Small countries are judged by the size of their territories. Diving deep into Africa, we observe that it has small countries even though it is the second biggest continent in the world and houses the biggest nations on the planet. Maybe we do the biggesct countries Africa next but take a look at 5 of its smallest countries:
1. Cape Verde (4,033 km2)
Cape Verde is the largest of the African island countries. It has a population of 525,000 and gain autonomy from Portugal in 1975. Cape Verde has had a stable democratic government since the 1990s, though lacking in natural resources it has a solid and developing economy. In 2007 the United Nations gave it the designation of Developing Nation, rather than Least Developed Nation.
2.Comoros (2,235 km2)
The Comoros is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar. It has an estimated 800,000 inhabitants living in one of the poorest countries in Africa. With a large portion of the population living under the poverty line of $1.25 per day. Its government is relatively stable, but since 1975 there has been more than 20 attempted coups.
3. Mauritius (2,040 km2)
Mauritius is an island country. About 2000 km of the southeast shoreline of Africa, 1000km off the east coast of Madagascar. Despite the fact that the country comprises of a number of islands the greater part of its 1,350,000 inhabitants live on the island of Mauritius itself. The buying power per capita is one of the most impressive in Africa at $18,728.
4. São Tomé and Príncipe (964 km2)
As the name implies the nation has two parts: the island São Tomé and the smaller island Príncipe. Príncipe is around 140 km toward the north-upper east of São Tomé and both islands are 225-250 km off the shore of West Africa (close to Gabon). The island country has a populace of 190,000, the greater part of whom live on São Tomé. São Tomé and Príncipe is the smallest Portuguese-speaking nation on the planet.
5. Seychelles (451 km2)
The Republic of Seychelles is a country approximately 1500km off the coast of East Africa. It is the smallest African nation. The nation comprises of an archipelago containing 115 islands. With just 92,000 inhabitants it is the smallest sovereign country in Africa. The Seychelles is the nation with the most astounding GDP per capita in Africa.