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South Sudan Republic of South Sudan SSD English: South Sudan—Republic of South Sudan Juba English: Juba 10,748,272 644,329 km 2 (248,777 sq mi) South Sudanese pound: Sudan Republic of the Sudan SDN Arabic: السودان—جمهورية السودان (As Sūdān—Jumhūriyyah as Sūdān) English: Sudan—Republic of the Sudan Khartoum
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.
Anglophone Africa includes five countries in West Africa (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and the most populous African country Nigeria, as well as a part of Cameroon) that are separated by Francophone countries, South Sudan, and a large continuous area in Southern Africa and the African Great Lakes.
Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa.It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south.
The Africa Cup of Nations is a competition of 16 national teams from various African countries held every two years. South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup , a first for a sub-Saharan country. In 2010, Cameroon played in the World Cup for the sixth time, which is the current record for a sub-Saharan team.
The Sudans (also known as the two Sudans or just Sudan) [1] is a region in Northeast Africa comprising the sovereign countries of Sudan and South Sudan. [2] Until 2011, the region was united under a state known as the Republic of the Sudan .
This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, also sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [ 1 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. For the League of Nations, see Member states of the League of Nations. 193 United Nations member states 2 UN General Assembly observer states (the Holy See [a] and the State of Palestine) 2 eligible non-member states (the Cook Islands and Niue) 17 non-self-governing territories ...