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.
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
Main article: North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Main article: Sub-Saharan AfricaEastern Africa
Main article: East Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
French Southern Territories
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Réunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Middle Africa
Main article: Central Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
Southern Africa
Main article: Southern Africa
Western Africa
Main article: West 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