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Interesting Facts You Should Know About Africa

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  1. There are 54 countries and one “non-self governing territory”, the Western Sahara, in Africa.
  2. African continent is the world’s oldest populated area.Why Africa's coronavirus outbreak appears slower than anticipated
  3. Africa is the second most populous continent with about 1.1 billion people.
  4. The continent’s population will more than double to 2.3 billion people by 2050.
  5. The Nile River is the longest river in the world with a total length of 6,650 kilometres.
  6. Africa is the world’s poorest and most underdeveloped continent with a continental GDP that accounts for just 2.4% of global GDP.
  7. Almost 40% of adults in Africa are illiterate
  8. The Second Congo War claimed over 5 million lives and is the deadliest worldwide conflict since World War II.
  9. Africa is the world’s second largest continent covering about over 30 million square kilometers
  10. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and is bigger than the continental USA.
  11. Africa is home to the world’s largest living land animal, the African elephant, which can weigh up to 7 tons.
  12. Africa has approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining mineral resources.
  13. The continent has the largest reserves of precious metals with over 40% of the gold reserves, over 60% of the cobalt, and 90% of the platinum reserves.
  14. Africa has over 85% of the world’s elephants and over 99% of the remaining lions are on the African continent.
  15. China is Africa’s top trade partner with Sino-African trade volumes now nearing $200 billion per year.
  16. Over 240 million Africans suffer from chronic undernourishment.
  17. Productivity of about 65% of the continents agricultural lands has declined significantly with vast tracts of land have been degraded by erosion, poor land management practices, mining and pollution over the last 50 years.
  18. Some landscapes are estimated to lose over 50 metric tonnes of soil per hectare per year due to neglect and desertification.
  19. Six of the top ten countries with the largest annual net loss of forested area are in Africa.

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