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African Countries
& their Capitals, the Population of the Country,
and the Size of the Country |
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Country |
Capital |
Population |
Area
in sq. miles |
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Algeria
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Algiers
|
30,
480, 793
|
919,595
sq. miles
|
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Angola
|
Luanda
|
10,864,512
|
481,354
sq. miles
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Benin
|
Porto
Novo
|
6,100,799
|
43,484
sq. miles
|
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Botswana
|
Gaborone
|
1,448,454
|
224,607
sq. miles
|
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Burkina
Faso
|
Ouagadougou
|
12,266,293
|
105,869
sq. miles
|
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Burundi
|
Bujumbura
|
5,537,387
|
10,747
sq. miles
|
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Cameroon
|
Yaounde
|
15,029,433
|
183,569
sq. miles
|
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Cape
Verde
|
Praia
|
399,857
|
1,557
sq. miles
|
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Central
African Republic
|
Bangui
|
3,375,771
|
240,324
sq. miles
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Chad
|
N'djamena
|
7,359,512
|
495,755
sq. miles
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Comoros
|
Moroni
|
545,528
|
719
sq. miles
|
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Congo
|
Brazzaville
|
2,658,123
|
132,000
sq. miles
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Cote
D'Ivoire
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Abidjan
|
15,446,231
|
124,503
sq. miles
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Djibouti
|
Djibouti
|
440,727
|
8,958
sq. miles
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Egypt
|
Cairo
|
66,050,004
|
385,229
sq. miles
|
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Equatorial
Guinea
|
Malabo
|
454,001
|
10,045
sq. miles
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Eritrea
|
Asmara
|
3,842,436
|
46,774
sq. miles
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Ethiopia
|
Addis
Ababa
|
58,390,351
|
437,600
sq. miles
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Gabon
|
Libreville
|
1,207,844
|
103,347
sq. miles
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Gambia
|
Banjui
|
1,291,858
|
4,361
sq. miles
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Ghana
|
Accra
|
18,497,206
|
92,090
sq, miles
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Guinea
|
Conakry
|
7,447,110
|
94,926
sq. miles
|
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Guinea-Bissau
|
Bissau
|
1,206,311
|
13,948
sq. miles
|
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Kenya
|
Nairobi
|
21,443,636
|
224,961
sq. miles
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Lesotho
|
Maseru
|
2,089,829
|
11,720
sq. miles
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Liberia
|
Monrovia
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2,771,901
|
38,250
sq. miles
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Libya
|
Tripoli
|
5,690,727
|
678,400
sq. miles
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Madagascar
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Antananarivo
|
14,462,509
|
226,658
sq. miles
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Malawi
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Lilongue
|
9,840,474
|
45,747
sq. miles
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Mali
|
Bamako
|
10,108,569
|
478,841
sq. miles
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Mauritania
|
Nouakchott
|
2,511,473
|
397,955
sq. miles
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Mauritius
|
Port
Louis
|
1,168,256
|
790
sq. miles
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Morocco
|
Rabat
|
29,114,497
|
175,186
sq. miles
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Mozambique
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Maputo
|
18,641,460
|
308,642
sq. miles
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Namibia
|
Windhock
|
1,622,328
|
317,252
sq. miles
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Niger
|
Niamey
|
9,671,848
|
489,191
sq. miles
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Nigeria
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Abuja
|
110,532,242
|
356,669
sq. miles
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Rwanda
|
Kigali
|
7,956,172
|
10,169
sq. miles
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Sao
Tome & Principe
|
Sao
Tome
|
150,123
|
386
sq. miles
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Senegal
|
Dakar
|
9,723,149
|
75,955
sq. miles
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Seychelles
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Victoria
|
78,641
|
175
sq. miles
|
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Sierra
Leone
|
Freetown
|
5,080,004
|
27,699
sq. miles
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Somalia
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Mogadishu
|
6,841,695
|
246,201
sq. miles
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South
Africa
|
Pretoria
|
30,986,918
|
470,693
sq. miles
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Sudan
|
Khartoum
|
33,550,552
|
967,490
sq. miles
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Swaziland
|
Mbane
|
996,462
|
6,704
sq. miles
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Tanzania
|
Dar-es-Salaam
|
30,608,769
|
364,900
sq. miles
|
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Togo
|
Lome
|
4,905,827
|
21,925
sq. miles
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Tunisia
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Tunis
|
9,380,404
|
63,482
sq. miles
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Uganda
|
Kampala
|
22,200,000
|
93,065
sq. miles
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Zaire
|
Kinshasa
|
49,000,511
|
905,365
sq. miles
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Zambia
|
Lusaka
|
9,460,736
|
290,586
sq. miles
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Zimbabwe
|
Harare
|
11,044,147
|
150,873
sq. miles
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Main Source: Africa
is Not a Country: It's a Continent by
Dr. Arthur Lewin |