Largest Countries in the World (by area)

by Editorial Team

The largest country in the world is Russia with a total area of 17,098,242 Km² (6,601,665 mi²) and a land area of 16,376,870 Km² (6,323,142 mi²), equivalent to 11% of the total world’s landmass of 148,940,000 Km² (57,510,000 square miles).

List of countries (and dependencies) ranked by area

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1 List of countries (and dependencies) ranked by area

2 Largest Countries in the World

Total Area = land area + water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers)
Km² = square kilometers | mi² = square miles

Largest Countries in the World

#	Country	Tot. Area (Km²)	Tot. Area (mi²)	Land Area (Km²)	Land Area (mi²)	% of world landmass
1	Russia	17,098,242	6,601,665	16,376,870	6,323,142	11.0 %
2	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,101	9,093,510	3,511,022	6.1 %
3	China	9,706,961	3,747,877	9,388,211	3,624,807	6.3 %
4	United States	9,372,610	3,618,783	9,147,420	3,531,837	6.1 %
5	Brazil	8,515,767	3,287,955	8,358,140	3,227,095	5.6 %
6	Australia	7,692,024	2,969,906	7,682,300	2,966,151	5.2 %
7	India	3,287,590	1,269,345	2,973,190	1,147,955	2.0 %
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,518	2,736,690	1,056,641	1.8 %
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,089	2,699,700	1,042,360	1.8 %
10	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	2,381,740	919,595	1.6 %
11	DR Congo	2,344,858	905,354	2,267,050	875,313	1.5 %
12	Greenland	2,166,086	836,330	410,450	158,476	0.3 %
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	2,149,690	830,000	1.4 %
14	Mexico	1,964,375	758,449	1,943,950	750,563	1.3 %
15	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	1,811,570	699,451	1.2 %
16	Sudan	1,886,068	728,215	1,765,048	681,489	1.2 %
17	Libya	1,759,540	679,362	1,759,540	679,362	1.2 %
18	Iran	1,648,195	636,371	1,628,550	628,786	1.1 %
19	Mongolia	1,564,110	603,906	1,553,560	599,833	1.0 %
20	Peru	1,285,216	496,224	1,280,000	494,211	0.9 %
21	Chad	1,284,000	495,755	1,259,200	486,180	0.8 %
22	Niger	1,267,000	489,191	1,266,700	489,075	0.9 %
23	Angola	1,246,700	481,353	1,246,700	481,353	0.8 %
24	Mali	1,240,192	478,841	1,220,190	471,118	0.8 %
25	South Africa	1,221,037	471,445	1,213,090	468,376	0.8 %
26	Colombia	1,141,748	440,831	1,109,500	428,380	0.7 %
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	426,372	1,000,000	386,102	0.7 %
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	424,164	1,083,300	418,264	0.7 %
29	Mauritania	1,030,700	397,955	1,030,700	397,955	0.7 %
30	Egypt	1,002,450	387,048	995,450	384,345	0.7 %
31	Tanzania	945,087	364,900	885,800	342,009	0.6 %
32	Nigeria	923,768	356,669	910,770	351,650	0.6 %
33	Venezuela	916,445	353,841	882,050	340,561	0.6 %
34	Pakistan	881,912	340,508	770,880	297,638	0.5 %
35	Namibia	825,615	318,772	823,290	317,874	0.6 %
36	Mozambique	801,590	309,496	786,380	303,623	0.5 %
37	Turkey	783,562	302,535	769,630	297,156	0.5 %
38	Chile	756,102	291,932	743,532	287,079	0.5 %
39	Zambia	752,612	290,585	743,390	287,024	0.5 %
40	Myanmar	676,578	261,228	653,290	252,237	0.4 %
41	Afghanistan	652,230	251,827	652,860	252,071	0.4 %
42	Somalia	637,657	246,201	627,340	242,217	0.4 %
43	Central African Republic	622,984	240,535	622,980	240,534	0.4 %
44	South Sudan	619,745	239,285	610,952	235,890	0.4 %
45	Ukraine	603,500	233,013	579,320	223,677	0.4 %
46	Madagascar	587,041	226,658	581,795	224,632	0.4 %
47	Botswana	582,000	224,711	566,730	218,816	0.4 %
48	Kenya	580,367	224,081	569,140	219,746	0.4 %
49	France	551,695	213,011	547,557	211,413	0.4 %
50	Yemen	527,968	203,850	527,970	203,850	0.4 %
51	Thailand	513,120	198,117	510,890	197,256	0.3 %
52	Spain	505,992	195,365	498,800	192,588	0.3 %
53	Turkmenistan	488,100	188,456	469,930	181,441	0.3 %
54	Cameroon	475,442	183,569	472,710	182,514	0.3 %
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,703	452,860	174,850	0.3 %
56	Sweden	450,295	173,860	410,340	158,433	0.3 %
57	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742	425,400	164,248	0.3 %
58	Morocco	446,550	172,414	446,300	172,317	0.3 %
59	Iraq	438,317	169,235	434,320	167,692	0.3 %
60	Paraguay	406,752	157,048	397,300	153,398	0.3 %
61	Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	386,850	149,364	0.3 %
62	Japan	377,930	145,920	364,555	140,755	0.2 %
63	Germany	357,114	137,882	348,560	134,580	0.2 %
64	Philippines	342,353	132,183	298,170	115,124	0.2 %
65	Congo	342,000	132,047	341,500	131,854	0.2 %
66	Finland	338,424	130,666	303,890	117,333	0.2 %
67	Vietnam	331,212	127,882	310,070	119,719	0.2 %
68	Malaysia	330,803	127,724	328,550	126,854	0.2 %
69	Norway	323,802	125,021	365,268	141,031	0.2 %
70	Côte d’Ivoire	322,463	124,504	318,000	122,780	0.2 %
71	Poland	312,679	120,726	306,230	118,236	0.2 %
72	Oman	309,500	119,499	309,500	119,499	0.2 %
73	Italy	301,336	116,346	294,140	113,568	0.2 %
74	Ecuador	276,841	106,889	248,360	95,892	0.2 %
75	Burkina Faso	272,967	105,393	273,600	105,638	0.2 %
76	New Zealand	270,467	104,428	263,310	101,665	0.2 %
77	Gabon	267,668	103,347	257,670	99,487	0.2 %
78	Western Sahara	266,000	102,703	266,000	102,703	0.2 %
79	Guinea	245,857	94,926	245,720	94,873	0.2 %
80	United Kingdom	242,900	93,784	241,930	93,410	0.2 %
81	Uganda	241,550	93,263	199,810	77,147	0.1 %
82	Ghana	238,533	92,098	227,540	87,854	0.2 %
83	Romania	238,391	92,043	230,170	88,869	0.2 %
84	Laos	236,800	91,429	230,800	89,112	0.2 %
85	Guyana	214,969	83,000	196,850	76,004	0.1 %
86	Belarus	207,600	80,155	202,910	78,344	0.1 %
87	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	77,201	191,800	74,054	0.1 %
88	Senegal	196,722	75,955	192,530	74,336	0.1 %
89	Syria	185,180	71,498	183,630	70,900	0.1 %
90	Cambodia	181,035	69,898	176,520	68,155	0.1 %
91	Uruguay	181,034	69,898	175,020	67,576	0.1 %
92	Suriname	163,820	63,251	156,000	60,232	0.1 %
93	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	155,360	59,985	0.1 %
94	Bangladesh	147,570	56,977	130,170	50,259	0.1 %
95	Nepal	147,181	56,827	143,350	55,348	0.1 %
96	Tajikistan	143,100	55,251	139,960	54,039	0.1 %
97	Greece	131,990	50,962	128,900	49,769	0.1 %
98	Nicaragua	130,373	50,337	120,340	46,464	0.1 %
99	North Korea	120,538	46,540	120,410	46,491	0.1 %
100	Malawi	118,484	45,747	94,280	36,402	0.1 %
101	Eritrea	117,600	45,406	101,000	38,996	0.1 %
102	Benin	112,622	43,484	112,760	43,537	0.1 %
103	Honduras	112,492	43,433	111,890	43,201	0.1 %
104	Liberia	111,369	43,000	96,320	37,189	0.1 %
105	Bulgaria	110,879	42,811	108,560	41,915	0.1 %
106	Cuba	109,884	42,426	106,440	41,097	0.1 %
107	Guatemala	108,889	42,042	107,160	41,375	0.1 %
108	Iceland	103,000	39,769	100,250	38,707	0.1 %
109	South Korea	100,210	38,691	97,230	37,541	0.1 %
110	Hungary	93,028	35,918	90,530	34,954	0.1 %
111	Portugal	92,090	35,556	91,590	35,363	0.1 %
112	Jordan	89,342	34,495	88,780	34,278	0.1 %
113	Serbia	88,361	34,116	87,460	33,768	0.1 %
114	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436	82,658	31,914	0.1 %
115	Austria	83,871	32,383	82,409	31,818	0.1 %
116	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,278	83,600	32,278	0.1 %
117	French Guiana	83,534	32,253	82,200	31,738	0.1 %
118	Czechia	78,865	30,450	77,240	29,823	0.1 %
119	Panama	75,417	29,119	74,340	28,703	0.0 %
120	Sierra Leone	71,740	27,699	72,180	27,869	0.0 %
121	Ireland	70,273	27,133	68,890	26,599	0.0 %
122	Georgia	69,700	26,911	69,490	26,830	0.0 %
123	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332	62,710	24,212	0.0 %
124	Lithuania	65,300	25,212	62,674	24,199	0.0 %
125	Latvia	64,559	24,926	62,200	24,016	0.0 %
126	Togo	56,785	21,925	54,390	21,000	0.0 %
127	Croatia	56,594	21,851	55,960	21,606	0.0 %
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209	19,772	51,000	19,691	0.0 %
129	Costa Rica	51,100	19,730	51,060	19,714	0.0 %
130	Slovakia	49,037	18,933	48,088	18,567	0.0 %
131	Dominican Republic	48,671	18,792	48,320	18,656	0.0 %
132	Estonia	45,227	17,462	42,390	16,367	0.0 %
133	Denmark	43,094	16,639	42,430	16,382	0.0 %
134	Netherlands	41,850	16,158	33,720	13,019	0.0 %
135	Switzerland	41,284	15,940	39,516	15,257	0.0 %
136	Bhutan	38,394	14,824	38,117	14,717	0.0 %
137	Taiwan	36,193	13,974	35,410	13,672	0.0 %
138	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	13,948	28,120	10,857	0.0 %
139	Moldova	33,846	13,068	32,850	12,683	0.0 %
140	Belgium	30,528	11,787	30,280	11,691	0.0 %
141	Lesotho	30,355	11,720	30,360	11,722	0.0 %
142	Armenia	29,743	11,484	28,470	10,992	0.0 %
143	Solomon Islands	28,896	11,157	27,990	10,807	0.0 %
144	Albania	28,748	11,100	27,400	10,579	0.0 %
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,831	28,050	10,830	0.0 %
146	Burundi	27,834	10,747	25,680	9,915	0.0 %
147	Haiti	27,750	10,714	27,560	10,641	0.0 %
148	Rwanda	26,338	10,169	24,670	9,525	0.0 %
149	Republic of North Macedonia	25,713	9,928	25,220	9,737	0.0 %
150	Djibouti	23,200	8,958	23,180	8,950	0.0 %
151	Belize	22,966	8,867	22,810	8,807	0.0 %
152	El Salvador	21,041	8,124	20,720	8,000	0.0 %
153	Israel	20,770	8,019	21,640	8,355	0.0 %
154	Slovenia	20,273	7,827	20,140	7,776	0.0 %
155	New Caledonia	18,575	7,172	18,280	7,058	0.0 %
156	Fiji	18,272	7,055	18,270	7,054	0.0 %
157	Kuwait	17,818	6,880	17,820	6,880	0.0 %
158	Eswatini	17,364	6,704	17,200	6,641	0.0 %
159	Timor-Leste	14,874	5,743	14,870	5,741	0.0 %
160	Bahamas	13,943	5,383	10,010	3,865	0.0 %
161	Montenegro	13,812	5,333	13,450	5,193	0.0 %
162	Vanuatu	12,189	4,706	12,190	4,707	0.0 %
163	Falkland Islands	12,173	4,700	12,170	4,699	0.0 %
164	Qatar	11,586	4,473	11,610	4,483	0.0 %
165	Jamaica	10,991	4,244	10,830	4,181	0.0 %
166	Gambia	10,689	4,127	10,120	3,907	0.0 %
167	Lebanon	10,452	4,036	10,230	3,950	0.0 %
168	Cyprus	9,251	3,572	9,240	3,568	0.0 %
169	Puerto Rico	8,870	3,425	8,870	3,425	0.0 %
170	State of Palestine	6,220	2,402	6,020	2,324	0.0 %
171	Brunei Darussalam	5,765	2,226	5,270	2,035	0.0 %
172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	1,981	5,130	1,981	0.0 %
173	French Polynesia	4,167	1,609	3,660	1,413	0.0 %
174	Cabo Verde	4,033	1,557	4,030	1,556	0.0 %
175	Samoa	2,842	1,097	2,830	1,093	0.0 %
176	Luxembourg	2,586	998	2,590	1,000	0.0 %
177	Réunion	2,511	970	2,500	965	0.0 %
178	Mauritius	2,040	788	2,030	784	0.0 %
179	Comoros	1,862	719	1,861	719	0.0 %
180	Guadeloupe	1,628	629	1,690	653	0.0 %
181	Faeroe Islands	1,393	538	1,396	539	0.0 %
182	Martinique	1,128	436	1,060	409	0.0 %
183	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,104	426	1,050	405	0.0 %
184	Sao Tome and Principe	964	372	960	371	0.0 %
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	366	950	367	0.0 %
186	Kiribati	811	313	810	313	0.0 %
187	Bahrain	765	295	760	293	0.0 %
188	Dominica	751	290	750	290	0.0 %
189	Tonga	747	288	720	278	0.0 %
190	Singapore	710	274	700	270	0.0 %
191	Micronesia	702	271	700	270	0.0 %
192	Saint Lucia	616	238	610	236	0.0 %
193	Isle of Man	572	221	570	220	0.0 %
194	Guam	549	212	540	208	0.0 %
195	Andorra	468	181	470	181	0.0 %
196	Northern Mariana Islands	464	179	460	178	0.0 %
197	Palau	459	177	460	178	0.0 %
198	Seychelles	452	175	460	178	0.0 %
199	Curaçao	444	171	444	171	0.0 %
200	Antigua and Barbuda	442	171	440	170	0.0 %
201	Barbados	430	166	430	166	0.0 %
202	Saint Helena	394	152	390	151	0.0 %
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	150	390	151	0.0 %
204	Mayotte	374	144	375	145	0.0 %
205	United States Virgin Islands	347	134	350	135	0.0 %
206	Grenada	344	133	340	131	0.0 %
207	Caribbean Netherlands	328	127	328	127	0.0 %
208	Malta	316	122	320	124	0.0 %
209	Maldives	300	116	300	116	0.0 %
210	Cayman Islands	264	102	240	93	0.0 %
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	101	260	100	0.0 %
212	Niue	260	100	260	100	0.0 %
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	93	230	89	0.0 %
214	Cook Islands	236	91	240	93	0.0 %
215	American Samoa	199	77	200	77	0.0 %
216	Marshall Islands	181	70	180	69	0.0 %
217	Aruba	180	69	180	69	0.0 %
218	Liechtenstein	160	62	160	62	0.0 %
219	British Virgin Islands	151	58	150	58	0.0 %
220	Wallis and Futuna Islands	142	55	140	54	0.0 %
221	Montserrat	102	39	100	39	0.0 %
222	Anguilla	91	35	90	35	0.0 %
223	San Marino	61	24	60	23	0.0 %
224	Bermuda	54	21	50	19	0.0 %
225	Saint Martin	53	20	53	20	0.0 %
226	Sint Maarten	34	13	34	13	0.0 %
227	China, Macao SAR	30	12	30	12	0.0 %
228	Tuvalu	26	10	30	12	0.0 %
229	Nauru	21	8	20	8	0.0 %
229	Saint Barthélemy	21	8	21	8	0.0 %
230	Tokelau	12	5	10	4	0.0 %
231	Gibraltar	6	2	10	4	0.0 %
232	Monaco	2	1	1	1	0.0 %
233	Holy See	0	0	0	0	0.0 %

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