Africa

54Countries
1,546MPopulation
$3.15TGDP
30.02M km²Area

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54 countries sorted by GDP

#CountryCapitalPopulationGDPArea
1 South AfricaPretoria64.8M$427B1.22M km²
2 EgyptCairo118M$365B1.00M km²
3 NigeriaAbuja238M$291B923,768 km²
4 AlgeriaAlgiers47.4M$287B2.38M km²
5 MoroccoRabat38.4M$182B446,550 km²
6 KenyaNairobi57.5M$136B580,367 km²
7 EthiopiaAddis Ababa135M$126B1.10M km²
8 AngolaLuanda39.0M$122B1.25M km²
9 GhanaAccra35.1M$114B238,533 km²
10 Ivory CoastYamoussoukro32.7M$99.8B322,463 km²
11 DR CongoKinshasa113M$91.0B2.34M km²
12 TanzaniaDodoma70.5M$90.1B945,087 km²
13 UgandaKampala51.4M$62.0B241,038 km²
14 SudanKhartoum51.7M$60.2B1.86M km²
15 CameroonYaounde29.9M$58.9B475,442 km²
16 TunisiaTunis12.3M$57.5B163,610 km²
17 ZimbabweHarare16.9M$51.2B390,757 km²
18 LibyaTripoli7.46M$48.1B1.76M km²
19 SenegalDakar18.9M$37.0B196,722 km²
20 MaliBamako25.2M$30.1B1.24M km²
21 ZambiaLusaka21.9M$28.9B752,618 km²
22 GuineaConakry15.1M$28.4B245,857 km²
23 Burkina FasoOuagadougou24.1M$27.6B274,200 km²
24 BeninPorto-Novo14.8M$24.6B112,622 km²
25 MozambiqueMaputo35.6M$22.3B799,380 km²
26 NigerNiamey27.9M$21.6B1.27M km²
27 ChadN'Djamena21.0M$21.5B1.28M km²
28 GabonLibreville2.59M$21.4B267,668 km²
29 BotswanaGaborone2.56M$19.9B581,730 km²
30 MadagascarAntananarivo32.7M$19.6B587,041 km²
31 RwandaKigali14.6M$16.4B26,338 km²
32 Republic of the CongoBrazzaville6.48M$16.3B342,000 km²
33 MauritiusPort Louis1.24M$16.2B2,040 km²
34 NamibiaWindhoek3.09M$15.1B824,292 km²
35 MalawiLilongwe22.2M$14.9B118,484 km²
36 SomaliaMogadishu19.6M$13.0B637,657 km²
37 Equatorial GuineaMalabo1.94M$12.8B28,051 km²
38 TogoLome8.59M$11.9B56,785 km²
39 MauritaniaNouakchott5.32M$11.7B1.03M km²
40 Sierra LeoneFreetown8.82M$7.46B71,740 km²
41 South SudanJuba11.1M$6.08B619,745 km²
42 LiberiaMonrovia5.73M$5.25B111,369 km²
43 EswatiniMbabane1.26M$5.16B17,364 km²
44 DjiboutiDjibouti1.18M$4.62B23,200 km²
45 BurundiGitega14.4M$3.36B27,834 km²
46 Central African RepublicBangui5.51M$3.07B622,984 km²
47 Cape VerdePraia530K$3.06B4,033 km²
48 GambiaBanjul2.82M$2.59B11,295 km²
49 LesothoMaseru2.36M$2.57B30,355 km²
50 Guinea-BissauBissau2.25M$2.53B36,125 km²
51 SeychellesVictoria120K$2.39B455 km²
52 EritreaAsmara3.75M$2.38B117,600 km²
53 ComorosMoroni880K$1.81B2,235 km²
54 Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome240K$0.98B964 km²

Key Insights

Largest Economies & Populations

South Africa leads Africa with a GDP of $427B, followed by Egypt ($365B) and Nigeria ($291B). The most populous country is Nigeria with 238M people, while Algeria covers the largest area at 2.38M km².

GDP
South Africa
$427B
Egypt
$365B
Nigeria
$291B
Algeria
$287B
Morocco
$182B
Population
Nigeria
238M
Ethiopia
135M
Egypt
118M
DR Congo
113M
Tanzania
70.5M

GDP per Capita

Seychelles has the highest GDP per capita at $19,449, which is 83.1x higher than Burundi ($234), the lowest in the group.

Seychelles
$19,449
Mauritius
$12,991
Gabon
$8,263
Botswana
$7,778
Equatorial Guinea
$6,615
South Africa
$6,598
Libya
$6,449
Algeria
$6,051
Cape Verde
$5,796
Namibia
$4,876
Morocco
$4,672
Tunisia
$4,657
Eswatini
$4,108
Sao Tome and Principe
$4,084
Djibouti
$3,906
Ghana
$3,257
Angola
$3,129
Egypt
$3,086
Ivory Coast
$3,050
Zimbabwe
$3,021
Republic of the Congo
$2,515
Kenya
$2,363
Mauritania
$2,198
Comoros
$2,056
Cameroon
$1,972
Senegal
$1,955
Guinea
$1,877
Benin
$1,658
Togo
$1,384
Tanzania
$1,319
Zambia
$1,318
Nigeria
$1,224
Uganda
$1,206
Mali
$1,193
Sudan
$1,165
Burkina Faso
$1,148
Rwanda
$1,124
Guinea-Bissau
$1,124
Lesotho
$1,089
Chad
$1,022
Ethiopia
$933
Gambia
$919
Liberia
$915
Sierra Leone
$846
DR Congo
$807
Niger
$775
Malawi
$672
Somalia
$661
Mozambique
$627
Madagascar
$599
Central African Republic
$556
Burundi
$234

GDP Growth

The fastest-growing economy is Libya at +13.37%, followed by Ethiopia (+9.77%) and Rwanda (+9.38%). The slowest growth is Equatorial Guinea at -5.85%.

Libya
+13.37%
Ethiopia
+9.77%
Rwanda
+9.38%
Zimbabwe
+8.11%
Benin
+8.07%
Guinea
+7.45%
Niger
+7.01%
Senegal
+6.68%
Ivory Coast
+6.50%
Djibouti
+6.50%
Uganda
+6.33%
Togo
+6.31%
Cape Verde
+6.30%
Ghana
+5.95%
Gambia
+5.89%
Tanzania
+5.85%
Guinea-Bissau
+5.82%
Seychelles
+5.80%
DR Congo
+5.76%
Mali
+5.60%
Chad
+5.59%
Burkina Faso
+5.29%
Liberia
+5.02%
Kenya
+4.63%
Sierra Leone
+4.61%
Morocco
+4.60%
Central African Republic
+4.50%
Egypt
+4.39%
Burundi
+4.24%
Eswatini
+4.19%
Mauritania
+4.03%
Nigeria
+4.01%
Algeria
+3.82%
Zambia
+3.76%
Comoros
+3.75%
Cameroon
+3.20%
Mauritius
+3.15%
Angola
+3.13%
Republic of the Congo
+3.08%
Sudan
+3.06%
Madagascar
+3.00%
Somalia
+2.99%
Tunisia
+2.49%
Gabon
+2.47%
Lesotho
+1.98%
Malawi
+1.89%
Namibia
+1.73%
South Africa
+1.11%
Sao Tome and Principe
+1.03%
Mozambique
-0.52%
Botswana
-0.73%
Equatorial Guinea
-5.85%