Mauritania

None

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

Burundi

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Rwanda

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map shows COMESA members highlighted in orange: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, an organization founded in 1994 to promote free trade among its members

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Togo

Angola

Benin

Burkina Faso

Botswana

Côte d'Ivoire

Cameroon

Republic of the Congo

Gabon

Ghana

Guinea

Lesotho

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Senegal

Tanzania

South Africa

Gambia

Guinea-Bissau

Equatorial Guinea

Mali

Central African Republic

Nigeria

South Sudan

Map of Africa highlights religious groups: Muslim in North Africa (yellow), Catholic in Central Africa (tan), Protestant in Southern Africa (lavender), Traditional African in Central regions (pink), and Coptic Christian in Ethiopia (light tan).

The major religious groups of Sub-Saharan Africa

Religious Groups

nature

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Insolation

Land Cover

Major Soil Orders

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

World Elevations

Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members	Religious Groups
Value	Value	Predominantly Muslim	Predominantly Catholic	Predominantly Protestant	Traditional African	Coptic Christian	Falasha (Black Jews)	Hindu

		99.9%
		1.91%
		53.4%	84.2%	87.0%	21.5%	45.9%	1.72%	1.75%