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Largest countries by land area [list of ranked by size]

Updated on by Georank team

Below is a list of 197 countries ranked by land area from largest to smallest. Surface area (total size) also includes inland and coastal water in addition to the land area.

Land area rank Country Land area, mi² Surface area, mi² Surface area rank World landmass Population
1 Russia 6,323,145 6,592,849 1 11% 144M
2 China 3,624,808 3,705,407 4 6.3% 1.41B
3 United States 3,531,839 3,794,100 3 6.14% 340M
4 Canada 3,393,336 3,855,103 2 5.9% 41.3M
5 Brazil 3,227,096 3,287,956 5 5.61% 212M
6 Australia 2,969,906 2,969,907 6 5.16% 27.2M
7 India 1,147,955 1,269,219 7 2% 1.45B
8 Argentina 1,056,642 1,073,518 8 1.84% 45.7M
9 Kazakhstan 1,042,360 1,052,090 9 1.81% 20.6M
10 Algeria 919,595 919,595 10 1.6% 46.8M
11 DR Congo 875,313 905,355 11 1.52% 109M
12 Saudi Arabia 830,000 868,730 12 1.44% 35.3M
13 Mexico 750,563 761,606 13 1.31% 131M
14 Indonesia 730,720 735,359 14 1.27% 283M
15 Sudan 721,239 710,693 15 1.25% 50.4M
16 Libya 679,362 679,363 16 1.18% 7.38M
17 Iran 626,451 636,372 17 1.09% 91.6M
18 Mongolia 601,740 603,909 18 1.05% 3.52M
19 Peru 494,211 496,225 19 0.86% 34.2M
20 Niger 489,076 489,191 21 0.85% 27M
21 Chad 486,180 495,755 20 0.85% 20.3M
22 Angola 481,354 481,354 22 0.84% 37.9M
23 Mali 471,118 478,841 23 0.82% 24.5M
24 South Africa 468,377 471,445 24 0.81% 64M
25 Ethiopia 435,716 426,373 26 0.76% 132M
26 Colombia 428,380 440,831 25 0.74% 52.9M
27 Bolivia 418,264 424,164 27 0.73% 12.4M
28 Mauritania 397,955 397,955 28 0.69% 5.17M
29 Egypt 384,345 390,121 29 0.67% 117M
30 Nigeria 351,650 356,669 31 0.61% 233M
31 Tanzania 342,009 365,756 30 0.59% 68.6M
32 Venezuela 340,561 352,144 32 0.59% 28.4M
33 Namibia 317,874 318,772 34 0.55% 3.03M
34 Mozambique 303,623 309,496 35 0.53% 34.6M
35 Pakistan 297,638 340,509 33 0.52% 251M
36 Turkey 297,156 302,535 36 0.52% 85.5M
37 Zambia 287,024 290,587 38 0.5% 21.3M
38 Chile 286,809 291,933 37 0.5% 19.8M
39 Myanmar 251,997 261,228 39 0.44% 54.5M
40 Afghanistan 251,827 251,827 40 0.44% 42.6M
41 South Sudan 243,990 248,777 41 0.42% 11.9M
42 Somalia 242,217 246,201 43 0.42% 19M
43 CAR 240,534 240,535 44 0.42% 5.33M
44 Madagascar 224,634 226,756 46 0.39% 32M
45 Kenya 224,278 224,445 48 0.39% 56.4M
46 Ukraine 223,708 233,032 45 0.39% 37.9M
47 Botswana 218,816 224,610 47 0.38% 2.52M
48 France 208,090 248,573 42 0.36% 68.5M
49 Yemen 203,850 214,287 49 0.35% 40.6M
50 Thailand 197,256 198,117 50 0.34% 71.7M
51 Spain 192,934 195,364 51 0.34% 48.8M
52 Cameroon 182,514 183,569 53 0.32% 29.1M
53 Turkmenistan 181,441 189,657 52 0.32% 7.49M
54 Papua New Guinea 174,850 178,704 54 0.3% 10.6M
55 Morocco 172,317 172,414 57 0.3% 38.1M
56 Uzbekistan 170,136 173,351 55 0.3% 36.4M
57 Iraq 167,619 168,754 58 0.29% 46M
58 Sweden 157,248 172,752 56 0.27% 10.6M
59 Paraguay 152,901 157,049 59 0.27% 6.93M
60 Zimbabwe 149,364 150,872 60 0.26% 16.6M
61 Japan 140,761 145,936 62 0.24% 124M
62 Norway 140,645 148,729 61 0.24% 5.57M
63 Germany 134,916 138,065 63 0.23% 83.5M
64 Congo 131,854 132,047 65 0.23% 6.33M
65 Malaysia 126,854 127,724 68 0.22% 35.6M
66 Ivory Coast 122,780 124,504 69 0.21% 31.9M
67 Vietnam 121,016 128,066 67 0.21% 101M
68 Oman 119,499 119,499 71 0.21% 5.28M
69 Poland 118,252 120,728 70 0.21% 36.6M
70 Finland 117,360 130,687 66 0.2% 5.64M
71 Philippines 115,124 132,606 64 0.2% 116M
72 Italy 114,178 116,629 72 0.2% 59M
73 Burkina Faso 105,638 105,869 73 0.18% 23.5M
74 New Zealand 101,665 103,483 74 0.18% 5.34M
75 Gabon 99,487 103,347 75 0.17% 2.54M
76 Ecuador 95,892 99,307 76 0.17% 18.1M
77 Guinea 94,873 94,926 77 0.16% 14.8M
78 United Kingdom 93,410 93,628 78 0.16% 69.2M
79 Laos 89,112 91,429 82 0.15% 7.77M
80 Romania 88,834 92,046 81 0.15% 19.1M
81 Ghana 87,851 92,099 80 0.15% 34.4M
82 Guyana 81,522 83,000 83 0.14% 831K
83 Belarus 78,372 80,153 84 0.14% 9.13M
84 Uganda 77,421 93,065 79 0.13% 50M
85 Senegal 74,336 75,955 86 0.13% 18.5M
86 Kyrgyzstan 74,054 77,202 85 0.13% 7.22M
87 Syria 70,900 71,498 87 0.12% 24.7M
88 Cambodia 68,155 69,898 88 0.12% 17.6M
89 Uruguay 67,576 68,037 89 0.12% 3.39M
90 Suriname 61,972 63,039 91 0.11% 634K
91 Tunisia 59,985 63,170 90 0.1% 12.3M
92 Nepal 55,348 56,827 93 0.1% 29.7M
93 Tajikistan 53,587 55,251 94 0.09% 10.6M
94 Bangladesh 50,186 56,977 92 0.09% 174M
95 Greece 49,769 50,949 95 0.09% 10.4M
96 Eritrea 46,787 45,406 99 0.08% 3.54M
97 North Korea 46,491 46,541 96 0.08% 26.5M
98 Nicaragua 46,464 46,464 97 0.08% 6.92M
99 Benin 43,537 44,310 100 0.08% 14.5M
100 Honduras 43,201 43,433 101 0.08% 10.8M
101 Bulgaria 41,915 42,855 103 0.07% 6.44M
102 Guatemala 41,375 42,042 105 0.07% 18.4M
103 Cuba 40,077 42,426 104 0.07% 11M
104 Iceland 38,931 39,770 106 0.07% 405K
105 South Korea 37,684 38,724 107 0.07% 51.8M
106 Liberia 37,189 43,000 102 0.06% 5.61M
107 Malawi 36,402 45,747 98 0.06% 21.7M
108 Portugal 35,369 35,608 109 0.06% 10.7M
109 Hungary 35,236 35,912 108 0.06% 9.56M
110 Jordan 34,284 34,495 110 0.06% 11.6M
111 Serbia 32,467 34,170 111 0.06% 6.59M
112 Azerbaijan 31,911 33,436 112 0.06% 10.2M
113 Austria 31,861 32,386 113 0.06% 9.18M
114 Czech Republic 29,794 30,450 115 0.05% 10.9M
115 Panama 28,641 28,640 116 0.05% 4.52M
116 Sierra Leone 27,869 27,699 117 0.05% 8.64M
117 UAE 27,421 32,278 114 0.05% 10.9M
118 Georgia 26,830 26,911 119 0.05% 3.67M
119 Ireland 26,599 26,949 118 0.05% 5.38M
120 Lithuania 24,170 25,212 121 0.04% 2.89M
121 Latvia 24,027 24,940 122 0.04% 1.86M
122 Sri Lanka 23,884 25,332 120 0.04% 21.9M
123 Croatia 21,606 21,851 124 0.04% 3.87M
124 Togo 21,000 21,925 123 0.04% 9.52M
125 Bosnia 19,768 19,767 125 0.03% 3.16M
126 Costa Rica 19,714 19,761 126 0.03% 5.13M
127 Dominican Republic 18,609 18,792 128 0.03% 11.4M
128 Slovakia 18,564 18,932 127 0.03% 5.42M
129 Estonia 16,498 17,504 129 0.03% 1.37M
130 Denmark 15,444 16,574 130 0.03% 5.98M
131 Switzerland 15,255 15,940 131 0.03% 9.03M
132 Bhutan 14,726 14,824 132 0.03% 792K
133 Taiwan 13,976 13,974 134 0.02% 23.4M
134 Netherlands 13,000 14,432 133 0.02% 18M
135 Moldova 12,714 13,067 136 0.02% 2.39M
136 Belgium 11,774 11,849 137 0.02% 11.9M
137 Lesotho 11,722 11,720 138 0.02% 2.34M
138 Armenia 10,888 11,484 139 0.02% 3.03M
139 Guinea-Bissau 10,857 13,948 135 0.02% 2.2M
140 Equatorial Guinea 10,830 10,831 142 0.02% 1.89M
141 Solomon Islands 10,807 10,965 141 0.02% 819K
142 Haiti 10,641 10,714 144 0.02% 11.8M
143 Albania 10,579 11,100 140 0.02% 2.71M
144 Burundi 9,915 10,747 143 0.02% 14M
145 North Macedonia 9,737 9,928 146 0.02% 1.79M
146 Rwanda 9,525 10,169 145 0.02% 14.3M
147 Djibouti 8,950 8,958 147 0.02% 1.17M
148 Belize 8,807 8,867 148 0.02% 417K
149 Israel 8,355 8,019 150 0.01% 9.97M
150 El Salvador 8,000 8,124 149 0.01% 6.34M
151 Slovenia 7,774 7,827 151 0.01% 2.13M
152 Fiji 7,054 7,056 152 0.01% 929K
153 Kuwait 6,880 6,880 153 0.01% 4.97M
154 Eswatini 6,641 6,704 154 0.01% 1.24M
155 East Timor 5,741 5,760 155 0.01% 1.4M
156 Montenegro 5,193 5,360 156 0.009% 624K
157 Vanuatu 4,707 4,707 158 0.008% 328K
158 Qatar 4,436 4,416 159 0.008% 2.86M
159 Jamaica 4,181 4,244 161 0.007% 2.84M
160 Lebanon 3,950 4,036 162 0.007% 5.81M
161 Gambia 3,907 4,363 160 0.007% 2.76M
162 Bahamas 3,865 5,358 157 0.007% 401K
163 Cyprus 3,568 3,569 163 0.006% 1.36M
164 Palestine 2,326 2,324 164 0.004% 5.29M
165 Brunei 2,035 2,226 165 0.004% 463K
166 Trinidad 1,981 1,980 166 0.003% 1.37M
167 Cape Verde 1,556 1,557 167 0.003% 525K
168 Samoa 1,073 1,097 168 0.002% 218K
169 Luxembourg 994 999 169 0.002% 678K
170 Mauritius 771 788 170 0.001% 1.26M
171 Comoros 719 785 171 0.001% 867K
172 Sao Tome 371 386 172 0.0006% 236K
173 Kiribati 313 313 173 0.0005% 135K
174 Bahrain 309 304 174 0.0005% 1.59M
175 Dominica 289.6 290 175 0.0005% 66.2K
176 Tonga 278 289 176 0.0005% 104K
177 Singapore 277.2 277.6 177 0.0005% 6.04M
178 Saint Lucia 235.5 238.2 178 0.0004% 180K
179 Andorra 181.5 180.7 179 0.0003% 81.9K
180 Palau 177.6 179.7 180 0.0003% 17.7K
181 Seychelles 177.6 177.2 181 0.0003% 121K
182 Curacao 171.4 171.4 182 0.0003% 156K
183 Antigua 169.9 170 183 0.0003% 93.8K
184 Barbados 166 169.5 184 0.0003% 282K
185 Saint Vincent 150.6 150.2 185 0.0003% 101K
186 Grenada 131.3 134.6 186 0.0002% 117K
187 Malta 123.6 122 187 0.0002% 574K
188 Maldives 115.1 115.1 188 0.0002% 528K
189 Saint Kitts 100.4 104 189 0.0002% 46.8K
190 Cayman Islands 92.7 101.9 190 0.0002% 74.5K
191 Marshall Islands 69.5 70.1 191 0.0001% 37.5K
192 Liechtenstein 61.8 61.8 192 0.0001% 40.2K
193 San Marino 23.2 23.6 193 0.00004% 34K
194 Tuvalu 11.6 9.71 194 0.00002% 9.65K
195 Nauru 7.72 8.11 195 0.00001% 11.9K
196 Monaco 0.8 0.8 196 0.000001% 38.6K
197 Vatican 0.17 0.19 197 0.0000003% 1K

Size of 197 UN-recognized countries on the map

Two-dimensional maps are not accurate for size comparison because they use Mercator projection that magnifies areas farther from the equator and closer to the poles. The map below shows accurate country areas on hover, but visual borders don't represent true size.

Land area in square miles

Land area

This animation shows how visual area representation on a standard 2D map differs from the real-size projection.

animation of Mercator projection vs real size of countries

Jakub Nowosad CC-4

The picture below showcases the real size projection of the top 8 word's largest countries.

Russia is the largest country in the World by both land area of 6,323,145 sq mi (11% of the landmass under all countries) and surface area of 6,592,849 sq mi.

The second largest by land area is China, but by total size it's only the 4th, behind Canada and the United States.

Dedicated area comparison pages:

true size projection of top 8 countries

Regions of the world by size

# Rank Region Land area, mi² World's landmass World's agricultural Population
1 Asia 12,010,069 20.9% 34.5% 4.79B
2 Africa 11,453,425 19.9% 24.4% 1.51B
3 Europe 8,544,089 14.9% 9.53% 742M
4 Latin America 7,739,454 13.5% 13.8% 659M
5 North America 6,925,244 12% 9.98% 381M
6 Oceania 3,270,849 5.69% 7.83% 45.7M

World surface areas by type

Earth surface area 196,939,900 sq mi
Earth water area 139,433,845 sq mi
Water as share of surface 70.8%
Earth land area 57,506,055 sq mi
Land as share of surface 29.2%
Land area occupied by 197 UN recognized countries 49,943,129 sq mi
Share of landmass occupied by countries 86.8%
Forest area 15,597,905 sq mi
Forest area as share of land 27.1%
Agricultural land area 18,428,893 sq mi
Agricultural land share 32%
Population
8266870341
Population density 141.6 ppl per sq mi

Largest countries by population

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Comparing 197 Countries: World Trends