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Only six African countries are not geopolitically a part of sub-Saharan Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara (claimed by Morocco); they form the UN subregion of Northern Africa, which also makes up the largest bloc of the Arab World. Nevertheless, some international organisations include Sudan as part of North Africa.
sub-Saharan Africa, the region in Africa that lies south of the Sahara desert. The term is often used to label the countries of that region and its environs, including island nations and countries that contain part of the desert within their borders.
The Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa 1 Angola 2 Benin * 3 Botswana * 4 Burkina Faso 5 Burundi 6 Cameroon * 7 Cape Verde * 8 Central African Republic * 9 Chad * 10 Comoros * 11 Democratic Rep of the Congo 12 Republic of the Congo * 13 Cote d'Ivoire * 14 Djibouti * 15 Equatorial Guinea 16 Eritrea * 17 Ethiopia * 18 Gabon *
There are 42 countries located on the sub-Saharan African mainland, in addition to six island nations (Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe). Mauritius is generally not considered to be a sub-Saharan African island because the ethnic makeup of the country is predominantly East Indian, Chinese, and French.
Sub-Saharan Africa has four geographic regions: West Africa, Middle Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa. West African countries. West Africa is comprised of 16 countries.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Eastern Africa Middle Africa Southern Africa Western Africa Burundi Angola Botswana Benin Comoros Cameroon Eswatini Burkina Faso Djibouti Central African Republic Lesotho Cabo Verde Eritrea Chad Namibia Côte d’Ivoire Ethiopia Congo South Africa Gambia Kenya Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghana
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The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, used by the United Nations and maintained by the UNSD department for statistical purposes. [1]
Countries known by their earlier names such as Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) were included as sub-Saharan Africa. Eurostat defines “Other Africa” in the Labor Force Survey to be this list of countries outside of North Africa.
Appendix B: Sub-Saharan African countries Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Dem. Rep. of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mozambique