There are 54 countries in Africa today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas) or Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)

South African countries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgIb6msTWC0
West African countries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hig7yi0IiCs
North African Countries - https://youtu.be/zPCHzfrCDRk
East African Countries - https://youtu.be/O0zLGVClPv4