List of African countries by area facts for kids
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. Africa is the second largest continent in the world by area, even though having a slightly smaller population than India. Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with The Gambia being the smallest country on continental Africa.
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| 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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