List of African countries by area facts for kids
Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It is a huge landmass with many different countries. This article will show you a list of these countries, ordered by their size, from the biggest to the smallest.
Algeria is currently the largest country in Africa. It became the biggest after Sudan split into two countries in 2011. Even though Africa is very large, its population is a bit smaller than India's. The smallest country in Africa is Seychelles, which is a group of islands. On the main continent, the smallest country is The Gambia.
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African Countries by Size
This table lists the countries in Africa from the largest to the smallest by their total area. The area is measured in square kilometers (km²) and square miles (mi²).
| Country | % total |
Africa area in km2 (mi2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Algeria |
7.9% | 2,381,741 (919,595) | |
| 2 |  DR Congo |
7.7% | 2,344,858 (905,355) | |
| 3 |  Sudan |
6.2% | 1,861,484 (718,723) | |
| 4 |  Libya |
5.8% | 1,759,540 (679,360) | |
| 5 |  Chad |
4.2% | 1,284,000 (496,000) | |
| 6 |  Niger |
4.2% | 1,267,000 (489,000) | |
| 7 |  Angola |
4.1% | 1,246,700 (481,400) | |
| 8 |  Mali |
4.1% | 1,240,192 (478,841) | |
| 9 |  South Africa |
4.0% | 1,221,037 (471,445) | |
| 10 |  Ethiopia |
3.6% | 1,104,300 (426,400) | |
| 11 |  Mauritania |
3.4% | 1,030,700 (398,000) | |
| 12 |  Egypt |
3.1% | 1,002,450 (387,050) | |
| 13 |  Tanzania |
3.1% | 945,087 (364,900) | |
| 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) | |
| 20 |  Central African Republic |
2.1% | 622,984 (240,535) | |
| 21 |  Madagascar |
1.9% | 587,041 (226,658) | |
| 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) | |
| 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% | 274,223 (105,878) | |
| 30 |  Gabon |
0.9% | 267,668 (103,347) | |
 Western Sahara |
0.9% | 266,000 (103,000) | ||
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 49 |  Gambia |
0.04% | 11,295 (4,361) | |
| 50 |  Cape Verde |
0.01% | 4,033 (1,557) | |
| 51 |  Mauritius |
0.01% | 2,239 (864) | |
| 52 |  Comoros |
0.01% | 2,235 (863) | |
| 53 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.003% | 964 (372) | |
| 54 |  Seychelles |
0.001% | 452 (175) | |
| Total | 100% | 30,265,522 km2 (11,685,583 sq mi) |
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