List of countries by area facts for kids
This is a list of countries by total area. The total area is the sum of all land and Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division.
| Pos | Country | Total in km2 (mi2) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
17,098,246 (6,601,670) |
| 2 |  Canada |
9,984,670 (3,855,100) |
| 3 |  China |
9,596,961 (3,705,407) |
| 4 |  United States |
9,525,067 (3,677,649) |
| 5 |  Brazil |
8,515,767 (3,287,956) |
| 6 |  Australia |
7,692,024 (2,969,907) |
| 7 |  India |
3,287,263 (1,269,219) |
| 8 |  Argentina |
2,780,400 (1,073,500) |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan |
2,724,900 (1,052,100) |
| 10 |  Algeria |
2,381,741 (919,595) |
| 11 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2,344,858 (905,355) |
| – |  Denmark |
2,220,093 (857,183) |
| – |  Greenland (Denmark) |
2,166,086 (836,330) |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia |
2,149,690 (830,000) |
| 13 |  Mexico |
1,964,375 (758,449) |
| 14 |  Indonesia |
1,910,931 (737,815) |
| 15 |  Sudan |
1,861,484 (718,723) |
| 16 |  Libya |
1,759,540 (679,360) |
| 17 |  Iran |
1,648,195 (636,372) |
| 18 |  Mongolia |
1,564,110 (603,910) |
| 19 |  Peru |
1,285,216 (496,225) |
| 20 |  Chad |
1,284,000 (496,000) |
| 21 |  Niger |
1,267,000 (489,000) |
| 22 |  Angola |
1,246,700 (481,400) |
| 23 |  Mali |
1,240,192 (478,841) |
| 24 |  South Africa |
1,221,037 (471,445) |
| 25 |  Colombia |
1,141,748 (440,831) |
| 26 |  Ethiopia |
1,104,300 (426,400) |
| 27 |  Bolivia |
1,098,581 (424,164) |
| 28 |  Mauritania |
1,030,700 (398,000) |
| 29 |  Egypt |
1,002,450 (387,050) |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
945,087 (364,900) |
| 31 |  Nigeria |
923,768 (356,669) |
| 32 |  Venezuela |
916,445 (353,841) |
| 33 |  Pakistan |
907,132 (350,246) |
| 34 |  Namibia |
825,615 (318,772) |
| 35 |  Mozambique |
801,590 (309,500) |
| 36 |  Turkey |
783,562 (302,535) |
| 37 |  Chile |
756,102 (291,933) |
| 38 |  Zambia |
752,612 (290,585) |
| 39 |  Myanmar |
676,578 (261,228) |
| 40 |  Afghanistan |
652,230 (251,830) |
| 41 |  South Sudan |
644,329 (248,777) |
| 42 |  France |
640,679 (247,368) |
| 43 |  Somalia |
637,657 (246,201) |
| 44 |  Central African Republic |
622,984 (240,535) |
| 45 |  Ukraine |
603,500 (233,000) |
| 46 |  Madagascar |
587,041 (226,658) |
| 47 |  Botswana |
581,730 (224,610) |
| 48 |  Kenya |
580,367 (224,081) |
| – | France |
543,940 (210,020) |
| 49 |  Yemen |
527,968 (203,850) |
| 50 |  Thailand |
513,120 (198,120) |
| 51 |  Spain |
505,992 (195,365) |
| 52 |  Turkmenistan |
488,100 (188,500) |
| 53 |  Cameroon |
475,442 (183,569) |
| 54 |  Papua New Guinea |
462,840 (178,700) |
| 55 |  Sweden |
450,295 (173,860) |
| 56 |  Uzbekistan |
447,400 (172,700) |
| 57 |  Morocco |
446,550 (172,410) |
| 58 |  Iraq |
438,317 (169,235) |
| 59 |  Paraguay |
406,752 (157,048) |
| 60 |  Zimbabwe |
390,757 (150,872) |
| 61 |  Japan |
377,975 (145,937) |
| 62 |  Germany |
357,114 (137,882) |
| 63 |  Republic of the Congo |
342,000 (132,000) |
| 64 |  Finland |
338,424 (130,666) |
| 65 |  Vietnam |
331,212 (127,882) |
| 66 |  Malaysia |
330,803 (127,724) |
| 67 |  Norway |
323,802 (125,021) |
| 68 |  Ivory Coast |
322,463 (124,504) |
| 69 |  Poland |
312,696 (120,733) |
| 70 |  Oman |
309,500 (119,500) |
| 71 |  Italy |
301,339 (116,348) |
| 72 |  Philippines |
300,000 (120,000) |
| 73 |  Ecuador |
276,841 (106,889) |
| 74 |  Burkina Faso |
274,222 (105,878) |
| 75 |  New Zealand |
262,443 (101,330) |
| 76 |  Gabon |
267,668 (103,347) |
| – |  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
266,000 (103,000) |
| 77 |  Guinea |
245,857 (94,926) |
| 78 |  United Kingdom |
242,495 (93,628) |
| 79 |  Uganda |
241,550 (93,260) |
| 80 |  Ghana |
238,533 (92,098) |
| 81 |  Romania |
238,397 (92,046) |
| 82 |  Laos |
236,800 (91,400) |
| 83 |  Guyana |
214,969 (83,000) |
| 84 |  Belarus |
207,600 (80,200) |
| 85 |  Kyrgyzstan |
199,951 (77,202) |
| 86 |  Senegal |
196,722 (75,955) |
| 87 |  Syria |
185,180 (71,500) |
| 88 |  Cambodia |
181,035 (69,898) |
| 89 |  Uruguay |
176,215 (68,037) |
| – |  Somaliland |
176,120 (68,000) |
| 90 |  Suriname |
163,820 (63,250) |
| 91 |  Tunisia |
163,610 (63,170) |
| 92 |  Bangladesh |
147,570 (56,980) |
| 93 |  Nepal |
147,181 (56,827) |
| 94 |  Tajikistan |
143,100 (55,300) |
| 95 |  Greece |
131,957 (50,949) |
| 96 |  Nicaragua |
130,373 (50,337) |
| 97 |  North Korea |
120,540 (46,540) |
| 98 |  Malawi |
118,484 (45,747) |
| 99 |  Eritrea |
117,600 (45,400) |
| 100 |  Benin |
114,763 (44,310) |
| 101 |  Honduras |
112,492 (43,433) |
| 102 |  Liberia |
111,369 (43,000) |
| 103 |  Bulgaria |
111,002 (42,858) |
| 104 |  Cuba |
109,884 (42,426) |
| 105 |  Guatemala |
108,889 (42,042) |
| 106 |  Iceland |
103,000 (40,000) |
| 107 |  South Korea |
100,210 (38,690) |
| 108 |  Hungary |
93,028 (35,918) |
| 109 |  Portugal |
92,090 (35,560) |
| 110 |  Jordan |
89,342 (34,495) |
| 111 |  Serbia |
88,361 (34,116) |
| 112 |  Azerbaijan |
86,600 (33,400) |
| 113 |  Austria |
83,871 (32,383) |
| 114 |  United Arab Emirates |
83,600 (32,300) |
| 115 |  Czech Republic |
78,865 (30,450) |
| 116 |  Panama |
75,417 (29,119) |
| 117 |  Sierra Leone |
71,740 (27,700) |
| 118 |  Ireland |
70,273 (27,133) |
| 119 |  Georgia |
69,700 (26,900) |
| 120 |  Sri Lanka |
65,610 (25,330) |
| 121 |  Lithuania |
65,300 (25,200) |
| 122 |  Latvia |
64,559 (24,926) |
| – | Svalbard (Norway) |
62,045 (23,956) |
| 123 |  Togo |
56,785 (21,925) |
| 124 |  Croatia |
56,594 (21,851) |
| 125 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
51,209 (19,772) |
| 126 |  Costa Rica |
51,100 (19,700) |
| 127 |  Slovakia |
49,037 (18,933) |
| 128 |  Dominican Republic |
48,671 (18,792) |
| 129 |  Estonia |
45,227 (17,462) |
| 130 | Denmark |
43,094 (16,639) |
| 131 |  Netherlands |
41,850 (16,160) |
| 132 |  Switzerland |
41,284 (15,940) |
| 133 |  Bhutan |
38,394 (14,824) |
| – |  Taiwan |
36,193 (13,974) |
| 134 |  Guinea-Bissau |
36,125 (13,948) |
| 135 |  Moldova |
33,846 (13,068) |
| 136 |  Belgium |
30,528 (11,787) |
| 137 |  Lesotho |
30,355 (11,720) |
| 138 |  Armenia |
29,743 (11,484) |
| 139 |  Solomon Islands |
28,896 (11,157) |
| 140 |  Albania |
28,748 (11,100) |
| 141 |  Equatorial Guinea |
28,051 (10,831) |
| 142 |  Burundi |
27,834 (10,747) |
| 143 |  Haiti |
27,750 (10,710) |
| 144 |  Rwanda |
26,338 (10,169) |
| 145 |  North Macedonia |
25,713 (9,928) |
| 146 |  Djibouti |
23,200 (9,000) |
| 147 |  Belize |
22,966 (8,867) |
| 148 |  El Salvador |
21,041 (8,124) |
| 149 |  Israel |
20,770 (8,020) |
| 150 |  Slovenia |
20,273 (7,827) |
| – |  New Caledonia (France) |
18,575 (7,172) |
| 151 |  Fiji |
18,272 (7,055) |
| 152 |  Kuwait |
17,818 (6,880) |
| 153 |  Eswatini |
17,364 (6,704) |
| 154 |  East Timor |
14,919 (5,760) |
| 155 |  The Bahamas |
13,943 (5,383) |
| 156 |  Montenegro |
13,812 (5,333) |
| 157 |  Vanuatu |
12,189 (4,706) |
| – |  Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) |
12,189 (4,706) |
| 158 |  Qatar |
11,586 (4,473) |
| – |  Artsakh |
11,458 (4,424) |
| 159 |  The Gambia |
11,295 (4,361) |
| 160 |  Jamaica |
10,991 (4,244) |
| – |  Kosovo |
10,887 (4,203) |
| 161 |  Lebanon |
10,452 (4,036) |
| 162 |  Cyprus |
9,251 (3,572) |
| – |  Puerto Rico (United States) |
9,104 (3,515) |
| – |  Abkhazia |
8,660 (3,340) |
| – |  French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France) |
7,747 (2,991) |
| – | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
6,959.41 (2,687.04) |
| – |  Palestine |
6,020 (2,320) |
| 163 |  Brunei |
5,765 (2,226) |
| 164 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
5,130 (1,980) |
| – |  French Polynesia (France) |
4,167 (1,609) |
| – |  Transnistria |
4,163 (1,607) |
| 165 |  Cape Verde |
4,033 (1,557) |
| – |  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) |
3,903 (1,507) |
| – |  South Ossetia |
3,900 (1,500) |
| – |  Northern Cyprus |
3,355 (1,295) |
| 166 |  Samoa |
2,842 (1,097) |
| – |  Hong Kong (China) |
3,355 (1,295) |
| 167 |  Luxembourg |
2,586 (998) |
| – | Bir Tawil (Terra nullius) | 2,060 (800) |
| 168 |  Mauritius |
2,040 (790) |
| 169 |  Comoros |
1,862 (719) |
| – |  Åland Islands (Finland) |
2,060 (800) |
| – |  Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
2,060 (800) |
| 170 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
964 (372) |
| – |  Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) |
948 (366) |
| 171 |  Kiribati |
811 (313) |
| 172 |  Bahrain |
778 (300) |
| 173 |  Dominica |
751 (290) |
| 174 |  Tonga |
747 (288) |
| 175 |  Singapore |
716 (276) |
| 176 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
702 (271) |
| 177 |  Saint Lucia |
606 (234) |
| – |  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) |
572 (221) |
| – |  Guam (United States) |
572 (221) |
| 178 |  Andorra |
468 (181) |
| – |  Northern Mariana Islands (United States) |
572 (221) |
| 179 |  Palau |
459 (177) |
| 180 |  Seychelles |
452 (175) |
| – |  Curaçao (Netherlands) |
444 (171) |
| 181 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
442 (171) |
| 182 |  Barbados |
430 (170) |
| – | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) |
412 (159) |
| 183 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
389 (150) |
| – | Jan Mayen (Norway) |
377 (146) |
| – |  United States Virgin Islands (United States) |
347 (134) |
| 184 |  Grenada |
344 (133) |
| 185 |  Malta |
316 (122) |
| – |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) |
308 (119) |
| 186 |  Maldives |
300 (120) |
| – |  Bonaire (Netherlands) |
308 (119) |
| 187 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
261 (101) |
| – |  Niue (New Zealand) |
260 (100) |
| – | Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom) |
253.8 (98.0) |
| – | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
242 (93) |
| – |  Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
236 (91) |
| – |  American Samoa (United States) |
199 (77) |
| 188 |  Marshall Islands |
181 (70) |
| – |  Aruba (Netherlands) |
180 (69) |
| 189 |  Liechtenstein |
160 (62) |
| – |  British Virgin Islands (United States) |
151 (58) |
| – | Wallis and Futuna (France) |
151 (58) |
| – |  Christmas Island (Australia) |
135 (52) |
| – |  Jersey (United Kingdom) |
116 (45) |
| – |  Montserrat (United Kingdom) |
102 (39) |
| – |  Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
116 (45) |
| – |  Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
116 (45) |
| 190 |  San Marino |
61 (24) |
| – |  British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) |
60 (23) |
| – | Saint Martin (France) |
54 (21) |
| – |  Bermuda (United Kingdom) |
60 (23) |
| – |  Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) |
47 (18) |
| – |  Norfolk Island (Australia) |
47 (18) |
| – |  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) |
34 (13) |
| – |  Macau (China) |
34 (13) |
| 191 |  Tuvalu |
26 (10) |
| 192 |  Nauru |
21 (8.1) |
| – | Saint Barthélemy (France) |
34 (13) |
| – |  Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) |
34 (13) |
| – |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) |
34 (13) |
| – |  Saba (Netherlands) |
13 (5.0) |
| – |  Tokelau (New Zealand) |
12 (4.6) |
| – |  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
12 (4.6) |
| – |  Clipperton (France) |
12 (4.6) |
| – | Spratly Islands (disputed) |
5 (1.9) |
| – | Coral Sea Islands (Australia) |
3 (1.2) |
| 193 |  Monaco |
2.02 (0.78) |
| 194 |  Vatican City |
0.44 (0.17) |
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