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With an expanse of around 30 million square kilometres and a population of 1.2 billion people, Africa is indeed the world’s second-largest continent by land mass and populace. Africa has 54 UN-recognized nations like Sudan and Libya, two autonomous entities with restricted or no UN acknowledgement, and other areas under the administration of non-African regions. Because of Africa’s difficult political atmosphere, imperial heritage, and continuing insurgencies in several nations, the precise figure of legally recognized countries in the area is still a point of contention. This region contains many undiscovered nations, which we will analyse and investigate in this article.
African Continent – Some Facts on Countries 2022
Africa is by far the poorest region on the planet. Algeria, Africa’s biggest sovereign nation and one of its largest populated, has a population of roughly 44 million inhabitants. Nigeria is the most populated country globally, having about 211 million inhabitants as of 2021. Ethiopia comes in second with about 118 million people, followed by Egypt, South Africa, & Kenya, all of whom have populations varying between 92 million – 54 million.
Even the smallest African countries have sizable people. Despite their tiny size, Rwanda & Burundi have around 12-13 million people. Lesotho is a small country surrounded by a much larger Southern Africa, with a population of more than 2.1 million people. Seychelles, a 115-island cluster in the Indian Ocean, is Africa’s smallest country, with a combined population of 98,000 people.
There is a list of 54 countries as of 2022 in Africa that is mostly unknown to most, and we will discuss three of them in detail.
Algeria
Algeria is a Northern African country that borders the Mediterranean Sea. Algeria has a landmass of 2,381,741 sq. km, making it the tenth biggest country in the world and also the biggest one in Africa. Algeria is Africa’s ninth-highest populated country, with a total of 44 million persons. It is regarded as the crossing point between Europe and North Africa. Libya, Moroccan, Tunisia, & Western Sahara are all close neighbours. Algeria is primarily desert, with some hills and a tiny southern shore thrown in for good measure. The President is the head of state and the head of the republican government structure. Algeria has a mixed economy, with a mixture of private and public sectors in a centralised planned economy. Algeria is an active member of the League of Arab States.
Sudan
Sudan is a nation in northeastern Africa formerly listed as the Sudanese Republic. The central African Republic borders it on the southwest, Chad on the west, the northwest by Egypt, the northeastern by Eritrea, the southeastern by Ethiopia, the northwestern by Libya, the southeast by South Sudan, and the northern by the Red Sea. As of 2022, it has a populace of 45.70 million citizens and covers 1,886,068 sq. km. It is Africa’s 3rd largest country by size and the Arab League’s third-largest member by size. Until the independence of South Sudanese in 2011, this was Africa’s as well as the Arab League’s biggest country by size. Since then, Algeria has held both distinctions. Khartoum is the capital, and Omdurman is the most populous city.
Libya
Libya is a Northern African country with deserts covering 90 per cent of its territory. The word “Libya” is a native name. Libya covers 679,182 sq miles, making it Africa’s fourth-biggest country by size as well as the world’s seventeenth-largest country by the populace. Libya does have one of the highest GDPs per person in Africa due to its vast petroleum resources. General Muammar al-Gaddafi led the nation for more than forty years, and his international policy frequently pitted him against the Western nations and many other African countries. On the other hand, Libya openly abandoned any nuclear ambitions following the US Iraq invasion, and Libya’s international relationships are now less tense.
Conclusion
Africa is a growing continent in general. In most nations, farming is the main economic activity. The south is known for its diamonds and mineral extraction, whereas the northwest is known for its oil and natural gas production. The army or a single political party controls the majority of African governments. Many judicial systems mix ancient law with rules prescribed by European powers during the eighteenth century. Africa is largely acknowledged as the cradle of humanity.
