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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Geography > Area > Land > Per capita

DEFINITION: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Namibia 395.19 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
2 Botswana 317.74 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
3 Mauritania 306.22 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
4 Gabon 173.42 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
5 Central African Republic 140.18 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
6 Chad 124.53 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
7 Angola 99.49 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
8 Mali 98.99 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
9 Niger 95.44 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
10 Somalia 65.63 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
11 Zambia 63.48 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
12 Sudan 59.08 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
13 Equatorial Guinea 45.5 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
14 Djibouti 45.4 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
15 Mozambique 36.84 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34.09 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
17 Zimbabwe 34.07 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
18 Madagascar 29.02 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
19 Liberia 28.89 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
20 Cameroon 25.42 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
21 Guinea 25.07 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
22 South Africa 25.01 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
23 Eritrea 22.05 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
24 Tanzania 22.03 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
25 Guinea-Bissau 18.63 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
26 Burkina Faso 17.94 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
27 Cote d'Ivoire 15.76 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
28 Swaziland 15.24 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
29 Kenya 15 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
30 Senegal 14.94 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
31 Lesotho 14.26 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
32 Ethiopia 13.56 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
33 Benin 12.96 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
34 Sierra Leone 11.38 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
35 Ghana 9.88 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
36 Cape Verde 9.45 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
37 Togo 9.28 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
38 Malawi 6.75 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
39 Uganda 6.37 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
40 Nigeria 6.23 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
41 The Gambia 5.76 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
42 Seychelles 5.53 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
43 Sao Tome and Principe 4.86 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
44 Comoros 2.96 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
45 Burundi 2.95 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
46 Rwanda 2.45 sq km per 1,000 people 2008
47 Mauritius 1.59 sq km per 1,000 people 2008

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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Geography > Area > Land > Per capita

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