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The area of the Congo basin is greater than that of any other river except the Amazon, while the African inland drainage area is greater than that of any continent but Asia, where the corresponding area is 1,000,000 km 2 (390,000 sq mi). [1] West of Lake Chad is the basin of the Niger, the third major river of Africa.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [9] With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population.
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 5,000 to 20,000 square kilometers; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 1,000 to 5,000 square kilometers; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 0.1 to 1,000 square kilometers
Continent: Africa Area: [2] note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Unguja. total: 947,300 square kilometres (365,800 sq mi) land: 885,800 square kilometres (342,000 sq mi) water: 61,500 square kilometres (23,700 sq mi) Area comparative. Australia comparative: slightly smaller than South Australia
Land boundaries. Total: 5,664 km of land boundaries; Border countries: Angola for 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo for 1,930 km, Malawi for 837 km, Mozambique for 419 km, Namibia for 233 km, Tanzania for 338 km, Zimbabwe for 797 km, and Botswana, less than 1 km (0.62 mi).
Tropical African forest is 18 percent of the world's total and covers over 3.6 million square kilometers of land in West, East, and Central Africa. This total area can be subdivided to 2.69 million square kilometers (74%) in Central Africa, 680,000 square kilometers (19%) in West Africa, and 250,000 square kilometers (7%) in East Africa. [7]