List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa.

Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer to the African mainland than the European mainland but, politically, are generally considered to be European by convention.

Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, is considered an African state.

The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations[1] and the African Union.

This list contains nine territories that are administered as incorporated areas of a primarily non-African country.