Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

States of Sub-Saharan Africa

143 states with a page of their own, in order of founding, from 957 – 1513 to 2023.

  1. Kilwa Sultanate 957 – 1513
  2. Kingdom of Benin 1170 – 1897
  3. Mali Empire 1235 – 1670
  4. Sultanate of Ifat 1285 – 1415
  5. Kingdom of Kongo 1395 – 1888
  6. Ennarea 1400 – 1710
  7. Oyo Empire 1400 – 1905
  8. Adal Sultanate 1415 – 1577
  9. Buganda 1420 – 1966
  10. Mutapa Empire 1430 – 1760
  11. Kingdom of Butua 1450 – 1683
  12. Shilluk Kingdom 1490 – 1865
  13. Imerina 1540 – 1897
  14. Luba Empire 1585 – 1889
  15. Bunyoro 1600 – 1899
  16. Dahomey 1600 – 1894
  17. Kénédougou Kingdom 1650 – 1898
  18. Portuguese Angola 1655
  19. Lunda Empire 1665 – 1884
  20. Asante Empire 1670 – 1902
  21. Kingdom of Burundi 1680 – 1966
  22. Boina Kingdom 1690 – 1840
  23. Omani Empire 1692 – 1856
  24. Sultanate of the Geledi 1700 – 1910
  25. Sultanate of Aussa 1734 – 1936
  26. Freetown 1788 – 1796
  27. Kingdom of Jimma 1790 – 1932
  28. Cape Colony 1795 – 1910
  29. Dutch Cape Colony 1803 – 1872
  30. Adamawa Emirate 1809 – 1903
  31. Zulu Kingdom 1816 – 1897
  32. Gold Coast 1821 – 1957
  33. Liberia 1822 – present
  34. Gaza Empire 1824 – 1895
  35. Tooro Kingdom 1830 – 1967
  36. Natalia Republic 1839 – 1843
  37. South African Republic 1852 – 1902
  38. Orange Free State 1854 – 1902
  39. Republic of Maryland 1854 – 1857
  40. Majeerteen Sultanate 1856 – 1889
  41. Sultanate of Zanzibar 1861 – 1890
  42. Griqualand East 1862 – 1879
  43. German colonization of Africa 1871 – 1918
  44. Griqualand West 1871 – 1877
  45. Samorian State 1878 – 1898
  46. Sultanate of Hobyo 1878 – 1925
  47. International Association of the Congo 1879 – 1885
  48. Italian Somaliland 1880 – 1936
  49. Stellaland 1882 – 1885
  50. Basutoland 1884 – 1966
  51. British Somaliland 1884 – 1960
  52. German South West Africa 1884 – 1915
  53. Kamerun 1884 – 1919
  54. Nieuwe Republiek 1884 – 1888
  55. Bechuanaland Protectorate 1885 – 1966
  56. Congo Free State 1885 – 1908
  57. German East Africa 1885 – 1919
  58. Upingtonia 1885 – 1887
  59. Ubangi-Shari 1889 – 1958
  60. Darawiish 1895 – 1920
  61. Orange River Colony 1902 – 1910
  62. Transvaal Colony 1902 – 1910
  63. Belgian Congo 1908 – 1960
  64. Cape Province 1910 – 1994
  65. Union of South Africa 1910 – 1961
  66. South West Africa 1915 – 1990
  67. French Togoland 1916 – 1960
  68. French Cameroon 1919 – 1960
  69. Ruanda-Urundi 1922 – 1962
  70. Galla-Sidamo Governorate 1936 – 1941
  71. Scioa Governorate 1936 – 1941
  72. Free France 1940 – 1943
  73. Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1952 – 1962
  74. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953 – 1963
  75. Dominion of Ghana 1957 – 1960
  76. Guinea 1958 – present
  77. Republic of Dahomey 1958 – 1975
  78. Benin 1960 – present
  79. Cameroon 1960 – present
  80. Central African Republic 1960 – present
  81. Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960 – present
  82. Federation of Nigeria 1960 – 1963
  83. First Congolese Republic 1960 – 1971
  84. Gabon 1960 – present
  85. Ghana 1960 – present
  86. Ivory Coast 1960 – present
  87. Madagascar 1960 – present
  88. Republic of the Congo 1960 – present
  89. Somali Republic 1960 – 1969
  90. Somalia 1960 – present
  91. South Kasai 1960 – 1961
  92. State of Katanga 1960 – 1963
  93. Togo 1960 – present
  94. Sierra Leone (1961–1971) 1961 – 1971
  95. South Africa 1961 – present
  96. Tanganyika 1961 – 1964
  97. Burundi 1962 – present
  98. Rwanda 1962 – present
  99. Uganda (1962–1963) 1962 – 1963
  100. First Nigerian Republic 1963 – 1966
  101. Kenya (1963–1964) 1963 – 1964
  102. Nigeria 1963 – present
  103. Uganda 1963 – present
  104. Kenya 1964 – present
  105. Malawi 1964 – present
  106. People's Republic of Zanzibar 1964
  107. Tanzania 1964 – present
  108. Zambia 1964 – present
  109. Rhodesia 1965 – 1979
  110. Botswana 1966 – present
  111. Lesotho 1966 – present
  112. Biafra 1967 – 1970
  113. Republic of Benin 1967
  114. Equatorial Guinea 1968 – present
  115. Eswatini 1968 – present
  116. Mauritius (1968–1992) 1968 – 1992
  117. People's Republic of the Congo 1969 – 1992
  118. Somali Democratic Republic 1969 – 1991
  119. Sierra Leone 1971 – present
  120. Zaire 1971 – 1997
  121. Cape Verde 1975 – present
  122. Comoros 1975 – present
  123. Democratic Republic of Madagascar 1975 – 1992
  124. Mozambique 1975 – present
  125. People's Republic of Angola 1975 – 1992
  126. People's Republic of Benin 1975 – 1990
  127. Republic of Cabinda 1975 – 1976
  128. São Tomé and Príncipe 1975 – present
  129. State of the Comoros 1975 – 1978
  130. Central African Empire 1976 – 1979
  131. Seychelles 1976 – present
  132. Djibouti 1977 – present
  133. Zimbabwe 1980 – present
  134. People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 1987 – 1991
  135. Namibia 1990 – present
  136. Somaliland 1991 – present
  137. Angola 1992 – present
  138. Mauritius 1992 – present
  139. Ethiopia 1995 – present
  140. Zanzan Region 1997 – 2011
  141. Maakhir 2007 – 2009
  142. South Sudan 2011 – present
  143. North East State of Somalia 2023