Africa’s ...
... total land area is approximately 11,724,000 square miles (30,365,000 square km), and the continent measures about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from north to south and about 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from east to west. Its northern extremity is Al-Ghīrān Point, near Al-Abyaḍ Point (Cape Blanc), Tunisia; its southern extremity is Cape Agulhas, South Africa; its farthest point east is Xaafuun (Hafun) Point, near Cape Gwardafuy (Guardafui), Somalia; and its western extremity is Almadi Point (Pointe des Almadies), on Cape Verde (Cap Vert), Senegal. In the northeast, Africa was joined to Asia by the Sinai Peninsula until the construction of the Suez Canal. Paradoxically, the coastline of Africa—18,950 miles (30,500 km) in length—is shorter than that of Europe, because there are few inlets and few large bays or gulfs.

Off the coasts of Africa a number of islands are associated with the continent. Of these Madagascar, one of the largest islands in the world, is the most significant. Other, smaller islands include the Seychelles, Socotra, and other islands to the east; the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, and other islands to the southeast; Ascension, St. Helena, and Tristan da Cunha to the southwest; Cape Verde, the Bijagós Islands, Bioko, and São Tomé and Príncipe to the west; and the Azores and the Madeira and Canary islands to the northwest.

The continent is cut almost equally in two by the Equator, so that most of Africa lies within the tropical region, bounded on the north by the Tropic of Cancer and on the south by the Tropic of Capricorn. Because of the bulge formed by western Africa, the greater part of Africa’s territory lies north of the Equator. Africa is crossed from north to south by the prime meridian (0° longitude), which passes a short distance to the east of Accra, Ghana.

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SIZE
WORLDOMETER LINK
POPULATION
DENS.
LAND AREA
Av. AGE
URBAN
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1
10
 Algeria 46,814,308 20 2,381,740 28 74%  
2
12
 Angola 37,885,849 30 1,246,700 17 68%  
3
28
 Benin 14,462,724 128 112,760 18 47%  
4
44
 Botswana 2,521,139 4 566,730 23 75%  
5
20
 Burkina Faso 23,548,781 86 273,600 17 33%  
6
30
 Burundi 14,047,786 547 25,680 16 14%  
7
54
 Cabo Verde 524,877 130 4,030 28 78%  
8
17
 Cameroon 29,123,744 62 472,710 18 59%  
9
38
 Central African Rep. 5,330,690 9 622,980 14 44%  
10
23
 Chad 20,299,123 16 1,259,200 16 22%
11
52
 Comoros 866,628 466 1,861 21 33%  
12
36
 Congo 6,332,961 19 341,500 18 69%  
13
16
 Côte d'Ivoire 31,934,230 100 318,000 18 49%  
14
50
 Djibouti 1,168,722 50 23,180 25 71%  
15
4
 DR Congo 109,276,265 48 2,267,050 16 44%  
16
3
 Egypt 116,538,258 117 995,450 24 41%
17
47
 Equatorial Guinea 1,892,516 67 28,050 21 63%  
18
40
 Eritrea 3,535,603 35 101,000 19 74%  
19
49
 Eswatini 1,242,822 72 17,200 22 31%  
20
2
 Ethiopia 132,059,767 132 1,000,000 19 22%  
21
43
 Gabon 2,538,952 10 257,670 22 84%
22
42
 Gambia 2,759,988 273 10,120 18 60%  
23
14
 Ghana 34,427,414 151 227,540 21 58%  
24
27
 Guinea 14,754,785 60 245,720 18 40%  
25
46
 Guinea-Bissau 2,201,352 78 28,120 19 46%  
26
7
 Kenya 56,432,944 99 569,140 20 31%  
27
45
 Lesotho 2,337,423 77 30,360 22 32%  
28
37
 Liberia 5,612,817 58 96,320 19 54%  
29
35
 Libya 7,381,023 4 1,759,540 27 77%  
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POPULATION
DENS.
LAND AREA
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30
15
 Madagascar 31,964,956 55 581,795 19 40%  
31
21
 Malawi 21,655,286 230 94,280 18 19%  
32
19
 Mali 24,478,595 20 1,220,190 16 44%  
33
39
 Mauritania 5,169,395 5 1,030,700 17 60%  
34
48
 Mauritius 1,271,169 626 2,030 37 41%  
35
55
 Mayotte 326,505 871 375 17 42%  
36
11
 Morocco 38,081,173 85 446,300 30 67%  
37
13
 Mozambique 34,631,766 44 786,380 16 41%  
38
41
 Namibia 3,030,131 4 823,290 21 54%  
39
18
 Niger 27,032,412 21 1,266,700 15 18%  
40
1
 Nigeria 232,679,478 255 910,770 18 54%  
41
51
 Réunion 878,591 351 2,500 38 N.A.  
42
29
 Rwanda 14,256,567 578 24,670 20 18%  
43
58
 Saint Helena 5,237 13 390 51 33%
44
56
 Sao Tome & Principe 235,536 245 960 19 78%  
45
25
 Senegal 18,501,984 96 192,530 19 52%  
46
57
 Seychelles 130,418 284 460 34 44%  
47
34
 Sierra Leone 8,642,022 120 72,180 19 45%  
48
24
 Somalia 19,009,151 30 627,340 16 46%  
49
6
 South Africa 64,007,187 53 1,213,090 28 66%  
50
32
 South Sudan 11,943,408 20 610,952 18 27%  
51
8
 Sudan 50,448,963 29 1,765,048 18 35%  
52
5
 Tanzania 68,560,157 77 885,800 17 39%  
53
33
 Togo 9,515,236 175 54,390 19 44%  
54
31
 Tunisia 12,277,109 79 155,360 33 71%  
55
9
 Uganda 50,015,092 250 199,810 17 29%  
56
53
 Western Sahara 590,506 2 266,000 32 97%  
57
22
 Zambia 21,314,956 29 743,390 18 46%  
58
26
 Zimbabwe 16,634,373 43 386,850 18 38%