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AFRICA FAST FACTS

 
Population: 1,100,000,000 (2)
Area: 11,704,000 Sq. miles (2)
 

AFRICA NATIONS

Egypt

 
Population: 77,420,000 (16)
 
Area: 387,048 sq. miles (30)
 
Language(s): Arabic
 
Capital: Cairo
 
Largest City: Cairo
 
Currency: Egyptian Pound
 

Libya

 
Population: 6,420,000 (105)
 
Area: 679,359 sq. miles (17)
 
Language(s): Arabic
 
Capital: Tripoli
 
Largest City: Tripoli
 
Currency: Dinar
 

Tunisia

 
Population: 10,432,500 (79)
 
Area:63,170 sq. miles (92)
 
Language(s): Arabic
 
Capital: Tunis
 
Largest City:Tunis
 
Currency: Tunisian Dinar
 

Algeria

 
Population: 34,895,00 (36)
 
Area: 919,595 sq. miles (11)
 
Language(s): Arabic
 
Capital: Algiers
 
Largest City: Algiers
 
Currency: Algerian Dinar
 

Morocco

 
Population: 31,993,000 (37)
 
Area: 172,414  sq. miles (57)
 
Language(s): Arabic
 
Capital: Rabat
 
Largest City: Casablanca
 
Currency: Moroccan Dirham
 
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Western Sahara

 
Population: 513,000 (168)
 
Area: 103,000 sq. miles (77)
 
Language(s): Arabic
 
Capital: N/A
 
Largest City: El Aaiun
 
Currency: Moroccan dirham, Sahrawi Peseta
 

Mauritania

 
Population: 3,291,000 (125)
 
Area: 397,954 sq. miles (29)
 
Language(s): Arabic
 
Capital: Nouakchott
 
Largest City: Nouakchott
 
Currency: Ouguiya
 

Mali

 
Population: 14,517,176 (66)
 
Area: 478,839 sq. miles (24)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Bamako
 
Largest City: Bamako
 
Currency: West African Franc
 

Senegal

 
Population:13,711,597 (67)
 
Area: 76,000 sq. miles (87)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Dakar
 
Largest City: Dakar
 
Currency: CFA Franc
 

The Gambia

 
Population: 1,705,000 (146)
 
Area: 4,007 sq. miles (164)
 
Language(s): English
 
Capital: Banjul
 
Largest City: Serekunda
 
Currency: Dalasi
 

Guinea-Bissau

 
Population: 1,647,000 (148)
 
Area: 13,948 sq. miles (136)
 
Language(s): Portuguese
 
Capital: Bissau
 
Largest City: Bissau
 
Currency: West African Franc
 

Guinea

 
Population: 10,057,975 (81)
 
Area: 94,926 sq. miles (78)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Conakry
 
Largest City: Conakry
 
Currency: Guinean Franc
 

Sierra Leone

 
Population: 5,246,000 (110)
 
Area: 27,699 sq. miles (119)
 
Language(s): English, Krio
 
Capital: Freetown
 
Largest City: Freetown
 
Currency: Leone
 

Liberia

 
Population:3,955,000 (128)
 
Area: 43,000 sq. miles (103)
 
Language(s): English
 
Capital: Monrovia
 
Largest City: Monrovia
 
Currency: Liberian Dollar
 

Côte d'Ivoire

 
Population: 20,617,000 (56)
 
Area: 124,502 sq. miles (68)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Yamoussoukro
 
Largest City: Abidjan
 
Currency: West African franc
 

Burkina Faso

 
Population: 15,746,232 (61)
 
Area: 105,792 sq. miles (74)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Ouagadougou
 
Largest City: Ouagadougou
 
Currency: West African franc
 

Ghana

 
Population: 23,837,000 (48)
 
Area: 92,098 sq. miles (81)
 
Language(s): English
 
Capital: Accra
 
Largest City: Accra
 
Currency: Ghanian cedi
 

Togo

 
Population: 6,619,000 (101)
 
Area: 21,925  sq. miles (125)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Lome
 
Largest City: Lome
 
Currency: CFA franc
 

Benin

 
Population: 8,791,832 (89)
 
Area: 43,484 sq. miles (101)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Porto-Novo
 
Largest City: Cotonou
 
Currency: West African franc
 

Niger

 
Population: 15,306,252 (63)
 
Area: 489,678 sq. miles (22)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Niamey
 
Largest City: Niamey
 
Currency: West African franc
 

Nigeria

 
Population:154,729,000 (8)
 
Area: 356,667 sq. miles (32)
 
Language(s): English
 
Capital: Abuja
 
Largest City: Lagos
 
Currency: Naira
 

Chad

 
Population: 10,329,208 (75)
 
Area: 495,753 sq. miles (21)
 
Language(s): French, Arabic
 
Capital: N'Djamena
 
Largest City: N'Djamena
 
Currency: CFA franc
 

Cameroon

 
Population: 18,879,301 (58)
 
Area: 183,568 sq. miles (53)
 
Language(s): French, English
 
Capital: Younde
 
Largest City: Douala
 
Currency: CFA franc
 

Sudan

 
Population: 42,272,000 (33)
 
Area: 967,495 sq. miles (10)
 
Language(s): Arabic, English
 
Capital: Khartoum
 
Largest City: Omdurman
 
Currency: Sudanese pound
 

Central Africa Republic

 
Population: 4,422,000 (124)
 
Area: 240,534 sq. miles (43)
 
Language(s): Sango, French
 
Capital: Bangui
 
Largest City: Bangui
 
Currency: CFA franc
 

Ethiopia

 
Population: 79,221,000 (15)
 
Area: 426,371 sq. miles (27)
 
Language(s): Amharic
 
Capital: Addis Ababa
 
Largest City: Addis Ababa
 
Currency: Birr
 

Eritrea

 
Population: 5,673,520 (118)
 
Area: 45,405 sq. miles (100)
 
Language(s): English, Arabic, Tigrinya
 
Capital: Asmara
 
Largest City: Asmara
 
Currency: Nakfa
 

Djbouti

 
Population: 864,000 (160)
 
Area: 8,958 sq. miles (149)
 
Language(s): Arabic, French
 
Capital: Djbouti
 
Largest City: Djbouti
 
Currency: Franc
 

Somalia

 
Population: 9,133,000 (85)
 
Area: 246,201 sq. miles (41)
 
Language(s): Somali, Arabic
 
Capital: Mogadishu
 
Largest City: Mogadishu
 
Currency: Somali shilling
 

Equitorial Guinea

 
Population: 676,000 (160)
 
Area:10,828 sq. miles (144)
 
Language(s): Spanish, French, Portuguese
 
Capital: Malabo
 
Largest City: Bata
 
Currency: CFA franc
 

Congo

 
Population: 3,686,000 (128)
 
Area: 132,047  sq. miles (64)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Brazzaville
 
Largest City: Brazzaville
 
Currency: CFA franc
 

Gabon

 
Population: 1,475,000 (150)
 
Area: 103,347 sq. miles (76)
 
Language(s): French
 
Capital: Libreville
 
Largest City: Libreville
 
Currency: CFA franc
 

Democratic Republic of Congo

 
Population: 70,916,439 (18)
 
Area: 905,355 sq. miles (12)
 
Language(s): French, Swahili, Lingala, Kinkongo, Tshiluba
 
Capital: Kinshasa
 
Largest City: Kinshasa
 
Currency: Congolese franc
 

Uganda

 
Population: 32,369,558 (37)
 
Area: 91,136 sq. miles (81)
 
Language(s): English, Swahili
 
Capital: Kampala
 
Largest City: Kampala
 
Currency: Ugandan shilling
 

Rwanda

 
Population: 10,746,311 (80)
 
Area: 10,169 sq. miles (147)
 
Language(s): Kiyarwanda, French, English
 
Capital: Kigali
 
Largest City: Kigali
 
Currency: Rwandan franc
 

Burundi

 
Population: 8,988,091 (89)
 
Area: 10,745 sq. miles (145)
 
Language(s): Kurundi, French
 
Capital: Bujumbura
 
Largest City: Bujumbura
 
Currency: Burundi franc
 

Kenya

 
Population: 39,002,772 (32)
 
Area: 224,080  sq. miles (47)
 
Language(s): Swaheli, English
 
Capital: Nairobi
 
Largest City: Nairobi
 
Currency: Kenyan shilling
 

Angola

 
Population: 18,498,000 (59)
 
Area: 481,354  sq. miles (23)
 
Language(s): Portuguese
 
Capital: Luanda
 
Largest City: Luanda
 
Currency: Kwanza
 

Zambia

 
Population: 18,498,000 (59)
 
Area: 481,354  sq. miles (23)
 
Language(s): Portuguese
 
Capital: Luanda
 
Largest City: Luanda
 
Currency: Kwanza
 

Zimbabwe

 
Population: 18,498,000 (59)
 
Area: 481,354  sq. miles (23)
 
Language(s): Portuguese
 
Capital: Luanda
 
Largest City: Luanda
 
Currency: Kwanza
 

Mozambique

 
Population: 22,894,000 (54)
 
Area: 309,496 sq. miles (35)
 
Language(s): Portuguese
 
Capital: Maputo
 
Largest City: Maputo
 
Currency: Mozambican metical
 

Malawi

 
Population: 15,028,757 (64)
 
Area: 45,747 sq. miles (99)
 
Language(s): English
 
Capital: Lilongwe
 
Largest City: Blantyre
 
Currency: Kwatcha
 

Tanzania

 
Population: 43,739,000 (43)
 
Area: 364,898  sq. miles (31)
 
Language(s): English, Swahili
 
Capital: Dodoma
 
Largest City: Dar es Salaam
 
Currency: Tanzanian shilling
 

Botswana

 
Population: 1,990,876 (146)
 
Area: 224,610   sq. miles (47)
 
Language(s): English, Tswana
 
Capital: Gaborone
 
Largest City: Gaborone
 
Currency: Pula
 

Swaziland

 
Population: 1,185,000 (154)
 
Area: 6,704 sq. miles (157)
 
Language(s): English, SiSwati
 
Capital: Lobamba
 
Largest City: Mbabane
 
Currency: Lilengeni
 

Lesotho

 
Population: 2,067,000 (146)
 
Area:12,727 sq. miles (140)
 
Language(s): English, SiSwati
 
Capital: Maseru
 
Largest City: Maseru
 
Currency: Lesotho loti
 

South Africa

 
Population: 49,320,000 (25)
 
Area:471,443 sq. miles (25)
 
Language(s): 11 different languages including English and Tswana
 
Capital: Pretoria (executive), Capetown (Legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
 
Largest City: Johannesburg
 
Currency: Rand
 

Namibia

 
Population: 2,108,665 (142)
 
Area: 318,696 sq. miles (34)
 
Language(s): English
 
Capital: Windhoek
 
Largest City: Windhoek
 
Currency: Namibian Dollar
 

Madagascar

 
Population: 20,653,556 (55)
 
Area: 226,597 sq. miles (45)
 
Language(s): English, French, Malagasy
 
Capital: Antananarivo
 
Largest City: Antananarivo
 
Currency: Malagasy ariary
 

Mauritius

 
Population: 1,288,000 (151)
 
Area: 787 sq. miles (179)
 
Language(s): English
 
Capital: Port Louis
 
Largest City: Port Louis
 
Currency: Mauritian rupee
 

Comoros

 
Population: 798,000 (159)
 
Area: 863 sq. miles (178)
 
Language(s): Comorian, Arabic, French
 
Capital: Moroni
 
Largest City: Moroni
 
Currency: Comorian franc
 

Seychelles

 
Population: 84,000 (195)
 
Area: 174 sq. miles (197)
 
Language(s): Seychellois Creole, English, French
 
Capital: Victoria
 
Largest City: Victoria
 
Currency: Seychellois rupee