Countries of the World Ranked by Size

Published: May 18, 2009, 1:00 pm

Updated: May 18, 2009, 1:00 pm

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Content Source: CIA

This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Mark McGinley

This article ranks countries by area, defined as the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.

Rank	Country	Area (sq km)
1	Russia	17,075,200
	Antarctica	14,000,000
2	Canada	9,984,670
3	United States	9,826,630
4	China	9,596,960
5	Brazil	8,511,965
5	Australia	7,686,850
	European Union	4,324,782
6	India	3,287,590
7	Argentina	2,766,890
8	Kazakhstan	2,717,300
9	Sudan	2,505,810
10	Algeria	2,381,740
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,345,410
12	Greenland	2,166,086
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
14	Mexico	1,972,550
15	Indonesia	1,919,440
16	Libya	1,759,540
17	Iran	1,648,000
18	Mongolia	1,564,116
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	945,087
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	Burma	678,500
40	Afghanistan	647,500
41	France	643,427
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
51	Turkmenistan	488,100
32	Cameroon	475,440
53	Papua New Guinea	462,840
54	Sweden	449,964
55	Uzbekistan	447,400
56	Morocco	446,550
57	Iraq	437,072
58	Paraguay	406,750
59	Zimbabwe	390,580
60	Japan	377,835
61	Germany	357,021
62	Congo, Republic of the	342,000
63	Finland	338,145
64	Malaysia	329,750
65	Vietnam	329,560
66	Norway	323,802
67	Cote d'Ivoire	322,460
68	Poland	312,679
69	Italy	301,230
70	Philippines	300,000
71	Ecuador	283,560
72	Burkina Faso	274,200
73	New Zealand	268,680
74	Gabon	267,667
75	Western Sahara	266,000
76	Guinea	245,857
77	United Kingdom	244,820
78	Ghana	239,460
79	Romania	237,500
80	Laos	236,800
81	Uganda	236,040
82	Guyana	214,970
83	Oman	212,460
84	Belarus	207,600
85	Kyrgyzstan	198,500
86	Senegal	196,190
87	Syria	185,180
88	Cambodia	181,040
89	Uruguay	176,220
90	Tunisia	163,610
91	Suriname	163,270
92	Nepal	147,181
93	Bangladesh	144,000
94	Tajikistan	143,100
95	Greece	131,940
96	Nicaragua	129,494
97	Eritrea	121,320
98	Korea, North	120,540
99	Malawi	118,480
100	Benin	112,620
101	Honduras	112,090
102	Liberia	111,370
103	Bulgaria	110,910
104	Cuba	110,860
105	Guatemala	108,890
106	Iceland	103,000
107	Korea, South	98,480
108	Hungary	93,030
109	Portugal	92,391
110	Jordan	92,300
111	Azerbaijan	86,600
112	Austria	83,870
113	United Arab Emirates	83,600
114	Czech Republic	78,866
115	Panama	78,200
116	Serbia	77,474
117	Sierra Leone	71,740
118	Ireland	70,280
119	Georgia	69,700
120	Sri Lanka	65,610
121	Lithuania	65,300
122	Latvia	64,589
123	Svalbard	61,020
124	Togo	56,785
125	Croatia	56,542
126	British Indian Ocean Territory	54,400
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209
128	Costa Rica	51,100
129	Slovakia	48,845
130	Dominican Republic	48,730
131	Bhutan	47,000
132	Estonia	45,226
133	Denmark	43,094
134	Netherlands	41,526
135	Switzerland	41,290
136	Guinea-Bissau	36,120
137	Taiwan	35,980
138	Moldova	33,843
139	Belgium	30,528
140	Lesotho	30,355
141	Armenia	29,743
142	Albania	28,748
143	Solomon Islands	28,450
144	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
145	Burundi	27,830
146	Haiti	27,750
147	Rwanda	26,338
148	Macedonia	25,333
149	Djibouti	23,000
150	Belize	22,966
151	El Salvador	21,040
152	Israel	20,770
153	Slovenia	20,273
154	New Caledonia	19,060
155	Fiji	18,270
156	Kuwait	17,820
157	Swaziland	17,363
158	Timor-Leste	15,007
159	Montenegro	14,026
160	Bahamas, The	13,940
161	Puerto Rico	13,790
162	Vanuatu	12,200
163	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173
164	Qatar	11,437
165	Gambia, The	11,300
166	Jamaica	10,991
167	Kosovo	10,887
168	Lebanon	10,400
169	Cyprus	9,250
170	West Bank	5,860
171	Brunei	5,770
172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
173	French Polynesia	4,167
174	Cape Verde	4,033
175	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903
176	Samoa	2,944
177	Luxembourg	2,586
178	Comoros	2,170
179	Mauritius	2,040
180	United States Virgin Islands	1,910
181	Faroe Islands	1,399
182	Hong Kong	1,092
183	Sao Tome and Principe	1,001
184	Netherlands Antilles	960
185	Kiribati	811
186	Dominica	754
187	Tonga	748
188	Micronesia, Federated States of	702
189	Singapore	693
190	Bahrain	665
191	Saint Lucia	616
192	Isle of Man	572
193	Guam	541
194	Northern Mariana Islands	477
195	Andorra	468
196	Palau	458
197	Seychelles	455
198	Antigua and Barbuda	443
199	Barbados	431
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
201	Saint Helena	413
202	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
204	Jan Mayen	377
205	Mayotte	374
206	Gaza Strip	360
207	Grenada	344
208	Malta	316
209	Maldives	300
210	Wallis and Futuna	274
211	Cayman Islands	262
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
213	Niue	260
214	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242
215	Cook Islands	237
216	American Samoa	199
217	Aruba	193
218	Marshall Islands	181
219	Liechtenstein	160
220	British Virgin Islands	153
221	Christmas Island	135
222	Dhekelia	131
223	Akrotiri	123
224	Jersey	116
225	Anguilla	102
226	Montserrat	102
227	Guernsey	78
228	San Marino	61
229	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	55
230	Saint Martin	54
231	Bermuda	53
232	Bouvet Island	49
233	Pitcairn Islands	47
234	Norfolk Island	35
235	Macau	28
236	Tuvalu	26
237	Nauru	21
238	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
239	Tokelau	10
240	Gibraltar	7
241	Wake Island	7
242	Clipperton Island	6
243	Navassa Island	5
244	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
245	Spratly Islands	5
246	Coral Sea Islands	3
247	Monaco	2
248	Holy See (Vatican City)	0

Citation

CIA (Content Source);Mark McGinley (Topic Editor) "Countries of the World Ranked by Size". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 18, 2009; Last revised Date May 18, 2009; Retrieved May 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Countries_of_the_World_Ranked_by_Size>

This article ranks countries by area, defined as the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.

Rank	Country	Area (sq km)
1	Russia	17,075,200
	Antarctica	14,000,000
2	Canada	9,984,670
3	United States	9,826,630
4	China	9,596,960
5	Brazil	8,511,965
5	Australia	7,686,850
	European Union	4,324,782
6	India	3,287,590
7	Argentina	2,766,890
8	Kazakhstan	2,717,300
9	Sudan	2,505,810
10	Algeria	2,381,740
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,345,410
12	Greenland	2,166,086
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
14	Mexico	1,972,550
15	Indonesia	1,919,440
16	Libya	1,759,540
17	Iran	1,648,000
18	Mongolia	1,564,116
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	945,087
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	Burma	678,500
40	Afghanistan	647,500
41	France	643,427
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
51	Turkmenistan	488,100
32	Cameroon	475,440
53	Papua New Guinea	462,840
54	Sweden	449,964
55	Uzbekistan	447,400
56	Morocco	446,550
57	Iraq	437,072
58	Paraguay	406,750
59	Zimbabwe	390,580
60	Japan	377,835
61	Germany	357,021
62	Congo, Republic of the	342,000
63	Finland	338,145
64	Malaysia	329,750
65	Vietnam	329,560
66	Norway	323,802
67	Cote d'Ivoire	322,460
68	Poland	312,679
69	Italy	301,230
70	Philippines	300,000
71	Ecuador	283,560
72	Burkina Faso	274,200
73	New Zealand	268,680
74	Gabon	267,667
75	Western Sahara	266,000
76	Guinea	245,857
77	United Kingdom	244,820
78	Ghana	239,460
79	Romania	237,500
80	Laos	236,800
81	Uganda	236,040
82	Guyana	214,970
83	Oman	212,460
84	Belarus	207,600
85	Kyrgyzstan	198,500
86	Senegal	196,190
87	Syria	185,180
88	Cambodia	181,040
89	Uruguay	176,220
90	Tunisia	163,610
91	Suriname	163,270
92	Nepal	147,181
93	Bangladesh	144,000
94	Tajikistan	143,100
95	Greece	131,940
96	Nicaragua	129,494
97	Eritrea	121,320
98	Korea, North	120,540
99	Malawi	118,480
100	Benin	112,620
101	Honduras	112,090
102	Liberia	111,370
103	Bulgaria	110,910
104	Cuba	110,860
105	Guatemala	108,890
106	Iceland	103,000
107	Korea, South	98,480
108	Hungary	93,030
109	Portugal	92,391
110	Jordan	92,300
111	Azerbaijan	86,600
112	Austria	83,870
113	United Arab Emirates	83,600
114	Czech Republic	78,866
115	Panama	78,200
116	Serbia	77,474
117	Sierra Leone	71,740
118	Ireland	70,280
119	Georgia	69,700
120	Sri Lanka	65,610
121	Lithuania	65,300
122	Latvia	64,589
123	Svalbard	61,020
124	Togo	56,785
125	Croatia	56,542
126	British Indian Ocean Territory	54,400
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209
128	Costa Rica	51,100
129	Slovakia	48,845
130	Dominican Republic	48,730
131	Bhutan	47,000
132	Estonia	45,226
133	Denmark	43,094
134	Netherlands	41,526
135	Switzerland	41,290
136	Guinea-Bissau	36,120
137	Taiwan	35,980
138	Moldova	33,843
139	Belgium	30,528
140	Lesotho	30,355
141	Armenia	29,743
142	Albania	28,748
143	Solomon Islands	28,450
144	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
145	Burundi	27,830
146	Haiti	27,750
147	Rwanda	26,338
148	Macedonia	25,333
149	Djibouti	23,000
150	Belize	22,966
151	El Salvador	21,040
152	Israel	20,770
153	Slovenia	20,273
154	New Caledonia	19,060
155	Fiji	18,270
156	Kuwait	17,820
157	Swaziland	17,363
158	Timor-Leste	15,007
159	Montenegro	14,026
160	Bahamas, The	13,940
161	Puerto Rico	13,790
162	Vanuatu	12,200
163	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173
164	Qatar	11,437
165	Gambia, The	11,300
166	Jamaica	10,991
167	Kosovo	10,887
168	Lebanon	10,400
169	Cyprus	9,250
170	West Bank	5,860
171	Brunei	5,770
172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
173	French Polynesia	4,167
174	Cape Verde	4,033
175	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903
176	Samoa	2,944
177	Luxembourg	2,586
178	Comoros	2,170
179	Mauritius	2,040
180	United States Virgin Islands	1,910
181	Faroe Islands	1,399
182	Hong Kong	1,092
183	Sao Tome and Principe	1,001
184	Netherlands Antilles	960
185	Kiribati	811
186	Dominica	754
187	Tonga	748
188	Micronesia, Federated States of	702
189	Singapore	693
190	Bahrain	665
191	Saint Lucia	616
192	Isle of Man	572
193	Guam	541
194	Northern Mariana Islands	477
195	Andorra	468
196	Palau	458
197	Seychelles	455
198	Antigua and Barbuda	443
199	Barbados	431
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
201	Saint Helena	413
202	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
204	Jan Mayen	377
205	Mayotte	374
206	Gaza Strip	360
207	Grenada	344
208	Malta	316
209	Maldives	300
210	Wallis and Futuna	274
211	Cayman Islands	262
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
213	Niue	260
214	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242
215	Cook Islands	237
216	American Samoa	199
217	Aruba	193
218	Marshall Islands	181
219	Liechtenstein	160
220	British Virgin Islands	153
221	Christmas Island	135
222	Dhekelia	131
223	Akrotiri	123
224	Jersey	116
225	Anguilla	102
226	Montserrat	102
227	Guernsey	78
228	San Marino	61
229	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	55
230	Saint Martin	54
231	Bermuda	53
232	Bouvet Island	49
233	Pitcairn Islands	47
234	Norfolk Island	35
235	Macau	28
236	Tuvalu	26
237	Nauru	21
238	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
239	Tokelau	10
240	Gibraltar	7
241	Wake Island	7
242	Clipperton Island	6
243	Navassa Island	5
244	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
245	Spratly Islands	5
246	Coral Sea Islands	3
247	Monaco	2
248	Holy See (Vatican City)	0

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