 Countries arranged by area
 |
| Pos. |
|
Country |
Area (Km²) |
|
| 1st |
|
Sudan |
2.503.883 |
|
| 2nd |
|
Algeria |
2.381.741 |
|
| 3rd |
|
Dem. Republic of Congo |
2.345.476 |
|
| 4th |
|
Libya |
1.757.512 |
|
| 5th |
|
Niger |
1.287.305 |
|
| 6th |
|
Chad |
1.284.339 |
|
| 7th |
|
Mali |
1.248.904 |
|
| 8th |
|
Angola |
1.247.031 |
|
| 9th |
|
South Africa |
1.219.411 |
|
| 10th |
|
Ethiopia |
1.134.181 |
|
| 11th |
|
Mauritania |
1.031.088 |
|
| 12th |
|
Egypt |
998.002 |
|
| 13th |
|
Tanzania |
943.049 |
|
| 14th |
|
Nigeria |
924.012 |
|
| 15th |
|
Namibia |
825.336 |
|
| 16th |
|
Mozambique |
812.593 |
|
| 17th |
|
Zambia |
752.813 |
|
| 18th |
|
Morocco |
710.852 |
|
| 19th |
|
Somalia |
637.305 |
|
| 20th |
|
Central African Republic |
622.601 |
|
| 21st |
|
Madagascar |
587.196 |
|
| 22nd |
|
Kenya |
582.800 |
|
| 23rd |
|
Botswana |
581.883 |
|
| 24th |
|
Cameroon |
475.567 |
|
| 25th |
|
Zimbabwe |
390.860 |
|
| 26th |
|
Republic of Congo |
342.090 |
|
| 27th |
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
322.028 |
|
| 28th |
|
Burkina Faso |
274.471 |
|
| 29th |
|
Gabon |
267.738 |
|
| 30th |
|
Guinea |
245.922 |
|
| 31st |
|
Uganda |
241.113 |
|
| 32nd |
|
Ghana |
238.595 |
|
| 33rd |
|
Senegal |
197.764 |
|
| 34th |
|
Tunisia |
164.191 |
|
| 35th |
|
Malawi |
118.515 |
|
| 36th |
|
Eritrea |
117.357 |
|
| 37th |
|
Benin |
112.694 |
|
| 38th |
|
Liberia |
99.093 |
|
| 39th |
|
Sierra Leone |
71.759 |
|
| 40th |
|
Togo |
56.800 |
|
| 41st |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
36.134 |
|
| 42nd |
|
Lesotho |
30.354 |
|
| 43rd |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
28.059 |
|
| 44th |
|
Burundi |
27.823 |
|
| 45th |
|
Rwanda |
26.344 |
|
| 46th |
|
Djibouti |
23.186 |
|
| 47th |
|
Swaziland |
17.367 |
|
| 48th |
|
The Gambia |
10.691 |
|
| 49th |
|
Cape Verde |
4.033 |
|
| 50th |
|
Mauritius |
2.041 |
|
| 51st |
|
Comoros |
1.862 |
|
| 52nd |
|
São Tomé and Principe |
1.000 |
|
| 53rd |
|
Seychelles |
456 |
Countries arranged by population
|
| Pos. |
|
Country |
Population |
|
| 1st |
|
Nigeria |
126.636.000 |
|
| 2nd |
|
Egypt |
69.537.000 |
|
| 3rd |
|
Ethiopia |
65.892.000 |
|
| 4th |
|
Dem. Republic of Congo |
53.625.000 |
|
| 5th |
|
South Africa |
43.586.000 |
|
| 6th |
|
Tanzania |
36.232.000 |
|
| 7th |
|
Sudan |
36.080.000 |
|
| 8th |
|
Algeria |
31.736.000 |
|
| 9th |
|
Morocco |
30.896.000 |
|
| 10th |
|
Kenya |
30.766.000 |
|
| 11th |
|
Uganda |
23.986.000 |
|
| 12th |
|
Ghana |
19.894.000 |
|
| 13th |
|
Mozambique |
19.371.000 |
|
| 14th |
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
16.393.000 |
|
| 15th |
|
Madagascar |
15.983.000 |
|
| 16th |
|
Cameroon |
15.803.000 |
|
| 17th |
|
Burkina Faso |
12.272.000 |
|
| 18th |
|
Zimbabwe |
11.365.000 |
|
| 19th |
|
Mali |
11.009.000 |
|
| 20th |
|
Malawi |
10.548.000 |
|
| 21st |
|
Angola |
10.366.000 |
|
| 22nd |
|
Niger |
10.355.000 |
|
| 23rd |
|
Senegal |
10.285.000 |
|
| 24th |
|
Zambia |
9.770.000 |
|
| 25th |
|
Tunisia |
9.705.000 |
|
| 26th |
|
Chad |
8.707.000 |
|
| 27th |
|
Guinea |
7.614.000 |
|
| 28th |
|
Somalia |
7.489.000 |
|
| 29th |
|
Rwanda |
7.313.000 |
|
| 30th |
|
Benin |
6.591.000 |
|
| 31st |
|
Burundi |
6.224.000 |
|
| 32nd |
|
Sierra Leone |
5.427.000 |
|
| 33rd |
|
Libya |
5.241.000 |
|
| 34th |
|
Togo |
5.153.000 |
|
| 35th |
|
Eritrea |
4.298.000 |
|
| 36th |
|
Central African Republic |
3.577.000 |
|
| 37th |
|
Liberia |
3.226.000 |
|
| 38th |
|
Republic of Congo |
2.894.000 |
|
| 39th |
|
Mauritania |
2.747.000 |
|
| 40th |
|
Lesotho |
2.177.000 |
|
| 41st |
|
Namibia |
1.798.000 |
|
| 42nd |
|
Botswana |
1.586.000 |
|
| 43rd |
|
The Gambia |
1.411.000 |
|
| 44th |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
1.316.000 |
|
| 45th |
|
Gabon |
1.221.000 |
|
| 46th |
|
Mauritius |
1.190.000 |
|
| 47th |
|
Swaziland |
1.104.000 |
|
| 48th |
|
Comoros |
596.000 |
|
| 49th |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
486.000 |
|
| 50th |
|
Djibouti |
461.000 |
|
| 51st |
|
Cape Verde |
405.000 |
|
| 52nd |
|
São Tomé and Principe |
165.000 |
|
| 53rd |
|
Seychelles |
79.700 |
Countries arranged by density
|
| Pos. |
|
Country |
Density |
|
| 1st |
|
Mauritius |
583 |
|
| 2nd |
|
Comoros |
320 |
|
| 3rd |
|
Rwanda |
278 |
|
| 4th |
|
Burundi |
224 |
|
| 5th |
|
Seychelles |
175 |
|
| 6th |
|
São Tomé and Principe |
165 |
|
| 7th |
|
Nigeria |
137 |
|
| 8th |
|
The Gambia |
132 |
|
| 9th |
|
Cape Verde |
100 |
|
| 10th |
|
Uganda |
99 |
|
| 11th |
|
Togo |
91 |
|
| 12th |
|
Malawi |
89 |
|
| 13th |
|
Ghana |
83 |
|
| 14th |
|
Sierra Leone |
76 |
|
| 15th |
|
Lesotho |
72 |
|
| 16th |
|
Egypt |
70 |
|
| 17th |
|
Swaziland |
64 |
|
| 18th |
|
Tunisia |
59 |
|
| 19th |
|
Benin |
58 |
|
| = |
|
Ethiopia |
58 |
|
| 21st |
|
Kenya |
53 |
|
| 22nd |
|
Senegal |
52 |
|
| 23rd |
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
51 |
|
| 24th |
|
Burkina Faso |
45 |
|
| 25th |
|
Morocco |
43 |
|
| 26th |
|
Tanzania |
38 |
|
| 27th |
|
Eritrea |
37 |
|
| 28th |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
36 |
|
| = |
|
South Africa |
36 |
|
| 30th |
|
Cameroon |
33 |
|
| = |
|
Liberia |
33 |
|
| 32nd |
|
Guinea |
31 |
|
| 33rd |
|
Zimbabwe |
29 |
|
| 34th |
|
Madagascar |
27 |
|
| 35th |
|
Mozambique |
24 |
|
| 36th |
|
Dem. Republic of Congo |
23 |
|
| 37th |
|
Djibouti |
20 |
|
| 38th |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
17 |
|
| 39th |
|
Sudan |
14 |
|
| 40th |
|
Algeria |
13 |
|
| = |
|
Zambia |
13 |
|
| 42nd |
|
Somalia |
12 |
|
| 43rd |
|
Mali |
9 |
|
| 44th |
|
Angola |
8,5 |
|
| = |
|
Republic of Congo |
8,5 |
|
| 46th |
|
Niger |
8 |
|
| 47th |
|
Chad |
7 |
|
| 48th |
|
Central African Republic |
6 |
|
| 49th |
|
Gabon |
4,5 |
|
| 50th |
|
Libya |
3 |
|
| 51st |
|
Botswana |
2,5 |
|
| = |
|
Mauritania |
2,5 |
|
| 53rd |
|
Namibia |
2 |
Data update: 2001 estimates
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