Geography: The Countries and Territories of Africa and the Middle East

The following are the countries and territories of Africa and the Middle East (Northeast Africa):

Africa

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
AlgeriaAlgiersArabicAlgerian
AngolaLuandaPortugueseAngolan
BeninPorto NovoFrenchBeninese, Beninois
BotswanaGaboroneEnglish, SetswanaBatswana, Motswana
Burkina FasoOuagadougouFrenchBurkinabe
BurundiBujumburaKirundi, FrenchBurundian
CameroonYaoundeEnglish, FrenchCameroonian
Cape VerdePraiaPortugueseCabo Verdean
Central African RepublicBanguiFrench, SangoCentral African
ChadN’DjamenaFrench, ArabicChadian
ComorosMoroniComorian, Arabic, FrenchComoran
Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasaFrenchCongolese
Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleFrenchCongolese
DjiboutiDjiboutiFrench, ArabicDjiboutian
EgyptCairoArabicEgyptian
Equatorial GuineaMalaboSpanish, French, PortugueseEquatoguinean, Equatorial Guinean
EritreaAsmaraTigrinya, Arabic, EnglishErtrean
EswatiniLobamba, MbabaneSiSwati, EnglishEmaswati (plural), Liswati (singular)
EthiopiaAddis AbabaAmharicEthiopian
GabonLibrevilleFrenchGabonese, Gabonaise
GambiaBanjulEnglishGambian
GhanaAccraEnglishGhanaian
GuineaConakryFrenchGuinean
 Guinea-BissauBissauPortugueseBissau-Guinean
Ivory CoastYamoussokroFrenchIvorian, Ivoirian
KenyaNairobiEnglish, SwahiliKenyan
LesothoMaseruSesothoMosotho, Basotho
LiberiaMonroviaEnglishLiberian
LibyaTripoliArabicLibyan
MadagascarAntananarivoMalagasy, FrenchMalagasy
MalawiLilongweChichewa, EnglishMalawian
MaliBamakoFrenchMalian
MauritaniaNouakchottArabicMauritanian
MauritiusPort LouisMauritian Creole, English, FrenchMauritian
MoroccoRabatArabic, BerberMoroccan
MozambiqueMaputoPortugueseMozambican
NamibiaWindhoekEnglishNamibian
NigerNiameyFrenchNigerien
NigeriaAbujaEnglishNigerian
RwandaKigaliKinyarwanda, French  EnglishRwandan, Rwandese
São Tomé and PríncipeSão ToméPortugueseSao Tomean, Santomean
SenegalDakarFrenchSenegalese
SeychellesVictoriaFrench, English, Seychellois CreoleSeychellois, Seychelloise, Seselwa
Sierra LeoneFreetownEnglishSierra Leonian
SomaliaMogadishuSomali, ArabicSomali, Somalian
South AfricaBloemfontein, Cape Town, PretoriaEnglish, Afrikaans, Northern Sotho, Southern Ndbele, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, ZuluSouth African
South SudanJubaEnglishSouth Sudanese
SudanKhartoumArabic, EnglishSudanese
 TanzaniaDodomaSwahili, EnglishTanzanian
 TogoLomeFrenchTogolese
 TunisiaTunisArabicTunisian
 UgandaKampalaEnglish, SwahiliUgandan
 ZambiaLusakaEnglishZambian
 ZimbabweHarareEnglishZimbabwean

The Middle East a/k/a Northeast Africa

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
BahrainManamaArabicBahraini
IraqBaghdadArabicIraqi
IsraelJerusalemHebrew, ArabicIsraeli
JordanAmmanArabicJordanian
KuwaitKuwait CityArabicKuwaiti
LebanonBeirutArabicLebanese
OmanMuscatArabicOmani
PalestineRamallahArabicPalestinian
QatarDohaArabicQatari
Saudi ArabiaRiyadhArabicSaudi
SyriaDamascusArabicSyrian
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiArabicEmirati
YemenSana’aArabicYemeni

Territories

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
 Canary Islands (ESP)Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de TenerifeSpanishCanarian
 Ceuta (ESP)CeutaSpanishCeutan
Lampedusa and LampioneLampedusa e LinosaItalian
 Madeira (POR)FunchalPortugueseMadeiran
 Mayotte (FRA)MamoudzouFrenchMahoran
 Melilla (ESP)MelillaSpanishMelillan
 Plazas de soberaníaN/ASpanish 
 RéunionSaint-DenisFrenchRéunionnais

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