List of countries by area
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List of countries by area [change]
Here is a list of the countries of the world in order of size.
| Pos | Country | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 17,075,400 |
| 2 | Canada | 9,976,140 |
| 3 | United States of America | 9,826,675 |
| American Samoa | 199 | |
| Baker Island | 1 | |
| Guam | 549 | |
| Howland Island | 1 | |
| Jarvis Island | 4 | |
| Johnston Atoll | 3 | |
| Kingman Reef | 1 | |
| Midway Atoll | 6 | |
| Navassa Island | 5 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 477 | |
| Palmyra Atoll | 12 | |
| United States Virgin Islands | 352 | |
| Wake Island | 6 | |
| Alaska | 1,570,507 | |
| Hawaii | 40,628 | |
| 4 | People's Republic of China | 9,596,961 |
| Hong Kong | 1,092 | |
| Macau | 25 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 8,547,906 |
| 6 | Australia | 7,741,220 |
| 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 | |
| 7 | India | 3,287,590 |
| 8 | Congo-Zaire | 3,079,841 |
| 9 | Argentina | 2,766,890 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 2,727,300 |
| 11 | Algeria | 2,381,740 |
| 12 | Denmark | 43,094 |
| Faroe Islands | 1,399 | |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 | |
| Total | 2,210,579 | |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 |
| 14 | Mexico | 1,972,550 |
| 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 | Republic of South Africa (RSA) | 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 | 948,087 |
| 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 | 678,500 |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 647,500 |
| 42 | Somalia | 637,657 |
| 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 | |
| Réunion | 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 |
| Ceuta | 21 | |
| Melilla | 12.5 | |
| Total | 504,815.5 | |
| 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 | Finland | 337,030 |
| 63 | Malaysia | 329,750 |
| 64 | Vietnam | 329,560 |
| 65 | Norway | 324,220 |
| Bouvet Island | 58 | |
| Jan Mayen | 373 | |
| Svalbard | 62,049 | |
| Total | 386,700 | |
| 66 | Côte d'Ivoire | 322,460 |
| 67 | Poland | 312,685 |
| 68 | Oman | 309,500 |
| 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 | 244,110 |
| England | 130,439 | |
| Scotland | 78,783 | |
| Wales | 20,768 | |
| Northern Ireland | 14,120 | |
| 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 | |
| St. Helena | 410 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 3,903 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 430 | |
| Total | 266,480 | |
| 77 | Ghana | 238,540 |
| 78 | Romania | 237,500 |
| 79 | Laos | 236,800 |
| 80 | Uganda | 236,040 |
| 81 | Guyana | 214,970 |
| 82 | Belarus | 207,600 |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 198,500 |
| 84 | Sénégal | 196,190 |
| 85 | Syria | 185,180 |
| 86 | Cambodia | 181,040 |
| 87 | Uruguay | 176,220 |
| 88 | Tunisia | 163,610 |
| 89 | Suriname | 163,270 |
| 90 | Nepal | 147,181 |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 144,000 |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 143,100 |
| 93 | Greece | 131,940 |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 129,494 |
| 95 | Rwanda | 126,338 |
| 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 | Cuba | 100,860 |
| 106 | South Korea | 98,480 |
| 107 | Hungary | 93,030 |
| 108 | Portugal | 88,941 |
| Azores Islands | 2,247 | |
| Madeira Islands | 794 | |
| Total | 91,982 | |
| 109 | Jordan | 92,300 |
| 110 | Serbia | 88,361 |
| 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 |
| 118 | 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 | Netherlands | 41,526 |
| Aruba | 193 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 960 | |
| Total | 42,679 | |
| 131 | Switzerland | 41,210 |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 |
| 133 | Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu) | 35,980 |
| 134 | Moldova | 33,843 |
| 135 | Belgium | 32,545 |
| 136 | Lesotho | 30,355 |
| 137 | Armenia | 29,800 |
| 138 | Albania | 28,748 |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 28,450 |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 |
| 141 | Burundi | 27,830 |
| 142 | Haiti | 27,750 |
| 143 | Israel | 26,990 |
| 144 | Republic of Macedonia | 25,333 |
| 145 | Belize | 22,966 |
| 146 | Djibouti | 22,000 |
| 147 | El Salvador | 21,040 |
| 148 | Slovenia | 20,253 |
| 149 | Fiji | 18,270 |
| 150 | Kuwait | 17,820 |
| 151 | Swaziland | 17,363 |
| 152 | East Timor | 14,874 |
| 153 | Bahamas | 13,940 |
| 154 | Montenegro | 13,812 |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 12,200 |
| 156 | Qatar | 11,437 |
| 157 | The Gambia | 11,300 |
| 158 | Jamaica | 10,990 |
| 159 | Lebanon | 10,452 |
| 160 | Cyprus | 9,250 |
| 161 | Brunei | 5,770 |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 4,033 |
| 164 | Samoa | 2,860 |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 2,586 |
| 166 | Comoros | 2,170 |
| 167 | Mauritius | 1,860 |
| 168 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,001 |
| 169 | Dominica | 754 |
| 170 | Tonga | 748 |
| 171 | Kiribati | 717 |
| 172 | Micronesia | 702 |
| 173 | Singapore | 692.7 |
| 174 | Bahrain | 665 |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 620 |
| 176 | Seychelles | 455 |
| 177 | Andorra | 468 |
| 178 | Palau | 458 |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 442 |
| 180 | Barbados | 430 |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 |
| 182 | Grenada | 340 |
| 183 | Malta | 316 |
| 184 | Maldives | 300 |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 181 |
| 187 | Liechtenstein | 160 |
| 188 | San Marino | 61.2 |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 26 |
| 190 | Nauru | 21 |
| 191 | Monaco | 1.95 |
| 192 | Vatican City | 0.44 |
List of major geographic bodies, all ordered according to area [change]
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 | People's Republic of China | 10,826,477 |
| 10 | Canada | 9,976,140 |
| 11 | United States | 9,629,091 |
| 12 | Brazil | 8,511,965 |
| 13 | Australia | 7,686,850 |
| 14 | Republic of 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 10,452 |
| 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 | Réunion | 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 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 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 Atoll | 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 |