Rarest Country in Africa — All 54 Answers Ranked by Rarity

54 answers are accepted for “Name a country in Africa”. Togo is the rarest country in Africa in this ranking, with 602,278 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-rarest with 615,881 monthly Wikipedia views, about the same as Togo. Cape Verde is the most common country in Africa in this ranking, with 8,309,346 monthly Wikipedia views, 13.8× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 54 answers: 77,046,580. Togo is 0.8% of that total. 11 answers are Epic or Legendary: Togo (Legendary), São Tomé and Príncipe (Legendary), Malawi (Legendary), and 8 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

54 answers to “Name a country in Africa”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Togo on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	602,278
2	São Tomé and Príncipe on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.981	615,881
3	Malawi on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.962	623,541
4	Gabon on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.943	655,328
5	Comoros on Wikipedia	Epic	0.925	662,781
6	Guinea on Wikipedia	Epic	0.906	708,635
7	Burundi on Wikipedia	Epic	0.887	741,760
8	The Gambia on Wikipedia	Epic	0.868	756,273
9	Lesotho on Wikipedia	Epic	0.849	760,604
10	Zambia on Wikipedia	Epic	0.830	763,129
11	Guinea-Bissau on Wikipedia	Epic	0.811	771,864
12	Chad on Wikipedia	Rare	0.792	779,260
13	Republic of the Congo on Wikipedia	Rare	0.774	816,495
14	Djibouti on Wikipedia	Rare	0.755	822,543
15	Central African Republic on Wikipedia	Rare	0.736	831,156
16	Mozambique on Wikipedia	Rare	0.717	845,322
17	Botswana on Wikipedia	Rare	0.698	864,702
18	Niger on Wikipedia	Rare	0.679	897,492
19	Sierra Leone on Wikipedia	Rare	0.660	950,177
20	Angola on Wikipedia	Rare	0.642	1,007,963
21	Cameroon on Wikipedia	Rare	0.623	1,016,894
22	Benin on Wikipedia	Rare	0.604	1,070,520
23	Rwanda on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.585	1,089,846
24	Equatorial Guinea on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.566	1,117,719
25	South Sudan on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.547	1,122,536
26	Kenya on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.528	1,135,218
27	Mali on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.509	1,172,467
28	Liberia on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.491	1,227,382
29	Mauritania on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.472	1,241,439
30	Eswatini on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.453	1,295,195
31	Libya on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.434	1,316,583
32	Tunisia on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.415	1,346,098
33	Uganda on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.396	1,349,045
34	Seychelles on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.377	1,377,661
35	Eritrea on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.358	1,380,619
36	Madagascar on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.340	1,400,090
37	Zimbabwe on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.321	1,407,463
38	Tanzania on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.302	1,411,456
39	Namibia on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.283	1,448,748
40	Sudan on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.264	1,504,654
41	Burkina Faso on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.245	1,587,814
42	Senegal on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.226	1,652,174
43	Ghana on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.208	1,672,815
44	Ethiopia on Wikipedia	Common	0.189	1,809,447
45	Somalia on Wikipedia	Common	0.170	1,839,917
46	Ivory Coast on Wikipedia	Common	0.151	1,842,800
47	Algeria on Wikipedia	Common	0.132	2,043,112
48	Egypt on Wikipedia	Common	0.113	2,152,221
49	Nigeria on Wikipedia	Common	0.094	2,189,060
50	Mauritius on Wikipedia	Common	0.075	2,447,288
51	South Africa on Wikipedia	Common	0.057	2,693,991
52	Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wikipedia	Common	0.038	2,856,980
53	Morocco on Wikipedia	Common	0.019	3,040,798
54	Cape Verde on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	8,309,346

FAQ

What is the rarest country in Africa?

Togo is the rarest country in Africa in this ranking, with 602,278 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many country in Africas are there?

There are 54 country in Africas in this ranking, from Togo (rarest) to Cape Verde (most common).

What is the most common country in Africa?

Cape Verde is the most common country in Africa in this ranking, with 8,309,346 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.