Map of African Footballers by Nationality
How many footballers in our database represent or hold the nationality of each African country.
Hover or tap a country for its value. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).
The data
| Nation | Players in database |
|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1934 |
| Algeria | 1761 |
| Ghana | 1446 |
| Morocco | 1256 |
| South Africa | 1144 |
| Cameroon | 1048 |
| Tunisia | 1000 |
| Egypt | 930 |
| Ivory Coast | 870 |
| Senegal | 835 |
| DR Congo | 719 |
| Mali | 517 |
| Uganda | 471 |
| Guinea | 346 |
| Zambia | 340 |
| Angola | 323 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 292 |
| Burkina Faso | 276 |
| Zimbabwe | 267 |
| Gambia | 250 |
| Togo | 246 |
| Botswana | 229 |
| Congo | 229 |
| Tanzania | 215 |
| Kenya | 211 |
| Cape Verde | 208 |
| Liberia | 195 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 180 |
| Burundi | 177 |
| Sierra Leone | 172 |
| Benin | 160 |
| Gabon | 152 |
| Namibia | 146 |
| Sudan | 143 |
| Mozambique | 136 |
| Comoros | 134 |
| Ethiopia | 125 |
| Malawi | 124 |
| Madagascar | 121 |
| Rwanda | 113 |
| Libya | 112 |
| Mauritania | 110 |
| Lesotho | 107 |
| Chad | 100 |
| Mauritius | 99 |
| Niger | 92 |
| Central African Republic | 89 |
| South Sudan | 60 |
| Seychelles | 52 |
| Eswatini | 47 |
| Somalia | 43 |
| Eritrea | 41 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 39 |
| Djibouti | 31 |
| Réunion | 1 |