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Smallest Countries in Africa
The smallest countries in Africa, ranked by area.
Seychelles currently leads this Africa ranking across 54 reported places.
Answer at a glance
Seychelles ranks as the smallest country in Africa, at 460 km², using the latest available World Bank value.
The gap to Sao Tome and Principe is 500 km² using the displayed latest-available values.
Methodology: countries are ordered by surface area in square kilometres. Reporting years can vary by country, so this is a latest-available comparison rather than a single-year estimate. View World Bank surface area data.
Coverage: 54 countries and territories with a reported value are included; records without this metric are omitted.
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Victoria
Sao Tome
Moroni
Port Louis
Praia
Banjul
Mbabane
Djibouti
Kigali
Bujumbura
Malabo
Maseru
Bissau
Lome
Freetown
Monrovia
Porto-Novo
Lilongwe
Asmara
Tunis
Dakar
Accra
Kampala
Conakry
Libreville
Ouagadougou
Yamoussoukro
Brazzaville
Harare
Rabat
Yaounde
Gaborone
Antananarivo
Nairobi
Bangui
Mogadishu
Juba
Lusaka
Maputo
Windhoek
Abuja
Dodoma
Cairo
Nouakchott
Addis Ababa
Pretoria
Bamako
Luanda
Niamey
N'Djamena
Tripolis
Khartoum
Kinshasa
Algiers
| # | Country | Surface area | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Seychelles | 460 km² | Victoria |
| 2 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 960 km² | Sao Tome |
| 3 |  Comoros | 1,861 km² | Moroni |
| 4 |  Mauritius | 2,010 km² | Port Louis |
| 5 |  Cape Verde | 4,030 km² | Praia |
| 6 |  The Gambia | 11,300 km² | Banjul |
| 7 |  Eswatini | 17,360 km² | Mbabane |
| 8 |  Djibouti | 23,200 km² | Djibouti |
| 9 |  Rwanda | 26,338 km² | Kigali |
| 10 |  Burundi | 27,830 km² | Bujumbura |
| 11 |  Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 km² | Malabo |
| 12 |  Lesotho | 30,360 km² | Maseru |
| 13 |  Guinea-Bissau | 36,130 km² | Bissau |
| 14 |  Togo | 56,790 km² | Lome |
| 15 |  Sierra Leone | 72,300 km² | Freetown |
| 16 |  Liberia | 111,370 km² | Monrovia |
| 17 |  Benin | 114,760 km² | Porto-Novo |
| 18 |  Malawi | 118,480 km² | Lilongwe |
| 19 |  Eritrea | 121,766 km² | Asmara |
| 20 |  Tunisia | 163,610 km² | Tunis |
| 21 |  Senegal | 196,710 km² | Dakar |
| 22 |  Ghana | 238,539 km² | Accra |
| 23 |  Uganda | 241,550 km² | Kampala |
| 24 |  Guinea | 245,860 km² | Conakry |
| 25 |  Gabon | 267,670 km² | Libreville |
| 26 |  Burkina Faso | 274,200 km² | Ouagadougou |
| 27 |  Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 322,460 km² | Yamoussoukro |
| 28 |  Congo | 342,000 km² | Brazzaville |
| 29 |  Zimbabwe | 390,760 km² | Harare |
| 30 |  Morocco | 446,550 km² | Rabat |
| 31 |  Cameroon | 475,440 km² | Yaounde |
| 32 |  Botswana | 581,730 km² | Gaborone |
| 33 |  Madagascar | 587,295 km² | Antananarivo |
| 34 |  Kenya | 591,969 km² | Nairobi |
| 35 |  Central African Republic | 622,980 km² | Bangui |
| 36 |  Somalia | 637,660 km² | Mogadishu |
| 37 |  South Sudan | 646,883 km² | Juba |
| 38 |  Zambia | 752,610 km² | Lusaka |
| 39 |  Mozambique | 799,380 km² | Maputo |
| 40 |  Namibia | 824,290 km² | Windhoek |
| 41 |  Nigeria | 923,770 km² | Abuja |
| 42 |  Tanzania | 947,300 km² | Dodoma |
| 43 |  Egypt | 1,001,450 km² | Cairo |
| 44 |  Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² | Nouakchott |
| 45 |  Ethiopia | 1,136,240 km² | Addis Ababa |
| 46 |  South Africa | 1,219,090 km² | Pretoria |
| 47 |  Mali | 1,240,190 km² | Bamako |
| 48 |  Angola | 1,246,700 km² | Luanda |
| 49 |  Niger | 1,267,000 km² | Niamey |
| 50 |  Chad | 1,284,000 km² | N'Djamena |
| 51 |  Libya | 1,759,540 km² | Tripolis |
| 52 |  Sudan | 1,878,000 km² | Khartoum |
| 53 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,860 km² | Kinshasa |
| 54 |  Algeria | 2,381,740 km² | Algiers |
Smallest Countries in Africa: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the smallest country in Africa?
Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa, covering about 460 km².
What are the top three smallest countries in Africa?
Seychelles, Sao Tome and Principe and Comoros.