Size of African Countries

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Area of African Countries

This page list the total area of African countries. It includes the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. African countries land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area in African countries is the sum of all water surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Even though Nigeria is the populous (138 million people) country in Africa the size of that country in terms of land is ranked 14th in Africa. Sudan is ranked number 1.

Country	African Rank	World Rank	Area (sq km)
Sudan	1	18	2,505,810
Algeria	2	19	2,381,740
Congo DR	3	20	2,345,410
Libya	4	25	1,759,540
Chad	5	29	1,284,000
Niger	6	30	1,267,000
Angola	7	31	1,246,700
Mali	8	32	1,240,000
South Africa	9	33	1,219,912
Ethiopia	10	35	1,127,127
Mauritania	11	37	1,030,700
Egypt	12	38	1,001,450
Tanzania	13	39	945,087
Nigeria	14	40	923,768
Namibia	15	42	825,418
Mozambique	16	44	801,590
Zambia	17	47	752,614
Somalia	18	50	637,657
Central Afri Rep.	19	51	622,984
Botswana	20	53	600,370
Madagascar	21	54	587,040
Kenya	22	55	582,650
Cameroon	23	61	475,440
Morocco	24	65	446,550
Zimbabwe	25	68	390,580
Congo Republic	26	71	342,000
Cote d'Ivoire	27	76	322,460
Burkina Faso	28	81	274,200
Gabon	29	83	267,667
Guinea	30	85	245,857
Ghana	31	87	239,460
Uganda	32	90	236,040
Senegal	33	95	196,190
Tunisia	34	99	163,610
Eritrea	35	106	121,320
Malawi	36	108	118,480
Benin	37	109	112,620
Liberia	38	111	111,370
Sierra Leone	39	127	71,740
Togo	40	134	56,785
Guinea-Bissau	41	146	36,120
Lesotho	42	150	30,355
Equatorial	43	154	28,051
Burundi	44	155	27,830
Rwanda	45	157	26,338
Djibouti	46	159	23,000
Swaziland	47	167	17,363
Gambia, The	48	175	11,300
Cape Verde	49	184	4,033
Reunion	50	188	2,517
Comoros	51	189	2,170
Mauritius	52	190	2,040
Sao Tome and Principe	53	196	1,001
Mayotte	54	217	374

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