Countries by total areaRankCountryArea (km2)[Note 3]Area (sq mi)% of TotalNotes1 Russia17,098,2426,601,66811.5%The largest country in the world.2 Canada9,984,6703,855,1006.7%The largest country in North America and the Western Hemisphere.3 / 4

[Note 4] People's Republic of China9,640,0113,722,0296.5%The largest country entirely in Asia.

[Note 5]3 / 4

[Note 4] United States9,629,0913,717,8136.5%Includes only states and incorporated territories.

[Note 6]5 Brazil8,514,8773,287,6125.7%The largest country in South America and the Southern Hemisphere.6 Australia7,692,0242,969,9075.2%The largest country in Oceania and the largest borderless country.

[Note 8]7 India3,287,2631,269,2192.3%[Note 9] The largest country in South Asia8 Argentina2,780,4001,073,5002%[Note 10]9 Kazakhstan2,724,9001,052,1001.8%Largest landlocked country in the world.[8][9]10 Algeria2,381,741919,5951.6%Largest country in Africa and in the Arab world.11 Democratic Republic of the Congo2,344,858905,3551.6%Largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa.12 Greenland2,166,086836,3301.5%A constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Largest island that is not a continent. Largest non-sovereign territory.13 Saudi Arabia2,149,690830,0001.4%Largest country in the Middle East.14 Mexico1,964,375758,4491.3%[Note 11]15 Indonesia1,910,931737,8151.3%Largest country in Southeast Asia and largest country wholly on islands (if considering Australia a continent).16 Sudan1,861,484718,723[10]1.3%Formerly the largest country in Africa.[Note 12]17 Libya1,759,540679,3601.2%

18 Iran1,648,195636,3721.1%[Note 13]19 Mongolia1,564,100603,9001.1%

20 Peru1,285,216496,2250.86%

21 Chad1,284,000496,0000.86%

22 Niger1,267,000489,0000.85%

23 Angola1,246,700481,4000.85%

24 Mali1,240,192478,8410.83%

25 South Africa1,221,037471,4450.82%

26 Colombia1,141,748440,8310.76%

27 Ethiopia1,104,300426,4000.74%Excluding the Ilemi Triangle (14,000 km2/5,400 sq mi). Most populated landlocked country in the world.28 Bolivia1,098,581424,1640.74%

29 Mauritania1,025,520395,9600.69%

30 Egypt1,002,000387,0000.67%Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle (20,580 km2/7,950 sq mi).31 Tanzania945,087364,9000.63%

32 Nigeria923,768356,6690.62%

33 Venezuela912,050352,1400.61%Excludes the claimed Guayana Esequiba area of 159,500 square kilometres (61,583 sq mi).34 Namibia824,268318,2520.55%

35 Mozambique801,590309,5000.54%

36 Pakistan796,095307,3740.53%-0.59%[Note 14]37 Turkey783,562302,5350.53%

38 Chile756,102291,9330.51%Excludes claims on Antarctica (1,250,000 km2/480,000 sq mi).39 Zambia752,612290,5850.51%

40 Burma676,578261,2280.45%

41 Afghanistan652,090251,7700.44%

42 France640,294247,2190.43%Largest country within the European Union and largest West European country.

[Note 15]43 Somalia637,657246,2010.43%[Note 16]44 Central African Republic622,984240,5350.42%

45 South Sudan619,745239,285[14]0.42%

46 Ukraine603,500233,0000.41%The largest country wholly in Europe.[15]47 Madagascar587,041226,6580.39%

48 Botswana582,000225,0000.39%

49 Kenya580,367224,0810.39%

50 Yemen527,968203,8500.35%

51 Thailand513,120198,1200.34%

52 Spain505,992195,3650.34%[Note 17]53 Turkmenistan488,100188,5000.33%

54 Cameroon475,442183,5690.32%

55 Papua New Guinea462,840178,7000.31%

56 Sweden450,295173,8600.30%

57 Uzbekistan447,400172,7000.30%

58 Morocco446,550172,4100.30%Does not include Western Sahara (266,000 km2/103,000 sq mi).59 Iraq435,244168,0490.29%

60 Paraguay406,752157,0480.27%

61 Zimbabwe390,757150,8720.26%

62 Japan377,930145,9200.25%[Note 18]63 Germany357,114137,8820.24%

64 Republic of the Congo342,000132,0000.23%

65 Finland338,424130,6660.23%[Note 19]66 Vietnam331,212127,8820.22%

67 Malaysia330,803127,7240.22%

68 Norway323,782125,0130.22%[Note 20]69 Côte d'Ivoire322,463124,5040.22%

70 Poland312,685120,7280.21%

71 Oman309,500119,5000.21%

72 Italy301,336116,3460.20%

73 Philippines300,000115,8000.20%[Note 21]74 Burkina Faso272,967105,3930.18%

75 New Zealand270,467104,4280.18%[Note 22]76 Gabon267,668103,3470.18%

77 Western Sahara266,000103,0000.18%[Note 23]78 Ecuador256,36998,9850.20%

79 Guinea245,85794,9260.17%

80 United Kingdom242,90093,8000.16%[Note 24]81 Uganda241,55093,2600.16%

82 Ghana238,53392,0980.16%

83 Romania238,39192,0430.16%Largest country in Southeastern Europe.84 Laos236,80091,4000.16%

85 Guyana214,96983,0000.14%

86 Belarus207,60080,2000.14%

87 Kyrgyzstan199,95177,2020.13%

88 Senegal196,72275,9550.13%

89 Syria185,18071,5000.12%Including the part of the Golan Heights (1,200 km2/460 sq mi) currently administered by Israel.90 Cambodia181,03569,8980.12%

91 Uruguay176,21568,0370.12%

92 Suriname163,82063,2500.11%Smallest country in South America.93 Tunisia163,61063,1700.11%

94 Nepal147,18156,8270.10%

95 Bangladesh143,99855,5980.10%Area according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is 147,570 km2/56,980 sq mi.96 Tajikistan143,10055,3000.10%

97 Greece131,95750,9490.09%

98 Nicaragua130,37350,3370.09%Largest country in Central America.99 North Korea120,53846,5400.08%

100 Malawi118,48445,7470.08%

101 Eritrea117,60045,4000.08%Includes Badme region.102 Benin112,62243,4840.08%

103 Honduras112,49243,4330.08%

104 Liberia111,36943,0000.07%

105 Bulgaria110,87942,8110.07%

106 Cuba109,88642,4270.07%Largest country in the Caribbean.107 Guatemala108,88942,0420.07%

108 Iceland103,00040,0000.07%

109 South Korea99,82838,5440.07%Official figure as of 2009 is 100,210 km2 (38,690 sq mi).[17]110 Hungary93,02835,9180.06%

111 Portugal92,09035,5600.06%

112 Jordan89,34234,4950.06%

113 Serbia88,36134,1160.06%[Note 25]114 Azerbaijan86,60033,4000.06%[Note 26]115 Austria83,87132,3830.06%

116 United Arab Emirates83,60032,3000.06%

117 Czech Republic78,86530,4500.05%

118 Panama75,41729,1190.05%

119 Sierra Leone71,74027,7000.05%

120 Ireland70,27327,1330.05%

121 Georgia69,70026,9000.05%[Note 27]122 Sri Lanka65,61025,3300.04%

123 Lithuania65,30025,2000.04%

124 Latvia64,55924,9260.04%

125 Svalbard and Jan Mayen62,42224,1010.04%Integral overseas areas of the Kingdom of Norway.126 Togo56,78521,9250.04%

127 Croatia56,59421,8510.04%

128 Bosnia and Herzegovina51,19719,7670.03%

129 Costa Rica51,10019,7000.03%

130 Slovakia49,03718,9330.03%

131 Dominican Republic48,67118,7920.03%

132 Estonia45,22717,4620.03%

133 Denmark43,09416,6390.03%[Note 28]134 Switzerland41,27715,9370.03%[Note 29]135 Bhutan38,39414,8240.03%

[Note 30]136 Netherlands37,35414,4220.03%[Note 31]137 Republic of China (Taiwan)36,18813,9720.02%[Note 32]138 Guinea-Bissau36,12513,9480.02%

139 Moldova33,84613,0680.02%[Note 33]140 Belgium30,52811,7870.02%

141 Lesotho30,35511,7200.02%

142 Armenia29,74311,4840.02%

143 Solomon Islands28,89611,1570.02%

144 Albania28,74811,1000.02%

145 Equatorial Guinea28,05110,8310.02%

146 Burundi27,83410,7470.02%

147 Haiti27,75010,7100.02%

148 Rwanda26,33810,1690.02%

149 Macedonia25,7139,9280.02%

150 Djibouti23,2009,0000.02%

151 Belize22,9668,8670.02%

152 Israel22,0728,5220.01%[Note 34]153 El Salvador21,0418,1240.01%Smallest country in Central America.154 Slovenia20,2737,8270.01%

155 New Caledonia18,5757,1720.01%Sui generisFrench collectivity.156 Fiji18,2727,0550.01%

157 Kuwait17,8186,8800.01%

158 Swaziland17,3646,7040.01%

159 East Timor14,8745,743<0.01%

160 The Bahamas13,9435,383<0.01%

161 Montenegro13,8125,333<0.01%

162 Vanuatu12,1894,706<0.01%

163 Falkland Islands12,1734,700<0.01%British Overseas Territory. Claimed by Argentina.164 Qatar11,5864,473<0.01%

165 The Gambia11,2954,361<0.01%Smallest country in continental Africa.166 Jamaica10,9914,244<0.01%

167 Lebanon10,4524,036<0.01%Smallest country in continental Asia.168 Cyprus9,2513,572<0.01%[Note 35]169 Puerto Rico8,8703,420<0.01%Commonwealth of the United States.170 French Southern and Antarctic Lands7,4472,875<0.01%Overseas territory of France. Excludes not widely recognized claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica.

[Note 36]171 Palestinian territories6,0202,320<0.01%

172 Brunei5,7652,226<0.01%

173 Trinidad and Tobago5,1301,980<0.01%

174 Cape Verde4,0331,557<0.01%

175 French Polynesia4,0001,500<0.01%French overseas collectivity.176 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands3,9031,507<0.01%British Overseas Territory.

[Note 37]177 Samoa2,8421,097<0.01%

178 Luxembourg2,586998<0.01%

179 Comoros2,235863<0.01%Listed figure includes Mayotte 373 km2/144 sq mi, a de facto overseas department of France.180 Mauritius1,969760<0.01%

181 Faroe Islands1,393538<0.001%A country within the Kingdom of Denmark.182 Hong Kong1,104426<0.001%A Special Administrative Region of China.183 São Tomé and Príncipe964372<0.001%

184 Turks and Caicos Islands948366<0.001%British Overseas Territory. Area includes protected waters.185 Bahrain758293<0.001%

186 Dominica751290<0.001%

187 Tonga747288<0.001%

188 Kiribati726280<0.001%Figure refers to land area only. Excludes uninhabited islands (84 km2/32 sq mi).189 Singapore710270<0.001%

190 Federated States of Micronesia702271<0.001%

191 Isle of Man572221<0.001%British Crown dependency.192 Guam549212<0.001%Organized unincorporated territory of the USA.193 Saint Lucia539208<0.001%Refers to habitable area. Excludes St. Lucia's Forest Reserve.194 Andorra468181<0.001%

195 Northern Mariana Islands464179<0.001%Commonwealth of the United States.196 Palau459177<0.001%

197 Seychelles452175<0.01%Smallest country in Africa.198 Curaçao444171<0.001%Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.199 Antigua and Barbuda442171<0.001%

200 Barbados430170<0.001%

201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389150<0.001%

202 United States Virgin Islands347134<0.001%Unincorporated, organized territory of the United States.203 Grenada344133<0.001%

204 Malta316122<0.001%Smallest country of the European Union.205 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha308119<0.001%British Overseas Territory

[Note 38]206 Maldives300120<0.001%Smallest country in Asia.207 Cayman Islands264102<0.001%British Overseas Territory.208 Saint Kitts and Nevis261101<0.001%Smallest nation in North America, in Americas and in the Western Hemisphere.209 Niue260100<0.001%Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.210 Saint Pierre and Miquelon24293<0.001%French overseas collectivity.211 Cook Islands23691<0.001%Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.212 American Samoa19977<0.001%Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Swains Island, claimed by Tokelau.213 Marshall Islands18170<0.001%

214 Aruba18069<0.001%Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.215 Liechtenstein16062<0.001%

216 British Virgin Islands15158<0.001%British Overseas Territory217 Wallis and Futuna14255<0.0001%French overseas collectivity.218 Jersey11645<0.0001%British Crown dependency.219 Montserrat10239<0.0001%British Overseas Territory.220 Anguilla9135<0.0001%British Overseas Territory.221 Guernsey7830<0.0001%British Crown dependency.222 San Marino6124<0.0001%

223 British Indian Ocean Territory6023<0.0001%British Overseas Territory.

[Note 39]224 Saint Martin5622<0.0001%French overseas collectivity.

[Note 40]225 Bermuda5421<0.0001%British Overseas Territory.226 Pitcairn Islands4718<0.0001%British Overseas Territory.

[Note 41]227 Norfolk Island3614<0.0001%Self-governing territory of Australia.228 Sint Maarten3413<0.0001%Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.229 Macau3012<0.0001%A Special Administrative Region of China.230 Tuvalu2610<0.0001%

231 Saint Barthélemy249.3<0.0001%French overseas collectivity.

[Note 42]232 Nauru218.1<0.0001%Smallest island nation and smallest republic in the world.233 Tokelau124.6<0.00001%Dependency of New Zealand.234 Gibraltar62.3<0.00001%British Overseas Territory.235 Monaco20.77<0.00001%

236 Vatican City0.440.17<0.000001%Smallest country in the world. Home of the Pope and the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church.

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