Giant Size Small Size Countries in Africa

Land is defined as continents and islands solid parts of their surface not covered by water on the Earth's surface.

“Land governance issues need to be front and center in Africa to maintain and better its surging growth and achieve its development promise,” says Frank Byamugisha, author of the report and Lead Land Specialist in the World Bank’s Africa Region. “Our findings provide a useful, policy-oriented roadmap for African countries and communities to secure their own land for building shared prosperity.”

Inefficient land administration, weak governance and corruption to the land governance system in many African countries will fuel the land grab surge. An example of poor government is the fact that Ghana, Kenya and Uganda each have fewer than 10 professional land surveyors per one million people.

Land tenure legally or customarily is the legal system in which an individual, who is said to hold the land, owns land. Secure tenure is an important pillar for agriculture and food security. Research has shown that secure tenure provides incentives for farmers to invest in land.

Africa appears small in size on the map but Mexico, China, Eastern and Western Europe, India, The USA and Japan can all fit into Africa's total land area very comfortably. Africa is 11.68 million square miles or 30.2 million km2 and covers 20.4 percent of the total land area on Earth.

This is a list of African countries ranked by total area in Africa and world rank. Africa has eight countries in the top 25 world rank of land size of Earth's surface.

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Largest Countries in Africa by Land Size.

African Country	Size Rank in Africa	World Rank
Algeria	1	11
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2	12
Sudan	3	17
Libya	4	18
Chad	5	22
Niger	6	23
Angola	7	24
Mali	8	25
South Africa	9	26
Ethiopia	10	28
Mauritania	11	30
Egypt	12	31
Tanzania	13	32
Nigeria	14	33
Namibia	15	35
Mozambique	16	36
Zambia	17	40
Morocco	18	41
South Sudan	19	44
Somalia	20	46
Central African Republic	21	47
Madagascar	22	49
Botswana	23	50
Kenya	24	51
Cameroon	25	56
Zimbabwe	26	62
Republic of the Congo	27	65
Cote d'Ivoire	28	70
Burkina Faso	29	76
Gabon	30	78
Guinea	31	79
Uganda	32	81
Ghana	33	82
Senegal	34	88
Tunisia	35	93
Malawi	36	100
Eritrea	37	101
Benin	38	102
Liberia	39	104
Sierra Leone	40	119
Togo	41	126
Guinea-Bissau	42	137
Lesotho	43	141
Equatorial Guinea	44	145
Burundi	45	146
Rwanda	46	148
Djibouti	47	150
Eswatini	48	158
The Gambia	49	165
Cabo Verde	50	175
Comoros	51	179
Mauritius	52	180
Sao Tome and Principe	53	184
Seychelles	54	198

The Mercator projection of 1569 was one of the first navigation maps produced; the Mercator projection is for traveling purposes and is not an accurate visual representation of Africa. The Mercator projection was not developed to accurately show the true size of Africa but projections from the Mercator projection are still in use today.

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