Africa is on the move
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| Egypt | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 127,966 | 52th |
| Population (Million) | 76.6 | 17th |
| Capital | Cairo | |
| Main Resources | Tourism, natural gas, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Rich history, friendly and proud people | |
| Algeria | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 134,275 | 50th |
| Population (Million) | 34.9 | 37th |
| Capital | Algiers | |
| Main Resources | Oil & Gas | |
| Famous For | Independence war against France, Rai music | |
| Tunisia | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 35,010 | 75th |
| Population (Million) | 10.3 | 78th |
| Capital | Tunis | |
| Main Resources | Tourism, oil, textiles, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Peaceful revolution which sparked a wave of change across the Arab world | |
| Libya | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 69,929 | 61th |
| Population (Million) | 6.4 | 100th |
| Capital | Tripoli | |
| Main Resources | Oil & Gas | |
| Famous For | Oil wealth | |
| Sudan | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 46,228 | 65th |
| Population (Million) | 42.3 | 33th |
| Capital | Khartoum | |
| Main Resources | Oil, cotton, livestock | |
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| Chad | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 6,965 | 126th |
| Population (Million) | 11.2 | 74th |
| Capital | N'Djamena | |
| Main Resources | Oil, cotton, livestock | |
| Famous For | Promising oil prospects | |
| Ethiopia | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 19,431 | 95th |
| Population (Million) | 79.2 | 15th |
| Capital | Addis Ababa | |
| Main Resources | Coffee, tea, livestock, migrant remittances | |
| Famous For | Only African country never colonized, runners, beautiful women | |
| Morocco | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 75,116 | 56th |
| Population (Million) | 31.4 | 40th |
| Capital | Rabat | |
| Main Resources | Tourism, phosphate, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Tourism, good food, urban poverty | |
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| Mauritania | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 2,819 | 148th |
| Population (Million) | 3.3 | 128th |
| Capital | Nouakchott | |
| Main Resources | Iron, fishing, oil | |
| Famous For | Promising oil prospects | |
| Senegal | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 11,183 | 112th |
| Population (Million) | 12.5 | 71th |
| Capital | Dakar | |
| Main Resources | Tourism, phosphate, peanuts, cotton | |
| Famous For | Intellectuals, Islamic sects, good food, music | |
| Guinea | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 4,157 | 138th |
| Population (Million) | 10.1 | 80th |
| Capital | Conakry | |
| Main Resources | Bauxite, gold, diamonds, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Mineral wealth | |
| Sierra Leone | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 1,665 | 153th |
| Population (Million) | 5.7 | 106th |
| Capital | Freetown | |
| Main Resources | Diamonds, gold, coffee, cocoa | |
| Famous For | Diamonds, beautiful beaches | |
| Liberia | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 735 | 165th |
| Population (Million) | 3.9 | 122th |
| Capital | Monrovia | |
| Main Resources | Diamonds, timber, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Minerals | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 19,824 | 94th |
| Population (Million) | 21.1 | 55th |
| Capital | Abidjan | |
| Main Resources | Oil, cocoa, coffee, cotton | |
| Famous For | Cheerful people, zouglou music (1er gaou…), first president Houphouet-Boigny | |
| Mali | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 6,940 | 127th |
| Population (Million) | 13.0 | 70th |
| Capital | Bamako | |
| Main Resources | Gold, cotton, livestock, migrant remittances | |
| Famous For | Singers, footballers, large diaspora, gold | |
| Burkina Faso | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 6,751 | 129th |
| Population (Million) | 15.8 | 62th |
| Capital | Ouagadougou | |
| Main Resources | Cotton, gold, livestock | |
| Famous For | Integrity, FESPACO film festival, cycling | |
| Ghana | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 15,160 | 100th |
| Population (Million) | 23.8 | 48th |
| Capital | Accra | |
| Main Resources | Gold, cocoa, diamonds, tourism | |
| Famous For | Kwame Nkrumah, Jerry Rawlings, gold | |
| Niger | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 4,174 | 137th |
| Population (Million) | 15.3 | 64th |
| Capital | Niamey | |
| Main Resources | Uranium, gold, livestock | |
| Famous For | Tuareg people, Tenere desert | |
| Nigeria | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 166,985 | 41th |
| Population (Million) | 154.7 | 8th |
| Capital | Abuja | |
| Main Resources | Oil & Gas, manufacturing, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Creative people | |
| Cameroon | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 20,686 | 90th |
| Population (Million) | 19.6 | 57th |
| Capital | Yaounde | |
| Main Resources | Oil, timber, cotton, coffee, cocoa | |
| Famous For | Football, diverse population and geography | |
| Central African Republic | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 1,714 | 152th |
| Population (Million) | 4.4 | 120th |
| Capital | Bangui | |
| Main Resources | Diamonds, cotton, timber | |
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| Gabon | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 11,584 | 109th |
| Population (Million) | 1.5 | 143th |
| Capital | Libreville | |
| Main Resources | Oil, timber | |
| Famous For | Oil | |
| Republic of the Congo | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 7,657 | 123th |
| Population (Million) | 3.85 | 125th |
| Capital | Brazzaville | |
| Main Resources | Oil, timber | |
| Famous For | Music, litterature | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 10,423 | 114th |
| Population (Million) | 66.0 | 20th |
| Capital | Kinshasa | |
| Main Resources | Copper, diamonds, gold, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Mineral wealth | |
| Uganda | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 11,785 | 108th |
| Population (Million) | 32.7 | 39th |
| Capital | Kampala | |
| Main Resources | Coffee, tea, tourism | |
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| Zambia | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 11,411 | 110th |
| Population (Million) | 13.0 | 69th |
| Capital | Lusaka | |
| Main Resources | Copper, minerals, tourism | |
| Famous For | Copper | |
| Angola | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 61,334 | 62th |
| Population (Million) | 18.5 | 59th |
| Capital | Luanda | |
| Main Resources | Oil & Gas, diamonds | |
| Famous For | Oil, diamonds | |
| Zimbabwe | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 4,723 | 135th |
| Population (Million) | 12.5 | 72th |
| Capital | Harare | |
| Main Resources | Tabacco, agriculture, livestock, minerals | |
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| Namibia | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 7,446 | 125th |
| Population (Million) | 2.2 | 136th |
| Capital | Windhoek | |
| Main Resources | Diamonds, gold, uranium, livestock, fishing | |
| Famous For | Independence war, diamonds | |
| Botswana | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 12,382 | 104th |
| Population (Million) | 2.0 | 138th |
| Capital | Gaborone | |
| Main Resources | Diamonds, livestock, copper, tourism | |
| Famous For | Good governance, diamonds, AIDS epidemic | |
| South Africa | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 283,071 | 30th |
| Population (Million) | 48.7 | 27th |
| Capital | Pretoria | |
| Main Resources | Gold, diamonds, agriculture, tourism | |
| Famous For | Mandela, diverse population, gold, diamonds | |
| Somalia | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 2,509 | 149th |
| Population (Million) | 9.1 | 88th |
| Capital | Mogadishu | |
| Main Resources | Livestock, migrant remittances | |
| Famous For | Instability, the resilience of its people | |
| Kenya | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 27,026 | 80th |
| Population (Million) | 39.8 | 34th |
| Capital | Nairobi | |
| Main Resources | Tourism, coffee, tea, agriculture | |
| Famous For | Tourism, Masai tribe | |
| Tanzania | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 16,691 | 97th |
| Population (Million) | 43.7 | 32th |
| Capital | Dodoma | |
| Main Resources | Gold, tourism, agriculture, iron | |
| Famous For | Mount Kilimandjaro, Serengeti, Zanzibar | |
| Mozambique | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 8,069 | 120th |
| Population (Million) | 22.9 | 51th |
| Capital | Maputo | |
| Main Resources | Minerals, timber, fishing, natural gas | |
| Famous For | Economic recovery after civil war | |
| Madagascar | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 7,711 | 121th |
| Population (Million) | 19.6 | 58th |
| Capital | Antananarivo | |
| Main Resources | Agriculture, minerals | |
| Famous For | Bio-diversity, difficult to pronounce names | |
| Cape Verde | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 1,445 | 155th |
| Population (Million) | 0.5 | 160th |
| Capital | Praia | |
| Main Resources | Banana, fishing, tourism | |
| Famous For | Cesaria Evora | |
| Equatorial Guinea | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 12,574 | 103th |
| Population (Million) | 0.7 | 155th |
| Capital | Malabo | |
| Main Resources | Oil & Gas, timber | |
| Famous For | Oil wealth | |
| Seychelles | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 712 | 166th |
| Population (Million) | 0.1 | 173th |
| Capital | Victoria | |
| Main Resources | Tourism, fishing | |
| Famous For | Tourism | |
| Comoros | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 466 | 173th |
| Population (Million) | 0.7 | 157th |
| Capital | Moroni | |
| Main Resources | Cashew nuts, spices, migrant remittances | |
| Famous For | Large diaspora | |
| Mauritius | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 6,928 | 128th |
| Population (Million) | 1.3 | 147th |
| Capital | Port Louis | |
| Main Resources | Tourism, financial services, textiles, sugar | |
| Famous For | Tourism, offshore banking | |
| Lesotho | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 1,598 | 154th |
| Population (Million) | 2.0 | 140th |
| Capital | Maseru | |
| Main Resources | Hydro-electricity, livestock, tourism | |
| Famous For | Stability, AIDS epidemic | |
| Swaziland | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 2,890 | 147th |
| Population (Million) | 1.2 | 148th |
| Capital | Mbabane | |
| Main Resources | Agriculture, livestock, tourism | |
| Famous For | High profile king, AIDS epidemic | |
| Eritrea | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 1,316 | 156th |
| Population (Million) | 5.1 | 112th |
| Capital | Asmara | |
| Main Resources | Copper, oil, migrant remittances | |
| Famous For | Large diaspora | |
| The Gambia | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 644 | 167th |
| Population (Million) | 1.7 | 141th |
| Capital | Banjul | |
| Main Resources | Agriculture, fishing | |
| Famous For | Tourism, stability | |
| Guinea Bissau | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 356 | 176th |
| Population (Million) | 1.6 | 142th |
| Capital | Bissau | |
| Main Resources | Cashew nuts, fishing | |
| Famous For | Independence war, bad governance, instability | |
| Togo | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 2,497 | 150th |
| Population (Million) | 6.6 | 99th |
| Capital | Lome | |
| Main Resources | Phosphate, coffee, cocoa, cotton | |
| Famous For | Charming capital city | |
| Benin | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 5,566 | 134th |
| Population (Million) | 8.9 | 89th |
| Capital | Porto-Novo | |
| Main Resources | Cotton, fishing | |
| Famous For | Voodoo, stability, intellectuals | |
| Rwanda | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 3,339 | 145th |
| Population (Million) | 10.0 | 83th |
| Capital | Kigali | |
| Main Resources | Agriculture, minerals, tourism | |
| Famous For | Economic recovery | |
| Burundi | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 974 | 162th |
| Population (Million) | 8.3 | 92th |
| Capital | Bujumbura | |
| Main Resources | Agriculture, minerals | |
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| Malawi | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 3,561 | 143th |
| Population (Million) | 15.3 | 65th |
| Capital | Lilongwe | |
| Main Resources | Agriculture | |
| Famous For | Stability, AIDS epidemic | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 145 | 179th |
| Population (Million) | 0.1 | 178th |
| Capital | São Tomé | |
| Main Resources | Agriculture, fishing | |
| Famous For | Promising oil prospects | |
| Djibouti | World Rank | |
| GDP (Million USD) | 850 | 164th |
| Population (Million) | 0.9 | 150th |
| Capital | Djibouti | |
| Main Resources | Services, fishing, military base leases | |
| Famous For | Strategic location, stability | |
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