Africa

Population1,337,451,097 inhabitants
Area30,429,131 km²
Density43.95 inhabitants / km²
Number of countries and territories61
Number of Time zone6
Life expectancy59.60 years
Birth rate35.60 ‰
Death rate13.00 ‰
Infant mortality rate84.90 ‰
Number of languages spoken1,302
GDP2,497 billions USD$ (2017)
GDP/capita1,866 USD$ (2017)
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North Africa
Countries and territoriesPopulation
Algeria43,820,839 inhabitants
Egypt100,004,225 inhabitants
Libya6,549,402 inhabitants
Morocco35,481,848 inhabitants
Western Sahara654,052 inhabitants
Tunisia11,582,075 inhabitants
Madeira254,368 inhabitants
Canary Islands2,108,121 inhabitants
Total200,454,930 inhabitants
Sub-Saharan Africa
Countries and territoriesPopulation
Benin12,506,347 inhabitants
Guinea-Bissau1,655,289 inhabitants
Guinea12,559,623 inhabitants
Ghana30,280,811 inhabitants
Gambia2,207,816 inhabitants
Gabon2,074,656 inhabitants
Ivory Coast26,491,888 inhabitants
Congo5,279,517 inhabitants
Central African Republic5,745,135 inhabitants
Cape Verde544,081 inhabitants
Cameroon23,799,022 inhabitants
Burkina Faso21,510,181 inhabitants
Equatorial Guinea2,015,334 inhabitants
Liberia5,569,923 inhabitants
Mali20,933,072 inhabitants
Mauritania3,984,110 inhabitants
Niger24,118,328 inhabitants
Nigeria230,844,184 inhabitants
Democratic Republic of the Congo95,784,841 inhabitants
São Tomé and Príncipe201,770 inhabitants
Senegal17,215,428 inhabitants
Sierra Leone8,567,493 inhabitants
Chad16,818,391 inhabitants
Togo8,067,378 inhabitants
Total578,774,618 inhabitants
East Africa
Countries and territoriesPopulation
Burundi11,759,805 inhabitants
Comoros845,477 inhabitants
Djibouti1,048,999 inhabitants
Eritrea5,187,948 inhabitants
Ethiopia101,104,642 inhabitants
Mauritius1,266,030 inhabitants
Seychelles97,023 inhabitants
Rwanda12,089,721 inhabitants
Réunion858,450 inhabitants
Uganda39,612,378 inhabitants
Mayotte288,926 inhabitants
Madagascar27,249,564 inhabitants
Kenya50,773,109 inhabitants
Somalia13,611,470 inhabitants
Sudan44,318,058 inhabitants
Tanzania59,441,988 inhabitants
Somaliland4,979,218 inhabitants
South Sudan12,864,588 inhabitants
Puntland4,905,246 inhabitants
Chagos4,239 inhabitants
Total382,422,415 inhabitants
Southern Africa
Countries and territoriesPopulation
South Africa57,725,606 inhabitants
Angola29,131,016 inhabitants
Botswana2,325,082 inhabitants
Lesotho2,183,687 inhabitants
Malawi18,073,097 inhabitants
Mozambique30,405,881 inhabitants
Namibia2,352,592 inhabitants
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha5,705 inhabitants
Eswatini (Swaziland)1,159,250 inhabitants
Zambia18,411,253 inhabitants
Zimbabwe14,025,965 inhabitants
Total175,799,134 inhabitants
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