Africa size quiz

Two countries, one question: which one is bigger? Flat maps stretch the far north and south, so some answers will surprise you.

How it works

Play it as a quiz or as Sudden death: one wrong answer and it's over. Very close pairs are left out, so every question has a clear answer.

Area of Africa, largest first

#	Country	Area	Square miles
1	Algeria	2,381,741 km²	919,595 sq mi
2	DR Congo	2,344,858 km²	905,354 sq mi
3	Sudan	1,886,068 km²	728,215 sq mi
4	Libya	1,759,540 km²	679,362 sq mi
5	Chad	1,284,000 km²	495,755 sq mi
6	Niger	1,267,000 km²	489,191 sq mi
7	Angola	1,246,700 km²	481,353 sq mi
8	Mali	1,240,192 km²	478,841 sq mi
9	South Africa	1,221,037 km²	471,445 sq mi
10	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km²	426,372 sq mi
11	Mauritania	1,030,700 km²	397,955 sq mi
12	Egypt	1,002,450 km²	387,048 sq mi
13	Tanzania	945,087 km²	364,900 sq mi
14	Nigeria	923,768 km²	356,669 sq mi
15	Namibia	825,615 km²	318,772 sq mi
16	Mozambique	801,590 km²	309,496 sq mi
17	Zambia	752,612 km²	290,585 sq mi
18	Somalia	637,657 km²	246,201 sq mi
19	Central African Republic	622,984 km²	240,535 sq mi
20	South Sudan	619,745 km²	239,285 sq mi
21	Madagascar	587,041 km²	226,658 sq mi
22	Botswana	582,000 km²	224,711 sq mi
23	Kenya	580,367 km²	224,081 sq mi
24	Cameroon	475,442 km²	183,569 sq mi
25	Morocco	446,550 km²	172,414 sq mi
26	Zimbabwe	390,757 km²	150,872 sq mi
27	Congo	342,000 km²	132,047 sq mi
28	Ivory Coast	322,463 km²	124,504 sq mi
29	Burkina Faso	272,967 km²	105,393 sq mi
30	Gabon	267,668 km²	103,347 sq mi
31	Guinea	245,857 km²	94,926 sq mi
32	Uganda	241,550 km²	93,263 sq mi
33	Ghana	238,533 km²	92,098 sq mi
34	Senegal	196,722 km²	75,955 sq mi
35	Tunisia	163,610 km²	63,170 sq mi
36	Malawi	118,484 km²	45,747 sq mi
37	Eritrea	117,600 km²	45,406 sq mi
38	Benin	112,622 km²	43,484 sq mi
39	Liberia	111,369 km²	43,000 sq mi
40	Sierra Leone	71,740 km²	27,699 sq mi
41	Togo	56,785 km²	21,925 sq mi
42	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 km²	13,948 sq mi
43	Lesotho	30,355 km²	11,720 sq mi
44	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 km²	10,831 sq mi
45	Burundi	27,834 km²	10,747 sq mi
46	Rwanda	26,338 km²	10,169 sq mi
47	Djibouti	23,200 km²	8,958 sq mi
48	Eswatini	17,364 km²	6,704 sq mi
49	Gambia	10,689 km²	4,127 sq mi
50	Cabo Verde	4,033 km²	1,557 sq mi
51	Mauritius	2,040 km²	788 sq mi
52	Comoros	1,862 km²	719 sq mi
53	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 km²	372 sq mi
54	Seychelles	452 km²	175 sq mi

Total area including lakes and rivers, rounded. Some countries are counted with or without overseas territories depending on the source.

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