List of countries by area facts Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Countries by area

This is a list of countries by total area. Total area is the sum of all land and Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).

Pos	Country	Area (km²)
1	Russia	17,098,246
2	Canada	9,984,670
3	China	9,572,900
4	United States of America	9,525,067
5	Brazil	8,515,767
6	Australia	7,692,024
7	India	3,287,263
8	Argentina	2,780,400
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900
10	Algeria	2,381,740
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,345,410
12	Kingdom of Denmark	2,210,583
	Denmark	43,098
	Faroe Islands	1,399
	Greenland	2,166,086
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
14	Mexico	1,964,375
15	Indonesia	1,904,556
16	Sudan	1,861,484
17	Libya	1,759,540
18	Iran	1,648,000
19	Mongolia	1,565,000
20	Peru	1,285,220
21	Chad	1,284,000
22	Niger	1,267,000
23	Angola	1,246,700
24	Mali	1,240,000
25	South Africa	1,219,912
26	Colombia	1,197,411
27	Ethiopia	1,127,127
28	Bolivia	1,098,580
29	Mauritania	1,030,700
30	Egypt	1,001,450
31	Tanzania	945,087
32	Nigeria	923,768
33	Venezuela	912,050
34	Namibia	825,418
35	Pakistan	803,940
36	Mozambique	801,590
37	Turkey	780,580
38	Chile	756,950
39	Zambia	752,614
40	Myanmar (Burma)	678,500
41	France	675,417
42	Afghanistan	647,500
43	Somalia	637,657
44	Central African Republic	622,984
45	South Sudan	619,745
46	Ukraine	603,628
47	Botswana	600,370
48	Madagascar	587,040
49	Kenya	580,367
50	Yemen	527,970
51	Thailand	514,000
52	Spain	504,781
53	Turkmenistan	488,100
54	Cameroon	475,440
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840
56	Sweden	449,964
57	Uzbekistan	447,400
58	Morocco	446,550
59	Iraq	437,072
60	Paraguay	406,750
61	Zimbabwe	390,580
62	Japan	377,835
63	Germany	357,021
64	Republic of the Congo	342,000
65	Finland	337,030
66	Malaysia	329,750
67	Vietnam	329,560
68	Norway	324,220
69	Ivory Coast	322,460
70	Poland	312,685
71	Oman	309,500
72	Italy	301,230
73	Philippines	300,000
74	Ecuador	283,560
75	Burkina Faso	274,200
76	New Zealand	269,190
77	Gabon	267,667
78	Guinea	245,857
79	United Kingdom	243,610
80	Uganda	241,550
81	Ghana	238,540
82	Romania	238,391
83	Laos	236,800
84	Guyana	214,970
85	Belarus	207,600
86	Kyrgyzstan	198,500
87	Senegal	196,190
88	Syria	185,180
89	Cambodia	181,035
90	Uruguay	176,220
91	Tunisia	163,610
92	Suriname	163,270
93	Bangladesh	147,570
94	Nepal	147,181
95	Tajikistan	143,100
96	Greece	131,940
97	Nicaragua	129,494
98	Eritrea	121,320
99	North Korea	120,540
100	Malawi	118,480
101	Benin	112,620
102	Honduras	112,090
103	Liberia	111,370
104	Bulgaria	110,910
105	Cuba	109,886
106	Guatemala	108,890
107	Iceland	103,000
108	South Korea	98,480
109	Hungary	93,030
110	Jordan	92,300
111	Portugal	88,267
	Azores Islands	2,247
	Total	91,188
112	Serbia	88,361
113	Azerbaijan	86,600
114	Austria	83,858
115	United Arab Emirates	82,880
116	Czech Republic	78,867
117	Panama	78,201
118	Sierra Leone	72,740
119	Ireland	71,273
120	Georgia	69,701
121	Sri Lanka	65,611
122	Lithuania	65,201
123	Latvia	64,589
124	Togo	56,785
125	Croatia	56,542
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,129
127	Costa Rica	51,100
128	Slovakia	48,845
129	Dominican Republic	48,730
130	Bhutan	47,000
131	Estonia	45,339
133	Netherlands	41,526
	Aruba	193
	Netherlands Antilles	960
	Total	42,679
134	Switzerland	41,210
135	Guinea-Bissau	36,120
136	Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu)	35,980
137	Moldova	33,843
138	Belgium	32,545
139	Lesotho	30,355
140	Armenia	29,800
141	Albania	28,748
142	Solomon Islands	28,450
143	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
144	Burundi	27,834
145	Haiti	27,750
146	Israel (Including West Bank and Gaza)	26,990
147	Rwanda	26,338
148	Macedonia	25,333
149	Belize	22,966
150	Djibouti	22,000
151	El Salvador	21,040
152	Slovenia	20,253
153	Fiji	18,270
154	Kuwait	17,820
155	Swaziland	17,363
156	East Timor	14,874
157	Bahamas	13,940
158	Montenegro	13,812
159	Vanuatu	12,200
160	Qatar	11,437
161	The Gambia	11,300
162	Jamaica	10,990
	Kosovo	10,908
163	Lebanon	10,452
164	Cyprus	9,250
165	Brunei	5,770
166	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
167	Cape Verde	4,033
168	Samoa	2,860
169	Luxembourg	2,586
170	Comoros	2,170
171	Mauritius	1,860
172	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001
173	Dominica	754
174	Tonga	748
175	Kiribati	717
176	Micronesia	702
177	Singapore	692.7
178	Bahrain	665
179	Saint Lucia	620
180	Seychelles	455
181	Andorra	468
182	Palau	458
183	Antigua and Barbuda	442
184	Barbados	430
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
186	Grenada	340
187	Malta	316
188	Maldives	300
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
190	Marshall Islands	181
191	Liechtenstein	160
192	San Marino	61.2
193	Tuvalu	26
194	Nauru	21
195	Monaco	1.95
196	Vatican City	0.44

List of major geographic bodies, 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.

Pos	Country	Area (km²)
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	People's Republic of China	9,706,961
11	United States	9,629,091
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	Democratic Republic of the Congo	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	Côte 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	309,500
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
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	13,940
168	Vanuatu	12,200
169	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173
170	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	12,170
171	Qatar	11,437
172	Gambia, The	11,300
173	Jamaica	10,991
174	Lebanon	10,452
175	Cyprus	9,250
176	Puerto Rico	9,104
177	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	7,829
178	West Bank	5,860
179	Brunei	5,770
180	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
181	French Polynesia	4,167
182	Cape Verde	4,033
183	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903
184	Samoa	2,944
185	Luxembourg	2,586
186	Réunion	2,517
187	Comoros	2,170
188	Mauritius	2,040
189	Guadeloupe	1,780
190	Faroe Islands	1,399
191	Martinique	1,100
192	Hong Kong	1,092
193	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001
194	Netherlands Antilles	960
195	Kiribati	811
196	Dominica	754
197	Tonga	748
198	Micronesia, Federated States of	702
199	Singapore	693
200	Bahrain	665
201	Saint Lucia	616
202	Isle of Man	572
203	Guam	549
204	Northern Mariana Islands	477
205	Andorra	468
206	Palau	458
207	Seychelles	455
208	Antigua and Barbuda	443
209	Barbados	431
210	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
211	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
212	Saint Helena (Britain)	410
213	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
214	Mayotte	374
215	Jan Mayen	373
216	Gaza Strip	360
217	Virgin Islands	352
218	Grenada	344
219	Malta	316
220	Maldives	300
221	Wallis and Futuna	274
222	Cayman Islands	262
223	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
224	Niue	260
225	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242
226	Cook Islands	240
227	American Samoa	199
228	Aruba	193
229	Marshall Islands	181
230	Liechtenstein	160
231	British Virgin Islands	153
232	Christmas Island	135
233	Jersey	116
234	Anguilla	102
235	Montserrat	102
236	Guernsey	78
237	San Marino	61
238	British Indian Ocean Territory	60
239	Bouvet Island	59
240	Bermuda	53
241	Pitcairn Islands	47
242	Norfolk Island	35
243	Europa Island	28
244	Tuvalu	26
245	Macau	25
246	Nauru	21
247	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
248	Palmyra Atoll	12
249	Tokelau	10
250	Gibraltar	7
251	Wake Island	7
252	Midway Atoll	6
253	Clipperton Island	6
254	Navassa Island	5
255	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
256	Glorioso Islands	5
257	Spratly Islands	5
258	Jarvis Island	5
259	Juan de Nova Island	4
260	Coral Sea Islands	3
261	Johnston Atoll	3
262	Monaco	2
263	Howland Island	2
264	Baker Island	1
265	Kingman Reef	1
266	Tromelin Island	1
267	Holy See (Vatican City)	0.44