26) Republic of the Congo
Area: 132,046 square miles (342,000 sq km)
Population: 4,012,809
Capital: Brazzaville
27) Côte d'Ivoire
Area: 124,502 square miles (322,460 sq km)
Population: 17,654,843
Capital: Yamoussoukro
28) Burkina Faso
Area: 105,792 square miles (274,000 sq km)
Population: 13,228,000
Capital: Ouagadougou
29) Gabon
Area: 103,347 square miles (267,668 sq km)
Population, 1,387,000
Capital: Libreville
30) Guinea
Area: 94,925 square miles (245,857 sq km)
Population: 9,402,000
Capital: Conakry
31) Ghana
Area: 92,098 square miles (238,534 sq km)
Population: 23,000,000
Capital: Accra
32) Uganda
Area: 91,135 square miles (236,040 sq km)
Population: 27,616,000
Capital: Kampala
33) Senegal
Area: 75,955 square miles (196,723 sq km)
Population: 11,658,000
Capital: Dakar
34) Tunisia
Area: 63,170 square miles (163,610 sq km)
Population: 10,102,000
Capital: Tunis
35) Malawi
Area: 45,746 square miles (118,484 sq km)
Population: 12,884,000
Capital: Lilongwe
36) Eritrea
Area: 45,405 square miles (117,600 sq km)
Population: 4,401,000
Capital: Asmara
37) Benin
Area: 43,484 square miles (112,622 sq km)
Population: 8,439,000
Capital: Porto Novo
38) Liberia
Area: 43,000 square miles (111,369 sq km)
Population: 3,283,000
Capital: Monrovia
39) Sierra Leone
Area: 27,699 square miles (71,740 sq km)
Population: 6,144,562
Capital: Freetown
40) Togo
Area: 21,925 square miles (56,785 sq km)
Population: 6,100,000
Capital: Lomé
41) Guinea-Bissau
Area: 13,948 square miles (36,125 sq km)
Population: 1,586,000
Capital: Bissau
42) Lesotho
Area: 11,720 square miles (30,355 sq km)
Population: 1,795,000
Capital: Maseru
43) Equatorial Guinea
Area: 10,830 square miles (28,051 sq km)
Population: 504,000
Capital: Malabo
44) Burundi
Area: 10,745 square miles (27,830 sq km)
Population: 7,548,000
Capital: Bujumbura
45) Rwanda
Area: 10,346 square miles (26,798 sq km)
Population: 7,600,000
Capital: Kigali
46) Djibouti
Area: 8,957 square miles (23,200 sq km)
Population: 496,374
Capital: Djibouti
47) Swaziland
Area: 6,704 square miles (17,364 sq km)
Population: 1,032,000
Capital: Lobamba and Mbabane
48) Gambia
Area: 4,007 square miles (10,380 sq km)
Population: 1,517,000
Capital: Banjul
49) Cape Verde
Area: 1,557 square miles (4,033 sq km)
Population: 420,979
Capital: Praia
50) Comoros
Area: 863 square miles (2,235 sq km)
Population: 798,000
Capital: Moroni
51) Mauritius
Area: 787 square miles (2,040 sq km)
Population: 1,219,220
Capital: Port Louis
52) São Tomé and Príncipe
Area: 380 square miles (984 sq km)
Population: 157,000
Capital: São Tomé
53) Seychelles
Area: 175 square miles (455 sq km)
Population: 88,340
Capital: Victoria
References
Wikipedia. (2010, June 8). Africa- Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
Wikipedia. (2010, June 12). List of African Countries and Territories- Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_and_territories
