Africa, the planet's 2nd largest continent, includes (53) individual countries. It contains the NILE RIVER, the world's longest, and the massive SAHARA DESERT the world's largest. The continent's (highest point) is Mt. Kilimanjaro, in TANZANIA 19,341ft (5,895m), while the (lowest point) is LAC ASSAL in the small country of Djibouti, 512 ft (156m) below sea level

Size

• 30,065,000 sq km
• 11,608,000 sq miles

Coastline

• 30,539 km
• 18,976 miles

Percent of Earth's Land

• 20.2%

• 807,419,000