The Central African Republic has Africa's youngest population in 2026, with a median age of just 14.6 years — the world's lowest, per UN World Population Prospects 2024.

Morocco's 1,805.34 points put them more than 150 points clear of Senegal — the largest gap between any two neighbours on the African list. 7th in the world, 1,805.34 points. The Atlas Lions remain ...

The Hausa are Africa's largest ethnic group at roughly 86 million people, ahead of the Yoruba at 53 million. West Africa ...

Niger has the lowest unemployment rate in Africa at 0.4%, followed by Burundi (0.9%) and Chad (1.1%) (ILO modelled estimates, December 2025, via Trading Economics) All ten countries on the list sit ...

Zimbabwe has Africa's highest central bank interest rate at 30%, ahead of Malawi (24%) and Nigeria (23%), which slipped to ...

Algeria's Sonatrach is Africa's largest company by revenue at $48.8 billion, ahead of Nigeria's NNPC at $30.1 billion. Five of the continent's ten biggest companies are state-owned, and six of the ten ...

Manu Chandaria and Mama Ngina Kenyatta are Kenya's wealthiest people in 2026, each estimated at about $1 billion — though no Kenyan appears on Forbes Africa's 2026 billionaires list.

Chad has the highest fertility rate in Africa — and the world — at 5.84 children per woman in 2026, ahead of Somalia (5.81) ...