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

Surface area (sq. km)

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Djibouti23,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,20023,200
Egypt, Arab Rep.1,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,4501,001,450
Libya1,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,5401,759,540
Tunisia163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610163,610
Burundi27,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,83027,830
Comoros1,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,861
Congo, Dem. Rep.2,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,8602,344,860
Eritrea117,600121,690121,652121,676121,669121,636121,623121,675121,664121,658121,665121,668121,630121,630121,630
Ethiopia1,221,9001,221,9001,104,3001,136,2431,136,2431,136,2421,136,2431,136,2441,136,2431,136,2441,136,2431,136,2431,136,2431,136,2431,136,2401,136,2401,136,240
Kenya580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370580,370
Madagascar587,040587,040587,040587,040587,040587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295587,295
Malawi118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480118,480
Mauritius2,0402,0402,0402,0402,0402,0072,0072,0072,0072,0072,0072,0072,0072,0072,0072,0072,010
Rwanda26,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,34026,340
Seychelles460460460460460460460460460460460460460460460460460
Somalia637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660637,660
Sudan2,505,8102,505,8102,505,8102,505,8102,505,8102,505,8101,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,0001,878,000
Eswatini17,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,36017,360
Uganda241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550241,550
Zambia752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610752,610
Zimbabwe390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760390,760