Africa in a World Context

Economic and Population Data, 1997

Country

1997 GDP (billions of US$)

1997 Population (in millions)

Country

1997 GDP (billions of US$)

1997 Population (in millions)

CENTRAL AFRICA

 

 

SOUTHERN AFRICA

   

Cameroon

14.1

13.9

Angola

10.4

11.6

Central African Republic

1.8

3.5

Botswana

4.3

1.5

Chad

2.5

6.7

Comoros

0.3

0.7

Republic of Congo

3.4

2.8

Lesotho

1.1

2.1

Democratic Republic of Congo

6.1

48.0

Madagascar

4.0

15.9

Equatorial Guinea

0.5

0.4

Malawi

2.3

10.4

Gabon

7.1

1.1

Mauritius

4.3

1.2

Sao Tome and Principe

0.1

0.1

Mozambique

4.2

18.3

SUBTOTAL–C. Africa

35.7

78.6

Namibia

3.8

1.6

EAST AFRICA

   

South Africa

127.5

43.3

Burundi

1.4

6.2

Swaziland

1.2

1.0

Djibouti

0.4

0.6

Zambia

3.2

8.5

Eritrea

0.6

3.6

Zimbabwe

12.7

12.3

Ethiopia

13.2

60.2

SUBTOTAL–S. Africa

179.1

128.3

Kenya

14.3

33.1

WEST AFRICA

   

Rwanda

2.4

5.9

Benin

2.9

5.8

Seychelles

0.5

0.1

Burkina Faso

4.1

11.1

Somalia

1.0

10.2

Cape Verde

0.5

0.4

Sudan

38.0

30.9

Cote d’Ivoire

17.2

15.3

Tanzania

6.3

31.5

Gambia

0.4

1.2

Uganda

16.7

20.4

Ghana

10.5

18.3

SUBTOTAL–E. Africa

94.8

202.7

Guinea

4.2

7.6

NORTH AFRICA

   

Guinea-Bissau

0.4

1.1

Algeria

91.9

29.5

Liberia

1.0

2.9

Egypt

82.8

62.0

Mali

3.7

11.5

Libya

74.3

5.8

Mauritania

1.7

2.4

Morocco

34.1

27.3

Niger

3.5

9.8

Tunisia

20.6

9.2

Nigeria

49.8

118.4

Western Sahara

NA

0.3

Senegal

8.0

8.8

SUBTOTAL–N. Africa

303.7

134.1

Sierra Leone

1.0

4.4

     

Togo

2.1

4.3

     

SUBTOTAL–W. Africa

110.9

223.3

     

TOTAL

724.2

765.0

     
Source: Energy Information Administration, World Bank 1999 World Development Indicators