Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population.
African Countries By Population And Area
Rank | Country (or dependent territory) |
Official figure (where available) |
Area |
1 | Nigeria | 206,139,589 | 923,768 km2 (356,669 sq mi) |
2 | Ethiopia | 114,963,588 | 1,104,300 km2 (426,373 sq mi) |
3 | Egypt | 102,334,404 | 1,001,449 km2 (386,662 sq mi) |
4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 89,561,403 | 2,344,858 km2 (905,355 sq mi) |
5 | Tanzania | 59,734,218 | 945,203 km2 (364,945 sq mi) |
6 | South Africa | 59,622,350 | 1,221,037 km2 (471,445 sq mi) |
7 | Kenya | 53,714,296 | 580,367 km2 (224,081 sq mi) |
8 | Uganda | 45,741,007 | 236,040 km2 (91,136 sq mi) |
9 | Algeria | 43,000,420 | 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) |
10 | Sudan | 42,268,269 | 1,861,484 km2 (718,723 sq mi) |
11 | Morocco | 35,795,289 | 710,850 km2 (274,461 sq mi) |
12 | Mozambique | 28,013,000 | 801,590 km2 (309,496 sq mi) |
13 | Ghana | 31,072,940 | 238,534 km2 (92,098 sq mi) |
14 | Angola | 24,383,301 | 1,246,700 km2 (481,354 sq mi) |
15 | Somalia | 22,316,895 | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) |
16 | Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) | 22,671,331 | 322,460 km2 (124,503 sq mi) |
17 | Madagascar | 22,434,363 | 587,041 km2 (226,658 sq mi) |
18 | Cameroon | 21,917,602 | 475,442 km2 (183,569 sq mi) |
19 | Burkina Faso | 18,450,494 | 274,000 km2 (105,792 sq mi) |
20 | Niger | 17,138,707 | 1,267,000 km2 (489,191 sq mi) |
21 | Malawi | 16,832,900 | 118,484 km2 (45,747 sq mi) |
22 | Zambia | 15,473,905 | 752,614 km2 (290,586 sq mi) |
23 | Mali | 14,528,662 | 1,240,192 km2 (478,841 sq mi) |
24 | Senegal | 14,354,690 | 196,723 km2 (75,955 sq mi) |
25 | Zimbabwe | 13,061,239 | 390,757 km2 (150,872 sq mi) |
26 | Chad | 11,039,873 | 1,284,000 km2 (495,755 sq mi) |
27 | Tunisia | 10,982,754 | 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi) |
28 | Guinea | 10,628,972 | 245,857 km2 (94,926 sq mi) |
29 | Rwanda | 10,515,973 | 26,798 km2 (10,347 sq mi) |
30 | Benin | 10,008,749 | 112,622 km2 (43,484 sq mi) |
31 | Burundi | 9,823,828 | 27,830 km2 (10,745 sq mi) |
32 | South Sudan | 8,260,490 | 644,329 km2 (248,777 sq mi) |
33 | Eritrea | 6,536,000 | 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) |
34 | Sierra Leone | 6,348,350 | 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi) |
35 | Togo | 6,191,155 | 56,785 km2 (21,925 sq mi) |
36 | Libya | 5,298,152 | 1,759,540 km2 (679,362 sq mi) |
37 | Central African Republic | 3,859,139 | 622,984 km2 (240,535 sq mi) |
38 | Mauritania | 3,718,678 | 1,030,700 km2 (397,955 sq mi) |
39 | Republic of the Congo | 3,697,490 | 342,000 km2 (132,047 sq mi) |
40 | Liberia | 3,476,608 | 111,369 km2 (43,000 sq mi) |
41 | Namibia | 2,280,700 | 825,418 km2 (318,696 sq mi) |
42 | Botswana | 2,024,904 | 581,726 km2 (224,606 sq mi) |
43 | Lesotho | 1,894,194 | 30,355 km2 (11,720 sq mi) |
44 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,882,450 | 28,051 km2 (10,831 sq mi) |
45 | Gabon | 1,802,278 | 267,668 km2 (103,347 sq mi) |
46 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,530,673 | 36,125 km2 (13,948 sq mi) |
47 | Mauritius | 1,261,208 | 2,040 km2 (788 sq mi) |
48 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,222,442 | 28,051 km2 (10,831 sq mi) |
49 | Eswatini (Swaziland) | 1,119,375 | 17,364 km2 (6,704 sq mi) |
50 | Djibouti | 864,618 | 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi) |
Réunion (France) | 840,974 | ||
51 | Comoros | 806,200 | 2,235 km2 (863 sq mi) |
Western Sahara | 510,713 | ||
52 | Cape Verde | 491,875 | 4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi) |
Mayotte (France) | 212,600 | August 21, 2012 | |
53 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 201,784 | 964 km2 (372 sq mi) |
54 | Seychelles | 90,945 | 451 km2 (174 sq mi) |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 5,633 |
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