Countries of Africa Summary

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Countries of Africa Summary

The following list summarizes the major 53 African countries. I have included population, area, population density, the African countries capitals, major language, and major religion(s).

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Northern Africa Travel Information
Southern Africa Travel Information

AFRICA TOTAL SUMMARY

Countries of Africa Summary Chart (53)
Northern Africa (29)
	Population (1,000s)	Area (Sq. Miles)	Density P/SM	Capitol City	Language	Religion (most - least)
Algeria	29,830	919,595	32	Algiers	Arabic - Fr.	Muslim
Benin (Dahomey)	5,902	43,500	136	Porto-Novo	French	I - M - C
Burkina Faso (Up. Volta)	10,891	105,946	103	Ouagadougou	French	M - I - C
Burundi	6,052	10,740	564	Bujumbura	Kirundi - Fr.	C - I
Cameroon	14,678	183,569	80	Youande	Eng.- French	I - C - M
Central African Rep.	3,342	240,324	14	Bangui	French - O	C - I - M
Chad	7,166	495,755	14	N'Djamena	French- Arab.	M - C - I
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	14,986	124,503	120	Abidjan	French	M - I - C
Djibouti	434	8,950	49	Djibouti	French- Arab.	Muslim - C
Egypt	64,792	385,229	168	Cairo	Arabic	Muslim
Eritrea	3,590	45,300	79	Asmara	Tigrinya	M - C
Ethiopia	58,733	437,794	134	Addis Ababa	Amharic	M - O
Gambia	1,248	4,127	302	Banjul	English	Muslim - C
Ghana	18,101	92,098	197	Accra	English	I - M - C
Guinea	7,405	94,926	78	Conakry	French	Muslim - C
Guinea Bissau	1,179	13,948	84	Bissau	Portuguese	I - M - C
Liberia	2,602	38,250	68	Monrovia	English	I - M - C
Libya	5,648	678,400	8	Tripoli	Arabic	Muslim
Mali	9,945	482,077	20	Bamako	French	M - I
Mauritania	2,411	398,000	6	Nouakchott	Arabic	Muslim
Morocco	30,391	177,117	171	Rabat	Arabic	Muslim
Niger	9,389	496,900	18	Niamey	French	Muslim
Nigeria	107,129	356,669	300	Lagos	English	M - C
Senegal	9,404	75,951	123	Dakar	French	M - I - C
Sierra Leone	4,892	27,699	176	Freetown	English	M - I - C
Somalia	9,940	246,000	40	Mogadishu	Somali	Muslim
Sudan	32,594	966,499	33	Khartoum	Arabic	M - I - C
Togo	4,736	21,925	215	Lome	French	I - C - M
Tunisia	9,183	63,378	144	Tunis	Arabic	Muslim
Southern Africa (24)
	Pop.	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion
Angola	10,624	481,354	22	Luanda	Portuguese	C - P - I
Botswana	1,501	224,607	7	Gaborone	English	I - C
Cape Verde	394	1,557	253	Praia	Portuguese	C - I
Comoros	590	719	820	Moroni	Arabic - Fr.	M - C
Congo (was Zaire)	47,440	905,354	52	Kinshasa	French	C - M - I
Congo Rep. (was Congo)	2,583	132,047	20	Brazzaville	French - O	C - I - M
Equitorial Guinea	443	10,831	41	Malabo	Spanish	Catholic
Gabon	1,190	103,347	12	Libreville	French- Bantu	C - M
Kenya	28,803	224,961	128	Nairobi	Swahili - Eng.	P - C - I
Lesotho	2,008	11,720	171	Maseru	English	C - I
Madagascar (Malagasy Rep.)	14,062	226,658	62	Antananarivo	Malagasy - Fr.	I - C - M
Malawi	9,609	75,747	210	Lilongwi	Chichewa, En.	P - M - C
Mauritius	1,154	788	1,464	Port Louis	English - Fr.	H - C - M
Mozambique	18,165	313,661	57	Maputo	Portuguese	I - C - M
Namibia	1,727	318,580	5	Windhoek	Afrikaans, En.	Lutheran - C
Rwanda	7,738	10,169	760	Kigali	French - O	C - I - M
Sao Tome/ Principe	148	386	383	Sao Tome	Portuguese	C
Seychelles	78	176	443	Victoria	English - Fr.	C
South Africa	42,327	470,693	89	Pretoria	Afrikaans, E	C - H - M
Swaziland	1,032	6,704	153	Mbabane	English - O	C - I
Tanzania	29,461	364,017	80	Dodoma	Swahili - E	C - M - I
Uganda	20,605	93,070	221	Kampala	English - O	C - I - M
Zambia	9,350	290,586	32	Lusaka	English - O	C - H - M
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)	11,423	150,872	75	Harare	English - O	C - I
AFRICA TOTAL=	750 M	11,677,240
					E = English	C = Christian
					O = Others	H = Hindu
						I = Indiginous
						M = Muslim

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This Vaughns Countries of Africa summary web page was updated on 2012-02-13.