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Africa

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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 11.7 million square miles, including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With 1.03 billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.72% of the world's human population.

The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent has 54 sovereign states, including Madagascar, various island groups, and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, a member state of the African Union whose statehood is disputed by Morocco.

Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones. The African expected economic growth rate is at about 5.0% for 2010 and 5.5% in 2011.



People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Algeria

Population 35,400,000
Capital Algiers
Land Area 919,595 mi2

Republic of Angola

Angola

Population 19,000,000
Capital Luanda
Land Area 481,354 mi2

Republic of Benin

Benin

Population 9,210,000
Capital Porto Novo
Land Area 43,484 mi2

Republic of Botswana

Botswana

Population 1,980,000
Capital Gaborone
Land Area 224,607 mi2
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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Population 16,300,000
Capital Ouagadougou
Land Area 105,869 mi2
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Republic of Burundi

Burundi

Population 8,700,000
Capital Bujumbura
Land Area 10,745 mi2

Republic of Cameroon

Cameroon

Population 19,100,000
Capital Yaounde
Land Area 183,568 mi2

Republic of Cape Verde

Cape Verde

Population 498,672
Capital Praia
Land Area 1,557 mi2
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Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Population 4,340,000
Capital Bangui
Land Area 240,535 mi2

Republic of Chad

Chad

Population 10,900,000
Capital NDjamena
Land Area 495,755 mi2

Union of the Comoros

Comoros

Population 660,722
Capital Moroni
Land Area 863 mi2

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Population 67,800,000
Capital Kinshasa
Land Area 905,355 mi2

Republic of Cote d'Ivoire

Cote D Ivoire

Population 20,600,000
Capital Yamoussoukro
Land Area 124,504 mi2

Republic of Djibouti

Djibouti

Population 849,245
Capital Djibouti
Land Area 8,958 mi2
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Arab Republic of Egypt

Egypt

Population 81,500,000
Capital Cairo
Land Area 386,662 mi2
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Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Population 659,197
Capital Malabo
Land Area 10,831 mi2

State of Eritrea

Eritrea

Population 4,930,000
Capital Asmara
Land Area 46,842 mi2

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Population 80,700,000
Capital Addis Ababa
Land Area 435,186 mi2
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Gabonese Republic

Gabon

Population 1,450,000
Capital Libreville
Land Area 103,347 mi2

Republic of The Gambia

Gambia

Population 1,750,000
Capital Banjul
Land Area 4,361 mi2

Republic of Ghana

Ghana

Population 24,300,000
Capital Accra
Land Area 92,098 mi2
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Republic of Guinea

Guinea

Population 9,830,000
Capital Conakry
Land Area 94,926 mi2

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Guinea Bissau

Population 1,580,000
Capital Bissau
Land Area 13,948 mi2

Republic of Kenya

Kenya

Population 38,800,000
Capital Nairobi
Land Area 224,962 mi2
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Kingdom of Lesotho

Lesotho

Population 2,050,000
Capital Maseru
Land Area 11,720 mi2

Republic of Liberia

Liberia

Population 3,790,000
Capital Monrovia
Land Area 43,000 mi2
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Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Population 6,550,000
Capital Tripoli
Land Area 679,362 mi2

Republic of Madagascar

Madagascar

Population 19,100,000
Capital Antananarivo
Land Area 226,658 mi2
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Republic of Malawi

Malawi

Population 15,700,000
Capital Lilongwe
Land Area 45,747 mi2
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Republic of Mali

Mali

Population 12,700,000
Capital Bamako
Land Area 478,841 mi2
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Mauritania

Population 3,370,000
Capital Nouakchott
Land Area 397,955 mi2

Republic of Mauritius

Mauritius

Population 1,300,000
Capital Port Louis
Land Area 788 mi2

Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte

Mayotte

Population 231,139
Capital Mamoudzou
Land Area 144 mi2

Kingdom of Morocco

Morocco

Population 32,400,000
Capital Rabat
Land Area 172,414 mi2
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Republic of Mozambique

Mozambique

Population 23,400,000
Capital Maputo
Land Area 308,642 mi2
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Republic of Namibia

Namibia

Population 2,210,000
Capital Windhoek
Land Area 318,261 mi2
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Republic of Niger

Niger

Population 15,900,000
Capital Niamey
Land Area 489,191 mi2

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Nigeria

Population 158,000,000
Capital Abuja
Land Area 356,669 mi2
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Department of Reunion

Reunion

Population 806,000
Capital Saint-Denis
Land Area 972 mi2

Republic of Rwanda

Rwanda

Population 9,720,000
Capital Kigali
Land Area 10,169 mi2
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Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome

Population 160,174
Capital Sao Tome
Land Area 372 mi2

Republic of Senegal

Senegal

Population 12,200,000
Capital Dakar
Land Area 75,955 mi2
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Republic of Seychelles

Seychelles

Population 83,829
Capital Victoria
Land Area 176 mi2

Republic of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Population 5,560,000
Capital Freetown
Land Area 27,699 mi2

Somalia

Somalia

Population 9,360,000
Capital Mogadishu
Land Area 246,201 mi2

Republic of South Africa

South Africa

Population 49,700,000
Capital Pretoria
Land Area 470,693 mi2
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Saint Helena  United Kingdom

St. Helena

Population 7,637
Capital Jamestown
Land Area 160 mi2

Republic of the Sudan

Sudan

Population 41,300,000
Capital Khartoum
Land Area 967,500 mi2

Kingdom of Swaziland

Swaziland

Population 1,170,000
Capital Mbabane
Land Area 6,704 mi2

United Republic of Tanzania

Tanzania

Population 41,300,000
Capital Dodoma
Land Area 364,900 mi2
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Togolese Republic

Togo

Population 6,780,000
Capital Lome
Land Area 21,925 mi2
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Tunisian Republic

Tunisia

Population 10,200,000
Capital Tunis
Land Area 63,170 mi2

Republic of Uganda

Uganda

Population 33,800,000
Capital Kampala
Land Area 91,136 mi2
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Western Sahara

Western Sahara

Population 405,210
Land Area 102,703 mi2

Republic of Zambia

Zambia

Population 13,300,000
Capital Lusaka
Land Area 290,587 mi2
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Republic of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Population 12,600,000
Capital Harare
Land Area 150,872 mi2