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The Nations of Africa

      The area of a nation is how much land it occupies. The population is the number of people who live in a nation. Density is the population divided by the area. It describes how crowded a nation is. The Gross Domestic Product is the total value of goods and services in a nation. The GDP per capita is the Gross Domestic Product divided by the population. Life Expectancy describes how long a typical person in that nation will live. Fertility is the number of children a typical woman will have over her lifetime. The Annual Growth Rate is the percent change in population.

Nation

Area (square miles)

Population

Density (Sq. mi.)

Gross Domestic Product

GDP per capita

Life Exp.

Fer- tility

Growth Rate

Algeria

919,591

30,480,793

33

120,400

3,950

69

3.48

2.18

Angola

481,352

10,864,512

23

8,200

755

47

6.27

3.06

Benin

43,483

6,100,799

140

11,300

1,852

53

6.56

3.31

Botswana

231,803

1,488,454

6

5,000

3,359

45

4.14

1.48

Burkina Faso

105,869

11,266,393

106

10,300

914

42

6.72

2.45

Burundi

10,745

5,537,387

515

4,000

722

49

6.48

2.11

Cameroon

183,568

15,029,433

82

30,900

2,056

53

5.93

2.86

Central African Rep.

240,533

3,375,711

14

2,500

741

45

5.35

2.01

Chad

495,753

7,359,512

15

4,300

584

48

5.79

2.67

Comoros

838

545,528

651

400

733

60

5.54

3.09

Congo-Brazzaville

132,046

2,658,123

20

5,250

1,975

46

5.06

2.15

Congo-Kinshasa

905,564

49,000,511

54

18,000

367

47

6.58

2.34

Djibouti

8,494

440,727

52

520

1,180

51

6.01

1.51

Egypt

386,660

66,050,004

171

267,100

4,044

62

3.5

1.89

Equatorial Guinea

10,830

454,001

42

660

1,454

53

5.11

2.57

Eritrea

46,842

3,842,436

82

2,200

573

51

6.47

6.35

Ethiopia

435,184

58,390,351

134

29,000

497

47

6.94

2.67

Gabon

103,348

1,207,844

12

6,000

4,968

56

3.85

1.47

Gambia

4,363

1,291,858

296

1,230

952

53

5.98

3.48

Ghana

92,100

18,497,206

201

36,200

1,957

56

4.43

2.21

Guinea

94,927

7,477,110

79

8,300

1,110

46

5.66

1.1

Guinea-Bissau

13,946

1,206,311

86

1,150

953

49

5.26

2.33

Ivory Coast

154,502

15,446,231

100

25,800

1,670

45

6.06

2.35

Kenya

224,962

28,337,071

126

45,300

1,599

54

4.26

2.13

Lesotho

11,718

2,089,829

178

5,100

2,440

52

4.22

1.83

Liberia

43,000

2,771,901

64

2,600

938

59

6.16

6.92

Libya

679,359

5,690,727

8

38,000

6,678

65

6.19

3.64

Madagascar

226,656

14,462,509

64

10,300

712

53

5.83

2.82

Malawi

45,745

9,840,474

215

8,600

874

35

5.77

1.57

Mali

478,765

10,108,569

21

6,000

594

47

7.09

3.18

Mauritania

397,954

2,511,473

6

4,100

1,633

49

6.76

3.17

Morocco

172,413

29,114,497

169

107,000

3,675

70

3.47

2.02

Mozambique

309,494

18,641,469

60

14,600

783

45

6.11

2.6

Namibia

318,259

1,622,328

5

6,200

3,822

65

5.05

2.94

Niger

489,189

9,671,848

20

6,300

651

41

7.37

2.98

Nigeria

356,668

110,532,242

310

132,700

1,201

55

6.17

3.05

Rwanda

10,170

7,956,172

782

3,000

377

39

5.93

8.24

Sao Tomé and Principe

371

150,123

405

154

1,026

64

4.22

5.54

Senegal

75,749

9,723,149

128

15,600

1,604

57

6.24

3.35

Sierra Leone

27,699

5,080,004

183

2,650

522

48

6.29

3.54

Somalia

246,201

6,841,695

28

8,000

1,169

46

6.76

3.03

South Africa

471,444

42,834,520

91

270,000

6,303

56

3.22

1.51

Sudan

967,495

33,550,552

35

26,600

793

56

5.79

3.06

Swaziland

6,730

966,462

144

3,900

4,035

58

6.01

3.24

Tanzania

364,900

30,608,769

84

21,100

689

42

5.58

1.6

Togo

21,927

4,905,827

224

6,200

1,264

58

6.68

3.54

Tunisia

63,170

9,380,404

148

56,500

6,023

73

2.52

1.48

Uganda

91,135

22,167,195

243

34,600

1,561

40

6.52

2.14

Zambia

290,853

9,460,736

33

8,800

930

36

6.48

2.02

Zimbabwe

150,803

11,044,147

73

24,900

2,255

41

3.94

1.26

Total Africa

11,645,170

758,075,927

65

1,467,514

1,936

51

5.556

2.8

United States

3,717,797

267,954,764

72

7,610,000

28,400

76

2.06

0.89

Canada

3,851,794

30,337,334

8

721,000

23,766

79

1.66

1.13

 

To cite this page:
Dowling, Mike, "The Electronic Passport Homework to the Nations of Africa," available from http://www.mrdowling.com/611-nations.html; Internet; updated .

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