Africa is the second-largest continent in the world. It covers around 30.2 milion sq km.That is around 20.4% of the earth land area. The African continent has 54 sovereign nations and 10 non-sovereign territories.

Algeria (2,381,741 sq km) is the largest country by area in Africa. It is the tenth largest in the world. Approximately 90% of Algeria is desert. The population of Algeria is around 38.7 million. The capital city of Algeria is Algeria (same country name).

Sudan was, with an area of 2,505,813 km², formerly the largest country in Africa, until South Sudan formally split from it in 2011.

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