THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT:

TAKING AFRICA into the 21st CENTURY

A NOT-for-PROFIT CORPORATION

WHAT is AFRICA?

*Africa is a Continent

*There are fifty-eight countries on the Continent of Africa

--Fifty-three are Independent

NAME           CAPITAL        POPULATION         DATE of INDEPENDENCE

ALGIERS

LUANDA

PORTO-NOVO

GABORONE

OUAGADOUGOU

BUJUMBURA

YAOUNDE'

PRAIA

BANGUI

N'DJAMENA

MORONI

BRAZZAVILLE

KINSHASA

YAMOUSSOUKRO

DJIBOUTI

CAIRO

MALABO

ASMARA

ADDIS ABABA

LIBREVILLE

BANJUL

ACCRA

CONAKRY

BISSAU

NAIROBI

MASERU

MONROVIA

TRIPOLI

ANTANANARIVO

LILONGWE

BAMAKO

NOUAKCHOTT

PORT LOUIS

RABAT

MAPUTO

WINDHOEK

NIAMEY

ABUJA

KIGALI

SAO TOME'

DAKAR

VICTORIA

FREETOWN

MOGADISHU

CAPE TOWN; PRETORIA; BLOEMFONTEIN

KHARTOUM

MBABANE

DAR es SALAAM

LOME'

TUNIS

KAMPALA

LUSAKA

HARARE

  32,813,000

  13,684,000

   6,422,000

   1,661,000

  12,600,000

   7,044,000

  15,855,000

      447,000

   3,746,000

   8,081,000

      582,000

   3,105,000

  54,768,000

  15,417,000

      665,000

  70,464,000

      475,000

   4,044,000

  65,579,000

   1,280,000

  1,372,000

  21,318,000

   7,794,000

   1,264,000

  31,069,000

   2,237,000

  3,385,000

  5,869,000

  16,811,000

  11,449,000

  11,810,000

   2,814,000

   1,177,000

  29,248,000

  20,367,000

   1,768,000

  11,395,000

128,886,000

   8,063,000

      153,000

  9,969,000

        79,000

   5,067,000

  10,837,000

  40,952,000

  30,742,000

  1,064,000

  35,090,000

   4,865,000

  9,845,000

  23,199,000

   9,549,000

  11,896,000

1962

1975

1960

1966

1960

1962

1960

1975

1960

1960

1975

1960

1960

1960

1977

1922

1968

1993

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1960

1965

1957

1958

1974

1963

1966

1847

1951

1960

1964

1960

1960

1968

1956

1975

1990

1960

1960

1962

1975

1960

1976

1961

1960

1931

1956

1968

1964~

1960

1956

1962

1964

1980

DEPENDENCIES in AFRICA

MADERIA ISLANDS

MAYOTTE

REUNION

St. HELENA ISLAND GROUP

WESTERN SAHARA

FUNCHAL

MAMOUDZOU

SAINT-DENIS

JAMESTOWN

NONE

NAME                                         CAPITAL                              POPULATION                  STATUS

     264,000

     149,000

     743,000

        7,000

      256,000

Autonomous regions of PORTUGAL

Territorial collectivity of FRANCE

Department of FRANCE

BRITISH overseas Territory

Occupied by MOROCCO

ETHIOPIA has been Independent for about 2000 years.

Populations are 2002 estimates for Independent Countries and 2002 and earlier estimates for Dependencies based on figures from Official Goverment and United Nations sources.

{The above information can be found in the World Book Encyclopedia 2002.}

**Each Country and Dependency in AFRICA, except for MAYOTTE, has a seperate artcle in World Book Encyclopedia 2002.

ALGERIA

ANGOLA

BENIN

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMEROON

CAPE VERDE

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

COMOROS

CONGO (BRAZZABILLE)

CONGO (KINSHASA)

COTE d'IVOIRE

DJIBOUTI

EGYPT (AFRICAN)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

GABON

GAMBIA

GHANA

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

KENYA

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

LIBYA

MADOGASCAR

MALAWI

MALI

MAURITANIA

MAURITIUS

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

NIGER

NIGERIA

RWANDA

SAO TOME' AND PRINCIPE

SENEGAL

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

SOMALIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SUDAN

SWAZILAND

TANZANIA

TOGO

TUNISIA

UGANDA

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

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