Currencies of Africa Quiz
All 54 currencies of Africa, one country at a time. Four options, instant feedback, and a full reference table below the game.
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About the currencies of Africa
Africa has 54 countries in this quiz, each asked about the currency it actually spends. The complete list, with the currency of every country, sits directly below the game.
The countries here range from Algeria at 2,381,741 km² down to Seychelles at 452 km², and from 237.5 million in Nigeria to 123 thousand in Seychelles — economies of very different sizes using currencies of very different reach.
Those 54 countries spend 41 different currencies between them. West African CFA franc is the most widely used, in 8 of them, which is what makes a currency quiz easier than the country count suggests — and what makes the remainder worth learning properly.
Wrong answers here are drawn from countries in the same region, and never repeat a currency name, so a question about Africa cannot be won by spotting the only plausible option.
All 54 countries of Africa and their currencies
| Flag | Country | Currency | Capital | Population | Area |
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Algeria | Algerian dinar (د.ج) | Algiers | 47,435,312 | 2,381,741 km² |
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Angola | Angolan kwanza (Kz) | Luanda | 39,040,039 | 1,246,700 km² |
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Benin | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Porto-Novo | 14,814,460 | 112,622 km² |
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Botswana | Botswana pula (P) | Gaborone | 2,562,122 | 582,000 km² |
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Burkina Faso | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Ouagadougou | 24,074,580 | 272,967 km² |
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Burundi | Burundian franc (Fr) | Gitega | 14,390,003 | 27,834 km² |
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Cameroon | Central African CFA franc (Fr) | Yaoundé | 29,879,337 | 475,442 km² |
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Cape Verde | Cape Verdean escudo (Esc) | Praia | 527,326 | 4,033 km² |
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Central African Republic | Central African CFA franc (Fr) | Bangui | 5,513,282 | 622,984 km² |
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Chad | Central African CFA franc (Fr) | N'Djamena | 21,003,705 | 1,284,000 km² |
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Comoros | Comorian franc (Fr) | Moroni | 882,847 | 1,862 km² |
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Côte d'Ivoire | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Yamoussoukro | 32,711,547 | 322,463 km² |
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Djibouti | Djiboutian franc (Fr) | Djibouti | 1,184,076 | 23,200 km² |
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DR Congo | Congolese franc (FC) | Kinshasa | 112,832,473 | 2,344,858 km² |
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Egypt | Egyptian pound (£) | Cairo | 118,365,995 | 1,002,450 km² |
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Equatorial Guinea | Central African CFA franc (Fr) | Malabo | 1,938,431 | 28,051 km² |
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Eritrea | Eritrean nakfa (Nfk) | Asmara | 3,607,003 | 117,600 km² |
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Eswatini | Swazi lilangeni (L) | Mbabane | 1,256,174 | 17,364 km² |
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Ethiopia | Ethiopian birr (Br) | Addis Ababa | 135,472,051 | 1,104,300 km² |
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Gabon | Central African CFA franc (Fr) | Libreville | 2,593,130 | 267,668 km² |
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Gambia | dalasi (D) | Banjul | 2,822,093 | 10,689 km² |
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Ghana | Ghanaian cedi (₵) | Accra | 35,064,272 | 238,533 km² |
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Guinea | Guinean franc (Fr) | Conakry | 15,099,727 | 245,857 km² |
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Guinea-Bissau | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Bissau | 2,249,515 | 36,125 km² |
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Kenya | Kenyan shilling (Sh) | Nairobi | 57,532,493 | 580,367 km² |
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Lesotho | Lesotho loti (L) | Maseru | 2,363,325 | 30,355 km² |
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Liberia | Liberian dollar ($) | Monrovia | 5,731,206 | 111,369 km² |
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Libya | Libyan dinar (ل.د) | Tripoli | 7,458,555 | 1,759,540 km² |
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Madagascar | Malagasy ariary (Ar) | Antananarivo | 32,740,678 | 587,041 km² |
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Malawi | Malawian kwacha (MK) | Lilongwe | 22,216,120 | 118,484 km² |
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Mali | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Bamako | 25,198,821 | 1,240,192 km² |
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Mauritania | Mauritanian ouguiya (UM) | Nouakchott | 5,315,065 | 1,030,700 km² |
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Mauritius | Mauritian rupee (₨) | Port Louis | 1,243,741 | 2,040 km² |
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Morocco | Moroccan dirham (د.م.) | Rabat | 38,430,770 | 446,550 km² |
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Mozambique | Mozambican metical (MT) | Maputo | 35,631,653 | 801,590 km² |
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Namibia | Namibian dollar ($) | Windhoek | 3,092,816 | 825,615 km² |
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Niger | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Niamey | 27,917,831 | 1,267,000 km² |
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Nigeria | Nigerian naira (₦) | Abuja | 237,527,782 | 923,768 km² |
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Republic of the Congo | Central African CFA franc (Fr) | Brazzaville | 6,484,437 | 342,000 km² |
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Rwanda | Rwandan franc (Fr) | Kigali | 14,569,341 | 26,338 km² |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (Db) | São Tomé | 240,254 | 964 km² |
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Senegal | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Dakar | 18,931,966 | 196,722 km² |
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Seychelles | Seychellois rupee (₨) | Victoria | 122,730 | 452 km² |
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Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonean leone (Le) | Freetown | 8,819,794 | 71,740 km² |
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Somalia | Somali shilling (Sh) | Mogadishu | 19,654,739 | 637,657 km² |
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South Africa | South African rand (R) | Pretoria | 64,747,319 | 1,221,037 km² |
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South Sudan | South Sudanese pound (£) | Juba | 12,188,788 | 619,745 km² |
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Sudan | Sudanese pound (PT) | Khartoum | 51,662,147 | 1,886,068 km² |
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Tanzania | Tanzanian shilling (Sh) | Dodoma | 70,545,865 | 945,087 km² |
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Togo | West African CFA franc (Fr) | Lomé | 8,591,626 | 56,785 km² |
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Tunisia | Tunisian dinar (د.ت) | Tunis | 12,348,573 | 163,610 km² |
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Uganda | Ugandan shilling (Sh) | Kampala | 51,384,894 | 241,550 km² |
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Zambia | Zambian kwacha (ZK) | Lusaka | 21,913,874 | 752,612 km² |
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Zimbabwe | Botswana pula (P) | Harare | 16,950,795 | 390,757 km² |
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Frequently asked questions
How many countries are in this quiz?
This quiz covers all 54 entries in Africa. Questions are drawn from the full set, and the complete list appears in the table on this page.
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