African Union

=== Indicators ===
The following table shows various data for AU member states, including area, population, economic output and income inequality, as well as various indices, including human development, viability of the state, perception of corruption, economic freedom, state of peace, freedom of the press and democratic level.
{{Clear}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
![[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|Land Area]]
(km<sup>2</sup>) 2015<ref name="wdi">{{Cite web|url=http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx|title=The World Bank DataBank {{!}} Explore. Create. Share|website=databank.worldbank.org|access-date=4 February 2017|archive-date=7 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107162640/http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
![[List of countries by population|Population]]
{{UN_Population|Year}}{{UN_Population|ref}}
![[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|GDP (PPP)]]
([[Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]]) 2015<ref name="wdi" />
![[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|GDP (PPP)]]
[[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|per capita]]
([[Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]]) 2015<ref name="wdi" />
![[Human Development Index|HDI]]
2014<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://report.hdr.undp.org/ |title=2015 Human Development Report |last=Office |first=Human Development Report |website=report.hdr.undp.org |access-date=4 February 2017 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211223435/http://report.hdr.undp.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
![[Fragile States Index|FSI]]
2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fsi.fundforpeace.org/rankings-2016 |title=The Fragile States Index 2016 {{!}} The Fund for Peace|website=fsi.fundforpeace.org|access-date=12 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204213240/http://fsi.fundforpeace.org/rankings-2016|archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref>
![[Corruption Perceptions Index|CPI]]
2016<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 |title=Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 |last=e.V. |first=Transparency International |newspaper=transparency.org |access-date=12 February 2017 |archive-date=30 January 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170130045244/http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
![[Index of Economic Freedom|IEF]]
2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritage.org/index/ |title=Index of Economic Freedom: Promoting Economic Opportunity and Prosperity by Country |website=www.heritage.org |access-date=12 February 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629215405/http://www.heritage.org/index/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
![[Global Peace Index|GPI]]
2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://static.visionofhumanity.org/#page/indexes/global-peace-index/2016 |title=Vision of Humanity |website=static.visionofhumanity.org |access-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213091208/http://static.visionofhumanity.org/#page/indexes/global-peace-index/2016|archive-date=13 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
![[Press Freedom Index|WPFI]]
2016<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking|title=2016 World Press Freedom Index {{!}} Reporters Without Borders|newspaper=RSF|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201195036/https://rsf.org/en/ranking|url-status=live}}</ref>
![[Democracy Index|DI]]
2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pages.eiu.com/rs/783-XMC-194/images/Democracy_Index_2016.pdf |title=Democracy Index 2016 |website=Economist Intelligence Unit |url-status=dead |access-date=12 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224070253/http://pages.eiu.com/rs/783-XMC-194/images/Democracy_Index_2016.pdf |archive-date=24 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
|{{Country|Algeria}}
|2,381,741
|{{UN_Population|Algeria}}
|548,293,085,686
|13,823
|0.736
|78.3
|34
|50.06
|2.21
|41.69
|3.56
|-
|{{Country|Angola}}
|1,246,700
|{{UN_Population|Angola}}
|173,593,223,667
|6,938
|0.532
|90.5
|18
|48.94
|2.14
|39.89
|3.40
|-
|{{Country|Benin}}
|112,760
|{{UN_Population|Benin}}
|21,016,184,357
|1,932
|0.48
|78.9
|36
|59.31
|2.00
|28.97
|5.67
|-
|{{Country|Botswana}}
|566,730
|{{UN_Population|Botswana}}
|33,657,545,969
|14,876
|0.698
|63.5
|60
|71.07
|1.64
|22.91
|7.87
|-
|{{Country|Burkina Faso}}
|273,600
|{{UN_Population|Burkina Faso}}
|28,840,666,622
|1,593
|0.402
|89.4
|42
|59.09
|2.06
|22.66
|4.70
|-
|{{Country|Burundi}}
|25,680
|{{UN_Population|Burundi}}
|7,634,578,343
|300
|0.4
|100.7
|20
|53.91
|2.50
|54.10
|2.40
|-
|{{Country|Cape Verde}}
|4,030
|{{UN_Population|Cape Verde}}
|3,205,197,585
|6,158
|0.646
|71.5
|59
|66.46
|N/A
|19.82
|7.94
|-
|{{Country|Cameroon}}
|472,710
|{{UN_Population|Cameroon}}
|68,302,439,597
|2,926
|0.512
|97.8
|26
|54.18
|2.36
|40.53
|3.46
|-
|{{Country|Central African Republic}}
|622,980
|{{UN_Population|Central African Republic}}
|2,847,726,468
|581
|0.35
|112.1
|20
|45.23
|3.35
|33.60
|1.61
|-
|{{Country|Chad}}
|1,259,200
|{{UN_Population|Chad}}
|28,686,194,920
|2,044
|0.392
|110.1
|20
|46.33
|2.46
|40.59
|1.50
|-
|{{Country|Comoros}}
|1,861
|{{UN_Population|Comoros}}
|1,098,546,195
|1,393
|0.503
|83.8
|24
|52.35
|N/A
|24.33
|3.71
|-
|{{Country|Congo, Democratic Republic of the}}
|2,267,050
|{{UN_Population|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|56,920,935,460
|300
|0.433
|
|21
|46.38
|3.11
|50.97
|1.93
|-
|{{Country|Congo, Republic of the}}
|341,500
|{{UN_Population|Congo}}
|27,690,345,067
|5,993
|0.591
|92.2
|20
|42.80
|2.25
|35.84
|2.91
|-
|{{Country|Djibouti}}
|23,180
|{{UN_Population|Djibouti}}
|2,911,406,226
|3,279
|0.47
|89.7
|30
|55.96
|2.29
|70.90
|2.83
|-
|{{Country|Egypt}}
|1,010,407
|{{UN_Population|Egypt}}
|1,173,000,000,000
|10,250
|0.69
|90.2
|34
|55.96
|2.57
|54.45
|3.31
|-
|{{Country|Equatorial Guinea}}
|28,050
|{{UN_Population|Equatorial Guinea}}
|32,317,928,931
|38,243
|0.587
|85.2
|N/A
|43.67
|1.94
|66.47
|1.70
|-
|{{Country|Eritrea}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/eritrea/ |title=Eritrea |website=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=4 February 2017 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121011902/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/eritrea/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|101,000
|{{UN_Population|Eritrea}}
|8,845,000,000<sup>b</sup>
|600<sup>b</sup>
|0.391
|98.6
|18
|42.7
|2.46
|83.92
|2.37
|-
|{{Country|Eswatini}}
|17,204
|{{UN_Population|Eswatini}}
|10,452,834,007
|8,122
|0.531
|87.6
|N/A
|59.65
|2.07
|52.37
|3.03
|-
|{{Country|Ethiopia}}
|1,104,300
|{{UN_Population|Ethiopia}}
|152,057,290,468
|1,530
|0.442
|97.2
|34
|51.52
|2.28
|45.13
|3.60
|-
|{{Country|Gabon}}
|257,670
|{{UN_Population|Gabon}}
|32,539,376,597
|18,860
|0.684
|72
|35
|58.96
|2.03
|32.20
|3.74
|-
|{{Country|Gambia, The}}
|10,120
|{{UN_Population|Gambia}}
|3,140,820,062
|1,578
|0.441
|86.8
|26
|57.14
|2.09
|46.53
|2.91
|-
|{{Country|Ghana}}
|227,540
|{{UN_Population|Ghana}}
|108,393,071,924
|3,955
|0.579
|71.2
|43
|63.00
|1.81
|17.95
|6.75
|-
|{{Country|Guinea}}
|245,720
|{{UN_Population|Guinea}}
|14,316,884,358
|1,135
|0.411
|103.8
|27
|53.33
|2.15
|33.08
|3.14
|-
|{{Country|Guinea-Bissau}}
|28,120
|{{UN_Population|Guinea-Bissau}}
|2,521,743,682
|1,367
|0.42
|99.8
|16
|51.81
|2.26
|29.03
|1.98
|-
|{{Country|Ivory Coast}}
|318,000
|{{UN_Population|Ivory Coast}}
|74,916,780,423
|3,300
|0.462
|97.9
|34
|60.01
|2.28
|30.17
|3.81
|-
|{{Country|Kenya}}
|569,140
|{{UN_Population|Kenya}}
|133,592,522,053
|2,901
|0.548
|98.3
|26
|57.51
|2.38
|31.16
|5.33
|-
|{{Country|Lesotho}}
|30,360
|{{UN_Population|Lesotho}}
|5,914,437,068
|2,770
|0.497
|80.9
|39
|50.62
|1.94
|28.78
|6.59
|-
|{{Country|Liberia}}
|96,320
|{{UN_Population|Liberia}}
|3,533,313,381
|500
|0.43
|95.5
|37
|52.19
|2.00
|30.71
|5.31
|-
|{{Country|Libya}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/libya/ |title=Libya |website=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=4 February 2017 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109235257/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/libya |url-status=live }}</ref>
|1,759,540
|{{UN_Population|Libya}}
|94,010,000,000<sup>b</sup>
|14,900<sup>b</sup>
|0.724
|96.4
|14
|N/A
|3.20
|57.89
|2.25
|-
|{{Country|Madagascar}}
|581,800
|{{UN_Population|Madagascar}}
|33,354,200,458
|1,376
|0.51
|84.2
|26
|61.06
|1.76
|27.04
|5.07
|-
|{{Country|Malawi}}
|94,280
|{{UN_Population|Malawi}}
|19,137,290,349
|1,112
|0.445
|87.6
|31
|51.8
|1.82
|28.12
|5.55
|-
|{{Country|Mali}}
|1,220,190
|{{UN_Population|Mali}}
|33,524,899,739
|1,905
|0.419
|95.2
|32
|56.54
|2.49
|39.83
|5.70
|-
|{{Country|Mauritania}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania/ |title=Mauritania |website=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=4 February 2017 |archive-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107034713/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|1,030,700
|{{UN_Population|Mauritania}}
|16,190,000,000<sup>b</sup>
|4,400<sup>b</sup>
|0.506
|95.4
|27
|54.8
|2.30
|24.03
|3.96
|-
|{{Country|Mauritius}}
|2,030
|{{UN_Population|Mauritius}}
|23,817,914,134
|18,864
|0.777
|43.2
|54
|74.73
|1.56
|27.69
|8.28
|-
|{{Country|Morocco}}
|446,300
|{{UN_Population|Morocco}}
|257,398,957,178
|7,365
|0.628
|74.2
|37
|61.27
|2.09
|42.64
|4.77
|-
|{{Country|Mozambique}}
|786,380
|{{UN_Population|Mozambique}}
|31,326,751,237
|1,120
|0.416
|87.8
|27
|53.19
|1.96
|30.25
|4.02
|-
|{{Country|Namibia}}
|823,290
|{{UN_Population|Namibia}}
|24,043,436,006
|9,778
|0.628
|71.1
|52
|61.85
|1.87
|15.15
|6.31
|-
|{{Country|Niger}}
|1,266,700
|{{UN_Population|Niger}}
|17,857,377,171
|897
|0.348
|98.4
|35
|54.26
|2.24
|24.62
|3.96
|-
|{{Country|Nigeria}}
|910,770
|{{UN_Population|Nigeria}}
|1,168,000,000,000
|5,639
|0.514
|103.5
|28
|57.46
|2.88
|35.90
|4.50
|-
|{{Country|Rwanda}}
|24,670
|{{UN_Population|Rwanda}}
|19,216,033,048
|1,655
|0.483
|91.3
|54
|63.07
|2.32
|54.61
|3.07
|-
|{{Country|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|960
|{{UN_Population|Sao Tome and Principe}}
|575,391,345
|3,023
|0.555
|72.9
|46
|56.71
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|{{Country|Senegal}}
|192,530
|{{UN_Population|Senegal}}
|34,398,281,018
|2,274
|0.466
|83.6
|45
|58.09
|1.98
|27.99
|6.21
|-
|{{Country|Seychelles}}
|460
|{{UN_Population|Seychelles}}
|2,384,515,771
|25,525
|0.772
|60.2
|N/A
|62.2
|N/A
|30.60
|N/A
|-
|{{Country|Sierra Leone}}
|72,180
|{{UN_Population|Sierra Leone}}
|9,511,431,824
|1,474
|0.413
|91
|30
|52.31
|1.81
|29.94
|4.55
|-
|{{Country|Somalia}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/ |title=Somalia |website=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=4 February 2017 |archive-date=1 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701190026/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|627,340
|{{UN_Population|Somalia}}
|5,900,000,000<sup>c</sup>
|600<sup>c</sup>
|N/A
|114
|10
|N/A
|3.41
|65.35
|N/A
|-
|{{Country|South Africa}}
|1,213,090
|{{UN_Population|South Africa}}
|742,461,000,000
|12,393
|0.666
|69.9
|45
|61.9
|2.32
|21.92
|7.41
|-
|{{Country|South Sudan}}
|619,745
|{{UN_Population|South Sudan}}
|21,484,823,398
|1,741
|0.467
|113.8
|11
|N/A
|3.59
|44.87
|N/A
|-
|{{Country|Sudan}}
|1,886,086
|{{UN_Population|Sudan}}
|165,813,461,495
|4,121
|0.479
|111.5
|14
|N/A
|3.27
|72.53
|2.37
|-
|{{Country|Tanzania}}
|885,800
|{{UN_Population|United Republic of Tanzania}}
|130,297,806,032
|2,510
|0.521
|81.8
|32
|58.46
|1.90
|28.65
|5.76
|-
|{{Country|Togo}}
|54,390
|{{UN_Population|Togo}}
|10,018,697,437
|1,372
|0.484
|85.8
|32
|53.64
|1.95
|30.31
|3.32
|-
|{{Country|Tunisia}}
|155,360
|{{UN_Population|Tunisia}}
|121,200,025,401
|10,770
|0.721
|74.6
|41
|57.55
|1.95
|31.60
|6.40
|-
|{{Country|Uganda}}
|200,520
|{{UN_Population|Uganda}}
|67,856,334,117
|1,738
|0.483
|97.7
|25
|59.26
|2.15
|32.58
|5.26
|-
|{{Country|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612210735/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2007 |title=Western Sahara |website=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref>
|266,000
|{{UN_Population|Western Sahara}}
|906,500,000<sup>d</sup>
|2,500<sup>d</sup>
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|{{Country|Zambia}}
|743,390
|{{UN_Population|Zambia}}
|58,400,082,027
|3,602
|0.586
|86.3
|38
|58.79
|1.78
|35.08
|5.99
|-
|{{Country|Zimbabwe}}
|386,850
|{{UN_Population|Zimbabwe}}
|26,180,942,292
|500
|0.509
|100.5
|22
|38.23
|2.32
|40.41
|3.05
|-
|'''{{noflag|African Union}}'''
|30,370,000
|{{UN_Population|Africa}}
|5,457,724,064,668
|4,602
|0.524<sup>d</sup>
|88.99<sup>d</sup>
|31.51<sup>d</sup>
|55.55<sup>d</sup>
|2.27
|37.89
|4.30
|-
!Country
![[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|Land Area]] (km<sup>2</sup>) 2015
![[List of countries by population|Population]] {{UN_Population|Year}}
![[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|GDP (PPP)]]
([[Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]]) 2015
![[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|GDP (PPP)]]
[[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|per capita]]
([[Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]]) 2015
![[Human Development Index|HDI]]
2014
![[Fragile States Index|FSI]]
2016
![[Corruption Perceptions Index|CPI]]
2016
![[Index of Economic Freedom|IEF]]
2016
![[Global Peace Index|GPI]]
2016
![[Reporters Without Borders|WPFI]]
2016
![[Democracy Index|DI]]
2016
|}
<sup>a</sup> External data from 2016.
<sup>b</sup> External data from 2015.
<sup>c</sup> External data from 2014.
<sup>d</sup> AU total used for indicators 1 through 3; AU weighted average used for indicator 4; AU unweighted average used for indicators 5 through 12.