There are a total of 54 Independent countries in Africa and one transcontinental country, Egypt, which has a small territory in Asia, on the other side of the Suez Canal. Politically Egypt is a member of the African Union.
Africa is surrounded by water, The Mediterranean Sea separates Europe from Africa and the Suez Canal separates Africa from Asia, Southeast of Africa is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean from the West.
The largest country in Africa is Algeria, which occupies only 7% of the continent’s total area, and the smallest nation is Seychelles.
List of countries in Africa (Alphabetical Order)
A | B | C |
Algeria Angola | Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi | Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic (CAR) Chad Comoros The Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Cote d’Ivoire |
D | E | G |
Djibouti | Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia | Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau |
K | L | M |
Kenya | Lesotho Liberia Libya | Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique |
N | R | S |
Namibia Niger Nigeria | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland |
T | U | Z |
Tanzania Togo Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia Zimbabwe |
Flag of African Countries
![List of All Countries in Africa 61 Flag of Algeria](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Flag-of-Algeria-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 62 flag of Angola](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/flag-of-Angola-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 63 Flag of Benin](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Benin-Flag-300x200.jpg)
![List of All Countries in Africa 64 Botswana Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Flag-of-Botswana-300x200.webp)
![List of All Countries in Africa 65 Flag of Burkina Faso](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Burkina-Faso-Flag-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 66 Flag of Burundi](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Burundi-Flag-300x180.jpg)
![List of All Countries in Africa 67 Flag of Cabo Verde](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Cabo-Verde-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 68 Cameroon Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Cameroon-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 69 Central African Republic Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Central-African-Republic.jpg)
![List of All Countries in Africa 70 Chad Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Chad-300x200.jpg)
![List of All Countries in Africa 71 Flag of Comoros](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Comoros-Flag-300x180.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 72 Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo-Flag-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 73 Flag of Republic of the Congo](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Flag-of-Republic-of-the-Congo-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 74 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Cote-dIvoire-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 75 Flag of Djibouti](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Djibouti-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 76 Egypt Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Egypt-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 77 Equatorial Guinea Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Equatorial-Guinea-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 78 Eritrea Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Eritrea-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 79 Ethiopia Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Ethiopia-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 80 Gabon Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Gabon-300x225.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 81 Flag of The Gambia](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-The-Gambia-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 82 Ghana Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Ghana-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 83 Guinea Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Guinea-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 84 Flag of Guinea-Bissau](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Guinea-Bissau-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 85 Kenya Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Kenya-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 86 Flag of Lesotho](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Lesotho-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 87 Liberia Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Liberia-300x158.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 88 Libya Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Libya-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 89 Madagascar Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Madagascar-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 90 Malawi Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Malawi-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 91 Mali Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Mali-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 92 Mauritania Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Mauritania-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 93 Mauritius Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Mauritius-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 94 Morocco Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Morocco-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 95 Mozambique Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Mozambique-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 96 Namibia Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Namibia-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 97 Niger Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Niger-300x257.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 98 Flag of Nigeria](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Nigeria-300x150.jpg)
![List of All Countries in Africa 99 Flag of Rwanda](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Rwanda-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 100 Sao Tome and Principe Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Sao-Tome-and-Principe-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 101 Senegal Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Senegal-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 102 Seychelles Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Seychelles-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 103 Sierra Leone Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Sierra-Leone-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 104 Somalia Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Somalia-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 105 South Africa Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-South-Africa-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 106 South Sudan Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-South-Sudan-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 107 Sudan Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Sudan-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 108 Eswatini Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Eswatini-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 109 Tanzania Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Tanzania-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 110 Togo Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Togo-300x185.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 111 Tunisia Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Flag-of-Tunisia-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 112 Flag of Uganda](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Uganda-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 113 Zambia Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Zambia-300x200.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 114 Zimbabwe Flag](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flag-of-Zimbabwe-300x150.png)
![List of All Countries in Africa 115 Countries in Africa](https://isolatedtraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/List-of-All-Countries-in-Africa-2-683x1024.jpg)