Land area in Sub-Saharan Africa

The land area of Sub-Saharan Africa was 23,902,664 km² in 2023.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2023 23,902,664 Square kilometres
Change from 2022 0% 2022: 23,902,664 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate

Land area in Sub-Saharan Africa over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2023
Period Sub-Saharan AfricaWorld
2023 23,902,664 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 23,902,664 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 23,902,671 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 23,902,597 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 23,900,683 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 23,898,721 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 23,896,750 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 23,894,806 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 23,892,842 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 23,890,832 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 23,890,879 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 23,890,917 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 21,390,987 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 21,390,737 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 21,390,049 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 21,390,017 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 21,390,055 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 21,390,008 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 21,390,016 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 21,389,971 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 21,241,391 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 21,241,391 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 21,241,391 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 21,241,391 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 23,890,879 km², the figure has changed by 0%.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 129,763,686 km².

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2023 for Sub-Saharan Africa
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)