List of African countries by area

Below is a list of all countries in Africa, in order of geographical area.

Flag	Name[1][2][3]	Area^[a]^[b][4]
	Algeria	2,381,740 km^2 (919,595 sq mi)
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858 km^2 (905,355 sq mi)
	Sudan	1,861,484 km^2 (718,723 sq mi)
	Libya	1,759,540 km^2 (679,362 sq mi)
	Chad	1,284,000 km^2 (495,755 sq mi)
	Niger	1,267,000 km^2 (489,191 sq mi)
	Angola	1,246,700 km^2 (481,354 sq mi)
	Mali	1,240,192 km^2 (478,841 sq mi)
	South Africa	1,221,037 km^2 (471,445 sq mi)
	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km^2 (426,373 sq mi)
	Mauritania	1,030,700 km^2 (397,955 sq mi)
	Egypt	1,001,449 km^2 (386,662 sq mi)
	Tanzania	945,203 km^2 (364,945 sq mi)
	Nigeria	923,768 km^2 (356,669 sq mi)
	Namibia	825,418 km^2 (318,696 sq mi)
	Mozambique	801,590 km^2 (309,496 sq mi)
	Zambia	752,614 km^2 (290,586 sq mi)
	South Sudan	644,329 km^2 (248,777 sq mi)
	Somalia	637,657 km^2 (246,201 sq mi)
	Central African Republic	622,984 km^2 (240,535 sq mi)
	Madagascar	587,041 km^2 (226,658 sq mi)
	Botswana	581,726 km^2 (224,606 sq mi)
	Kenya	580,367 km^2 (224,081 sq mi)
	Cameroon	475,442 km^2 (183,569 sq mi)
	Morocco	446,550 km^2 (172,414 sq mi)**
	Zimbabwe	390,757 km^2 (150,872 sq mi)
	Republic of the Congo	342,000 km^2 (132,047 sq mi)
	Ivory Coast	322,460 km^2 (124,503 sq mi)
	Burkina Faso	274,000 km^2 (105,792 sq mi)
	Gabon	267,668 km^2 (103,347 sq mi)
	Guinea	245,857 km^2 (94,926 sq mi)
	Ghana	238,534 km^2 (92,098 sq mi)
	Uganda	236,040 km^2 (91,136 sq mi)
	Senegal	196,723 km^2 (75,955 sq mi)
	Tunisia	163,610 km^2 (63,170 sq mi)
	Malawi	118,484 km^2 (45,747 sq mi)
	Eritrea	117,600 km^2 (45,406 sq mi)
	Benin	112,622 km^2 (43,484 sq mi)
	Liberia	111,369 km^2 (43,000 sq mi)
	Sierra Leone	71,740 km^2 (27,699 sq mi)
	Togo	56,785 km^2 (21,925 sq mi)
	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 km^2 (13,948 sq mi)
	Lesotho	30,355 km^2 (11,720 sq mi)
	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 km^2 (10,831 sq mi)
	Burundi	27,830 km^2 (10,745 sq mi)
	Rwanda	26,798 km^2 (10,347 sq mi)
	Djibouti	23,200 km^2 (8,958 sq mi)
	Swaziland	17,364 km^2 (6,704 sq mi)
	Gambia	10,380 km^2 (4,008 sq mi)
	Cape Verde	4,033 km^2 (1,557 sq mi)
	Comoros	2,235 km^2 (863 sq mi)
	Mauritius	2,040 km^2 (788 sq mi)
	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 km^2 (372 sq mi)
	Seychelles	451 km^2 (174 sq mi)

** — Excluding all disputed lands (Western Sahara and Spanish territories)

See also

• List of Asian countries by area
• List of European countries by area
• List of Oceanian countries by area
• List of South American countries by area

References

1. "Field Listing :: Names". CIA. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
2. "UNGEGN List of Country Names" (PDF). United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
3. "List of countries, territories and currencies". Europa. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
4. "Field Listing :: Area". CIA. Retrieved 7 August 2011.