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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 ...
Mali has one of the world's highest rates of infant mortality, [5] with 106 deaths per 1,000 live births. [3] The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 47.2%. [4] 50.6% of the population were aged between 15 and 65 years of age. 2.2% of the population were aged 65 years or older. [4]
Mali, [c] officially the Republic of Mali, [d] is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa , with an area of over 1,240,192 square kilometres (478,841 sq mi). [ 9 ]
Rank Country Annual growth (%) 1 South Sudan 4.78 2 Angola 3.34 3 Malawi 2.28 4 Burundi 3.63 5 Uganda 3.27 6 Niger 3.63 7 Mali 2.95 8 Burkina Faso 2.53 9 Zambia 2.90 10 Ethiopia
As of 2019, the total population of Africa is estimated at 1.3 billion, representing 16 percent of the world's population. [13] According to UN estimates, the population of Africa may reach 2.49 billion by 2050 (about 26% of the world's total) and 4.28 billion by 2100 (about 39% of the world's total). [13]
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Ghana Republic of Ghana GHA English: Ghana—Republic of Ghana Accra English: Accra 32,833,031 238,534 km 2 (92,098 sq mi) Ghana cedi: Guinea [n 5] Republic of Guinea GIN French: Guinée—République de Guinée: Conakry French: Conakry: 13,531,906 245,857 km 2 (94,926 sq mi) Guinean franc: Guinea-Bissau Republic of Guinea-Bissau GNB
West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday. ECOWAS said in a statement that it wasn ...