Land area in Africa · 2023

What country in Africa has the most land area?

Algeria has the most land area in Africa, with 2.4 million km².

Ranking by km²
#	Country	km²
1	Algeria	2,381,740
2	DR Congo	2,267,050
3	Sudan	1,868,000
4	Libya	1,759,540
5	Niger	1,266,700
6	Chad	1,259,200
7	Angola	1,246,700
8	Mali	1,220,190
9	South Africa	1,213,090
10	Ethiopia	1,128,499
11	Mauritania	1,030,700
12	Egypt	995,450
13	Nigeria	910,770
14	Tanzania	885,800
15	Namibia	823,290
16	Mozambique	786,380
17	Zambia	743,390
18	South Sudan	631,930
19	Somalia	627,340
20	Central African Republic	622,980
21	Madagascar	581,800
22	Kenya	580,876
23	Botswana	566,730
24	Cameroon	472,710
25	Morocco	446,300
26	Zimbabwe	386,850
27	Republic of the Congo	341,500
28	Côte d'Ivoire	318,000
29	Burkina Faso	273,600
30	Gabon	257,670
31	Guinea	245,720
32	Ghana	227,533
33	Uganda	200,520
34	Senegal	192,530
35	Tunisia	155,360
36	Eritrea	121,178
37	Benin	112,760
38	Liberia	96,320
39	Malawi	94,280
40	Sierra Leone	72,180
41	Togo	54,390
42	Lesotho	30,360
43	Guinea-Bissau	28,120
44	Equatorial Guinea	28,050
45	Burundi	25,680
46	Rwanda	24,670
47	Djibouti	23,180
48	Eswatini	17,200
49	Gambia	10,120
50	Cabo Verde	4,030
51	Mauritius	1,997
52	Comoros	1,861
53	Sao Tome and Principe	960
54	Seychelles	460

Key facts

Runners-up

DR Congo is 2nd and Sudan 3rd in Africa.

Lead

Algeria has 1.1× the figure of the DR Congo.