Member states of the African Union

The member states of the African Union are the 54 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, whose status is disputed, as a member state. Spain, primarily a European country, maintains sovereignty over several cities on the African mainland and the Canary Islands off the coast, but is only accredited to the African Union.^[2]

The African Union is composed of fifty two republics and two kingdoms. The total population of the AU is 1,068,444,000 (2013).^[3]

1 Membership
2 List
3 Accession
4 Suspension
5 Political system
6 References

Membership

List

Membership suspended

Membership withdrawn

African Union State	Accession	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Language(s)	Notes
Algeria	1963-05-25	7007388137220000000♠38,813,722	7006238174100000000♠2,381,741	Algiers	Arabic
Angola	1979-02-11	7007169410000000000♠16,941,000	7006124670000000000♠1,246,700	Luanda	Portuguese
Benin	1963-05-25	7006676991400000000♠6,769,914	7005112622000000000♠112,622	Porto-Novo	French	Known as Dahomey until 1975.
Botswana	1966-10-31	7006163983300000000♠1,639,833	7005600370000000000♠600,370	Gaborone	English Setswana
Burkina Faso	1963-05-25	7007132280000000000♠13,228,000	7005274000000000000♠274,000	Ouagadougou	French	Known as Upper Volta until 1984. Suspended after a military coup.^[4]
Burundi	1963-05-25	7006358943400000000♠3,589,434	7004278300000000000♠27,830	Bujumbura	French Kirundi
Cabo Verde	1975-07-18	7005503000000000000♠503,000	7003403300000000000♠4,033	Praia	Portuguese
Cameroon	1963-05-25	7007177950000000000♠17,795,000	7005475442000000000♠475,442	Yaoundé	English French
Central African Republic	1963-05-25	7006421666600000000♠4,216,666	7005622984000000000♠622,984	Bangui	French Sango	Suspended during the 2012–present Central African Republic conflict^[5]
Chad	1963-05-25	7007107806000000000♠10,780,600	7006128400000000000♠1,284,000	N'Djamena	Arabic French
Comoros	1975-07-18	7005798000000000000♠798,000	7003223500000000000♠2,235	Moroni	Arabic Comorian French
Côte d'Ivoire	1963-05-25	7007183730600000000♠18,373,060	7005322460000000000♠322,460	Yamoussoukro	French	Known by its translated name (in English "Ivory Coast") until 1985. suspended after the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1963-05-25	7007626000000000000♠62,600,000	7006234485800000000♠2,344,858	Kinshasa	French	*Known as Zaire from 1971–1997.
Republic of the Congo	1963-05-25	7006399900000000000♠3,999,000	7005342000000000000♠342,000	Brazzaville	French
Djibouti	1977-06-27	7005496374000000000♠496,374	7004232000000000000♠23,200	Djibouti	Arabic French
Egypt	1963-05-25	7007865025000000000♠86,502,500	7006100245000000000♠1,002,450	Cairo	Arabic	Suspended from July 2013 until June 2014 following the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état^[6]^[7]
Equatorial Guinea	1968-10-12	7005504000000000000♠504,000	7004280510000000000♠28,051	Malabo	French Spanish
Eritrea	1993-05-24	7006440100900000000♠4,401,009	7005117600000000000♠117,600	Asmara	Arabic Tigrinya	Eritrea returned to the 53-member organization after several years’ absence.
Ethiopia	1963-05-25	7007966334580000000♠96,633,458	7006110430000000000♠1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Amharic
Gabon	1963-05-25	7006145486700000000♠1,454,867	7005267745000000000♠267,745	Libreville	French
Gambia	1965-10	7006170000000000000♠1,700,000	7004103800000000000♠10,380	Banjul	English
Ghana	1963-05-25	7007230000000000000♠23,000,000	7005238535000000000♠238,535	Accra	English
Guinea	1963-05-25	7007102114370000000♠10,211,437	7005245857000000000♠245,857	Conakry	French	Suspended December 23, 2008 after a military coup.
Guinea-Bissau	1973-11-19	7006158600000000000♠1,586,000	7004365440000000000♠36,544	Bissau	Portuguese	Suspended from April 2012 until June 2014 following the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état.^[8]^[7]
Kenya	1963-12-13	7007379538400000000♠37,953,840	7005580367000000000♠580,367	Nairobi	English Swahili
Lesotho	1966-10-31	7006179500000000000♠1,795,000	7004303550000000000♠30,355	Maseru	English Sesotho
Liberia	1963-05-25	7006348907200000000♠3,489,072	7005111369000000000♠111,369	Monrovia	English
Libya	1963-05-25	7006624417400000000♠6,244,174	7006175954100000000♠1,759,541	Tripoli	Arabic
Madagascar	1963-05-25	7007200425510000000♠20,042,551	7005587041000000000♠587,041	Antananarivo	French Malagasy	Suspended from December 2001 – 10 July 2003. Suspended 20 March 2009 – 27 January 2014 after a political crisis.^[9]
Malawi	1964-07-13	7007139318310000000♠13,931,831	7005118484000000000♠118,484	Lilongwe	English Chichewa
Mali	1963-05-25	7007119954020000000♠11,995,402	7006124019200000000♠1,240,192	Bamako	French	Suspended March 23, 2012 after a military coup.
Mauritania	1963-05-25	7006351680600000000♠3,516,806	7006103070000000000♠1,030,700	Nouakchott	Arabic	Suspended 4 August 2005 after a military coup. Presidential elections were held in March 2007. Suspended 6 August 2008 after a military coup.
Mauritius	1968-08	7006126486600000000♠1,264,866	7003204000000000000♠2,040	Port Louis	English
Mozambique	1975-07-18	7007213970000000000♠21,397,000	7005801590000000000♠801,590	Maputo	Portuguese
Namibia	1990-06	7006208866900000000♠2,088,669	7005825418000000000♠825,418	Windhoek	English
Niger	1963-05-25	7007132726790000000♠13,272,679	7006126700000000000♠1,267,000	Niamey	French	Suspended 8 February 2010 after a military coup.
Nigeria	1963-05-25	7008154729000000000♠154,729,000	7005923768000000000♠923,768	Abuja	English
Rwanda	1963-05-25	7007101860630000000♠10,186,063	7004267980000000000♠26,798	Kigali	English French Kinyarwanda
Sahrawi Republic (Western Sahara)	1982-02-22	7005267405000000000♠267,405	7005266000000000000♠266,000	El Aaiun (de jure claimed) Tifariti (de facto temporary)	Arabic Spanish
São Tomé and Príncipe	1975-07-18	7005157000000000000♠157,000	7002964000000000000♠964	São Tomé	Portuguese
Senegal	1963-05-25	7007116580000000000♠11,658,000	7005196723000000000♠196,723	Dakar	French
Seychelles	1976-06-29	7004822470000000000♠82,247	7002451000000000000♠451	Victoria	English French Seychellois Creole
Sierra Leone	1963-05-25	7006629477400000000♠6,294,774	7004717400000000000♠71,740	Freetown	English
Somalia	1963-05-25	7006955866600000000♠9,558,666	7005637661000000000♠637,661	Mogadishu	Arabic Somali
South Africa	1994-06-06	7007479000000000000♠47,900,000	7006122103700000000♠1,221,037	Pretoria (executive) Bloemfontein (judicial) Cape Town (legislative)	Afrikaans English Southern Ndebele Northern Sotho Southern Sotho Swazi Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu
South Sudan	2011-07-27	7006826049000000000♠8,260,490	7005619745000000000♠619,745	Juba	English
Sudan	1963-05-25	7007354822330000000♠35,482,233	7006188606800000000♠1,886,068	Khartoum	Arabic English
Swaziland	1968-09-24	7006114100000000000♠1,141,000	7004173640000000000♠17,364	Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane (administrative)	English Swati
Tanzania	1964-01-16	7007450000000000000♠45,000,000	7005945203000000000♠945,203	Dodoma	English Swahili	1963-05-25 1963-05-25 Both countries merged on 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar which was renamed Tanzania on 1 November 1964.
Togo	1963-05-25	7006658500000000000♠6,585,000	7004567850000000000♠56,785	Lomé	French	Suspended 25 February 2005 after concerns over unconstitutional presidential appointment. Presidential elections were held 4 May 2005.
Tunisia	1963-05-25	7007109375210000000♠10,937,521	7005163610000000000♠163,610	Tunis	Arabic
Uganda	1963-05-25	7007309000000000000♠30,900,000	7005241038000000000♠241,038	Kampala	English Swahili
Zambia	1964-12-16	7007116680000000000♠11,668,000	7005752618000000000♠752,618	Lusaka	English
Zimbabwe	1980-06	7007133490000000000♠13,349,000	7005390757000000000♠390,757	Harare	English Ndebele Shona
Morocco	1963-05-25	7007329872060000000♠32,987,206	7005446550000000000♠446,550	Rabat	Arabic Berber	Withdrew from OAU in 1984.

Accession

South Africa joined on 6 June 1994 after the end of the apartheid and the April 1994 general election.

South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan on 9 July 2011, joined the AU on 27 July 2011.^[10] Following the announcement of the results of the South Sudanese independence referendum, an official AU statement noted "the AU will be keen, at the end of the interim period, on 9 July 2011, to welcome into its ranks the 54th member state of the Union".^[11] It's the AU's most recent member state. Morocco is the only other African Nation (other than dependencies that are considered within the African Continent) that could join (or, more precisely, re-activate its membership).

Suspension

Currently, one member state, Central African Republic, is suspended due to a coup d'état and political struggles.

Political system

The AU is composed of fifty-two republics, and two kingdoms. In its history more monarchies existed but they were abolished.

References

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^ "African Union Welcomes South Sudan as the 54th Member State of the Union", African Union, 2011-07-27. Retrieved on 2011-07-29.
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