Countries in Africa By Their Alphabets

There are 195 independent countries in the World, 54 of them are in Africa. Here is the list of 54 sovereign countries in Africa in alphabetical order:

A:

Two African countries start with the letter A, they are:

  • Algeria
  • Angola

B:

Four countries in Africa begin with the letter B:

  • Burkina Faso
  • Benin Republic
  • Burundi
  • Botswana

C:

There are six African countries that begin with the letter “C”:

  • Cameroon
  • Chad Republic
  • Central African Republic
  • Comoros
  • Cape Verde
  • Cote d’Ivoire

Note: Cote d’Ivoire was known as Ivory Coast until it changed name in 1986.

D:

These are the two countries under the letter “D” :

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Djibouti

E:

There are five of them start with the letter “E”

  • Ethiopia
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eswatini

G:

Five countries in Africa that begin with the letter “G” are:

  • Ghana
  • Guinea Conakry 
  • Gambia
  • Gabon
  • Guinea Bissau 

K:

  • Kenya

Note: Kenya is the only African country that begin with the letter “K”

L:

Three begins with the letter L:

  • Libya
  • Liberia
  • Lesotho

M:

Seven African countries begin with the letter “M”:

  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Madagascar
  • Mali
  • Malawi
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius

N:

  • Nigeria
  • Niger Republic
  • Namibia

R:

  • Rwanda
  • Republic of Congo

S:

There are eight African countries that begin with the letter “S”:

  • South Africa
  • Sudan
  • Somalia
  • Senegal
  • South Sudan
  • Sierra Leone
  • Seychelles
  • Sao Time and Principe

T:

  • Tanzania
  • Tunisia
  • Togo

U:

  • Uganda

Z:

Tow African countries begin with a letter “Z”:

  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Notes:

No countries in Africa begin with the following alphabets

  • F
  • H
  • J
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y

Western Sahara isn’t an independent nation in Africa, that’s why we’ve not classified it as a country.

In all, out of the 195 countries in the world, there are 54 independent countries in Africa with a combined current population of 1,457,797,483 or an official population of 1,331,712,870.

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