List of 197 countries by land area: largest to smallest

Below is a list of 197 countries ranked by land area from largest to smallest. Total size (surface area) also includes inland and coastal water in addition to 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%	342M
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%	68.6M
49	Yemen	203,850	175,871	54	0.35%	40.6M
50	Thailand	197,256	198,117	49	0.34%	71.7M
51	Spain	192,934	195,364	50	0.34%	48.8M
52	Cameroon	182,514	183,569	52	0.32%	29.1M
53	Turkmenistan	181,441	189,657	51	0.32%	7.49M
54	Papua New Guinea	174,850	178,704	53	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%	5.62M
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%	5.29M
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	80,154	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%	387K
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	30,452	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%	11M
118	Georgia	26,830	26,911	119	0.05%	3.7M
119	Ireland	26,599	26,949	118	0.05%	5.4M
120	Lithuania	24,170	25,212	121	0.04%	2.89M
121	Latvia	24,027	24,940	122	0.04%	1.87M
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	15,943	131	0.03%	9.01M
132	Bhutan	14,726	14,824	132	0.03%	792K
133	Taiwan	13,976	13,974	134	0.02%	23.3M
134	Netherlands	13,000	14,432	133	0.02%	18M
135	Moldova	12,714	13,067	136	0.02%	2.4M
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%	2.38M
144	Burundi	9,915	10,747	143	0.02%	14M
145	North Macedonia	9,737	9,928	146	0.02%	1.82M
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%	4.9M
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%	677K
170	Mauritius	771	788	170	0.001%	1.25M
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%	569K
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%	40.4K
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

Country true size comparison map

The Mercator projection, used by most two-dimensional maps, distorts country sizes, making those near the poles appear much larger than they are.

The map above accounts for this distortion, showing countries at their true relative size. Search for countries and drag them to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection would distort their appearance.

Size of 197 UN-recognized countries on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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

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

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The picture below shows the real size projection of the top 8 world's largest countries.

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

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

Dedicated area comparison pages:

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%	45.6M

World surface area 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	8288123488
Population density	144 ppl per sq mi