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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