List of countries by area



         


Here is a list of the countries of the world in order of size. Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies.

Areas are including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).

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List of countries by area

The mentioned countries are listed by the total area they govern. This includes the parent country as well as self governing provinces, enclaves, autonomous territories and nations.

PosCountryArea (km²)
1Russia17,075,200
2Canada9,976,140
3United States9,629,091
American Samoa199
Baker Island1
Guam549
Howland Island1
Jarvis Island4
Johnston Atoll3
Kingman Reef1
Midway Atoll6
Navassa Island5
Northern Mariana Islands477
Palmyra Atoll12
Puerto Rico9,104
United States Virgin Islands352
Wake Island6
Total9,639,810
4People's Republic of China (mainland only)9,596,960
Hong Kong1,092
Macau25
Total9,598,077
5Brazil8,511,965
6Australia7,686,850
Ashmore and Cartier Islands5
Christmas Island135
Cocos (Keeling) Islands14
Coral Sea Islands3
Heard Island and McDonald Islands412
Norfolk Island34
Total7,687,453
7*India3,287,590
8Argentina2,766,890
9Kazakhstan2,727,300
10Sudan2,505,810
11Algeria2,381,740
12Congo-Kinshasa2,345,410
13Saudi Arabia2,218,000
14Denmark43,094
Faroe Islands1,399
Greenland2,166,086
Total2,210,579
15Mexico1,972,550
16Indonesia1,904,556
17Libya1,759,540
18Iran1,648,000
19Mongolia1,565,000
20Peru1,285,220
21Chad1,284,000
22Niger1,267,000
23Angola1,246,700
24Mali1,240,000
25South Africa1,219,912
26Colombia1,138,910
27Ethiopia1,127,127
28Bolivia1,098,580
29Mauritania1,030,700
30Egypt1,001,450
31Tanzania948,087
32Nigeria923,768
33Venezuela912,050
34Namibia825,418
35Pakistan803,940
36Mozambique801,590
37Turkey780,580
38Chile756,950
39Zambia752,614
40Myanmar678,500
41France -- (metropolitan France)547,030
Bassas da India0.2
Clipperton Island6
Europa Island28
French Southern and Antarctic Lands7,829
French Guiana91,000
French Polynesia4,167
Glorioso Islands5
Guadeloupe1,780
Juan de Nova Island4
Martinique1,100
Mayotte374
New Caledonia19,060
Réunion2,517
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon242
Tromelin Island1
Wallis and Futuna274
Total675,417
42Afghanistan647,500
43Somalia637,657
44Central African Republic622,984
45Ukraine603,700
46Botswana600,370
47Madagascar587,040
48Kenya582,650
49Yemen527,970
50Thailand514,000
51Spain504,782
Ceuta28
Melilla20
Total504,830
52Turkmenistan488,100
53Cameroon475,440
54Papua New Guinea462,840
55Sweden449,964
56Uzbekistan447,400
57Morocco446,550
Western Sahara266,000
Total712,550
58Iraq437,072
59Paraguay406,750
60Zimbabwe390,580
61Japan377,835
62Germany357,021
63Congo-Brazzaville342,000
64Finland337,030
65Malaysia329,750
66Vietnam329,560
67Norway324,220
Bouvet Island58
Jan Mayen373
Svalbard62,049
Total386,700
68Côte d'Ivoire322,460
69Poland312,685
70Oman309,500
71Italy301,230
72Philippines300,000
73Ecuador283,560
74Burkina Faso274,200
75New Zealand268,680
Cook Islands240
Niue260
Tokelau10
Total269,190
76Gabon267,667
77Guinea245,857
78United Kingdom244,820
England130,395
Scotland78,782
Wales20,779
Northern Ireland13,843
Anguilla102
British Indian Ocean Territory60
British Virgin Islands153
Bermuda53
Cayman Islands262
Falkland Islands12,173
Gibraltar6
Guernsey78
Isle of Man572
Jersey116
Montserrat102
Pitcairn Islands47
Saint Helena410
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands3,903
Turks and Caicos Islands430
Total263,287
79Ghana238,540
80Romania237,500
81Laos236,800
82Uganda236,040
83Guyana214,970
84Belarus207,600
85Kyrgyzstan198,500
86Sénégal196,190
87Syria185,180
88Cambodia181,040
89Uruguay176,220
90Tunisia163,610
91Suriname163,270
92Bangladesh144,000
93Tajikistan143,100
94Nepal140,800
95Greece131,940
96Nicaragua129,494
97Eritrea121,320
98North Korea120,540
99Malawi118,480
100Benin112,620
101Honduras112,090
102Liberia111,370
103Bulgaria110,910
104Guatemala108,890
105Iceland103,000
106Serbia and Montenegro102,173
107Cuba100,860
108South Korea98,480
109Hungary93,030
110Portugal88,941
Azores Islands2,247
Madeira Islands794
Total91,982
111Jordan92,300
112Azerbaijan86,600
113Austria83,858
114United Arab Emirates82,880
115Czech Republic78,866
116Panama78,200
117Sierra Leone71,740
118Republic of Ireland70,273
119Georgia69,700
120Sri Lanka65,610
121Lithuania65,200
122Latvia64,589
123Togo56,785
124Croatia56,542
125Bosnia-Herzegovina51,129
126Costa Rica51,100
127Slovakia48,845
128Dominican Republic48,730
129Bhutan47,000
130Estonia45,226
131Netherlands41,526
Aruba193
Netherlands Antilles960
Total42,679
132Switzerland41,290
133Guinea-Bissau36,120
134Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu)35,980
135Moldova33,843
136Belgium32,545
137Lesotho30,355
138Armenia29,800
139Albania28,748
140Solomon Islands28,450
141Equatorial Guinea28,051
142Burundi27,830
143Haiti27,750
144Rwanda26,338
145Republic of Macedonia25,333
146Belize22,966
147Djibouti22,000
148El Salvador21,040
149Israel20,770
Gaza Strip360
West Bank5,860
Total26,990
150Slovenia20,253
151Fiji18,270
152Kuwait17,820
153Swaziland17,363
154East Timor14,874
155Bahamas13,940
156Vanuatu12,200
157Qatar11,437
158The Gambia11,300
159Jamaica10,990
160Lebanon10,452
161Cyprus9,250
162Brunei5,770
163Trinidad and Tobago5,128
164Cape Verde4,033
165Samoa2,860
166Luxembourg2,586
167Comoros2,170
168Mauritius1,860
169São Tomé and Príncipe1,001
170Dominica754
171Tonga748
172Kiribati717
173Micronesia702
174Singapore692.7
175Bahrain665
176Saint Lucia620
177Seychelles455
178Andorra468
179Palau458
180Antigua and Barbuda442
181Barbados430
182Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389
183Grenada340
184Malta316
185Maldives300
186Saint Kitts and Nevis261
187Marshall Islands181
188Liechtenstein160
189San Marino61.2
190Tuvalu26
191Nauru21
192Monaco1.95
193Vatican City0.44
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Note

The 193 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states plus the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Holy Sée (Vatican City).

The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 66 dependencies, of which 23 are not permanently inhabited and therefore not in the List of countries by population. The total is 259 countries and dependencies.

Compare with List of dependent territories, which lists 70 dependencies.

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