African Countries and Regions
Africa is a continent that mainly consists of the earth’s second largest continent, both in terms of area and population, after Asia. Including the continent’s islands, Africa measures 30,244,050 km², which corresponds to 20.3% of the earth’s land mass or about 6% of the earth’s total area. About 22 million km² of these are located in the tropics, making the African continent the world’s warmest continent. In Africa, more than 900 million people live in 57 countries – one-seventh of the world’s population. Its length in the north-south direction is about 8,000 km and its greatest width is about 7,800 km.
| Area: | 30,244,050 km |
| Population: | 900,000,000 |
| States: | 52 |
| Countries: | 57 |
The following subdivision of Africa into regions is used, for example, by the UN statistical agency UNSD:
Regions in Africa
- North Africa
- West Africa
- Central Africa
- East Africa
- Southern Africa (named differently from the other regions to distinguish it from the state of South Africa)
Countries in Africa
| Algeria | North Africa |
| Angola | Central Africa |
| Benin | West Africa |
| Botswana | Southern Africa |
| Burkina Faso | West Africa |
| Burundi | East Africa |
| Cameroon | Central Africa |
| Cape Verde | West Africa |
| Central African Republic | Central Africa |
| Chad | Central Africa |
| Comoros | East Africa |
| D.R. Congo | Central Africa |
| Republic of Congo | Central Africa |
| Djibouti | East Africa |
| Egypt | North Africa |
| Equatorial Guinea | Central Africa |
| Eritrea | East Africa |
| Ethiopia | East Africa |
| Gabon | Central Africa |
| Gambia | West Africa |
| Ghana | West Africa |
| Guinea | West Africa |
| Guinea-Bissau | West Africa |
| Ivory Coast | West Africa |
| Kenya | East Africa |
| Lesotho | Southern Africa |
| Liberia | West Africa |
| Libya | North Africa |
| Mozambique | East Africa |
| Madagascar | East Africa |
| Malawi | East Africa |
| Mali | West Africa |
| Mauritania | West Africa |
| Mauritius | East Africa |
| Morocco | North Africa |
| Namibia | Southern Africa |
| Niger | West Africa |
| Nigeria | West Africa |
| Rwanda | East Africa |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Central Africa |
| Senegal | West Africa |
| Seychelles | East Africa |
| Sierra Leone | West Africa |
| Somalia | East Africa |
| South Africa | Southern Africa |
| South Sudan | East Africa |
| Sudan | North Africa |
| Swaziland | Southern Africa |
| Tanzania | East Africa |
| Togo | West Africa |
| Tunisia | North Africa |
| Uganda | East Africa |
| Zambia | East Africa |
| Zimbabwe | East Africa |
Where is Africa Located?
