Land area (sq. km) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators



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Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Possible variations in the data may be due to updating and revisions of the country data and not necessarily to any change of area. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.
Land area (sq. km) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa29,367,311
2Sub-Saharan Africa23,628,921
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa22,414,451
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria21,503,681
5North Africa5,738,390
6Algeria2,381,740
7Sudan2,376,000
8Democratic Republic of the Congo2,267,050
9Libya1,759,540
10Niger1,266,700
11Chad1,259,200
12Angola1,246,700
13Mali1,220,190
14South Africa1,214,470
15Mauritania1,030,700
16Ethiopia1,000,000
17Egypt995,450
18Nigeria910,770
19Tanzania885,800
20Namibia823,290
21Mozambique786,380
22Zambia743,390
23Somalia627,340
24Central African Republic623,000
25Madagascar581,540
26Kenya569,140
27Botswana566,730
28Cameroon465,400
29Morocco446,300
30Zimbabwe386,850
31Republic of the Congo341,500
32Ivory Coast318,000
33Burkina Faso273,600
34Gabon257,670
35Guinea245,720
36Ghana227,540
37Uganda197,100
38Senegal192,530
39Tunisia155,360
40Benin110,620
41Eritrea101,000
42Liberia96,320
43Malawi94,080
44Sierra Leone71,620
45Togo54,390
46Lesotho30,350
47Guinea-Bissau28,120
48Equatorial Guinea28,050
49Burundi25,680
50Rwanda24,670
51Djibouti23,180
52Swaziland17,200
53Gambia10,000
54Cape Verde4,030
55Mauritius2,030
56Comoros1,861
57Sao Tome and Principe960
58Seychelles460
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