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Is there 55 or 54 countries in Africa?

There are 54 countries in Africa today, according to the United Nations.
The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Why is Africa misrepresented on the map?

It's all down to the European cartographer Geert de Kremer, better known as Mercator, and his 16th century map projection – a common template for world maps today – which distorts the size of countries.

How many countries are in Africa?

There are 54 countries in Africa.
Algeria is the largest country by land area; and by population, Nigeria is the largest.
There are also two additional states whose independence is under dispute: Western Sahara and Somaliland.

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