African Country Demonyms
If Nigerians are from Nigeria, what do you call the people from Niger? This is the question that came to my mind recently. Here is a list of all the demonyms for African countries.
| Country | Collective Noun/Demonyn | |
| Algeria | Algerian | |
| Angola | Angolan | |
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| Benin | Beninese | |
| Botswana | Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) | |
| Burkina Faso | Burkinabe | |
| Burundi | Burundian | |
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| Cameroon | Cameroonian | |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verdean | |
| Central African Republic | Central African | |
| Chad | Chadian | |
| Comoros | Comorian | |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | Congolese | |
| Congo (DRC) | Congolese | |
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| Djibouti | Djiboutian | |
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| Egypt | Egyptian | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinean, Equatoguinean | |
| Eritrea | Eritrean | |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian | |
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| Gabon | Gabonese, Gabonaise | |
| Gambia | Gambian | |
| Ghana | Ghanaian | |
| Guinea | Guinean | |
| Guinea-Bissaau | Bissan-Guinean | |
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| Ivory Coast | Ivorian, Ivoirian | |
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| Kenya | Kenyan | |
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| Lesotho | Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural) | |
| Liberia | Liberian | |
| Libya | Libyan | |
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| Madagascar | Malagasy | |
| Malawi | Malawian | |
| Mali | Malian | |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian | |
| Mauritius | Mauritian | |
| Mayotte | Mahoran | |
| Morocco | Moroccan | |
| Mozambique | Mozambican | |
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| Namibia | Nambian | |
| Niger | Nigerien | |
| Nigeria | Nigerian | |
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| Reunion | Reunionese | |
| Rwanda | Rwandan, Rwandese | |
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| Sao Tome & Principe | Santomean | |
| Senegal | Senegalese | |
| Seychelles | Seychellois, Seychelloise | |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonean | |
| Somalia | Somalian | |
| South Africa | South African | |
| South Sudan | South Sudanese | |
| Sudan | Sudanese | |
| Swaziland | Swazi | |
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| Tanzania | Tanzanian | |
| Togo | Togolese | |
| Tunisia | Tunisian | |
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| Uganda | Ugandan | |
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| Western Sahara | Sahrawi | |
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| Zambia | Zambian | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean |
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