Land area (sq. km) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Africa | 29,367,311 |
2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23,628,921 |
3 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 22,414,451 |
4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 21,503,681 |
5 | North Africa | 5,738,390 |
6 | Algeria | 2,381,740 |
7 | Sudan | 2,376,000 |
8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,267,050 |
9 | Libya | 1,759,540 |
10 | Niger | 1,266,700 |
11 | Chad | 1,259,200 |
12 | Angola | 1,246,700 |
13 | Mali | 1,220,190 |
14 | South Africa | 1,214,470 |
15 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 |
16 | Ethiopia | 1,000,000 |
17 | Egypt | 995,450 |
18 | Nigeria | 910,770 |
19 | Tanzania | 885,800 |
20 | Namibia | 823,290 |
21 | Mozambique | 786,380 |
22 | Zambia | 743,390 |
23 | Somalia | 627,340 |
24 | Central African Republic | 623,000 |
25 | Madagascar | 581,540 |
26 | Kenya | 569,140 |
27 | Botswana | 566,730 |
28 | Cameroon | 465,400 |
29 | Morocco | 446,300 |
30 | Zimbabwe | 386,850 |
31 | Republic of the Congo | 341,500 |
32 | Ivory Coast | 318,000 |
33 | Burkina Faso | 273,600 |
34 | Gabon | 257,670 |
35 | Guinea | 245,720 |
36 | Ghana | 227,540 |
37 | Uganda | 197,100 |
38 | Senegal | 192,530 |
39 | Tunisia | 155,360 |
40 | Benin | 110,620 |
41 | Eritrea | 101,000 |
42 | Liberia | 96,320 |
43 | Malawi | 94,080 |
44 | Sierra Leone | 71,620 |
45 | Togo | 54,390 |
46 | Lesotho | 30,350 |
47 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,120 |
48 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 |
49 | Burundi | 25,680 |
50 | Rwanda | 24,670 |
51 | Djibouti | 23,180 |
52 | Swaziland | 17,200 |
53 | Gambia | 10,000 |
54 | Cape Verde | 4,030 |
55 | Mauritius | 2,030 |
56 | Comoros | 1,861 |
57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 960 |
58 | Seychelles | 460 |
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