Number of Countries in Africa and their Capitals

Africa Introduction:

Africa the second largest continent and home world’s biggest desert. Africa has maximum countries than any other continent. There are more 1000 languages are spoken in Africa. Nile, the longest river in world (6695 kms) is also in Africa

Algeria

Capital: Algiers
Currency: Algerian Dinar
Primary Language: Arabic, French
Population: 40,375,954
Country Calling Code (ISD): +213

Angola

Capital: Luanda
Currency: Kwanza
Primary Language: Portuguese
Population: 25,830,958
Country Calling Code (ISD): +244

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Benin

Capital: Porto-Novo
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 11,166,658
Country Calling Code (ISD): +229

Botswana

Capital: Gaborone
Currency: Pula
Primary Language: English, Tswana
Population: 2,303,820
Country Calling Code (ISD): +267

Burkina Faso

Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 18,633,725
Country Calling Code (ISD): +226

Burundi

Capital: Bujumbura
Currency: Burundi Franc
Primary Language: Kirundi
Population: 11,552,561
Country Calling Code (ISD): +257

Cameroon

Capital: Yaounde
Currency: Central African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French, English
Population: 23,924,407
Country Calling Code (ISD): +237

Cape Verde

Capital: Praia
Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo
Primary Language: Portuguese
Population: 526,993
Country Calling Code (ISD): +238

Central African Republic

Capital: Bangui
Currency: Central African CFA Franc
Primary Language: Sango, French
Population: 4,998,493
Country Calling Code (ISD): +236

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Chad

Capital: N’Djamena
Currency: Central African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French, Arabic
Population: 14,496,739
Country Calling Code (ISD): +235

Comoros

Capital of the Comoros: Moroni
Currency: Comorian Franc
Primary Language: Comorian, Arabic, French
Population: 807,118
Country Calling Code (ISD): +269

Congo

Capital: Brazzaville
Currency: Central African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 4,740,992
Country Calling Code (ISD): +242

Democratic Republic Of the Congo

Capital: Kinshasa
Currency: Congolese Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 79,722,624
Country Calling Code (ISD): +243

Djibouti

Capital: Djibouti
Currency: Djiboutian Franc
Primary Language: Arabic, French
Population: 899,598
Country Calling Code (ISD): +253

Egypt

Capital: Cairo
Currency: Egyptian Pound
Primary Language: Arabic
Population: 93,383,574
Country Calling Code (ISD): +20

Equatorial Guinea

Capital: Malabo
Currency: Central African CFA Franc
Primary Language: Spanish, French, Portuguese
Population: 869,587
Country Calling Code (ISD): +240

Eritrea

Capital: Asmara
Currency: Nakfa
Primary Language: Arabic, Tigrinya, English
Population: 5,351,680
Country Calling Code (ISD): +291

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Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa
Currency: Birr
Primary Language: Amharic
Population: 101,853,268
Country Calling Code (ISD): +251

Gabon

Capital: Libreville
Currency: Central African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 1,763,142
Country Calling Code (ISD): +241

Gambia

Capital: Banjul
Currency: Dalasi
Primary Language: English
Population: 2,054,986
Country Calling Code (ISD): +220

Ghana

Capital: Accra
Currency: Ghanaian Cedi
Primary Language: English
Population: 28,033,375
Country Calling Code (ISD): +233

Guinea

Capital: Conakry
Currency: Guinean Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 12,947,122
Country Calling Code (ISD): +224

Guinea-Bissau

Capital: Bissau
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: Portuguese
Population: 1,888,429
Country Calling Code (ISD): ++245

Ivory Coast

Capital: Yamoussoukro; Abidjan
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Country Calling Code (ISD): +225

Kenya

Capital: Nairobi
Currency: Kenyan Shilling
Primary Language: Swahili, English
Population: 47,251,449
Country Calling Code (ISD): +254

Lesotho

Capital: Maseru
Currency: Loti
Primary Language: Sesotho, English
Population: 2,160,309
Country Calling Code (ISD): +266

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Liberia

Capital: Monrovia
Currency: Liberian Dollar
Primary Language: English
Population: 4,615,222
Country Calling Code (ISD): +231

Libya

Capital: Tripoli
Currency: Libyan Dinar
Primary Language: Arabic
Population: 6,330,159
Country Calling Code (ISD): +218

Madagascar

Capital: Antananarivo
Currency: Malagasy Ariary
Primary Language: Malagasy, French, English
Population: 24,915,822
Country Calling Code (ISD): +261

Malawi

Capital: Lilongwe
Currency: Malawi Kwacha
Primary Language: English
Population: 17,749,826
Country Calling Code (ISD): +265

Mali

Capital: Bamako
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 18,134,835
Country Calling Code (ISD): +223

Mauritania

Capital: Nouakchott
Currency: Ouguiya
Primary Language: Arabic
Population: 4,166,463
Country Calling Code (ISD): +222

Mauritius

Capital of Mauritius country: Port Louis
Currency: Mauritian Rupee
Primary Language: English
Population: 1,277,459
Country Calling Code (ISD): +230

Morocco

Capital: Rabat
Currency: Moroccan Dirham
Primary Language: Arabic
Population: 34,817,065
Country Calling Code (ISD): +212

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Mozambique

Capital: Maputo
Currency: Mozambican Metical
Primary Language: Portuguese
Population: 28,751,362
Country Calling Code (ISD): +258

Namibia

Capital: Windhoek
Currency: Namibian Dollar
Primary Language: English, Afrikaans, German
Population: 2,513,981
Country Calling Code (ISD): +264

Niger

Capital: Niamey
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 20,715,285
Country Calling Code (ISD): +227

Nigeria

Capital: Abuja
Currency: Naira
Primary Language: English
Population: 186,987,563
Country Calling Code (ISD): +234

Rwanda

Capital: Kigali
Currency: Rwandan Franc
Primary Language: Kinyarwanda, French, English
Population: 11,882,766
Country Calling Code (ISD): +250

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Sao Tome and Principe

Capital: Sao Tome
Currency: Dobra
Primary Language: Portuguese
Population: 194,390

Senegal

Capital: Dakar
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 15,589,485
Country Calling Code (ISD): +221

Seychelles

Capital: Victoria
Currency: Seychoellois Rupee
Primary Language: Seychellois Creole, French, English
Population: 97,026
Country Calling Code (ISD): +248

Sierra Leone

Capital: Freetown
Currency: Leone
Primary Language: Krio, English
Population: 6,592,102
Country Code: +232

Somalia

Capital: Mogadishu
Currency: Somali Shilling
Primary Language: Somali, Arabic
Population: 11,079,013
Country Code: +252

South Africa

Capital: Cape Town
Currency: Rand
Primary Language: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans
Population: 54,978,907
Country Code: +27

South Sudan

Capital: Juba
Currency: South Sudanese pound
Primary Language: English
Population: 12,733,427
Country Code: +211

Sudan

Capital: Khartoum
Currency: Sudanese Pound
Primary Language: Arabic, English
Population: 41,175,541
Country Code: +249

Swaziland

What is the capital of swaziland: Mbabane
Currency: Lilangeni
Primary Language: SiSwati, English
Population: 1,304,063

Tanzania

Capital: Dar es Salaam; Dodoma
Currency: Tanzanian Schilling
Primary Language: Swahili
Population: 55,155,473
Country Code: +255

Togo

Capital: Lome
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Primary Language: French
Population: 7,496,833
Country Code: +228

Tunisia

Capital: Tunis
Currency: Tunisian Dinar
Primary Language: Tunisian, French
Population: 11,375,220
Country Code: +216

Uganda

Capital: Kampala
Currency: Ugandan Shilling
Primary Language: Swahili, English
Population: 40,322,768
Country Code: +256

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Zambia

Capital: Lusaka
Currency: Zambian Kwacha
Primary Language: English
Population: 16,717,332
Country Code: +260

Zimbabwe

Capital: Harare
Currency: United States Dollar
Primary Language: English
Population: 15,966,810
Country Code: +263

What is the Largest Country in Africa?

Algeria is the largest country in Africa. Sudan used to be the largest country in Africa, but it split with South Sudan in 2011, making Algeria the largest country in Africa. While Sudan is no longer the largest country, it retains a large population.