Nigeria will go to the Africa Cup of Nations as the continent's top team on the Fifa rankings.
The latest standings, issued by the game's world governing body on Wednesday, see the Super Eagles maintaining top spot ahead of Cameroon's Indomitable Lions.
Guinea remain in third place, while Egypt move into fourth, one place ahead of Ivory Coast.
Nations Cup hosts Ghana are rated the eighth-best side on the continent.
But the rankings aside, the Black Stars and Ivory Coast are generally seen as the two leading contenders to win the tournament.
Namibia are the lowest-ranked of the 16 teams at the Nations Cup finals.
Fifa rankings for Africa at 16 January. World rankings shown in brackets, Africa Cup of Nations finalists in bold.
1. Nigeria (19)
2. Cameroon (25)
3. Guinea (33)
4. Egypt (35)
5. Ivory Coast (38)
6. Morocco (39)
7. Senegal (40)
8. Ghana (43)
9. Tunisia (46)
10. Mali (47)
11. Zambia (67)
12. DR Congo (70)
13. Angola (72)
14. Togo (74)
15. Mozambique (75)
16. Algeria (76)
17. South Africa (78)
18. Zimbabwe (83)
19. Equatorial Guinea (84)
20. Congo (89)
21. Ethiopia (90)
22. Libya (93)
23. Sudan (94)
23. Benin (94)
25. Uganda (97)
26. Tanzania (101)
26. Botswana (101)
28. Gabon (103)
29. Rwanda (109)
30. Cape Verde Islands (110)
31. Gambia (111)
32. Burkina Faso (112)
33. Mauritania (112)
34. Namibia (119)
35. Kenya (119)
36. Burundi (121)
37. Eritrea (134)
38. Malawi (137)
39. Chad (140)
40. Liberia (144)
41. Swaziland (148)
42. Madagascar (149)
43. Lesotho (154)
44. Niger (157)
45. Sierra Leone (159)
46. Seychelles (161)
47. Mauritius (164)
48. Guinea-Bissau (171)
49. Djibouti (173)
50. Central African Republic (181)
51. Comoros (191)
52. Somalia (195)
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