Countries by Area — Full List 2026
Which are the biggest countries in the world by land area? This complete list ranks all countries and territories by total area in square kilometers, from Russia — the largest country on Earth — to the smallest microstates.
246 countries ranked·Source: CIA World Factbook·Last updated: 2024
| # | Country | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 17,098,242 km² |
| 2 |  Canada | 9,984,670 km² |
| 3 |  United States | 9,833,517 km² |
| 4 |  China | 9,596,960 km² |
| 5 |  Brazil | 8,515,770 km² |
| 6 |  Australia | 7,741,220 km² |
| 7 |  India | 3,287,263 km² |
| 8 |  Argentina | 2,780,400 km² |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 km² |
| 10 |  Algeria | 2,381,740 km² |
| 11 |  DRC | 2,344,858 km² |
| 12 |  Greenland | 2,166,086 km² |
| 13 |  Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| 14 |  Mexico | 1,964,375 km² |
| 15 |  Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| 16 |  Sudan | 1,861,484 km² |
| 17 |  Libya | 1,759,540 km² |
| 18 |  Iran | 1,648,195 km² |
| 19 |  Mongolia | 1,564,116 km² |
| 20 |  Peru | 1,285,216 km² |
| 21 |  Angola | 1,246,700 km² |
| 22 |  Mali | 1,240,192 km² |
| 23 |  South Africa | 1,219,090 km² |
| 24 |  Colombia | 1,138,910 km² |
| 25 |  Ethiopia | 1,104,300 km² |
| 26 |  Bolivia | 1,098,581 km² |
| 27 |  Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² |
| 28 |  Egypt | 1,001,450 km² |
| 29 |  Tanzania | 947,300 km² |
| 30 |  Nigeria | 923,768 km² |
| 31 |  Venezuela | 912,050 km² |
| 32 |  Namibia | 824,292 km² |
| 33 |  Mozambique | 799,380 km² |
| 34 |  Pakistan | 796,095 km² |
| 35 |  Turkey | 783,562 km² |
| 36 |  Chile | 756,102 km² |
| 37 |  Zambia | 752,618 km² |
| 38 |  Morocco | 716,550 km² |
| 39 |  Burma | 676,578 km² |
| 40 |  Afghanistan | 652,230 km² |
| 41 |  South Sudan | 644,329 km² |
| 42 |  France | 643,801 km² |
| 43 |  Somalia | 637,657 km² |
| 44 |  Central African Republic | 622,984 km² |
| 45 |  Ukraine | 603,550 km² |
| 46 |  Madagascar | 587,041 km² |
| 47 |  Botswana | 581,730 km² |
| 48 |  Kenya | 580,367 km² |
| 49 |  Yemen | 527,968 km² |
| 50 |  Thailand | 513,120 km² |
| 51 |  Spain | 505,370 km² |
| 52 |  Turkmenistan | 488,100 km² |
| 53 |  Cameroon | 475,440 km² |
| 54 |  Papua New Guinea | 462,840 km² |
| 55 |  Sweden | 450,295 km² |
| 56 |  Uzbekistan | 447,400 km² |
| 57 |  Iraq | 438,317 km² |
| 58 |  Paraguay | 406,752 km² |
| 59 |  Zimbabwe | 390,757 km² |
| 60 |  Japan | 377,915 km² |
| 61 |  Germany | 357,022 km² |
| 62 |  Congo (Brazzaville) | 342,000 km² |
| 63 |  Finland | 338,145 km² |
| 64 |  Vietnam | 331,210 km² |
| 65 |  Malaysia | 329,847 km² |
| 66 |  Norway | 323,802 km² |
| 67 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 322,463 km² |
| 68 |  Poland | 312,685 km² |
| 69 |  Oman | 309,500 km² |
| 70 |  Italy | 301,340 km² |
| 71 |  Philippines | 300,000 km² |
| 72 |  Ecuador | 283,561 km² |
| 73 |  Burkina Faso | 274,200 km² |
| 74 |  New Zealand | 268,838 km² |
| 75 |  Gabon | 267,667 km² |
| 76 |  Western Sahara | 266,000 km² |
| 77 |  Guinea | 245,857 km² |
| 78 |  United Kingdom | 243,610 km² |
| 79 |  Uganda | 241,038 km² |
| 80 |  Ghana | 238,533 km² |
| 81 |  Romania | 238,391 km² |
| 82 |  Laos | 236,800 km² |
| 83 |  Guyana | 214,969 km² |
| 84 |  Belarus | 207,600 km² |
| 85 |  Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 km² |
| 86 |  Senegal | 196,722 km² |
| 87 |  Syria | 187,437 km² |
| 88 |  Cambodia | 181,035 km² |
| 89 |  Uruguay | 176,215 km² |
| 90 |  Suriname | 163,820 km² |
| 91 |  Tunisia | 163,610 km² |
| 92 |  Bangladesh | 148,460 km² |
| 93 |  Nepal | 147,181 km² |
| 94 |  Tajikistan | 144,100 km² |
| 95 |  Greece | 131,957 km² |
| 96 |  Nicaragua | 130,370 km² |
| 97 |  North Korea | 120,538 km² |
| 98 |  Malawi | 118,484 km² |
| 99 |  Eritrea | 117,600 km² |
| 100 |  Benin | 112,622 km² |
| 101 |  Honduras | 112,090 km² |
| 102 |  Liberia | 111,369 km² |
| 103 |  Bulgaria | 110,879 km² |
| 104 |  Cuba | 110,860 km² |
| 105 |  Guatemala | 108,889 km² |
| 106 |  Iceland | 103,000 km² |
| 107 |  South Korea | 99,720 km² |
| 108 |  Hungary | 93,028 km² |
| 109 |  Portugal | 92,090 km² |
| 110 |  Jordan | 89,342 km² |
| 111 |  Azerbaijan | 86,600 km² |
| 112 |  Austria | 83,871 km² |
| 113 |  United Arab Emirates | 83,600 km² |
| 114 |  Czechia | 78,867 km² |
| 115 |  Serbia | 77,474 km² |
| 116 |  Panama | 75,420 km² |
| 117 |  Sierra Leone | 71,740 km² |
| 118 |  Ireland | 70,273 km² |
| 119 |  Georgia | 69,700 km² |
| 120 |  Sri Lanka | 65,610 km² |
| 121 |  Lithuania | 65,300 km² |
| 122 |  Latvia | 64,589 km² |
| 123 |  Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago) | 62,045 km² |
| 124 |  Togo | 56,785 km² |
| 125 |  Croatia | 56,594 km² |
| 126 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,197 km² |
| 127 |  Costa Rica | 51,100 km² |
| 128 |  Slovakia | 49,035 km² |
| 129 |  The Dominican | 48,670 km² |
| 130 |  Estonia | 45,228 km² |
| 131 |  Denmark | 43,094 km² |
| 132 |  Netherlands | 41,543 km² |
| 133 |  Switzerland | 41,277 km² |
| 134 |  Bhutan | 38,394 km² |
| 135 |  Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 km² |
| 136 |  Taiwan | 35,980 km² |
| 137 |  Moldova | 33,851 km² |
| 138 |  Belgium | 30,528 km² |
| 139 |  Lesotho | 30,355 km² |
| 140 |  Armenia | 29,743 km² |
| 141 |  Solomon Islands | 28,896 km² |
| 142 |  Albania | 28,748 km² |
| 143 |  Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 km² |
| 144 |  Burundi | 27,830 km² |
| 145 |  Haiti | 27,750 km² |
| 146 |  Rwanda | 26,338 km² |
| 147 |  North Macedonia | 25,713 km² |
| 148 |  Djibouti | 23,200 km² |
| 149 |  Belize | 22,966 km² |
| 150 |  Israel | 21,937 km² |
| 151 |  El Salvador | 21,041 km² |
| 152 |  Slovenia | 20,273 km² |
| 153 |  New Caledonia | 18,575 km² |
| 154 |  Fiji | 18,274 km² |
| 155 |  Kuwait | 17,818 km² |
| 156 |  Eswatini | 17,364 km² |
| 157 |  Timor-Leste | 14,874 km² |
| 158 |  The Bahamas | 13,880 km² |
| 159 |  Montenegro | 13,812 km² |
| 160 |  Vanuatu | 12,189 km² |
| 161 |  Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 12,173 km² |
| 162 |  Qatar | 11,586 km² |
| 163 |  The Gambia | 11,300 km² |
| 164 |  Jamaica | 10,991 km² |
| 165 |  Kosovo | 10,887 km² |
| 166 |  Lebanon | 10,400 km² |
| 167 |  Cyprus | 9,251 km² |
| 168 |  Puerto Rico | 9,104 km² |
| 169 |  West Bank | 5,860 km² |
| 170 |  Brunei | 5,765 km² |
| 171 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 km² |
| 172 |  French Polynesia | 4,167 km² |
| 173 |  Cabo Verde | 4,033 km² |
| 174 |  South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 3,903 km² |
| 175 |  Samoa | 2,831 km² |
| 176 |  Luxembourg | 2,586 km² |
| 177 |  Comoros | 2,235 km² |
| 178 |  Mauritius | 2,040 km² |
| 179 |  Virgin Islands | 1,910 km² |
| 180 |  Faroe Islands | 1,393 km² |
| 181 |  Hong Kong | 1,108 km² |
| 182 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 964 km² |
| 183 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 948 km² |
| 184 |  Kiribati | 811 km² |
| 185 |  Bahrain | 760 km² |
| 186 |  Dominica | 751 km² |
| 187 |  Tonga | 747 km² |
| 188 |  Singapore | 719 km² |
| 189 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 702 km² |
| 190 |  Saint Lucia | 616 km² |
| 191 |  Isle of Man | 572 km² |
| 192 |  Guam | 544 km² |
| 193 |  Andorra | 468 km² |
| 194 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 464 km² |
| 195 |  Palau | 459 km² |
| 196 |  Seychelles | 455 km² |
| 197 |  Curacao | 444 km² |
| 198 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 443 km² |
| 199 |  Barbados | 430 km² |
| 200 |  Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 394 km² |
| 201 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 km² |
| 202 |  Jan Mayen | 377 km² |
| 203 |  Gaza, Gaza Strip | 360 km² |
| 204 |  Grenada | 344 km² |
| 205 |  Malta | 316 km² |
| 206 |  Maldives | 298 km² |
| 207 |  Cayman Islands | 264 km² |
| 208 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 km² |
| 209 |  Niue | 260 km² |
| 210 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 242 km² |
| 211 |  Cook Islands | 236 km² |
| 212 |  American Samoa | 224 km² |
| 213 |  Marshall Islands | 181 km² |
| 214 |  Aruba | 180 km² |
| 215 |  Liechtenstein | 160 km² |
| 216 |  British Virgin Islands | 151 km² |
| 217 |  Wallis and Futuna | 142 km² |
| 218 |  Christmas Island | 135 km² |
| 219 |  Dhekelia | 131 km² |
| 220 |  Akrotiri | 123 km² |
| 221 |  Jersey | 116 km² |
| 222 |  Montserrat | 102 km² |
| 223 |  Anguilla | 91 km² |
| 224 |  Guernsey | 78 km² |
| 225 |  San Marino | 61 km² |
| 226 |  British Indian Ocean Territory | 60 km² |
| 227 |  Bermuda | 54 km² |
| 228 |  Saint Martin | 50 km² |
| 229 |  Pitcairn Islands | 47 km² |
| 230 |  Norfolk Island | 36 km² |
| 231 |  Sint Maarten | 34 km² |
| 232 |  Macau | 28 km² |
| 233 |  Tuvalu | 26 km² |
| 234 |  Saint Barthelemy | 25 km² |
| 235 |  Nauru | 21 km² |
| 236 |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 14 km² |
| 237 |  Tokelau | 12 km² |
| 238 |  Paracel Islands | 8 km² |
| 239 |  Gibraltar | 7 km² |
| 240 |  Wake Island | 7 km² |
| 241 |  Clipperton Island | 6 km² |
| 242 |  Spratly Islands | 5 km² |
| 243 |  Navassa Island | 5 km² |
| 244 |  Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 5 km² |
| 245 |  Coral Sea Islands | 3 km² |
| 246 |  Monaco | 2 km² |
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