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Combined green: Definition of "sub-Saharan Africa" as used in the statistics of United Nations institutions Lighter green: The Sudan, classified as a part of North Africa by the United Nations Statistics Division [2] instead of Eastern Africa, though the organization states that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any ...
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 ]
The Maghreb is a region of northwest Africa encompassing the coastlands and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Sahara Desert is the massive sparsely populated region in North Africa that contains the world's largest hot deserts; Sub-Saharan Africa is the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara.
Satellite view of Africa 1916 physical map of Africa. The average elevation of the continent approximates closely to 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, roughly near to the mean elevation of both North and South America, but considerably less than that of Asia, 950 m (3,120 ft). In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:34, 1 March 2023: 600 × 600 (560 KB): M.Bitton: updated per common definition and reliable sources: 17:07, 22 January 2023
The total fertility rate (children per woman) for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.7 as of 2018, the highest in the world. [221] All countries in sub-Saharan Africa had TFRs (average number of children) above replacement level in 2019 and accounted for 27.1% of global livebirths. [222] In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 29% of global births. [223]
As Rwanda’s first ever World Heritage Sites enter the list, UNESCO has put forward a plan to help other nations nominate their national treasures.
Sovereign states (2024) De facto state(s) (2024) Non-self-governing territory(ies) (2024) Other area(s) (2024) World: 7,909,295,151: 100% 1.17% 197 8 17 34 Southern Asia [c] 1,989,452,478: 25.2% 1.32% 9 0 0 0 Eastern Asia: 1,663,696,923: 21.0% 0.57% 5 1 0 2 Sub-Saharan Africa [d] 1,137,938,708: 14.4% N/A 48 1 1 4 South-eastern Asia: 675,796,065 ...