Here are a few of the most interesting Africa statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

Africa Facts

Location: Africa on Google Maps
Continental Area: 11.73 square miles (30.37 square kilometers)
Time Zone(s):

Time zone	Offset
Central Africa Time	UTC +2
Central European Time	UTC +1
Cape Verde Time	UTC -1
Eastern Africa Time	UTC +3
Eastern European Time	UTC +2
Greenwich Mean Time	UTC +0
Mauritius Time	UTC +4
Reunion Time	UTC +4
South Africa Standard Time	UTC +2
Seychelles Time	UTC +4
West Africa Summer Time	UTC +2
West Africa Time	UTC +1
Western European Summer Time	UTC +1
Western European Time	UTC +0
Western Sahara Summer Time	UTC +1
Western Sahara Standard Time	UTC +0

Population: 1.225 billion (2016)
Number of Native Languages Spoken: ~1,000 – 3,000
Top Languages Spoken: Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, English, Amharic, French
Number of recognized countries in Africa: 54
List of Countries in Africa:
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe