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Countries

54 countries in Africa.

Continent

All Africa54 Asia47 Europe45 Europe/Asia1 Insular Oceania2 North America23 Oceania12 South America12

Flag of Algeria

Algeria

country in North Africa

🇩🇿 DZ· semi-presidential system· Capital: Algiers

Flag of Angola

Angola

country on the west coast of Southern Africa

🇦🇴 AO· presidential system· Capital: Luanda

Flag of Benin

Benin

sovereign state in West Africa

🇧🇯 BJ· republic· Capital: Porto-Novo

Flag of Botswana

Botswana

sovereign state in Southern Africa

🇧🇼 BW· parliamentary republic· Capital: Gaborone

Flag of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

sovereign state in Africa

🇧🇫 BF· military junta· Capital: Ouagadougou

Flag of Burundi

Burundi

sovereign state in Africa

🇧🇮 BI· representative democracy· Capital: Gitega

Flag of Cameroon

Cameroon

sovereign state in West-Central Africa

🇨🇲 CM· republic· Capital: Yaoundé

Flag of Cape Verde

Cape Verde

sovereign state comprising ten islands off the Western coast of Africa

🇨🇻 CV· parliamentary republic· Capital: Praia

Flag of Central African Republic

Central African Republic

country in Central Africa

🇨🇫 CF· Capital: Bangui· Pop. 5.2 million

Flag of Chad

Chad

sovereign state in central Africa

🇹🇩 TD· Capital: N'Djamena· Pop. 19.3 million

Flag of Comoros

Comoros

sovereign state situated on an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa

🇰🇲 KM· federal republic· Capital: Moroni

Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

country in Central Africa

🇨🇩 CD· republic· Capital: Kinshasa

Flag of Djibouti

Djibouti

sovereign state in Africa

🇩🇯 DJ· Capital: Djibouti· Pop. 1.2 million

Flag of Egypt

Egypt

country in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia

🇪🇬 EG· republic· Capital: Cairo

Flag of Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

sovereign state in Africa

🇬🇶 GQ· Capital: Ciudad de la Paz· Pop. 1.8 million

Flag of Eritrea

Eritrea

country in the Horn of Africa

🇪🇷 ER· Capital: Asmara· Pop. 3.5 million

Flag of Eswatini

Eswatini

sovereign state in southern Africa

🇸🇿 SZ· absolute monarchy· Capital: Mbabane

Flag of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

country in the Horn of Africa

🇪🇹 ET· federal republic· Capital: Addis Ababa

Flag of Gabon

Gabon

country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa

🇬🇦 GA· republic· Capital: Libreville

Flag of Ghana

Ghana

country in West Africa

🇬🇭 GH· democracy· Capital: Accra

Flag of Guinea

Guinea

sovereign state in West Africa

🇬🇳 GN· republic· Capital: Conakry

Flag of Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

sovereign state in Western Africa

🇬🇼 GW· Capital: Bissau· Pop. 1.9 million

Flag of Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast

sovereign state in West Africa

🇨🇮 CI· republic· Capital: Yamoussoukro

Flag of Kenya

Kenya

country in Eastern Africa

🇰🇪 KE· Capital: Nairobi· Pop. 48.5 million

Flag of Lesotho

Lesotho

sovereign state in southern Africa

🇱🇸 LS· constitutional monarchy· Capital: Maseru

Flag of Liberia

Liberia

sovereign state in West Africa

🇱🇷 LR· Capital: Monrovia· Pop. 5.2 million

Flag of Libya

Libya

sovereign state in North Africa

🇱🇾 LY· republic· Capital: Tripoli

Flag of Madagascar

Madagascar

island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean

🇲🇬 MG· republic· Capital: Antananarivo

Flag of Malawi

Malawi

sovereign state in Africa

🇲🇼 MW· Capital: Lilongwe· Pop. 17.6 million

Flag of Mali

Mali

country in West Africa

🇲🇱 ML· Capital: Bamako· Pop. 20.3 million

Flag of Mauritania

Mauritania

sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa

🇲🇷 MR· Capital: Nouakchott· Pop. 4.7 million

Flag of Mauritius

Mauritius

island sovereign state off of East Africa in the Indian Ocean

🇲🇺 MU· parliamentary republic· Capital: Port Louis

Flag of Morocco

Morocco

sovereign state in North Africa

🇲🇦 MA· constitutional monarchy· Capital: Rabat

Flag of Mozambique

Mozambique

country in Southeastern Africa; the current form of Mozambique since 1975

🇲🇿 MZ· Capital: Maputo· Pop. 29.7 million

Flag of Namibia

Namibia

country in Southern Africa

🇳🇦 NA· Capital: Windhoek· Pop. 2.5 million

Flag of Niger

Niger

sovereign state in western Africa

🇳🇪 NE· Capital: Niamey· Pop. 21.5 million

Flag of Nigeria

Nigeria

sovereign state in West Africa

🇳🇬 NG· federal republic· Capital: Abuja

Flag of Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

country in Central Africa, capital Brazzaville

🇨🇬 CG· parliamentary republic· Capital: Brazzaville

Flag of Rwanda

Rwanda

country in East Africa

🇷🇼 RW· semi-presidential system· Capital: Kigali

Flag of Senegal

Senegal

country on the coast of West Africa

🇸🇳 SN· presidential system· Capital: Dakar

Flag of Seychelles

Seychelles

island sovereign state off the eastern coast of Africa

🇸🇨 SC· Capital: Victoria· Pop. 120k

Flag of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

sovereign state in West Africa

🇸🇱 SL· presidential system· Capital: Freetown

Flag of Somalia

Somalia

sovereign state in Africa

🇸🇴 SO· federal republic· Capital: Mogadishu

Flag of South Africa

South Africa

Parliamentary republic at the southern tip of Africa. Multi-party democracy since the end of apartheid in 1994.

🇿🇦 ZA· Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic· Capital: Pretoria / Cape Town / Bloemfontein

Flag of South Sudan

South Sudan

country in East Africa

🇸🇸 SS· federal republic· Capital: Juba

Flag of Sudan

Sudan

country in Northeast Africa

🇸🇩 SD· federal republic· Capital: Khartoum

Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe

island sovereign state in Africa

🇸🇹 ST· Capital: São Tomé· Pop. 204k

Flag of Tanzania

Tanzania

country in East Africa

🇹🇿 TZ· Capital: Dodoma· Pop. 57.3 million

Flag of The Gambia

The Gambia

sovereign state in West Africa

🇬🇲 GM· republic· Capital: Banjul

Flag of Togo

Togo

country in West Africa

🇹🇬 TG· Capital: Lomé· Pop. 7.8 million

Flag of Tunisia

Tunisia

country in North Africa

🇹🇳 TN· parliamentary republic· Capital: Tunis

Flag of Uganda

Uganda

country in East Africa

🇺🇬 UG· presidential system· Capital: Kampala

Flag of Zambia

Zambia

country at the crossroads of Central and Southern Africa

🇿🇲 ZM· representative democracy· Capital: Lusaka

Flag of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

sovereign state in southern Africa

🇿🇼 ZW· Capital: Harare· Pop. 15.2 million

Complete Index

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kingdom of the Netherlands Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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