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Feb 19, 2020 · Today’s infographic comes from Kai Krause and it shows the true size of Africa, as revealed by the borders of the countries that can fit within the continent’s shape. The African continent has a land area of 30.37 million sq km (11.7 million sq mi) — enough to fit in the U.S., China, India, Japan, Mexico, and many European nations, combined.
Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population.
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Mar 3, 2023 · While it doesn't look it, Africa is big, really big. In fact, Africa's true size is 30 million square km, just under twice the size of Russia or bigger than Canada, the United States and Chine put together!
Jun 14, 2012 · By the way, Africa isn’t the biggest continent. Asia is. #1 Asia – (44,579,000 sq km) #2 Africa – (30,065,000 sq km) #3 North America – (24,256,000 sq km) #4 South America – (17,819,000 ...
Jun 16, 2015 · Africa is 14 times larger. Flat maps significantly distort the sizes of countries and continents, the result of converting a spherical surface to a handy rectangle. The area of landmasses becomes...
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Oct 2, 2019 · How Big Is Africa? Africa is the second largest continent in the world. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world right behind Asia. Africa is almost twice the size of Russia and bigger than China, the United States, and Canada combined.
4 days ago · Africa’s total land area is approximately 11,724,000 square miles (30,365,000 square km), and the continent measures about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from north to south and about 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from east to west.
