Subregion · part of Africa
Southern Africa
Country-by-country guide to Southern Africa: capitals, flags, borders, area, and population for every nation in this UN subregion of Africa.
6 countries
88,908,018 people
3,067,128 km² total land area
Southern Africa is the temperate cone of the continent — South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, and eSwatini — a region of high plateaus, deserts, and Mediterranean-climate coastlines.
Use this page as an entry point into the subregion. Skim the table below for an at-a-glance comparison, then click any country to read the full editorial profile — capital, flag, official languages, currencies, bordering states, an embedded OpenStreetMap viewport, and links to high-resolution map services.
