Algeria
The areas of the twelve largest African countries (in square km) are: Algeria (2,381,741); Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,344,858); Republic of the Sudan (1,861,484); Libya (1,759,540); Chad (1,284,000); Niger (1,267,000); Angola (1,246,700); Mali (1,240,192); South Africa (1,221,037); Ethiopia (1,104,300); Mauritania (1,030,700); Egypt (1,001,449).