List of African countries by area
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Below is a list of countries in Africa by area.[1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with The Gambia being the smallest country on continental Africa.[2]
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Country | % total | Africa area in km2 (mi2) | ||
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1 | Algeria | 7.9% | 2,381,741 (919,595) | [lower-alpha 1] |
2 | DR Congo | 7.7% | 2,344,858 (905,355) | |
3 | Sudan | 6.2% | 1,861,484 (718,723) | [lower-alpha 2] |
4 | Libya | 5.8% | 1,759,540 (679,360) | |
5 | Chad | 4.2% | 1,284,000 (496,000) | [lower-alpha 3] |
6 | Niger | 4.2% | 1,267,000 (489,000) | |
7 | Angola | 4.1% | 1,246,700 (481,400) | [lower-alpha 4] |
8 | Mali | 4.1% | 1,240,192 (478,841) | |
9 | South Africa | 4.0% | 1,221,037 (471,445) | [lower-alpha 5] |
10 | Ethiopia | 3.6% | 1,104,300 (426,400) | |
11 | Mauritania | 3.4% | 1,030,700 (398,000) | |
12 | Tanzania | 3.1% | 945,203 (364,945) | [lower-alpha 6] |
13 | Egypt | 3.1% | 941,450 (363,500) | [lower-alpha 7] |
14 | Nigeria | 3.1% | 923,768 (356,669) | |
15 | Namibia | 2.7% | 825,615 (318,772) | |
16 | Mozambique | 2.6% | 801,590 (309,500) | |
17 | Zambia | 2.5% | 752,612 (290,585) | |
18 | South Sudan | 2.1% | 644,329 (248,777) | |
19 | Somalia | 2.1% | 637,657 (246,201) | [lower-alpha 8] |
20 | Central African Republic | 2.1% | 622,984 (240,535) | |
21 | Madagascar | 1.9% | 587,041 (226,658) | [lower-alpha 9] |
22 | Botswana | 1.9% | 581,730 (224,610) | |
23 | Kenya | 1.9% | 580,367 (224,081) | |
24 | Cameroon | 1.6% | 475,442 (183,569) | |
25 | Morocco | 1.5% | 446,550 (172,410) | [lower-alpha 10] |
26 | Zimbabwe | 1.3% | 390,757 (150,872) | |
27 | Republic of the Congo | 1.1% | 342,000 (132,000) | |
28 | Ivory Coast | 1.1% | 322,460 (124,500) | |
29 | Burkina Faso | 0.9% | 274,222 (105,878) | |
30 | Gabon | 0.9% | 267,668 (103,347) | |
Western Sahara | 0.9% | 266,000 (103,000) | [lower-alpha 11] | |
31 | Guinea | 0.8% | 245,857 (94,926) | |
32 | Uganda | 0.8% | 241,550 (93,260) | |
33 | Ghana | 0.8% | 238,533 (92,098) | |
34 | Senegal | 0.6% | 196,722 (75,955) | |
35 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 163,610 (63,170) | |
36 | Malawi | 0.4% | 118,484 (45,747) | |
37 | Eritrea | 0.4% | 117,600 (45,400) | |
38 | Benin | 0.4% | 114,763 (44,310) | |
39 | Liberia | 0.4% | 111,369 (43,000) | |
40 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 71,740 (27,700) | |
41 | Togo | 0.2% | 56,785 (21,925) | |
42 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1% | 36,125 (13,948) | |
43 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 30,355 (11,720) | |
44 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1% | 28,051 (10,831) | [lower-alpha 12] |
45 | Burundi | 0.1% | 27,834 (10,747) | |
46 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 26,338 (10,169) | |
47 | Djibouti | 0.1% | 23,200 (9,000) | |
48 | Eswatini | 0.1% | 17,364 (6,704) | [lower-alpha 13] |
49 | Gambia | 0.04% | 11,295 (4,361) | [lower-alpha 14] |
50 | Cape Verde | 0.01% | 4,033 (1,557) | |
51 | Mauritius | 0.01% | 2,239 (864) | [lower-alpha 15] |
52 | Comoros | 0.01% | 1,862 (719) | [lower-alpha 16] |
53 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.003% | 964 (372) | |
54 | Seychelles | 0.001% | 452 (175) | |
Total | 100% | 30,265,522 km2 (11,685,583 sq mi) |
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