Top 20 Largest Countries in Africa

African Country by Size List.

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Which are the top twenty largest, smallest, and territorial country in Africa by land area?

1. The continent of Africa is the world’s second largest based on land area and population just after Asia.
2. Top five largest countries of Africa are Algeria, Congo Democratic Republic of the, Sudan, Libya and Chad.
3. Top five smallest African countries and territories are Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Saint Helena and Mayotte.

African Country from largest to smallest	Area sq mile	Area sq km
Algeria	919,595	2,381,740
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)	905,568	2,345,410
Sudan	718,723	1,861,484
Libya	679,362	1,759,540
Chad	495,755	1,284,000
Niger	489,191	1,267,000
Angola	481,354	1,246,700
Mali	478,767	1,240,000
South Africa	471,011	1,219,912
Ethiopia	435,186	1,127,127
Mauritania	397,955	1,030,700
Egypt	386,662	1,001,450
Tanzania	364,900	945,087
Nigeria	356,669	923,768
Namibia	318,696	825,418
Mozambique	309,496	801,590
Zambia	290,586	752,614
South Sudan	248,777	644,329
Somalia	246,201	637,657
Central African Republic (CAR)	240,535	622,984
Botswana	231,804	600,370
Madagascar	226,657	587,040
Kenya	224,962	582,650
Cameroon	183,568	475,440
Morocco	172,414	446,550
Zimbabwe	150,804	390,580
Republic of Congo	132,047	342,000
Cote d'Ivoire	124,503	322,460
Burkina Faso	105,869	274,200
Gabon	103,347	267,667
Western Sahara	102,703	266,000
Guinea	94,926	245,857
Ghana	92,456	239,460
Uganda	91,136	236,040
Senegal	75,749	196,190
Tunisia	63,170	163,610
Eritrea	46,842	121,320
Malawi	45,745	118,480
Benin	43,483	112,620
Liberia	43,000	111,370
Sierra Leone	27,699	71,740
Togo	21,925	56,785
Guinea-Bissau	13,946	36,120
Lesotho	11,720	30,355
Equatorial Guinea	10,831	28,051
Burundi	10,745	27,830
Rwanda	10,169	26,338
Djibouti	8,880	23,000
eSwatini	6,704	17,363
The Gambia	4,363	11,300
Capo Verde	1,557	4,033
Reunion	972	2,517
Comoros	838	2,170
Mauritius	788	2,040
São Tomé and Príncipe	386	1,001
Seychelles	176	455
Saint Helena	158	410
Mayotte	144	374

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