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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations ), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of ...
List of African countries by population. This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, which is sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [1]
Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with The Gambia being the smallest country on continental Africa.
Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, Seychelles is the only African country that falls into the very high human development category. Somalia has the lowest HDI in both Africa and the world according to the list.
Rank Country Nominal GDP (Billion US$) Per Capita (US$) 1 South Africa 373.233 5,975 2 Egypt 347.594 3,225 3 Algeria 266.780 5,722 4 Nigeria 252.738 1,110 5 Ethiopia 205.130
Sierra Leone (abolished 1971) Union of South Africa (abolished 1961) Tanganyika (abolished 1962) Uganda (abolished 1963) In spite of this, several African states are affiliated with the Commonwealth of Nations : Botswana. Cameroon. Eswatini (Swaziland) The Gambia.
This category has the following 75 subcategories, out of 75 total. Countries in Africa by region (6 C) Former countries in Africa (61 C, 171 P) Buildings and structures in Africa by country (75 C) Culture of Africa by country (77 C) Economies of Africa by country (69 C) Education in Africa by country (61 C, 1 P)