Which country in Africa has the largest area?

Algeria has the largest area in Africa: 2,381,741 km². Next come the DR Congo (2,344,858 km²) and the Sudan (1,886,068 km²).

What is the typical area of a country in Africa?

The median of the 54 countries in Africa is 332,232 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Africa by area

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. 54 countries in Africa, highest first. Wikidata

See it on the map

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Highest

2,381,741 km²

Algeria

Median country

332,232 km²

half above, half below

Lowest

459 km²

Seychelles

Countries in Africa by area, Wikidata
#	Country	Area	Region
1	Algeria	2,381,741 km²	Northern Africa
2	DR Congo	2,344,858 km²	Middle Africa
3	Sudan	1,886,068 km²	Northern Africa
4	Libya	1,759,541 km²	Northern Africa
5	Chad	1,284,000 km²	Middle Africa
6	Niger	1,267,000 km²	Western Africa
7	Angola	1,246,700 km²	Middle Africa
8	Mali	1,240,192 km²	Western Africa
9	South Africa	1,221,037 km²	Southern Africa
10	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km²	Eastern Africa
11	Mauritania	1,030,700 km²	Western Africa
12	Egypt	1,010,408 km²	Northern Africa
13	Tanzania	947,303 km²	Eastern Africa
14	Nigeria	923,768 km²	Western Africa
15	Namibia	825,615 km²	Southern Africa
16	Mozambique	801,590 km²	Eastern Africa
17	Zambia	752,618 km²	Eastern Africa
18	South Sudan	644,329 km²	Eastern Africa
19	Somalia	637,657 km²	Eastern Africa
20	Central African Republic	622,984 km²	Middle Africa
21	Madagascar	587,295 km²	Eastern Africa
22	Botswana	581,737 km²	Southern Africa
23	Kenya	581,309 km²	Eastern Africa
24	Cameroon	475,442 km²	Middle Africa
25	Morocco	446,550 km²	Northern Africa
26	Zimbabwe	390,757 km²	Eastern Africa
27	Congo	342,000 km²	Middle Africa
28	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463 km²	Western Africa
29	Burkina Faso	274,200 km²	Western Africa
30	Gabon	267,667 km²	Middle Africa
31	Guinea	245,857 km²	Western Africa
32	Uganda	241,038 km²	Eastern Africa
33	Ghana	238,535 km²	Western Africa
34	Senegal	196,722 km²	Western Africa
35	Tunisia	163,610 km²	Northern Africa
36	Malawi	118,484 km²	Eastern Africa
37	Eritrea	117,600 km²	Eastern Africa
38	Benin	114,763 km²	Western Africa
39	Liberia	111,369 km²	Western Africa
40	Sierra Leone	71,740 km²	Western Africa
41	Togo	56,785 km²	Western Africa
42	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 km²	Western Africa
43	Lesotho	30,355 km²	Southern Africa
44	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 km²	Middle Africa
45	Burundi	27,834 km²	Eastern Africa
46	Rwanda	26,338 km²	Eastern Africa
47	Djibouti	23,200 km²	Eastern Africa
48	Eswatini	17,364 km²	Southern Africa
49	Gambia	11,300 km²	Western Africa
50	Cabo Verde	4,033 km²	Western Africa
51	Mauritius	2,040 km²	Eastern Africa
52	Comoros	2,034 km²	Eastern Africa
53	São Tomé and Principe	1,001 km²	Middle Africa
54	Seychelles	459 km²	Eastern Africa

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Area	Status
Western Sahara	266,000 km²	Status disputed
Saint Helena	394 km²	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in Africa has the largest area?: Algeria has the largest area in Africa: 2,381,741 km². Next come the DR Congo (2,344,858 km²) and the Sudan (1,886,068 km²).
Which country in Africa has the smallest area?: The Seychelles, with 459 km².
What is the typical area of a country in Africa?: The median of the 54 countries in Africa is 332,232 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: Wikidata. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.