List Of African Countries | African Continent Countries Alphabetical Order List

African Countries:

Africa has clearly defined border which are accurate.  The Mediterranean sea in the north separates it from Europe.  The Suez Canal separates it from Asia along with the huge water body of the Red Sea.  In the east it has the Indian Ocean which also is at its south east.  In the west there is the Atlantic Ocean.  There are fifty four independent nation in Africa.  The only country which is partly outside Africa is Egypt.  It has a small part of it in Asia on the farther shore of the Suez Canal.  However, for political purposes, the country belongs to African continent.

The biggest country in Africa is Algeria.  The territory it covers is around seven percent of the continent.  The smallest nation is the Seychelles one of the nations which depend on its famous beaches to tout itself as a holiday destination par excellence.  It has more than a 100 islands along the eastern coast of the continent.  However, the favourite travel spot starts with Morocco followed by South Africa, Egypt, and Tunisia.  Africa is the second largest continent of the world.  Its countries constitute a population which makes it the second most populated continent of the world.  The countries also seem to have the youngest population in the world with a median age determined at 19.7 which is far below that of the 30.4.

African countries are diverse in their culture and has a wide range of ethnicities and languages.  The current African countries were founded after the colonization of African by European countries and their further decolonization.  African is accepted as the place of origin of human beings. Slavery was long practiced in Africa especially between the 7th and 20th century.  The Berlin conference in 1884-1885 played a major role in the formation of nations in the African continent.


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