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number of countries: 54
number of regions: 5
land area: 29,652,434 km²
population: 1,448,136,220 people

In classification: place

Summary

The continent Africa has 54 countries and 5 regions. It has a land area of 29,652,434 km² square kilometers and a population of 1,448,136,220 people.

Environment

Africa is one of the 5 continents in our database.

Agricultural land: 11,567,220.99 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.60 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 1,274,090.61 kt
Electricity production from coal sources: 12.43 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 23.04 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 35.73 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.18 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 24.15 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.47 % of total
Net energy imports: -75.72 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 3.98 births per woman
Forest area: 6,318,638 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 34.76 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 154,193.28 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 16.25
Methane emissions: 1,126,775.03 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 538,891.39 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 725,082,453 people
Male population: 723,053,768 people
Renewable energy consumption: 55.45 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 29,337,078.86 km²
Rural population: 801,314,686 people
Urban land area: 153,814.87 km²
Urban population: 646,821,534 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.77 % of total population

Politics

Armed forces personnel: 3,205,000 people
Democracy score: 3.97
Military expenditure: 2.30 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.86 %

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Health

Birth rate: 29.97 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.26 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 137.70 current US$
Health expenditure: 5.64 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.84 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 1.29 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 63.30
Suicide mortality rate: 8.85 per 100,000 population

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Business

Central government debt: 55.65 % of GDP
Expense: 19.33 % of GDP
Gdp: 2,997,197,936,451.10 current US$
Self-employed workers: 64.93 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 14.28 % of GDP
Unemployment: 9.31 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 62.14 % of total employment

Africa

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Summary

Environment

Geographical distribution of cities in Africa by population

Geographical distribution of records in Africa

Countries agricultural land per population in Africa

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land in Africa

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Africa

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Africa

Countries historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Africa

Countries historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Africa

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Africa

Countries historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Africa

Countries historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Africa

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Africa

Countries historical birth rate per access to electricity in Africa

Countries historical fertility rate per access to electricity in Africa

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity in Africa

Countries historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity in Africa

Countries historical self-employed workers per access to electricity in Africa

Countries historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity in Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Africa

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Africa

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Africa

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per fertility rate in Africa

Countries historical median age per fertility rate in Africa

Evolution of historical total forest area in Africa

Countries historical rural land area per forest area in Africa

Evolution of historical fossil energy consumption in Africa

Countries historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption in Africa

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Africa

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Africa

Evolution of historical internet access in Africa

Evolution of historical total land area in Africa

Countries historical methane emissions per land area in Africa

Evolution of historical median age in Africa

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Africa

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions in Africa

Countries historical population per methane emissions in Africa

Countries historical rural land area per methane emissions in Africa

Countries historical urban land area per methane emissions in Africa

Countries historical urban population per methane emissions in Africa

Evolution of historical net migration in Africa

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Countries historical population per nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Countries historical rural population per nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Countries historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Countries historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Evolution of historical population in Africa

Countries historical urban land area per population in Africa

Evolution of historical female population in Africa

Evolution of historical male population in Africa

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Africa

Evolution of historical total rural land in Africa

Evolution of historical rural population in Africa

Countries historical urban land area per rural population in Africa

Evolution of historical urban land in Africa

Countries historical urban population per urban land area in Africa

Evolution of historical urban population in Africa

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Africa

Countries historical date per population in Africa

Countries historical land area per agricultural land in Africa

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Africa

Countries historical methane emissions per agricultural land in Africa

Regions agricultural land per population in Africa

Cities in Africa

Countries from Africa

Regions in Africa

Politics

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Africa

Countries historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel in Africa

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per armed forces personnel in Africa

Countries historical population per armed forces personnel in Africa

Countries historical rural population per armed forces personnel in Africa