Africa
Africa
| Part of | Ostfeste, Andonɛɛ, Afro-Eurasia, Afro-Asia  |
|---|---|
| Native label | Africa |
| Located in/on physical feature | Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere |
| Coordinate location | 21°5′38″N 7°11′17″E |
| Highest point | Mount Kibo |
| Lowest point | Afar Triangle |
| Owner of | International Council of African Museums |
| Shares border with | Eurasia, Asia |
| Has boundary | boundary between Africa and Asia, boundary between Africa and Europe |
| Studied by | African studies, Africana studies |
| Hashtag | africa |
| Depicted by | Study with Allegories of Europe and Africa |
| Geography of topic | geography of Africa |
| History of topic | history of Africa |
| most populous urban area | Lagos |
| Economy of topic | economy of Africa |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Africa |
| NCI Thesaurus ID | C26272 |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Africa |
.Africa e la teŋkpoŋ bee zikpoŋ kaŋa naŋ be a andonɛɛ, onaŋ la zie bee paaloŋ ayi soba naŋ e kpoŋ a tendaa zaa zu kyɛ, ka fooŋ la yele noba yagroŋ meŋ Africa la a ayi soba a yi a Asia puoriŋ a noba noɔre eŋɛ,te seŋ 30.3 miliyong km2(11.7 miliyong square miles) sommo a poɔ yie naŋ be kõɔ poɔ zaa, page la a andonɛɛ zaa 20% tengane aneŋ 6% tengane yoŋ pagebo.[1],[2][3][4],[5][6].[5]
Afrika
states mine ane territories
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]A sovereign states mine ane dependent territories nang be Africa ane irigyin mine nang be Africa
Algeria, Togo, Benin,Botswana,Cameroon, Cent Afr Rep,Chad, Democratic
Republic of Congo,,Djibouti,Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Cape*,Verde,Libya,Mali,Ghana,Sierra,Leone,Ivory,Coast,Burkina Faso,Mauritania,Morocco,São Tom ane Príncipe,Gabon,Namibia,Niger,Nigeria,Congo,Somalia,SomalilandSouth Africa,Sudan,SouthSudan,Tunisia,Western Sahara,Senegal, a Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia,Madagascar,Malawi,Mozambique,Burundi,Rwanda,Uganda,Tanzania,Angola,Saint Helena (UK), Lesotho Eswatini, Zambia,Zimbabwe,Mauritius, Réunion,Comoros,Seychelles,Atlantic,Ocean,Atlantic,Ocean,Indian,Ocean,Strait of Gibraltar,Mediterranean Sea,
| Arms | Flag | Name of region and
territory, with flag |
Area
(km2) |
Population | Year | Density
(per km2) |
Capital | Name(s) in official language(s) | ISO 3166-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Africa | |||||||||
| Algeria | 2,381,740 | 46,731,000 | 2022 | 17.7 | Algiers | الجزائر (al-Jazāʾir)/Algérie | DZA | ||
| Egypt | 1,001,450 | 82,868,000 | 2012 | 83 | Cairo | مِصر (Miṣr) | EGY | ||
| Libya | 1,759,540 | 6,310,434 | 2009 | 4 | Tripoli | ليبيا (Lībiyā) | LBY | ||
| Morocco | 446,550 | 35,740,000 | 2017 | 78 | Rabat | المغرب (al-maḡrib)/ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ (lmeɣrib)/Maroc | MAR | ||
| Sudan | 1,861,484 | 30,894,000 | 2008 | 17 | Khartoum | Sudan/السودان (as-Sūdān) | SDN | ||
| Tunisia | 163,610 | 10,486,339 | 2009 | 64 | Tunis | تونس (Tūnis)/Tunest/Tunisie | TUN | ||
| Western Sahara | 266,000 | 405,210 | 2009 | 2 | El Aaiún | الصحراء الغربية (aṣ-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbiyyah)/Taneẓroft Tutrimt/Sáhara Occidental | ESH | ||
| East Africa | |||||||||
| Burundi | 27,830 | 8,988,091 | 2009 | 323 | Gitega | Uburundi/Burundi/Burundi | BDI | ||
| Comoros | 2,170 | 752,438 | 2009 | 347 | Moroni | Komori/Comores/جزر القمر (Juzur al-Qumur) | COM | ||
| Djibouti | 23,000 | 828,324 | 2015 | 22 | Djibouti | Yibuuti/جيبوتي (Jībūtī)/Djibouti/Jabuuti | DJI | ||
| Eritrea | 121,320 | 5,647,168 | 2009 | 47 | Asmara | Eritrea | ERI | ||
| Ethiopia | 1,127,127 | 84,320,987 | 2012 | 75 | Addis Ababa | ኢትዮጵያ (Ītyōṗṗyā)/Itiyoophiyaa/ኢትዮጵያ/Itoophiyaa/Itoobiya/ኢትዮጵያ | ETH | ||
| French Southern Territories (France) | 439,781 | 100 | 2019 | — | Saint Pierre | Terres australes et antarctiques françaises | FRA-TF | ||
| Kenya | 582,650 | 39,002,772 | 2009 | 66 | Nairobi | Kenya | KEN | ||
| Madagascar | 587,040 | 20,653,556 | 2009 | 35 | Antananarivo | Madagasikara/Madagascar | MDG | ||
| Malawi | 118,480 | 14,268,711 | 2009 | 120 | Lilongwe | Malaŵi/Malaŵi | MWI | ||
| Mauritius | 2,040 | 1,284,264 | 2009 | 630 | Port Louis | Mauritius/Maurice/Moris | MUS | ||
| Mayotte (France) | 374 | 223,765 | 2009 | 490 | Mamoudzou | Mayotte/Maore/Maiôty | MYT | ||
| Mozambique | 801,590 | 21,669,278 | 2009 | 27 | Maputo | Moçambique/Mozambiki/Msumbiji/Muzambhiki | MOZ | ||
| Réunion (France) | 2,512 | 743,981 | 2002 | 296 | Saint Denis | La Réunion | FRA-RE | ||
| Rwanda | 26,338 | 10,473,282 | 2009 | 398 | Kigali | Rwanda | RWA | ||
| Seychelles | 455 | 87,476 | 2009 | 192 | Victoria | Seychelles/Sesel | SYC | ||
| Somalia | 637,657 | 9,832,017 | 2009 | 15 | Mogadishu | 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖 (Soomaaliya) /الصومال (aṣ-Ṣūmāl) | SOM | ||
| Somaliland | 176,120 | 5,708,180 | 2021 | 25 | Hargeisa | Soomaaliland/صوماليلاند (Ṣūmālīlānd) | |||
| South Sudan | 619,745 | 8,260,490 | 2008 | 13 | Juba | South Sudan | SSD | ||
| Tanzania | 945,087 | 44,929,002 | 2009 | 43 | Dodoma | Tanzania/Tanzania | TZA | ||
| Uganda | 236,040 | 32,369,558 | 2009 | 137 | Kampala | Uganda/Yuganda | UGA | ||
| Zambia | 752,614 | 11,862,740 | 2009 | 16 | Lusaka | Zambia | ZMB | ||
| Zimbabwe | 390,580 | 11,392,629 | 2009 | 29 | Harare | Zimbabwe | ZWE | ||
| Central Africa | |||||||||
| Angola | 1,246,700 | 12,799,293 | 2009 | 10 | Luanda | Angola | AGO | ||
| Cameroon | 475,440 | 18,879,301 | 2009 | 40 | Yaoundé | Cameroun/Kamerun | CMR | ||
| Central African Republic | 622,984 | 4,511,488 | 2009 | 7 | Bangui | Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka/République centrafricaine | CAF | ||
| Chad | 1,284,000 | 10,329,208 | 2009 | 8 | N'Djamena | تشاد (Tšād)/Tchad | TCD | ||
| Republic of the Congo | 342,000 | 4,012,809 | 2009 | 12 | Brazzaville | Congo/Kôngo/Kongó | COG | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,345,410 | 69,575,000 | 2012 | 30 | Kinshasa | République démocratique du Congo | COD | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 633,441 | 2009 | 23 | Malabo | Guinea Ecuatorial/Guinée Équatoriale/Guiné Equatorial | GNQ | ||
| Gabon | 267,667 | 1,514,993 | 2009 | 6 | Libreville | Gabon | GAB | ||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,001 | 212,679 | 2009 | 212 | São Tomé | São Tomé e Príncipe | STP | ||
| Southern Africa | |||||||||
| Botswana | 600,370 | 1,990,876 | 2009 | 3 | Gaborone | Botswana/Botswana | BWA | ||
| Eswatini | 17,363 | 1,123,913 | 2009 | 65 | Mbabane | eSwatini/Eswatini | SWZ | ||
| Lesotho | 30,355 | 2,130,819 | 2009 | 70 | Maseru | Lesotho/Lesotho | LSO | ||
| Namibia | 825,418 | 2,108,665 | 2009 | 3 | Windhoek | Namibia | NAM | ||
| South Africa | 1,219,912 | 51,770,560 | 2011 | 42 | Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria | yaseNingizimu Afrika/yoMzantsi-Afrika/Suid-Afrika/Afrika-Borwa/Aforika Borwa/Afrika Borwa/Afrika Dzonga/yeNingizimu Afrika/Afurika Tshipembe/yeSewula Afrika | ZAF | ||
| West Africa | |||||||||
| Benin | 112,620 | 8,791,832 | 2009 | 78 | Porto-Novo | Bénin | BEN | ||
| Burkina Faso | 274,200 | 15,746,232 | 2009 | 57 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | BFA | ||
| Cape Verde | 4,033 | 429,474 | 2009 | 107 | Praia | Cabo Verde/Kabu Verdi | CPV | ||
| The Gambia | 11,300 | 1,782,893 | 2009 | 158 | Banjul | The Gambia | GMB | ||
| Ghana | 239,460 | 23,832,495 | 2009 | 100 | Accra | Ghana | GHA | ||
| Guinea | 245,857 | 10,057,975 | 2009 | 41 | Conakry | Guinée | GIN | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 | 1,533,964 | 2009 | 43 | Bissau | Guiné-Bissau | GNB | ||
| Ivory Coast | 322,460 | 20,617,068 | 2009 | 64 | Abidjan, Yamoussoukro | Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | ||
| Liberia | 111,370 | 3,441,790 | 2009 | 31 | Monrovia | Liberia | LBR | ||
| Mali | 1,240,000 | 12,666,987 | 2009 | 10 | Bamako | Mali/Maali/مالي (Mālī)/𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Maali)/ߡߊߟߌ (Mali) | MLI | ||
| Mauritania | 1,030,700 | 3,129,486 | 2009 | 3 | Nouakchott | موريتانيا (Mūrītānyā) | MRT | ||
| Niger | 1,267,000 | 15,306,252 | 2009 | 12 | Niamey | Niger | NER | ||
| Nigeria | 923,768 | 166,629,000 | 2012 | 180 | Abuja | Nigeria | NGA | ||
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) | 420 | 7,728 | 2012 | 13 | Jamestown | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | SHN | ||
| Senegal | 196,190 | 13,711,597 | 2009 | 70 | Dakar | Sénégal | SEN | ||
| Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 6,440,053 | 2009 | 90 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | SLE | ||
| Togo | 56,785 | 6,019,877 | 2009 | 106 | Lomé | Togo | TGO | ||
| Africa Total | 30,368,609 | 1,001,320,281 | 2009 | 33 | |||||
A territories mine
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]A territories taa la awai naŋ bebe a e ziiri naŋ ba e a Afrika tenne kyɛ naŋ paale a African paaloŋ.
| Flag | Map | English short, formal names, and ISO | Ruling power | Status | Domestic short name(s)
and formal name(s) |
Capital | Population | Area | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canary Islands
Autonomous Region of the Canary Islands ES-CN |
Spain | Autonomous community of Spain | Spanish: Islas Canarias | Santa Cruz and Las Palmas
Spanish: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
2,207,225 | 7,447 km2 (2,875 sq mi) | euro | ||
| Ceuta
Autonomous City of Ceuta ES-CE |
Autonomous city of Spain | Spanish: Ceuta—Ciudad autónoma de Ceuta | Ceuta
Spanish: Ceuta |
84,843 | 28 km2 (11 sq mi) | euro | |||
| Madeira
Autonomous Region of Madeira PT-30 |
Portugal | Autonomous Region of Portugal | Portuguese: Madeira—Região Autónoma da Madeira | Funchal
Portuguese: Funchal |
267,785 | 828 km2 (320 sq mi) | euro | ||
| Mayotte
Mayotte Region YT |
France | Overseas region and constituent part of the French Republic | French: Mayotte—Région Mayotte | Mamoudzou
French: Mamoudzou |
266,380 | 374 km2 (144 sq mi) | euro | ||
| Melilla
Autonomous City of Melilla ES-ML |
Spain | Autonomous city of Spain | Spanish: Melilla—Ciudad autónoma de Melilla | Melilla
Spanish: Melilla |
84,714 | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) | euro | ||
| Pelagie Islands | Italy | Archipelago of Italy | Italian: Isole Pelagie
Sicilian: Ìsuli Pilaggî |
Lampedusa e Linosa
Italian: Lampedusa e Linosa Sicilian: Lampidusa e Linusa |
6,304 | 21.4 km2 (8 sq mi) | euro | ||
| Plazas de soberanía | Spain | Overseas territory of Spain | Spanish: Plazas de soberanía | N/A | 74 | 0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi) | euro | ||
| Réunion
Réunion Region RE |
France | Overseas region and constituent part of the French Republic | French: Réunion—Région Réunion | Saint-Denis
French: Saint-Denis |
889,918 | 2,512 km2 (970 sq mi) | euro | ||
| Socotra Archipelago | Yemen | Governorate of Yemen | Arabic: أرخبيل سقطرى
(ʾArḫabīl Suquṭrā) |
Hadibu
Arabic: اديبو (Ḥādībū) |
60,550 | 3,974.64 km2 (1,535 sq mi) | Yemeni rial |
Economy
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]A tabol na wulee nominal GDP ane GDP capita (kyaare Power Parity daarong) a 2025 yineŋ a IMF.
| Rank | Country | GDP (nominal, in 2025)
millions of USD |
GDP per capita (PPP, in 2025)
in international dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Africa | 2,834,002 | 7,373 |
| 1 | South Africa | 410,338 | 15,989 |
| 2 | Egypt | 347,342 | 21,668 |
| 3 | Algeria | 268,885 | 18,525 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 188,271 | 6,792 |
| 5 | Morocco | 165,835 | 11,266 |
| 6 | Kenya | 131,673 | 7,534 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 117,457 | 4,398 |
| 8 | Angola | 113,343 | 10,234 |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 94,483 | 8,111 |
| 10 | Ghana | 88,332 | 8,417 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 85,977 | 4,371 |
| 12 | DR Congo | 79,119 | 1,884 |
| 13 | Uganda | 64,277 | 3,896 |
| 14 | Tunisia | 56,291 | 14,779 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 56,011 | 5,760 |
Dabaŋkoroŋ
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Teŋgane waaloŋ aneŋ tɛntɛre
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Naaloŋ yɛlɛ
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Dadi yɛlɛ
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]O nensaaleba
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Yipɔge
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]O teŋgane puobo
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Leɛ kaa kyɛ
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Baŋ ka
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Sommo yizie
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa#cite_note-Sayre-7
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa#cite_note-UN_WPP-1
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa#cite_note-UN_WPP_2022-2
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa#cite_note-:1-11
- 1 2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa#cite_note-12
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa#cite_note-13