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How many countries are in Africa?

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Answer:

At present there are 54 independent countries in (or on the continent) of Africa.

Note:

One does need to take into account the fact that some countries, are not independent nations, and while they have geopolitical borders are are protectorates or territories (for example the Islands of St. Helena, the Canary Islands etc.).

Also certain parts of Africa has a tendency towards political instability (more so than other continents); this means that from time to time countries split, merge and are renamed - The Republic of South Sudan for example.

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Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia

Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan (North)
South Sudan (Rep.)
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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