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West Africa

West Africa has 16 countries, from Senegal and Cape Verde to Nigeria and Niger.

Countries
16
Population
465.4 million
Area
6.1 M km²
Most populous
Nigeria
Sierra LeoneGuineaLiberiaCôte d’IvoireMaliSenegalNigeriaBeninNigerBurkina FasoTogoGhanaGuinea-BissauMauritaniaGambiaCape Verde Cape Verde

All the countries of West Africa
Benin Porto-Novo 14,814,460 112,622 132
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 24,074,580 272,967 88
Cape Verde Praia 527,326 4,033 131
Côte d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro 32,711,547 322,463 101
Gambia Banjul 2,822,093 10,689 264
Ghana Accra 35,064,272 238,533 147
Guinea Conakry 15,099,727 245,857 61
Guinea-Bissau Bissau 2,249,515 36,125 62
Liberia Monrovia 5,731,206 111,369 51
Mali Bamako 25,198,821 1,240,192 20
Mauritania Nouakchott 5,315,065 1,030,700 5
Niger Niamey 27,917,831 1,267,000 22
Nigeria Abuja 237,527,782 923,768 257
Senegal Dakar 18,931,966 196,722 96
Sierra Leone Freetown 8,819,794 71,740 123
Togo Lomé 8,591,626 56,785 151

Population: World Bank, latest available year. Click a header to sort.

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Good to know

  • Most populous: Nigeria (237.5 million people); largest: Niger (1,267,000 km²).
  • French is an official or working language in eight of them; English is official in five, and Portuguese in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.
  • Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa.

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