Countries in Africa and their capitals
All 54 countries in Africa with their capital, in alphabetical order. Tick the ones you have visited and see how many are left.
| Visited | Country | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Algiers | |
| Angola | Luanda | |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | |
| Botswana | Gaborone | |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | |
| Burundi | Gitega | |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | |
| Cape Verde | Praia | |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | |
| Chad | N'Djamena | |
| Comoros | Moroni | |
| Congo - Brazzaville | Brazzaville | |
| Congo - Kinshasa | Kinshasa | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | |
| Egypt | Cairo | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Ciudad de la Paz | |
| Eritrea | Asmara | |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
| Gabon | Libreville | |
| Gambia | Banjul | |
| Ghana | Accra | |
| Guinea | Conakry | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | |
| Kenya | Nairobi | |
| Lesotho | Maseru | |
| Liberia | Monrovia | |
| Libya | Tripoli | |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | |
| Mali | Bamako | |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | |
| Morocco | Rabat | |
| Mozambique | Maputo | |
| Namibia | Windhoek | |
| Niger | Niamey | |
| Nigeria | Abuja | |
| Rwanda | Kigali | |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | São Tomé | |
| Senegal | Dakar | |
| Seychelles | Victoria | |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | |
| South Africa | Pretoria | |
| South Sudan | Juba | |
| Sudan | Khartoum | |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | |
| Togo | Lomé | |
| Tunisia | Tunis | |
| Uganda | Kampala | |
| Zambia | Lusaka | |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
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Frequently asked questions
How many countries are there in Africa?
There are 54 recognised countries in Africa, counting UN member states and observer states.