These are lists of hospitals for each country in Africa.
These are lists of hospitals for each country in Africa.
In 2018, Nigeria had the largest number of hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, with 879. Other countries in this region with large numbers of hospitals include Democratic Republic of Congo (435), Kenya (399) and South Africa (337). [1]
The following list shows links to Lists of healthcare and hospital articles where they exist in Wikipedia and categories for hospitals in sovereign states in Africa. The numbers in parentheses are the numbers of current articles in the category for hospitals in each state.
| Country (Healthcare link) | List of hospitals | Category (# articles) | # medical facilities [2] | Population (1,000) [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | List | (6) | 313 [4] | 43,000 |
| Angola | List | (2) | 1,575 | 24,383 |
| Benin | List | (1) | 819 | 10,009 |
| Botswana | List | (18) | 624 | 2,025 |
| Burkina Faso | List | (1) | 1,721 | 18,451 |
| Burundi | List | (1) | 665 | 9,824 |
| Cameroon | List | (7) | 3,061 | 21,918 |
| Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) | List | (0) | 66 | 492 |
| Central African Republic | List | (0) | 555 | 3,859 |
| Chad | List | (0) | 1,283 | 11,040 |
| Comoros | List | (0) | 66 | 806 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | List | (5) | 14,586 | 102,561 |
| Republic of the Congo | List | (0) | 328 | 3,697 |
| Djibouti | List | (0) | 66 | 865 |
| Egypt | List | (8) | 101,334 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | List | (0) | 47 | 1,222 |
| Eritrea | List | (0) | 269 | 6,536 |
| Eswatini (Swaziland) | List | (1) | 135 | 1,119 |
| Ethiopia | List | (10) | 5,215 | 109,224 |
| Gabon | List | (2) | 542 | 1,802 |
| The Gambia | List | (1) | 103 | 1,882 |
| Ghana | List | (30) | 1,960 | 31,072 |
| Guinea | List | (4) | 1,746 | 10,628 |
| Guinea-Bissau | List | (2) | 8 | 1,531 |
| Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) | List | (0) | 1,792 | 22,671 |
| Kenya | List | (17) | 6,146 | 53,771 |
| Lesotho | List | (0) | 117 | 1,894 |
| Liberia | List | (5) | 740 | 3,477 |
| Libya | List | (2) | 5,298 | |
| Madagascar | List | (2) | 2,677 | 22,434 |
| Malawi | List | (9) | 648 | 16,833 |
| Mali | List | (0) | 1,478 | 14,529 |
| Mauritania | List | (9) | 645 | 3,719 |
| Mauritius | List | (0) | 166 | 1,261 |
| Morocco | List | (3) | 37,035 | |
| Mozambique | List | (4) | 1,579 | 28,013 |
| Namibia | List | (8) | 369 | 2,281 |
| Niger | List | (4) | 2,886 | 17,139 |
| Nigeria | List | (50) | 20,807 | 206,140 |
| Rwanda | List | (7) | 572 | 10,516 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | List | (1) | 50 | 202 |
| Senegal | List | (0) | 1,347 | 14,355 |
| Seychelles | List | (0) | 18 | 91 |
| Sierra Leone | List | (9) | 1,120 | 6,348 |
| Somalia | List | (7) | 879 | 22,317 |
| South Africa | List | (10) | 4,303 | 59,957 |
| South Sudan | List | (4) | 1,747 | 8,260 |
| Sudan | List | (5) | 272 | 42,268 |
| Tanzania | List | (24) | 8,497 [5] | 59,734 |
| Togo | List | (1) | 207 | 6,191 |
| Tunisia | List | (2) | 10,983 | |
| Uganda | List | (117) | 3,792 | 45,741 |
| Zambia | List | (5) | 1,263 | 15,474 |
| Zimbabwe | List | (15) | 1,236 | 13,061 |
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