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.

Ranking

Values shown in km².

Countries by land area
Rank Country km²
1Russia17,098,242
2Canada9,984,670
3United States9,833,517
4China9,596,960
5Brazil8,515,770
6Australia7,741,220
7India3,287,263
8Argentina2,780,400
9Kazakhstan2,724,900
10Algeria2,381,741
11DR Congo2,344,858
12Saudi Arabia2,149,690
13Mexico1,964,375
14Indonesia1,904,569
15Sudan1,886,068
16Libya1,759,540
17Iran1,648,195
18Mongolia1,564,116
19Peru1,285,216
20Chad1,284,000
21Niger1,267,000
22Angola1,246,700
23Mali1,240,192
24South Africa1,221,037
25Colombia1,138,910
26Ethiopia1,104,300
27Bolivia1,098,581
28Mauritania1,030,700
29Egypt1,001,450
30Tanzania945,087
31Nigeria923,768
32Venezuela916,445
33Namibia824,292
34Mozambique801,590
35Pakistan796,095
36Türkiye783,562
37Chile756,102
38Zambia752,612
39Myanmar676,578
40Afghanistan652,230
41France643,801
42Somalia637,657
43Central African Republic622,984
44South Sudan619,745
45Ukraine603,550
46Madagascar587,041
47Botswana581,730
48Kenya580,367
49Thailand513,120
50Spain505,370
51Turkmenistan488,100
52Cameroon475,440
53Papua New Guinea462,840
54Sweden450,295
55Uzbekistan447,400
56Morocco446,550
57Iraq438,317
58Paraguay406,752
59Zimbabwe390,757
60Japan377,915
61Germany357,022
62Republic of Congo342,000
63Finland338,145
64Vietnam331,212
65Malaysia329,847
66Norway323,802
67Côte d'Ivoire322,463
68Poland312,696
69Oman309,500
70Italy301,340
71Philippines300,000
72Ecuador283,561
73Burkina Faso274,200
74New Zealand268,021
75Gabon267,667
76Guinea245,857
77United Kingdom243,610
78Uganda241,038
79Ghana238,533
80Romania238,397
81Laos236,800
82Guyana214,969
83Belarus207,600
84Kyrgyzstan199,951
85Senegal196,722
86Syria185,180
87Cambodia181,035
88Uruguay176,215
89Suriname163,820
90Tunisia163,610
91Bangladesh148,460
92Nepal147,181
93Tajikistan143,100
94Greece131,957
95Nicaragua130,373
96North Korea120,538
97Malawi118,484
98Eritrea117,600
99Benin112,622
100Honduras112,090
101Liberia111,369
102Bulgaria110,879
103Cuba110,860
104Guatemala108,889
105Iceland103,000
106South Korea99,720
107Hungary93,028
108Portugal92,090
109Jordan89,342
110Azerbaijan86,600
111Austria83,871
112United Arab Emirates83,600
113Czechia78,867
114Serbia77,474
115Panama75,417
116Sierra Leone71,740
117Ireland70,273
118Georgia69,700
119Sri Lanka65,610
120Lithuania65,300
121Latvia64,589
122Togo56,785
123Croatia56,594
124Bosnia and Herzegovina51,197
125Costa Rica51,100
126Slovakia49,035
127Dominican Republic48,671
128Estonia45,227
129Denmark43,094
130Netherlands41,543
131Switzerland41,277
132Bhutan38,394
133Guinea-Bissau36,125
134Moldova33,846
135Belgium30,528
136Lesotho30,355
137Armenia29,743
138Albania28,748
139Equatorial Guinea28,051
140Burundi27,830
141Haiti27,750
142Rwanda26,338
143North Macedonia25,713
144Djibouti23,200
145Belize22,966
146El Salvador21,041
147Israel20,770
148Slovenia20,273
149Kuwait17,818
150Eswatini17,364
151Timor-Leste14,874
152Bahamas13,880
153Montenegro13,812
154Qatar11,586
155Gambia11,300
156Jamaica10,991
157Lebanon10,400
158Cyprus9,251
159Luxembourg2,586
160Comoros1,861
161Bahrain760
162Dominica751
163Singapore728
164Andorra468
165Antigua and Barbuda442
166Barbados430
167Liechtenstein160