List of countries by area
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This is a list of countries by total area. The total area is the sum of all land and Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division.[1]
Sovereign states and dependent territories by area
| Pos | Country | Total in km2 (mi2) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia[a] |
17,098,246 (6,601,670) |
| – |  Antarctica[b] |
14,200,000 (5,500,000) |
| 2 |  Canada[c] |
9,984,670 (3,855,100) |
| 3 |  China[d] |
9,596,961 (3,705,407) |
| 4 |  United States[e] |
9,525,067 (3,677,649) |
| 5 |  Brazil[f] |
8,515,767 (3,287,956) |
| 6 |  Australia[g] |
7,692,024 (2,969,907) |
| – |  Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)[h] |
5,800,000 (2,200,000) |
| 7 |  India[i] |
3,287,263 (1,269,219) |
| – |  Queen Maud Land (Norway)[j] |
2,900,000 (1,100,000) |
| 8 |  Argentina[k] |
2,780,400 (1,073,500) |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan[l] |
2,724,900 (1,052,100) |
| 10 |  Algeria[m] |
2,381,741 (919,595) |
| 11 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo[n] |
2,344,858 (905,355) |
| – |  Kingdom of Denmark |
2,220,093 (857,183) |
| – |  Greenland (Denmark)[o] |
2,166,086 (836,330) |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia[p] |
2,149,690 (830,000) |
| 13 |  Mexico[q] |
1,964,375 (758,449) |
| 14 |  Indonesia[r] |
1,904,569 (735,358) |
| 15 |  Sudan[s] |
1,861,484 (718,723) |
| 16 |  Libya |
1,759,540 (679,360) |
| 17 |  Iran |
1,648,195 (636,372) |
| – | Marie Byrd Land (terra nullius)[t] | 1,600,000 (620,000) |
| 18 |  Mongolia[u] |
1,564,110 (603,910) |
| – |  British Antarctic Territory (United Kingdom) |
1,300,000 (500,000) |
| 19 |  Peru |
1,285,216 (496,225) |
| 20 |  Chad[v] |
1,284,000 (496,000) |
| 21 |  Niger |
1,267,000 (489,000) |
| 22 |  Angola[w] |
1,246,700 (481,400) |
| 23 |  Mali |
1,240,192 (478,841) |
| 24 |  South Africa |
1,221,037 (471,445) |
| – | Chilean Antarctic Territory (Chile) |
1,200,000 (460,000) |
| 25 |  Colombia |
1,141,748 (440,831) |
| 26 |  Ethiopia |
1,104,300 (426,400) |
| 27 |  Bolivia |
1,098,581 (424,164) |
| 28 |  Mauritania |
1,030,700 (398,000) |
| 29 |  Egypt[x] |
1,002,450 (387,050) |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
945,087 (364,900) |
| 31 |  Nigeria |
923,768 (356,669) |
| 32 |  Venezuela |
916,445 (353,841) |
| 33 |  Pakistan |
907,132 (350,246) |
| – | Argentine Antarctica (Argentina) |
900,000 (350,000) |
| 34 |  Namibia |
825,615 (318,772) |
| 35 |  Mozambique[y] |
801,590 (309,500) |
| 36 |  Turkey |
783,562 (302,535) |
| 37 |  Chile |
756,102 (291,933) |
| 38 |  Zambia |
752,612 (290,585) |
| 39 |  Myanmar |
676,578 (261,228) |
| 40 |  Afghanistan |
652,230 (251,830) |
| 41 |  South Sudan |
644,329 (248,777) |
| 42 |  France[z] |
640,679 (247,368) |
| 43 |  Somalia |
637,657 (246,201) |
| 44 |  Central African Republic |
622,984 (240,535) |
| 45 |  Ukraine[aa] |
603,500 (233,000) |
| 46 |  Madagascar[ab] |
587,041 (226,658) |
| 47 |  Botswana |
581,730 (224,610) |
| 48 |  Kenya |
580,367 (224,081) |
| – | France |
543,940 (210,020) |
| 49 |  Yemen |
527,968 (203,850) |
| 50 |  Thailand |
513,120 (198,120) |
| 51 |  Spain |
505,992 (195,365) |
| 52 |  Turkmenistan |
488,100 (188,500) |
| – |  Ross Dependency (New Zealand) |
480,000 (190,000) |
| 53 |  Cameroon |
475,442 (183,569) |
| 54 |  Papua New Guinea[ac] |
462,840 (178,700) |
| 55 |  Sweden[ad] |
450,295 (173,860) |
| 56 |  Uzbekistan |
447,400 (172,700) |
| 57 |  Morocco |
446,550 (172,410) |
| – |  French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)[ae] |
439,747 (169,787) |
| 58 |  Iraq |
438,317 (169,235) |
| 59 |  Paraguay |
406,752 (157,048) |
| 60 |  Zimbabwe |
390,757 (150,872) |
| 61 | Norway |
386,224 (149,122) |
| 62 |  Japan |
377,975 (145,937) |
| 63 |  Germany |
357,114 (137,882) |
| 64 |  Republic of the Congo |
342,000 (132,000) |
| 65 |  Finland |
338,424 (130,666) |
| 66 |  Vietnam |
331,212 (127,882) |
| 67 |  Malaysia |
330,803 (127,724) |
| – | Norway |
323,802 (125,021) |
| 68 |  Ivory Coast |
322,463 (124,504) |
| 69 |  Poland |
312,696 (120,733) |
| 70 |  Oman |
309,500 (119,500) |
| 71 |  Italy |
301,339 (116,348) |
| 72 |  Philippines |
300,000 (120,000) |
| 73 |  Ecuador |
276,841 (106,889) |
| 74 |  Burkina Faso |
274,222 (105,878) |
| 75 | New Zealand |
262,443 (101,330) |
| 76 |  Gabon |
267,668 (103,347) |
| – |  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[af] |
266,000 (103,000) |
| 77 |  Guinea |
245,857 (94,926) |
| 78 |  United Kingdom |
242,495 (93,628) |
| 79 |  Uganda |
241,550 (93,260) |
| 80 |  Ghana |
238,533 (92,098) |
| 81 |  Romania |
238,397 (92,046) |
| 82 |  Laos |
236,800 (91,400) |
| 83 |  Guyana[ag] |
214,969 (83,000) |
| 84 |  Belarus[ah] |
207,600 (80,200) |
| 85 |  Kyrgyzstan |
199,951 (77,202) |
| 86 |  Senegal |
196,722 (75,955) |
| 87 | Syria |
185,180 (71,500) |
| 88 | Cambodia |
181,035 (69,898) |
| 89 | Uruguay |
176,215 (68,037) |
| – | Somaliland |
176,120 (68,000) |
| 90 | Suriname[ai] |
163,820 (63,250) |
| 91 | Tunisia |
163,610 (63,170) |
| 92 | Bangladesh |
147,570 (56,980) |
| 93 | Nepal |
147,181 (56,827) |
| 94 | Tajikistan |
143,100 (55,300) |
| 95 | Greece |
131,957 (50,949) |
| 96 | Nicaragua |
130,373 (50,337) |
| 97 | North Korea |
120,540 (46,540) |
| 98 | Malawi |
118,484 (45,747) |
| 99 | Eritrea |
117,600 (45,400) |
| 100 | Benin |
114,763 (44,310) |
| 101 | Honduras |
112,492 (43,433) |
| 102 | Liberia |
111,369 (43,000) |
| 103 | Bulgaria |
111,002 (42,858) |
| 104 | Cuba |
109,884 (42,426) |
| 105 | Guatemala |
108,889 (42,042) |
| 106 | Iceland |
103,000 (40,000) |
| 107 | South Korea |
100,210 (38,690) |
| – | Puntland |
97,757 (37,744) |
| 108 | Hungary |
93,028 (35,918) |
| 109 | Portugal |
92,090 (35,560) |
| 110 | Jordan |
89,342 (34,495) |
| 111 | Serbia |
88,361 (34,116) |
| 112 | Azerbaijan |
86,600 (33,400) |
| 113 | Austria |
83,871 (32,383) |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates |
83,600 (32,300) |
| – | French Guiana (France) |
83,534 (32,253) |
| 115 | Czech Republic |
78,865 (30,450) |
| – |  Ambazonia |
77,000 (30,000) |
| 116 | Panama |
75,417 (29,119) |
| 117 | Sierra Leone |
71,740 (27,700) |
| 118 | Ireland |
70,273 (27,133) |
| 119 | Georgia |
69,700 (26,900) |
| 120 | Sri Lanka |
65,610 (25,330) |
| 121 | Lithuania |
65,300 (25,200) |
| 122 | Latvia |
64,559 (24,926) |
| – | Svalbard (Norway) |
62,045 (23,956) |
| 123 | Togo |
56,785 (21,925) |
| 124 | Croatia |
56,594 (21,851) |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
51,209 (19,772) |
| 126 | Costa Rica |
51,100 (19,700) |
| 127 | Slovakia |
49,037 (18,933) |
| 128 | Dominican Republic |
48,671 (18,792) |
| 129 | Estonia |
45,227 (17,462) |
| 130 | Denmark |
43,094 (16,639) |
| 131 | Netherlands |
41,850 (16,160) |
| 132 | Switzerland |
41,284 (15,940) |
| 133 | Bhutan |
38,394 (14,824) |
| – | Taiwan |
36,193 (13,974) |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau |
36,125 (13,948) |
| 135 | Moldova |
33,846 (13,068) |
| – | Catalonia |
32,000 (12,000) |
| 136 | Belgium |
30,528 (11,787) |
| 137 | Lesotho |
30,355 (11,720) |
| 138 | Armenia |
29,743 (11,484) |
| 139 | Solomon Islands |
28,896 (11,157) |
| 140 | Albania |
28,748 (11,100) |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea |
28,051 (10,831) |
| 142 | Burundi |
27,834 (10,747) |
| 143 | Haiti |
27,750 (10,710) |
| 144 | Rwanda |
26,338 (10,169) |
| 145 | North Macedonia |
25,713 (9,928) |
| 146 | Djibouti |
23,200 (9,000) |
| 147 | Belize |
22,966 (8,867) |
| 148 | Israel |
22,072 (8,522) |
| 149 | El Salvador |
21,041 (8,124) |
| 150 | Slovenia |
20,273 (7,827) |
| – | New Caledonia (France) |
18,575 (7,172) |
| 151 | Fiji |
18,272 (7,055) |
| 152 | Kuwait |
17,818 (6,880) |
| 153 | Eswatini |
17,364 (6,704) |
| 154 | East Timor |
14,919 (5,760) |
| 155 | The Bahamas |
13,943 (5,383) |
| 156 | Montenegro |
13,812 (5,333) |
| 157 | Vanuatu |
12,189 (4,706) |
| – | Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) |
12,189 (4,706) |
| 158 | Qatar |
11,586 (4,473) |
| – | Artsakh |
11,458 (4,424) |
| 159 | The Gambia |
11,295 (4,361) |
| 160 | Jamaica |
10,991 (4,244) |
| – | Kosovo |
10,887 (4,203) |
| 161 | Lebanon |
10,452 (4,036) |
| 162 | Cyprus |
9,251 (3,572) |
| – | Puerto Rico (United States) |
9,104 (3,515) |
| – | Abkhazia |
8,660 (3,340) |
| – | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
6,959.41 (2,687.04) |
| 163 | Palestine |
6,020 (2,320) |
| 164 | Brunei |
5,765 (2,226) |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago |
5,130 (1,980) |
| – | French Polynesia (France) |
4,167 (1,609) |
| – | Transnistria |
4,163 (1,607) |
| 166 | Cape Verde |
4,033 (1,557) |
| – | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) |
3,903 (1,507) |
| – | South Ossetia |
3,900 (1,500) |
| – | Northern Cyprus |
3,355 (1,295) |
| 167 | Samoa |
2,842 (1,097) |
| – | Hong Kong (China) |
2,746 (1,060) |
| 168 | Luxembourg |
2,586 (998) |
| – | Réunion (France) |
2,512 (970) |
| – | Bir Tawil (Terra nullius) | 2,060 (800) |
| 169 | Mauritius |
2,040 (790) |
| 170 | Comoros |
1,862 (719) |
| – | Guadeloupe (France) |
1,628 (629) |
| – | Åland Islands (Finland) |
1,552 (599) |
| – | Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
1,393 (538) |
| – | Martinique (France) |
1,128 (436) |
| – | Chatham Islands (New Zealand) |
976 (377) |
| 171 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
964 (372) |
| – | Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) |
948 (366) |
| 172 | Kiribati |
811 (313) |
| 173 | Bahrain |
778 (300) |
| 174 | Dominica |
751 (290) |
| 175 | Tonga |
747 (288) |
| 176 | Singapore |
716 (276) |
| 177 | Federated States of Micronesia |
702 (271) |
| 178 | Saint Lucia |
606 (234) |
| – | Auckland Islands (New Zealand) |
602 (232) |
| – | Isle of Man (United Kingdom) |
572 (221) |
| – | Guam (United States) |
544 (210) |
| 179 | Andorra |
468 (181) |
| – | Northern Mariana Islands (United States) |
465 (180) |
| 180 | Palau |
460 (180) |
| 181 | Seychelles |
452 (175) |
| – | Curaçao (Netherlands) |
444 (171) |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda |
442 (171) |
| 183 | Barbados |
430 (170) |
| – | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) |
412 (159) |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
389 (150) |
| – | Jan Mayen (Norway) |
377 (146) |
| – | Mayotte (France) |
374 (144) |
| – | United States Virgin Islands (United States) |
347 (134) |
| 185 | Grenada |
344 (133) |
| – | Prince Edward Islands (South Africa) |
339 (131) |
| 186 | Malta |
316 (122) |
| – | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) |
308 (119) |
| 187 | Maldives |
300 (120) |
| – | Bonaire (Netherlands) |
288 (111) |
| – | Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
264 (102) |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
261 (101) |
| 189 | Niue |
260 (100) |
| – | Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom) |
253.8 (98.0) |
| – | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
242 (93) |
| 190 | Cook Islands |
236 (91) |
| – | American Samoa (United States) |
199 (77) |
| 191 | Marshall Islands |
181 (70) |
| – | Aruba (Netherlands) |
180 (69) |
| – | Easter Island (Chile) |
163 (63) |
| 192 | Liechtenstein |
160 (62) |
| – | Peter I Island (Norway) |
154 (59) |
| – | British Virgin Islands (United States) |
151 (58) |
| – | Wallis and Futuna (France) |
142 (55) |
| – | Macquarie Island (Australia) |
140 (54) |
| – | Christmas Island (Australia) |
135 (52) |
| – | Jersey (United Kingdom) |
116 (45) |
| – | Campbell Islands (New Zealand) |
112 (43) |
| – | Montserrat (United Kingdom) |
102 (39) |
| – | Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
91 (35) |
| – | Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
78 (30) |
| 193 | San Marino |
61 (24) |
| – | British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) |
60 (23) |
| – | Saint Martin (France) |
54 (21) |
| – | Bermuda (United Kingdom) |
54 (21) |
| – | San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia) |
52 (20) |
| – | Bouvet Island (Norway) |
50 (19) |
| – | Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) |
47 (18) |
| – | Norfolk Island (Australia) |
40 (15) |
| – | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) |
34 (13) |
| – | Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) |
32 (12) |
| – | Macau (China) |
30 (12) |
| 194 | Tuvalu |
26 (10) |
| – | Antipodes Islands (New Zealand) |
23 (8.9) |
| 195 | Nauru[aj] |
21 (8.1) |
| – | Saint Barthélemy (France) |
21 (8.1) |
| – | Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) |
21 (8.1) |
| – | Ceuta (Spain) |
19 (7.3) |
| – | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) |
14 (5.4) |
| – | Saba (Netherlands) |
13 (5.0) |
| – | Melilla (Spain) |
12 (4.6) |
| – | Tokelau (New Zealand) |
12 (4.6) |
| – | Paracel Islands (disputed) |
7 (2.7) |
| – | Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
7 (2.7) |
| – | Alderney (United Kingdom) |
6 (2.3) |
| – | Clipperton (France) |
6 (2.3) |
| – | Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) |
5 (1.9) |
| – | Spratly Islands (disputed) |
5 (1.9) |
| – | Snares Islands (New Zealand) |
4 (1.5) |
| – | Gornja Siga (terra nullius) |
4 (1.5) |
| – | Three Kings Islands (New Zealand) |
3 (1.2) |
| – | Coral Sea Islands (Australia) |
3 (1.2) |
| 196 | Monaco[ak] |
2.02 (0.78) |
| – | Bounty Islands[al] (New Zealand) |
1 (0.39) |
| – |  Uzupis |
0.77 (0.30) |
| 197 | Vatican City[am] |
0.44 (0.17) |
| - |  Molossia |
0.30 (0.12) |
| – | Sealand |
0.002 (0.00077) |
| – |  Kugelmugel |
0.0005 (0.00019) |
List Of Countries By Area Media
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area
Countries of the world by area
References
- ↑ "Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
Notes
- ↑ Largest country in the world, largest country in Asia and Europe and largest Russian-speaking country in the world by area.
- ↑ A continent with territories claimed by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom.
- ↑ Largest English and French-speaking country in the world by area, second largest country in the world and largest country in the Western Hemisphere.
- ↑ Second largest country in Asia after Russia. This doesn't include the two special administrative regions.
- ↑ Largest Spanish-speaking country in the world by area and second largest English-speaking country in the world after Canada by area. This doesn't include the territories of the US.
- ↑ Largest country in South America and Latin America and largest Portuguese-speaking in the world by area.
- ↑ Third largest English speaking country by area after Canada and the United States, largest island country and largest country in Oceania. This doesn't include the seven external territories. (Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory, Coral Sea Islands and the two uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands and Ashmore and Cartier Islands.
- ↑ Largest Antarctic territorial claim in the world.
- ↑ Third largest country in Asia after Russia and China. Includes the India-administered Kashmir.
- ↑ Second largest Antarctic territorial claim in the world after the Australian Antarctic Territory.
- ↑ Second largest Spanish speaking country in the world after the United States by area and second largest country in Latin America.
- ↑ Largest landlocked country in the world and second largest Russian-speaking country in the world after Russia by area.
- ↑ Largest country in Africa and the Arab world.
- ↑ Second largest French-speaking country in the world after Canada by area and second largest country in Africa after Algeria.
- ↑ Largest Island in the world that is not a continent.
- ↑ Second largest country in the Arab world after Algeria and largest country in the Middle East.
- ↑ Third largest Spanish-speaking country in the world after the United States and Argentina by area and third largest country in Latin America.
- ↑ Largest island country in the world that is not a continent. (Second largest after Australia).
- ↑ Third largest country in Africa after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- ↑ Largest unclaimed land in the world.
- ↑ Second largest landlocked country after Kazakhstan.
- ↑ Third largest French-speaking country in the world after Canada and the Democratic Republic of the Congo by area and third largest landlocked country after Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
- ↑ Second largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world after Brazil by area.
- ↑ Second largest country in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia.
- ↑ Third largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world after Brazil and Angola by area.
- ↑ France proper includes the 5 overseas regions. Source gives Metropolitan France an area of 543940 km² and lists then separately, whole areas come to 89176 km². This doesn't include the this doesn't include the overseas territories: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Martin, Wallis and Futuna, French Southern and Antarctic Lands and the uninhabited Clipperton Island.
- ↑ Second largest country in Europe after Russia.
- ↑ Third largest island country after Australia and Indonesia.
- ↑ Second largest country in Oceania after Australia.
- ↑ Largest Nordic country in the world and largest country in Scandinavia.
- ↑ Includes Adelie Land.
- ↑ Largest microstate in the world.
- ↑ Second largest microstate in the world after the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
- ↑ Third largest Russian-speaking country in the world after Russia and Kazakhstan by area.
- ↑ Smallest country in South America and third largest microstate in the world after the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Guyana.
- ↑ Smallest island country in the world.
- ↑ Smallest country in the world with a coastline.
- ↑ A part of New Zealand
- ↑ Smallest country in the world and smallest country in Europe.