East African Federation

East African Federation

East African Federation is the name of the proposed African federation of the five member states of the East African CommunityBurundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda — into a single state, which is supposed to take place by 2013. [http://www.sundayvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=7&newsCategoryId=123&newsId=402452 One president for EA by 2010] ]

The proposed currency would be the East African shilling, beginning in 2009. At 1,820,664 km², East African Federation would be the fourth largest nation in Africa and sixteenth in the world. With a population of 127,139,000, it would also be the second most populous nation in Africa (after Nigeria) and eleventh in the world. The population density would be 70 people/km². The GDP (PPP) by IMF estimate would be $131,772,000,000 USD and be the fourth largest in Africa and 55th in the world. The GDP per capita would be $1036 USD.

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