Africa

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Key facts

  • number of countries: 54
  • number of regions: 5
  • land area: 29,652,434 km²
  • population: 1,478,622,350 people
Classified as: place
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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 1,478,622,350 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): 1,442.82 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 57.81 % 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: 3.98 births per woman
  • Forest area: 6,280,716 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 34.76 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 3,408.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 881.50
  • Methane emissions: 1,548.95 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 333.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 740,100,621 people
  • Male population: 738,521,729 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 55.45 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 29,337,078.86 km²
  • Rural population: 813,123,222 people
  • Urban land area: 153,814.87 km²
  • Urban population: 665,499,128 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 149.70 % of total population

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 other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Africa

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and nitrous oxide emissions 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

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Health

  • Birth rate: 29.97 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 8.25 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 7,331.97 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 5.62 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 39.85 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 68.33 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 3,418.00
  • Suicide mortality rate: 8.85 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Africa

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity 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

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Africa

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Africa

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Africa

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Africa

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Africa

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Africa

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Africa

Evolution of historical death rate in Africa

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Africa

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Africa

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 3,205,000 people
  • Democracy score: 214.45
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 32,899,120 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 43.34 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 2.29 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -438,411 people
  • Press freedom: 120.60
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.51 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Africa

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Africa

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Africa

Evolution of historical net migration in Africa

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

Relationship between armed forces personnel and methane emissions in Africa

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Africa

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Africa

Relationship between armed forces personnel and rural population in Africa

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Africa

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Africa

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Africa

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Africa

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Business

  • Central government debt: 55.30 % of GDP
  • Expense: 20.34 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 2,934,504,928,648.71 current US$
  • Self-employed workers: 64.93 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 14.40 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 9.27 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 62.14 % of total employment

Relationship between expense and health expenditure in Africa

Evolution of historical inflation in Africa

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Africa

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Africa

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Africa

Evolution of historical unemployment in Africa

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Africa

Evolution of historical central government debt in Africa

Evolution of historical expense in Africa

Evolution of historical GDP in Africa

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

Relationship between central government debt and expense in Africa

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In literature

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

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

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