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African nations: flags and statistics
ALGERIA Area 2,381,741 sq km Population 46,700,000 Capital Algiers Languages Arabic, French
ANGOLA Area 1,246,700 sq km Population 37,290,193 Capital Luanda Languages Portuguese, Bantu languages
BENIN Area 110,622 sq km Population 13,754,688 Capital Porto-Novo Languages French, Fon, Yoruba and other indigenous languages
BOTSWANA Area 566,730 sq km Population 2,417,596 Capital Gaborone Languages
Tswana (Setswana), English, Kalanga
BURKINA FASO Area 273,800 sq km Population 22,489,126 Capital Ouagadougou Languages French, Moré, other indigenous languages
BURUNDI Area 25,680 sq km Population 14,151,540 Capital Gitega Languages Kirundi, French, Swahili, Arabic
CAMEROON Area 475,442 sq km Population 30,966,105 Capital Yaoundé Languages
Official languages: French (70%) and English (30%); 250 indigenous languages
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS Area 4033 sq km Population 593,149 Capital Praia Languages Portuguese, Crioulo
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Area 622,984 sq km Population 5,650,957 Capital Bangui Languages French, Sango
CHAD Area 1,259,200 sq km Population 19,093,595 Capital N’Djamena Languages French, Arabic, Sara
COMOROS Area 2235 sq km Population 883,075 Capital Moroni Languages
Arabic, Comorian (Shikamor), French
CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Area 2,344,885 sq km Population 111,050,097 Capital Kinshasa Languages
French (official language), Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili, Tshiluba (recognized national languages)
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Area 341,500 sq km Population 5,399,895 Capital Brazzaville Language French, Kikongo
COTE D'IVOIRE Area 318,003 sq km Population 31,500,000 Capitals Yamoussoukro Languages French, Dioula, Baoulé and other indigenous languages
DJIBOUTI Area 23,180 sq km Population 1,066,809 Capital Djibouti Languages
Arabic, French, Somali, Afar
EGYPT Area 997,739 sq km Population 107,304,000 Capital Cairo Language
Modern Standard Arabic (official language), Egyptian Arabic, Sa’idi Arabic
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Area 28,051 sq km Population 1,795,834 Capital Malabo Language Spanish, Fang, Bubi
ERITREA Area 101,000 sq km Population 3,576,081 Capital Asmera Language Tigrinya
ETHIOPIA Area 1,128,221 sq km Population 133,988,901 Capital Addis Ababa Languages Amharic (official language), Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya
GABON Area 257,667 sq km Population 2,437,000 Capital Libreville Languages French, Fang, other Bantu languages inc. Myene and Nzebi
GAMBIA Area 10,380 sq km Population 2,773,000 Capital Banjul Language
English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fulani
GHANA Area 238,537 sq km Population 34,790,487 Capital Accra Languages English (official language), Akan languages, Dagaare, Dagbanli, Dangme, Ewe, Ga, Gonja, Kasem
GUINEA Area 245,717 sq km Population 13,986,179 Capital Conakry Languages
French, indigenous languages
GUINEA BISSAU Area 28,120 sq km Population 2,228,895 Capital Bissau Language Portuguese, Crioulo, Mandinka
KENYA Area 580,367 sq km Population 55,339,003 Capital Nairobi Languages English and Swahili (official languages), Kikuyu, Luo
LESOTHO Area 30,355 sq km Population 2,210,646 Capital Maseru Languages
Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa, English
LIBERIA Area 96,320 sq km Population 5,437,249 Capital Monrovia Language
English, indigenous languages
LIBYA Area 1,759,540 sq km Population 7,361,263 Capital Tripoli Language Arabic, Berber
MADAGASCAR Area 581,540 sq km Population 31,964,956 Capital Antananarivo Languages Malagasy, French, English
MALAWI Area 118,480 sq km Population 21,240,689 Capital Lilongwe Languages
Chichewa and English (official languages), Chinyanja, Chiyao, Chitumbuka
MALI Area 1,220,190 sq km Population 21,990,607 Capital Bamako Language French, Bambara, Ful, Dogon
MAURITANIA Area 1,030,700 sq km Population 4,328,040 Capital Nouakchott Languages Arabic, Pulaar, Wolof, Soninke, French
MAURITIUS Area 2030 sq km Population 1,261,000 Capital Port Louis Languages Creole, Bhojpuri, French
MOROCCO Area 446,300 sq km Population 37,493,183 Capital Rabat Languages Arabic, Berber, French
MOZAMBIQUE Area 786,380 sq km Population 34,881,007 Capital Maputo Languages Portuguese, Makhuwa, Sena, Swahili, Shangaan, Ronga, Elomwe
NAMIBIA Area 823,290 sq km Population 3,092,816 Capital Windhoek Languages Oshiwambo, Nama / Damara, Otjiherero and Kavango languages, Afrikaans, English
NIGER Area 1,266,700 sq km Population 26,342,784 Capital Niamey Languages French, Hausa, Djerma, other indigenous languages
NIGERIA Area 923,768 sq km Population 230,842,743 Capital Abuja Languages English (official language), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, animist and other 10%
RWANDA Area 24,668 sq km Population 13,623,302 Capital Kigali Languages Kinyarwanda, English, Swahili, French
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Area 964 sq km Population 220,372 Capital São Tomé Language Portuguese, Forro, French
SENEGAL Area 192,530 sq km Population 18,847,519 Capital Dakar Language French, Wolof, Fula, Jola, Mandinka
SEYCHELLES Area 455 sq km Population 121,355 Capital Victoria Languages Seychellois Creole, English, French
SIERRA LEONE Area 71,620 sq km Population 8,908,040 Capital Freetown Languages English, Creole (Krio), Mende, Limba, Temne
SOMALIA Area 637,657 sq km Population 18,143,378 Capital Mogadishu Languages Somali, Arabic, Italian, English
SOUTH AFRICA Area 1,221,037 sq km Population 62,027,503 Capitals Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein Languages
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sesotho, Southern Sesotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu (official languages)
SOUTH SUDAN Area 644,329 sq km Population 12,703,714 Capital Juba Languages Arabic, English
SUDAN Area 1,861,484 sq km Population 50,467,278 Capital Khartoum Languages Arabic, English
SWAZILAND (ESWATINI) Area 17,204 sq km Population 1,236,126 Capital Mbabane Languages English, siSwati
TANZANIA Area 885,800 sq km Population 67,462,121 Capital Dodoma Languages Swahili, English
TOGO Area 54,385 sq km Population 9,583,381 Capital Lomé Languages French, Ewe, Mina, Kabye, Dagomba
TUNISIA Area 155,360 sq km Population 12,460,000 Capital Tunis Languages Arabic, Berber, French
UGANDA Area 241,139 sq km Population 49,283,041 Capital Kampala Languages English and Swahili (official languages), Luganda, Lusoga, Runyankore-Rukiga
WESTERN SAHARA Area 266,000 sq km Population 596,521 Capital El Aaiún Languages Arabic
ZAMBIA Area 752,614 sq km Population 20,216,029 Capital Lusaka Languages English (official language) Bemba, Chewa, Kaonde, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga (recognized regional languages)
ZIMBABWE Area 386,847 sq km Population 16,868,409 Capital Harare Languages Shona, Ndebele, English
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