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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Geography > Area > Total

DEFINITION: Total area in square kilometers.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.34 million sq km 2013
2 Sudan 1.86 million sq km 2013
3 Chad 1.28 million sq km 2013
4 Niger 1.27 million sq km 2013
5 Angola 1.25 million sq km 2013
6 Mali 1.24 million sq km 2013
7 South Africa 1.22 million sq km 2013
8 Ethiopia 1.1 million sq km 2013
9 Mauritania 1.03 million sq km 2013
10 Tanzania 947,300 sq km 2013
11 Nigeria 923,768 sq km 2013
12 Namibia 824,292 sq km 2013
13 Mozambique 799,380 sq km 2013
14 Zambia 752,618 sq km 2013
15 South Sudan 644,329 sq km 2013
16 Somalia 637,657 sq km 2013
17 Central African Republic 622,984 sq km 2013
18 Madagascar 587,041 sq km 2013
19 Botswana 581,730 sq km 2013
20 Kenya 580,367 sq km 2013
21 Cameroon 475,440 sq km 2013
22 Zimbabwe 390,757 sq km 2013
23 Cote d'Ivoire 322,463 sq km 2013
24 Burkina Faso 274,200 sq km 2013
25 Gabon 267,667 sq km 2013
26 Guinea 245,857 sq km 2013
27 Uganda 241,038 sq km 2013
28 Ghana 238,533 sq km 2013
29 Senegal 196,722 sq km 2013
30 Malawi 118,484 sq km 2013
31 Eritrea 117,600 sq km 2013
32 Benin 112,622 sq km 2013
33 Liberia 111,369 sq km 2013
34 Sierra Leone 71,740 sq km 2013
35 Togo 56,785 sq km 2013
36 Guinea-Bissau 36,125 sq km 2013
37 Lesotho 30,355 sq km 2013
38 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 sq km 2013
39 Burundi 27,830 sq km 2013
40 Rwanda 26,338 sq km 2013
41 Djibouti 23,200 sq km 2013
42 Swaziland 17,364 sq km 2013
43 The Gambia 11,295 sq km 2013
44 Cape Verde 4,033 sq km 2013
45 Comoros 2,235 sq km 2013
46 Mauritius 2,040 sq km 2013
47 Sao Tome and Principe 964 sq km 2013
48 Seychelles 455 sq km 2013

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