Photo specifications in Africa
- Countries and territories
- 49
- Documents
- 94
- Most common size
- 35 × 45 mm36 documents
Photo specifications for 49 countries and territories in Africa. Choose a country for all of its documents, or compare passport photo sizes in the table.
Northern Africa
- Algeria 5 documents
- Egypt 2 documents
- Libya 3 documents
- Morocco 4 documents
- Sudan 3 documents
- Tunisia 4 documents
Western Africa
- Benin 2 documents
- Burkina Faso 2 documents
- Côte d'Ivoire 1 document
- Ghana 2 documents
- Liberia 1 document
- Mali 1 document
- Mauritania 3 documents
- Niger 1 document
- Nigeria 3 documents
- Saint Helena 1 document
- Sierra Leone 1 document
- Togo 2 documents
Middle Africa
- Angola 1 document
- Cameroon 2 documents
- Central African Republic 1 document
- Chad 1 document
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 document
- Equatorial Guinea 2 documents
- Gabon 2 documents
- Republic of the Congo 2 documents
Eastern Africa
- Comoros 3 documents
- Djibouti 3 documents
- Eritrea 1 document
- Ethiopia 4 documents
- Kenya 2 documents
- Madagascar 1 document
- Malawi 1 document
- Mauritius 1 document
- Mayotte 1 document
- Mozambique 2 documents
- Réunion 1 document
- Rwanda 1 document
- Seychelles 1 document
- Somalia 2 documents
- Tanzania 2 documents
- Uganda 2 documents
- Zambia 2 documents
- Zimbabwe 2 documents
Southern Africa
- Botswana 3 documents
- Eswatini 1 document
- Lesotho 1 document
- Namibia 2 documents
- South Africa 2 documents
Passport photo sizes in Africa
| Country | Document | Print size | Digital size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Plain white, uniform, with no border and no… |
| Angola | Passport | — | — | White background |
| Benin | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Plain |
| Botswana | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Plain and uniform in colour, no texture of… |
| Burkina Faso | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Not stated by ONI, the Police Nationale or the… |
| Cameroon | Passport | 40 × 40 mm | — | Passport: captured on site. Washington travel… |
| Central African Republic | Passport | 40 × 40 mm | — | White |
| Chad | Passport | 40 × 40 mm | — | Not published by any Chadian page read |
| Comoros | Passport | — | — | Not stated by the Brussels embassy |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Assport | 40 × 40 mm | — | Not published by SNEDAI, the government portal… |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Passport | 2 × 2 in | — | Not published for passport photos. Brussels… |
| Djibouti | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Not published in the sources read |
| Egypt | Passport | 40 × 60 mm | — | White |
| Equatorial Guinea | Passport | — | — | Not published: the embassy staff take the photo |
| Eritrea | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | White |
| Eswatini | Passport | 37 × 48 mm | — | No colour published |
| Ethiopia | Passport | 30 × 40 mm | — | White |
| Ghana | Passport | 140 × 170 px | 140 × 170 px | White |
| Kenya | Passport | 2 × 2 in | — | White, with no shadows |
| Liberia | Passport | — | — | Any background colour |
| Libya | Passport | 40 × 60 mm | — | White: the capture background at missions |
| Malawi | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Clear white background |
| Mali | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | White |
| Mauritania | Passport | — | — | Not published |
| Mauritius | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Light background, with your features clearly… |
| Mayotte | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Plain, light colour |
| Morocco | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Plain light blue, white or light grey in Morocco |
| Mozambique | Passport | — | — | Not published for the passport |
| Namibia | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | White |
| Niger | Passport | — | — | Not published by the DST, the national police… |
| Nigeria | Passport | — | 600 × 800 px | White |
| Republic of the Congo | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | White |
| Réunion | Assport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Plain, light colour such as light blue or… |
| Saint Helena | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Plain cream or light grey, with clear contrast… |
| Seychelles | Passport | — | — | Not published |
| Sierra Leone | Passport | — | — | White |
| Somalia | Passport | — | — | Not published for ordinary passports |
| South Africa | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | Light grey or plain cream-coloured |
| Sudan | Passport | — | — | Not applicable: the photo is captured on site… |
| Tanzania | Passport | — | — | Light blue |
| Togo | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | White |
| Tunisia | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | White |
| Uganda | Passport | — | — | Not published |
| Zambia | Passport | 38 × 51 mm | — | White |
| Zimbabwe | Passport | 35 × 45 mm | — | White |
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