How many people live in Sub-Saharan Africa?
People and Society With over one billion people living in forty-nine countries, sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most diverse regions. In Cameroon alone, a mix of Muslims, Christians, and adherents of local religions speak over two hundred languages and belong to roughly two hundred and fifty ethnic groups.
How does sub-Saharan Africa’s diversity reflect its ethnic groups?
Sub-Saharan Africa’s diversity is also reflected in its hundreds of ethnic groups. For example, Chad’s fifteen million people belong to roughly one hundred different ethnic groups. Occasionally, the region’s ethnic diversity can lead to divisions or violent conflict but most sub-Saharan Africans co-exist peacefully.
Is sub-Saharan Africa “confusing” and “historically loaded”?
He claims that the term is “confusing” and “historically loaded.”. His evidence that it is “confusing” is that the UN Development Program lists 46 of Africa’s 54 countries as “sub-Saharan” whereas the World Bank puts 48 countries in the Sub-Sahara.
Which countries in Africa are not in the sub Saharan region?
In conclusion The only African countries that are not in the Sub-Sahara are 5 North African ones (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia). Let’s stop saying Sub-Saharan Africa and just say the Sub-Sahara unless you believe there is another Sub-Sahara in some other continent.
What will sub-Saharan Africa look like in 2035?
By 2035, sub-Saharan African will be home to more working-age people (aged 15–64) than all other regions combined. Between 2010 and 2017, people from sub-Saharan African countries made up nine of the ten fastest growing groups emigrating, or leaving their countries to live in another. But most of these migrants will not leave the region.