List of African countries by area

Below is a list of countries in Africa by area.^[1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent. Africa is the second largest continent in the world by area. Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with The Gambia being the smallest country on continental Africa.^[2]

	Country	% total	Africa area in km2 (mi2)
1	Algeria	7.9%	2,382,740 (919,980)	[a]
2	DR Congo	7.7%	2,344,858 (905,355)
3	Sudan	6.2%	1,857,392 (717,143)	[b]
4	Libya	5.8%	1,760,540 (679,750)
5	Chad	4.2%	1,284,846 (496,082)	[c]
6	Niger	4.2%	1,268,642 (489,825)
7	Angola	4.1%	1,246,700 (481,400)	[d]
8	Mali	4.1%	1,240,192 (478,841)
9	South Africa	4.0%	1,221,037 (471,445)	[e]
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)	[f]
13	Tanzania	3.1%	946,088 (365,287)
14	Nigeria	3.1%	924,768 (357,055)
15	Namibia	2.7%	826,616 (319,158)
16	Somalia	2.68%	637,657 (246,201)	[g]
17	Mozambique	2.6%	800,590 (309,110)
18	Zambia	2.5%	752,612 (290,585)
19	South Sudan	2.1%	648,421 (250,357)
20	Central African Republic	2.1%	622,984 (240,535)
21	Madagascar	1.9%	588,042 (227,044)	[h]
22	Botswana	1.9%	582,730 (224,990)
23	Kenya	1.9%	580,368 (224,081)
24	Cameroon	1.6%	476,442 (183,955)
25	Morocco	1.5%	446,550 (172,410)	[i]
26	Zimbabwe	1.3%	390,756 (150,872)
27	Republic of the Congo	1.1%	342,660 (132,300)
28	Ivory Coast	1.1%	322,460 (124,500)
29	Burkina Faso	0.9%	274,224 (105,878)
30	Gabon	0.9%	268,668 (103,733)
31	Guinea	0.8%	246,858 (95,312)
32	Uganda	0.8%	242,550 (93,650)
33	Ghana	0.8%	238,534 (92,098)
34	Senegal	0.6%	196,722 (75,955)
35	Tunisia	0.5%	164,610 (63,560)
36	Malawi	0.4%	118,484 (45,747)
37	Eritrea	0.4%	116,600 (45,000)
38	Benin	0.4%	114,762 (44,310)
39	Liberia	0.4%	112,370 (43,390)
40	Sierra Leone	0.2%	72,740 (28,090)
41	Togo	0.2%	56,785 (21,925)
42	Guinea-Bissau	0.1%	36,126 (13,948)
43	Lesotho	0.1%	30,356 (11,721)
44	Equatorial Guinea	0.1%	28,052 (10,831)	[j]
45	Burundi	0.1%	26,834 (10,361)
46	Rwanda	0.1%	26,338 (10,169)
47	Djibouti	0.1%	24,200 (9,300)
48	Eswatini	0.1%	18,364 (7,090)	[k]
49	The Gambia	0.04%	12,296 (4,748)	[l]
50	Cape Verde	0.01%	4,034 (1,558)
51	Mauritius	0.01%	2,240 (860)	[m]
52	Comoros	0.01%	2,236 (863)	[n]
53	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.003%	1,000 (390)
54	Seychelles	0.001%	452 (175)
	Total	100%	30,265,522 km2 (11,685,583 sq mi)

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See also

• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of African countries by population

Notes

1. Largest country in the Arab world and tenth-largest country in the world.
2. With a former area of 2,505,813 km² (967,500 sq mi), Sudan was the largest country in Africa until South Sudan split from North Sudan in 2011.
3. Largest landlocked country in Africa.
4. Including the exclave of Cabinda. Largest country in Africa completely in the Southern Hemisphere, and fourth-largest country in the world completely in the Southern Hemisphere.
5. Including the Prince Edward Islands. Second-largest country in Africa completely in the Southern Hemisphere, and the fifth-largest country in the world completely in the Southern Hemisphere.
6. 1,002,450 km² (387,048 sq mi) when including the Sinai Region, geographically part of Western Asia.^[3]
7. Including Somaliland.
8. Excluding the disputed islands of Bassas da India, Europa Island, the Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island, currently administered by France. Largest island country in Africa.
9. Not including Western Sahara
10. Including the offshore islands of Annobón, Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico.
11. Smallest landlocked country in Africa.
12. Smallest country on the African mainland.
13. Includes Agaléga, and Saint Brandon, which add 70 km² (27 sq mi)^[4] and 190 km² (73 sq mi),^[5] respectively.
14. 2,052 km² (792 sq mi) including the disputed islands of the Glorioso Islands^[6] and Mayotte,^[7] currently administered by France.