Largest Countries in the World (by area)

The largest country in the world is Russia, with a total area of 17,098,242 km² (6,601,668 mi²) and a land area of 16,377,742 km² (6,323,482 mi²), equal to 12.4% of the world's land area of 131,847,584 km² (50,906,637 mi², excluding Antarctica).

Countries and other entities ranked by area

Total Area = land area + water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers)
km² = square kilometers | mi² = square miles

#	Country or other entity	Tot. Area (km²)	Tot. Area (mi²)	Land Area (km²)	Land Area (mi²)	World Share
1	Russia	17,098,242	6,601,668	16,377,742	6,323,482	12.4%
2	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,103	9,093,507	3,511,023	6.9%
3	China	9,596,960	3,705,407	9,326,410	3,600,947	7.1%
4	United States	9,372,610	3,618,785	9,147,420	3,531,839	6.9%
5	Brazil	8,515,770	3,287,957	8,358,140	3,227,096	6.3%
6	Australia	7,741,220	2,988,902	7,682,300	2,966,153	5.8%
7	India	3,287,263	1,269,219	2,973,193	1,147,956	2.3%
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,518	2,736,690	1,056,642	2.1%
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,090	2,699,700	1,042,360	2.0%
10	Algeria	2,381,740	919,595	2,381,740	919,595	1.8%
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858	905,355	2,267,048	875,312	1.7%
12	Greenland	2,166,086	836,330	2,166,086	836,330	1.6%
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	2,149,690	830,000	1.6%
14	Mexico	1,964,375	758,449	1,943,945	750,561	1.5%
15	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	1,811,569	699,451	1.4%
16	Sudan	1,861,484	718,723	1,731,671	668,602	1.3%
17	Libya	1,759,540	679,362	1,759,540	679,362	1.3%
18	Iran	1,648,195	636,372	1,531,595	591,352	1.2%
19	Mongolia	1,564,116	603,909	1,553,556	599,831	1.2%
20	Peru	1,285,216	496,225	1,279,996	494,209	0.97%
21	Chad	1,284,000	495,755	1,259,200	486,180	0.96%
22	Niger	1,267,000	489,191	1,266,700	489,076	0.96%
23	Angola	1,246,700	481,354	1,246,700	481,354	0.95%
24	Mali	1,240,192	478,841	1,220,190	471,118	0.93%
25	South Africa	1,219,090	470,693	1,214,470	468,909	0.92%
26	Colombia	1,138,910	439,736	1,038,700	401,044	0.79%
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	426,373	1,096,570	423,388	0.83%
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	424,164	1,083,301	418,265	0.82%
29	Mauritania	1,030,700	397,955	1,030,700	397,955	0.78%
30	Egypt	1,001,450	386,662	995,450	384,345	0.76%
31	Tanzania	947,300	365,755	885,800	342,009	0.67%
32	Nigeria	923,768	356,669	910,768	351,649	0.69%
33	Venezuela	912,050	352,144	882,050	340,561	0.67%
34	Pakistan	881,912	340,508	856,692	330,771	0.65%
35	Namibia	824,292	318,261	823,290	317,874	0.62%
36	Mozambique	799,380	308,642	786,380	303,623	0.60%
37	Turkey (Türkiye)	783,562	302,535	769,632	297,157	0.58%
38	Chile	756,102	291,933	743,812	287,187	0.56%
39	Zambia	752,618	290,587	743,398	287,028	0.56%
40	Myanmar	676,578	261,228	653,508	252,321	0.50%
41	Afghanistan	652,230	251,827	652,230	251,827	0.49%
42	South Sudan	644,329	248,777	644,329	248,777	0.49%
43	Somalia	637,657	246,201	627,337	242,216	0.48%
44	Central African Republic	622,984	240,535	622,984	240,535	0.47%
45	Ukraine	603,550	233,032	579,330	223,681	0.44%
46	Madagascar	587,041	226,658	581,540	224,534	0.44%
47	Botswana	581,730	224,607	566,730	218,816	0.43%
48	Kenya	580,367	224,081	569,140	219,746	0.43%
49	France	551,500	212,935	549,970	212,345	0.42%
50	Yemen	527,968	203,850	527,968	203,850	0.40%
51	Thailand	513,120	198,117	510,890	197,256	0.39%
52	Spain	505,370	195,124	498,980	192,657	0.38%
53	Turkmenistan	488,100	188,456	469,930	181,441	0.36%
54	Cameroon	475,440	183,568	472,710	182,514	0.36%
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,704	452,860	174,850	0.34%
56	Sweden	450,295	173,860	410,335	158,431	0.31%
57	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742	425,400	164,248	0.32%
58	Morocco	446,550	172,414	446,300	172,317	0.34%
59	Iraq	438,317	169,235	437,367	168,868	0.33%
60	Paraguay	406,752	157,048	397,302	153,399	0.30%
61	Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	386,847	149,362	0.29%
62	Japan	377,915	145,914	364,485	140,728	0.28%
63	Germany	357,022	137,847	348,672	134,623	0.26%
64	Republic of the Congo	342,000	132,047	341,500	131,854	0.26%
65	Finland	336,558	129,946	302,259	116,703	0.23%
66	Vietnam	331,210	127,881	310,070	119,719	0.24%
67	Malaysia	329,847	127,355	328,657	126,895	0.25%
68	Norway	323,802	125,021	304,282	117,484	0.23%
69	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463	124,504	318,003	122,782	0.24%
70	Poland	312,685	120,728	304,255	117,474	0.23%
71	Oman	309,500	119,499	309,500	119,499	0.23%
72	Italy	301,340	116,348	294,140	113,568	0.22%
73	Philippines	300,000	115,831	298,170	115,124	0.23%
74	Ecuador	283,561	109,484	276,841	106,889	0.21%
75	Burkina Faso	274,200	105,869	273,800	105,715	0.21%
76	New Zealand	268,838	103,799	264,537	102,138	0.20%
77	Gabon	267,667	103,347	257,667	99,486	0.20%
78	Western Sahara	266,000	102,703	266,000	102,703	0.20%
79	Guinea	245,857	94,926	245,717	94,872	0.19%
80	United Kingdom	243,610	94,058	241,930	93,410	0.18%
81	Uganda	241,038	93,065	197,100	76,101	0.15%
82	Ghana	238,533	92,098	227,533	87,851	0.17%
83	Romania	238,391	92,043	229,891	88,761	0.17%
84	Laos	236,800	91,429	230,800	89,112	0.18%
85	Guyana	214,969	83,000	196,849	76,004	0.15%
86	Belarus	207,600	80,155	202,900	78,340	0.15%
87	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	77,202	191,801	74,055	0.15%
88	Senegal	196,722	75,955	192,530	74,336	0.15%
89	Syria	187,437	72,370	185,887	71,771	0.14%
90	Cambodia	181,035	69,898	176,515	68,153	0.13%
91	Uruguay	176,215	68,037	175,015	67,574	0.13%
92	Suriname	163,820	63,251	156,000	60,232	0.12%
93	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	155,360	59,985	0.12%
94	Bangladesh	148,460	57,321	130,170	50,259	0.10%
95	Nepal	147,181	56,827	143,351	55,348	0.11%
96	Tajikistan	144,100	55,637	141,510	54,637	0.11%
97	Greece	131,957	50,949	130,647	50,443	0.10%
98	Nicaragua	130,370	50,336	119,990	46,328	0.09%
99	North Korea	120,538	46,540	120,408	46,490	0.09%
100	Malawi	118,484	45,747	94,080	36,324	0.07%
101	Eritrea	117,600	45,406	101,000	38,996	0.08%
102	Benin	112,622	43,484	110,622	42,711	0.08%
103	Honduras	112,090	43,278	111,890	43,201	0.08%
104	Liberia	111,369	43,000	96,320	37,189	0.07%
105	Bulgaria	110,879	42,811	108,489	41,888	0.08%
106	Cuba	110,860	42,803	109,820	42,402	0.08%
107	Guatemala	108,889	42,042	107,159	41,374	0.08%
108	Iceland	103,000	39,769	100,250	38,707	0.08%
109	South Korea	99,720	38,502	96,920	37,421	0.07%
110	Hungary	93,028	35,918	89,608	34,598	0.07%
111	Portugal	92,090	35,556	91,470	35,317	0.07%
112	Jordan	89,342	34,495	88,802	34,287	0.07%
113	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436	82,629	31,903	0.06%
114	Austria	83,871	32,383	82,445	31,832	0.06%
115	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,278	83,600	32,278	0.06%
116	French Guiana	83,534	32,253	83,534	32,253	0.06%
117	Czech Republic (Czechia)	78,867	30,451	77,247	29,825	0.06%
118	Serbia	77,474	29,913	77,474	29,913	0.06%
119	Panama	75,420	29,120	74,340	28,703	0.06%
120	Sierra Leone	71,740	27,699	71,620	27,653	0.05%
121	Ireland	70,273	27,133	68,883	26,596	0.05%
122	Georgia	69,700	26,911	69,700	26,911	0.05%
123	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332	64,630	24,954	0.05%
124	Lithuania	65,300	25,212	62,680	24,201	0.05%
125	Latvia	64,589	24,938	62,249	24,034	0.05%
126	Togo	56,785	21,925	54,385	20,998	0.04%
127	Croatia	56,594	21,851	55,974	21,612	0.04%
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	19,767	51,187	19,763	0.04%
129	Costa Rica	51,100	19,730	51,060	19,714	0.04%
130	Slovakia	49,035	18,933	48,105	18,573	0.04%
131	Dominican Republic	48,670	18,792	48,320	18,656	0.04%
132	Estonia	45,228	17,463	42,388	16,366	0.03%
133	Denmark	43,094	16,639	42,434	16,384	0.03%
134	Netherlands	41,543	16,040	33,893	13,086	0.03%
135	Switzerland	41,277	15,937	39,997	15,443	0.03%
136	Bhutan	38,394	14,824	38,394	14,824	0.03%
137	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	13,948	28,120	10,857	0.02%
138	Taiwan	35,980	13,892	32,260	12,456	0.02%
139	Moldova	33,851	13,070	32,891	12,699	0.02%
140	Belgium	30,528	11,787	30,278	11,690	0.02%
141	Lesotho	30,355	11,720	30,355	11,720	0.02%
142	Armenia	29,743	11,484	28,203	10,889	0.02%
143	Solomon Islands	28,896	11,157	27,986	10,805	0.02%
144	Albania	28,748	11,100	27,398	10,578	0.02%
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,831	28,051	10,831	0.02%
146	Burundi	27,830	10,745	25,680	9,915	0.02%
147	Haiti	27,750	10,714	27,560	10,641	0.02%
148	Rwanda	26,338	10,169	24,668	9,524	0.02%
149	North Macedonia	25,713	9,928	25,433	9,820	0.02%
150	Djibouti	23,200	8,958	23,180	8,950	0.02%
151	Belize	22,966	8,867	22,806	8,805	0.02%
152	Israel	21,937	8,470	21,497	8,300	0.02%
153	El Salvador	21,041	8,124	20,721	8,000	0.02%
154	Slovenia	20,273	7,827	20,151	7,780	0.02%
155	New Caledonia	18,575	7,172	18,275	7,056	0.01%
156	Fiji	18,274	7,056	18,274	7,056	0.01%
157	Kuwait	17,818	6,880	17,818	6,880	0.01%
158	Eswatini	17,364	6,704	17,204	6,643	0.01%
159	Timor-Leste	14,874	5,743	14,874	5,743	0.01%
160	Bahamas	13,880	5,359	10,010	3,865	0.01%
161	Montenegro	13,812	5,333	13,452	5,194	0.01%
162	Vanuatu	12,189	4,706	12,189	4,706	0.01%
163	Falkland Islands	12,173	4,700	12,173	4,700	0.01%
164	Qatar	11,586	4,473	11,586	4,473	0.01%
165	Gambia	11,300	4,363	10,120	3,907	0.01%
166	Jamaica	10,991	4,244	10,831	4,182	0.01%
167	Kosovo	10,887	4,203	10,887	4,203	0.01%
168	Lebanon	10,400	4,015	10,230	3,950	0.01%
169	Cyprus	9,251	3,572	9,241	3,568	0.01%
170	Puerto Rico	9,104	3,515	8,959	3,459	0.01%
171	State of Palestine	6,220	2,402	6,000	2,317	< 0.01%
172	Brunei	5,765	2,226	5,265	2,033	< 0.01%
173	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128	1,980	5,128	1,980	< 0.01%
174	French Polynesia	4,167	1,609	3,827	1,478	< 0.01%
175	Cabo Verde	4,033	1,557	4,033	1,557	< 0.01%
176	Samoa	2,831	1,093	2,821	1,089	< 0.01%
177	Luxembourg	2,586	998	2,586	998	< 0.01%
178	Réunion	2,512	970	2,512	970	< 0.01%
179	Mauritius	2,040	788	2,030	784	< 0.01%
180	Comoros	1,862	719	1,862	719	< 0.01%
181	Guadeloupe	1,628	629	1,628	629	< 0.01%
182	Åland Islands	1,587	613	1,556	601	< 0.01%
183	Faroe Islands	1,393	538	1,393	538	< 0.01%
184	Martinique	1,128	436	1,128	436	< 0.01%
185	Hong Kong	1,108	428	1,073	414	< 0.01%
186	São Tomé and Príncipe	964	372	964	372	< 0.01%
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	366	948	366	< 0.01%
188	Kiribati	811	313	811	313	< 0.01%
189	Bahrain	760	293	760	293	< 0.01%
190	Dominica	751	290	751	290	< 0.01%
191	Tonga	747	288	717	277	< 0.01%
192	Singapore	744	287	744	287	< 0.01%
193	Micronesia	702	271	702	271	< 0.01%
194	Saint Lucia	616	238	606	234	< 0.01%
195	Isle of Man	572	221	572	221	< 0.01%
196	Guam	544	210	544	210	< 0.01%
197	Andorra	468	181	468	181	< 0.01%
198	Northern Mariana Islands	464	179	464	179	< 0.01%
199	Palau	459	177	459	177	< 0.01%
200	Seychelles	455	176	455	176	< 0.01%
201	Curaçao	444	171	444	171	< 0.01%
202	Antigua and Barbuda	443	171	443	171	< 0.01%
203	Barbados	430	166	430	166	< 0.01%
204	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	394	152	394	152	< 0.01%
205	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	150	389	150	< 0.01%
206	Mayotte	374	144	374	144	< 0.01%
207	U.S. Virgin Islands	346	134	346	134	< 0.01%
208	Grenada	344	133	344	133	< 0.01%
209	Caribbean Netherlands	328	127	328	127	< 0.01%
210	Malta	316	122	316	122	< 0.01%
211	Maldives	298	115	298	115	< 0.01%
212	Cayman Islands	264	102	264	102	< 0.01%
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	101	261	101	< 0.01%
214	Niue	260	100	260	100	< 0.01%
215	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	93	242	93	< 0.01%
216	Cook Islands	236	91	236	91	< 0.01%
217	American Samoa	224	86	224	86	< 0.01%
218	Marshall Islands	181	70	181	70	< 0.01%
219	Aruba	180	69	180	69	< 0.01%
220	Liechtenstein	160	62	160	62	< 0.01%
221	British Virgin Islands	151	58	151	58	< 0.01%
222	Wallis and Futuna	142	55	142	55	< 0.01%
223	Jersey	116	45	116	45	< 0.01%
224	Montserrat	102	39	102	39	< 0.01%
225	Anguilla	91	35	91	35	< 0.01%
226	Guernsey	78	30	78	30	< 0.01%
227	San Marino	61	24	61	24	< 0.01%
228	Bermuda	54	21	54	21	< 0.01%
229	Saint Martin (French part)	50	19	50	19	< 0.01%
230	Pitcairn Islands	47	18	47	18	< 0.01%
231	Sint Maarten	34	13	34	13	< 0.01%
232	Macao	33	13	33	13	< 0.01%
233	Tuvalu	26	10	26	10	< 0.01%
234	Saint-Barthélemy	25	9.65	25	9.65	< 0.01%
235	Nauru	21	8.11	21	8.11	< 0.01%
236	Tokelau	12	4.63	12	4.63	< 0.01%
237	Gibraltar	6.50	2.51	6.50	2.51	< 0.01%
238	Monaco	2.02	0.78	2.02	0.78	< 0.01%
239	Holy See (Vatican City)	0.44	0.17	0.44	0.17	< 0.01%

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