List of African countries by Area

Source The World Factbook
Date01 Dec 2020
Code Country/Territory Total area Land area Water area Land area Share (%) Rank
sq kmsq misq kmsq mi sq kmAfricaWorldAfricaWorld
DZAAlgeria2,381,740919,5952,381,740919,59508.191.60110
AGOAngola1,246,700481,3531,246,700481,35304.290.837723
BENBenin112,62243,484110,62242,7112,0000.3800.074339102
BWABotswana581,730224,607566,730218,81615,0001.950.3812248
IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory6023.26023.254,3400.000210.00004057229
BFABurkina Faso274,200105,869273,800105,7154000.9410.1842975
BDIBurundi27,83010,74525,6809,9152,1500.08830.017246146
CPVCabo Verde4,0331,5574,0331,55700.01390.0027151175
CMRCameroon475,440183,568472,710182,5142,7301.620.3172454
CAFCentral African Republic622,984240,535622,984240,53502.140.4182045
TCDChad1,284,000495,7551,259,200486,18024,8004.330.845521
COMComoros2,2358632,23586300.007680.0015052179
CODCongo, Democratic Republic of the2,344,858905,3542,267,048875,31277,8107.791.52211
COGCongo, Republic of the342,000132,047341,500131,8545001.170.2292764
CIVCote d'Ivoire322,463124,504318,003122,7824,4601.090.2142869
DJIDjibouti23,2008,95823,1808,950200.07970.015648150
EGYEgypt1,001,450386,662995,450384,3456,0003.420.6681230
GNQEquatorial Guinea28,05110,83128,05110,83100.09640.018845145
ERIEritrea117,60045,406101,00038,99616,6000.3470.067838101
SWZEswatini17,3646,70417,2046,6421600.05910.011649158
ETHEthiopia1,104,300426,3721,096,570423,3887,7303.770.7361027
GABGabon267,667103,347257,66799,48610,0000.8860.1733077
GMBGambia, The11,3004,36310,1203,9071,1800.03480.0067950165
GHAGhana238,53392,098227,53387,85111,0000.7820.1533482
GINGuinea245,85794,926245,71794,8721400.8450.1653279
GNBGuinea-Bissau36,12513,94828,12010,8578,0050.09670.018943137
KENKenya580,367224,081569,140219,74611,2271.960.3822349
LSOLesotho30,35511,72030,35511,72000.1040.020444141
LBRLiberia111,36943,00096,32037,18915,0490.3310.064740104
LBYLibya1,759,540679,3621,759,540679,36206.051.18417
MDGMadagascar587,041226,658581,540224,5345,5012.000.3902147
MWIMalawi118,48445,74794,08036,32424,4040.3230.063237100
MLIMali1,240,192478,8411,220,190471,11820,0024.190.819824
MRTMauritania1,030,700397,9551,030,700397,95503.540.6921129
MUSMauritius2,0407882,030784100.006980.0013653180
MARMorocco446,550172,414446,300172,3172501.530.3002558
MOZMozambique799,380308,642786,380303,62313,0002.700.5281635
NAMNamibia824,292318,261823,290317,8741,0022.830.5531534
NERNiger1,267,000489,1911,266,700489,0753004.350.850622
NGANigeria923,768356,669910,768351,64913,0003.130.6111432
RWARwanda26,33810,16924,6689,5241,6700.08480.016647148
SHNSaint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha39415212247.100.000420.00008256203
STPSao Tome and Principe96437296437200.003310.00064754184
SENSenegal196,72275,955192,53074,3364,1920.6620.1293588
SYCSeychelles45517645517600.001560.00030555198
SLESierra Leone71,74027,69971,62027,6531200.2460.048141119
SOMSomalia637,657246,201627,337242,21610,3202.160.4211944
ZAFSouth Africa1,219,090470,6931,214,470468,9094,6204.170.815925
SSDSouth Sudan644,329248,777-----1842
SDNSudan1,861,484718,7231,731,671668,602129,8135.951.16316
TZATanzania947,300365,754885,800342,00961,5003.040.5951331
TGOTogo56,78521,92554,38520,9982,4000.1870.036542126
TUNTunisia163,61063,170155,36059,9858,2500.5340.1043693
UGAUganda241,03893,065197,10076,10143,9380.6770.1323381
ESHWestern Sahara266,000102,703266,000102,70300.9140.1793178
ZMBZambia752,618290,587743,398287,0279,2202.560.4991739
ZWEZimbabwe390,757150,872386,847149,3623,9101.330.2602661
Africa 30,312,701 11,703,799 29,093,717 11,233,147 628,723 19.53 2