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Countries of Africa by the state they became independent from

48 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The countries

  1. 1Algeria2,381,741 km²
  2. 2Democratic Republic of the Congo2,344,858 km²
  3. 3Sudan1,886,068 km²
  4. 4Chad1,284,000 km²
  5. 5Niger1,267,000 km²
  6. 6Angola1,246,700 km²
  7. 7Mali1,240,192 km²
  8. 8Mauritania1,030,700 km²
  9. 9Egypt1,010,408 km²
  10. 10Nigeria923,768 km²
  11. 11Namibia825,615 km²
  12. 12Mozambique801,590 km²
  13. 13Zambia752,618 km²
  14. 14South Sudan644,329 km²
  15. 15Central African Republic622,984 km²
  16. 16Madagascar587,295 km²
  17. 17Botswana581,737 km²
  18. 18Kenya581,309 km²
  19. 19Cameroon475,442 km²
  20. 20Morocco446,550 km²
  21. 21Zimbabwe390,757 km²
  22. 22Republic of the Congo342,000 km²
  23. 23Côte d'Ivoire322,463 km²
  24. 24Burkina Faso274,200 km²
  25. 25Gabon267,667 km²
  26. 26Guinea245,857 km²
  27. 27Uganda241,038 km²
  28. 28Ghana238,535 km²
  29. 29Senegal196,722 km²
  30. 30Tunisia163,610 km²
  31. 31Malawi118,484 km²
  32. 32Eritrea117,600 km²
  33. 33Benin114,763 km²
  34. 34Sierra Leone71,740 km²
  35. 35Togo56,785 km²
  36. 36Guinea-Bissau36,125 km²
  37. 37Lesotho30,355 km²
  38. 38Equatorial Guinea28,051 km²
  39. 39Burundi27,834 km²
  40. 40Rwanda26,338 km²
  41. 41Djibouti23,200 km²
  42. 42Eswatini17,364 km²
  43. 43Gambia11,300 km²
  44. 44Cabo Verde4,033 km²
  45. 45Mauritius2,040 km²
  46. 46Comoros2,034 km²
  47. 47São Tomé and Príncipe1,001 km²
  48. 48Seychelles459 km²

Area in km²: standard reference totals including inland water, as in the Countries set. Independent from: the state the CIA World Factbook names for the country’s independence; countries that were never colonised or were formed by a union have none and are left out. Sources: Wikidata (CC0), Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0.

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