• African continent is the world’s oldest populated area.
  • There are 54 countries and one “non-self governing territory”, the Western Sahara.
  • Most common language on the continent is Arabic, spoken by 170 million people, followed by English (130 million), French (115), Swahili (100), Berber (50), Hausa (50), Portuguese (20) and Spanish (10).
  • Africa is the world’s poorest and most underdeveloped continent with a continental GDP that accounts for just 2.4% of global GDP.
  • Africa is the world’s hottest continent with deserts and drylands covering 60% of land surface area.
  • The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and is bigger than the continental USA.
  • Africa has approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining mineral resources.
  • The Nile River is the longest river in the world with a total length of 6,650 kilometres.
  • Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world.
Vector Map of Africa
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Population
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Surface (sq mi)
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Number of Countries