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The largest countries in the world

The 197 countries ranked by total area, land and inland waters included.

RankCountriesArea
1Russia17,098,246 km²
2Canada9,984,670 km²
3United States9,833,520 km²
4China9,596,961 km²
5Brazil8,515,767 km²
6Australia7,692,024 km²
7India3,287,263 km²
8Argentina2,780,400 km²
9Kazakhstan2,724,900 km²
10Algeria2,381,741 km²
11Democratic Republic of the Congo2,344,858 km²
12Saudi Arabia2,149,690 km²
13Mexico1,964,375 km²
14Indonesia1,904,569 km²
15Sudan1,861,484 km²
16Libya1,759,540 km²
17Iran1,648,195 km²
18Mongolia1,564,116 km²
19Peru1,285,216 km²
20Chad1,284,000 km²
21Niger1,267,000 km²
22Angola1,246,700 km²
23Mali1,240,192 km²
24South Africa1,221,037 km²
25Colombia1,141,748 km²
26Ethiopia1,104,300 km²
27Bolivia1,098,581 km²
28Mauritania1,030,700 km²
29Egypt1,001,450 km²
30Tanzania945,087 km²
31Nigeria923,768 km²
32Venezuela916,445 km²
33Namibia825,615 km²
34Mozambique801,590 km²
35Pakistan796,095 km²
36Turkey783,562 km²
37Chile756,102 km²
38Zambia752,612 km²
39Myanmar676,578 km²
40Afghanistan652,230 km²
41Somalia637,657 km²
42Central African Republic622,984 km²
43South Sudan619,745 km²
44Ukraine603,550 km²
45Madagascar587,041 km²
46Botswana581,730 km²
47Kenya580,367 km²
48France551,695 km²
49Yemen527,968 km²
50Thailand513,120 km²
51Spain505,990 km²
52Turkmenistan488,100 km²
53Cameroon475,442 km²
54Papua New Guinea462,840 km²
55Sweden450,295 km²
56Uzbekistan448,978 km²
57Morocco446,550 km²
58Iraq438,317 km²
59Paraguay406,752 km²
60Zimbabwe390,757 km²
61Norway385,207 km²
62Japan377,975 km²
63Germany357,592 km²
64Republic of the Congo342,000 km²
65Finland338,455 km²
66Vietnam331,212 km²
67Malaysia330,803 km²
68Ivory Coast322,463 km²
69Poland312,696 km²
70Oman309,500 km²
71Italy302,068 km²
72Philippines300,000 km²
73Ecuador283,561 km²
74Burkina Faso274,200 km²
75New Zealand268,021 km²
76Gabon267,668 km²
77Guinea245,857 km²
78United Kingdom242,495 km²
79Uganda241,550 km²
80Ghana238,533 km²
81Romania238,397 km²
82Laos236,800 km²
83Guyana214,969 km²
84Belarus207,600 km²
85Kyrgyzstan199,951 km²
86Senegal196,722 km²
87Syria185,180 km²
88Cambodia181,035 km²
89Uruguay176,215 km²
90Suriname163,820 km²
91Tunisia163,610 km²
92Bangladesh147,570 km²
93Nepal147,516 km²
94Tajikistan143,100 km²
95Greece131,957 km²
96Nicaragua130,373 km²
97North Korea120,538 km²
98Malawi118,484 km²
99Eritrea117,600 km²
100Benin114,763 km²
101Honduras112,492 km²
102Liberia111,369 km²
103Bulgaria110,994 km²
104Cuba109,884 km²
105Guatemala108,889 km²
106Iceland103,000 km²
107South Korea100,210 km²
108Hungary93,030 km²
109Portugal92,212 km²
110Jordan89,342 km²
111Azerbaijan86,600 km²
112Austria83,879 km²
113United Arab Emirates83,600 km²
114Czech Republic78,871 km²
115Serbia77,474 km²
116Panama75,417 km²
117Sierra Leone71,740 km²
118Ireland70,273 km²
119Georgia69,700 km²
120Sri Lanka65,610 km²
121Lithuania65,300 km²
122Latvia64,589 km²
123Togo56,785 km²
124Croatia56,594 km²
125Bosnia and Herzegovina51,197 km²
126Costa Rica51,100 km²
127Slovakia49,035 km²
128Dominican Republic48,671 km²
129Estonia45,339 km²
130Denmark42,933 km²
131Netherlands41,850 km²
132Switzerland41,285 km²
133Bhutan38,394 km²
134Taiwan36,197 km²
135Guinea-Bissau36,125 km²
136Moldova33,846 km²
137Belgium30,689 km²
138Lesotho30,355 km²
139Armenia29,743 km²
140Solomon Islands28,896 km²
141Albania28,748 km²
142Equatorial Guinea28,051 km²
143Burundi27,834 km²
144Haiti27,750 km²
145Rwanda26,338 km²
146North Macedonia25,713 km²
147Djibouti23,200 km²
148Belize22,966 km²
149Israel22,072 km²
150El Salvador21,041 km²
151Slovenia20,271 km²
152Fiji18,274 km²
153Kuwait17,818 km²
154Eswatini17,364 km²
155Timor-Leste14,874 km²
156The Bahamas13,943 km²
157Montenegro13,812 km²
158Vanuatu12,189 km²
159Qatar11,586 km²
160The Gambia11,295 km²
161Jamaica10,991 km²
162Kosovo10,887 km²
163Lebanon10,452 km²
164Cyprus9,251 km²
165Palestine6,020 km²
166Brunei5,765 km²
167Trinidad and Tobago5,128 km²
168Cape Verde4,033 km²
169Samoa2,842 km²
170Luxembourg2,586 km²
171Mauritius2,040 km²
172Comoros1,862 km²
173São Tomé and Príncipe964 km²
174Kiribati811 km²
175Bahrain786 km²
176Dominica751 km²
177Tonga747 km²
178Singapore734 km²
179Micronesia702 km²
180Saint Lucia616 km²
181Andorra468 km²
182Seychelles459 km²
183Palau459 km²
184Antigua and Barbuda442 km²
185Barbados430 km²
186Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389 km²
187Grenada344 km²
188Malta316 km²
189Maldives298 km²
190Saint Kitts and Nevis261 km²
191Marshall Islands181 km²
192Liechtenstein160 km²
193San Marino61 km²
194Tuvalu26 km²
195Nauru21 km²
196Monaco2.02 km²
197Vatican City0.49 km²

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