Africa

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number of countries: 54
number of regions: 5
land area: 29,652,434 km²
population: 1,455,739,224 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 1,455,739,224 people.

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): 1,443.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Access to electricity: 57.84 % 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: 214.66 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): 3,408.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 877.40
Methane emissions: 1,549.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 333.29 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 728,785,241 people
Male population: 726,953,986 people
Renewable energy consumption: 55.46 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 29,337,078.86 km²
Rural population: 801,150,265 people
Urban land area: 153,814.87 km²
Urban population: 654,588,959 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 149.70 % of total population

Health

Birth rate: 1,618.55 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 444.65 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 7,331.97 current US$
Health expenditure: 5.62 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 40.55 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 68.33 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 3,420.00
Suicide mortality rate: 478.10 per 100,000 population

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 3,205,000 people
Democracy score: 214.45
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 32,931,720 people
Individuals using the internet: 43.38 % of population
Military expenditure: 2.30 % of GDP
Net migration: -541,661 people
Press freedom: 120.60
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.73 %

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Business

Central government debt: 55.65 % of GDP
Expense: 19.26 % of GDP
Gdp: 2,998,923,763,920.61 current US$
Self-employed workers: 64.93 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 14.21 % of GDP
Unemployment: 9.24 % 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

Environment

Geographical distribution of cities in Africa by population

Cities in Africa

Countries in Africa

Global density of countries in Africa

Relationship between population and agricultural land in Africa

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Africa

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban population in Africa

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment 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

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Africa

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Africa

Evolution of historical forest area in Africa

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Africa

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Africa

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Africa

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Africa

Relationship between methane emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Africa

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Africa

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Africa

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Africa

Evolution of historical land area in Africa

Evolution of historical median age in Africa

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Africa

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Africa

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Africa

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Africa

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Africa

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Africa

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban land area in Africa

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban population in Africa

Evolution of historical population in Africa

Relationship between population and urban land area in Africa

Evolution of historical female population in Africa

Evolution of historical male population in Africa

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Africa

Evolution of historical rural land area in Africa

Evolution of historical rural population in Africa

Relationship between urban land area and rural population in Africa

Evolution of historical urban land area in Africa

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Africa

Evolution of historical urban population in Africa

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Africa

Relationship between population and date in Africa

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Africa

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Africa

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Africa

Regions in Africa

Relationship between population and agricultural land in Africa

Health

Evolution of historical birth rate in Africa

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate over time in Africa

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Africa

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Africa

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Africa

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Africa

Relationship between life expectancy and proportion of self-employed workers in Africa