What are the largest colony empires in Africa?

European Colony Empires

1. French West Africa (1904–1958)

* Area: 4,689,000 km²

* Population: 18,000,000

* Capital: Dakar, Senegal

2. British West Africa (1882–1960)

* Area: 2,691,000 km²

* Population: 40,000,000

* Capital: Freetown, Sierra Leone

3. Portuguese West Africa (1491–1975)

* Area: 2,367,000 km²

* Population: 13,000,000

* Capital: Luanda, Angola

4. Belgian Congo (1908–1960)

* Area: 2,345,000 km²

* Population: 14,000,000

* Capital: Léopoldville, Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, DR Congo)

5. Italian East Africa (1936–1941)

* Area: 1,857,000 km²

* Population: 12,000,000

* Capital: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

6. Spanish Sahara (1884–1976)

* Area: 266,000 km²

* Population: 100,000

* Capital: El Aaiún, Spanish Sahara (now Laâyoune, Morocco)

7. German East Africa (1891–1918)

* Area: 995,000 km²

* Population: 12,000,000

* Capital: Dar es Salaam, German East Africa (now Tanzania)

8. French Equatorial Africa (1910–1958)

* Area: 2,505,000 km²

* Population: 5,000,000

* Capital: Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Congo)

9. British East Africa (1886–1963)

* Area: 1,424,000 km²

* Population: 25,000,000

* Capital: Nairobi, British East Africa (now Kenya)

10. Italian Somaliland (1889–1941)

* Area: 194,000 km²

* Population: 1,000,000

* Capital: Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland (now Somalia)

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