Geography Statistics of Africa

Continent Size: 30,221,532 sq km, 11,668,599 sq miles
The only continent larger in area is Asia
Percent of Earth's Land: 12.7%
Highest Point: Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 19,341 ft (5,895m) (see map)
Lowest Point: Lake Assal, Djibouti (-512 ft) (-156 m) (see map)
Geographic Center: The geographic center of Africa is located within Lobeke National Park in far southeastern Cameroon at 2° 37' N 16° 06' E. (see map)
Horizontal Width: 4,355 miles (7,009 km) from Dakar, Senegal, east to Mogadishu, Somalia (see map)
Vertical Length: 4,504 miles (7,248 km) from Cape Town, South Africa north to Tripoli, Libya: (see map)

Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements and will vary some using other map projections.

Largest African Countries: (by land area)

Algeria: 2,381,741 sq km
Congo, DRC: 2,344,858 sq km
Sudan: 1,861,484 sq km
Libya: 1,759,540 sq km
Chad: 1,284,000 sq km
Niger: 1,267,000 sq km
Angola: 1,246,700 sq km
Mali: 1,240,192 sq km
South Africa: 1,221.037 sq km
Ethiopia: 1,104,300 sq km

All Country's Land Areas

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