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Africa

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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 1,478,973,883 people.

Key facts

number of countries: 54
number of regions: 5
population: 1,478,973,883 people
land area: 29,652,434 km²

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central government debt: 55.30 % of GDP
expense: 20.34 % of GDP
GDP: 2,936,779,231,415.15 current US$
self-employed workers: 63.35 % of total employment
tax revenue: 14.40 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.98 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 59.56 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 3,205,000 people
democracy score: 214.45
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 32,906,720 people
individuals using the Internet: 43.25 % of population
military expenditure: 2.50 % of GDP
net migration: -438,411 people
press freedom: 120.60
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.86 %
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
agricultural land: 11,566,550.99 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 2.60 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 1,418.56 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 57.83 % of population
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: 6,278,834 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 34.76 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 3,194.77 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 16.33
methane emissions: 1,369.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 333.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 740,274,008 people
male population: 738,699,875 people
renewable energy consumption: 55.45 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 29,337,078.86 km²
rural population: 813,220,758 people
urban land area: 153,814.87 km²
urban population: 665,753,125 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.77 % of total population

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Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Africa

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Africa

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Africa

Evolution of historical urban land area in Africa

Map of the density of countries in Africa

Map of the distribution of cities in Africa by population

Correlation of armed forces personnel and methane emissions of countries yearly in Africa

Correlation of access to electricity and self-employed workers in Africa

Correlation of fertility rate and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Africa

Correlation of agricultural land and methane emissions of countries yearly in Africa

In literature

There are 2,750 books written about Africa in the database.

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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