📖 Country Facts

Capital City: Algiers

Population: 45M

Facts: Largest country in Africa by area!

Capital City: Luanda

Population: 36M

Facts: Home to giant sable antelopes found nowhere else.

Capital City: Porto-Novo

Population: 13M

Facts: Birthplace of the Voodoo religion.

Capital City: Gaborone

Population: 2.6M

Facts: Has one of the world's largest inland deltas — the Okavango!

Capital City: Ouagadougou

Population: 23M

Facts: Its name means 'Land of Honest People'.

Capital City: Gitega

Population: 13M

Facts: One of the smallest countries in Africa.

Capital City: Praia

Population: 600K

Facts: A group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

Capital City: Yaoundé

Population: 28M

Facts: Known as 'Africa in miniature' for its diversity.

Capital City: Bangui

Population: 5.5M

Facts: Home to lowland gorillas and forest elephants.

Capital City: N'Djamena

Population: 17M

Facts: Lake Chad has shrunk by 90% since the 1960s!

Capital City: Moroni

Population: 900K

Facts: Known as the 'Perfume Islands' for its fragrant plants.

Capital City: Brazzaville

Population: 6M

Facts: Has vast tropical rainforests.

Capital City: Djibouti

Population: 1M

Facts: One of the hottest countries on Earth!

Capital City: Kinshasa

Population: 102M

Facts: The Congo River is the deepest river in the world!

Capital City: Cairo

Population: 104M

Facts: Home to the Great Pyramids — over 4,500 years old!

Capital City: Malabo

Population: 1.7M

Facts: The only African country where Spanish is official.

Capital City: Asmara

Population: 3.6M

Facts: Its capital has beautiful Art Deco architecture.

Capital City: Mbabane

Population: 1.2M

Facts: One of the last absolute monarchies in the world.

Capital City: Addis Ababa

Population: 126M

Facts: Uses its own calendar — 7 years behind the rest of the world!

Capital City: Libreville

Population: 2.4M

Facts: About 80% of the country is covered in rainforest.

Capital City: Banjul

Population: 2.7M

Facts: The smallest country in mainland Africa.

Capital City: Accra

Population: 33M

Facts: Was called the Gold Coast and produces lots of cocoa!

Capital City: Conakry

Population: 14M

Facts: Has some of the largest bauxite reserves in the world.

Capital City: Bissau

Population: 2.1M

Facts: An archipelago of 88 islands off its coast!

Capital City: Yamoussoukro

Population: 28M

Facts: World's largest producer of cocoa beans!

Capital City: Nairobi

Population: 54M

Facts: Home to the Great Wildebeest Migration!

Capital City: Maseru

Population: 2.3M

Facts: Entirely surrounded by South Africa — the only country like this!

Capital City: Monrovia

Population: 5.3M

Facts: Founded by freed American slaves.

Capital City: Tripoli

Population: 7M

Facts: About 90% of the country is desert!

Capital City: Antananarivo

Population: 29M

Facts: Home to lemurs found nowhere else on Earth!

Capital City: Lilongwe

Population: 20M

Facts: Lake Malawi has more fish species than any other lake!

Capital City: Bamako

Population: 22M

Facts: Timbuktu was once a great center of learning.

Capital City: Nouakchott

Population: 4.9M

Facts: Has the Richat Structure — the 'Eye of the Sahara'.

Capital City: Port Louis

Population: 1.3M

Facts: Home of the now-extinct dodo bird.

Capital City: Rabat

Population: 37M

Facts: Has both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines!

Capital City: Maputo

Population: 33M

Facts: Its flag features an AK-47 rifle.

Capital City: Windhoek

Population: 2.6M

Facts: The Namib Desert is the oldest desert in the world!

Capital City: Niamey

Population: 26M

Facts: Named after the Niger River.

Capital City: Abuja

Population: 224M

Facts: The most populous country in Africa!

Capital City: Kigali

Population: 14M

Facts: Known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills'.

Capital City: São Tomé

Population: 230K

Facts: The smallest country in Africa.

Capital City: Dakar

Population: 17M

Facts: The Dakar Rally used to end here!

Capital City: Victoria

Population: 100K

Facts: Has the world's smallest capital city!

Capital City: Freetown

Population: 8.6M

Facts: Its name means 'Lion Mountains'.

Capital City: Mogadishu

Population: 18M

Facts: Has the longest coastline in mainland Africa.

Capital City: Pretoria

Population: 60M

Facts: Has three capital cities and 11 official languages!

Capital City: Juba

Population: 11M

Facts: The world's newest country, formed in 2011.

Capital City: Khartoum

Population: 46M

Facts: Has more pyramids than Egypt!

Capital City: Dodoma

Population: 65M

Facts: Home to Mount Kilimanjaro — Africa's tallest peak!

Capital City: Lomé

Population: 8.8M

Facts: One of the narrowest countries in Africa.

Capital City: Tunis

Population: 12M

Facts: Star Wars was filmed in the Tunisian desert!

Capital City: Kampala

Population: 48M

Facts: Home to half the world's mountain gorillas.

Capital City: El Aaiún (claimed)

Population: 600K

Facts: A long, sandy stretch along Africa's Atlantic coast whose status is still disputed.

Capital City: Lusaka

Population: 20M

Facts: Victoria Falls is called 'The Smoke That Thunders'.

Capital City: Harare

Population: 16M

Facts: Named after the ancient stone city Great Zimbabwe.