NORTH AFRICA
Algeria
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Area: 2,381,741 sq. km
Agriculture is possible on the Mediterranean coast, in the Atlas Mountains and at oases; 80% is desert.
Population: 37,367,226, Annual Growth: 1.92%
Capital: Algiers
Urbanites: 66.5%
HDI Rank: 93 of 182
Peoples
Peoples: 41(85% unreached)
Official language: Arabic and Berber. French and English are widely used, and 25% speak one of the Berber languages, Languages: 22.
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim
| Religion | Population | % | Ann Gr |
| Christians | 104,628 | 0.28 | 7.5 |
| Evangelicals | 88,697 | 0.20 | 8.1 |
| Muslims | 36,354,574 | 97.29 |
Morocco
Kingdom of Morocco
Area: 446,550 sq. km
Northwest corner of Africa. Fertile coastal areas in the north, Atlas Mountains inland and Sahara Desert to the south and southeast. A further 252,000 sq km of former Spanish Sahara claimed and occupied by Morocco since 1975.
Population: 32,309,239, Annual Growth: 1.054%
Capital: Rabat
Urbanites: 56.7%
HDI Rank: 130 of 182
Peoples
Peoples: 30 (80% unreached)
Official language: Arabic. Berber is used in many homes. French widely used;
English increasing, Languages: 10
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim
| Religion | Population | % | Ann Gr |
| Christians | 28,585 | 0.09 | 1.3 |
| Evangelicals | 4,706 | 0.00 | 4.6 |
| Muslims | 32,270,468 | 99.88 |
Tunisia
Republic of Tunisia
Area: 163,610 sq. km
Mountainous and agricultural in the north, Sahara desert in the south. The site of notable civilizations: Carthaginian, Berber Christian and Arab Islamic.
Population: 10,732,900 Annual Growth: 0.964%
Capital: Tunis
Urbanites: 67.3%
HDI Rank: 94 of 182
Peoples
Peoples: 23 (65% unreached)
Official language: Arabic. French widely used but declining as English increases, Languages: 10
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim
| Religion | Population | % | Ann Gr |
| Christians | 23,573 | 0.22 | 1.0 |
| Evangelicals | 1,194 | 0.00 | 4.7 |
| Muslims | 10,674,981 | 99.37 |
Libya
Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Area: 1,759,540 sq km
Mostly Saharan desert; only a coastal Mediterranean strip, 2% of its land area, is arable.
Population: 5,613,380 Annual Growth: 2.007%
Capital: Tripoli
Urbanites: 77.9%
HDI Rank: 64 of 182
Peoples
Peoples: 40 (70% unreached)
Official language: Arabic, Languages: 32
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim
| Religion | Population | % | Ann Gr |
| Christians | 148,193 | 2.64 | 2.8 |
| Evangelicals | 16,862 | 0.30 | 5.2 |
| Muslims | 5,446,102 | 97.02 |
Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Area: 1,030,700 sq km
Entirely desert apart from the north bank of the Senegal River on its southern border.
Population: 3,359,185 Annual Growth: 2.323%
Capital: Nouakchott
Urbanites: 41.4%
HDI Rank: 1545 of 182
Peoples
Peoples: 19 (74% unreached)
Official language: Arabic; the Hassaniya dialect is used as the vernacular for two-thirds of the population. French is the language of government and commerce, Languages: 8
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim
| Religion | Population | % | Ann Gr |
| Christians | 8,398 | 0.25 | 2.4 |
| Evangelicals | 2,077 | 0.10 | 6.7 |
| Muslims | 3,350,787 | 99.75 |
Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt
Area: 1,001,450 sq km
Mostly desert; only 3% is arable land — along the banks and delta of the Nile
River and around the Western Desert oases.
Population: 83,688,164, Annual Growth: 1.922%
Capital: Cairo
Urbanites: 42.8%
HDI Rank: 112 of 182
Peoples
Peoples: 39 (59% unreached)
Official language: Arabic, Languages: 27.
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim
| Religion | Population | % | Ann Gr |
| Christians | 10,737,191 | 12.83 | 1.4 |
| Evangelicals | 3,252,092 | 3.90 | 4.6 |
| Muslims | 72,532,532 | 86.67 |
Sudan
Republic of Sudan
Area: 2,503,890 sq. km
Africa’s largest country. Desert in the north, merging into grasslands and mountains in the center and tropical bush in the south. Straddling the Nile
Rivers. Nubba Mountains in the center.
Population: 45,674,576, Annual Growth: 1.88%
Capital: Khartoum
Urbanites: 45.2%
HDI Rank: 150 of 182
Peoples
Peoples: 246 (56% unreached)
Official language: Arabic and English, Languages: 134.
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim
| Religion | Population | % | Ann Gr |
| Christians | 11,925,632 | 26.11 | 4.8 |
| Evangelicals | 6,700,130 | 14.7 | 6.4 |
| Muslims | 28,035,054 | 16.38 |
Somali
Republic of Somaliland
Area: 137,600 sq. km
It is bordered by Djibouti to the west, Ethiopia to the south, and the Puntland region of Somalia to the east. Somaliland has a 740 kilometres (460 mi) coastline with the majority lying along the Gulf of Aden.
Population: 10,500,000, Annual Growth: 1.88%
Capital: Mogadishu
Urbanites: 45.2%
HDI Rank: 150 of 182 counselor b
Peoples
Peoples: 246 (56% unreached)
Official language: Arabic and English, Languages: 134.
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim (%100 of the population).
