United Nations geoscheme for Africa

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Short description: UN geographical categorizition of Africa
UN geoscheme subregions of Africa:
  Eastern Africa
  Middle Africa
  Northern Africa
  Southern Africa
  Western Africa

The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, used by the United Nations and maintained by the UNSD department for statistical purposes.[1]

Of the list below, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the French Southern Territories, Mayotte, Réunion, and Saint Helena (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) are dependencies or overseas territories of European countries; Western Sahara is a disputed territory.

Northern Africa


  •  Algeria
  •  Egypt
  •  Libya
  •  Morocco
  •  Sudan
  •  Tunisia
  •  Western Sahara

Sub-Saharan Africa

Eastern Africa


Middle Africa


  •  Angola
  •  Cameroon
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Chad
  •  Congo
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Gabon
  •  Sao Tome and Principe

Southern Africa


  •  Botswana
  •  Eswatini
  •  Lesotho
  •  Namibia
  •  South Africa

Western Africa


  •  Benin
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Cabo Verde
  •  Côte d'Ivoire
  •  Gambia
  •  Ghana
  •  Guinea
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  Liberia
  •  Mali
  •  Mauritania
  •  Niger
  •  Nigeria
  •  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  •  Senegal
  •  Sierra Leone
  •  Togo

See also

  • List of continents and continental subregions by population
  • List of countries by United Nations geoscheme
  • List of regions of Africa
  • List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa
  • Regions of the African Union
  • United Nations geoscheme
  • United Nations geoscheme for the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania
  • United Nations Statistics Division

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