Africa South of the Sahara

Africa South of the Sahara

MAURITANIA MALI NIGER SENEGAL CHAD SUDAN ERITREA GAMBIA BURKINA- GUINEA FASO DJIBOUTI GUINEA- CÔTE NIGERIA BISSAU CENTRAL ETHIOPIA D IVOIRE SIERRA AFRICAN REP. BENIN LEONE CAMEROON GHANA TOGO LIBERIA EQ. GUINEA UGANDA SOMALIA SAO TOME AND GABON KENYA DEM. REP. RWANDA PRINCIPE CONGO OF THE CONGO BURUNDI TANZANIA CAPE VERDE ANGOLA ZAMBIA MALAWI COMOROS MOZAMBIQUE ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA BOTSWANA MADAGASCAR Click the name of the country to see information about that country. SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND LESOTHO SEYCHELLES MAURITIUS

Angola Language: Portuguese, Local languages Population: 12,300,000 26 per square mi. 10 per square km Landmass: 481,351 square mi. 1,246,699 square km Currency: Kwanza Crude Oil Machinery

Benin Language: French, Fon, Yoruba Population: 6,600,000 152 per square mi. 59 per square km Landmass: 43,483 square mi. 112,621 square km Currency: CFA Franc Cotton Foods

Botswana Language: English, Setswana Population: 1,600,000 7 per square mi. 3 per square km Landmass: 224,606 square mi. 581,730 square km Currency: Pula Diamonds Foods

Burkina-Faso Language: French, Local languages Population: 12,300,000 116 per square mi. 45 per square km Landmass: 105,792 square mi. 274,001 square km Currency: CFA Franc Cotton Machinery

Burundi Language: Kirundi, French Population: 6,200,000 577 per square mi. 223 per square km Landmass: 10,745 square mi. 27,830 square km Currency: Burundi Franc Coffee Machinery

Cameroon Language: French, English, Local languages Population: 15,800,000 86 per square mi. 33 per square km Landmass: 183,568 square mi. 475,441 square km Currency: CFA Franc Crude Oil Machinery

Cape Verde Language: Portuguese, Crioulo Population: 400,000 257 per square mi. 99 per square km Landmass: 1,556 square mi. 4,030 square km Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo Shoes Foods

Central African Republic Language: French, Sango, Arabic, Hunsa Population: 3,600,000 15 per square mi. 6 per square km Landmass: 240,533 square mi. 622,981 square km Currency: CFA Franc Diamonds Foods

Chad Language: French, Arabic, Sara, Sango Population: 8,700,000 18 per square mi. 7 per square km Landmass: 495,753 square mi. 1,284,000 square km Currency: CFA Franc Cotton Machinery

Comoros Language: Arabic, French, Comoran Population: 600,000 697 per square mi. 269 per square km Landmass: 861 square mi. 2,230 square km Currency: CFA Franc Vanilla Rice

Congo Language: French, Lingala, Monokutuba Population: 3,100,000 24 per square mi. 9 per square km Landmass: 132,046 square mi. 341,999 square km Currency: CFA Franc Crude Oil Machinery

Democratic Republic of the Congo Language: French, Lingala, Kingwana Population: 53,600,000 59 per square mi. 23 per square km Landmass: 905,351 square mi. 2,344,859 square km Currency: Congolese Franc Diamonds Manufactured Goods

Côte d Ivoire Language: French, Dioula Population: 16,400,000 132 per square mi. 51 per square km Landmass: 124,502 square mi. 322,460 square km Currency: CFA Franc Cocoa Foods

Djibouti Language: French, Arabic Population: 600,000 67 per square mi. 26 per square km Landmass: 8,958 square mi. 23,201 square km Currency: Djibouti Franc Hides and Skins Foods

Equatorial Guinea Language: Spanish, French, Fang, Bubi, Ibo Population: 500,000 46 per square mi. 18 per square km Landmass: 10,830 square mi. 28,050 square km Currency: CFA Franc Petroleum Machinery

Eritrea Language: Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre Population: 4,300,000 95 per square mi. 37 per square km Landmass: 45,405 square mi. 117,599 square km Currency: Nakfa Livestock Processed Foods

Ethiopia Language: Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga Population: 65,400,000 153 per square mi. 59 per square km Landmass: 426,371 square mi. 1,104,301 square km Currency: Birr Government: Federal Republic Coffee Foods and Livestock

Gabon Language: French, Local languages Population: 1,200,000 12 per square mi. 5 per square km Landmass: 103,347 square mi. 267,669 square km Currency: CFA Franc Crude Oil Machinery

Gambia Language: English, Mandinka, Fula Population: 1,400,000 321 per square mi. 124 per square km Landmass: 4,363 square mi. 11,300 square km Currency: Dalasi Peanuts Foods

Ghana Language: English, Local languages Population: 19,900,000 216 per square mi. 83 per square km Landmass: 92,100 square mi. 238,539 square km Currency: Cedi Gold Machinery

Guinea Language: French, Local languages Population: 7,600,000 80 per square mi. 31 per square km Landmass: 94,927 square mi. 245,861 square km Currency: Guinean Franc Bauxite Petroleum Products

Guinea-Bissau Language: Portuguese, Crioulo, Fula Population: 1,200,000 86 per square mi. 33 per square km Landmass: 13,946 square mi. 36,120 square km Currency: CFA Franc Cashews Foods

Kenya Language: English, Swahili Population: 29,800,000 133 per square mi. 51 per square km Landmass: 224,081 square mi. 580,370 square km Currency: Kenyan Shilling Tea Machinery

Lesotho Language: English, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa Population: 2,200,000 188 per square mi. 73 per square km Landmass: 11,718 square mi. 30,350 square km Currency: Loti Government: Constitutional Monarchy Clothing Corn

Liberia Language: English, Local languages Population: 3,200,000 74 per square mi. 29 per square km Landmass: 43,000 square mi. 111,370 square km Currency: Liberian Dollar Diamonds Natural Gas

Madagascar Language: French, Malagasy Population: 16,400,000 72 per square mi. 28 per square km Landmass: 226,656 square mi. 587,039 square km Currency: Malagasy Franc Coffee Machinery

Malawi Language: Chewa, English Population: 10,500,000 230 per square mi. 89 per square km Landmass: 45,754 square mi. 118,480 square km Currency: Kwacha Tobacco Foods

Mali Language: French, Bambara Population: 11,000,000 23 per square mi. 9 per square km Landmass: 478,838 square mi. 1,240,190 square km Currency: CFA Franc Cotton Machinery

Mauritania Language: Hasaniya Arabic, Wolof Population: 2,700,000 7 per square mi. 3 per square km Landmass: 395,954 square mi. 1,025,521 square km Currency: Ouguiya Government: Islamic Republic Fish Foods

Mauritius Language: English, Creole, Bhojpuri, French Population: 1,200,000 1,523 per square mi. 588 per square km Landmass: 788 square mi. 2,041 square km Currency: Mauritian Rupee Sugar Foods

Mozambique Language: Portuguese, Local languages Population: 19,400,000 63 per square mi. 24 per square km Landmass: 309,494 square mi. 801,590 square km Currency: Metical Cashews Foods

Namibia Language: English, Afrikaans, Local languages Population: 1,800,000 6 per square mi. 2 per square km Landmass: 318,259 square mi. 824,291 square km Currency: Namibian Dollar Diamonds Construction Materials

Niger Language: French, Hausa, Djerma Population: 10,400,000 21 per square mi. 8 per square km Landmass: 489,189 square mi. 1,267,000 square km Currency: CFA Franc Uranium Manufactured Goods

Nigeria Language: English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo Population: 126,600,000 355 per square mi. 137 per square km Landmass: 356,668 square mi. 923,770 square km Currency: Naira Government: Federal Republic Petroleum Machinery

Rwanda Language: Kinyarwnada, French, English Population: 7,300,000 718 per square mi. 277 per square km Landmass: 10,170 square mi. 26,340 square km Currency: Rwanda Franc Coffee Foods

Sao Tome and Principe Language: Portuguese, Crioulo Population: 200,000 539 per square mi. 208 per square km Landmass: 371 square mi. 961 square km Currency: Dobra Cocoa Textiles

Senegal Language: French, Wolof, Pulaar, Diola Population: 9,700,000 128 per square mi. 49 per square km Landmass: 75,954 square mi. 196,721 square km Currency: CFA Franc Fish Foods

Seychelles Language: English, French, Creole Population: 100,000 575 per square mi. 222 per square km Landmass: 174 square mi. 451 square km Currency: Seychelles Rupee Fish Foods

Sierra Leone Language: English, Mende, Temne, Krio Population: 5,400,000 195 per square mi. 75 per square km Landmass: 27,699 square mi. 71,740 square km Currency: Leone Diamonds Foods

Somalia Language: Somali, Arabic Population: 7,500,000 31 per square mi. 12 per square km Landmass: 246,201 square mi. 637,661 square km Currency: Somali Shilling Livestock Textiles

South Africa Language: Africkaans, English, Zulu Population: 43,600,000 92 per square mi. 36 per square km Landmass: 471,444 square mi. 1,221,038 square km Currency: Rand Gold Transport Equipment

Sudan Language: Arabic, Nubian, Ta Bedawie Population: 31,800,000 33 per square mi. 13 per square km Landmass: 967,494 square mi. 2,505,809 square km Currency: Sudanese Pound Cotton Petroleum Products

Swaziland Language: English, Swazi Population: 1,100,000 165 per square mi. 64 per square km Landmass: 6,703 square mi. 17,361 square km Currency: Lilangeni Government: Monarchy Soft Drink Concentrates Machinery

Tanzania Language: Swahili, English Population: 36,200,000 99 per square mi. 38 per square km Landmass: 364,900 square mi. 945,087 square km Currency: Tanzanian Shilling Coffee Machinery

Togo Language: French, Ewe, Mina, Kabye Population: 5,200,000 235 per square mi. 91 per square km Landmass: 21,927 square mi. 56,791 square km Currency: CFA Franc Phosphates Manufactured Goods

Uganda Language: English, Ganda Population: 24,000,000 258 per square mi. 100 per square km Landmass: 93,066 square mi. 241,041 square km Currency: Ugandan Shilling Coffee Machinery

Zambia Language: English, Local languages Population: 9,800,000 34 per square mi. 13 per square km Landmass: 290,583 square mi. 752,610 square km Currency: Kwacha Copper Manufactured Goods

Zimbabwe Language: English, Shona, Sindebele Population: 11,400,000 75 per square mi. 30 per square km Landmass: 150,873 square mi. 390,761 square km Currency: Zimbabwean Dollar Gold Machinery