Full Name Republic of Liberia Capital Monrovia Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 26 July, 1847 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 111,369 km2 (103rd)43,000 sq mi Total Population (2008 estimate) 3,489,072 (129th) Time Zone GMT Currency Liberian Dollar GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $735 million GDP Per Capita $195 Human Development Index […]
Category: African countries
Lesotho
Full Name Kingdom of Lesotho Capital Maseru Form of Government Parliamentary System andConstitutional Monachy Date of Independence 4 October, 1966 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 30,355 km2 (140th)11,717 sq mi Total Population (2005 estimate) 1,795,000 (146th) Time Zone (UTC+2) Currency Loti GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $1.598 billion GDP Per Capita $663 Human […]
Kenya
Full Name Republic of Kenya Capital Nairobi Form of Government Semi-Presidential Republic Date of Independence 12 December, 1963 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 580,367 km2 (47th)224,080 sq mi Total Population (2008 estimate) 37,953,840 (36th) Time Zone EAT (UTC+3) Currency Kenyan Shilling GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $27.026 billion GDP Per Capita $779 Human […]
Guinea
Full Name Republic of Guinea Capital Conakry Form of Government Military Junta Date of Independence 2 October, 1958 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 245,857 km2 (78th)94,926 sq mi Total Population (2005 estimate) 10,211,437 (83rd) Time Zone GMT Currency Guinea Franc GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $4.157 million GDP Per Capita $417 Human Development […]
Guinea-Bissau
Full Name Republic of Guinea-Bissau Capital Bissau Form of Government Semi-Presidential Republic Date of Independence 10 September, 1974 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 36,544 km2 (136th)13,948 sq mi Total Population (2005 estimate) 1,586,000 (148th) Time Zone GMT Currency West African CFA Franc GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $356 million GDP Per Capita $213 […]
Ghana
Full Name Ghana Capital Accra Form of Government Constitutional Presidential Republic Date of Independence 6 March, 1957 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 238,535 km2 (91st) 92,098 sq mi Total Population (2007 estimate) 23,000,000 (48th) Time Zone GMT Currency Ghanaian Cedi GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $15.160 billion GDP Per Capita $690 Human Development […]
Gambia
Full Name Republic of the Gambia Capital Banjul Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 24 April, 1970 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 10,380 km2 (164th) 4,007 sq mi Total Population (2007 estimate) 1,700,000 (150th) Time Zone GMT Currency Dalasi GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $644 million GDP Per Capita $405 Human Development […]
Gabon
Full Name Gabonese Republic Capital Libreville Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 17 August, 1960 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 267,745 km2 (76th)103,347 sq mi Total Population (2005 estimate) 1,454,867 (150th) Time Zone WAT (UTC+1) Currency CFA FRanc GDP (nominal, 2008 estimate) $14.584 billion GDP Per Capita $8085 Human Development Index […]
Ethiopia
Full Name Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Capital Addis Ababa Form of Government Federal Parliamentary Republic Date of Independence oldest independent country in Africa andone of the oldest in the world – at least 2,000 years Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 1,104,300 km2 (27th)426,371 sq mi Total Population (2008 estimate) 85,254,090 (16th) […]
Eritrea
Full Name State of Eritrea Capital Asmara Form of Government Transitional Government Date of Independence November 1941 (from Italy),24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia) Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 117,600 km2 (100th)45,405 sq mi Total Population (2005 estimate) 4,401,009 (118th) Time Zone EAT (UTC+3) Currency Nakfa GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $5.316 billion GDP […]