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Key facts
- Continent: Africa
- Number of countries: 16
- Land area: 6,063,660 km²
- Population: 429,079,551
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Business
| Central government debt | 82.37 % of GDP |
| Expense | 16.77 % of GDP |
| GDP | 767,745,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 202.16 annual % |
| Self Employed Pct | 76.50 |
| Tax Revenue Pct Gdp | 13.66 |
| Unemployment Pct | 4.24 |
| Vulnerable Employment Pct | 73.95 |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 2,862,430.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 1.42 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 187,329.00 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 5.95 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 28.98 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 23.78 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 37.94 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 1.63 % of total |
| Net energy imports | 2.76 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 4.49 births per woman |
| Forest area | 838,429 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 23.04 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 56,362.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 14.26 years |
| Methane emissions | 287,119.00 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 113,183.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Population Female | 213,258,562 |
| Population Male | 215,820,988 |
| Renewable Energy Consumption Pct | 60.85 |
| Rural Land | 6,010,460.00 |
| Rural Population | 219,161,699 |
| Urban Land | 46,342.10 |
| Urban Population | 209,917,852 |
| Urban Population Under 5M | 3.41 |
Health
| Birth Rate | 33.35 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 8.58 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 61.80 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 5.30 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.36 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital Beds | 0.64 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 62 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 6.53 |
Other
| Access to electricity | 51.27 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 6,630,500 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 40.47 % of population |
| Net migration | -165,817 |
| Press freedom | 43.59 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 423,000 |
| Democracy score | 75.27 |
| Military expenditure | 1.63 % of GDP |
| Women Parliament Seats Pct | 19.28 |
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