Largest countries by area – ranked

A ranking of the largest countries by area, measured using total surface area, using the latest data from the World Bank.

Aerial view of Lake Baikal in Russia, the largest country by area — Russia is the world’s largest country by total area (Shutterstock)

Below is an index of the world’s countries and territories measured by surface area. Surface area is the sum of all land and water areas, demarcated by international boundaries and/or coastlines.

10 largest countries by area

These are the world’s 10 largest sovereign states.

Russia
Canada
USA
China
Brazil
Australia
India
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Algeria

10 smallest countries by area

These are the world’s 10 smallest sovereign states.

Complete ranking

The table below ranks the world’s countries (and some territories) by total surface area in square kilometres (sq. km). This includes areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

The data is collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Some dependent territories have been omitted.

Rank	Country	Sq. km
1	Russia	17,098,250
2	Canada	9,984,670
3	USA	9,831,510
4	China	9,562,910
5	Brazil	8,515,770
6	Australia	7,741,220
7	India	3,287,259
8	Argentina	2,780,400
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,902
10	Algeria	2,381,740
11	DR Congo	2,344,860
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
13	Mexico	1,964,375
14	Indonesia	1,913,580
15	Sudan	1,861,484
16	Libya	1,759,540
17	Iran	1,745,150
18	Mongolia	1,564,120
19	Peru	1,285,220
20	Chad	1,284,000
21	Niger	1,267,000
22	Angola	1,246,700
23	Mali	1,240,190
24	South Africa	1,219,090
25	Colombia	1,141,749
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300
27	Bolivia	1,098,580
28	Mauritania	1,030,700
29	Egypt	1,001,450
30	Tanzania	947,300
31	Nigeria	923,770
32	Venezuela	912,050
33	Namibia	824,290
34	Pakistan	796,100
35	Mozambique	786,380
36	Turkey	785,350
37	Chile	756,700
38	Zambia	752,610
39	Myanmar	676,590
40	Afghanistan	652,860
41	South Sudan	644,329
42	Somalia	637,660
43	Norway	625,217
44	Central African Rep.	622,980
45	Ukraine	603,550
46	Madagascar	587,295
47	Botswana	581,730
48	Kenya	580,370
49	France	549,087
50	Yemen	527,970
51	Thailand	513,120
52	Spain	505,935
53	Turkmenistan	488,100
54	Cameroon	475,440
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840
56	Sweden	447,430
57	Uzbekistan	447,400
58	Morocco	446,550
59	Iraq	435,052
60	Greenland	410,450
61	Paraguay	406,752
62	Zimbabwe	390,760
63	Japan	377,970
64	Germany	357,580
65	Congo	342,000
66	Finland	338,450
67	Vietnam	331,230
68	Malaysia	330,345
69	Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	322,460
70	Poland	312,680
71	Oman	309,500
72	Italy	301,340
73	Philippines	300,000
74	Burkina Faso	274,220
75	New Zealand	267,710
76	Gabon	267,670
77	Ecuador	256,370
78	Guinea	245,860
79	UK	243,610
80	Uganda	241,550
81	Ghana	238,540
82	Romania	238,400
83	Lao PDR	236,800
84	Guyana	214,970
85	Belarus	207,600
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,950
87	Senegal	196,710
88	Syrian	185,180
89	Cambodia	181,040
90	Uruguay	176,220
91	Suriname	163,820
92	Tunisia	163,610
93	Bangladesh	147,630
94	Nepal	147,180
95	Tajikistan	141,380
96	Greece	131,960
97	Nicaragua	130,370
98	North Korea	120,540
99	Malawi	118,480
100	Eritrea	117,600
101	Benin	114,760
102	Honduras	112,490
103	Liberia	111,370
104	Bulgaria	111,000
105	Cuba	109,880
106	Guatemala	108,890
107	Iceland	103,000
108	South Korea	100,339
109	Hungary	93,030
110	Portugal	92,226
111	Jordan	89,320
112	Serbia	88,360
113	Azerbaijan	86,600
114	Austria	83,879
115	UAE	83,600
116	Czech Rep.	78,870
117	Panama	75,420
118	Sierra Leone	72,300
119	Ireland	70,280
120	Georgia	69,700
121	Sri Lanka	65,610
122	Lithuania	65,286
123	Latvia	64,490
124	Togo	56,790
125	Croatia	56,590
126	Bosnia & Herz.	51,210
127	Costa Rica	51,100
128	Slovak Rep.	49,030
129	Dominican Rep.	48,670
130	Estonia	45,340
131	Denmark	42,920
132	Netherlands	41,540
133	Switzerland	41,290
134	Bhutan	38,394
135	Guinea-Bissau	36,130
136	Moldova	33,850
137	Belgium	30,530
138	Lesotho	30,360
139	Armenia	29,740
140	Solomon Islands	28,900
141	Albania	28,750
142	Equatorial Guinea	28,050
143	Burundi	27,830
144	Haiti	27,750
145	Rwanda	26,340
146	North Macedonia	25,710
147	Djibouti	23,200
148	Belize	22,970
149	Israel	22,070
150	El Salvador	21,040
151	Slovenia	20,675
152	New Caledonia	18,580
153	Fiji	18,270
154	Kuwait	17,820
155	Eswatini	17,360
156	Timor-Leste	14,870
157	The Bahamas	13,880
158	Montenegro	13,810
159	Vanuatu	12,190
160	Qatar	11,610
161	Gambia	11,300
162	Jamaica	10,990
163	Kosovo	10,887
164	Lebanon	10,450
165	Cyprus	9,250
166	Puerto Rico	8,870
167	West Bank & Gaza	6,020
168	Brunei	5,770
169	Trinidad & Tobago	5,130
170	Bermuda	4,290
171	Cabo Verde	4,030
172	French Polynesia	4,000
173	Samoa	2,840
174	Luxembourg	2,590
175	Mauritius	2,040
176	Comoros	1,861
177	Faroe Islands	1,396
178	Hong Kong SAR, China	1,110
179	Sao Tome & Principe	960
180	Turks & Caicos Islands	950
181	Kiribati	810
182	Bahrain	778
183	Tonga	750
184	Dominica	750
185	Singapore	719
186	Micronesia	700
187	St. Lucia	620
188	Andorra	470
189	Seychelles	460
190	Palau	460
191	Curacao	444
192	Antigua & Barbuda	440
193	Barbados	430
194	St. Vincent & Gren.	390
195	Grenada	340
196	Malta	320
197	Maldives	300
198	St. Kitts & Nevis	260
199	Cayman Islands	260
201	Marshall Islands	180
202	Aruba	180
203	Liechtenstein	160
204	San Marino	60
206	Tuvalu	30
207	Nauru	20
209	Monaco	2
210	Vatican	0.44

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators