Countries of Africa (list and map; 2023)

1. INTRODUCTION

#Question: How many countries are there in Africa?

Below you can find a list and a map with the current 54 sovereign states of this continent (2023).

I hope you find the information interesting.

 

2. COUNTRIES OF AFRICA (54)

1. Nigeria
2. Ethiopia
3. Egypt
4. Democratic Republic of the Congo
5. South Africa
6. Tanzania
7. Kenya
8. Sudan
9. Algeria
10. Uganda
11. Morocco
12. Mozambique
13. Ghana
14. Angola
15. Ivory Coast
16. Madagascar
17. Cameroon
18. Niger
19. Burkina Faso
20. Mali
21. Malawi
22. Zambia
23. Somalia
24. Senegal
25. Chad
26. Zimbabwe
27. South Sudan
28. Rwanda
29. Tunisia
30. Guinea
31. Benin
32. Burundi
33. Togo
34. Eritrea
35. Sierra Leone
36. Libya
37. Republic of the Congo
38. Central African Republic
39. Liberia
40. Mauritania
41. Namibia
42. Botswana
43. Gambia
44. Equatorial Guinea
45. Lesotho
46. Gabon
47. Guinea-Bissau
48. Mauritius
49. Eswatini
50. Djibouti
51. Comoros
52. Cape Verde
53. São Tomé and Príncipe
54. Seychelles

 

3. MAP WITH THE LOCATION OF THE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA

 

4. NOTES AND CLARIFICATIONS

• Western Sahara is not a sovereign country, but a disputed territory between the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Morocco.

 

5. REFERENCES

• Un.org – United Nations (2023). Member States. Avaliable [HERE].
• D-maps.com (2019). Map with the location of all the countries in Africa. Avaliable [HERE].