Countries in Western Africa

16 countries in the quiz belong to the Western Africa subregion of Africa.

Western Africa is a subregion of Africa, made up of 16 countries in this quiz. About 19% of these countries (3 of 16) have no direct coastline. By area, Niger is the largest at 1,267,000 km², while Cape Verde is the smallest at 4,033 km². Language-wise, French shows up most often, spoken in 8 of these countries.

Benin Porto-Novo Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Cape Verde Praia Gambia Banjul Ghana Accra Guinea Conakry Guinea-Bissau Bissau Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro Liberia Monrovia Mali Bamako Mauritania Nouakchott Niger Niamey Nigeria Abuja Senegal Dakar Sierra Leone Freetown Togo Lomé

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