Our Africa

Algeria
Population: 32.1 million people Most Popular Languages: Arabic, French
Year of Independence: 1962

Angola
Population: 11 million people
Most Popular Languages: Portuguese, Bantu Languages
Year of Independence: 1975

Benin
Population: 7.2 million people
Most Popular Languages: French, Fon, and Yoruba
Year of Independence: 1962

Botswana

Population: 1.5 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Setswana
Year of Independence: 1966

Bukina Faso
Population: 13.5 million people

Most Popular Languages: French, Sudanese-family
Year of Independence: 1960

Burundi
Population: 6.2 million people
Most Popular Languages: Kirundi, French, and Swahili
Year of Independence: 1962

Cameroon
Population: 16 million people
Most Popular Languages: English and French
Year of Independence: 1961

Cape Verde
Population: 400,000 people
Most Popular Language: Portuguese
Year of Independence: 1975

Central African Republic
Population: 3.7 million people
Most Popular Languages: French, Sangho
Year of Independence: 1961 Year of Independence: 1962

Chad
Population: 9.5 million people
Most Popular Languages: French, Arabic
Year of Independence: 1960

Comoros
Population: 650,000 people
Most Popular Languages: Arabic, French, & Shikomoro
Year of Independence: 1975

Republic of the Congo
Population: 3 million people
Most Popular Languages: French, Lingala, Kikongo, and Monokutaba
Year of Independence: 1960

Cote d’Ivoire
Population: 17.3 million people

Most Popular Languages: French, Dioula
Year of Independence: 1960

Egypt
Population: 76.1 million people

Most Popular Languages: Arabic, English, French
Year of Independence: 1922

Djibouti
Population: 470,000 people
Most Popular Languages: French, Arabic, Somali, Afar
Year of Independence: 1977

Equatorial Guinea
Population: 500,000 people
Most Popular Languages: Spanish, French
Year of Independence: 1968

Eritrea
Population: 4.4 million people
Most Popular Languages: Afar, Arabic
Year of Independence: 1993

Ethiopia
Population: 67.9 million people

Most Popular Languages: Amharic, Somali, and Arabic
Year of Independence: 1941

Gabon
Population: 1.4 million people
Most Popular Languages: French, Fang
Year of Independence: 1960

Gambia
Population: 1.5 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Mandinka, Wolof
Year of Independence: 1965

Ghana
Population: 20.8 million people

Most Popular Languages: English, Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, and Ewe

Year of Independence: 1957

Guinea
Population: 9.2 million people
Most Popular Languages: French

Year of Independence: 1958

Guinea-Bissau
Population: 1.4 million people
Most Popular Languages: Portuguese, Crioulo
Year of Independence: 1974

Kenya
Population: 32 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Kiswahili
Year of Independence: 1963

Lesotho
Population: 1.9 million people
Most Popular Languages: Sesotho, English, Zulu, and Xhosa
Year of Independence: 1966

Liberia
Population: 3.4 million people
Most Popular Languages: English

Year of Independence: 1847

Libya
Population: 5.6 million people
Most Popular Languages: Arabic, Italian, and English
Year of Independence: 1951

Madagascar
Population: 17.5 million people

Most Popular Languages: French, Malagasy
Year of Independence: 1960

Malawi
Population: 12 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Chichewa
Year of Independence: 1964

Mali
Population: 12 million people
Most Popular Languages: French, Bambara
Year of Independence: 1960

Mauritania
Population: 3 million people
Most Popular Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Wolof, and French
Year of Independence: 1960

Mauritius
Population: 1.2 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Creole, and French
Year of Independence: 1968

Morocco
Population: 32.2 million people

Most Popular Languages: Arabic, Berber, and French
Year of Independence: 1956

Mozambique
Population: 18.8 million people
Most Popular Languages: Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and Portuguese
Year of Independence: 1975

Namibia
Population: 2 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Afrikaans, and German
Year of Independence: 1990

Niger
Population: 11.4 million people

Most Popular Languages: French, Hausa, and Djerma
Year of Independence: 1960

Nigeria
Population: 137.3 million people

Most Popular Languages: English, Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo
Year of Independence: 1960

Rwanda
Population: 8 million people
Most Popular Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English, and Kiswahili
Year of Independence: 1962

Sao Tome & Principe
Population: 182,000 people
Most Popular Languages: Portuguese
Year of Independence: 1975

Senegal
Population: 10.9 million people

Most Popular Languages: French, Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, and Mandinka

Year of Independence: 1960

Seychelles
Population: 81,000 people
Most Popular Languages: English, French, and Creole
Year of Independence: 1976

Sierra Leone
Population: 5.9 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Mende, Temne, and Krio
Year of Independence: 1961

Somalia
Population: 8.3 million people
Most Popular Languages: Somali, Arabic, Italian, and English
Year of Independence: 1960

South Africa
Population: 42.8 million people

Most Popular Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu
Year of Independence: 1910

Sudan
Population: 39 million people
Most Popular Languages: Arabic, Nubian, and English
Year of Independence: 1956

Tanzania
Population: 36.6 million people
Most Popular Languages: KiSwahili, Kiunguju, English, and Arabic
Year of Independence: 1964

Swaziland
Population: 1.2 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, siSwati
Year of Independence: 1968

Togo
Population: 5.6 million people
Most Popular Languages: French, Ewe, and Mina
Year of Independence: 1960

Tunisia
Population: 10 million people
Most Popular Languages: Arabic, French
Year of Independence: 1956

Uganda
Population: 26 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Luganda, Swahili, and Arabic
Year of Independence: 1962

Western Sahara
Population: 267,000 people
Most Popular Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
Year of Independence: 1976

Zambia
Population: 10.5 million people
Most Popular Languages: English, Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, and Nyanja
Year of Independence: 1964

Zimbabwe
Population: 12.7 million people