List of 54 Countries in Africa Continent

Map of Africa

Map of Africa

Africa is the second largest continent in the world, by area as well as population. It covers an approximate sq km of 30,221,532, while the tabulated population is 1,216,130,000. It is mainly isolated with only a small land bridge connecting it to Western Asia. The total number of countries in Africa are 54. It earned the name of ‘dark continent’ when the continent’s terrain was inhabitable and remained undiscovered for many years.

Interestingly, the world’s largest desert and longest river are in Africa, namely, Sahara and Nile, respectively. The hottest place in the world is called Ethiopia, which is too, located in Africa. This is because the equator passes through the middle of it and thus, the place is subjected to direct sunlight throughout the year.

According to many researchers, Africa is the place where homo sapiens originated and then migrated to different parts of the world. More than 95% of the world’s diamonds come from the continent of Africa, along with more than 50% of world’s gold, as this continent is rich in minerals. Also, the world obtains about 60% of the chocolate from Africa. Most major animals are found in Africa too, like cheetah, lion, giraffe, zebra.

There are 54 countries in the Africa continent.

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania, United Republic of

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe