Africa (AFR)

Africa (AFR) is a geographical region spanning 30,370,000 km2 bound by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean with 63 political territories totalling 17.2% of the earths total land mass.

Area: 30,370,000 km2 (11,730,000 sq mi) (2nd)

Population: 1,393,676,444 (2021; 2nd)

Density: 46.1/km2 (119.4/sq mi) (2021)

Earth: 17.2%

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Political Map of Africa (AFR)

Northern Africa

Algeria (DZ)

Egypt (EG)

Libya (LY)

Morocco (MA)

Sudan (SD)

Tunisia (TN)

Western Sahara (WE)

Eastern Africa

British Indian Ocean Territory (IO)

Burundi (BI)

Comoros (KM)

Djibouti (DJ)

Eritrea (ER)

Ethiopia (ET)

French Southern Territories

• Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet)

• Kerguelen Islands (Archipel des Kerguelen)

• Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands (Îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam)

• Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses)

Kenya (KE)

Madagascar (MG)

Malawi (MW)

Mauritius (MU)

Mayotte (YT)

Mozambique (MZ)

Réunion (RE)

Rwanda (RW)

Seychelles (SC)

Somalia (SO)

South Sudan (SS)

Uganda (UG)

United Republic of Tanzania (TZ)

Zambia (ZM)

Zimbabwe (ZW)

Middle Africa

Angola (AO)

Cameroon (CM)

Central African Republic (CF)

Chad (TD)

Congo (CG)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD)

Equatorial Guinea (GQ)

Gabon (GA)

Sao Tome and Principe (ST)

Southern Africa

Botswana (BW)

Eswatini (SZ)

Lesotho (LS)

Namibia (NA)

South Africa (ZA)

Western Africa

Benin (BJ)

Burkina Faso (BF)

Cabo Verde (CV)

Côte d'Ivoire (CI)

Gambia (GM)

Ghana (GH)

Guinea (GN)

Guinea-Bissau (GW)

Liberia (LR)

Mali (ML)

Mauritania (MR)

Niger (NE)

Nigeria (NG)

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (SH)

• Saint Helena

• Ascension Island

• Tristan da Cunha

Senegal (SN)

Sierra Leone (SL)

Togo (TG)

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References

Wikipedia contributors. (2025, May 25). United Nations geoscheme. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:16, June 18, 2025, Main Image CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=546265