Area - Surface area

AfDB Topics Land Use Area

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Surface area (sq. km)

	1970	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Algeria	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,740	2,381,741	2,381,741	2,381,741	2,381,741	2,381,741	2,381,741	2,381,741	2,381,741
Djibouti	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,200
Egypt, Arab Rep.	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450	1,001,450
Libya	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540	1,759,540
Morocco	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550	446,550
Tunisia	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610	163,610
Angola	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700	1,246,700
Benin	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760	114,760
Botswana	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730	581,730
Burkina Faso	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,220	274,200	274,200	274,200	274,200
Burundi	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830	27,830
Cabo Verde	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030	4,030
Cameroon	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440	475,440
Central African Republic	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980	622,980
Chad	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000	1,284,000
Comoros	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861	1,861
Congo, Rep.	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000	342,000
Cote d'Ivoire	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460	322,460
Congo, Dem. Rep.	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860	2,344,860
Equatorial Guinea	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050	28,050
Eritrea			117,600	121,690	121,652	121,676	121,669	121,636	121,623	121,675	121,664	121,658	121,665	121,668	121,630	121,630	121,630
Ethiopia	1,221,900	1,221,900	1,104,300	1,136,243	1,136,243	1,136,242	1,136,243	1,136,244	1,136,243	1,136,244	1,136,243	1,136,243	1,136,243	1,136,243	1,136,240	1,136,240	1,136,240
Gabon	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670	267,670
Ghana	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,540	238,533	238,533	238,533	238,533
Guinea	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860	245,860
Guinea-Bissau	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130	36,130
Kenya	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370	580,370
Lesotho	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360	30,360
Liberia	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370	111,370
Madagascar	587,040	587,040	587,040	587,040	587,040	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295	587,295
Malawi	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480	118,480
Mali	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190	1,240,190
Mauritania	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700	1,030,700
Mauritius	2,040	2,040	2,040	2,040	2,040	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,007	2,010
Mozambique	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380	799,380
Namibia	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290	824,290
Niger	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000	1,267,000
Nigeria	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770	923,770
Rwanda	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340	26,340
Sao Tome and Principe	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960	960
Senegal	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710	196,710
Seychelles	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460	460
Sierra Leone	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300	72,300
Somalia	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660	637,660
South Africa	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090
South Sudan							646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883	646,883
Sudan	2,505,810	2,505,810	2,505,810	2,505,810	2,505,810	2,505,810	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000	1,878,000
Eswatini	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360	17,360
Tanzania	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300	947,300
Gambia, The	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300	11,300
Togo	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790	56,790
Uganda	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550	241,550
Zambia	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610	752,610
Zimbabwe	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760	390,760

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