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. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies.

Areas are including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).

Table of contents

1 List of countries by area with dependencies shown with the main country
2 Note
3 List of countries and dependencies, all ordered according to area
4 Source

List of countries by area with dependencies shown with the main country

Pos Country Area (km²)
1 Russia 17,075,200

2 Canada 9,976,140

3 United States 9,629,091

American Samoa 199

Baker Island 1

Guam 549

Howland Island 1

Jarvis Island 4

Johnston Atoll 3

Kingman Reef 1

Midway Islands 6

Navassa Island 5

Northern Mariana Islands 477

Palmyra Atoll 12

Puerto Rico 9,104

United States Virgin Islands 352

Wake Island 6

Total 9,639,810

4 People's Republic of China 9,596,960

Hong Kong 1,092

Macau 25

Total 9,598,077

5 Brazil 8,511,965

6 Australia 7,686,850

Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5

Christmas Island 135

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14

Coral Sea Islands 3

Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412

Norfolk Island 34

Total 7,687,453

7 India 3,287,590

8 Argentina 2,766,890

9 Kazakhstan 2,727,300

10 Sudan 2,505,810

11 Algeria 2,381,740

12 Congo-Kinshasa 2,345,410

13 Mexico 1,972,550

14 Saudi Arabia 1,960,582

15 Indonesia 1,904,556

16 Libya 1,759,540

17 Iran 1,648,000

18 Mongolia 1,565,000

19 Peru 1,285,220

20 Chad 1,284,000

21 Niger 1,267,000

22 Angola 1,246,700

23 Mali 1,240,000

24 South Africa 1,219,912

25 Colombia 1,138,910

26 Ethiopia 1,127,127

27 Bolivia 1,098,580

28 Mauritania 1,030,700

29 Egypt 1,001,450

30 Tanzania 948,087

31 Nigeria 923,768

32 Venezuela 912,050

33 Namibia 825,418

34 Pakistan 803,940

35 Mozambique 801,590

36 Turkey 780,580

37 Chile 756,950

38 Zambia 752,614

39 Myanmar 678,500

40 Afghanistan 647,500

41 Somalia 637,657

42 Central African Republic 622,984

43 Ukraine 603,700

44 Botswana 600,370

45 Madagascar 587,040

46 Kenya 582,650

47 France 547,030

Bassas da India 0.2

Clipperton Island 6

Europa Island 28

French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829

French Guiana 91,000

French Polynesia 4,167

Glorioso Islands 5

Guadeloupe 1,780

Juan de Nova Island 4

Martinique 1,100

Mayotte 374

New Caledonia 19,060

Reunion 2,517

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242

Tromelin Island 1

Wallis and Futuna 274

Total 675,417

48 Yemen 527,970

49 Thailand 514,000

50 Spain 504,782

51 Turkmenistan 488,100

52 Cameroon 475,440

53 Papua New Guinea 462,840

54 Sweden 449,964

55 Uzbekistan 447,400

56 Morocco 446,550

Western Sahara 266,000

Total 712,550

57 Iraq 437,072

58 Paraguay 406,750

59 Zimbabwe 390,580

60 Japan 377,835

61 Germany 357,021

62 Congo-Brazzaville 342,000

63 Finland 337,030

64 Malaysia 329,750

65 Vietnam 329,560

66 Norway 324,220

Bouvet Island 58

Jan Mayen 373

Svalbard 62,049

Total 386,700

67 Cote d'Ivoire 322,460

68 Poland 312,685

69 Italy 301,230

70 Philippines 300,000

71 Ecuador 283,560

72 Burkina Faso 274,200

73 New Zealand 268,680

Cook Islands 240

Niue 260

Tokelau 10

Total 269,190

74 Gabon 267,667

75 Guinea 245,857

76 United Kingdom 244,820

Anguilla 102

British Indian Ocean Territory 60

British Virgin Islands 153

Bermuda 53

Cayman Islands 262

Falkland Islands 12,173

Gibraltar 6

Guernsey 78

Isle of Man 572

Jersey 116

Montserrat 102

Pitcairn Islands 47

Saint Helena 410

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903

Turks and Caicos Islands 430

Total 263,287

77 Ghana 238,540

78 Romania 238,391

79 Laos 236,800

80 Uganda 236,040

81 Guyana 214,970

82 Oman 212,460

83 Belarus 207,600

84 Kyrgyzstan 198,500

85 Senegal 196,190

86 Syria 185,180

87 Cambodia 181,040

88 Uruguay 176,220

89 Tunisia 163,610

90 Suriname 163,270

91 Bangladesh 144,000

92 Tajikistan 143,100

93 Nepal 140,800

94 Greece 131,940

95 Nicaragua 129,494

96 Eritrea 121,320

97 North Korea 120,540

98 Malawi 118,480

99 Benin 112,620

100 Honduras 112,090

101 Liberia 111,370

102 Bulgaria 110,910

103 Guatemala 108,890

104 Iceland 103,000

105 Serbia and Montenegro 102,173

106 Cuba 100,860

107 South Korea 98,480

108 Hungary 93,030

109 Portugal 92,391

110 Jordan 92,300

111 Azerbaijan 86,600

112 Austria 83,858

113 United Arab Emirates 82,880

114 Czech Republic 78,866

115 Panama 78,200

116 Sierra Leone 71,740

117 Republic of Ireland 70,273

118 Georgia 69,700

119 Sri Lanka 65,610

120 Lithuania 65,200

121 Latvia 64,589

122 Togo 56,785

123 Croatia 56,542

124 Bosnia-Herzegovina 51,129

125 Costa Rica 51,100

126 Slovakia 48,845

127 Dominican Republic 48,730

128 Bhutan 47,000

129 Estonia 45,226

130 Denmark 43,094

Faroe Islands 1,399

Greenland 2,166,086

Total 2,210,579

131 Netherlands 41,526

Aruba 193

Netherlands Antilles 960

Total 42,679

132 Switzerland 41,290

133 Guinea-Bissau 36,120

134 Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu) 35,980

135 Moldova 33,843

136 Belgium 32,545

137 Lesotho 30,355

138 Armenia 29,800

139 Albania 28,748

140 Solomon Islands 28,450

141 Equatorial Guinea 28,051

142 Burundi 27,830

143 Haiti 27,750

144 Rwanda 26,338

145 Republic of Macedonia 25,333

146 Belize 22,966

147 Djibouti 22,000

148 El Salvador 21,040

149 Israel 20,770

Gaza Strip 360

West Bank 5,860

Total 26,990

150 Slovenia 20,253

151 Fiji 18,270

152 Kuwait 17,820

153 Swaziland 17,363

154 East Timor 14,874

155 Bahamas 13,940

156 Vanuatu 12,200

157 Qatar 11,437

158 The Gambia 11,300

159 Jamaica 10,990

160 Lebanon 10,400

161 Cyprus 9,250

162 Brunei 5,770

163 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128

164 Cape Verde 4,033

165 Samoa 2,860

166 Luxembourg 2,586

167 Comoros 2,170

168 Mauritius 1,860

169 São Tomé and Príncipe 1,001

170 Dominica 754

171 Tonga 748

172 Kiribati 717

173 Micronesia 702

174 Singapore 692.7

175 Bahrain 620

176 Saint Lucia 620

177 Seychelles 455

178 Andorra 468

179 Palau 458

180 Antigua and Barbuda 442

181 Barbados 430

182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389

183 Grenada 340

184 Malta 316

185 Maldives 300

186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261

187 Marshall Islands 181

188 Liechtenstein 160

189 San Marino 61.2

190 Tuvalu 26

191 Nauru 21

192 Monaco 1.95

193 Vatican City 0.44

Note

The 193 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states plus the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Holy See (Vatican City).

The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 66 dependencies, of which 23 are not permanently inhabited and therefore not in the List of countries by population. The total is 259 countries and dependencies.

Compare with List of dependent territories, which lists 70 dependencies.

List of countries and dependencies, all ordered according to area

The list includes the world and the oceans (rank nrs. 1,2,3,4,5,7), Antarctica (nr. 8), the Spratly Islands (claimed by various countries; nr 256) and the 259 countries and dependencies which are also listed above.

Rank Country Area(sq km) Date of Information 1 World 510,072,000 2 Pacific Ocean 155,557,000 3 Atlantic Ocean 76,762,000 4 Indian Ocean 68,556,000 5 Southern Ocean 20,327,000 6 Russia 17,075,200 7 Arctic Ocean 14,056,000 8 Antarctica 14,000,000 9 Canada 9,976,140 10 United States 9,629,091 11 People's Republic of China 9,596,960 12 Brazil 8,511,965 13 Australia 7,686,850 14 India 3,287,590 15 Argentina 2,766,890 16 Kazakhstan 2,717,300 17 Sudan 2,505,810 18 Algeria 2,381,740 19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,345,410 20 Greenland 2,166,086 21 Mexico 1,972,550 22 Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 23 Indonesia 1,919,440 24 Libya 1,759,540 25 Iran 1,648,000 26 Mongolia 1,565,000 27 Peru 1,285,220 28 Chad 1,284,000 29 Niger 1,267,000 30 Angola 1,246,700 31 Mali 1,240,000 32 South Africa 1,219,912 33 Colombia 1,138,910 34 Ethiopia 1,127,127 35 Bolivia 1,098,580 36 Mauritania 1,030,700 37 Egypt 1,001,450 38 Tanzania 945,087 39 Nigeria 923,768 40 Venezuela 912,050 41 Namibia 825,418 42 Pakistan 803,940 43 Mozambique 801,590 44 Turkey 780,580 45 Chile 756,950 46 Zambia 752,614 47 Myanmar 678,500 48 Afghanistan 647,500 49 Somalia 637,657 50 Central African Republic 622,984 51 Ukraine 603,700 52 Botswana 600,370 53 Madagascar 587,040 54 Kenya 582,650 55 France 547,030 56 Yemen 527,970 57 Thailand 514,000 58 Spain 504,782 59 Turkmenistan 488,100 60 Cameroon 475,440 61 Papua New Guinea 462,840 62 Sweden 449,964 63 Uzbekistan 447,400 64 Morocco 446,550 65 Iraq 437,072 66 Paraguay 406,750 67 Zimbabwe 390,580 68 Japan 377,835 69 Germany 357,021 70 Congo, Republic of the 342,000 71 Finland 337,030 72 Malaysia 329,750 73 Vietnam 329,560 74 Norway 324,220 75 Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 76 Poland 312,685 77 Italy 301,230 78 Philippines 300,000 79 Ecuador 283,560 80 Burkina Faso 274,200 81 New Zealand 268,680 82 Gabon 267,667 83 Western Sahara 266,000 84 Guinea 245,857 85 United Kingdom 244,820 86 Ghana 239,460 87 Romania 237,500 88 Laos 236,800

89 Uganda 236,040 90 Guyana 214,970 91 Oman 212,460 92 Belarus 207,600 93 Kyrgyzstan 198,500 94 Senegal 196,190 95 Syria 185,180 96 Cambodia 181,040 97 Uruguay 176,220 98 Tunisia 163,610 99 Suriname 163,270 100 Bangladesh 144,000 101 Tajikistan 143,100 102 Nepal 140,800 103 Greece 131,940 104 Nicaragua 129,494 105 Eritrea 121,320 106 Korea, North 120,540 107 Malawi 118,480 108 Benin 112,620 109 Honduras 112,090 110 Liberia 111,370 111 Bulgaria 110,910 112 Cuba 110,860 113 Guatemala 108,890 114 Iceland 103,000 115 Serbia and Montenegro 102,350 116 Korea, South 98,480 117 Hungary 93,030 118 Portugal 92,391 119 Jordan 92,300 120 French Guiana 91,000 121 Azerbaijan 86,600 122 Austria 83,858 123 United Arab Emirates 82,880 124 Czech Republic 78,866 125 Panama 78,200 126 Sierra Leone 71,740 127 Ireland 70,273 128 Georgia 69,700 129 Sri Lanka 65,610 130 Lithuania 65,200 131 Latvia 64,589 132 Svalbard 62,049 133 Togo 56,785 134 Croatia 56,542 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 136 Costa Rica 51,100 137 Slovakia 48,845 138 Dominican Republic 48,730 139 Bhutan 47,000 140 Estonia 45,226 141 Denmark 43,094 142 Netherlands 41,526 143 Switzerland 41,290 144 Guinea-Bissau 36,120 145 Republic of China (Taiwan) 35,980 146 Moldova 33,843 147 Belgium 30,510 148 Lesotho 30,355 149 Armenia 29,800 150 Albania 28,748 151 Solomon Islands 28,450 152 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 153 Burundi 27,830 154 Haiti 27,750 155 Rwanda 26,338

156 Republic of Macedonia 25,333 157 Djibouti 23,000 158 Belize 22,966 159 El Salvador 21,040 160 Israel 20,770 161 Slovenia 20,273 162 New Caledonia 19,060 163 Fiji 18,270 164 Kuwait 17,820 165 Swaziland 17,363 166 East Timor 15,007 167 Bahamas, The 13,940 168 Vanuatu 12,200 169 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 170 Qatar 11,437 171 Gambia, The 11,300 172 Jamaica 10,991 173 Lebanon 10,400 174 Cyprus 9,250 175 Puerto Rico 9,104 176 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829 177 West Bank 5,860 178 Brunei 5,770 179 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 180 French Polynesia 4,167 181 Cape Verde 4,033 182 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903 183 Samoa 2,944 184 Luxembourg 2,586 185 Reunion 2,517 186 Comoros 2,170 187 Mauritius 2,040 188 Guadeloupe 1,780 189 Faroe Islands 1,399 190 Martinique 1,100 191 Hong Kong 1,092 192 Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 193 Netherlands Antilles 960 194 Kiribati 811 195 Dominica 754 196 Tonga 748 197 Micronesia, Federated States of 702 198 Singapore 693 199 Bahrain 665 200 Saint Lucia 616 201 Man, Isle of 572 202 Guam 549 203 Northern Mariana Islands 477 204 Andorra 468 205 Palau 458 206 Seychelles 455 207 Antigua and Barbuda 443 208 Barbados 431 209 Turks and Caicos Islands 430 210 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 211 Saint Helena 410 212 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 213 Mayotte 374 214 Jan Mayen 373 215 Gaza Strip 360 216 Virgin Islands 352 217 Grenada 344 218 Malta 316 219 Maldives 300 220 Wallis and Futuna 274 221 Cayman Islands 262 222 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 223 Niue 260 224 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 225 Cook Islands 240 226 American Samoa 199 227 Aruba 193 228 Marshall Islands 181 229 Liechtenstein 160 230 British Virgin Islands 153 231 Christmas Island 135 232 Jersey 116 233 Anguilla 102 234 Montserrat 102 235 Guernsey 78 236 San Marino 61 237 British Indian Ocean Territory 60 238 Bouvet Island 59 239 Bermuda 53 240 Pitcairn Islands 47 241 Norfolk Island 35 242 Europa Island 28 243 Tuvalu 26 244 Macau 25 245 Nauru 21 246 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 247 Palmyra Atoll 12 248 Tokelau 10 249 Gibraltar 7 250 Wake Island 7 251 Midway Islands 6 252 Clipperton Island 6 253 Navassa Island 5 254 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 255 Glorioso Islands 5 256 Spratly Islands 5 257 Jarvis Island 5 258 Juan de Nova Island 4 259 Coral Sea Islands 3 260 Johnston Atoll 3 261 Monaco 2 262 Howland Island 2 263 Baker Island 1 264 Kingman Reef 1 265 Tromelin Island 1 266 Holy See (Vatican City) 0,44 267 Bassas da India 0,2

Source

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CIA, 1 August, 2003.