List of African countries by Area

Source	The World Factbook
Date	01 Dec 2020

Country/Territory	Total area		Land area		Water area	Land area Share (%)		Rank
Country/Territory	sq km	sq mi	sq km	sq mi	sq km	Africa	World	Africa	World
Algeria	2,381,740	919,595	2,381,740	919,595	0	8.19	1.60	1	10
Angola	1,246,700	481,353	1,246,700	481,353	0	4.29	0.837	7	23
Benin	112,622	43,484	110,622	42,711	2,000	0.380	0.0743	39	102
Botswana	581,730	224,607	566,730	218,816	15,000	1.95	0.381	22	48
British Indian Ocean Territory	60	23.2	60	23.2	54,340	0.00021	0.000040	57	229
Burkina Faso	274,200	105,869	273,800	105,715	400	0.941	0.184	29	75
Burundi	27,830	10,745	25,680	9,915	2,150	0.0883	0.0172	46	146
Cabo Verde	4,033	1,557	4,033	1,557	0	0.0139	0.00271	51	175
Cameroon	475,440	183,568	472,710	182,514	2,730	1.62	0.317	24	54
Central African Republic	622,984	240,535	622,984	240,535	0	2.14	0.418	20	45
Chad	1,284,000	495,755	1,259,200	486,180	24,800	4.33	0.845	5	21
Comoros	2,235	863	2,235	863	0	0.00768	0.00150	52	179
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,344,858	905,354	2,267,048	875,312	77,810	7.79	1.52	2	11
Congo, Republic of the	342,000	132,047	341,500	131,854	500	1.17	0.229	27	64
Cote d'Ivoire	322,463	124,504	318,003	122,782	4,460	1.09	0.214	28	69
Djibouti	23,200	8,958	23,180	8,950	20	0.0797	0.0156	48	150
Egypt	1,001,450	386,662	995,450	384,345	6,000	3.42	0.668	12	30
Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,831	28,051	10,831	0	0.0964	0.0188	45	145
Eritrea	117,600	45,406	101,000	38,996	16,600	0.347	0.0678	38	101
Eswatini	17,364	6,704	17,204	6,642	160	0.0591	0.0116	49	158
Ethiopia	1,104,300	426,372	1,096,570	423,388	7,730	3.77	0.736	10	27
Gabon	267,667	103,347	257,667	99,486	10,000	0.886	0.173	30	77
Gambia, The	11,300	4,363	10,120	3,907	1,180	0.0348	0.00679	50	165
Ghana	238,533	92,098	227,533	87,851	11,000	0.782	0.153	34	82
Guinea	245,857	94,926	245,717	94,872	140	0.845	0.165	32	79
Guinea-Bissau	36,125	13,948	28,120	10,857	8,005	0.0967	0.0189	43	137
Kenya	580,367	224,081	569,140	219,746	11,227	1.96	0.382	23	49
Lesotho	30,355	11,720	30,355	11,720	0	0.104	0.0204	44	141
Liberia	111,369	43,000	96,320	37,189	15,049	0.331	0.0647	40	104
Libya	1,759,540	679,362	1,759,540	679,362	0	6.05	1.18	4	17
Madagascar	587,041	226,658	581,540	224,534	5,501	2.00	0.390	21	47
Malawi	118,484	45,747	94,080	36,324	24,404	0.323	0.0632	37	100
Mali	1,240,192	478,841	1,220,190	471,118	20,002	4.19	0.819	8	24
Mauritania	1,030,700	397,955	1,030,700	397,955	0	3.54	0.692	11	29
Mauritius	2,040	788	2,030	784	10	0.00698	0.00136	53	180
Morocco	446,550	172,414	446,300	172,317	250	1.53	0.300	25	58
Mozambique	799,380	308,642	786,380	303,623	13,000	2.70	0.528	16	35
Namibia	824,292	318,261	823,290	317,874	1,002	2.83	0.553	15	34
Niger	1,267,000	489,191	1,266,700	489,075	300	4.35	0.850	6	22
Nigeria	923,768	356,669	910,768	351,649	13,000	3.13	0.611	14	32
Rwanda	26,338	10,169	24,668	9,524	1,670	0.0848	0.0166	47	148
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	394	152	122	47.1	0	0.00042	0.000082	56	203
Sao Tome and Principe	964	372	964	372	0	0.00331	0.000647	54	184
Senegal	196,722	75,955	192,530	74,336	4,192	0.662	0.129	35	88
Seychelles	455	176	455	176	0	0.00156	0.000305	55	198
Sierra Leone	71,740	27,699	71,620	27,653	120	0.246	0.0481	41	119
Somalia	637,657	246,201	627,337	242,216	10,320	2.16	0.421	19	44
South Africa	1,219,090	470,693	1,214,470	468,909	4,620	4.17	0.815	9	25
South Sudan	644,329	248,777	-	-	-	-	-	18	42
Sudan	1,861,484	718,723	1,731,671	668,602	129,813	5.95	1.16	3	16
Tanzania	947,300	365,754	885,800	342,009	61,500	3.04	0.595	13	31
Togo	56,785	21,925	54,385	20,998	2,400	0.187	0.0365	42	126
Tunisia	163,610	63,170	155,360	59,985	8,250	0.534	0.104	36	93
Uganda	241,038	93,065	197,100	76,101	43,938	0.677	0.132	33	81
Western Sahara	266,000	102,703	266,000	102,703	0	0.914	0.179	31	78
Zambia	752,618	290,587	743,398	287,027	9,220	2.56	0.499	17	39
Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	386,847	149,362	3,910	1.33	0.260	26	61
Africa	30,312,701	11,703,799	29,093,717	11,233,147	628,723		19.53		2

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