Countries by total area

Rank Area (km2) Area (sq % of Total Notes

Country [a]
mi)
1 Russia 17,098,242 6,601,668 11.5% The largest country in the world.
The largest country in theWestern
2 Canada 9,984,670 3,855,100 6.7%
Hemisphere.
The largest all-Asiancountry.
The smaller entry is the United
Nations official figure for Mainland
China, excluding the Special
Administrative Regions ofHong
Kong and Macau;[2]Taiwan and other
islands of the Republic of China;
[2]
Aksai Chin, Trans-Karakoram
3/4 People's Tract, Arunachal Pradesh, all
(dependin 9,596,961– 3,705,407–
Republic of 6.4%-6.5% disputed withIndia; coastal and
g on 9,640,011 3,722,029
definition) China territorial waters. The larger entry
includes Aksai Chin andTrans-
Karakoram Tract, which
are controlled by PRC, but claimed
by India. The total area of China is
listed as 9,572,900 km2(3,696,100
sq mi) by theEncyclopædia
Britannica.[3]See territorial changes and land
reclamations of P.R. China

Includes only states andincorporated

territories.
The United Nations official figure
includes coastal water areas and the
U.S. share of the Great Lakes. The
3/4 total area of United States is listed as
(dependin United
9,629,091 3,717,813 6.5% 9,826,675 km2(3,794,100 sq mi) by
g on States
definition) theCIA World Factbook which
further includes territorial waters.[4]
[5]
The total area of the United States
is listed as 9,522,055 km2(3,676,486
sq mi) by the Encyclopædia
Britannica.[6]
The largest country in South
5 Brazil 8,514,877 3,287,612 5.7% America and the Southern
Hemisphere.
6 Australia 7,692,024 2,969,907 5.2% Includes the territories of theCocos
(Keeling) Islands(14 km2/5.4 sq mi)
andChristmas Island(135 km2/52
sq mi).[Note 3]Excludes the external
territories of Norfolk
Island(36 km2/14 sq mi), Ashmore
 and Cartier Islands(5 km2/1.9
sq mi), Coral Sea Islands
Territory(0.91 km2/0.35 sq mi),
andHeard and McDonald
Islands (372 km2/144 sq mi).
Excludes the claim of the Australian
Antarctic
Territory(5,896,500 km2/2,276,700
sq mi).
Smaller figure excludes Indian
Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh
which are claimed by Pakistan and
3,201,446– 1,236,085–
7 India 2.1%-2.3% China respectively. Larger figure
3,287,263 1,269,219
includes 120,849 km2(46,660 sq mi)
of disputed territories with Pakistan
and China.[7]
Does not include claims on
the Falkland
Islands(12,200 km2/4,700
8 Argentina 2,780,400 1,073,500 2% sq mi),South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands and
on Antarctica(969,000 km2/374,000
sq mi).
Largest landlocked countryin the
9 Kazakhstan 2,724,900 1,052,100 1.8%
world.[8][9]
Largest country in Africaand in
10 Sudan 2,505,813 967,500 1.7%
the Arab World.
11 Algeria 2,381,741 919,595 1.6%
Democratic
12 Republic of the 2,344,858 905,355 1.6%
Congo
A constituent country of
13 Greenland 2,166,086 836,330 1.5% theKingdom of Denmark.Largest
island that is not a continent.
Saudi
14 2,149,690 830,000 1.4% Largest country in theMiddle East.
Arabia
Does not include claims
15 Mexico 1,964,375 758,449 1.3% onClipperton Island (Spanish:Isla de
la Pasión) 8.9 km2/3.4 sq mi.
16 Indonesia 1,910,931 737,815 1.3% Largest country inSoutheast Asia.
17 Libya 1,759,540 679,360 1.2%
18 Iran 1,628,750 628,860 1.1%
19 Mongolia 1,564,100 603,900 1.1%
20 Peru 1,285,216 496,225 0.86%
21 Chad 1,284,000 496,000 0.86%
22 Niger 1,267,000 489,000 0.85%
23 Angola 1,246,700 481,400 0.85%
24 Mali 1,240,192 478,841 0.83%
South
25 1,221,037 471,445 0.82%
Africa
26 Colombia 1,141,748 440,831 0.76%
27 Ethiopia 1,104,300 426,400 0.74% Excluding the Ilemi Triangle.
28 Bolivia 1,098,581 424,164 0.74%
29 Mauritania 1,025,520 395,960 0.69%
30 Egypt 1,002,000 387,000 0.67% Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle.
31 Tanzania 945,087 364,900 0.63%
32 Nigeria 923,768 356,669 0.62%
33 Venezuela 912,050 352,140 0.61%
34 Namibia 824,268 318,252 0.55%
Mozambiq
35 801,590 309,500 0.54%
ue
Smaller figure excludes data for
disputed territories of Jammu and
Kashmir that are disputed with India.
This region consists of the territories
796,095– 307,374– 0.53%- of Azad Kashmir(13,297 km2/5,134
36 Pakistan
881,912 340,508 0.59% sq mi) and Gilgit-
Baltistan(72,520 km2/28,000 sq mi).
[10]

Larger figure includes Indian

administered Kashmir.
37 Turkey 783,562 302,535 0.53%
Excludes claims
38 Chile 756,102 291,933 0.51% onAntarctica(1,250,000 km2/480,000
sq mi).
39 Zambia 752,612 290,585 0.51%
40 Burma 676,578 261,228 0.45%
Afghanista
41 652,090 251,770 0.44%
n
42 Somalia 637,657 246,201 0.43%
43 France 632,759 244,310 0.43% Largest country within theEuropean
Union and largest West European
country. Includes the overseas
 departments of French
Guiana (83,534 km2/32,253
sq mi); Guadeloupe(1,628 km2 (629
sq mi));Martinique (1,128 km2/436
sq mi); and Réunion(2,504 km2/967
sq mi), which the UN lists as
separate entries.

Metropolitan France covers 543,965

km2 (210,026 sq mi).[11] The French
Republic includes French overseas
territories and covers 674,843
km2(260,558 sq mi), excluding
the French Southern and Antarctic
Lands(432,000 km2/167,000 sq mi).

Central
44 African 622,984 240,535 0.42%
Republic
45 Ukraine 603,500 233,000 0.41% Largest country wholly in Europe.[12]
Madagasca
46 587,041 226,658 0.39%
r
47 Botswana 582,000 225,000 0.39%
48 Kenya 580,367 224,081 0.39%
49 Yemen 527,968 203,850 0.35%
50 Thailand 513,120 198,120 0.34%
Includes Spanish possessions on or
near the coast of Africa (Islas
51 Spain 505,992 195,365 0.34%
Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas,
and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera).
Turkmenist
52 488,100 188,500 0.33%
an
53 Cameroon 475,442 183,569 0.32%

54 Papua 462,840 178,700 0.31%

New Guinea
55 Sweden 450,295 173,860 0.30%
56 Uzbekistan 447,400 172,700 0.30%
57 Morocco 446,550 172,410 0.30% Excluding Western Sahara.
58 Iraq 435,244 168,049 0.29%
59 Paraguay 406,752 157,048 0.27%
60 Zimbabwe 390,757 150,872 0.26%
Excludes the disputed southern Kuril
61 Japan 377,930 145,920 0.25%
Islands.
62 Germany 357,114 137,882 0.24%
Republic
63 342,000 132,000 0.23%
of the Congo
Includes Åland
64 Finland 338,424 130,666 0.23%
Islands(1,552 km2/599 sq mi).
65 Vietnam 331,212 127,882 0.22%
66 Malaysia 330,803 127,724 0.22%
Includes mainland Norway only;
excludes the integral overseas areas
of Svalbardand Jan
Mayen(62,422 km2/24,101 sq mi)
and the dependency ofBouvet
67 Norway 323,782 125,013 0.22%
Island (49 km2/19 sq mi) and the
Antarctic dependency claims
ofQueen Maud
Land(2,500,000 km2/970,000 sq mi)
and Peter I Island(243 km2/94 sq mi).
Côte
68 322,463 124,504 0.22%
d'Ivoire
69 Poland 312,685 120,728 0.21%
70 Oman 309,500 119,500 0.21%
71 Italy 301,336 116,346 0.20%
The figure given on a Philippine
72 Philippines 300,000 120,000 0.20% Government website is 299,764
km2(115,740 sq mi).[13]
Burkina
73 272,967 105,393 0.18%
Faso
Excludes Niue(260 km2/100 sq mi),
theCook Islands (236 km2/91 sq mi)
New and Tokelau(12 km2/4.6 sq mi), as
74 270,467 104,428 0.18%
Zealand well as the Antarctic claim ofRoss
Dependency(450,000 km2/170,000
sq mi).
75 Gabon 267,668 103,347 0.18%
Administration is split between
Morocco and the largely
Western
76 266,000 103,000 0.18% unrecognizedSahrawi Arab
Sahara
Democratic Republic, both of
whichclaim the entire territory.
77 Ecuador 256,369 98,985 0.20%
78 Guinea 245,857 94,926 0.17%
Excludes the three Crown
Dependencies (768 km2/297 sq mi)
United
79 242,900 93,800 0.16% and the 14 British overseas
Kingdom
territories(1,742,857 km2/672,921
sq mi)
80 Uganda 241,550 93,260 0.16%
81 Ghana 238,533 92,098 0.16%
Largest country inSoutheastern
82 Romania 238,391 92,043 0.16%
Europe.
83 Laos 236,800 91,400 0.16%
84 Guyana 214,969 83,000 0.14%
85 Belarus 207,600 80,200 0.14%
86 Kyrgyzstan 199,951 77,202 0.13%
87 Senegal 196,722 75,955 0.13%
Including the Golan Heightswhich is
88 Syria 185,180 71,500 0.12%
currently administered by Israel.
89 Cambodia 181,035 69,898 0.12%
90 Uruguay 176,215 68,037 0.12%
91 Suriname 163,820 63,250 0.11% Smallest country in South America.
92 Tunisia 163,610 63,170 0.11%
93 Nepal 147,181 56,827 0.10%
Area according toBangladesh Bureau
94 Bangladesh 143,998 55,598 0.10%
of Statistics is 147,570 km².
95 Tajikistan 143,100 55,300 0.10%
96 Greece 131,957 50,949 0.09%
97 Nicaragua 130,373 50,337 0.09% Largest country in Central America.
North
98 120,538 46,540 0.08%
Korea
99 Malawi 118,484 45,747 0.08%
100 Eritrea 117,600 45,400 0.08% Includes Badme region.
101 Benin 112,622 43,484 0.08%
102 Honduras 112,492 43,433 0.08%
103 Liberia 111,369 43,000 0.07%
104 Bulgaria 110,879 42,811 0.07%
105 Cuba 109,886 42,427 0.07% Largest country in theCaribbean
106 Guatemala 108,889 42,042 0.07%
107 Iceland 103,000 40,000 0.07%
South Official figure as of 2009 is 100,210
108 99,828 38,544 0.07%
Korea km2 (38,690 sq mi).[14]
109 Hungary 93,028 35,918 0.06%
110 Portugal 92,090 35,560 0.06%
111 Jordan 89,342 34,495 0.06%
UN area figure includes Kosovo,
which has an area of
112 88,361 34,116 0.06% 10,887 km2 (4,203 sq mi)[15] and
Serbia
has declared independence. The area
of Serbia without Kosovo is
77,474 km2 (29,913 sq mi).[16]
UN area figure includes the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which
113 Azerbaijan 86,600 33,400 0.06% has an area of 11,458 km2 (4,424
sq mi) and is de facto independent
from Azerbaijan.
114 Austria 83,871 32,383 0.06%
United
115 83,600 32,300 0.06%
Arab Emirates
Czech
116 78,865 30,450 0.05%
Republic
117 Panama 75,417 29,119 0.05%
Sierra
118 71,740 27,700 0.05%
Leone
119 Ireland 70,273 27,133 0.05%
UN area figure includes
Abkhazia and South Ossetia,
both of which arede
120 Georgia 69,700 26,900 0.05% facto independent from Georgia. The
area of Abkhazia is 8,660 km2(3,340
sq mi)[17] and that of South Ossetia is
3,900 km2(1,500 sq mi).[18]
121 Sri Lanka 65,610 25,330 0.04%
122 Lithuania 65,300 25,200 0.04%
123 Latvia 64,559 24,926 0.04%
Svalbard Integral overseas areas of
124 and Jan 62,422 24,101 0.04%
the Kingdom of Norway.
Mayen
125 Togo 56,785 21,925 0.04%
126 Croatia 56,594 21,851 0.04%
Bosnia and
127 51,197 19,767 0.03%
Herzegovina
128 Costa Rica 51,100 19,700 0.03%
129 Slovakia 49,037 18,933 0.03%
Dominican
130 48,671 18,792 0.03%
Republic
131 Estonia 45,227 17,462 0.03%
Includes only the constituent country
Denmark; the entire Kingdom of
Denmark,
132 Denmark 43,094 16,639 0.03% including Greenland andFaroe
Islands covers 2,220,093
km2 (857,183 sq mi) and would be
13th.
Includes state forests and
communanzas (7.15 km2/2.76 sq mi)
133 Switzerland 41,284 15,940 0.03%
– note that these are excluded by the
UN Demographic Yearbook.
134 Bhutan 38,394 14,824 0.03%
Includes only the constituent country
the Netherlands; the entireKingdom
Netherland of the Netherlandscovers
135 37,354 14,422 0.03%
s 42,437 km2 (16,385 sq mi). The
official figure for the whole
Kingdom is 41,528 km².[19]
Includes only the territories under
Republic
the control of the ROC,
136 of 36,188 13,972[20] 0.02%
namely Taiwan,Penghu, Kinmen,
China(Taiwan)
andMatsu.
Guinea-
137 36,125 13,948 0.02%
Bissau
Includes Transnistria(Pridnestro
138 Moldova 33,846 13,068 0.02% vie), which declared its
independence in 1990.
139 Belgium 30,528 11,787 0.02%
140 Lesotho 30,355 11,720 0.02%
141 Armenia 29,743 11,484 0.02%
Solomon
142 28,896 11,157 0.02%
Islands
143 Albania 28,748 11,100 0.02%
144 Equatorial 28,051 10,831 0.02%
 Guinea
145 Burundi 27,834 10,747 0.02%
146 Haiti 27,750 10,710 0.02%
147 Rwanda 26,338 10,169 0.02%
Republic
148 25,713 9,928 0.02%
of Macedonia
149 Djibouti 23,200 9,000 0.02%
150 Belize 22,966 8,867 0.02%
Excluding the West Bankand
the Gaza Strip; Including the
151 Israel 22,072 8,522 0.01% internationally unrecognized
annexedGolan Heights and East
Jerusalem.
El
152 21,041 8,124 0.01% Smallest country in Central America.
Salvador
153 Slovenia 20,273 7,827 0.01%
New
154 18,575 7,172 0.01% French dependency.
Caledonia
155 Fiji 18,272 7,055 0.01%
156 Kuwait 17,818 6,880 0.01%
157 Swaziland 17,364 6,704 0.01%
158 East Timor 14,874 5,743 <0.01%
The
159 13,943 5,383 <0.01%
Bahamas
Montenegr
160 13,812 5,333 <0.01%
o
161 Vanuatu 12,189 4,706 <0.01%
British Overseas Territory. Claimed
Falkland by Argentina. Excludes South
162 12,173 4,700 <0.01%
Islands Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands.
Smallest country on continental
163 Qatar 11,586 4,473 <0.01%
Asia.
The Smallest country on continental
164 11,295 4,361 <0.01%
Gambia Africa.
165 Jamaica 10,991 4,244 <0.01%
166 Lebanon 10,452 4,036 <0.01%
167 Cyprus 9,251 3,572 <0.01% Includes Northern Cyprus, a UN
buffer zone, and Akrotiri and
Dhekelia(British Sovereign Base
 Areas).
Puerto
168 8,870 3,420 <0.01% Commonwealth of theUnited States.
Rico
Palestinian The figure consists of theWest
169 6,020 2,320 <0.01%
territories Bank and Gaza Strip.
170 Brunei 5,765 2,226 <0.01%
Trinidad
171 5,130 1,980 <0.01%
and Tobago
Cape
172 4,033 1,557 <0.01%
Verde
French
173 4,000 1,500 <0.01% French overseas collectivity.
Polynesia
174 Samoa 2,842 1,097 <0.01%
Luxembour
175 2,586 998 <0.01%
g
Listed figure
includesMayotte (373 km²). Mayotte
176 Comoros 2,235 863 <0.01%
is de facto an overseas collectivity of
France and is administered as such.
Includes Agalega Islands,Cargados
177 Mauritius 1,969 760 <0.01% Carajos Shoals(Saint Brandon),
andRodrigues.[clarification needed]
Faroe A country within theKingdom of
178 1,393 538 <0.01%
Islands Denmark.
Hong A Special Administrative Region of
179 1,104 426 <0.01%
Kong China.
São Tomé
180 964 372 <0.01%
and Príncipe
Turks and British Overseas Territory. Area
181 948 366 <0.01%
Caicos Islands includes protected waters.
182 Bahrain 758 293 <0.01%
183 Dominica 751 290 <0.01%
184 Tonga 747 288 <0.01%
Figure refers to land area only.
185 Kiribati 726 280 <0.01% Excludes 84 km² of uninhabited
islands.
186 Singapore 710 270 <0.01%
Federated
187 States of 702 271 <0.01%
Micronesia
188 Isle of 572 221 <0.01% British Crown dependency.
 Man
Organized unincorporatedterritory of
189 Guam 549 212 <0.01%
the USA.
Saint Refers to habitable area. Excludes St.
190 539 208 <0.01%
Lucia Lucia's Forest Reserve.
191 Andorra 468 181 <0.01%
Northern
192 Mariana 464 179 <0.01% Commonwealth of theUnited States.
Islands
193 Palau 459 177 <0.01%
194 Seychelles 452 175 <0.01% Smallest country in Africa.
Country of the Kingdom of the
195 Curaçao 444 171 <0.01%
Netherlands.
Antigua
196 442 171 <0.01%
and Barbuda
197 Barbados 430 170 <0.01%
Saint
198 Vincent and 389 150 <0.01%
the Grenadines
United
Unincorporated, organizedterritory
199 States Virgin 347 134 <0.01%
of the USA.
Islands
200 Grenada 344 133 <0.01%
Smallest country of theEuropean
201 Malta 316 122 <0.01%
Union.
Saint
Helena,
202 Ascension and 308 119[22] <0.01% British Overseas Territory
Tristan da
Cunha[21]
203 Maldives 300 120 <0.01% Smallest country in Asia.
Cayman
204 264 102 <0.01% British Overseas Territory.
Islands
Smallest nation in North America,
Saint Kitts
205 261 101 <0.01% in Americas and in the Western
and Nevis
Hemisphere.
Self-governing nation in free
206 Niue 260 100 <0.01%
association with New Zealand.
Saint
207 Pierre and 242 93 <0.01% French overseas collectivity.
Miquelon
 Cook Self-governing in free association
208 236 91 <0.01%
Islands with New Zealand.
Unorganized, unincorporated
American territory of the USA;
209 199 77 <0.01%
Samoa includes Swains Island, claimed
by Tokelau.
Marshall
210 181 70 <0.01%
Islands
Country of the Kingdom of the
211 Aruba 180 69 <0.01%
Netherlands.
Liechtenste
212 160 62 <0.01%
in
British
213 151 58 <0.01% British Overseas Territory
Virgin Islands
Wallis and
214 142 55 <0.01% French overseas collectivity.
Futuna
215 Jersey 116 45 <0.01% British Crown dependency.
216 Montserrat 102 39 <0.01% British Overseas Territory.
217 Anguilla 91 35 <0.01% British Overseas Territory.
British Crown dependency;
includes Alderney,
218 Guernsey 78 30 <0.01%
Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some
other smaller islands.

219 San 61 24 <0.01%

Marino
Saint
220 56 22[11] <0.01% French overseas collectivity
Martin
221 Bermuda 54 21 <0.01% British Overseas Territory.
British Overseas Territory
Figure includes Henderson,Ducie
Pitcairn
222 47 18[23] <0.01% Island, and Oeno Island. The UN
Islands
Demographic Yearbook lists only
the area for Pitcairn Island (5 km²).
Norfolk
223 36 14 <0.01% Self-governing territory of Australia.
Island
Sint Country of the Kingdom of the
224 34 13 <0.01%
Maarten Netherlands.
A Special Administrative Region of
225 Macau 30 12 <0.01%
China.
226 Tuvalu 26 10 <0.01%
Saint
227 24 9.3[11] <0.01% French overseas collectivity
Barthélemy
 Smallest island nation and smallest
228 Nauru 21 8.1 <0.01%
republic in the world.
229 Tokelau 12 4.6 <0.01% Territory of New Zealand.
230 Gibraltar 6 2.3 <0.01% British Overseas Territory.
231 Monaco 1.95 0.75[24] <0.01%
Smallest country in the world. Home
232 Vatican 0.44 0.17 <0.00001% of the Popeand the governing
City body of the Roman Catholic Churc