| Surface area (sq. km) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa | 30,045,681 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24,292,791 |
| 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 23,073,701 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 22,149,931 |
| 5 | North Africa | 5,752,890 |
| 6 |  Sudan | 2,505,810 |
| 7 | Algeria | 2,381,740 |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,860 |
| 9 | Libya | 1,759,540 |
| 10 | Chad | 1,284,000 |
| 11 | Niger | 1,267,000 |
| 12 | Angola | 1,246,700 |
| 13 | Mali | 1,240,190 |
| 14 | South Africa | 1,219,090 |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 1,104,300 |
| 16 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 |
| 17 | Egypt | 1,001,450 |
| 18 | Tanzania | 947,300 |
| 19 | Nigeria | 923,770 |
| 20 | Namibia | 824,290 |
| 21 | Mozambique | 799,380 |
| 22 | Zambia | 752,610 |
| 23 | Somalia | 637,660 |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 623,000 |
| 25 | Madagascar | 587,040 |
| 26 | Botswana | 581,730 |
| 27 | Kenya | 580,370 |
| 28 | Cameroon | 475,440 |
| 29 | Morocco | 446,550 |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 390,760 |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 342,000 |
| 32 | Ivory Coast | 322,460 |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 274,000 |
| 34 | Gabon | 267,670 |
| 35 | Guinea | 245,860 |
| 36 | Uganda | 241,040 |
| 37 | Ghana | 238,540 |
| 38 | Senegal | 196,720 |
| 39 | Tunisia | 163,610 |
| 40 | Malawi | 118,480 |
| 41 | Eritrea | 117,600 |
| 42 | Benin | 112,620 |
| 43 | Liberia | 111,370 |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 |
| 45 | Togo | 56,790 |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 |
| 47 | Lesotho | 30,350 |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 |
| 49 | Burundi | 27,830 |
| 50 | Rwanda | 26,340 |
| 51 | Djibouti | 23,200 |
| 52 | Swaziland | 17,360 |
| 53 | Gambia | 11,300 |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 4,030 |
| 55 | Mauritius | 2,040 |
| 56 | Comoros | 1,861 |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 960 |
| 58 | Seychelles | 460 |
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