Africa
Continent
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With nearly 1.4 billion people as of... Wikipedia
Area: 11.73 million mi²
Population: 1.373 billion (Jul 1, 2021)
True size: 30.37 million square kilometres
Demonym: African
GDP (nominal): $2.96 trillion (2022 est; 5th)
Languages: 1250–3000 native languages
Religions: Christianity (49%); Islam (42%); Traditional faiths (8%); Others (1%);
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent ...
Africa is the second largest continent, covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. Africa's total land area is approximately 11724000 ...
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