capital | Area | Population | Density |
| Algeria | Algiers | 2 381 741 km² | 42 200 000 pop. (census 2018) | 15,9/km² |
| Angola | Luanda | 1 246 700 km² | 25,789,024 pop. (2014 Census) | 20.69/km² |
| Benin | Porto Novo | 114,763 km² | 10,872,298 pop. (est 2016) | 94.8/km² |
| Botswana | Gaborone | 581,730 km² | 2,250,260 [pop. (est. 2016) | 3.7/km² |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 274,200 km² | 20,107,509 pop. (est. 2017) | 64/km² |
| Burundi | Gitega | 27,834 km² | 10,524,117 pop. (est. 2016) | 1,040.1/km² |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 475,442 km² | 23,439,189 pop. (est 2016) | 39.7/km² |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 4 033 km² | 524 833 pop. (census 2015) | 101/km² |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 622,984 km² | 4,594,621 pop. (est. 2016) | 7.1/km² |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 1,284,000 km² | 13,670,084 pop. (est 2015) | 8.6/km² |
| Comoros | Moroni | 1,862 km² | 850,688 pop. (est. 2018) | 457/km² |
| Congo | Brazzaville | 342,000 km² | 5,125,821 pop. (est 2016) | 12.8/km² |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa | 2,345,409 km² | 78,736,153 pop. (est 2016) | 34.83/km² |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 23,200 km² | 942,333 pop. (est. 2016) | 37.2/km² |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 28,050 km² | 1,221.49 pop. (est. 2016) | 43,57/km² |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 117,600 km² | 4,954.64 pop. (est. 2016) | 51.8/km² |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 1,104,300 km² | 102,403,196 pop. (est. 2016) | 92.7/km² |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | 17,364 km² | 1,343,098 pop. (est. 2016) | 68.2/km² |
| Gabon | Libreville | 267,667 km² | 1,979,786 pop. (est. 2016) | 5,5/km² |
| Gambia | Banjul | 10,689 km² | 2,051,363 pop. (est. 2017) | 176.1/km² |
| Ghana | Accra | 239,567 km² | 28,308,301 pop. (est. 2016) | 101.5/km² |
| Guinea | Conakry | 245,836 km² | 12,395,924 pop. (est. 2016) | 40.9/km² |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 36,125 km² | 1,815,698 pop. (est 2016) | 46.9/km² |
| Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 322,463 km² | 23,740,424 pop. (est. 2018) | 63.9/km² |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 580,367 km² | 49,125,325 pop. (est. 2017) | 78/km² |
| Lesotho | Maseru | 30,355 km² | 2,203,821 pop. (est. 2016) | 68.1/km² |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 111,369 km² | 4,503,000 pop. (est 2015) | 40.43/km² |
| Libya | Tripoli | 1,759,541 km² | 6,653,210 pop. (est. 2016) | 3.74/km² |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 587,041 km² | 24,894,551 pop. (est. 2016) | 54.4/km² |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 118,484 km² | 18,091,575 pop. (est. 2016) | 128.8/km² |
| Mali | Bamako | 1,240,192 km² | 19,329,841 pop. (census 2018) | 11.7/km² |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 1,030,000 km² | 4,301,018 pop. (est 2016) | 3.4/km² |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 2,040 km² | 1,265,577 pop. (est. 2018) | 618.24/km² |
| Morocco | Rabat | 710,850 or 446,550 km² | 35,740,000 pop. (census 2017) | 50.0/km² |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 801,590 km² | 28,829,476 pop. (est 2016) | 28.7/km² |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 825,615 km² | 2,606,971 pop. (est. 2017) | 3.2/km² |
| Niger | Niamey | 1,267,000 km² | 20,672,987 pop. (est. 2016) | 12.1/km² |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 923,768 km² | 198,577.125 pop. (est. 2018) | 215/km² |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 26,338 km² | 11,262,564 pop. (est 2015) | 445/km² |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 1,001 km² | 199,910 pop. (est 2016) | 199.7/km² |
| Senegal | Dakar | 196,712 km² | 15,411,614 pop. (est. 2016) | 68.7/km² |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 459 km² | 94,228 pop. (est. 2016) | 205.3/km² |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 71,740 km² | 7,075,641 pop. (census 2015) | 79.4/km² |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 637,657 km² | 11,031,386 pop. (est. 2017) | 19.31/km² |
| South Africa | Pretoria/Bloemfontein/Cape Town | 1,221,037 km² | 57,725,600 pop. (est. 2018) | 42.4/km² |
| South Sudan | Yuba | 619,745 km² | 12,230,730 pop. (est. 2016) | 13.33/km² |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 1,886,068 km² | 39,578,828 pop. (est. 2016) | 21.3/km² |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 947,303 km² | 55,572,201 pop. (est. 2016) | 47.5/km² |
| Togo | Lomé | 56,785 km² | 7,965,055 pop. (est. 2017) | 125.9/km² |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 163,610 km² | 11,434,994 pop. (est. 2017) | 63/km² |
| Uganda | Kampala | 241,038 km² | 44,270,563 pop. (census 2018) | 157.1/km² |