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Africa

Every African country, with the island states of the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. Number of countries: 54.

Quizzes for this region

Countries of Africa on the map
A country is named; put your finger on it. A miss shows how far off you were.
Name the countries of Africa
One country is shaded on the map. Which of the four names is it?
Capitals of Africa
Match each country with its capital city, one way round or the other, four choices per question.
Flags of Africa
Name the country of a flag, or pick the right flag of four.
Africa on the scales
Put two countries on the scales: more people, or more land?
Name all 54 countries of Africa
Type a region’s countries from memory and watch the map fill in.

The selection in numbers

Countries: 54
Largest by area: Algeria · 2,381,740 km²
Smallest by area: Seychelles · 457 km²
Most people: Nigeria · 238 million
Fewest people: Seychelles · 122,730
People in total: 1.55 billion
Area in total: 30,108,277 km²
Drawn as a dot: Cape Verde, Mauritius, Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles

World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.

Countries in this selection

Sorted by area, largest first. Each name leads to the country’s own page.