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.
| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) | Official figure (where available) | Area |
| 1 | 206,139,589 | 923,768 km2 (356,669 sq mi) | |
| 2 | 114,963,588 | 1,104,300 km2 (426,373 sq mi) | |
| 3 | 102,334,404 | 1,001,449 km2 (386,662 sq mi) | |
| 4 | 89,561,403 | 2,344,858 km2 (905,355 sq mi) | |
| 5 | 59,734,218 | 945,203 km2 (364,945 sq mi) | |
| 6 | 59,622,350 | 1,221,037 km2 (471,445 sq mi) | |
| 7 | 53,714,296 | 580,367 km2 (224,081 sq mi) | |
| 8 | 45,741,007 | 236,040 km2 (91,136 sq mi) | |
| 9 | 43,000,420 | 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) | |
| 10 | 42,268,269 | 1,861,484 km2 (718,723 sq mi) | |
| 11 | 35,795,289 | 710,850 km2 (274,461 sq mi) | |
| 12 | 28,013,000 | 801,590 km2 (309,496 sq mi) | |
| 13 | 31,072,940 | 238,534 km2 (92,098 sq mi) | |
| 14 | 24,383,301 | 1,246,700 km2 (481,354 sq mi) | |
| 15 | 22,316,895 | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) | |
| 16 | 22,671,331 | 322,460 km2 (124,503 sq mi) | |
| 17 | 22,434,363 | 587,041 km2 (226,658 sq mi) | |
| 18 | 21,917,602 | 475,442 km2 (183,569 sq mi) | |
| 19 | 18,450,494 | 274,000 km2 (105,792 sq mi) | |
| 20 | 17,138,707 | 1,267,000 km2 (489,191 sq mi) | |
| 21 | 16,832,900 | 118,484 km2 (45,747 sq mi) | |
| 22 | 15,473,905 | 752,614 km2 (290,586 sq mi) | |
| 23 | 14,528,662 | 1,240,192 km2 (478,841 sq mi) | |
| 24 | 14,354,690 | 196,723 km2 (75,955 sq mi) | |
| 25 | 13,061,239 | 390,757 km2 (150,872 sq mi) | |
| 26 | 11,039,873 | 1,284,000 km2 (495,755 sq mi) | |
| 27 | 10,982,754 | 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi) | |
| 28 | 10,628,972 | 245,857 km2 (94,926 sq mi) | |
| 29 | 10,515,973 | 26,798 km2 (10,347 sq mi) | |
| 30 | 10,008,749 | 112,622 km2 (43,484 sq mi) | |
| 31 | 9,823,828 | 27,830 km2 (10,745 sq mi) | |
| 32 | 8,260,490 | 644,329 km2 (248,777 sq mi) | |
| 33 | 6,536,000 | 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) | |
| 34 | 6,348,350 | 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi) | |
| 35 | 6,191,155 | 56,785 km2 (21,925 sq mi) | |
| 36 | 5,298,152 | 1,759,540 km2 (679,362 sq mi) | |
| 37 | 3,859,139 | 622,984 km2 (240,535 sq mi) | |
| 38 | 3,718,678 | 1,030,700 km2 (397,955 sq mi) | |
| 39 | 3,697,490 | 342,000 km2 (132,047 sq mi) | |
| 40 | 3,476,608 | 111,369 km2 (43,000 sq mi) | |
| 41 | 2,280,700 | 825,418 km2 (318,696 sq mi) | |
| 42 | 2,024,904 | 581,726 km2 (224,606 sq mi) | |
| 43 | 1,894,194 | 30,355 km2 (11,720 sq mi) | |
| 44 | 1,882,450 | 28,051 km2 (10,831 sq mi) | |
| 45 | 1,802,278 | 267,668 km2 (103,347 sq mi) | |
| 46 | 1,530,673 | 36,125 km2 (13,948 sq mi) | |
| 47 | 1,261,208 | 2,040 km2 (788 sq mi) | |
| 48 | 1,222,442 | 28,051 km2 (10,831 sq mi) | |
| 49 | 1,119,375 | 17,364 km2 (6,704 sq mi) | |
| 50 | 864,618 | 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi) | |
| 840,974 | |||
| 51 | 806,200 | 2,235 km2 (863 sq mi) | |
| Western Sahara | 510,713 | ||
| 52 | 491,875 | 4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi) | |
| 212,600 | August 21, 2012 | ||
| 53 | 201,784 | 964 km2 (372 sq mi) | |
| 54 | 90,945 | 451 km2 (174 sq mi) | |
| 5,633 |
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