Largest Countries in the World (by area)

This list showcases the world's largest countries by total area, including independent states and dependent territories. Countries are ranked in descending order by total area.

Note on area measurements:

Total Area: land area + water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers)
Land Area: the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area

Km² = square kilometers | mi² = square miles

Regional Distribution: The list includes countries from all continents, with Russia (Europe/Asia), Canada (North America), and China (Asia) leading the ranking.

Quick Fact: Russia is the world's largest country with an area of 17,098,242 km², followed by Canada and China.

Largest Countries in the World (ranked by area)

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Complete List of Countries in the World (by area) - Comprehensive Guide

Rank	Country (or Territory)	Total Area (Km²)	Total Area (mi²)	Land Area (Km²)	Land Area (mi²)
1	Russia	17,098,242	6,601,665	16,376,870	6,323,142
2	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,101	9,093,510	3,511,022
3	China	9,706,961	3,747,877	9,388,211	3,624,807
4	United States	9,372,610	3,618,783	9,147,420	3,531,837
5	Brazil	8,515,767	3,287,955	8,358,140	3,227,095
6	Australia	7,692,024	2,969,906	7,682,300	2,966,151
7	India	3,287,590	1,269,345	2,973,190	1,147,955
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,518	2,736,690	1,056,641
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,089	2,699,700	1,042,360
10	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	2,381,740	919,595
11	DR Congo	2,344,858	905,354	2,267,050	875,313
12	Greenland	2,166,086	836,330	410,450	158,476
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	2,149,690	830,000
14	Mexico	1,964,375	758,449	1,943,950	750,563
15	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	1,811,570	699,451
16	Sudan	1,886,068	728,215	1,765,048	681,489
17	Libya	1,759,540	679,362	1,759,540	679,362
18	Iran	1,648,195	636,371	1,628,550	628,786
19	Mongolia	1,564,110	603,906	1,553,560	599,833
20	Peru	1,285,216	496,224	1,280,000	494,211
21	Chad	1,284,000	495,755	1,259,200	486,180
22	Niger	1,267,000	489,191	1,266,700	489,075
23	Angola	1,246,700	481,353	1,246,700	481,353
24	Mali	1,240,192	478,841	1,220,190	471,118
25	South Africa	1,221,037	471,445	1,213,090	468,376
26	Colombia	1,141,748	440,831	1,109,500	428,380
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	426,372	1,000,000	386,102
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	424,164	1,083,300	418,264
29	Mauritania	1,030,700	397,955	1,030,700	397,955
30	Egypt	1,002,450	387,048	995,450	384,345
31	Tanzania	945,087	364,900	885,800	342,009
32	Nigeria	923,768	356,669	910,770	351,650
33	Venezuela	916,445	353,841	882,050	340,561
34	Pakistan	881,912	340,508	770,880	297,638
35	Namibia	825,615	318,772	823,290	317,874
36	Mozambique	801,590	309,496	786,380	303,623
37	Turkey	783,562	302,535	769,630	297,156
38	Chile	756,102	291,932	743,532	287,079
39	Zambia	752,612	290,585	743,390	287,024
40	Morocco	716,550	276,661	712.330	275.032
41	Myanmar	676,578	261,228	653,290	252,237
42	Afghanistan	652,230	251,827	652,860	252,071
43	France	643,801	248,573	640,427	247,270
44	Somalia	637,657	246,201	627,340	242,217
45	Central African Republic	622,984	240,535	622,980	240,534
46	South Sudan	619,745	239,285	610,952	235,890
47	Ukraine	603,500	233,013	579,320	223,677
48	Madagascar	587,041	226,658	581,795	224,632
49	Botswana	582,000	224,711	566,730	218,816
50	Kenya	580,367	224,081	569,140	219,746
51	Yemen	527,968	203,850	527,970	203,850
52	Thailand	513,120	198,117	510,890	197,256
53	Spain	505,992	195,364	498,800	192,587
54	Turkmenistan	488,100	188,456	469,930	181,441
55	Cameroon	475,442	183,569	472,710	182,514
56	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,703	452,860	174,850
57	Sweden	450,295	173,860	410,340	158,433
58	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742	425,400	164,248
59	Iraq	438,317	169,235	434,320	167,692
60	Paraguay	406,752	157,048	397,300	153,398
61	Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	386,850	149,364
62	Japan	377,930	145,920	364,555	140,755
63	Germany	357,114	137,882	348,560	134,580
64	Congo	342,000	132,047	341,500	131,854
65	Finland	338,424	130,666	303,890	117,333
66	Vietnam	331,212	127,882	310,070	119,719
67	Malaysia	330,803	127,724	328,550	126,854
68	Norway	323,802	125,021	365,268	141,031
69	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463	124,504	318,000	122,780
70	Poland	312,679	120,726	306,230	118,236
71	Oman	309,500	119,499	309,500	119,499
72	Italy	301,336	116,346	294,140	113,568
73	Philippines	300,000	115,830	298,170	115,124
74	Ecuador	276,841	106,889	248,360	95,892
75	Burkina Faso	272,967	105,393	273,600	105,638
76	New Zealand	270,467	104,428	263,310	101,665
77	Gabon	267,668	103,347	257,670	99,487
78	Guinea	245,857	94,926	245,720	94,873
79	United Kingdom	242,900	93,784	241,930	93,410
80	Uganda	241,550	93,263	199,810	77,147
81	Ghana	238,533	92,098	227,540	87,854
82	Romania	238,391	92,043	230,170	88,869
83	Laos	236,800	91,429	230,800	89,112
84	Guyana	214,969	83,000	196,850	76,004
85	Belarus	207,600	80,155	202,910	78,344
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	77,201	191,800	74,054
87	Senegal	196,722	75,955	192,530	74,336
88	Syria	185,180	71,498	183,630	70,900
89	Cambodia	181,035	69,898	176,520	68,155
90	Uruguay	181,034	69,898	175,020	67,576
91	Suriname	163,820	63,251	156,000	60,232
92	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	155,360	59,985
93	Bangladesh	147,570	56,977	130,170	50,259
94	Nepal	147,181	56,827	143,350	55,348
95	Tajikistan	143,100	55,251	139,960	54,039
96	Greece	131,990	50,962	128,900	49,769
97	Nicaragua	130,373	50,337	120,340	46,464
98	North Korea	120,538	46,540	120,410	46,491
99	Malawi	118,484	45,747	94,280	36,402
100	Eritrea	117,600	45,406	101,000	38,996
101	Benin	112,622	43,484	112,760	43,537
102	Honduras	112,492	43,433	111,890	43,201
103	Liberia	111,369	43,000	96,320	37,189
104	Bulgaria	110,879	42,811	108,560	41,915
105	Cuba	109,884	42,426	106,440	41,097
106	Guatemala	108,889	42,042	107,160	41,375
107	Iceland	103,000	39,769	100,250	38,707
108	South Korea	100,210	38,691	97,230	37,541
109	Hungary	93,028	35,918	90,530	34,954
110	Portugal	92,090	35,556	91,590	35,363
111	Jordan	89,342	34,495	88,780	34,278
112	Serbia	88,361	34,116	87,460	33,768
113	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436	82,658	31,914
114	Austria	83,871	32,383	82,409	31,818
115	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,278	83,600	32,278
116	French Guiana	83,534	32,253	82,200	31,738
117	Czechia	78,865	30,450	77,240	29,823
118	Panama	75,417	29,119	74,340	28,703
119	Sierra Leone	71,740	27,699	72,180	27,869
120	Ireland	70,273	27,133	68,890	26,599
121	Georgia	69,700	26,911	69,490	26,830
122	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332	62,710	24,212
123	Lithuania	65,300	25,212	62,674	24,199
124	Latvia	64,559	24,926	62,200	24,016
125	Togo	56,785	21,925	54,390	21,000
126	Croatia	56,594	21,851	55,960	21,606
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209	19,772	51,000	19,691
128	Costa Rica	51,100	19,730	51,060	19,714
129	Slovakia	49,037	18,933	48,088	18,567
130	Dominican Republic	48,671	18,792	48,320	18,656
131	Estonia	45,227	17,462	42,390	16,367
132	Denmark	43,094	16,639	42,430	16,382
133	Netherlands	41,850	16,158	33,720	13,019
134	Switzerland	41,284	15,940	39,516	15,257
135	Bhutan	38,394	14,824	38,117	14,717
136	Taiwan	36,193	13,974	35,410	13,672
137	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	13,948	28,120	10,857
138	Moldova	33,846	13,068	32,850	12,683
139	Belgium	30,528	11,787	30,280	11,691
140	Lesotho	30,355	11,720	30,360	11,722
141	Armenia	29,743	11,484	28,470	10,992
142	Solomon Islands	28,896	11,157	27,990	10,807
143	Albania	28,748	11,100	27,400	10,579
144	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,831	28,050	10,830
145	Burundi	27,834	10,747	25,680	9,915
146	Haiti	27,750	10,714	27,560	10,641
147	Rwanda	26,338	10,169	24,670	9,525
148	Republic of North Macedonia	25,713	9,928	25,220	9,737
149	Djibouti	23,200	8,958	23,180	8,950
150	Belize	22,966	8,867	22,810	8,807
151	El Salvador	21,041	8,124	20,720	8,000
152	Israel (Occupied Palestine)	20,770	8,019	21,640	8,355
153	Slovenia	20,273	7,827	20,140	7,776
154	New Caledonia	18,575	7,172	18,280	7,058
155	Fiji	18,272	7,055	18,270	7,054
156	Kuwait	17,818	6,880	17,820	6,880
157	Eswatini	17,364	6,704	17,200	6,641
158	Timor-Leste	14,874	5,743	14,870	5,741
159	Bahamas	13,943	5,383	10,010	3,865
160	Montenegro	13,812	5,333	13,450	5,193
161	Vanuatu	12,189	4,706	12,190	4,707
162	Falkland Islands	12,173	4,700	12,170	4,699
163	Qatar	11,586	4,473	11,610	4,483
164	Jamaica	10,991	4,244	10,830	4,181
165	Gambia	10,689	4,127	10,120	3,907
166	Kosovo	10,887	4,203	10,887	4,203
167	Lebanon	10,452	4,036	10,230	3,950
168	Cyprus	9,251	3,572	9,240	3,568
169	Puerto Rico	8,870	3,425	8,870	3,425
170	Palestine	6,220	2,402	6,020	2,324
171	Brunei Darussalam	5,765	2,226	5,270	2,035
172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	1,981	5,130	1,981
173	French Polynesia	4,167	1,609	3,660	1,413
174	Cabo Verde	4,033	1,557	4,030	1,556
175	Samoa	2,842	1,097	2,830	1,093
176	Luxembourg	2,586	998	2,590	1,000
177	Réunion	2,511	970	2,500	965
178	Mauritius	2,040	788	2,030	784
179	Comoros	1,862	719	1,861	719
180	Guadeloupe	1,628	629	1,690	653
181	Faeroe Islands	1,393	538	1,396	539
182	Martinique	1,128	436	1,060	409
183	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,104	426	1,050	405
184	Sao Tome and Principe	964	372	960	371
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	366	950	367
186	Kiribati	811	313	810	313
187	Bahrain	765	295	760	293
188	Dominica	751	290	750	290
189	Tonga	747	288	720	278
190	Singapore	728.1	281.1	726	280
191	Micronesia	702	271	700	270
192	Saint Lucia	616	238	610	236
193	Isle of Man	572	221	570	220
194	Guam	549	212	540	208
195	Andorra	468	181	470	181
196	Northern Mariana Islands	464	179	460	178
197	Palau	459	177	460	178
198	Seychelles	452	175	460	178
199	Curaçao	444	171	444	171
200	Antigua and Barbuda	442	171	440	170
201	Barbados	430	166	430	166
202	Saint Helena	394	152	390	151
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	150	390	151
204	Mayotte	374	144	375	145
205	United States Virgin Islands	347	134	350	135
206	Grenada	344	133	340	131
207	Caribbean Netherlands	328	127	328	127
208	Malta	316	122	320	124
209	Maldives	300	116	300	116
210	Cayman Islands	264	102	240	93
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	101	260	100
212	Niue	260	100	260	100
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	93	230	89
214	Cook Islands	236	91	240	93
215	American Samoa	199	77	200	77
216	Marshall Islands	181	70	180	69
217	Aruba	180	69	180	69
218	Liechtenstein	160	62	160	62
219	British Virgin Islands	151	58	150	58
220	Wallis and Futuna Islands	142	55	140	54
221	Montserrat	102	39	100	39
222	Anguilla	91	35	90	35
223	San Marino	61	24	60	23
224	Bermuda	54	21	50	19
225	Saint Martin	53	20	53	20
226	Sint Maarten	34	13	34	13
227	China, Macao SAR	30	12	30	12
228	Tuvalu	26	10	30	12
229	Saint Barthélemy	21	8	21	8
230	Nauru	21	8	20	8
231	Tokelau	12	5	10	4
232	Gibraltar	6.8	2.6	6.8	2.6
233	Monaco	2.0	0.77	2.0	0.77
234	Vatican City	0.49	0.19	0.49	0.19

Statistics Summary

Total countries and territories listed: 234

Top 10 countries represent approximately 49% of the world's total land area

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