Globe Traveller: African Countries

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area.With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% 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 includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It has 54 fully recognized sovereign states ("countries"), nine territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.

Africa


Area	30,221,532 km²(11,668,599 sq mi)2nd in world
Population	1.1 billion (2013, 2nd in World)
Pop. density	30.51/km² (about 80/sq mi)
Demonym	African
Countries	54 (and 2 disputed) (list of countries)
Dependencies	External (3) Internal (4)
Languages	List of languages
Time zones	UTC-1 to UTC+4
Largest cities	List of metropolitan areas in Africa List of cities in Africa

List of African Countries:

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti   Niger
Egypt Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea Republic of Congo
Eritrea Rwanda
Ethiopia São Tomé and Príncipe
Gabon Senegal
Gambia   Seychelles
Ghana Sierra Leone
Guinea Somalia
Guinea-Bissau South Africa
Ivory Coast South Sudan
Kenya Sudan
Lesotho Swaziland
Liberia Tanzania
Libya Togo
Madagascar Tunisia
Malawi Uganda
Mali Zambia
Mauritania Zimbabwe
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia