THE COUNTRIES

Capital: Yamoussoukro and Abidjan

Population: 2018 estimate 23,740,424

Government: Unitary, presidential, republic, under a parliamentary system

Ruling President/ Political Party: Alassane Ouattara/ Rally of the Republicans

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GDP (PPP) 2018 Estimate: Per capita $3,601.01

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GDP (nominal) 2018 Estimate: Per capita $1,632.68

Ethnic Groups: Worldatlas.com lists 5 main ethnic groups in Côte d'Ivoire

 

• Akan 37.1%

• Voltaiques (or Gur) 16.8%

• Northern Mandes 14.5%

• Krous 10.4%

• Southern Mandes 9.5%

• Other Groups 11.7%

Capital: Accra

Population: 2018 estimate 29,463,643

Government: Unitary, presidential constitutional, republic

Ruling President/ Political Party: Nana Akufo-Addo/ New Patriotic Party

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GDP (PPP) 2018 Estimate: Per capita $4,227.60

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GDP (nominal) 2018 Estimate: Per capita  $1,813.80

Ethnic Groups: Worldatlas.com lists 8 main ethnic groups in Ghana

 

• Ashanti-Akan 47.5%

• Mole-Dagbon 16.6%

• Ewe 13.9%

• Ga-Dangme 7.4%

• Gurma 5.7%

• Guang 3.7%

• Grusi 2.5%

• Mande 1.1%

• Other Groups 1.4%

Capital: Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Cape Town 

Population: 2018 estimate 57,725,600

Government: Unitary dominant-party, parliamentary, constitutional republic

Ruling President/ Political Party: Cyril Ramaphosa/ African National Congress

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GDP (PPP) 2018 Estimate: Per capita $12,294.88

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GDP (nominal) 2018 Estimate: Per capita $7,524.51

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Ethnic Groups: Worldatlas.com lists 4 main ethnic groups in South Africa

 

• Black African 80.5%

• Coloured 8.8%

• White 8.3%

• Indian or Other Asian 2.5%
   

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Capital: Addis Ababa

Population: 2018 estimate 107,534,882

Government: Federal dominant-party parliamentary republic

Ruling Prime Minister/ Political Party: Abiy Ahmed/ Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)

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GDP (PPP) 2019 Estimate: Per capita $2,556

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GDP (nominal) 2019 Estimate: Per capita $921

Ethnic Groups: Worldatlas.com lists over 10 ethnic groups in Ethiopia. The largest groups are: 

 

• Oromo 35%

• Amhara 27%

• Tigray 6.1%

• Somali 6.1%

• Other 25.8%

Capital: Lilongwe

Population: 2018 estimate 18,753,646

Government: Unitary, presidential constitutional, republic

Ruling President/ Political Party: Peter Mutharika/

Democratic Progressive Party

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GDP (PPP) 2018 Estimate: Per capita $1,163

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GDP (nominal) 2018 Estimate: Per capita  $516.80

Ethnic Groups: Worldatlas.com lists 8 main ethnic groups in Malawi

 

• Chewa 36%

• Lomwe 18%

• Wayao 14%

• Ngoni  12%

• Tumboka 9%

• Nyanja  6%

• Nyasa Tonga 2%

• Ndonde Hamba 1%

• Other Groups  2%

Capital: Maseru

Population: 2018 estimate 2,108,328

Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

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GDP (PPP) 2017 Estimate: Per capita $3,868

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GDP (nominal) 2018 Estimate: Per capita $1,413

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Ethnic Groups: Worldatlas.com 

 

• Sotho 99.7%

• European, Asian, and other 0.3%
   

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