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Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. [1] Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of 30,368,609 km 2 (11,725,385 sq mi), excluding adjacent islands.
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.
Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]
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 by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes 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
7,000 to 10,000 square kilometers • 5,000 to 7,000 square kilometers • 3,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 3,000 square kilometers; 250 to 1,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 250 square kilometers; Other. List of countries and dependencies by area; List of largest empires; List of administrative divisions by country