Largest Countries in the World (by area)

The largest country in the world is Russia with a total area of 17,098,242 Km² (6,601,665 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 (57,506,032 square miles).

See also:

List of countries (and dependencies) ranked by area

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

# Country Tot. Area (Km²) Tot. Area (mi²) Land Area (Km²) Land Area (mi²) World Share
1 Russia 17,098,242 6,601,665 16,376,870 6,323,142 11.00%
2 Canada 9,984,670 3,855,101 9,093,510 3,511,022 6.11%
3 China 9,706,961 3,747,877 9,388,211 3,624,807 6.30%
4 United States 9,372,610 3,618,783 9,147,420 3,531,837 6.14%
5 Brazil 8,515,767 3,287,955 8,358,140 3,227,095 5.61%
6 Australia 7,692,024 2,969,906 7,682,300 2,966,151 5.16%
7 India 3,287,590 1,269,345 2,973,190 1,147,955 2.00%
8 Argentina 2,780,400 1,073,518 2,736,690 1,056,641 1.84%
9 Kazakhstan 2,724,900 1,052,089 2,699,700 1,042,360 1.81%
10 Algeria 2,381,741 919,595 2,381,740 919,595 1.60%
11 DR Congo 2,344,858 905,354 2,267,050 875,313 1.52%
12 Greenland 2,166,086 836,330 410,450 158,476 0.28%
13 Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 830,000 2,149,690 830,000 1.44%
14 Mexico 1,964,375 758,449 1,943,950 750,563 1.31%
15 Indonesia 1,904,569 735,358 1,811,570 699,451 1.22%
16 Sudan 1,886,068 728,215 1,765,048 681,489 1.19%
17 Libya 1,759,540 679,362 1,759,540 679,362 1.18%
18 Iran 1,648,195 636,371 1,628,550 628,786 1.09%
19 Mongolia 1,564,110 603,906 1,553,560 599,833 1.04%
20 Peru 1,285,216 496,224 1,280,000 494,211 0.86%
21 Chad 1,284,000 495,755 1,259,200 486,180 0.85%
22 Niger 1,267,000 489,191 1,266,700 489,075 0.85%
23 Angola 1,246,700 481,353 1,246,700 481,353 0.84%
24 Mali 1,240,192 478,841 1,220,190 471,118 0.82%
25 South Africa 1,221,037 471,445 1,213,090 468,376 0.81%
26 Colombia 1,141,748 440,831 1,109,500 428,380 0.74%
27 Ethiopia 1,104,300 426,372 1,000,000 386,102 0.67%
28 Bolivia 1,098,581 424,164 1,083,300 418,264 0.73%
29 Mauritania 1,030,700 397,955 1,030,700 397,955 0.69%
30 Egypt 1,002,450 387,048 995,450 384,345 0.67%
31 Tanzania 945,087 364,900 885,800 342,009 0.59%
32 Nigeria 923,768 356,669 910,770 351,650 0.61%
33 Venezuela 916,445 353,841 882,050 340,561 0.59%
34 Pakistan 881,912 340,508 770,880 297,638 0.52%
35 Namibia 825,615 318,772 823,290 317,874 0.55%
36 Mozambique 801,590 309,496 786,380 303,623 0.53%
37 Turkey 783,562 302,535 769,630 297,156 0.52%
38 Chile 756,102 291,932 743,532 287,079 0.50%
39 Zambia 752,612 290,585 743,390 287,024 0.50%
40 Myanmar 676,578 261,228 653,290 252,237 0.44%
41 Afghanistan 652,230 251,827 652,860 252,071 0.44%
42 Somalia 637,657 246,201 627,340 242,217 0.42%
43 Central African Republic 622,984 240,535 622,980 240,534 0.42%
44 South Sudan 619,745 239,285 610,952 235,890 0.41%
45 Ukraine 603,500 233,013 579,320 223,677 0.39%
46 Madagascar 587,041 226,658 581,795 224,632 0.39%
47 Botswana 582,000 224,711 566,730 218,816 0.38%
48 Kenya 580,367 224,081 569,140 219,746 0.38%
49 France 551,695 213,011 547,557 211,413 0.37%
50 Yemen 527,968 203,850 527,970 203,850 0.35%
51 Thailand 513,120 198,117 510,890 197,256 0.34%
52 Spain 505,992 195,365 498,800 192,588 0.33%
53 Turkmenistan 488,100 188,456 469,930 181,441 0.32%
54 Cameroon 475,442 183,569 472,710 182,514 0.32%
55 Papua New Guinea 462,840 178,703 452,860 174,850 0.30%
56 Sweden 450,295 173,860 410,340 158,433 0.28%
57 Uzbekistan 447,400 172,742 425,400 164,248 0.29%
58 Morocco 446,550 172,414 446,300 172,317 0.30%
59 Iraq 438,317 169,235 434,320 167,692 0.29%
60 Paraguay 406,752 157,048 397,300 153,398 0.27%
61 Zimbabwe 390,757 150,872 386,850 149,364 0.26%
62 Japan 377,930 145,920 364,555 140,755 0.24%
63 Germany 357,114 137,882 348,560 134,580 0.23%
64 Philippines 342,353 132,183 298,170 115,124 0.20%
65 Congo 342,000 132,047 341,500 131,854 0.23%
66 Finland 338,424 130,666 303,890 117,333 0.20%
67 Vietnam 331,212 127,882 310,070 119,719 0.21%
68 Malaysia 330,803 127,724 328,550 126,854 0.22%
69 Norway 323,802 125,021 365,268 141,031 0.25%
70 Côte d'Ivoire 322,463 124,504 318,000 122,780 0.21%
71 Poland 312,679 120,726 306,230 118,236 0.21%
72 Oman 309,500 119,499 309,500 119,499 0.21%
73 Italy 301,336 116,346 294,140 113,568 0.20%
74 Ecuador 276,841 106,889 248,360 95,892 0.17%
75 Burkina Faso 272,967 105,393 273,600 105,638 0.18%
76 New Zealand 270,467 104,428 263,310 101,665 0.18%
77 Gabon 267,668 103,347 257,670 99,487 0.17%
78 Western Sahara 266,000 102,703 266,000 102,703 0.18%
79 Guinea 245,857 94,926 245,720 94,873 0.16%
80 United Kingdom 242,900 93,784 241,930 93,410 0.16%
81 Uganda 241,550 93,263 199,810 77,147 0.13%
82 Ghana 238,533 92,098 227,540 87,854 0.15%
83 Romania 238,391 92,043 230,170 88,869 0.15%
84 Laos 236,800 91,429 230,800 89,112 0.15%
85 Guyana 214,969 83,000 196,850 76,004 0.13%
86 Belarus 207,600 80,155 202,910 78,344 0.14%
87 Kyrgyzstan 199,951 77,201 191,800 74,054 0.13%
88 Senegal 196,722 75,955 192,530 74,336 0.13%
89 Syria 185,180 71,498 183,630 70,900 0.12%
90 Cambodia 181,035 69,898 176,520 68,155 0.12%
91 Uruguay 181,034 69,898 175,020 67,576 0.12%
92 Suriname 163,820 63,251 156,000 60,232 0.10%
93 Tunisia 163,610 63,170 155,360 59,985 0.10%
94 Bangladesh 147,570 56,977 130,170 50,259 0.087%
95 Nepal 147,181 56,827 143,350 55,348 0.096%
96 Tajikistan 143,100 55,251 139,960 54,039 0.094%
97 Greece 131,990 50,962 128,900 49,769 0.087%
98 Nicaragua 130,373 50,337 120,340 46,464 0.081%
99 North Korea 120,538 46,540 120,410 46,491 0.081%
100 Malawi 118,484 45,747 94,280 36,402 0.063%
101 Eritrea 117,600 45,406 101,000 38,996 0.068%
102 Benin 112,622 43,484 112,760 43,537 0.076%
103 Honduras 112,492 43,433 111,890 43,201 0.075%
104 Liberia 111,369 43,000 96,320 37,189 0.065%
105 Bulgaria 110,879 42,811 108,560 41,915 0.073%
106 Cuba 109,884 42,426 106,440 41,097 0.071%
107 Guatemala 108,889 42,042 107,160 41,375 0.072%
108 Iceland 103,000 39,769 100,250 38,707 0.067%
109 South Korea 100,210 38,691 97,230 37,541 0.065%
110 Hungary 93,028 35,918 90,530 34,954 0.061%
111 Portugal 92,090 35,556 91,590 35,363 0.061%
112 Jordan 89,342 34,495 88,780 34,278 0.060%
113 Serbia 88,361 34,116 87,460 33,768 0.059%
114 Azerbaijan 86,600 33,436 82,658 31,914 0.055%
115 Austria 83,871 32,383 82,409 31,818 0.055%
116 United Arab Emirates 83,600 32,278 83,600 32,278 0.056%
117 French Guiana 83,534 32,253 82,200 31,738 0.055%
118 Czechia 78,865 30,450 77,240 29,823 0.052%
119 Panama 75,417 29,119 74,340 28,703 0.050%
120 Sierra Leone 71,740 27,699 72,180 27,869 0.048%
121 Ireland 70,273 27,133 68,890 26,599 0.046%
122 Georgia 69,700 26,911 69,490 26,830 0.047%
123 Sri Lanka 65,610 25,332 62,710 24,212 0.042%
124 Lithuania 65,300 25,212 62,674 24,199 0.042%
125 Latvia 64,559 24,926 62,200 24,016 0.042%
126 Togo 56,785 21,925 54,390 21,000 0.037%
127 Croatia 56,594 21,851 55,960 21,606 0.038%
128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,209 19,772 51,000 19,691 0.034%
129 Costa Rica 51,100 19,730 51,060 19,714 0.034%
130 Slovakia 49,037 18,933 48,088 18,567 0.032%
131 Dominican Republic 48,671 18,792 48,320 18,656 0.032%
132 Estonia 45,227 17,462 42,390 16,367 0.028%
133 Denmark 43,094 16,639 42,430 16,382 0.028%
134 Netherlands 41,850 16,158 33,720 13,019 0.023%
135 Switzerland 41,284 15,940 39,516 15,257 0.027%
136 Bhutan 38,394 14,824 38,117 14,717 0.026%
137 Taiwan 36,193 13,974 35,410 13,672 0.024%
138 Guinea-Bissau 36,125 13,948 28,120 10,857 0.019%
139 Moldova 33,846 13,068 32,850 12,683 0.022%
140 Belgium 30,528 11,787 30,280 11,691 0.020%
141 Lesotho 30,355 11,720 30,360 11,722 0.020%
142 Armenia 29,743 11,484 28,470 10,992 0.019%
143 Solomon Islands 28,896 11,157 27,990 10,807 0.019%
144 Albania 28,748 11,100 27,400 10,579 0.018%
145 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 10,831 28,050 10,830 0.019%
146 Burundi 27,834 10,747 25,680 9,915 0.017%
147 Haiti 27,750 10,714 27,560 10,641 0.019%
148 Rwanda 26,338 10,169 24,670 9,525 0.017%
149 Republic of North Macedonia 25,713 9,928 25,220 9,737 0.017%
150 Djibouti 23,200 8,958 23,180 8,950 0.016%
151 Belize 22,966 8,867 22,810 8,807 0.015%
152 El Salvador 21,041 8,124 20,720 8,000 0.014%
153 Israel 20,770 8,019 21,640 8,355 0.015%
154 Slovenia 20,273 7,827 20,140 7,776 0.014%
155 New Caledonia 18,575 7,172 18,280 7,058 0.012%
156 Fiji 18,272 7,055 18,270 7,054 0.012%
157 Kuwait 17,818 6,880 17,820 6,880 0.012%
158 Eswatini 17,364 6,704 17,200 6,641 0.012%
159 Timor-Leste 14,874 5,743 14,870 5,741 0.0100%
160 Bahamas 13,943 5,383 10,010 3,865 0.0067%
161 Montenegro 13,812 5,333 13,450 5,193 0.0090%
162 Vanuatu 12,189 4,706 12,190 4,707 0.0082%
163 Falkland Islands 12,173 4,700 12,170 4,699 0.0082%
164 Qatar 11,586 4,473 11,610 4,483 0.0078%
165 Jamaica 10,991 4,244 10,830 4,181 0.0073%
166 Gambia 10,689 4,127 10,120 3,907 0.0068%
167 Lebanon 10,452 4,036 10,230 3,950 0.0069%
168 Cyprus 9,251 3,572 9,240 3,568 0.0062%
169 Puerto Rico 8,870 3,425 8,870 3,425 0.0060%
170 State of Palestine 6,220 2,402 6,020 2,324 0.0040%
171 Brunei Darussalam 5,765 2,226 5,270 2,035 0.0035%
172 Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 1,981 5,130 1,981 0.0034%
173 French Polynesia 4,167 1,609 3,660 1,413 0.0025%
174 Cabo Verde 4,033 1,557 4,030 1,556 0.0027%
175 Samoa 2,842 1,097 2,830 1,093 0.0019%
176 Luxembourg 2,586 998 2,590 1,000 0.0017%
177 Réunion 2,511 970 2,500 965 0.0017%
178 Mauritius 2,040 788 2,030 784 0.0014%
179 Comoros 1,862 719 1,861 719 0.0012%
180 Guadeloupe 1,628 629 1,690 653 0.0011%
181 Faeroe Islands 1,393 538 1,396 539 0.00094%
182 Martinique 1,128 436 1,060 409 0.00071%
183 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,104 426 1,050 405 0.00070%
184 Sao Tome and Principe 964 372 960 371 0.00064%
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 948 366 950 367 0.00064%
186 Kiribati 811 313 810 313 0.00054%
187 Bahrain 765 295 760 293 0.00051%
188 Dominica 751 290 750 290 0.00050%
189 Tonga 747 288 720 278 0.00048%
190 Singapore 710 274 700 270 0.00047%
191 Micronesia 702 271 700 270 0.00047%
192 Saint Lucia 616 238 610 236 0.00041%
193 Isle of Man 572 221 570 220 0.00038%
194 Guam 549 212 540 208 0.00036%
195 Andorra 468 181 470 181 0.00032%
196 Northern Mariana Islands 464 179 460 178 0.00031%
197 Palau 459 177 460 178 0.00031%
198 Seychelles 452 175 460 178 0.00031%
199 Curaçao 444 171 444 171 0.00030%
200 Antigua and Barbuda 442 171 440 170 0.00030%
201 Barbados 430 166 430 166 0.00029%
202 Saint Helena 394 152 390 151 0.00026%
203 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 150 390 151 0.00026%
204 Mayotte 374 144 375 145 0.00025%
205 United States Virgin Islands 347 134 350 135 0.00023%
206 Grenada 344 133 340 131 0.00023%
207 Caribbean Netherlands 328 127 328 127 0.00022%
208 Malta 316 122 320 124 0.00021%
209 Maldives 300 116 300 116 0.00020%
210 Cayman Islands 264 102 240 93 0.00016%
211 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 101 260 100 0.00017%
212 Niue 260 100 260 100 0.00017%
213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 93 230 89 0.00015%
214 Cook Islands 236 91 240 93 0.00016%
215 American Samoa 199 77 200 77 0.00013%
216 Marshall Islands 181 70 180 69 0.00012%
217 Aruba 180 69 180 69 0.00012%
218 Liechtenstein 160 62 160 62 0.00011%
219 British Virgin Islands 151 58 150 58 0.00010%
220 Wallis and Futuna Islands 142 55 140 54 0.000094%
221 Montserrat 102 39 100 39 0.000067%
222 Anguilla 91 35 90 35 0.000060%
223 San Marino 61 24 60 23 0.000040%
224 Bermuda 54 21 50 19 0.000034%
225 Saint Martin 53 20 53 20 0.000036%
226 Sint Maarten 34 13 34 13 0.000023%
227 China, Macao SAR 30 12 30 12 0.000020%
228 Tuvalu 26 10 30 12 0.000020%
229 Nauru 21 8 20 8 0.000013%
230 Saint Barthélemy 21 8 21 8 0.000014%
231 Tokelau 12 5 10 4 0.0000067%
232 Gibraltar 6 2 10 4 0.0000067%
233 Monaco 2 1 1 1 0.0000010%
234 Holy See 0 0 0 0 0.00000027%