True size · Africa
How big is Africa?
Africa is about 30.4 million km². That figure is the usual geographic total, not one shape in this app. The United States, China and India together measure 21,966,782 km². All three fit inside Africa, with about 8.4 million km² left over.
The spare 8.4 million is more than two Indias (3,155,854 km² each). Greenland, at 2,154,786 km², fits about fourteen times. Mercator draws Africa honestly and inflates the north, which is why a continent this size spends its life looking merely large.
The United States, China and India parked on Africa, on Equal Earth. Africa is not one outline here, so the continent is the land underneath them. The arithmetic is the 30.4 million. Open this scene on the full map.
Areas are the shapes drawn on Map Real Size, measured on the sphere. Official land-area tables differ where they include inland water, a different coastline, or a disputed border. The USA, China and India fit inside Africa.