Population
Africa's population is about 1 billion people. Population growth on the continent is the highest in the world in 2004 it amounted to 2,3%. Over the past 50 years has increased the average life expectancy - from 39 to 54 years.
The population consists mainly of representatives of two races: Negroid sub-Saharan Africa, and Caucasians in North Africa (Arabs) and South Africa (Boers and angloyuzhnoafrikantsy). The most numerous people are Arabs in North Africa.
During the colonial development of the continent, many state boundaries were carried out without regard to ethnic characteristics, that still leads to ethnic conflicts. The average population density in Africa is 22 inhabitants per km ² - it is significantly less than in Europe and Asia.
The level of urbanization, Africa lags behind other regions - less than 30%, but the pace of urbanization is highest in the world, for many African countries is characterized by false urbanization. The largest city on the continent of Africa - Cairo and Lagos.
Religion in Africa
Among the religions of the world dominated by Islam and Christianity (the most common denominations Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodoxy to a lesser extent, Monophysitism). In East Africa, also live Buddhists and Hindus (many of them are from India). Also in Africa living followers of Judaism, and Baha'i. Introduced into Africa from outside the religion are found both in pure form, and sinkretizirovannye with local traditional religions. Among the "major" traditional African religions, you can specify ELISA or Bwito.