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Combined green: Definition of "sub-Saharan Africa" as used in the statistics of United Nations institutions Lighter green: The Sudan, classified as a part of North Africa by the United Nations Statistics Division [2] instead of Eastern Africa, though the organization states that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any ...
Niger–Congo languages and Nilo-Saharan languages are spoken in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Nilo-Saharan occupies a smaller area but is highly diverse, and may be related as a parent or sibling of Niger–Congo. Afro-Asiatic languages are spoken in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, as well as parts of the Sahel.
Seaside of Egypt's third-largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria, the largest port in this bicontinental country. East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa, also its legislative capital. Kampala is the hub of Uganda.
The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, used by the United Nations and maintained by the UNSD department for statistical purposes. [ 1 ]
Sub-Saharan Africa [d] 1,137,938,708: 14.4% N/A 48 1 1 4 South-eastern Asia: ... List of countries and dependencies by area; List of countries and dependencies by ...
City Country Administrative area according to local national census authorities Urban agglomerations United Nations - 2020 [1] Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2023 [2] Image Cairo Egypt: 10,044,894 (2022) [3] Governorate: 20,901,000 22,200,000 Lagos Nigeria: 27,000,000 (2023) [4] 14,368,000 30,000,000 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states.
The total fertility rate (children per woman) for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.7 as of 2018, the highest in the world. [220] All countries in sub-Saharan Africa had TFRs (average number of children) above replacement level in 2019 and accounted for 27.1% of global livebirths. [221] In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 29% of global births. [222]