There are seventeen countries in West Africa namely:
1. Benin with an area of 114,763 square kilometers and a population of more than 10 million people;
2. Burkina Faso with an area of 274,200 square kilometers and a population of more than 17 million people;
3. Cape Verde with an area of 4,033 square kilometers and a population of more than 500 thousand people;
4. Ivory Coast with an area of 322,463 square kilometers and a population of more than 23 million people;
5. Gambia with an area of 10,689 square kilometers and a population of more than 1 million people;
6. Ghana with an area of 238,535 square kilometers and a population of more than 27 million people;
7. Guinea with an area of 245,836 square kilometers and a population of more than 8 million people;
8. Guinea-Bissau with an area of 36,125 square kilometers and a population of more than 1 million people;
9. Liberia with an area of 111,369 square kilometers and a population of more than 4 million people;
10. Mali with an area of 1,240,192 square kilometers and a population of more than 14 million people;
11. Mauritania with an area of 1,030,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 4 million people;
12. Niger with an area of 1,267,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 18 million people;
13. Nigeria with an area of 923,768 square kilometers and a population of more than 188 million people;
14. Sao Tome and Principe with an area of 964 square kilometers and a population of more than 190 thousand people;
15. Senegal with an area of 196,712 square kilometers and a population of more than 15 million people;
16. Sierra Leone with an area of 71,840 square kilometers and a population of more than 7 million people; and
17. Togo with an area of 56,785 square kilometers and a population of more than 7 million people.
