List of African countries by area

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]

	Country	% total	Africa area in km^2 (mi^2)
1	Algeria	7.9%	2,381,741 (919,595)	^[a]
2	DR Congo	7.7%	2,344,858 (905,355)
3	Sudan	6.2%	1,861,484 (718,723)	^[b]
4	Libya	5.8%	1,759,540 (679,360)
5	Chad	4.2%	1,284,000 (496,000)	^[c]
6	Niger	4.2%	1,267,000 (489,000)
7	Angola	4.1%	1,246,700 (481,400)	^[d]
8	Mali	4.1%	1,240,192 (478,841)
9	South Africa	4.0%	1,221,037 (471,445)	^[e]
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)	^[f]
13	Egypt	3.1%	941,450 (363,500)	^[g]
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)	^[h]
20	Central African Republic	2.1%	622,984 (240,535)
21	Madagascar	1.9%	587,041 (226,658)	^[i]
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)	^[j]
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)	^[k]
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)	^[l]
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)	^[m]
49	Gambia	0.04%	11,295 (4,361)	^[n]
50	Cape Verde	0.01%	4,033 (1,557)
51	Mauritius	0.01%	2,239 (864)	^[o]
52	Comoros	0.01%	1,862 (719)	^[p]
53	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.003%	964 (372)
54	Seychelles	0.001%	452 (175)
	Total	100%	30,265,522 km^2 (11,685,583 sq mi)

See also

• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of African countries by population

Notes

1. Largest country in the Arab world and tenth-largest country in the world.
2. With a former area of 2,505,813 km² (967,500 sq mi), Sudan was the largest country in Africa until South Sudan split from North Sudan in 2011.
3. Largest landlocked country in Africa.
4. Including the exclave of Cabinda. Largest country in Africa completely in the Southern Hemisphere, and fourth-largest country in the world completely in the Southern Hemisphere.
5. Including the Prince Edward Islands. Second-largest country in Africa completely in the Southern Hemisphere, and the fifth-largest country in the world completely in the Southern Hemisphere.
6. Including the Zanzibar Archipelago.
7. 1,002,450 km² (387,048 sq mi) when including the Sinai Region, geographically part of Western Asia.^[3]
8. Including Somaliland.
9. Excluding the disputed islands of Bassas da India, Europa Island, the Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island, currently administered by France. Largest island country in Africa.
10. Not including Western Sahara.
11. A disputed territory with undetermined political status.^[4] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
12. Including the offshore islands of Annobón, Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico.
13. Smallest landlocked country in Africa.
14. Smallest country on the African mainland.
15. Includes Agaléga, and Saint Brandon, which add 70 km² (27 sq mi)^[5] and 190 km² (73 sq mi),^[6] respectively.
16. 2,052 km² (792 sq mi) including the disputed islands of the Glorioso Islands^[7] and Mayotte,^[8] currently administered by France.

References

1. Source unless otherwise specified: Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density (PDF) (Report). United Nations Statistics Division. 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023. Entries in this table giving figures other than the figures given in this source are explained in the associated Note.
2. "The 10 Smallest Countries in Africa". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
3. "Sinai Peninsula". Britannica. Oct 16, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
4. BBC News: Western Sahara profile
5. "Agalega Islands". Britannica. Dec 28, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
6. "About Saint Brandon Island". Mauritius Attractions. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
7. "Glorioso Island". CIA World Factbook. 10 Feb 2005. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
8. "Mayotte". CIA World Factbook. 10 Feb 2005. Retrieved May 21, 2023.