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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.
English: Blank map of the African continent. Français : Carte vierge du continent africain . Lambert azimutal equal-area projection, WGS84 datum, standard meridian: 15°E, standard parallel: 0°
A population density map of Australia. Most of the continent is very sparsely populated, but only a few areas are truly deserted. Even the driest regions of Australia have indigenous communities within them. In 1984 a previously-uncontacted tribe emerged from the Gibson Desert. There are however, several ergs (sand dunes and salt plains) that ...
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.
This incorporates countries south of central and eastern Africa, and north of the South African border. The region has support from the most developed economy on the continent from the south, and access to capital coming out of South Africa as large companies look to expand into the rest of the continent.
A. ^ A continental island on the African Plate, Sicily is geologically a part of Africa, but geopolitically a part of Europe. [3] Portugal
Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; [10] [11] the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. [12] Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will reach 3.8 billion people by 2099. [13] Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth ...
Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [1] Africa is also the youngest continent, as 60% of Africa is 24 years of age or younger. [2] This list also includes the partially recognized country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, commonly known as Western Sahara, which is a member of the African ...