Ẹ wo àmì-ọ̀rọ̀ fún Áfríkà

{{Infobox Continent
|image               = [[Fáìlì:Africa (orthographic projection).svg|200px]]
|area                = 30,221,532 km<sup>2</sup> (11,668,598.7 sq mi)
|population          = 1,000,010,000<ref name="esa.un.org">[http://esa.un.org/unpp/ "World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321013235/http://esa.un.org/unpp/ |date=2007-03-21 }} [[United Nations]] (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, population division)</ref> (2005, [[List of continents by population|2nd]])
|density             = 30.51 km<sup>2</sup> (about 80/sq mi)
|demonym             = [[African]]
|countries           = 53
|list_countries      = List of African countries
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'''Áfríkà''' ni [[continent|orile]] keji titobijulo ati toni awon eniyan julo lagbaye leyin [[Asia (orile)|Asia]]. Ni bi 30.2 egbegberun km² (11.7 million [[square mile|sq&nbsp;mi]]) lapapo mo awon erekusu to sunmo, ile re je 6% apapo gbogbo oju [[Earth|Aye]] ati 20.4% gbogbo ile Aye.<ref name=Sayre>Sayre, April Pulley. (1999) ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-7613-1367-2.</ref> Pelu egbegberunkeji kan eniyan  (ni 2009, e wo [[#Territories and regions|tabili]]) ni awon agbegbe 61, eyi je bi  14.72% gbogbo iye [[human|eniyan]] [[World|Agbaye]]. Ni ariwa re ni [[Mediterranean Sea|Okun Mediterraneani]] wa, si ariwailaorun re ni [[Suez Canal|Ilaodo Suez]] ati [[Red Sea|Okun Pupa]] wa legbe [[Sinai Peninsula]], si guusuilaorun re ni [[Indian Ocean|Okun India]], ati si iwoorun re ni [[Atlantic Ocean|Okun Atlantiki]] wa. Afrika ni orile-ede 54 lapapo mo [[Madagascar]], opolopo erekusu ati  orile-ede [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|Olominira Sahrawi Arabu Toseluaralu]], to je omo egbe [[African Union|Isokan Afrika]] botilejepe [[Morocco]] lodi si eyi.

Afrika, agaga gbongan [[eastern Africa|apailaorun Afrika]], je gbigba lopolopo latowo awon [[scientific community|awujo onisayensi]] pe ibe ni ibi ti awon [[human|eniyan]] ti bere ati [[Hominidae]] [[clade]] ([[great ape]]s), gege bi o se [[evidence|han]] pelu iwari  awon [[hominids]] pipejulo ati awon babanla won, ati awon ti won wa leyin won ti won peju bi odun legbegberun meje seyin – lapapomo ''[[Sahelanthropus tchadensis]]'', ''[[Australopithecus africanus]]'', ''[[Australopithecus afarensis|A. afarensis]]'', ''[[Homo erectus]]'', ''[[Homo habilis|H. habilis]]'' and ''[[Homo ergaster|H. ergaster]]'' – pelu eyi to pejulo ninu won ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' (eniyan odeoni) ti o je wiwari ni [[Ethiopia]] to je odun bi 200,000 seyin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.utah.edu/unews/releases/05/feb/homosapiens.html|title=Homo sapiens: University of Utah News Release: Feb. 16, 2005<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-date=2007-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024234234/http://web.utah.edu/unews/releases/05/feb/homosapiens.html|dead-url=yes}}</ref>

Afrika bo [[equator|ibugedemeji]] mole, o si ni orisirisi awon agbegbe ojuojo; o je orile kan soso to gun lati agbegbe apaariwa [[temperate|aloworo]] de apaguusu alaworo.<ref>{{cite web
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|title=Africa. General info
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== Orisun itumo oro ==
[[Afri]] ni oruko awon eniyan ti won gbe ni [[North Africa|Ariwa Afrika]] leba [[Carthage]]. Oruko awon wonyi je siso mo "afar" ti awon [[Phoenician language|Finiki]], to tumosi "eruku", sugbon ero 1981 kan<ref>[http://michel-desfayes.org/namesofcountries.html Names of countries], Decret and Fantar, 1981</ref> ti so pe o wa lati oro ede [[Berber language|Berber]] ''ifri'' tabi Ifran totumosi  "cave", in reference to cave dwellers.<ref name="book on ligne">The Berbers, by Geo. Babington Michell, p 161, 1903, Journal of Royal African people [http://www.jstor.org/pss/714549 book on ligne]</ref> Afrika tabi Ifri tabi Afer<ref name="book on ligne"/> ni oruko [[Banu Ifran]] lati [[Algeria]] ati [[Tripolitania]] (Eya [[Berber people|Berber]] ti [[Yafran]]).<ref>Itineraria Phoenicia, Edward Lipinski, Peeters Publishers, p200, 2004, ISBN 90-429-1344-4 [http://books.google.fr/books?id=SLSzNfdcqfoC&pg=PA200&dq=Itineraria+Phoenicia+Ifren&sig=opSH-an97IhmB6GtJjMvn7bt4tc#PPA200,M1 Book on ligne]</ref>

Labe ijoba awon Ara Romu, Carthage di oluilu [[Africa Province|Igberiko Afrika]], to tun je kikomo apa eba odo [[Libya]] oni. "-ka" ("ca") to je ilemeyin Afrika je awon Ara Romu to tokasi "orile-ede tabi ile".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/africa.htm|title=Consultos.com etymology}}</ref> Bakanna, ile-oba Musulumi ayeijoun [[Ifriqiya]] to wa leyin, ti a mo loni bi [[Tunisia]], na tun lo iru oruko yi.

Awon orisun itumo miran ti won ti da laba bi orisun oruko ijoun "Afrika":
* omo Ju olukoitan ni orundun 1st [[Flavius Josephus]] (''Ant. 1.15'') so pe o je sisoloruko fun   [[Epher]], omokunrin omoomo [[Abraham]] gege bi  Gen. 25:4, ti awon omomo re, bo se so, pe won bori Libya.
* oro [[Latin]] ''aprica'' ("ihan orun"; "sunny") ti [[Isidore of Seville]] menu ba ninu ''[[Etymologiae]]'' XIV.5.2.
* oro Griiki ''aphrike'' (Αφρική), to tumosi "aini otutu." Olukoitan [[Leo Africanus]] (1488–1554) lo damoran yi, to daba oro Griiki ''phrike'' (φρίκη, to tumosi "otutu ati eru"), lapapo mo "a-", lati tumosi "ile ti ko ni otutu ati eru.
* Massey, ni 1881, mu orisun itumo kan wa lati oro Egypti ''af-rui-ka'', "di dori ko ojuona Ka." [[Ka]] tokasi ibiomo. Nipa eyi Afrika je fun awon Ara Egypti, "ile ibimo."<ref>{{Cite web |title='Nile Genesis: the opus of Gerald Massey' |url=http://gerald-massey.org.uk/massey/cmc_nile_genesis.htm |access-date=2010-04-26 |archive-date=2010-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130200159/http://gerald-massey.org.uk/massey/cmc_nile_genesis.htm |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

== Itan ==
=== Itan atijo ===

Ni ibere [[Mesozoic Era|Igba Mesosoik]], Afrika  je jijapo mo awon orile Aye yioku gege bi [[Pangea]].<ref name="dinopedia-african" /> Afrika pin awon fauna kanna ti orilegbangba yi ti o je sisori lowo awon [[theropods]], [[prosauropods]] ati [[ornithischians]] akokolo nigbati [[Triassic period|igba Trias]] wa sopin.<ref name="dinopedia-african" /> Awon idokuta opin je wiwari kakiri Africa, sugbon won wopo ni guusu ju ariwa lo.<ref name="dinopedia-african" /> Ila to ya igba Triassic soto si [[Jurassic]] lo falasi ibere awon isele iparun to ni ip ni lagbaye, botilejepe strata Afrika igba yi ko ti je gbigbewo daada.<ref name="dinopedia-african">Jacobs, Louis L. (1997). "African Dinosaurs." ''Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs''. Edited by Phillip J. Currie and Kevin Padian. Academic Press. pp. 2–4.</ref>

Awon [[Strata|ipele ile]] igba [[Early Jurassic|Ibere Jurassik]] pinkiri lona kanna bi ti isun [[Late Triassic]], with more common outcrops in the south and less common fossil beds which are predominated by tracks to the north.<ref name="dinopedia-african" /> As the Jurassic proceeded, larger and more iconic groups of [[dinosaurs]] like [[sauropods]] and [[ornithopods]] proliferated in Africa.<ref name="dinopedia-african" /> [[Middle Jurassic]] strata are neither well represented nor well studied in Africa.<ref name="dinopedia-african" /> Late Jurassic strata are also poorly represented apart from the spectacular [[Tendaguru]] fauna in [[Tanzania]].<ref name="dinopedia-african" /> The Late Jurassic life of Tendaguru is very similar to [[Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation|that]] found in western North America's [[Morrison Formation]].<ref name="dinopedia-african" />

=== Orundun 9k–18k ===
Afrika ki o to di ibialamusin o se e se ki o ni orisirisi orile-ede otooto to ju 10,000 lo ati asejoba<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/01/11/DI2006011101372.html |title=The Fate of Africa – A Survey of Fifty Years of Independence|accessdate=2007-07-23 |work=washingtonpost.com | first=Martin | last=Meredith | date=January 20, 2006}}</ref> to ni orisirisi ilana ati agbajo oloselu. Ninu awon wonyi ni idipo ebi kekere awon asode bi awon [[Bushmen|San]] ni apaguusu Afrika; titobi, awon adipo adimule bi awon idipo ibatan ebi awon elede [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ni apaarin ati apaguusu Afrika, awon adipo ibatan adimule gidigidi ni [[Horn of Africa|Ibi Iwo Ori Afrika]], awon [[Sahelian kingdoms|ileoba Saheli]] titobi, ati awon ilu-orilejoba ati awon ileoba aladawa bi ti awon [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] ni Iwoorun Afrika, ati awon ilu oja etiodo awon [[Swahili people|Swahili]] ni [[East Africa|Ilaorun Afrika]].

Nigba to fi di orundun 9k SK orisirisi awon orilejoba obairanderan, ti awon orilejoba [[Hausa Kingdoms|Hausa]] akoko wa ninu won, ti san kakiri saffana abe-sahara lati awon agbegbe apaiwoorun de ibiarin Sudan. Awon to lagbarajulo larin awon orilejoba wonyi ni [[Ghana Empire|Ghana]], [[Gao]], ati [[Kanem-Bornu Empire]]. Agbara Ghana dinku ni orundun 11k sugbon [[Mali Empire|Ileobaluaye Mali]] ropo re, eyi lo si di opo gbogbo apaiwoorun Afrika mu ni orundun 13k. Kanem gba esin Imale ni orundun 11k. Be sini ni awon agbegbe igbo etiodo Iwoorun Afrika, awon ileoba alominira jadide laini ipa kankan latodo ariwa [[Islam|Musulumi]].


[[Fáìlì:Ashanti Yam Ceremony 1817.jpg|thumb|Ashanti yam ceremony, 19th century by Thomas E. Bowdich]]
[[Ife]], to je akoko larin awon ilu-orilejoba tabi ileoba [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]], sedasile ijoba labe [[oba]], ton unje ''[[Ooni of Ife|Ooni]]''. [[Ife]] je ibi pataki esin ati asa ni Afrika, ati fun asa ibile ere gbigbe. Iru ifijuwe ijoba Ile-Ife je gbigbamulo ni [[Oyo Empire|Oyo]], nibiti awon [[oba]], ti won unje ''[[Alaafins of Oyo|Alaafin]]'' ti figba kan joba lori opo iye iluorilejoba ati ileoba Yoruba miran ati ti awon ti won ko je Yoruba, ''Ileoba [[Dahomey]]'' awon [[Fon people|Fon]]  je ibi ti won ko so ede Yoruba labe ijoba Oyo.


Awon [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoraffidi]], je obairanderan [[Berber people|Beriberi]] lati [[Sahara]] ti won fon kiri ariwaapaiwoorun Afrika ati peninsula Iberian nigba orundun 11k.<ref>Glick, Thomas F. ''Islamic And Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages''. (2005) Brill Academic Publishers page 37</ref> [[Banu Hilal]] ati [[Maqil|Banu Ma'qil]] je akopo aon eya [[Arab]] [[Bedouin]] lati [[Arabian peninsula]] ti on kolo si iwoorun lati Egypt larin orundun 11k ati 13k. [[Human migration|Ikoreokere]] fa idapo awon Arabu ati Beriberi, nibi ti awon ara ile ti di [[Arabization|Arabu]],<ref>"[http://countrystudies.us/mauritania/8.htm Mauritania – Arab invasions]". [[Library of Congress Country Studies]].</ref> be sini asa Arabu gba apilese asa ibile ibe, labe isokan Islam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genetic Evidence for the Expansion of Arabian Tribes into the Southern Levant and North Africa |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=379148 |access-date=2010-12-14 |archive-date=2013-08-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802215117/http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=379148 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

== Awon agbegbe ==
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! Orúkọ agbègbè<ref>Continental regions as per [[:Image:United Nations geographical subregions.png|UN categorisations/map]].<br /></ref> àti<br />ilẹ̀, pẹ̀lú [[flag|asìá]]
! [[List of countries by area|Ààlà]]<br />(km²)
! [[List of countries by population|Alábùgbé]]<br />(2009 est) <small>except where noted</small>
! [[List of countries by population density|Ìṣúpọ̀]]<br />(per km²)
! [[Capital (political)|Olúìlú]]
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| style="background:#eee;" | '''[[Eastern Africa]]''':
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''6,384,904'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''316,053,651'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''49.5'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Burundi}} [[Burundi]]
| align="right" | 27,830
| align="right" | 8,988,091<ref name="uscen">[http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbrank.pl USCensusBureau:Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2009]</ref>
| align="right" | 322.9
| [[Bujumbura]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Comoros}} [[Comoros]]
| align="right" | 2,170
| align="right" | 752,438<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 346.7
| [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Djibouti}} [[Djibouti]]
| align="right" | 23,000
| align="right" | 516,055<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 22.4
| [[Djibouti City|Djibouti]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Eritrea}} [[Eritrea]]
| align="right" | 121,320
| align="right" | 5,647,168<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 46.5
| [[Asmara]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Ethiopia]]
| align="right" | 1,127,127
| align="right" | 85,237,338<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 75.6
| [[Addis Ababa]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kenya]]
| align="right" | 582,650
| align="right" | 39,002,772<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 66.0
| [[Nairobi]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Madagascar}} [[Madagascar]]
| align="right" | 587,040
| align="right" | 20,653,556<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 35.1
| [[Antananarivo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Malawi}} [[Malawi]]
| align="right" | 118,480
| align="right" | 14,268,711<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 120.4
| [[Lilongwe]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Mauritius}} [[Mauritius]]
| align="right" | 2,040
| align="right" | 1,284,264<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 629.5
| [[Port Louis]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Mayotte}} [[Mayotte]] (France)
| align="right" | 374
| align="right" | 223,765<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 489.7
| [[Mamoudzou]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Mozambique}} [[Mozambique]]
| align="right" | 801,590
| align="right" | 21,669,278<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 27.0
| [[Maputo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Réunion}} [[Réunion]] (France)
| align="right" | 2,512
| align="right" | 743,981(2002)
| align="right" | 296.2
| [[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Rwanda}} [[Rwanda]]
| align="right" | 26,338
| align="right" | 10,473,282<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 397.6
| [[Kigali]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Seychelles}} [[Seychelles]]
| align="right" | 455
| align="right" | 87,476<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 192.2
| [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somalia]]
| align="right" | 637,657
| align="right" | 9,832,017<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 15.4
| [[Mogadishu]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Tanzania]]
| align="right" | 945,087
| align="right" | 41,048,532<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 43.3
| [[Dodoma]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Uganda}} [[Uganda]]
| align="right" | 236,040
| align="right" | 32,369,558<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 137.1
| [[Kampala]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Zambia]]
| align="right" | 752,614
| align="right" | 11,862,740<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 15.7
| [[Lusaka]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;" | '''[[Central Africa|Middle Africa]]''':
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''6,613,253'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''121,585,754'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''18.4'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Angola}} [[Angola]]
| align="right" | 1,246,700
| align="right" | 12,799,293<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 10.3
| [[Luanda]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Cameroon]]
| align="right" | 475,440
| align="right" | 18,879,301<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 39.7
| [[Yaoundé]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Central African Republic}} [[Central African Republic]]
| align="right" | 622,984
| align="right" | 4,511,488<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 7.2
| [[Bangui]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Chad}} [[Chad]]
| align="right" | 1,284,000
| align="right" | 10,329,208<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 8.0
| [[N'Djamena]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
| align="right" | 342,000
| align="right" | 4,012,809<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 11.7
| [[Brazzaville]]
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| {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
| align="right" | 2,345,410
| align="right" | 68,692,542<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 29.2
| [[Kinshasa]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Equatorial Guinea}} [[Equatorial Guinea]]
| align="right" | 28,051
| align="right" | 633,441<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 22.6
| [[Malabo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Gabon]]
| align="right" | 267,667
| align="right" | 1,514,993<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 5.6
| [[Libreville]]
|-
| {{flagicon|São Tomé and Príncipe}} [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]
| align="right" | 1,001
| align="right" | 212,679<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 212.4
| [[São Tomé]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;" | '''[[Northern Africa]]''':
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''8,533,021'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''211,087,622'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''24.7'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Algeria]]
| align="right" | 2,381,740
| align="right" | 34,178,188<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 14.3
| [[Algiers]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egypt]]<ref>[[Egypt]] is generally considered a [[transcontinental nation|transcontinental country]] in Northern Africa (UN region) and Western Asia; population and area figures are for African portion only, west of the [[Suez Canal]].</small><br /></ref>
| align="right" | 1,001,450
| align="right" | 83,082,869<ref name="uscen"/> total, Asia 1.4m
| align="right" | 82.9
| [[Cairo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Libya}} [[Libya]]
| align="right" | 1,759,540
| align="right" | 6,310,434<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 3.6
| [[Tripoli]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Morocco]]
| align="right" | 446,550
| align="right" | 34,859,364<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 78.0
| [[Rabat]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Sudan]]
| align="right" | 2,505,810
| align="right" | 41,087,825<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 16.4
| [[Khartoum]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Tunisia]]
| align="right" | 163,610
| align="right" | 10,486,339<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 64.1
| [[Tunis]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Western Sahara}} [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]<ref name="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">The [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] is recognized as a sovereign state by the [[African Union]], however, [[Morocco]] claims the entirety of the country as Morocco's own [[Southern Provinces]], and has occupied most of its territory since it declared its independence from Spain in 1976. Morrocco's occupation and annexation of this territory has not been recognized internationally.</small><br /></ref>
| align="right" | 266,000
| align="right" | 405,210<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 1.5
| [[El Aaiún]]
|-
| colspan=5 | ''Spanish and Portuguese territories in Northern Africa'':
|-
| {{flagicon|Canary Islands}} [[Canary Islands]] (Spain)<ref>The Spanish [[Canary Islands]], of which [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]] are [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]] are co-capitals, are often considered part of Northern Africa due to their relative proximity to [[Morocco]] and [[Western Sahara]]; population and area figures are for 2001.<br /></ref>
| align="right" | 7,492
| align="right" | 1,694,477(2001)
| align="right" | 226.2
| [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]],<br />[[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Ceuta}} [[Ceuta]] (Spain)<ref>The Spanish [[exclave]] of [[Ceuta]] is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.<br /></ref>
| align="right" | 20
| align="right" | 71,505(2001)
| align="right" | 3,575.2
| —
|-
| {{flagicon|Madeira}} [[Madeira Islands]] (Portugal)<ref>The Portuguese [[Madeira Islands]] are often considered part of Northern Africa due to their relative proximity to Morocco; population and area figures are for 2001.<br /></ref>
| align="right" | 797
| align="right" | 245,000(2001)
| align="right" | 307.4
| [[Funchal]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Melilla}} [[Melilla]] (Spain)<ref>The Spanish [[exclave]] of [[Melilla]] is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.<br /></ref>
| align="right" | 12
| align="right" | 66,411(2001)
| align="right" | 5,534.2
| —
|-
| style="background:#eee;" | '''[[Southern Africa]]''':
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''2,693,418'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''56,406,762 '''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''20.9'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Botswana}} [[Botswana]]
| align="right" | 600,370
| align="right" | 1,990,876<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 3.3
| [[Gaborone]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Lesotho}} [[Lesotho]]
| align="right" | 30,355
| align="right" | 2,130,819<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 70.2
| [[Maseru]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]
| align="right" | 390,580
| align="right" | 11,392,629<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 29.1
| [[Harare]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Namibia}} [[Namibia]]
| align="right" | 825,418
| align="right" | 2,108,665<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 2.6
| [[Windhoek]]
|-
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa]]
| align="right" | 1,219,912
| align="right" | 49,052,489<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 40.2
| [[Bloemfontein]], [[Cape Town]], [[Pretoria]]<ref>[[Bloemfontein]] is the judicial capital of South Africa, while [[Cape Town]] is its legislative seat, and [[Pretoria]] is the country's administrative seat.<br /></ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Swaziland}} [[Swaziland]]
| align="right" | 17,363
| align="right" | 1,123,913<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 64.7
| [[Mbabane]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;" | '''[[Western Africa]]''':
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''6,144,013'''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''296,186,492 '''
| align="right" style="background:#eee;" | '''48.2'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Benin}} [[Benin]]
| align="right" | 112,620
| align="right" | 8,791,832<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 78.0
| [[Porto-Novo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[Burkina Faso]]
| align="right" | 274,200
| align="right" | 15,746,232<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 57.4
| [[Ouagadougou]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Cape Verde]]
| align="right" | 4,033
| align="right" | 429,474<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 107.3
| [[Praia]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Côte d'Ivoire]]
| align="right" | 322,460
| align="right" | 20,617,068<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 63.9
|style="font-size:89%"| [[Abidjan]],<ref>[[Yamoussoukro]] is the official capital of [[Côte d'Ivoire]], while [[Abidjan]] is the ''[[de facto]]'' seat.</ref> [[Yamoussoukro]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Gambia}} [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
| align="right" | 11,300
| align="right" | 1,782,893<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 157.7
| [[Banjul]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ghana]]
| align="right" | 239,460
| align="right" | 23,832,495<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 99.5
| [[Accra]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Guinea]]
| align="right" | 245,857
| align="right" | 10,057,975<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 40.9
| [[Conakry]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} [[Guinea-Bissau]]
| align="right" | 36,120
| align="right" | 1,533,964<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 42.5
| [[Bissau]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Liberia]]
| align="right" | 111,370
| align="right" | 3,441,790<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 30.9
| [[Monrovia]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Mali]]
| align="right" | 1,240,000
| align="right" | 12,666,987<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 10.2
| [[Bamako]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[Mauritania]]
| align="right" | 1,030,700
| align="right" | 3,129,486<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 3.0
| [[Nouakchott]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Niger}} [[Niger]]
| align="right" | 1,267,000
| align="right" | 15,306,252<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 12.1
| [[Niamey]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria]]
| align="right" | 923,768
| align="right" | 149,229,090<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 161.5
| [[Abuja]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha}} [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] (UK)
| align="right" | 410
| align="right" | 7,637<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 14.4
| [[Jamestown, Saint Helena|Jamestown]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal]]
| align="right" | 196,190
| align="right" | 13,711,597<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 69.9
| [[Dakar]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[Sierra Leone]]
| align="right" | 71,740
| align="right" | 6,440,053<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 89.9
| [[Freetown]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Togo}} [[Togo]]
| align="right" | 56,785
| align="right" | 6,019,877<ref name="uscen"/>
| align="right" | 106.0
| [[Lomé]]
|- style=" font-weight:bold; "
| Africa Total
| align="right" style="background:#eee;"| 30,368,609
| align="right" style="background:#eee;"| 1,001,320,281
| align="right" style="background:#eee;"| 33.0
|}

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