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Largest countries in the world

Ranking of the 197 countries by area, with each country's share of the world's land area

The world's land area covers about 149 million km². Russia alone occupies more than 11% of it, ahead of Canada, the United States and China; at the other extreme, Vatican City fits into 0.44 km². This ranking presents the 197 countries of the world in descending order of area, with each country's share of the world's land area.

# Country Area (km²) % of world Capital
1 Russia Russia 17,098,200 12.2 % Moscow
2 Canada Canada 15,634,400 11.2 % Ottawa
3 United States United States 9,831,510 7.0 % Washington D.C.
4 China China 9,562,910 6.8 % Beijing
5 Brazil Brazil 8,510,420 6.1 % Brasilia
6 Australia Australia 7,741,220 5.5 % Canberra
7 India India 3,287,260 2.3 % New Delhi
8 Argentina Argentina 2,780,400 2.0 % Buenos Aires
9 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2,724,900 1.9 % Astana
10 Algeria Algeria 2,381,740 1.7 % Algiers
11 Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo 2,344,860 1.7 % Kinshasa
12 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 1.5 % Riyadh
13 Mexico Mexico 1,964,380 1.4 % Mexico City
14 Indonesia Indonesia 1,916,910 1.4 % Jakarta
15 Sudan Sudan 1,878,000 1.3 % Khartoum
16 Libya Libya 1,759,540 1.3 % Tripoli
17 Iran Iran 1,745,150 1.2 % Tehran
18 Mongolia Mongolia 1,564,120 1.1 % Ulaanbaatar
19 Peru Peru 1,285,220 0.9 % Lima
20 Chad Chad 1,284,000 0.9 % N'Djamena
21 Niger Niger 1,267,000 0.9 % Niamey
22 Angola Angola 1,246,700 0.9 % Luanda
23 Mali Mali 1,240,190 0.9 % Bamako
24 South Africa South Africa 1,219,090 0.9 % Pretoria
25 Colombia Colombia 1,140,620 0.8 % Bogota
26 Ethiopia Ethiopia 1,136,240 0.8 % Addis Ababa
27 Bolivia Bolivia 1,098,580 0.8 % Sucre
28 Mauritania Mauritania 1,030,700 0.7 % Nouakchott
29 Egypt Egypt 1,001,450 0.7 % Cairo
30 Tanzania Tanzania 947,300 0.7 % Dodoma
31 Nigeria Nigeria 923,770 0.7 % Abuja
32 Venezuela Venezuela 912,050 0.7 % Caracas
33 Namibia Namibia 824,290 0.6 % Windhoek
34 Mozambique Mozambique 799,380 0.6 % Maputo
35 Pakistan Pakistan 796,100 0.6 % Islamabad
36 Turkey Turkey 785,350 0.6 % Ankara
37 Chile Chile 756,700 0.5 % Santiago
38 Zambia Zambia 752,610 0.5 % Lusaka
39 Myanmar Myanmar 676,590 0.5 % Naypyidaw
40 Afghanistan Afghanistan 652,860 0.5 % Kabul
41 South Sudan South Sudan 646,883 0.5 % Juba
42 Somalia Somalia 637,660 0.5 % Mogadishu
43 Norway Norway 624,500 0.4 % Oslo
44 Central African Republic Central African Republic 622,980 0.4 % Bangui
45 Ukraine Ukraine 603,550 0.4 % Kiev
46 Madagascar Madagascar 587,295 0.4 % Antananarivo
47 Botswana Botswana 581,730 0.4 % Gaborone
48 Kenya Kenya 580,370 0.4 % Nairobi
49 France France 549,087 0.4 % Paris
50 Sweden Sweden 528,860 0.4 % Stockholm
51 Yemen Yemen 527,970 0.4 % Sana'a
52 Thailand Thailand 513,120 0.4 % Bangkok
53 Spain Spain 505,978 0.4 % Madrid
54 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 491,209 0.4 % Ashgabat
55 Cameroon Cameroon 475,440 0.3 % Yaoundé
56 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 462,840 0.3 % Port Moresby
57 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 448,924 0.3 % Tashkent
58 Morocco Morocco 446,550 0.3 % Rabat
59 Iraq Iraq 435,050 0.3 % Baghdad
60 Paraguay Paraguay 406,752 0.3 % Asunción
61 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 390,760 0.3 % Harare
62 Japan Japan 377,969 0.3 % Tokyo
63 Germany Germany 357,600 0.3 % Berlin
64 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 342,000 0.2 % Brazzaville
65 Finland Finland 338,470 0.2 % Helsinki
66 Vietnam Vietnam 331,340 0.2 % Hanoi
67 Malaysia Malaysia 330,411 0.2 % Kuala Lumpur
68 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 322,460 0.2 % Yamoussoukro
69 Poland Poland 312,720 0.2 % Warsaw
70 Oman Oman 309,500 0.2 % Muscat
71 Italy Italy 302,070 0.2 % Rome
72 Philippines Philippines 300,000 0.2 % Manila
73 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 274,200 0.2 % Ouagadougou
74 New Zealand New Zealand 267,710 0.2 % Wellington
75 Gabon Gabon 267,670 0.2 % Libreville
76 Ecuador Ecuador 256,370 0.2 % Quito
77 Guinea Guinea 245,860 0.2 % Conakry
78 United Kingdom United Kingdom 243,610 0.2 % London
79 Uganda Uganda 241,550 0.2 % Kampala
80 Ghana Ghana 238,533 0.2 % Accra
81 Romania Romania 238,400 0.2 % Bucharest
82 Laos Laos 236,800 0.2 % Vientiane
83 Guyana Guyana 214,970 0.2 % Georgetown
84 Belarus Belarus 207,630 0.1 % Minsk
85 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 199,950 0.1 % Bishkek
86 Senegal Senegal 196,710 0.1 % Dakar
87 Syria Syria 185,180 0.1 % Damascus
88 Cambodia Cambodia 181,040 0.1 % Phnom Penh
89 Uruguay Uruguay 176,220 0.1 % Montevideo
90 Suriname Suriname 163,820 0.1 % Paramaribo
91 Tunisia Tunisia 163,610 0.1 % Tunis
92 Bangladesh Bangladesh 147,570 0.1 % Dhaka
93 Nepal Nepal 147,180 0.1 % Kathmandu
94 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 146,839 0.1 % Santo Domingo
95 Tajikistan Tajikistan 141,379 0.1 % Dushanbe
96 Greece Greece 131,960 < 0.1 % Athens
97 Nicaragua Nicaragua 130,370 < 0.1 % Managua
98 Eritrea Eritrea 121,630 < 0.1 % Asmara
99 Korea, North Korea, North 120,540 < 0.1 % Pyongyang
100 Malawi Malawi 118,480 < 0.1 % Lilongwe
101 Benin Benin 114,760 < 0.1 % Porto Novo
102 Honduras Honduras 112,490 < 0.1 % Tegucigalpa
103 Liberia Liberia 111,370 < 0.1 % Monrovia
104 Bulgaria Bulgaria 111,000 < 0.1 % Sofia
105 Cuba Cuba 109,880 < 0.1 % Havana
106 Guatemala Guatemala 108,890 < 0.1 % Guatemala City
107 Iceland Iceland 103,000 < 0.1 % Reykjavík
108 Korea, South Korea, South 100,440 < 0.1 % Seoul
109 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 98,647 < 0.1 % Abu Dhabi
110 Hungary Hungary 93,030 < 0.1 % Budapest
111 Portugal Portugal 92,230 < 0.1 % Lisbon
112 Jordan Jordan 89,318 < 0.1 % Amman
113 Croatia Croatia 88,070 < 0.1 % Zagreb
114 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 86,600 < 0.1 % Baku
115 Serbia Serbia 84,990 < 0.1 % Belgrade
116 Austria Austria 83,879 < 0.1 % Vienna
117 Czech Republic Czech Republic 78,871 < 0.1 % Prague
118 Panama Panama 75,320 < 0.1 % Panama City
119 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 72,300 < 0.1 % Freetown
120 Ireland Ireland 70,280 < 0.1 % Dublin
121 Georgia Georgia 69,700 < 0.1 % Tbilisi
122 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 65,610 < 0.1 % Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
123 Lithuania Lithuania 65,286 < 0.1 % Vilnius
124 Latvia Latvia 64,590 < 0.1 % Riga
125 Togo Togo 56,790 < 0.1 % Lomé
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,210 < 0.1 % Sarajevo
127 Costa Rica Costa Rica 51,100 < 0.1 % San José
128 Slovakia Slovakia 49,030 < 0.1 % Bratislava
129 Estonia Estonia 45,340 < 0.1 % Tallinn
130 Denmark Denmark 42,920 < 0.1 % Copenagen
131 Netherlands Netherlands 41,540 < 0.1 % Amsterdam
132 Switzerland Switzerland 41,290 < 0.1 % Bern
133 Bhutan Bhutan 38,390 < 0.1 % Thimphu
134 Taiwan Taiwan 36,197 < 0.1 % Taipei
135 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 36,130 < 0.1 % Bissau
136 Moldova Moldova 33,850 < 0.1 % Chisinau
137 Belgium Belgium 30,689 < 0.1 % Brussels
138 Lesotho Lesotho 30,360 < 0.1 % Maseru
139 Armenia Armenia 29,740 < 0.1 % Yerevan
140 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 28,900 < 0.1 % Honiara
141 Albania Albania 28,750 < 0.1 % Tirana
142 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 28,050 < 0.1 % Malabo
143 Burundi Burundi 27,830 < 0.1 % Bujumbura
144 Haiti Haiti 27,750 < 0.1 % Port-au-Prince
145 Rwanda Rwanda 26,340 < 0.1 % Kigali
146 North Macedonia North Macedonia 25,710 < 0.1 % Skopje
147 Djibouti Djibouti 23,200 < 0.1 % Djibouti
148 Belize Belize 22,970 < 0.1 % Belmopan
149 Israel Israel 22,070 < 0.1 % Jerusalem
150 El Salvador El Salvador 21,040 < 0.1 % San Salvador
151 Slovenia Slovenia 20,480 < 0.1 % Ljubljana
152 Fiji Fiji 18,270 < 0.1 % Suva
153 Kuwait Kuwait 17,820 < 0.1 % Kuwait City
154 Eswatini Eswatini 17,360 < 0.1 % Mbabane
155 East Timor East Timor 14,870 < 0.1 % Dili
156 Bahamas Bahamas 13,880 < 0.1 % Nassau
157 Montenegro Montenegro 13,810 < 0.1 % Podgorica
158 Vanuatu Vanuatu 12,190 < 0.1 % Port Vila
159 Qatar Qatar 11,490 < 0.1 % Doha
160 Gambia Gambia 11,300 < 0.1 % Banjul
161 Jamaica Jamaica 10,990 < 0.1 % Kingston
162 Kosovo Kosovo 10,887 < 0.1 % Pristina
163 Lebanon Lebanon 10,450 < 0.1 % Beirut
164 Cyprus Cyprus 9,250 < 0.1 % Nicosia
165 Palestine Palestine 6,025 < 0.1 % East Jerusalem
166 Brunei Brunei 5,770 < 0.1 % Bandar Seri Begawan
167 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 < 0.1 % Port of Spain
168 Cape Verde Cape Verde 4,030 < 0.1 % Praia
169 Samoa Samoa 2,840 < 0.1 % Apia
170 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2,590 < 0.1 % Luxembourg
171 Mauritius Mauritius 2,010 < 0.1 % Port Louis
172 Comoros Comoros 1,861 < 0.1 % Moroni
173 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 960 < 0.1 % São Tomé
174 Kiribati Kiribati 810 < 0.1 % Tarawa
175 Bahrain Bahrain 790 < 0.1 % Manama
176 Dominica Dominica 750 < 0.1 % Roseau
177 Tonga Tonga 750 < 0.1 % Nukualofa
178 Singapore Singapore 728 < 0.1 % Singapore
179 Micronesia Micronesia 700 < 0.1 % Palikir
180 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 620 < 0.1 % Castries
181 Andorra Andorra 470 < 0.1 % Andorra la Vella
182 Palau Palau 460 < 0.1 % Melekeok
183 Seychelles Seychelles 460 < 0.1 % Victoria
184 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 440 < 0.1 % St. John's
185 Barbados Barbados 430 < 0.1 % Bridgetown
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 390 < 0.1 % Kingstown
187 Grenada Grenada 340 < 0.1 % St. George's
188 Malta Malta 320 < 0.1 % Valletta
189 Maldives Maldives 300 < 0.1 % Malé
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 260 < 0.1 % Basseterre
191 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 180 < 0.1 % Majuro
192 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 160 < 0.1 % Vaduz
193 Monaco Monaco 74 < 0.1 % Monaco
194 San Marino San Marino 60 < 0.1 % San Marino
195 Tuvalu Tuvalu 30 < 0.1 % Funafuti
196 Nauru Nauru 20 < 0.1 % Yaren
197 Vatican City Vatican City 0 < 0.1 % Vatican City

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest country in the world?

Russia is by far the largest country in the world with about 17.1 million km², more than 11% of the world's land area. It spans two continents, from the Kaliningrad enclave to the Bering Strait.

What are the 5 largest countries in the world?

The five largest countries in the world are Russia (17.1 million km²), Canada (10 million), the United States and China (about 9.6 million each) and Brazil (8.5 million). Together they cover about a third of the world's land area.

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with only 0.44 km², followed by Monaco (2 km²) and Nauru (21 km²). Most of these microstates are located in Europe and the Pacific.

What is the world's total land area?

The world's land area covers about 149 million km², which is 29% of the Earth's surface; the rest is occupied by oceans. Asia is the largest continent, with nearly 30% of the land.

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