List of African continent countries – The continent of Africa is the second largest continent in the world and the continent with the second most population after Asia. As the second largest continent, the African Continent has an area of approximately 30,224,050 square kilometers including adjacent islands, Africa covers 20.3% of the total land area of the earth. With a population of 800 million in 54 countries, the continent of Africa is home to one seventh of the world’s population.
With a population of 1.3 billion people, in 2018 the African continent was recorded as a continent that contributed 16% of the world’s human population. The continent includes Madagascar as well as various islands and contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states, nine territories and two de facto independent states. What countries are on the continent of Africa? Check out the list of countries on the African continent here.
List of African Continent Countries
The African continent is the second largest continent in the world and most of the countries in the African continent are former colonies except for Ethiopia, Liberia and South Africa.
Meanwhile, others, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are former colonies of Belgium. Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Djibouti, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Zambia and Botswana are former colonies of the United Kingdom.
Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon and Madagascar are former colonies of France.
Cameroon, Togo, Rwanda, Burundi, Namibia and Tanzania are former colonies of Germany. Libya, Somalia and Eritrea are former colonies of Italy. Then Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Malawi are former colonies of Portugal. Finally, Western Sahara is a former colony of Spain. One third of the countries of the African Continent i.e. 15 to 47 countries are landlocked.
| Region name and
territorial |
Wide
(km²) |
Population
(estimated July 1, 2008) |
Population density
(per km²) |
Capital |
| East Africa | ||||
| Burundi | 27,830 | 8,988,091 | 322.9 | Bujumbura |
| Comoros | 2,170 | 752,438 | 346.7 | Moroni |
| Djibouti | 23,000 | 516,055 | 22.4 | Djibouti |
| Eritrea | 121,320 | 5,647,168 | 46.5 | romance |
| Ethiopia | 1,127,127 | 85,237,338 | 75.6 | Addis Ababa |
| Kenya | 582,650 | 39,002,772 | 66.0 | Nairobi |
| Madagascar | 587,040 | 20,653,556 | 35.1 | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | 118,480 | 14,268,711 | 120.4 | Lilongwe |
| Mauritius | 2,040 | 1,284,264 | 629.5 | Port-Louis |
| Mayotte (France) | 374 | 223,765 | 489.7 | Mamoudzou |
| Mozambique | 801,590 | 21,669,278 | 27.0 | Maputo |
| Réunion (France) | 2,512 | 743,981(2002) | 296.2 | Saint-Denis |
| Rwanda | 26,338 | 10,473,282 | 397.6 | Kigali |
| Seychelles | 455 | 87,476 | 192.2 | victorian |
| Somalia | 637,657 | 9,832,017 | 15.4 | Mogadishu |
| Tanzania | 945,087 | 41,048,532 | 43.3 | Dodoma |
| Uganda | 236,040 | 32,369,558 | 137.1 | Kampala |
| Zambia | 752,614 | 11,862,740 | 15.7 | Lusaka |
| Central Africa | ||||
| Angola | 1,246,700 | 12,799,293 | 10.3 | Luanda |
| Cameroon | 475,440 | 18,879,301 | 39.7 | Yaoundé |
| Central African Republic | 622,984 | 4,511,488 | 7.2 | Bangui |
| Chad | 1,284,000 | 10,329,208 | 8.0 | N’Djamena |
| Congo | 342,000 | 4,012,809 | 11.7 | Brazzaville |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,345,410 | 68,692,542 | 29.2 | Kinshasa |
| Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 633,441 | 22.6 | Malabo |
| Gabon | 267,667 | 1,514,993 | 5.6 | Libreville |
| Sao Tomé and Principe | 1,001 | 212,679 ] | 212.4 | Sao Tomé |
| North Africa | ||||
| Algeria | 2,381,740 | 34,178,188 | 14.3 | Algiers |
| Egypt | 1,001,450 | 83,082,869
total, Asia 1.4m |
82.9 | Cairo |
| Libya | 1,759,540 | 6,310,434 | 3.6 | Tripoli |
| morocco | 446,550 | 34,859,364 | 78.0 | Rebates |
| Sudan | 2,505,810 | 41,087,825 | 16.4 | Khartoum |
| South Sudan | 619,745 | 8,260,490 | 13.3 | Juba |
| Tunis | 163,610 | 10,486,339 | 64.1 | Tunis |
| Western Sahara | 266,000 | 405,210 | 1.5 | El Aaiún |
| Territory of Spain and Portugal in North Africa | ||||
| Canary Islands (Spain) | 7,492 | 1,694,477(2001) | 226.2 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Ceuta (Spain) | 20 | 71,505(2001) | 3,575.2 | — |
| Madeira Islands (Portugal) | 797 | 245,000(2001) | 307.4 | Funchal |
| Melilla (Spain) | 12 | 66,411(2001) | 5,534.2 | — |
| southern Africa | ||||
| south Africa | 1,219,912 | 49,052,489 | 40.2 | Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria |
| Botswana | 600,370 | 1,990,876 | 3.3 | Gaborone |
| Eswatini | 17,363 | 1,123,913 | 64.7 | Mbabane |
| Lesotho | 30,355 | 2,130,819 | 70.2 | Maseru |
| Zimbabwe | 390,580 | 11,392,629 | 29.1 | Harare |
| Namibia | 825,418 | 2,108,665 | 2.6 | Windhoek |
| West Africa | ||||
| Benin | 112,620 | 8,791,832 | 78.0 | Porto-Novo |
| Burkina Faso | 274,200 | 15,746,232 | 57.4 | Ouagadougou |
| Cape Verde | 4,033 | 429,474 | 107.3 | Praia |
| Ivory Coast | 322,460 | 20,617,068 | 63.9 | Abidjan, Yamoussoukro |
| Gambia | 11,300 | 1,782,893 | 157.7 | banjul |
| Ghana | 239,460 | 23,832,495 | 99.5 | Accra |
| Guinea | 245,857 | 10,057,975 | 40.9 | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 | 1,533,964 | 42.5 | Bissau |
| Liberia | 111,370 | 3,441,790 | 30.9 | Monrovia |
| Mali | 1,240,000 | 12,666,987 | 10.2 | Bamako |
| Mauritania | 1,030,700 | 3,129,486 | 3.0 | Nouakchott |
| Nigeria | 1,267,000 | 15,306,252 | 12.1 | Niamey |
| Nigeria | 923,768 | 158,259,000 | 161.5 | abuja |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) | 410 | 7,637 | 14.4 | Jamestown |
| Senegal | 196,190 | 13,711,597 | 69.9 | Dakar |
| Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 6,440,053 | 89.9 | Freetown |
| Togo | 56,785 | 6,019,877 | 106.0 | Lome |
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Demographics of African Continent Countries
People on the African continent are divided according to where they live. To the north or south of the Sahara desert are groups known as North Africans and Sub-Saharan Africans. Following are the religions, languages, and health conditions of people on the African continent according to where they live.
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Religion
In general, Africans follow different religions, but the religions of the majority of Africans are Christianity and Islam. About 50% of the people on the African Continent are Christians, while another 35% are Muslims. Approximately 15% of Africans adhere to native African religions and a small number adhere to Judaism such as the Lemba and Beta Israelites.
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Language
It is estimated that Africa has more than a thousand languages. However, there are 4 major language groups originating from the African continent. Here’s an explanation.
- The Afro Asiatic Language Group is a language group consisting of approximately 240 languages and 285 million speakers spread across the regions of North Africa, East Africa, Southwest Asia and the Sahel.
- The Nile Saharan Language Group, is a discussion group consisting of more than one hundred languages spoken by around 30 million speakers. Saharan Nile languages are commonly spoken in the countries of Sunda, Ethiopia, Chad, Uganda, Kenya and north of Tanzania.
- The Niger Congo language group includes most of sub-Saharan Africa and is probably the largest language group in the world in terms of number of languages. A large number of Congo NIger languages are Bantu languages spoken in large parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
- The Khoisan language group has approximately 50 languages and is spoken by speakers in southern Africa with approximately 120,000 speakers. Many of the Khoisan languages are endangered. The Khoi and San people are considered to be the original inhabitants of the region.
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Health
More than 85% of people in Africa prefer to use traditional medicine as an alternative to expensive allopathic media treatments and pharmaceutical products which tend to be expensive.
According to the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) stated that during the 2000s decade, Africa has endeavored to promote a resolution adopted from the WHO African Region to institutionalize traditional medicine in health care systems throughout the African Continent.
Public policy makers in Africa are challenged with all considerations, given the importance of traditional or indigenous health systems and whether the coexistence of traditional medicine with the media and modern health sub-sectors can improve the equity and accessibility of the distribution of health care, the health status of its population and social and economic development. countries in Sub Saharan Africa.
AIDS in post-colonial Africa is a fairly common problem. Although the African continent is home to approximately 15.2 percent of the world’s population, more than two-thirds of all people infected with HIV worldwide are Africans (about 35 million people) and among those living with HIV, as many as 15 million sufferers have died.
Sub-Saharan Africa is reported to account for as much as 69% of all living people infected with HIV. in affected sub-Saharan African countries, AIDS has been a disease that has increased mortality and reduced life expectancy among adults between the ages of 20 and 49 for 20 years.
In addition, life expectancy in many parts of the African continent continues to decline and is largely due to the HIV and AIDS epidemic, with life expectancy in some countries only reaching 34 years.
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Geography of the African Continent
The African continent is the third largest continent in the southern hemisphere and the second largest continent after Asia. The African continent is separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea, and the African region is joined to Asia at the northeastern end by the 130 km wide Suez Canal.
The Sinai Peninsula which belongs to Egypt is considered part of Africa geopolitically. From the northernmost tip, Cape Spartel in Morocco and at the southernmost tip there is Cape Agulhas which is in South Africa.
Then, stretching for approximately 8000 km from the westernmost tip, Cape Verde at 17°33′22″ west longitude to the easternmost tip, Ras Hafun, which is in Somalia with 51°27′52″ east longitude, the distance is about 7,400 km. The length of the coastline reaches 26,000 km.
As the second largest continent in Asia, the African Continent is passed by the Nile River, the Sahara Desert and Mount Kilimanjaro. Here’s a further explanation.
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Nil River
The Nile is the longest river in the world, flowing north from northeastern Africa. The Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea in northeastern Africa. However, recently a new study showed that the longest river in the world is the Amazon River.
Water from the Nile River is the main source of water for Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan. In addition, the Nile River is an important economic river that supports the agricultural and fishing industries for several countries through which it flows.
Ancient Egypt was one of the first great civilizations in the world and developed along the great Nile River area more than 5000 years ago. Until now, the pyramids in Egypt are still towering majestically and have even become a tourist destination.
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Sahara
The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. The name Sahara is taken from Arabic which means desert. The Sahara Desert is in northern Africa and has an estimated age of 2.5 million years.
The Sahara desert stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. Starting from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Sahel in the south. From Mauritania in the west to Egypt in the east.
The Sahara Desert divides the African Continent into North Africa and Africa. These two parts of the continent are very different, either climatically or culturally. The area of the Sahara Desert is estimated to reach up to 9,200,000 square km.
Several thousand years ago, the Sahara Desert was a savanna inhabited by humans. However, in the 3rd century BC, the climate in the Sahara Desert changed and made the Sabana arid. Because of this, the settlers then moved to the banks of the Nile.
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Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is a mountain in northeastern Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the highest mountains in the world with a height of 4,600 m when measured from the foot of the mountain.
The peak of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa with an altitude of 5,895 m above sea level. This mountain is also known as Kilima Dscharo or Ol Doinyo Oibor which means white mountain in Masai.
Kilimanjaro is a giant stratovolcano that is no longer active, but has fumaroles that emit gas in the crater on the main peak of Kibo.
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