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AFRICAS - Country/countries and teritories.
Population dynamics and demographics in Africa.
Major cities in Africa and their populations.


This site give you facts about the continent of Africa, facts about Africas country/countries, popoulation dynamics and demographics major Cities of Africa with their population.

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Quick facts: The largest, highest, greatest and mostest!

Area: 30.258.010 Km²
Population: 821.050.000
Density: 27 pop/Km²
Major City: Cairo (13.000.000 pop.)
Highest Mountain: Kilimanjaro 5895 m
Longest River: Nile 6671 Km
Largest Lake: Victoria 68.100 Km²
Largest Island: Madagascar 586.500 Km²

AFRICAS - Country/countries and teritories.

Number of countries in Africa? There are 53 countries in Africa :-

Algeria, Gabon, Nigeria, Angola, The Gambia (please note the name is not "Gambia"), Reunion, Benin, Ghana, Rwanda, Botswana, Guinea, Saint Helena (Island), Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, Burundi, Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon, Lesotho, Seychelles (Island), Cape Verde (Island), Liberia, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Libya, Somalia, Chad, Madagascar (Island), South Africa, Comoros (Island), Malawi, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire), Mali, Swaziland, Mauritania, Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory coast, Mauritius (Island), Togo, Djibouti, Mayotte, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Namibia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Niger and Zimbabwe


Population dynamics and demographics in Africa.


 Country         % growth  Birth rate  Death rate    Life expectancy (years) 
                  rate     (per 1000)  (per 1000)       male      female
 
Algeria             2,3       28,5        5,9            67          70 
 
Angola              3,2       47,7        18,7           45          48 
 
Benin               3,4       46,0        13,0           51          55 
 
Botswana            1,9       37,1         6,6           60          66 
 
Burkina Faso        2,7       47,0        20,0           44          43 
 
Burundi             0,5       42,7        17,8           44          47 
 
Cameroon            3,0       39,3        11,9           55          57 
 
Cape Verde          1,7       31,9         7,1           66          68 
 
Central African Rep 2,2       40,0        18,0           44          46 

Chad                2,9       41,6        17,3           46          49 
 
Comoros             2,4       45,8        10,3           56          61 
 
Dem. Rep. of Congo  3,1       44,9        13,5           51          55 
 
Rep. of Congo       2,3       42,5        14,6           49          53 
 
Cote d'Ivoire       3,2       37,2        13,8           50          52 
 
Djibouti            3,2       38,6        15,0           49          52 
 
Egypt               2,2       27,8         8,6           65          70 
 
Equatorial Guinea   2,6       39,0        14,0           51          55 
 
Eritrea             3,5       39,8        14,7           49          52 
 
Ethiopia            2,9       48,2        16,2           48          52 

Gabon               1,5       37,6        14,3           54          57 
 
The Gambia          3,7       39,9        17,4           45          49 
 
Ghana               2,4       38,2        10,4           56          60 
 
Guinea              2,3       48,2        18,4           46          47 
  
Guinea-Bissau       2,4       40,3        20,6           42          45 
 
Kenya               2,2       32,4        10,8           54          55 
 
Lesotho             2,0       35,4        10,6           58          63 
 
Liberia             3,9       47,5        15,3           50          53 
 
Libya               3,8       40,0         6,9           64          68 
 
Madagascar          2,9       41,1         9,9           57          60 
 
Malawi             -0,2       41,6        24,5           36          37 
 
Mali                2,9       47,4        17,1           46          50 
 
Mauritania          3,2       46,9        15,2           46          52 
 
Mauritius           1,1       18,3         6,7           67          74 
   
Morocco             1,9       25,3         6,7           65          69 
 
Mozambique          4,6       42,5        17,5           46          48 
 
Namibia             3,0       35,9        11,8           55          57 
 
Niger               3,0       54,5        24,6           41          40 
 
Nigeria             2,8       45,4        15,4           54          56 
 
Rwanda              0,6       42,8        19,7           41          43 
 
São Tomé & Principe 2,2       34,9         8,7           62          66 
 
Senegal             3,5       45,5        11,8           54          59 
 
Seychelles          1,8       20,0         7,0           66          73 
 
Sierra Leone        0,3       49,1        25,1           41          45 
 
Somalia             0,8       50,0        16,9           47          51 
 
South Africa        1,5       27,0        12,0           54          58 
 
Sudan               2,9       33,7        11,7           54          56 
 
Swaziland           2,9       42,9        10,6           53          61 
 
Tanzania            0,9       41,0        17,0           42          50 
 
Togo                3,6       41,2        14,9           49          52 
 
Tunisia             1,6       23,9         5,9           68          71 
 
Uganda              2,6       51,1        21,0           40          42 
 
Zambia              2,1       42,4        18,0           42          44 
 
Zimbabwe            1,5       31,6        19,0           58          62 
* Besides the natural rates, annual population growths also include changes due to migration.


Major cities in Africa and their populations.


         City                  Population                Country  
 
         Cairo                 13.000.000                Egypt  
 
         Kinshasa               4.240.000                Dem. Rep. of Congo  
 
         Lagos                  4.000.000                Nigeria  
 
         Algiers                3.705.000                Algeria  
 
         Alexandria             3.585.000                Egypt  
 
         Casablanca             3.100.000                Morocco  
 
         Abidjan                2.793.000                Cote d'Ivoire  
 
         Capetown               2.727.000                South Africa  
 
         Addis Ababa            2.430.000                Ethiopia  
 
         Khartoum               2.249.000                Sudan  
 
         Maputo                 2.212.000                Mozambique  
 
         Al Jizah               2.200.000                Egypt  
 
         Johannesburg           2.172.000                South Africa  
 
         Luanda                 2.081.000                Angola  
 
         Ibadan                 2.000.000                Nigeria  
 
         Nairobi                2.000.000                Kenya  
 
         Dar es Salaam          1.747.000                Tanzania  
 
         Tunis                  1.722.000                Tunisia  
 
         Tripoli                1.681.000                Libya  
 
         Accra                  1.673.000                Ghana  
 
         Conakry                1.558.000                Guinea  
 
         Harare                 1.410.000                Zimbabwe  
 
         Douala                 1.320.000                Cameroon  
 
         Lusaka                 1.317.000                Zambia  
    
         Pretoria               1.314.000                South Africa  
 
         Marrakech              1.300.000                Morocco  
 
         Rabat                  1.293.000                Morocco  
 
         Yaoundé                1.119.000                Cameroon  
 
         Cotonou                1.060.000                Benin  
 
         Brazzaville            1.004.000                Rep. of Congo  
 
         Durban                 1.000.000                South Africa  
 
         Mogadishu                997.000                Somalia  
 
         Monrovia                 962.000                Liberia  
   
         Kampala                  954.000                Uganda  
 
         Kananga                  950.000                Dem. Rep. of Congo  
 
         Bamako                   919.000                Mali  
 
         Antananarivo             876.000                Madagascar  
 
         Fès                      850.000                Morocco  
 
         N'Djamena                826.000                Chad  
    
         Meknès                   825.000                Morocco  
 
         Ouagadougou              824.000                Burkina Faso  
 
         Lubumbashi               810.000                Dem. Rep. of Congo  
 
         Dakar                    768.000                Senegal  
 
         Nouakchott               735.000                Mauritania  
 
         Shubra el-Khema          710.000                Egypt  
 
         Freetown                 669.000                Sierra Leone  
 
         Banghazi                 650.000                Libya  
 
         Ogbomosho                615.000                Nigeria  
 
         Mombasa                  600.000                Kenya  
 
         Oran                     600.000                Algeria  
 
         Kano                     560.000                Nigeria  
 
         Omdurman                 530.000                Sudan  
 
         Bangui                   524.000                Central African Republic  
 
         Lomé                     513.000                Togo  
  
         Mbuji-Mayi               500.000                Dem. Rep. of Congo  
 
         Port Elizabeth           500.000                South Africa  


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