1. The EAC has a total area of 4.8 Million Sq.Kms, and DR Congo 🇨🇩 occupies nearly half of the region (49%)
2. The region is home to nearly 312 Million People, and DR Congo 🇨🇩 is home to nearly a third of the Region's Population
3. The Region's GDP is estimated as 332 Billion USD, and Kenya’s 🇰🇪 GDP is the largest and nearly 37% of the Region's GDP
4. By per Capita, the estimate in 2022 for EAC was 1,184 USD, with Kenya 🇰🇪 having the largest per capita of 2,187 USD
5. By Area, the Region is nearly 15.8% of Africa's area; and the Region's population is approximately 23.8% of the continent’s population
6. The Region has approximately 444,227 Sq.Km of arable land, which is about 25% of Sub-Sahara Arable Land
7. Rwanda 🇷🇼 has the highest life expectancy in the region estimated as 69 years and South Sudan 🇸🇸 has the lowest estimated as 58 years
8. DR Congo 🇨🇩 has the highest fertility rate of 5.7 in the region, and Kenya 🇰🇪 has the lowest estimate of 3.4
9. Only about 37% of the Region's Population has access to electricity, highest in Kenya 🇰🇪 at 71.4% and lowest in South Sudan 🇸🇸 at 7.2%
10. The Region's annual renewable water is estimated as 1,531 cubic kilometres which is nearly 40% of Africa's annual renewable water
11. Tanzania 🇹🇿 is home to the 2nd deepest lake in the world, and the 2nd largest lake by volume, that is, Lake Tanganyika
12. Tanzania 🇹🇿, Kenya 🇰🇪 and Uganda 🇺🇬 are home to the World 2nd largest lake by Surface Area, Lake Victoria
13. Tanzania 🇹🇿 is home to the tallest mountain in Africa, and Kenya 🇰🇪 is home the 2nd tallest mountain in Africa. Uganda 🇺🇬 and DR Congo 🇨🇩 are home to the 3rd tallest mountain in Africa
14. The Region is home to the source of the Longest River in the World, River Nile
15. DR Congo 🇨🇩 is home to the World’s Deepest River, which is also the World’s 2nd Largest River by Discahrge Volume, River Congo
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