Country

Area (sq km)

Population

Population Growth Rate

 
Algeria

total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km

33,333,216 (July 2007 est.)

1.216%

(2007 est.)

Angola

total: 1,246,700 sq km
land: 1,246,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

12,263,596 (July 2007 est.)

2.184%

(2007 est.)

Benin

total: 112,620 sq km
land: 110,620 sq km
water: 2,000 sq km

8,078,314
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.674%

(2007 est.)

Botswana

total: 600,370 sq km
land: 585,370 sq km
water: 15,000 sq km

1,815,508
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

1.503%

(2007 est.)

Burkina Faso

total: 274,200 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 sq km

14,326,203
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.997%

(2007 est.)

Burundi

total: 27,830 sq km
land: 25,650 sq km
water: 2,180 sq km

8,390,505
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

3.593%

(2007 est.)

Cameroon

total: 475,440 sq km
land: 469,440 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

18,060,382
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.241%

(2007 est.)

Cape Verde

total: 4,033 sq km
land: 4,033 sq km
water: 0 sq km

423,613 (July 2007 est.)

0.606%

(2007 est.)

Chad

total: 1.284 million sq km
land: 1,259,200 sq km
water: 24,800 sq km

9,885,661 (July 2007 est.)

2.32%

(2007 est.)

Central African Republic

total: 622,984 sq km
land: 622,984 sq km
water: 0 sq km

4,369,038
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

1.505%

(2007 est.)

Comoros

total: 2,170 sq km
land: 2,170 sq km
water: 0 sq km

711,417 (July 2007 est.)

2.84%

(2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

total: 2,345,410 sq km
land: 2,267,600 sq km
water: 77,810 sq km

65,751,512
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

3.39%

(2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

total: 342,000 sq km
land: 341,500 sq km
water: 500 sq km

3,800,610
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.639%

(2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 322,460 sq km
land: 318,000 sq km
water: 4,460 sq km

18,013,409
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

1.995%

(2007 est.)

Djibouti

total: 23,000 sq km
land: 22,980 sq km
water: 20 sq km

496,374 (July 2007 est.)

1.984%

(2007 est.)

Egypt

total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

80,335,036 (July 2007 est.)

1.721%

(2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total: 28,051 sq km
land: 28,051 sq km
water: 0 sq km

551,201 (July 2007 est.)

2.015%

(2007 est.)

Eritrea

total: 121,320 sq km
land: 121,320 sq km
water: 0 sq km

4,906,585 (July 2007 est.)

2.461%

(2007 est.)

Ethiopia

total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km

76,511,887
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.272%

(2007 est.)

Gabon

total: 267,667 sq km
land: 257,667 sq km
water: 10,000 sq km

1,454,867
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.036%

(2007 est.)

Gambia, The

total: 11,300 sq km
land: 10,000 sq km
water: 1,300 sq km

1,688,359 (July 2007 est.)

2.781%

(2007 est.)

Ghana

total: 239,460 sq km
land: 230,940 sq km
water: 8,520 sq km

22,931,299
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

1.972%

(2007 est.)

Guinea

total: 245,857 sq km
land: 245,857 sq km
water: 0 sq km

9,947,814 (July 2007 est.)

2.62%

(2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km
water: 8,120 sq km

1,472,780 (July 2007 est.)

2.052%

(2007 est.)

Kenya

total: 582,650 sq km
land: 569,250 sq km
water: 13,400 sq km

36,913,721
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.799%

(2007 est.)

Lesotho

total: 30,355 sq km
land: 30,355 sq km
water: 0 sq km

2,125,262
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

0.144%

(2007 est.)

Liberia

total: 111,370 sq km
land: 96,320 sq km
water: 15,050 sq km

3,195,931 (July 2007 est.)

4.836%

(2007 est.)

Libya

total: 1,759,540 sq km
land: 1,759,540 sq km
water: 0 sq km

6,036,914
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2007 est.)

2.262%

(2007 est.)

Madagascar

total: 587,040 sq km
land: 581,540 sq km
water: 5,500 sq km

19,448,815 (July 2007 est.)

3.008%

(2007 est.)

Malawi

total: 118,480 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km
water: 24,400 sq km

13,603,181
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.383%

(2007 est.)

Mali

total: 1.24 million sq km
land: 1.22 million sq km
water: 20,000 sq km

11,995,402 (July 2007 est.)

2.681%

(2007 est.)

Mauritania

total: 1,030,700 sq km
land: 1,030,400 sq km
water: 300 sq km

3,270,065 (July 2007 est.)

2.867%

(2007 est.)

Mauritius

total: 2,040 sq km
land: 2,030 sq km
water: 10 sq km
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues

1,250,882 (July 2007 est.)

0.798%

(2007 est.)

Mozambique

total: 801,590 sq km
land: 784,090 sq km
water: 17,500 sq km

20,905,585
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2007 est.)

1.803%

(2007 est.)

Namibia

total: 825,418 sq km
land: 825,418 sq km
water: 0 sq km

2,055,080
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

0.478%

(2007 est.)

Niger

total: 1.267 million sq km
land: 1,266,700 sq km
water: 300 sq km

12,894,865 (July 2007 est.)

2.898%

(2007 est.)

Nigeria

total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km

135,031,164
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.379%

(2007 est.)

Rwanda

total: 26,338 sq km
land: 24,948 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km

9,907,509
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.766%

(2007 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total: 1,001 sq km
land: 1,001 sq km
water: 0 sq km

199,579 (July 2007 est.)

3.13%

(2007 est.)

Senegal

total: 196,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km

12,521,851 (July 2007 est.)

2.645%

(2007 est.)

Seychelles

total: 455 sq km
land: 455 sq km
water: 0 sq km

81,895 (July 2007 est.)

0.432%

(2007 est.)

Sierra Leone

total: 71,740 sq km
land: 71,620 sq km
water: 120 sq km

6,144,562 (July 2007 est.)

2.292%

(2007 est.)

Somalia

total: 637,657 sq km
land: 627,337 sq km
water: 10,320 sq km

9,118,773
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2007 est.)

2.832%

(2007 est.)

South Africa

total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)

43,997,828
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

-0.46%

(2007 est.)

Sudan

total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km

39,379,358 (July 2007 est.)

2.082%

(2007 est.)

Swaziland

total: 17,363 sq km
land: 17,203 sq km
water: 160 sq km

1,133,066
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

-0.337%

(2007 est.)

Tanzania

total: 945,087 sq km
land: 886,037 sq km
water: 59,050 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar

39,384,223
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.091%

(2007 est.)

Togo

total: 56,785 sq km
land: 54,385 sq km
water: 2,400 sq km

5,701,579
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

2.718%

(2007 est.)

Tunisia

total: 163,610 sq km
land: 155,360 sq km
water: 8,250 sq km

10,276,158 (July 2007 est.)

0.989%

(2007 est.)

Uganda

total: 236,040 sq km
land: 199,710 sq km
water: 36,330 sq km

30,262,610
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

3.572%

(2007 est.)

Zambia

total: 752,614 sq km
land: 740,724 sq km
water: 11,890 sq km

11,477,447
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

1.664%

(2007 est.)

Zimbabwe

total: 390,580 sq km
land: 386,670 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km

12,311,143
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

0.595%

(2007 es.)