Land area in Sub-Saharan Africa
The land area of Sub-Saharan Africa was 23,902,664 km² in 2023.
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
Change from 2022
0%
World, 2023
129,763,686 km²
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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
More for Sub-Saharan Africa
All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Population density
52.7 people per km²
2023 · World Bank
Agricultural land
44.7%
2023 · World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP
17.9%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,453 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Capture fisheries production
8,800,732 tonnes
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
22.3%
2024 · World Bank