—The following table lists the independent African states, and their memberships in selected organisations and treaties.

State (57)Only 57 sovereign states are listed, including Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Azawad which are not UN membersGNIGross National Income, List of countries by GNI (nominal, Atlas method) per capita World Development Indicators database , World Bank, revised 17 October 2008 GNI per capita 2008, Atlas method and PPP; Country classification - low income ($995 or less), lower middle income ($996 - $3,945) upper middle income ($3,946 to $12,195), high income ($12,196 or more)CurrencyThe different currencies of AfricaUNThe United Nations is a world-wide organisation with 193 members, see also; Universal Declaration of Human RightsAU54 Members of the African UnionInterregionalSouth AfricanWest AfricanCentral AfricanEast AfricanNorth AfricanCEN-SADCOMESACEPGLSADCSACUECOWASUEMOAWAMZMRULGAAESECCASCEMACIGADEACAMU Angola 3,940 Kz UN AUxSADCECCAS Benin 780 XOF (Fr) UN AUCEN-SADECOWASUEMOA Botswana 6,790 P UN AUSADC SACU Burkina Faso 550 XOF (Fr) UN AUCEN-SADUEMOALGAAES Burundi 170 FBu UN AUCOMESACEPGLECCASEAC Cameroon1,180 XAF (Fr) UN AUECCASCEMAC Cape Verde 3,270 CVE (Esc or $) UN AU x ECOWAS Central African Republic 470 XAF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SADECCASCEMAC Chad 620 XAF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SADECCASCEMAC Comoros 750 FC UN AUCEN-SAD COMESA Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180 CDF (Fr) UN AUCOMESACEPGLSADC ECCAS Congo, Republic of the 2,150 XAF (Fr) UN AUECOWAS UEMOA ECCASCEMAC Côte d'Ivoire 1,160 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SADECOWASUEMOAMRU Djibouti 1,270 DJF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA IGAD Egypt 2,440 ( or ج.م) UN AUCEN-SADCOMESA ECOWAS Equatorial Guinea 14,540 XAF (Fr) UN AUECOWAS ECCASCEMAC Eritrea 340 Nfk UN AUCEN-SAD COMESAECOWAS IGAD Ethiopia 390 Br UN AUCOMESA IGAD Gabon 7,740 XPF (Fr) UN AUECCASCEMAC Gambia, The 450 D UN AU CEN-SADECOWAS WAMZ Ghana 1,230 ₵ UN AU CEN-SADECOWASWAMZ Guinea 400 FG) UN AU CEN-SADECOWASWAMZMRU Guinea-Bissau 590 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SADECOWASUEMOA Kenya 790 KSh UN AUx COMESA IGADEAC Lesotho 1,040 L and R UN AUxSADC SACUECOWAS Liberia 200 L$ UN AU xECOWASWAMZMRU Libya 12,320 LD or ل.د UN AUCEN-SAD COMESA AMU Madagascar 430 Ar UN AU COMESA SADC Malawi 330 MK UN AUCOMESASADC Mali 600 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SADUEMOA LGAAES Mauritania 1,030 UM UN AUCEN-SADx AMU Mauritius 7,750 Rs UN AUCOMESASADC Morocco 2,900 DH or د.م. UN AUCEN-SADAMU Mozambique 440 Mt UN AU x SADC Namibia 4,500 N$ and R UN AUxSADC SACU Niger 370 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SADUEMOA LGAAES Nigeria 1,180 ₦ UN AUCEN-SADECOWAS WAMZ Rwanda 520 FRw)UN AUCOMESACEPGLEAC Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic n/d DA or د.ج and MRO (UM) and MAD (د. م.) and (Ptas) AU São Tomé and Príncipe 1,200 Db UN AU xECCAS Senegal 1,090 XOF (Fr) UN AUCEN-SAD COMESAECOWASUEMOA Seychelles 9,760 Rs UN AUCOMESASADC Sierra Leone 340 Le UN AU CEN-SADECOWAS WAMZMRU Somalia n/d Sh.So.UNAUCEN-SAD IGADApplied Somaliland n/d Sl.Sh. South Africa 6,090 R UN AUSADCSACUECOWAS South Sudan n/d £ SSP UN AU COMESA IGADEAC Sudan 1,270 LS UN AUCEN-SAD COMESA IGAD Swaziland 2,630 L UN AU COMESA SADCSACU Tanzania 530 TSh UN AUxSADC EAC Togo 490 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWASUEMOA Tunisia 4,060 DT or د.ت UN AUCEN-SAD ECCASAMU Uganda 500 USh UN AU COMESA IGADEAC Zambia 1,070 ZK UN AU COMESA SADC Zimbabwe460P and £stg and € and R and US$ and ZiGUNAUCOMESASADC

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See also List of countries in Africa List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita Africa List of conflicts in Africa List of international rankings International organization