Countries by land area

Did you know Russia is nearly twice the size of Antarctica and covers 11 time zones? The world's landmass is distributed far more unevenly than most people ever stop to consider.

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Ranking

Land area by country
Rank	Country	Area (km²)
1	Russian Federation	17098242
2	Canada	9984670
3	United States of America	9833517
4	China	9596960
5	Brazil	8515770
6	Australia	7741220
7	India	3287263
8	Argentina	2780400
9	Kazakhstan	2724900
10	Algeria	2381741
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2344858
12	Saudi Arabia	2149690
13	Mexico	1964375
14	Indonesia	1904569
15	Sudan	1886068
16	Libya	1759540
17	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1648195
18	Mongolia	1564116
19	Peru	1285216
20	Chad	1284000
21	Niger	1267000
22	Angola	1246700
23	Mali	1240192
24	South Africa	1221037
25	Colombia	1138910
26	Ethiopia	1104300
27	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1098581
28	Mauritania	1030700
29	Egypt	1001450
30	Tanzania, United Republic of	945087
31	Nigeria	923768
32	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	916445
33	Namibia	824292
34	Mozambique	801590
35	Pakistan	796095
36	Türkiye	783562
37	Chile	756102
38	Zambia	752612
39	Myanmar	676578
40	Afghanistan	652230
41	France	643801
42	Somalia	637657
43	Central African Republic	622984
44	South Sudan	619745
45	Ukraine	603550
46	Madagascar	587041
47	Botswana	581730
48	Kenya	580367
49	Thailand	513120
50	Spain	505370
51	Turkmenistan	488100
52	Cameroon	475440
53	Papua New Guinea	462840
54	Sweden	450295
55	Uzbekistan	447400
56	Morocco	446550
57	Iraq	438317
58	Paraguay	406752
59	Zimbabwe	390757
60	Japan	377915
61	Germany	357022
62	Congo	342000
63	Finland	338145
64	Viet Nam	331212
65	Malaysia	329847
66	Norway	323802
67	Côte d'Ivoire	322463
68	Poland	312696
69	Oman	309500
70	Italy	301340
71	Philippines	300000
72	Ecuador	283561
73	Burkina Faso	274200
74	New Zealand	268021
75	Gabon	267667
76	Guinea	245857
77	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	243610
78	Uganda	241038
79	Ghana	238533
80	Romania	238397
81	Lao People's Democratic Republic	236800
82	Guyana	214969
83	Belarus	207600
84	Kyrgyzstan	199951
85	Senegal	196722
86	Syrian Arab Republic	185180
87	Cambodia	181035
88	Uruguay	176215
89	Suriname	163820
90	Tunisia	163610
91	Bangladesh	148460
92	Nepal	147181
93	Tajikistan	143100
94	Greece	131957
95	Nicaragua	130373
96	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	120538
97	Malawi	118484
98	Eritrea	117600
99	Benin	112622
100	Honduras	112090
101	Liberia	111369
102	Bulgaria	110879
103	Cuba	110860
104	Guatemala	108889
105	Iceland	103000
106	Korea, Republic of	99720
107	Hungary	93028
108	Portugal	92090
109	Jordan	89342
110	Azerbaijan	86600
111	Austria	83871
112	United Arab Emirates	83600
113	Czechia	78867
114	Serbia	77474
115	Panama	75417
116	Sierra Leone	71740
117	Ireland	70273
118	Georgia	69700
119	Sri Lanka	65610
120	Lithuania	65300
121	Latvia	64589
122	Togo	56785
123	Croatia	56594
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51197
125	Costa Rica	51100
126	Slovakia	49035
127	Dominican Republic	48671
128	Estonia	45227
129	Denmark	43094
130	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	41543
131	Switzerland	41277
132	Bhutan	38394
133	Guinea-Bissau	36125
134	Moldova, Republic of	33846
135	Belgium	30528
136	Lesotho	30355
137	Armenia	29743
138	Albania	28748
139	Equatorial Guinea	28051
140	Burundi	27830
141	Haiti	27750
142	Rwanda	26338
143	North Macedonia	25713
144	Djibouti	23200
145	Belize	22966
146	El Salvador	21041
147	Israel	20770
148	Slovenia	20273
149	Kuwait	17818
150	Eswatini	17364
151	Timor-Leste	14874
152	Bahamas	13880
153	Montenegro	13812
154	Qatar	11586
155	Gambia	11300
156	Jamaica	10991
157	Lebanon	10400
158	Cyprus	9251
159	Luxembourg	2586
160	Comoros	1861
161	Bahrain	760
162	Dominica	751
163	Singapore	728
164	Andorra	468
165	Antigua and Barbuda	442
166	Barbados	430
167	Liechtenstein	160

Countries by land area

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