- List of African countries and dependencies
This is a list of
Africa n countries and dependencies, including the respectivecapital s,language s, currencies,population ,area andGDP per capita (dependencies are listed with a blue background).Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous
continent , afterAsia . At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of theEarth 's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.Sayre, April Pulley. (1999) "Africa", Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-7613-1367-2.] With more than 900 million people (as of 2005) [ [http://esa.un.org/unpp/ "World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision"]United Nations (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, population division)] in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14% of the world'shuman population . The continent is surrounded by theMediterranean Sea to the north, theSuez Canal and theRed Sea to the northeast, theIndian Ocean to the southeast, and theAtlantic Ocean to the west.ee also
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#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html |title=The World Factbook: Egypt |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ek.html |title=The World Factbook: Equatorial Guinea |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/er.html |title=The World Factbook: Eritrea |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html |title=The World Factbook: Ethiopia |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gb.html |title=The World Factbook: Gabon |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ga.html |title=The World Factbook: Gambia, The |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html |title=The World Factbook: Ghana |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gv.html |title=The World Factbook: Guinea |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pu.html |title=The World Factbook: Guinea-Bissau |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html |title=The World Factbook: Kenya |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lt.html |title=The World Factbook: Lesotho |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/li.html |title=The World Factbook: Liberia |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html |title=The World Factbook: Libya |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html |title=The World Factbook: Madagascar |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html |title=The World Factbook: Malawi |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ml.html |title=The World Factbook: Mali |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html |title=The World Factbook: Mauritania |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mp.html |title=The World Factbook: Mauritius |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mf.html |title=The World Factbook: Mayotte |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mo.html |title=The World Factbook: Morocco |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mz.html |title=The World Factbook: Mozambique |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html |title=The World Factbook: Namibia |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ng.html |title=The World Factbook: Niger |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html |title=The World Factbook: Nigeria |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html |title=The World Factbook: Congo, Republic of the |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rw.html |title=The World Factbook: Rwanda |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sh.html |title=The World Factbook: Saint Helena |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tp.html |title=The World Factbook: Sao Tome and Principe |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html |title=The World Factbook: Senegal |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/se.html |title=The World Factbook: Seychelles |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sl.html |title=The World Factbook: Sierra Leone |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html |title=The World Factbook: Somalia |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html |title=The World Factbook: South Africa |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html |title=The World Factbook: Spain |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-05-16 |date=2008-05-16
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html |title=The World Factbook: Sudan |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
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#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/to.html |title=The World Factbook: Togo |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ts.html |title=The World Factbook: Tunisia |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html |title=The World Factbook: Uganda |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
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#cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/zi.html |title=The World Factbook: Zimbabwe |publisher=CIA Directorate of Intelligence |accessdate=2008-06-12 |date=2008-05-15
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