Statistics for populated places

Populated places - Africa

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Total places and places with specified fields

Country	On file	Provinces	Postcodes	Lat/long	Area codes	Population	Accents	Variant names
Algeria	28280	19999	17791	10158	42	49	1884	32
Angola	15884	15074		15624	8	6	911	5
Ascension Island	1		1
Bassas da India
Benin	4657	104		4586	163	32	1608
Botswana	774	103		645	62	16		3
Burkina Faso	10878	399		10837	1	41	3293
Burundi	3244	722		3220	7	2	2	1
Cameroon	10676	446		10613	1	20	2485	3
Cape Verde	1450	1122	989	338		2	460
Central African Republic	6296	318		6254	1	40	1181	3
Chad	12181	11944		12120	1	33	3108	13
Comoros	535	206		530	3	3	60
Congo	6228	2090		6203	19	9	1153	1
Congo, Democratic Republic	31868	29822		26612	15	26	25	11
Cote d'Ivoire	11604	222		11521	10	56	3990	1
Djibouti	98	14		94	1	1	29	1
Equatorial Guinea	2996	20		2981	1	2	224	1
Eritrea	1272	30		1250	3	4	234	9
Ethiopia	15200	14634	38	14995	10	63	5197	12
Europa Island
Gabon	4537	4390		4516		16	712	1
Gambia	2746	75		2734	1	17	5
Ghana	16880	202		16801	18	93	70	5
Glorioso Islands
Guinea	8472	8198		8438	4	45	2550
Guinea-Bissau	5590	160	91	5528	1	41	2024
Juan de Nova Island
Kenya	4717	4068	1099	3527	40	22	1	1
Lesotho	2511	1711	2104	463	143	4		5
Liberia	8892	8762	1	8862	1	26	28	1
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2638	2313		2253	112	22	1431	38
Madagascar	29736	28115	888	28716	4	63	56	7
Malawi	5369	91		5241	15	4	2
Mali	13751	362		13643		43	3982	3
Mauritania	1355	51		1312	1	16	507
Mauritius	764	363		389		27	67	2
Mayotte	97		22	75	1	2	23
Morocco	31244	30558	1245	29973	40	167	5215	27
Mozambique	22564	8132	407	22077	12	20	2538	5
Namibia	2706	2423		2644	15	28	31	3
Niger	9487	9105	65	9429		32	2382	4
Nigeria	82425	45932	44673	37810	72	154	25	8
Reunion	679	37	88	435	1	24	170	7
Rwanda	1924	1866		1913	1	2
Sao Tome and Principe	257	253		250	1	2	77	1
Senegal	12557	12333		12503	1	59	4264
Seychelles	66	3		47	1	1	5
Sierra Leone	8255	8160		8215	6	48	2	4
Somalia	7016	6491		6949	2	5	301	11
South Africa	38837	35891	9693	17680	148	12850	105	308
St Helena	16	3	13	16	1	1
Sudan	12823	11678	173	12466	14	14	2594	28
Swaziland	208	95	84	129	94	5	1	2
Tanzania	9508	223		9226	25	13	1	1
Togo	5317	383		5281	1	33	2802	3
Tromelin Island
Tunisia	5369	1656	1426	3850	98	31	1147	29
Uganda	6614	64		6510	16	8
Western Sahara	109	8	2	102		4	18
Zambia	15586	15103	9	15237	77	10		1
Zimbabwe	1746	510		1331	93	20		15
Total	547,490	347,037	80,902	445,152	1,408	14,377	58,980	616

Summary

Africa

Algeria, Angola, Ascension Island, Bassas da India, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europa Island, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Glorioso Islands, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Juan de Nova Island, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger. Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, St Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tromelin Island, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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