Category: Country Factfiles

Official name:  The Republic of Kenya Capital and largest city: Nairobi Area: 580,367 sq km Population: 58,246,378 (2024 estimate) Life expectancy: 64 years (men) 69 years (women) Languages: Swahili, English …

Official name: The Republic of Djibouti Capital and largest city: Djibouti Area: 23,200 sq km Arable land: 0.1% (2018 estimate) Population: 994,974 Ethnic groups: Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% …

Official name:  The Federal Republic of Somalia Capital and largest city: Mogadishu Area: 637,657 sq km Population: male: 6,546,312, female: 6,470,961 (2024 estimates) Languages: Somali, Arabic Life expectancy: 56.5 years (2024 estimate) President: Hassan Sheikh …

Background information Official name:  The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Capital and largest city: Addis Ababa Area: 1,104,300 sq km Population: 113.6 million Languages: Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya Life …

Background information Official name: The State of Eritrea Capital and largest city: Asmara National languages: Tigrinya, Beja, Arabic, Tigre, Kunama, Saho, Bilen, Nara, Afar Population: 6,343,956 (2024 estimate) Life …

Official name: Republic of Sudan Capital: Khartoum Area: Approximately 1,861,484 square kilometers (720,000 sq mi) Population: Approximately 44 million (as of 2021) Official languages: Arabic and English Currency: Sudanese pound (SDG) …