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.
| Rank | Country | km² |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 17,098,242 |
| 2 | Canada | 9,984,670 |
| 3 | United States | 9,833,517 |
| 4 | China | 9,596,960 |
| 5 | Brazil | 8,515,770 |
| 6 | Australia | 7,741,220 |
| 7 | India | 3,287,263 |
| 8 | Argentina | 2,780,400 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 |
| 10 | Algeria | 2,381,741 |
| 11 | DR Congo | 2,344,858 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1,964,375 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1,904,569 |
| 15 | Sudan | 1,886,068 |
| 16 | Libya | 1,759,540 |
| 17 | Iran | 1,648,195 |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1,564,116 |
| 19 | Peru | 1,285,216 |
| 20 | Chad | 1,284,000 |
| 21 | Niger | 1,267,000 |
| 22 | Angola | 1,246,700 |
| 23 | Mali | 1,240,192 |
| 24 | South Africa | 1,221,037 |
| 25 | Colombia | 1,138,910 |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 1,104,300 |
| 27 | Bolivia | 1,098,581 |
| 28 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 |
| 29 | Egypt | 1,001,450 |
| 30 | Tanzania | 945,087 |
| 31 | Nigeria | 923,768 |
| 32 | Venezuela | 916,445 |
| 33 | Namibia | 824,292 |
| 34 | Mozambique | 801,590 |
| 35 | Pakistan | 796,095 |
| 36 | Türkiye | 783,562 |
| 37 | Chile | 756,102 |
| 38 | Zambia | 752,612 |
| 39 | Myanmar | 676,578 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 652,230 |
| 41 | France | 643,801 |
| 42 | Somalia | 637,657 |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 622,984 |
| 44 | South Sudan | 619,745 |
| 45 | Ukraine | 603,550 |
| 46 | Madagascar | 587,041 |
| 47 | Botswana | 581,730 |
| 48 | Kenya | 580,367 |
| 49 | Thailand | 513,120 |
| 50 | Spain | 505,370 |
| 51 | Turkmenistan | 488,100 |
| 52 | Cameroon | 475,440 |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 |
| 54 | Sweden | 450,295 |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 447,400 |
| 56 | Morocco | 446,550 |
| 57 | Iraq | 438,317 |
| 58 | Paraguay | 406,752 |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 390,757 |
| 60 | Japan | 377,915 |
| 61 | Germany | 357,022 |
| 62 | Republic of Congo | 342,000 |
| 63 | Finland | 338,145 |
| 64 | Vietnam | 331,212 |
| 65 | Malaysia | 329,847 |
| 66 | Norway | 323,802 |
| 67 | Côte d'Ivoire | 322,463 |
| 68 | Poland | 312,696 |
| 69 | Oman | 309,500 |
| 70 | Italy | 301,340 |
| 71 | Philippines | 300,000 |
| 72 | Ecuador | 283,561 |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 274,200 |
| 74 | New Zealand | 268,021 |
| 75 | Gabon | 267,667 |
| 76 | Guinea | 245,857 |
| 77 | United Kingdom | 243,610 |
| 78 | Uganda | 241,038 |
| 79 | Ghana | 238,533 |
| 80 | Romania | 238,397 |
| 81 | Laos | 236,800 |
| 82 | Guyana | 214,969 |
| 83 | Belarus | 207,600 |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 |
| 85 | Senegal | 196,722 |
| 86 | Syria | 185,180 |
| 87 | Cambodia | 181,035 |
| 88 | Uruguay | 176,215 |
| 89 | Suriname | 163,820 |
| 90 | Tunisia | 163,610 |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 148,460 |
| 92 | Nepal | 147,181 |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 143,100 |
| 94 | Greece | 131,957 |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 130,373 |
| 96 | North Korea | 120,538 |
| 97 | Malawi | 118,484 |
| 98 | Eritrea | 117,600 |
| 99 | Benin | 112,622 |
| 100 | Honduras | 112,090 |
| 101 | Liberia | 111,369 |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 110,879 |
| 103 | Cuba | 110,860 |
| 104 | Guatemala | 108,889 |
| 105 | Iceland | 103,000 |
| 106 | South Korea | 99,720 |
| 107 | Hungary | 93,028 |
| 108 | Portugal | 92,090 |
| 109 | Jordan | 89,342 |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 |
| 111 | Austria | 83,871 |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 83,600 |
| 113 | Czechia | 78,867 |
| 114 | Serbia | 77,474 |
| 115 | Panama | 75,417 |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 |
| 117 | Ireland | 70,273 |
| 118 | Georgia | 69,700 |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 |
| 120 | Lithuania | 65,300 |
| 121 | Latvia | 64,589 |
| 122 | Togo | 56,785 |
| 123 | Croatia | 56,594 |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,197 |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 51,100 |
| 126 | Slovakia | 49,035 |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 48,671 |
| 128 | Estonia | 45,227 |
| 129 | Denmark | 43,094 |
| 130 | Netherlands | 41,543 |
| 131 | Switzerland | 41,277 |
| 132 | Bhutan | 38,394 |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 |
| 134 | Moldova | 33,846 |
| 135 | Belgium | 30,528 |
| 136 | Lesotho | 30,355 |
| 137 | Armenia | 29,743 |
| 138 | Albania | 28,748 |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 |
| 140 | Burundi | 27,830 |
| 141 | Haiti | 27,750 |
| 142 | Rwanda | 26,338 |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 25,713 |
| 144 | Djibouti | 23,200 |
| 145 | Belize | 22,966 |
| 146 | El Salvador | 21,041 |
| 147 | Israel | 20,770 |
| 148 | Slovenia | 20,273 |
| 149 | Kuwait | 17,818 |
| 150 | Eswatini | 17,364 |
| 151 | Timor-Leste | 14,874 |
| 152 | Bahamas | 13,880 |
| 153 | Montenegro | 13,812 |
| 154 | Qatar | 11,586 |
| 155 | Gambia | 11,300 |
| 156 | Jamaica | 10,991 |
| 157 | Lebanon | 10,400 |
| 158 | Cyprus | 9,251 |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 2,586 |
| 160 | Comoros | 1,861 |
| 161 | Bahrain | 760 |
| 162 | Dominica | 751 |
| 163 | Singapore | 728 |
| 164 | Andorra | 468 |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 442 |
| 166 | Barbados | 430 |
| 167 | Liechtenstein | 160 |