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 |