Name of region[1] and territory, with flag
|
Area (km²)
|
Population (1 July 2002 est.)
|
Population density (per km²)
|
Capital
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Eastern Africa:
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Burundi Burundaidh
|
27,830
|
6,373,002
|
229.0
|
Bujumbura
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Comoros Na h-Eileanan Chomoro
|
2,170
|
614,382
|
283.1
|
Moroni
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Djibouti Diobutaidh
|
23,000
|
472,810
|
20.6
|
Djibouti
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Eritrea Ertra
|
121,320
|
4,465,651
|
36.8
|
Asmara
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Ethiopia An Itiop
|
1,127,127
|
67,673,031
|
60.0
|
Addis Ababa
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Kenya Ceinia
|
582,650
|
31,138,735
|
53.4
|
Nairobi
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Madagascar Madagascar
|
587,040
|
16,473,477
|
28.1
|
Antananarivo
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Malawi Malabhaidh
|
118,480
|
10,701,824
|
90.3
|
Lilongwe
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mauritius Na h-Eileanan Mhoiriseas
|
2,040
|
1,200,206
|
588.3
|
Port Louis
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mayotte Mayotte (France)
|
374
|
170,879
|
456.9
|
Mamoudzou
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mozambique Mòsaimbic
|
801,590
|
19,607,519
|
24.5
|
Maputo
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Réunion Réunion (France)
|
2,512
|
743,981
|
296.2
|
Saint-Denis
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Rwanda Ruanda
|
26,338
|
7,398,074
|
280.9
|
Kigali
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Seychelles Na h-Eileanan Sheiseall
|
455
|
80,098
|
176.0
|
Victoria
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Somalia Somàilia
|
637,657
|
7,753,310
|
12.2
|
Mogadishu
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Tanzania Tansainìa
|
945,087
|
37,187,939
|
39.3
|
Dodoma
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Uganda Uganda
|
236,040
|
24,699,073
|
104.6
|
Kampala
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Zambia Saimbia
|
752,614
|
9,959,037
|
13.2
|
Lusaka
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Zimbabwe Siombabue
|
390,580
|
11,376,676
|
29.1
|
Harare
|
Middle Africa:
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Angola Angòla
|
1,246,700
|
10,593,171
|
8.5
|
Luanda
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Cameroon Camarun
|
475,440
|
16,184,748
|
34.0
|
Yaoundé
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Central African Republic Poblachd Meadhan Afraga
|
622,984
|
3,642,739
|
5.8
|
Bangui
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Chad An t-Siad
|
1,284,000
|
8,997,237
|
7.0
|
N'Djamena
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Republic of the Congo Congo
|
342,000
|
2,958,448
|
8.7
|
Brazzaville
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Democratic Republic of the Congo Poblachd Dheamocrach na Congo
|
2,345,410
|
55,225,478
|
23.5
|
Kinshasa
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Equatorial Guinea Gini Mheadhan-Chriosach
|
28,051
|
498,144
|
17.8
|
Malabo
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Gabon Gabon
|
267,667
|
1,233,353
|
4.6
|
Libreville
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé agus Príncipe
|
1,001
|
170,372
|
170.2
|
São Tomé
|
Northern Africa:
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Algeria Aldiria
|
2,381,740
|
32,277,942
|
13.6
|
Algiers
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Egypt An Eiphit[2]
|
1,001,450
|
70,712,345
|
70.6
|
Cairo
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Libya Libia
|
1,759,540
|
5,368,585
|
3.1
|
Tripoli
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Morocco Maroco
|
446,550
|
31,167,783
|
69.8
|
Rabat
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Sudan Sudàn
|
2,505,810
|
37,090,298
|
14.8
|
Khartoum
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Tunisia Tuinisia
|
163,610
|
9,815,644
|
60.0
|
Tunis
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Western Sahara Western Sahara[3]
|
266,000
|
256,177
|
1.0
|
El Aaiún
|
European dependencies in Northern Africa:
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Canary Islands Canary Islands (Spain)[4]
|
7,492
|
1,694,477
|
226.2
|
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Ceuta Ceuta (Spain)[5]
|
20
|
71,505
|
3,575.2
|
—
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Madeira Madeira Islands (Portugal)[6]
|
797
|
245,000
|
307.4
|
Funchal
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Melilla Melilla (Spain)[7]
|
12
|
66,411
|
5,534.2
|
—
|
Southern Africa:
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Botswana Botsuana
|
600,370
|
1,591,232
|
2.7
|
Gaborone
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Eswatini Eswatini
|
17,363
|
1,123,605
|
64.7
|
Mbabane
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Lesotho Leasoto
|
30,355
|
2,207,954
|
72.7
|
Maseru
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Namibia Naimibia
|
825,418
|
1,820,916
|
2.2
|
Windhoek
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich South Africa Afraga a Deas
|
1,219,912
|
43,647,658
|
35.8
|
Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria[8]
|
Western Africa:
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Benin Beinin
|
112,620
|
6,787,625
|
60.3
|
Porto-Novo
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Burkina Faso Buircina Fhaso
|
274,200
|
12,603,185
|
46.0
|
Ouagadougou
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Cape Verde Ceap Bheard
|
4,033
|
408,760
|
101.4
|
Praia
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Côte d'Ivoire Costa Ìbhri
|
322,460
|
16,804,784
|
52.1
|
Abidjan, Yamoussoukro[9]
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Gambia Ghaimbia
|
11,300
|
1,455,842
|
128.8
|
Banjul
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Ghana Gàna
|
239,460
|
20,244,154
|
84.5
|
Accra
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Guinea Gini
|
245,857
|
7,775,065
|
31.6
|
Conakry
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Guinea-Bissau Gini-Bissau
|
36,120
|
1,345,479
|
37.3
|
Bissau
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Liberia Libèiria
|
111,370
|
3,288,198
|
29.5
|
Monrovia
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mali Màili
|
1,240,000
|
11,340,480
|
9.1
|
Bamako
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Mauritania Moratainia
|
1,030,700
|
2,828,858
|
2.7
|
Nouakchott
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Niger Nìgeir
|
1,267,000
|
10,639,744
|
8.4
|
Niamey
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Nigeria Nìgeiria
|
923,768
|
129,934,911
|
140.7
|
Abuja
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Saint Helena Saint Helena (UK)
|
410
|
7,317
|
17.8
|
Jamestown
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Senegal Seanagal
|
196,190
|
10,589,571
|
54.0
|
Dakar
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Sierra Leone Siarra Leòmhann
|
71,740
|
5,614,743
|
78.3
|
Freetown
|
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Togo Tògo
|
56,785
|
5,285,501
|
93.1
|
Lomé
|
Total
|
30,368,609
|
843,705,143
|
27.8
|