Spreading over a total of 30,365,000 square kilometers, Africa shares border with the Atlantic Ocean on the western side, Indian Ocean on the eastern side, Mediterranean Sea on the northern side, and Red Sea on the northeastern side. Africa consists of 53 countries The majority of the islands that are part of the continent are situated off the continent. These islands are Reunion, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension, Seychelles, Madagascar, Comoros, Socotra, Mauritius, the Madeira, St. Helena, Azores ,Canary Islands, and a few others. Africa is the second largest continent in the world, next to Asia. It occupies one-fifth of the earth's total surface.