Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 | 23,180 |
| Egypt | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 | 9,95,450 |
| Libya | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 | 17,59,540 |
| Tunisia | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 | 1,55,360 |
| Burundi | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 | 25,680 |
| Comoros | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 1,861 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 | 22,67,050 |
| Eritrea | 1,01,000 | 1,21,025 | 1,21,065 | 1,21,089 | 1,21,082 | 1,21,049 | 1,21,036 | 1,21,089 | 1,21,077 | 1,21,071 | 1,21,078 | 1,21,081 | 1,21,041 | 1,21,041 | 1,21,041 | ||
| Ethiopia | 10,00,000 | 11,28,600 | 11,28,571 | 11,28,575 | 11,28,582 | 11,28,572 | 11,28,538 | 11,28,539 | 11,28,559 | 11,28,553 | 11,28,561 | 11,28,571 | 11,28,571 | 11,28,571 | 11,28,571 | ||
| Kenya | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 | 5,69,140 |
| Madagascar | 5,81,540 | 5,81,540 | 5,81,540 | 5,81,540 | 5,81,540 | 5,81,795 | 5,81,795 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 | 5,81,800 |
| Malawi | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 | 94,280 |
| Mauritius | 2,030 | 2,030 | 2,030 | 2,030 | 2,030 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 1,997 |
| Rwanda | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 | 24,670 |
| Seychelles | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 |
| Somalia | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 | 6,27,340 |
| Sudan | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | 18,68,000 | ||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 |
| Uganda | 1,99,810 | 1,99,810 | 1,99,810 | 1,99,810 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 | 2,00,520 |
| Zambia | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 | 7,43,390 |
| Zimbabwe | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 | 3,86,850 |