Africa is a large continent covering over 20% of Earth's total land area with over 2,000 languages spoken. Rwanda has a high percentage of female representation in parliament with 56% of seats occupied by women compared to 14% in the United States. Lesotho has the highest minimum altitude in the world and Sudan has over 200 pyramids of its own.

2. Africa covers
20.4% of
Earth’s total
land area

3. Over 2,000
languages
are spoken
in Africa.

8. In Rwanda, 56% of the seats in the Parliament
are occupied by women
(compared with 14.0 percent in the United States)

9. um altitude in the world
hest minim (4,530ft)
as the hig
Lesotho h

12. The Republic of Sudan
has 223 of its own pyramids,
twice the number of
pyramids in Egypt.