Countries in Western Africa
How Many Nations in Western Africa
Located in west part of Africa, Western Africa is composed of 16 countries. Here is an alphabetical list of all countries in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Countries in Western Africa by Population and Their Capitals
As noted above, there are sixteen independent countries in the Western Africa. Among them, the largest country is Nigeria and the smallest one is Cape Verde in term of population. The full list of Western African countries with capitals is shown in the table below, ranked by latest total population.
| Rank | Country | Population | Land Area (km²) | Capital |
| 1 | Nigeria | 200,963,599 | 910,768 | Abuja |
| 2 | Ghana | 30,280,811 | 227,533 | Accra |
| 3 | Côte d’Ivoire | 25,823,071 | 318,003 | Yamoussoukro |
| 4 | Niger | 22,314,743 | 1,266,700 | Niamey |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 20,870,060 | 273,602 | Ouagadougou |
| 6 | Mali | 19,973,000 | 1,220,190 | Bamako |
| 7 | Senegal | 16,209,125 | 192,530 | Dakar |
| 8 | Guinea | 12,218,357 | 245,717 | Conakry |
| 9 | Benin | 11,733,059 | 114,305 | Porto-Novo |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 7,901,454 | 71,620 | Freetown |
| 11 | Togo | 7,538,000 | 54,385 | Lome |
| 12 | Liberia | 4,475,353 | 96,320 | Monrovia |
| 13 | Mauritania | 4,077,347 | 1,025,520 | Nouakchott |
| 14 | Gambia | 2,347,706 | 10,000 | Banjul |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,604,528 | 28,120 | Bissau |
| 16 | Cape Verde | 550,483 | 4,033 | Praia |
Map of West African Countries
