list of the world’s largest countries and dependencies by area

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Last Updated: Mar 27, 2024 • Article History

There are nearly 200 countries in the world, but when it comes to which is the largest, there is no competition. With a total area of 6,592,850 square miles (17,075,400 square km), Russia is the world’s largest country. A distant second is Canada, with 3,855,103 square miles (9,984,670 square km). At the opposite end is Vatican City, which is the world’s smallest country. It covers just 0.17 square mile (0.44 square km). How do the other countries rank? Find out in our list, which provides the total area in square miles and square kilometers for all countries of the world and for all but the smallest political dependencies and territories. It is ordered by total area, from the largest to the smallest.

country, dependency, or territory	total area in square miles	total area in square km	total area rank
Russia	6,592,850	17,075,400	1
Canada	3,855,103	9,984,670	2
United States¹	3,797,173	9,834,633	3
China	3,696,118	9,572,900	4
Brazil	3,282,907	8,502,728	5
Australia	2,968,402	7,688,126	6
India	1,269,299	3,287,469	7
Argentina	1,077,919	2,791,810	8
Kazakhstan	1,052,090	2,724,900	9
Algeria	919,595	2,381,741	10
Democratic Republic of the Congo	905,410	2,345,000	11
Greenland	836,331	2,166,086	12
Saudi Arabia	829,996	2,149,690	13
Mexico	758,450	1,964,375	14
Indonesia	740,122	1,916,907	15
Sudan	710,693	1,840,687	16
Libya	647,184	1,676,198	17
Iran	629,674	1,630,848	18
Mongolia	603,957	1,564,241	19
Peru	496,171	1,285,082	20
Chad	495,755	1,284,000	21
Niger	489,191	1,267,000	22
Angola	481,351	1,246,700	23
Mali	479,245	1,241,238	24
South Africa	471,359	1,220,813	25
Colombia	440,531	1,140,970	26
Ethiopia	432,432	1,120,000	27
Bolivia	424,163	1,098,581	28
Mauritania	397,956	1,030,700	29
Egypt	384,791	996,603	30
Tanzania	365,060	945,500	31
Nigeria	356,669	923,768	32
Venezuela	353,841	916,445	33
Namibia	318,259	824,292	34
Mozambique	308,642	799,380	35
Pakistan	307,374	796,096	36
Turkey	297,146	769,604	37
Chile	291,930	756,096	38
Zambia	290,585	752,612	39
Myanmar	261,219	676,553	40
Afghanistan	252,072	652,864	41
South Sudan	248,777	644,329	42
Somalia	246,200	637,657	43
Central African Republic	240,323	622,436	44
Ukraine	233,032	603,549	45
Madagascar	228,531	591,896	46
Kenya	224,961	582,646	47
Botswana	224,606	581,730	48
France²	210,017	543,941	49
Thailand	198,117	513,120	50
Spain	195,361	505,983	51
Turkmenistan	189,657	491,210	52
Cameroon	179,943	466,050	53
Papua New Guinea	178,355	461,937	54
Yemen	175,677	455,000	55
Uzbekistan	173,349	448,971	56
Sweden	172,752	447,425	57
Iraq	167,975	435,052	58
Morocco³	158,300	410,000	59
Paraguay	157,048	406,752	60
Zimbabwe	150,872	390,757	61
Norway⁴	148,449	384,483	62
Japan	145,936	377,974	63
Germany	138,066	357,592	64
Republic of the Congo	132,047	342,000	65
Finland	130,684	338,472	66
Côte d’Ivoire	128,364	332,462	67
Vietnam	127,932	331,344	68
Malaysia	127,572	330,411	69
Poland	120,423	311,895	70
Oman	119,499	309,500	71
Italy	116,629	302,068	72
Philippines	114,145	295,633	73
Western Sahara	105,020	272,000	74
Burkina Faso	104,542	270,764	75
Gabon	103,347	267,667	76
New Zealand	102,587	265,700	77
Ecuador	99,112	256,700	78
Guinea	94,926	245,857	79
United Kingdom	93,630	242,500	80
Uganda	93,265	241,555	81
Ghana	92,098	238,533	82
Romania	92,046	238,398	83
Laos	91,429	236,800	84
Guyana	83,012	214,999	85
Belarus	80,165	207,628	86
Kyrgyzstan	77,199	199,945	87
Senegal	75,951	196,712	88
Uruguay	74,655	193,356	89
Syria	71,498	185,180	90
Cambodia	69,898	181,035	91
Suriname	63,251	163,820	92
Tunisia	63,170	163,610	93
Bangladesh⁵	56,977	147,570	94
Nepal	56,827	147,181	95
Tajikistan	54,595	141,400	96
Greece	50,984	132,049	97
Nicaragua	50,337	130,373	98
North Korea	47,573	123,214	99
Eritrea	46,757	121,100	100
Malawi	45,853	118,760	101
Benin	44,310	114,763	102
Honduras	43,433	112,492	103
Bulgaria	42,871	111,036	104
Cuba	42,426	109,884	105
Guatemala	42,042	108,889	106
Iceland	39,769	103,000	107
South Korea	38,696	100,222	108
Liberia	37,466	97,036	109
Hungary	35,917	93,025	110
Portugal	35,608	92,225	111
Jordan	34,486	89,318	112
Azerbaijan	33,436	86,600	113
Austria	32,387	83,883	114
French Guiana	32,373	83,846	115
Czech Republic	30,452	78,871	116
Serbia⁶	29,957	77,589	117
Panama	29,081	75,320	118
Sierra Leone	27,699	71,740	119
United Arab Emirates	27,423	71,024	120
Georgia⁷	26,911	69,700	121
Ireland	26,435	68,466	122
Sri Lanka	25,332	65,610	123
Lithuania	25,207	65,286	124
Latvia	24,940	64,594	125
Togo	21,853	56,600	126
Croatia	21,851	56,594	127
Bosnia and Herzegovina	19,772	51,209	128
Costa Rica	19,730	51,100	129
Slovakia	18,932	49,034	130
Dominican Republic	18,619	48,223	131
Estonia	17,505	45,339	132
Denmark	16,578	42,838	133
Netherlands	16,040	41,543	134
Switzerland	15,943	41,291	135
Bhutan	14,824	38,394	136
Taiwan	13,976	36,197	137
Guinea-Bissau	13,948	36,125	138
Moldova	13,067	33,843	139
Belgium	11,787	30,528	140
Solomon Islands	11,740	30,407	141
Lesotho	11,720	30,355	142
Armenia	11,483	29,743	143
Albania	11,082	28,703	144
Equatorial Guinea	10,831	28,052	145
Burundi	10,747	27,834	146
Haiti	10,450	27,065	147
Rwanda	10,169	26,338	148
North Macedonia	9,821	25,436	149
Djibouti	8,880	23,000	150
Belize	8,867	22,966	151
Israel⁸	8,522	22,072	152
El Salvador	8,124	21,041	153
Slovenia	7,827	20,271	154
New Caledonia	7,169	18,567	155
Fiji	7,055	18,272	156
Kuwait	6,880	17,818	157
Eswatini	6,704	17,364	158
East Timor	5,774	14,954	159
The Bahamas	5,382	13,939	160
Montenegro	5,360	13,883	161
Vanuatu	4,707	12,190	162
Qatar	4,489	11,627	163
Jamaica	4,244	10,991	164
Kosovo	4,210	10,905	165
The Gambia	4,127	10,689	166
Lebanon	4,036	10,452	167
Cyprus⁹	3,572	9,251	168
Puerto Rico	3,435	8,897	169
Brunei	2,226	5,765	170
West Bank¹⁰	2,183	5,655	171
Trinidad and Tobago	1,980	5,128	172
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)	1,557	4,033	173
French Polynesia	1,359	3,521	174
Samoa	1,093	2,830	175
Luxembourg	998	2,586	176
Réunion	970	2,512	177
Mauritius	775	2,007	178
Comoros	719	1,861	179
Guadeloupe¹¹	629	1,628	180
Faroe Islands	539	1,396	181
Martinique	436	1,128	182
Hong Kong	430	1,114	183
Sao Tome and Principe	386	1,001	184
Kiribati	313	811	185
Bahrain	301	778	186
Dominica	290	751	187
Singapore	272	704	188
Micronesia	271	701	189
Tonga	251	650	190
Saint Lucia	238	616	191
Isle of Man	221	572	192
Guam	217	561	193
Palau	189	490	194
Northern Mariana Islands	182	472	195
Andorra	181	468	196
Seychelles	172	446	197
Curaçao¹²	171	444	198
Antigua and Barbuda	171	442	199
Barbados	166	430	200
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	150	389	201
Mayotte	145	375	202
Gaza Strip	141	365	203
United States Virgin Islands	134	348	204
Grenada	133	344	205
Malta	122	316	206
Maldives	115	298	207
Cayman Islands	102	264	208
Saint Kitts and Nevis	102	263	209
American Samoa	77	199	210
Marshall Islands	70	181	211
Aruba	70	180	212
Liechtenstein	62	160	213
Jersey	46	120	214
Guernsey	30	78	215
San Marino	24	61	216
Bermuda	21	54	217
Sint Maarten	13	34	218
Macau	13	33	219
Tuvalu	10	26	220
Nauru	8	21	221
Monaco	0.8	2.1	222
Vatican City	0.17	0.44	223

¹ Includes inland water area of 85,631 square miles (221,783 square km) and Great Lakes water area of 60,093 square miles (155,640 square km); excludes coastal water area of 42,334 square miles (109,645 square km) and territorial water area of 76,804 square miles (198,921 square km).

² Metropolitan France only; overseas departments and territories are excluded.

³ Excludes Western Sahara, an annexure of Morocco.

⁴ Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

⁵ Includes river area of 3,180 square miles (8,236 square km).

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⁶ Excludes the self-declared independent country of Kosovo.

⁷ Area of Georgia excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia is 22,070 square miles (57,160 square km).

⁸ Excludes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

⁹ Data are for the island of Cyprus.

¹⁰ Excludes East Jerusalem.

¹¹ Excludes Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy.

¹² Includes the 0.7 square mile (1.8 square km) area of the uninhabited islet of Klein Curaçao.

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