Table 1.

Country characteristics for all 48 sub-Saharan Africa countries by sub-region

Geographic Region	No.	Country	Population (2015)	GNI per capita, PPP (current US$, 2015)	Income groupa	Adult literacy rate (15+ years, both sexes, %, 2015)	Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (years, 2015)
Eastern Africa	1	Burundi	10,199,270	280	L	85.5	52.2
	2	Comoros (insular)	777,424	790	L	78.1	55.9
	3	Eritrea	4,474,690b	520b	L	73.8	55.7
	4	Ethiopia	99,873,033	600	L	49.0	56.1
	5	Kenya	47,236,259	1310	LM	78.0	55.6
	6	Madagascar (insular)	24,234,088	420	L	64.7	56.9
	7	Malawi	17,573,607	340	L	66.0	51.2
	8	Mauritius (insular)	1,262,605	9780	UM	90.6	66.8
	9	Mozambique	28,010,691	590	L	58.8	49.6
	10	Rwanda	11,629,553	710	L	71.2	56.6
	11	Seychelles (insular)	93,419	14,680	H	95.3	65.5
	12	Somalia	13,908,129	NA	L	NA	47.8
	13	South Sudan	11,882,136	820	L	32.0	49.9
	14	Tanzania	53,879,957	910	L	80.4	54.2
	15	Uganda	40,144,870	680	L	73.8	54
	16	Zambia	16,100,587	1560	LM	85.1	53.7
	17	Zimbabwe	15,777,451	960	L	86.9	52.1
	Average		24,536,442	2295.3	-	73.1	54.9
Western Africa	18	Benin	10,575,952	870	L	38.4	52.5
	19	Burkina Faso	18,110,624	650	L	37.7	52.6
	20	Cabo Verde (insular)	532,913	3150	LM	88.5	64.2
	21	Cote d’Ivoire	23,108,472	1490	LM	43.3	47
	22	Gambia, The	1,977,590	450	L	55.6	53.8
	23	Ghana	27,582,821	1470	LM	76.6	55.3
	24	Guinea	12,091,533	490	L	30.5	51.7
	25	Guinea-Bissau	1,770,526	610	L	59.8	51.5
	26	Liberia	4,499,621	380	L	47.6	52.7
	27	Mali	17,467,905	760	L	33.1	51.1
	28	Mauritania	4,182,341	1230	LM	52.1	55.1
	29	Niger	19,896,965	390	L	19.1	54.2
	30	Nigeria	181,181,744	2870	LM	59.6	47.7
	31	Senegal	14,976,994	980	L	55.6	58.3
	32	Sierra Leone	7,237,025	550	L	48.4	44.4
	33	Togo	7,416,802	540	L	66.5	52.8
	Average		22,038,114	1055	-	50.8	52.8
Middle Africa	34	Angola	27,859,305	4070	UM	71.2	45.9
	35	Cameroon	22,834,522	1350	LM	75.0	50.3
	36	Central African Republic	4,546,100	360	L	36.8	45.9
	37	Chad	14,009,413	880	L	40.0	46.1
	38	Congo, Dem. Rep.	76,196,619	430	L	77.2	51.8
	39	Congo, Rep.	4,995,648	2350	LM	79.3	56.6
	40	Equatorial Guinea	1,175,389	9190	UM	95.2	51.3
	41	Gabon	1,930,175	8010	UM	83.2	57.2
	42	Sao Tome and Principe (insular)	195,553	1700	LM	91.7	59
	Average		17,082,525	3148.9	-	72.2	51.6
Southern Africa	43	Botswana	2,209,197	6640	UM	88.2	56.9
	44	Lesotho	2,174,645	1300	LM	79.4	46.6
	45	Namibia	2,425,561	5260	UM	90.8	57.5
	46	South Africa	55,011,977	6090	UM	94.6	54.4
	47	Swaziland	1,319,011	3130	LM	87.5	50.9
	Average		12,628,078	4484	-	88.1	53.3
Northern Africa	48	Sudan	38,647,803	2000	LM	58.6	55.9

^aIncome group- H high income county, UM upper-middle income country, LM lower-middle income country, L low income country

^bdata from 2011