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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.
This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, also 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]
The total fertility rate (children per woman) for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.7 as of 2018, the highest in the world. [223] 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. [224] In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 29% of global births. [225]
Rank Country (or dependent territory) July 1, 2015 projection [1] % of pop. Average relative annual growth (%) [2] Average absolute annual growth [3]Estimated doubling time
Africa was originally colonised by Europeans with Southern Africa primarily by the British, and the West Africa and North Africa primarily by the British, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Today, Africa consists of 54 sovereign states of various government types, the most common consisting of parliamentary systems.
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System : 193 UN member states , [ 1 ] two UN General Assembly non-member observer ...
Location of Africa on the world map Satellite map of Africa Map. Subregions of Africa ... Portal: Africa/Countries. 2 languages ...