Africa

number of countries: 54
number of regions: 5
land area: 29,652,434 km²
population: 1,457,829,987 people

Classified as: place

Summary

Africa is a continent. It contains 54 countries and 5 regions, with a total land area of 29,652,434 km² and a population of 1,457,829,987 people.

Health

Birth rate: 29.96 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.24 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 138.34 current US$
Health expenditure: 5.62 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.84 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 1.29 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 63.31
Suicide mortality rate: 8.85 per 100,000 population

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 3,205,000 people
Democracy score: 3.97
Military expenditure: 2.29 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.86 %

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Environment

Africa is one of the 5 continents in our database.

Agricultural land: 11,566,550.99 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.60 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 1,443.23 Mt of CO2 equivalent
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: 3.97 births per woman
Forest area: 6,318,624 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 34.76 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 3,408.84 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 16.26
Methane emissions: 1,549.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 333.29 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 729,822,631 people
Male population: 728,007,358 people
Renewable energy consumption: 55.45 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 29,337,078.86 km²
Rural population: 802,565,519 people
Urban land area: 153,814.87 km²
Urban population: 655,264,468 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.77 % of total population

Business

Central government debt: 55.65 % of GDP
Expense: 19.26 % of GDP
Gdp: 2,918,505,257,316.33 current US$
Self-employed workers: 64.92 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 14.21 % of GDP
Unemployment: 9.27 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 62.14 % of total employment

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In literature

There are 2750 books written about Africa in the database

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Africa

Key facts

Summary

Health

Evolution of historical birth rate in Africa

Countries historical fertility rate per birth rate in Africa

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Africa

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Africa

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Africa

Countries historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth in Africa

Countries historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth in Africa

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Africa

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per birth rate in Africa

Countries historical self-employed workers per birth rate in Africa

Countries historical vulnerable employment per birth rate in Africa

Countries historical median age per birth rate in Africa

Evolution of historical death rate in Africa

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per death rate in Africa

Evolution of average health expenditure per capita in Africa

Evolution of historical health expenditure 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

Countries historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per armed forces personnel in Africa

Countries historical urban land area per armed forces personnel in Africa

Countries historical urban population per armed forces personnel in Africa

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Africa

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa

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

Countries historical urban land area per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Africa

Countries historical urban population per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, 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

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 population per methane emissions in Africa

Countries historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) 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