| Benin |
Porto-Novo (official capital) |
republic |
7,862,944 |
2.73% (2006 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
parliamentary republic |
13,902,972 |
3% (2006 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
Praia |
republic |
420,979 (July 2006 est.) |
0.64% (2006 est.) |
| Cote D'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro |
republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960 note: the government is currently operating under a power-sharing agreement mandated by international mediators |
17,654,843 |
2.03% (2006 est.) |
| Gambia |
Banjul
|
republic |
1,735,464 (July 2008 est.) |
2.724% (2008 est.) |
| Ghana |
Accra |
constitutional democracy |
22,409,572 |
2.07% (2006 est.) |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
republic |
9,690,222 (July 2006 est.) |
2.63% (2006 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
republic |
1,442,029 (July 2006 est.) |
2.07% (2006 est.) |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
republic |
3,042,004 (July 2006 est.) |
4.91% (2006 est.) |
| Mali |
Bamako |
republic |
11,995,402 (July 2007 est.) |
2.681% (2007 est.) |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
republic |
3,270,065 (July 2007 est.) |
2.867% (2007 est.) |
| Niger |
Niamey |
republic |
12,525,094 (July 2006 est.) |
2.92% (2006 est.) |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
federal republic |
131,859,731 |
2.38% (2006 est.) |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
republic |
11,987,121 (July 2006 est.) |
2.34% (2006 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown
|
constitutional democracy |
1,735,464 (July 2008 est.) |
2.724% (2008 est.) |
| Togo |
Lome |
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule |
5,548,702 |
2.72% (2006 est.) |
Western Africa
