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)