Facts about Africa

Janet Carr

January 27

Africa area = 30,37 million km2
China area = 9,6 million km2
US area = 9,8 million km2
Europa area = 10,18 million km2
Africa is bigger than all of Europe, China and the United States of America together.
Africa has 40 % arable land. Sudan has the largest agricultural land area in Africa in 2021, corresponding to around 113 million hectares. Following, South Africa and Nigeria has roughly 96.3 million and 68.6 million hectares of land under agricultural activities, respectively.
The African continent has 40 percent of the world's gold and up to 90 percent of its chromium and platinum. The largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum and uranium in the world are in Africa.
Africa holds 65 per cent of the world's arable land and ten percent of the planet's internal renewable fresh water source
Africa has 80 % of Coltan's global reserve (mineral for telephone and electronics production), mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Africa has 60 % of global cobalt reserve (mineral for car battery manufacture)
Africa has 33% of global diamond reserve
Africa is rich in oil and natural gas.
Africa (Namibia) has the world's richest fish coastline.
Africa is rich in manganese, iron and wood.
Africa is three times the area of China, three times the area of Europe, three times the United States of America.
Africa has thirty and a half million km2 (30 875 415 km2); Africa has 1,3 billion inhabitants (China has 1,4 billion inhabitants in 9,6 million km2). Which means Africa is SUBPOPULATED.
The arable lands of the Democratic Republic of Congo are capable of feeding all of Africa.
Africa is a culturally diverse continent in terms of dance, music, architecture, sculpture, etc.
Africa accommodates 30.000 medicinal recipes and herbs that the West modifies in its laboratories.
Africa has a young global population that should reach 2,5 billion by the year 2050.