 | State | Area | Capital | Language(s) | Religion(s) | Sudan | 967,500
Sq, Miles | 2,505,813
Sq. Km | Khartoum | Arabic, English, Nubian, other local | Muslim (73%), tribal (18%), Christian (9%) | Algeria | 919,590
Sq, Miles | 2,381,741
Sq. Km | Algiers | Arabic; Berber and French also used | Muslim (99%), Christian (1%) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 905,360
Sq, Miles | 2,344,885
Sq. Km | Kinshasa | French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba | Tribal (50%), Christian (45%), Muslim (1%) | Libya | 679,358
Sq, Miles | 1,759,540
Sq. Km | Tripoli | Arabic | Muslim (99%), Christian (1%) | Chad | 496,000
Sq, Miles | 1,284,000
Sq. Km | Ndjamena | French, Arabic, African tribal | Muslim (52%), Tribal (43%), Christian (5%) | Niger | 489,191
Sq, Miles | 1,267,000
Sq. Km | Niamey | French, Hausa, other local | Muslim (85%), Animist (14%), Christian (0.5%) | Angola | 481,350
Sq, Miles | 1,246,700
Sq. Km | Luanda | Portuguese and Bantu | Christian (70% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant), tribal | Mali | 478,767
Sq, Miles | 1,240,000
Sq. Km | Bamako | French, Bambara, Fulani, Mandingo | Muslim (90%), Animist (9%), Christian (1%) | Republic of South Africa | 471,445
Sq, Miles | 1,221,042
Sq. Km | Pretoria | English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu | Christian (68%), Animist (28.5%), Muslim (2%), Hindu (1.5%) | Ethiopia | 426,484
Sq, Miles | 1,104,500
Sq. Km | Addis Ababa | Amharic, Galla, Sidamo, Arabic | Muslim (45%), Christian (40%), tribal (15%) | Mauritania | 397,953
Sq, Miles | 1,030,700
Sq. Km | Nouakchott | Arabic, French, African tribal | Muslim | Egypt | 386,900
Sq. Miles | 1,002,000
Sq. Km | Cairo | Arabic, Berber, Nubian, Beja | Muslim (90%), Christian | Tanzania | 364,886
Sq. Miles | 945,050
Sq. Km | Dar es Salaam | Swahili, English | Christianity 40%), Islam (23%), tribal (23%), Hinduism (4%) | Nigeria | 356,669 Sq. Miles | 923,768
Sq. Km | Lagos | English, Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba | Muslim (48%), Christian (34%), tribal (18%) | Namibia | 317,827
Sq. Miles | 823,172
Sq. Km | Windhoek | English, German, several Bantu | Christian (90%), tribal | Mozambique | 308,642
Sq. Miles | 799,380
Sq. Km | Maputo | Portuguese, Bantu languages | Animist (60%), Christian (18%), Muslim (16%) | Zambia | 290,586
Sq. Miles | 752,620
Sq. Km | Lusaka | English, Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, other local | Christian (65%), tribal (30%) | Somalia | 246,199
Sq. Miles | 637,657
Sq. Km | Mogadishu | Somali | Muslim | Central African Republic | 240,535
Sq. Miles | 622,984
Sq. Km | Bangui | French, Sango | Christian (35%), tribal (57%), Muslim (8%) | Botswana | 231,805
Sq. Miles | 600,372
Sq. Km | Gaborone | English, Setswana | Christian (16%), tribal | Madagascar | 226,657
Sq. Miles | 587,041
Sq. Km | Antananarivo | Malagasy, French | Tribal (50%), Christian (40%), Muslim (7%) | Kenya | 224,960
Sq. Miles | 582,646
Sq. Km | Nairobi | Swahili, English, tribal | Christian (66%), tribal (26%), Muslim (6%) | Cameroon | 183,570
Sq. Miles | 475,439
Sq. Km | Yaoundé | French, English, local African | Christian (33%), tribal (25%), Muslim (17%) | Morocco | 177,116
Sq. Miles | 458,730
Sq. Km | Rabat | Arabic, Berber, French, Spanish | Mulim (99%), Christian (1%) | Zimbabwe | 150,810
Sq. Miles | 390,600
Sq. Km | Harare | English, Shona, Ndebele | Christian (55%), tribal (40%), Muslim (1%) | Congo | 132,000
Sq. Miles | 342,000
Sq. Km | Brazzaville | French, Local - incl. Kongo, Lingala, Téké, Sanga | Christian (50%), tribal (47%), Muslim (3%) | Cote d’Ivoire | 124,503
Sq. Miles | 322,463
Sq. Km | Yamoussoukro | French, tribal | Animist (63%), Muslim (23%), Christian (12%) | Burkina Faso | 105,869
Sq. Miles | 274,200
Sq. Km | Ouagadougou | French, African tribal | Tribal (65%), Muslim (25%), Christian (10%) | Gabon | 103,346
Sq. Miles | 267,667
Sq. Km | Libreville | French, Bantu languages | Christian (50%), rest mainly tribal, tiny fraction Muslim | Western Sahara | 103,000
Sq. Miles | 266,770
Sq. Km | Laayoune | Arabic, Berber, Spanish | Muslim | Guinea | 94,926
Sq. Miles | 245,857
Sq. Km | Conakry | French, plus eight others | Muslim (69%), tribal (30%), Christian (1%) | Ghana | 92,099
Sq. Miles | 238,537
Sq. Km | Accra | English, Akan, Ga, Ewe | Christian (42%), tribal (38%), Muslim (12%) | Uganda | 91,344
Sq. Miles | 236,580
Sq. Km | Kampala | English, Swahili, Bantu, Luganda | Christian (65%), Muslim (10%) | Senegal | 75,750
Sq. Miles | 196,192
Sq. Km | Dakar | French, Wolof and other African | Muslim (90%), Christian (6%), tribal (3%) | Tunisia | 63,170
Sq. Miles | 163,610
Sq. Km | Tunis | Arabic, French | Muslim (99%), Jewish and Christian minorities | Malawi | 45,747
Sq. Miles | 118,484
Sq. Km | Lilongwe | Chichewa, English | Christian (60%), tribal (20%), Muslim (16%) | Eritrea | 45,316
Sq. Miles | 117,400
Sq. Km | Āsmera | Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre, Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic lanuages | Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant | Benin | 43,484
Sq. Miles | 112,622
Sq. Km | Porto Novo | French, Fon, Yoruba, other tribal | Animist (70%), Christian (15%), Muslim (13%) | Liberia | 43,000
Sq. Miles | 111,370
Sq. Km | Monrovia | English, local languages | Tribal (75%), Christian (10%), Muslim (15%) | Sierra Leone | 27,691
Sq. Miles | 71,740
Sq. Km | Freetown | English, Krio, Mende, Temne, other local | Animist, Muslim, Christian | Togo | 21,925
Sq. Miles | 56,785
Sq. Km | Lomé | French, Ewe, Kabra, other local | Tribal (59%), Christian (27%), Muslim (12%) | Guinea-Bissau | 13,948
Sq. Miles | 36,125
Sq. Km | Bissau | Portuguese, Criolo (Creole), other local | Tribal (65%), Muslim (30%), Christian (5%) | Lesotho | 11,720
Sq. Miles | 30,355
Sq. Km | Maseru | Sesotho, English | Christian (80%), tribal (20%) | Equatorial Guinea | 10,828
Sq. Miles | 28,051
Sq. Km | Malabo | Spanish, African - incl. Fang | Christian (80% Roman Catholic), tribal | Burundi | 10,746
Sq. Miles | 27,834
Sq. KM | Bujumbura | Kirundi, French, Swahili | Christian (74%), tribal (20%), Muslim (6%) | Rwanda | 10,169
Sq. Miles | 26,338
Sq. Km | Kigali | Kinyarwand, French, Kiswahili | Christian (65%), tribal (25%), Muslim (10%) | Djibouti | 9,000
Sq. Miles | 23,200
Sq. Km | Djibouti | Arabic, French, Somali, Afar | Muslim | Swaziland | 6,705
Sq. Miles | 17,400
Sq. Km | Mbabane | English, siSwati | Christian (70%), tribal (30%) | The Gambia | 4,361
Sq. Miles | 11,295
Sq. Km | Banjul | English, other local | Muslim (85%), tribal, Christian | Comoros | 719
Sq. Miles | 1,862
Sq. Km | Moroni | Swahili, Arabic, French | Muslim (99%), Christian (1%) | São Tomé and Principe | 372
Sq. Miles | 964
Sq. Km | São Tomé | Portuguese, Creole, local African | Christian (Roman Catholic), Animist |
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