What is the largest country in Africa by area?

Democratic Republic of the Congo

African Geography Records Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

This African geography records quiz covers the continent's longest river, highest peak, largest lake, biggest country, lowest point and most populous nation. Test your knowledge with 10 questions on Africa's record holders.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Size
What is the largest country in Africa by area?
Population
Which is Africa's most populous country?
Small
What is the smallest country in Africa?
Rivers
Which is Africa's longest river?
Peaks
What is Africa's highest point?
Lakes
Which is Africa's largest lake?
Low
What is Africa's lowest point?
Islands
What is Africa's largest island?
Desert
Which is Africa's largest desert?
Waterfalls
Which African waterfall forms the largest sheet of falling water in the world?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is the largest country in Africa by area?
Answer: Algeria
Algeria became Africa's largest country after South Sudan split from Sudan in 2011.
Q2: Which is Africa's most populous country?
Answer: Nigeria
Nigeria has more than 200 million people.
Q3: What is the smallest country in Africa?
Answer: Seychelles
The Seychelles covers about 455 square kilometers. The Gambia is the smallest on the mainland.
Q4: Which is Africa's longest river?
Answer: Nile
The Nile is about 6,650 kilometers long.
Q5: What is Africa's highest point?
Answer: Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro's Uhuru Peak stands about 5,895 meters high.
Q6: Which is Africa's largest lake?
Answer: Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world by area.
Q7: What is Africa's lowest point?
Answer: Lake Assal
Lake Assal is about 155 meters below sea level.
Q8: What is Africa's largest island?
Answer: Madagascar
Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world.
Q9: Which is Africa's largest desert?
Answer: Sahara
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world.
Q10: Which African waterfall forms the largest sheet of falling water in the world?
Answer: Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is about 1,700 meters wide and 108 meters high, a curtain of water unmatched anywhere else.

African Geography Records Quiz – Africa by the Numbers

Africa is the second-largest and second-most populous continent, with about 30 million square kilometers and more than 1.4 billion people. It holds 54 countries and thousands of languages.

Its records span many categories: the Nile is the longest river, Kilimanjaro the highest mountain, Lake Victoria the largest lake and the Sahara the largest hot desert in the world.

Africa's population is young and growing fast, and its cities are expanding quickly. Records like these help students understand the continent's size, diversity and importance in the world.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is a quick way for students to learn Africa's geography records.

Which country is largest
Which country is most populous
Which country is smallest
Which river, lake and peak are records
Where Africa's lowest point is

Did You Know?

Africa could fit the USA, China and India inside it.
Africa has the youngest population of any continent.
Lagos is one of Africa's largest cities.
Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake.
The Congo is the deepest river.