List of African Countries By Population And Area

African Countries

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.

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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