List of countries by area

Here is a list of the countries of the world in order of size. Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies.

Areas are including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).

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1 List of countries by area

List of countries by area

The mentioned countries are listed by the total area of the nation-state, including outlying provinces, but not including territories.

Pos	Country	Area (km²)
1	Russia	17,075,200
2	Canada	9,976,140
3	United States	9,629,091
	American Samoa	199
	Baker Island	1
	Guam	549
	Howland Island	1
	Jarvis Island	4
	Johnston Atoll	3
	Kingman Reef	1
	Midway Atoll	6
	Navassa Island	5
	Northern Mariana Islands	477
	Palmyra Atoll	12
	Puerto Rico	9,104
	United States Virgin Islands	352
	Wake Island	6
	Total	9,639,810
4	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	9,596,960
	Hong Kong	1,092
	Macau	25
	Total	9,598,077
5	Brazil	8,511,965
6	Australia	7,686,850
	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
	Christmas Island	135
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
	Coral Sea Islands	3
	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
	Norfolk Island	34
	Total	7,687,453
7*	India	3,287,590
8	Argentina	2,766,890
9	Kazakhstan	2,727,300
10	Sudan	2,505,810
11	Algeria	2,381,740
12	Congo-Kinshasa	2,345,410
13	Saudi Arabia	2,218,000
14	Mexico	1,972,550
15	Indonesia	1,904,556
16	Libya	1,759,540
17	Iran	1,648,000
18	Mongolia	1,565,000
19	Peru	1,285,220
20	Chad	1,284,000
21	Niger	1,267,000
22	Angola	1,246,700
23	Mali	1,240,000
24	South Africa	1,219,912
25	Colombia	1,138,910
26	Ethiopia	1,127,127
27	Bolivia	1,098,580
28	Mauritania	1,030,700
29	Egypt	1,001,450
30	Tanzania	948,087
31	Nigeria	923,768
32	Venezuela	912,050
33	Namibia	825,418
34	Pakistan	803,940
35	Mozambique	801,590
36	Turkey	780,580
37	Chile	756,950
38	Zambia	752,614
39	Myanmar	678,500
40	Afghanistan	647,500
41	French Republic	643,427
	Metropolitan France	547,030
	Bassas da India	0.2
	Clipperton Island	6
	Europa Island	28
	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	7,829
	French Guiana	91,000
	French Polynesia	4,167
	Glorioso Islands	5
	Guadeloupe	1,780
	Juan de Nova Island	4
	Martinique	1,100
	Mayotte	374
	New Caledonia	19,060
	Réunion	2,517
	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	242
	Tromelin Island	1
	Wallis and Futuna	274
	Total	675,417
42	Somalia	637,657
43	Central African Republic	622,984
44	Ukraine	603,700
45	Botswana	600,370
46	Madagascar	587,040
47	Kenya	582,650
48	Yemen	527,970
49	Thailand	514,000
50	Spain	504,782
	Ceuta	28
	Melilla	20
	Total	504,830
51	Turkmenistan	488,100
52	Cameroon	475,440
53	Papua New Guinea	462,840
54	Sweden	449,964
55	Uzbekistan	447,400
56	Morocco	446,550
	Western Sahara	266,000
	Total	712,550
57	Iraq	437,072
58	Paraguay	406,750
59	Norway	386,700
	Bouvet Island	58
	Jan Mayen	373
	Svalbard	62,049
	Total	386,700
60	Zimbabwe	390,580
61	Japan	377,835
62	Germany	357,021
63	Congo-Brazzaville	342,000
64	Finland	337,030
65	Malaysia	329,750
66	Vietnam	329,560
68	Côte d'Ivoire	322,460
69	Poland	312,685
70	Oman	309,500
71	Italy	301,230
72	Philippines	300,000
73	Ecuador	283,560
74	Burkina Faso	274,200
75	New Zealand	268,680
	Cook Islands	240
	Niue	260
	Tokelau	10
	Total	269,190
76	Gabon	267,667
77	Guinea	245,857
78	United Kingdom	244,820
	England	130,395
	Scotland	78,782
	Wales	20,779
	Northern Ireland	13,843
	Anguilla	102
	British Indian Ocean Territory	60
	British Virgin Islands	153
	Bermuda	53
	Cayman Islands	262
	Falkland Islands	12,173
	Gibraltar	6
	Guernsey	78
	Isle of Man	572
	Jersey	116
	Montserrat	102
	Pitcairn Islands	47
	Saint Helena	410
	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903
	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
	Total	263,287
79	Ghana	238,540
80	Romania	237,500
81	Laos	236,800
82	Uganda	236,040
83	Guyana	214,970
84	Belarus	207,600
85	Kyrgyzstan	198,500
86	Sénégal	196,190
87	Syria	185,180
88	Cambodia	181,040
89	Uruguay	176,220
90	Tunisia	163,610
91	Suriname	163,270
92	Bangladesh	144,000
93	Tajikistan	143,100
94	Nepal	140,800
95	Greece	131,940
96	Nicaragua	129,494
97	Eritrea	121,320
98	North Korea	120,540
99	Malawi	118,480
100	Benin	112,620
101	Honduras	112,090
102	Liberia	111,370
103	Bulgaria	110,910
104	Guatemala	108,890
105	Iceland	103,000
106	Serbia and Montenegro	102,173
107	Cuba	100,860
108	South Korea	98,480
109	Hungary	93,030
110	Portugal	88,941
	Azores Islands	2,247
	Madeira Islands	794
	Total	91,982
111	Jordan	92,300
112	Azerbaijan	86,600
113	Austria	83,858
114	United Arab Emirates	82,880
115	Czech Republic	78,866
116	Panama	78,200
117	Sierra Leone	71,740
118	Republic of Ireland	70,273
119	Georgia	69,700
120	Sri Lanka	65,610
121	Lithuania	65,200
122	Latvia	64,589
123	Togo	56,785
124	Croatia	56,542
125	Bosnia-Herzegovina	51,129
126	Costa Rica	51,100
127	Slovakia	49,035
128	Dominican Republic	48,730
129	Bhutan	47,000
130	Estonia	45,226
131	Denmark	43,094
	Jutland and neighboring islands	43,094
	Faroe Islands	1,399
	Greenland	2,166,086
132	Netherlands	41,526
	Aruba	193
	Netherlands Antilles	960
	Total	42,679
133	Switzerland	41,290
134	Guinea-Bissau	36,120
135	Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu)	35,980
136	Moldova	33,843
137	Belgium	32,545
138	Lesotho	30,355
139	Armenia	29,800
140	Albania	28,748
141	Solomon Islands	28,450
142	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
143	Burundi	27,830
144	Haiti	27,750
145	Rwanda	26,338
146	Republic of Macedonia	25,333
147	Belize	22,966
148	Djibouti	22,000
149	El Salvador	21,040
150	Israel	20,770
	Gaza Strip	360
	West Bank	5,860
	Total	26,990
151	Slovenia	20,253
152	Fiji	18,270
153	Kuwait	17,820
154	Swaziland	17,363
155	East Timor	14,874
156	Bahamas	13,940
157	Vanuatu	12,200
158	Qatar	11,437
159	The Gambia	11,300
160	Jamaica	10,990
161	Lebanon	10,452
162	Cyprus	9,250
163	Brunei	5,770
164	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
165	Cape Verde	4,033
166	Samoa	2,860
167	Luxembourg	2,586
168	Comoros	2,170
169	Mauritius	1,860
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001
171	Dominica	754
172	Tonga	748
173	Kiribati	717
174	Micronesia	702
175	Singapore	692.7
176	Bahrain	665
177	Saint Lucia	620
178	Seychelles	455
179	Andorra	468
180	Palau	458
181	Antigua and Barbuda	442
182	Barbados	430
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
184	Grenada	340
185	Malta	316
186	Maldives	300
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
188	Marshall Islands	181
189	Liechtenstein	160
190	San Marino	61.2
191	Tuvalu	26
192	Nauru	21
193	Monaco	1.95
194	Vatican City	0.44

Note

The 193 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states plus the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Holy See (Vatican City).

The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 66 dependencies, of which 23 are not permanently inhabited and therefore not in the List of countries by population. The total is 259 countries and dependencies.

Compare with List of dependent territories, which lists 70 dependencies.

Remarks

The European Union is 3,892,685 km², and would be the 7^th biggest country by area, if it were counted as a country. The African Union is 29,797,500 km², and would be the 1^st biggest country by area, if it were counted as a country.

Source

CIA World Factbook, 1 August, 2003.