AFRICA:Quick facts

The largest, highest, greatest!

Area: 30.258.010 Km
Population: 821.050.000
Density: 27 pop/Km
Major City: Cairo (13.000.000 pop.)
Highest Mountain: Kilimanjaro 5895 m
Longest River: Nile 6671 Km
Largest Lake: Victoria 68.100 Km
Largest Island: Madagascar 586.500 Km

Countries and Territories

Number of countries in Africa? There are 53 countries in Africa :-

Algeria, Gabon, Nigeria, Angola, The Gambia (please note the name is not "Gambia"), Reunion, Benin, Ghana, Rwanda, Botswana, Guinea, Saint Helena (Island), Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, S o Tom and Principe, Burundi, Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon, Lesotho, Seychelles (Island), Cape Verde (Island), Liberia, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Libya, Somalia, Chad, Madagascar (Island), South Africa, Comoros (Island), Malawi, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire), Mali, Swaziland, Mauritania, Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory coast, Mauritius (Island), Togo, Djibouti, Mayotte, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Namibia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Niger and Zimbabwe