The United States' land area is 3,531,839 sq mi, and the total size is 3,794,100 sq mi, with inland water included. The United States is ranked 3/197 by total surface area.
- Occupies 6.14% of the land mass of all countries.
- 46.1% of territory is agricultural land.
- The US has 8.83% of the world's agricultural land area.
- 33.9% of area is covered by forests.
- Has 7.67% of the world's forests.
The United States total size and land area
United States
|
Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Total surface area |
3,794,100 sq mi |
3/197 |
| Share all of all countries' surface area | 1.93% | N/A |
| Land area |
3,531,839 sq mi |
3/197 |
| Share of all countries' land area | 6.14% | N/A |
| Population | 340,110,988 | 3/197 |
| Population density | 96.3 ppl/mi² | 149/197 |
Area of the United States territories by type
|
United States
|
Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Forest area |
1,196,125 sq mi |
4/196 |
| Forest area as share of land | 33.9% | 89/196 |
| World's forests share | 7.67% | N/A |
Agricultural land
|
1,627,576 sq mi |
2/194 |
| Agricultural land share | 46.1% | 71/194 |
| Share of global agricultural land | 8.83% | N/A |
|
Arable land
|
585,190 sq mi |
2/191 |
| Arable land share | 16.6% | 61/191 |
|
Permanent cropland
|
12,242 sq mi |
14/192 |
| Permanent cropland share | 0.35% | 148/192 |
|
Water area
|
262,262 sq mi |
3/197 |
| Water as share of total area | 6.91% | 22/197 |
| Roads length |
4,092,730 mi |
2/175 |
| Borders length |
7,458 mi |
6/197 |
| Coastline length |
12,380 mi |
8/197 |
| Share of marine protected waters | 19% | 27/155 |
Size rank: if US states were countries
If US states were countries, Alaska would be the 19th biggest country by land area size. Texas would be 40th (bigger than Norway, Germany, Finland, or Italy), and California — 61st (bigger than New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Iceland, or South Korea).
The table below ranks US states by land area in one mix with countries.
| # | State | Land area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Russia
|
6,323,145 sq mi |
| 2 |
China
|
3,624,808 sq mi |
| 3 |
United States
|
3,531,839 sq mi |
| 4 |
Canada
|
3,393,336 sq mi |
| 5 |
Brazil
|
3,227,096 sq mi |
| 6 |
Australia
|
2,969,906 sq mi |
| 7 |
India
|
1,147,955 sq mi |
| 8 |
Argentina
|
1,056,642 sq mi |
| 9 |
Kazakhstan
|
1,042,360 sq mi |
| 10 |
Algeria
|
919,595 sq mi |
| 11 |
DR Congo
|
875,313 sq mi |
| 12 |
Saudi Arabia
|
830,000 sq mi |
| 13 |
Mexico
|
750,563 sq mi |
| 14 |
Indonesia
|
730,720 sq mi |
| 15 |
Sudan
|
721,239 sq mi |
| 16 |
Libya
|
679,362 sq mi |
| 17 |
Iran
|
626,451 sq mi |
| 18 |
Mongolia
|
601,740 sq mi |
| * | Alaska | 570,641 sq mi |
| 19 |
Peru
|
494,211 sq mi |
| 20 |
Niger
|
489,076 sq mi |
| 21 |
Chad
|
486,180 sq mi |
| 22 |
Angola
|
481,354 sq mi |
| 23 |
Mali
|
471,118 sq mi |
| 24 |
South Africa
|
468,377 sq mi |
| 25 |
Ethiopia
|
435,716 sq mi |
| 26 |
Colombia
|
428,380 sq mi |
| 27 |
Bolivia
|
418,264 sq mi |
| 28 |
Mauritania
|
397,955 sq mi |
| 29 |
Egypt
|
384,345 sq mi |
| 30 |
Nigeria
|
351,650 sq mi |
| 31 |
Tanzania
|
342,009 sq mi |
| 32 |
Venezuela
|
340,561 sq mi |
| 33 |
Namibia
|
317,874 sq mi |
| 34 |
Mozambique
|
303,623 sq mi |
| 35 |
Pakistan
|
297,638 sq mi |
| 36 |
Turkey
|
297,156 sq mi |
| 37 |
Zambia
|
287,024 sq mi |
| 38 |
Chile
|
286,809 sq mi |
| * | Texas | 261,232 sq mi |
| 39 |
Myanmar
|
251,997 sq mi |
| 40 |
Afghanistan
|
251,827 sq mi |
| 41 |
South Sudan
|
243,990 sq mi |
| 42 |
Somalia
|
242,217 sq mi |
| 43 |
CAR
|
240,534 sq mi |
| 44 |
Madagascar
|
224,634 sq mi |
| 45 |
Kenya
|
224,278 sq mi |
| 46 |
Ukraine
|
223,708 sq mi |
| 47 |
Botswana
|
218,816 sq mi |
| 48 |
France
|
208,090 sq mi |
| 49 |
Yemen
|
203,850 sq mi |
| 50 |
Thailand
|
197,256 sq mi |
| 51 |
Spain
|
192,934 sq mi |
| 52 |
Cameroon
|
182,514 sq mi |
| 53 |
Turkmenistan
|
181,441 sq mi |
| 54 |
Papua New Guinea
|
174,850 sq mi |
| 55 |
Morocco
|
172,317 sq mi |
| 56 |
Uzbekistan
|
170,136 sq mi |
| 57 |
Iraq
|
167,619 sq mi |
| 58 |
Sweden
|
157,248 sq mi |
| * | California | 155,779 sq mi |
| 59 |
Paraguay
|
152,901 sq mi |
| 60 |
Zimbabwe
|
149,364 sq mi |
| * | Montana | 145,546 sq mi |
| 61 |
Japan
|
140,761 sq mi |
| 62 |
Norway
|
140,645 sq mi |
| 63 |
Germany
|
134,916 sq mi |
| 64 |
Congo
|
131,854 sq mi |
| 65 |
Malaysia
|
126,854 sq mi |
| 66 |
Ivory Coast
|
122,780 sq mi |
| * | New Mexico | 121,298 sq mi |
| 67 |
Vietnam
|
121,016 sq mi |
| 68 |
Oman
|
119,499 sq mi |
| 69 |
Poland
|
118,252 sq mi |
| 70 |
Finland
|
117,360 sq mi |
| 71 |
Philippines
|
115,124 sq mi |
| 72 |
Italy
|
114,178 sq mi |
| * | Arizona | 113,594 sq mi |
| * | Nevada | 109,781 sq mi |
| 73 |
Burkina Faso
|
105,638 sq mi |
| * | Colorado | 103,642 sq mi |
| 74 |
New Zealand
|
101,665 sq mi |
| 75 |
Gabon
|
99,487 sq mi |
| * | Wyoming | 97,093 sq mi |
| * | Oregon | 95,988 sq mi |
| 76 |
Ecuador
|
95,892 sq mi |
| 77 |
Guinea
|
94,873 sq mi |
| 78 |
United Kingdom
|
93,410 sq mi |
| 79 |
Laos
|
89,112 sq mi |
| 80 |
Romania
|
88,834 sq mi |
| 81 |
Ghana
|
87,851 sq mi |
| * | Idaho | 82,643 sq mi |
| * | Utah | 82,169 sq mi |
| * | Kansas | 81,759 sq mi |
| 82 |
Guyana
|
81,522 sq mi |
| * | Minnesota | 79,627 sq mi |
| 83 |
Belarus
|
78,372 sq mi |
| 84 |
Uganda
|
77,421 sq mi |
| * | Nebraska | 76,824 sq mi |
| * | South Dakota | 75,811 sq mi |
| 85 |
Senegal
|
74,336 sq mi |
| 86 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
74,054 sq mi |
| 87 |
Syria
|
70,900 sq mi |
| * | North Dakota | 69,001 sq mi |
| * | Missouri | 68,742 sq mi |
| * | Oklahoma | 68,595 sq mi |
| 88 |
Cambodia
|
68,155 sq mi |
| 89 |
Uruguay
|
67,576 sq mi |
| * | Washington | 66,456 sq mi |
| 90 |
Suriname
|
61,972 sq mi |
| 91 |
Tunisia
|
59,985 sq mi |
| * | Georgia | 57,513 sq mi |
| * | Michigan | 56,539 sq mi |
| * | Iowa | 55,857 sq mi |
| * | Illinois | 55,519 sq mi |
| 92 |
Nepal
|
55,348 sq mi |
| * | Wisconsin | 54,158 sq mi |
| * | Florida | 53,625 sq mi |
| 93 |
Tajikistan
|
53,587 sq mi |
| * | Arkansas | 52,035 sq mi |
| * | Alabama | 50,645 sq mi |
| 94 |
Bangladesh
|
50,186 sq mi |
| 95 |
Greece
|
49,769 sq mi |
| * | North Carolina | 48,618 sq mi |
| * | New York | 47,126 sq mi |
| * | Mississippi | 46,923 sq mi |
| 96 |
Eritrea
|
46,787 sq mi |
| 97 |
North Korea
|
46,491 sq mi |
| 98 |
Nicaragua
|
46,464 sq mi |
| * | Pennsylvania | 44,743 sq mi |
| 99 |
Benin
|
43,537 sq mi |
| * | Louisiana | 43,204 sq mi |
| 100 |
Honduras
|
43,201 sq mi |
| 101 |
Bulgaria
|
41,915 sq mi |
| 102 |
Guatemala
|
41,375 sq mi |
| * | Tennessee | 41,235 sq mi |
| * | Ohio | 40,861 sq mi |
| 103 |
Cuba
|
40,077 sq mi |
| * | Virginia | 39,490 sq mi |
| * | Kentucky | 39,486 sq mi |
| 104 |
Iceland
|
38,931 sq mi |
| 105 |
South Korea
|
37,684 sq mi |
| 106 |
Liberia
|
37,189 sq mi |
| 107 |
Malawi
|
36,402 sq mi |
| * | Indiana | 35,826 sq mi |
| 108 |
Portugal
|
35,369 sq mi |
| 109 |
Hungary
|
35,236 sq mi |
| 110 |
Jordan
|
34,284 sq mi |
| 111 |
Serbia
|
32,467 sq mi |
| 112 |
Azerbaijan
|
31,911 sq mi |
| 113 |
Austria
|
31,861 sq mi |
| * | Maine | 30,843 sq mi |
| * | South Carolina | 30,061 sq mi |
| 114 |
Czech Republic
|
29,794 sq mi |
| 115 |
Panama
|
28,641 sq mi |
| 116 |
Sierra Leone
|
27,869 sq mi |
| 117 |
UAE
|
27,421 sq mi |
| 118 |
Georgia
|
26,830 sq mi |
| 119 |
Ireland
|
26,599 sq mi |
| 120 |
Lithuania
|
24,170 sq mi |
| * | West Virginia | 24,038 sq mi |
| 121 |
Latvia
|
24,027 sq mi |
| 122 |
Sri Lanka
|
23,884 sq mi |
| 123 |
Croatia
|
21,606 sq mi |
| 124 |
Togo
|
21,000 sq mi |
| 125 |
Bosnia
|
19,768 sq mi |
| 126 |
Costa Rica
|
19,714 sq mi |
| 127 |
Dominican Republic
|
18,609 sq mi |
| 128 |
Slovakia
|
18,564 sq mi |
| 129 |
Estonia
|
16,498 sq mi |
| 130 |
Denmark
|
15,444 sq mi |
| 131 |
Switzerland
|
15,255 sq mi |
| 132 |
Bhutan
|
14,726 sq mi |
| 133 |
Taiwan
|
13,976 sq mi |
| 134 |
Netherlands
|
13,000 sq mi |
| 135 |
Moldova
|
12,714 sq mi |
| 136 |
Belgium
|
11,774 sq mi |
| 137 |
Lesotho
|
11,722 sq mi |
| 138 |
Armenia
|
10,888 sq mi |
| 139 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
10,857 sq mi |
| 140 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
10,830 sq mi |
| 141 |
Solomon Islands
|
10,807 sq mi |
| 142 |
Haiti
|
10,641 sq mi |
| 143 |
Albania
|
10,579 sq mi |
| 144 |
Burundi
|
9,915 sq mi |
| 145 |
North Macedonia
|
9,737 sq mi |
| * | Maryland | 9,707 sq mi |
| 146 |
Rwanda
|
9,525 sq mi |
| * | Vermont | 9,217 sq mi |
| * | New Hampshire | 8,953 sq mi |
| 147 |
Djibouti
|
8,950 sq mi |
| 148 |
Belize
|
8,807 sq mi |
| 149 |
Israel
|
8,355 sq mi |
| 150 |
El Salvador
|
8,000 sq mi |
| * | Massachusetts | 7,800 sq mi |
| 151 |
Slovenia
|
7,774 sq mi |
| * | New Jersey | 7,354 sq mi |
| 152 |
Fiji
|
7,054 sq mi |
| 153 |
Kuwait
|
6,880 sq mi |
| 154 |
Eswatini
|
6,641 sq mi |
| * | Hawaii | 6,423 sq mi |
| 155 |
East Timor
|
5,741 sq mi |
| 156 |
Montenegro
|
5,193 sq mi |
| * | Connecticut | 4,842 sq mi |
| 157 |
Vanuatu
|
4,707 sq mi |
| 158 |
Qatar
|
4,436 sq mi |
| 159 |
Jamaica
|
4,181 sq mi |
| 160 |
Lebanon
|
3,950 sq mi |
| 161 |
Gambia
|
3,907 sq mi |
| 162 |
Bahamas
|
3,865 sq mi |
| 163 |
Cyprus
|
3,568 sq mi |
| * | Puerto Rico | 3,459 sq mi |
| 164 |
Palestine
|
2,326 sq mi |
| 165 |
Brunei
|
2,035 sq mi |
| 166 |
Trinidad
|
1,981 sq mi |
| * | Delaware | 1,949 sq mi |
| 167 |
Cape Verde
|
1,556 sq mi |
| 168 |
Samoa
|
1,073 sq mi |
| * | Rhode Island | 1,045 sq mi |
| 169 |
Luxembourg
|
994 sq mi |
| 170 |
Mauritius
|
771 sq mi |
| 171 |
Comoros
|
719 sq mi |
| 172 |
Sao Tome
|
371 sq mi |
| 173 |
Kiribati
|
313 sq mi |
| 174 |
Bahrain
|
309 sq mi |
| 175 |
Dominica
|
289.6 sq mi |
| 176 |
Tonga
|
278 sq mi |
| 177 |
Singapore
|
277.2 sq mi |
| 178 |
Saint Lucia
|
235.5 sq mi |
| * | Guam | 209.7 sq mi |
| 179 |
Andorra
|
181.5 sq mi |
| * | Northern Mariana Islands | 179.2 sq mi |
| 180 |
Seychelles
|
177.6 sq mi |
| 181 |
Palau
|
177.6 sq mi |
| 182 |
Curacao
|
171.4 sq mi |
| 183 |
Antigua
|
169.9 sq mi |
| 184 |
Barbados
|
166 sq mi |
| 185 |
Saint Vincent
|
150.6 sq mi |
| * | US Virgin Islands | 133.7 sq mi |
| 186 |
Grenada
|
131.3 sq mi |
| 187 |
Malta
|
123.6 sq mi |
| 188 |
Maldives
|
115.1 sq mi |
| 189 |
Saint Kitts
|
100.4 sq mi |
| 190 |
Cayman Islands
|
92.7 sq mi |
| * | American Samoa | 76.4 sq mi |
| 191 |
Marshall Islands
|
69.5 sq mi |
| 192 |
Liechtenstein
|
61.8 sq mi |
| * | District of Columbia | 61 sq mi |
| 193 |
San Marino
|
23.2 sq mi |
| 194 |
Tuvalu
|
11.6 sq mi |
| 195 |
Nauru
|
7.72 sq mi |
| 196 |
Monaco
|
0.8 sq mi |
| 197 |
Vatican
|
0.17 sq mi |
United States size on the map
Land area in square miles
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Total agricultural land encompasses all areas used for agriculture: territories under permanent and temporary crops and pastures. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit and nut trees, and vineyards, but excludes sites utilized for timber production.
Arable land encompasses fields utilized for temporary crop production, pastures, market or kitchen gardens, and temporarily fallowed land. Land abandoned due to shifting cultivation practices is not included.
Permanent cropland refers to farmland for the long-term cultivation of crops, such as coffee, cocoa, and rubber, which do not require replanting after each harvest. This category encompasses land with permanent crops like flowering shrubs, fruit and nut trees, and vines, but does not include land under trees for timber production.
Inland areas under water, such as large rivers, lakes, and some coastal waterways.