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Top 10 Smallest African Countries by Area

Can you name the 10 smallest African countries in terms of area?
Includes land and inland water area
Quiz by Devvik2
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Last updated: January 25, 2020
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First submittedApril 25, 2016
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km²
Country
457
Seychelles
964
Sao Tome & Principe
1,861
Comoros
2,040
Mauritius
4,033
Cape Verde
km²
Country
11,295
Gambia
17,363
Eswatini
23,200
Djibouti
26,338
Rwanda
27,834
Burundi
32 Comments
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Level 22
May 2, 2016
Reunion?
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Level 74
May 2, 2016
Reunion is not a country. It is part of France.
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Level 22
May 28, 2016
What about Lesotho then? It's bigger than Burundi I think.
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Level 67
Jan 22, 2017
Yay for Surprisingly accurate quotes!
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Level 74
Nov 3, 2018
Yeah. It's bigger than Burundi. Do you mean it's smaller than Burundi?
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Level 80
Jul 29, 2019
Devvik2, yes, Reunion is part of France but it's in Africa. The instructions do not exclude overseas territories. So, Italy, Portugal and possibly Spain should also be on the list.
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Level 74
Jan 25, 2020
However, these countries that you just named, are not African countries that they will not be added to this list
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Level 59
Jul 6, 2020
And they would be far too big to appear on the list even if they were African.
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Level 77
Oct 6, 2024
It is a "part of France" such that one needs to go through immigration procedures on both ends of a flight between there and Paris.
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Level 78
Oct 8, 2024
Still a part of France, insofar as it belongs to it. Now, how France categorizes among its people in regards to different types of citizenships, is another issue.
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Level 49
Oct 9, 2024
if it's being considered a part of France for the purposes of this quiz then the total area of France should also be included.
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Level 81
May 28, 2016
surprised that Djibouti is smaller than Lesotho and Malawi but okay.
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Level 81
Sep 19, 2024
Malawi? By comparison Malawi is much bigger than all of these
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Level 76
Jan 6, 2020
Youdon't need the "(Sq. Km.)" in the column
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Level 74
Jan 8, 2020
Why not?
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Level 76
Jan 22, 2020
I just think it would look better to not include it and just say that the area numbers are in square kilometers in a caveat
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Level 80
Jan 18, 2020
Please accept Swaziland for 'Eswatini', as in other Jetpunk quizzes
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Level 80
Feb 1, 2020
Thanks
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Level 74
Feb 4, 2020
Sorry, this quiz was made almost 4 years ago when you had to make your own type-ins, I didn't update it for a while so thanks for reminding me that Eswatini used to be Swaziland.
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Level 64
Aug 9, 2020
Great Quiz! Whenever I do the "smallest country quizzes" the answers are always overcome by the city-states and the microstates in Europe and Asia, and the smaller African countries are often shafted. Nominated, and I hope it gains more traction!
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Level 74
Aug 12, 2020
Thanks!
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Level 77
Sep 19, 2024
Congrats on another feature!
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Level 80
Sep 19, 2024
I'm absolutely shocked that Lesotho is bigger than all these countries.
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Level 92
Sep 19, 2024
in first try
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Level 82
Sep 19, 2024
Equatorial Guinea...oh so close.
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Level 74
Sep 30, 2024
36 seconds
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Level 57
Oct 6, 2024
I was shocked that one answer turned out to be Gambia.
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Level 68
Oct 6, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
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Level 25
Oct 6, 2024
I FORGOT ABOUT ESWATINI NOOOOO good quiz!
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Level 32
Oct 25, 2024
I am very surprised Lesotho isn't on here
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Level 53
Mar 24, 2025
Not Equatorial Guinea?? Or Guinea-Bissau??
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Level 93
May 1, 2025
Equatorial Guinea is 28,051 km2 and Guinea-Bissau is 36,120 sq km. So Equatorial Guinea is just barely too big to be on this list, but Guinea-Bissau is noticeably larger than the others on the list