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Economic density is the total land area divided by gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices in current U.S. dollars. Land area refers to the land surface area of a country, excluding inland waters. GDP at market prices in current U.S. dollars is based on the GDP at market prices in local currency units, which is converted to dollars at the official exchange rate. If the official exchange rate is significantly different from the prevailing market rate or shows extreme volatility, the local currency is converted into U.S. dollars by using an alternative conversion factor. Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files and Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.

Rank	Country	Value
Economic density (current US$/sq km) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Mauritius	4,261,607
2	Seychelles	1,810,905
3	Equatorial Guinea	660,431
4	Cape Verde	429,182
5	Comoros	284,853
6	Tunisia	258,626
7	Nigeria	232,858
8	South Africa	227,889
9	Morocco	193,433
10	Sao Tome and Principe	181,885
11	Rwanda	180,659
12	Egypt	163,562
13	Swaziland	152,220
14	North Africa	98,135
15	Gambia	78,152
16	Uganda	73,713
17	Ivory Coast	73,629
18	Algeria	73,006
19	Ghana	70,860
20	Senegal	68,605
21	Angola	66,883
22	Kenya	60,630
23	Benin	60,388
24	Libya	56,791
25	Gabon	56,021
26	Lesotho	53,445
27	Africa	53,339
28	Togo	51,907
29	Cameroon	50,271
30	Malawi	45,376
31	Burundi	45,288
32	Sub-Saharan Africa	42,466
33	Djibouti	37,735
34	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	32,499
35	Republic of the Congo	31,329
36	Burkina Faso	29,051
37	Sierra Leone	27,270
38	Ethiopia	26,487
39	Sudan	24,597
40	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	23,977
41	Tanzania	23,132
42	Botswana	22,884
43	Zambia	19,255
44	Guinea	17,362
45	Eritrea	16,375
46	Madagascar	15,424
47	Guinea-Bissau	15,278
48	Mozambique	12,380
49	Namibia	10,402
50	Liberia	9,033
51	Mali	7,163
52	Chad	6,640
53	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5,112
54	Niger	4,227
55	Central African Republic	3,162
56	Mauritania	2,773

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