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List of countries by area

Here is a list of the countries of the world in order of size. Values are given in square kilometres.

Countries marked with an asterisk are the largest in their continent. Countries marked with a dagger are the smallest.

See also List of countries, List of countries by population, List of countries by population density, List of countries by continent, Orders of magnitude (area).

PosCountryArea
1Russia17,075,200
2Canada9,976,140
3United States9,629,091
American Samoa199
Baker Island1
Guam549
Howland Island1
Jarvis Island4
Johnston Atoll3
Kingman Reef1
Midway Islands6
Navassa Island5
Northern Mariana Islands477
Palmyra Atoll12
Puerto Rico9,104
United States Virgin Islands352
Wake Island6
Total9,639,810
4People's Republic of China9,596,960
Hong Kong1,092
Macau25
Total9,598,077
5Brazil8,511,965
6Australia7,686,850
Ashmore and Cartier Islands5
Christmas Island135
Cocos Island14
Coral Sea Islands3
Heard Island and McDonald Islands412
Norfolk Island34
Total7,687,453
7India3,287,590
8Argentina2,766,890
9Kazakhstan2,727,300
10Sudan2,505,810
11Algeria2,381,740
12Congo-Kinshasa2,345,410
13Mexico1,972,550
14Saudi Arabia1,960,582
15Indonesia1,904,556
16Libya1,759,540
17Iran1,648,000
18Mongolia1,565,000
19Peru1,285,220
20Chad1,284,000
21Niger1,267,000
22Angola1,246,700
23Mali1,240,000
24South Africa1,219,912
25Colombia1,138,910
26Ethiopia1,127,127
27Bolivia1,098,580
28Mauritania1,030,700
29Egypt1,001,450
30Tanzania948,087
31Nigeria923,768
32Venezuela912,050
33Namibia825,418
34Pakistan803,940
35Mozambique801,590
36Turkey780,580
37Chile756,950
38Zambia752,614
39Burma678,500
40Afghanistan647,500
41Somalia637,657
42Central African Republic622,984
43Ukraine603,700
44Botswana600,370
45Madagascar587,040
46Kenya582,650
47France547,030
Bassas da India0
Clipperton Island6
Europa Island28
French Southern and Antarctic Lands7,829
French Guiana91,000
French Polynesia4,167
Glorioso Islands5
Guadeloupe1,780
Juan de Nova Island4
Martinique1,100
Mayotte374
New Caledonia19,060
Reunion2,517
Saint Pierre and Miquelon242
Tromelin Island1
Wallis and Futuna274
Total675,417
48Yemen527,970
49Thailand514,000
50Spain504,782
51Turkmenistan488,100
52Cameroon475,440
53Papua New Guinea462,840
54Sweden449,964
55Uzbekistan447,400
56Morocco446,550
Western Sahara266,000
Total712,550
57Iraq437,072
58Paraguay406,750
59Zimbabwe390,580
60Japan377,835
61Germany357,021
62Congo-Brazzaville342,000
63Finland337,030
64Malaysia329,750
65Vietnam329,560
66Norway324,220
Bouvet Island58
Jan Mayen373
Svalbard62,049
Total386,700
67Cote d'Ivoire322,460
68Poland312,685
69Italy301,230
70Philippines300,000
71Ecuador283,560
72Burkina Faso274,200
73New Zealand268,680
Cook Islands240
Tokelau10
Total268,930
74Gabon267,667
75Guinea245,857
76United Kingdom244,820
Anguilla102
British Indian Ocean Territory60
British Virgin Islands153
Bermuda53
Cayman Islands262
Falkland Islands12,173
Gibraltar6
Guernsey78
Isle of Man572
Jersey116
Montserrat102
Pitcairn Islands47
Saint Helena410
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands3,903
Turks and Caicos Islands430
Total263,287
77Ghana238,540
78Romania237,500
79Laos236,800
80Uganda236,040
81Guyana214,970
82Oman212,460
83Belarus207,600
84Kyrgyzstan198,500
85Senegal196,190
86Syria185,180
87Cambodia181,040
88Uruguay176,220
89Tunisia163,610
90Suriname163,270
91Bangladesh144,000
92Tajikistan143,100
93Nepal140,800
94Greece131,940
95Nicaragua129,494
96Eritrea121,320
97North Korea120,540
98Malawi118,480
99Benin112,620
100Honduras112,090
101Liberia111,370
102Bulgaria110,910
103Guatemala108,890
104Iceland103,000
105Serbia and Montenegro102,173
106Cuba100,860
107South Korea98,480
108Hungary93,030
109Portugal92,391
110Jordan92,300
111Azerbaijan86,600
112Austria83,858
113United Arab Emirates82,880
114Czech Republic78,866
115Panama78,200
116Sierra Leone71,740
117Republic of Ireland70,280
118Georgia69,700
119Sri Lanka65,610
120Lithuania65,200
121Latvia64,589
122Togo56,785
123Croatia56,542
124Bosnia-Herzegovina51,129
125Costa Rica51,100
126Slovakia48,845
127Dominican Republic48,730
128Bhutan47,000
129Estonia45,226
130Denmark43,094
Faroe Islands1,399
Greenland2,166,086
Total2,210,579
131Netherlands41,526
Aruba193
Netherlands Antilles960
Total42,679
132Switzerland41,290
133Guinea-Bissau36,120
134Taiwan, Republic of China35,980
135Moldova33,843
136Belgium32,545
137Lesotho30,355
138Armenia29,800
139Albania28,748
140Solomon Islands28,450
141Equatorial Guinea28,051
142Burundi27,830
143Haiti27,750
144Rwanda26,338
145Republic of Macedonia25,333
146Belize22,966
147Djibouti22,000
148El Salvador21,040
149Israel20,770
Gaza Strip360
West Bank5,860
Total26,990
150Slovenia20,253
151Fiji18,270
152Kuwait17,820
153Swaziland17,363
154East Timor14,874
155Bahamas13,940
156Vanuatu12,200
157Qatar11,437
158The Gambia11,300
159Jamaica10,990
160Lebanon10,400
161Cyprus9,250
162Brunei5,770
163Trinidad and Tobago5,128
164Cape Verde4,033
165Samoa2,860
166Luxembourg2,586
167Comoros2,170
168Mauritius1,860
169Sao Tome and Principe1,001
170Dominica754
171Tonga748
172Kiribati717
173Micronesia702
174Singapore692.7
175Bahrain620
176Saint Lucia620
177Seychelles455
178Andorra468
179Palau458
180Antigua and Barbuda442
181Barbados430
182Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389
183Grenada340
184Malta316
185Maldives300
186Saint Kitts and Nevis261
187Niue260
188Marshall Islands181
189Liechtenstein160
190San Marino61.2
191Tuvalu26
192Nauru21
193Monaco1.95
194Vatican City0.44



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