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Geography
Area: 30,244,000 sq km
20.3% of the world's surface area. Of this, 20.6 million sq km are in countries south of the Sahara, and 9.67 million in the nations of North Africa.

Population: 1,033,042,510  Annual Growth: 2.30%


Peoples

Peoples: 2,500 (0% unreached)
Languages: 2,110


Religion

Largest Religion: Christian
Religion:                            Population%        Annual Growth
Christian   503,742,508       48.77                 0.0

Answer to Prayer
Christianity has grown to become the religion of almost half of Africa's population, and nearly two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa. From 1900-2010, Christians numbers grew from 9.1% of the population to 48.8%, and from 7.5 million to 504 million.