Africa

Area	30,370,000 km2 (11,730,000 sq mi)  (2nd)
Population	1,225,080,510 (2016; 2nd)
Population density	36.4/km2 (94/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	$2.45 trillion (2019; 5th)
GDP (PPP)	$7.16 trillion (2019; 5th)
GDP per capita	$1,930 (2019; 6th)
Demonym	African
Countries	54 (and 2 disputed)
Dependencies	External (1)  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Internal (6)  Canary Islands  Ceuta  Madeira  Mayotte  Melilla  Réunion
Languages	1250–3000 native languages
Time zones	UTC-1 to UTC+4
Largest cities	Largest urban areas: Cairo Lagos Kinshasa Johannesburg Luanda Khartoum Dar es Salaam Abidjan Alexandria Nairobi Cape Town Kano Dakar Casablanca Addis Ababa

Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It makes up about a fifth of the world's land. It is surrounded by large areas of water. There are 54 fully recognised and independent countries in Africa, and 14.7% (1.216 billion) of the world's population lives there. It is thought to be the continent where the first humans evolved.