Countries by area
Russia ranks highest at 17,098,242 km², followed by Antarctica and Canada. All 194 countries and 58 territories ranked below.
2026 edition
Updated August 12, 2026
| Rank | Country | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 17,098,242 km² |
| 2 |  Antarctica territory | 14,000,000 km² |
| 3 |  Canada | 9,984,670 km² |
| 4 |  United States | 9,833,517 km² |
| 5 |  China | 9,596,960 km² |
| 6 |  Brazil | 8,515,767 km² |
| 7 |  Australia | 7,692,024 km² |
| 8 |  India | 3,287,590 km² |
| 9 |  Argentina | 2,780,400 km² |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 km² |
| 11 |  Algeria | 2,381,741 km² |
| 12 |  DR Congo | 2,344,858 km² |
| 13 |  Greenland territory | 2,166,086 km² |
| 14 |  Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| 15 |  Mexico | 1,964,375 km² |
| 16 |  Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| 17 |  Sudan | 1,886,068 km² |
| 18 |  Libya | 1,759,540 km² |
| 19 |  Iran | 1,648,195 km² |
| 20 |  Mongolia | 1,564,110 km² |
| 21 |  Peru | 1,285,216 km² |
| 22 |  Chad | 1,284,000 km² |
| 23 |  Niger | 1,267,000 km² |
| 24 |  Angola | 1,246,700 km² |
| 25 |  Mali | 1,240,192 km² |
| 26 |  South Africa | 1,221,037 km² |
| 27 |  Colombia | 1,141,748 km² |
| 28 |  Ethiopia | 1,104,300 km² |
| 29 |  Bolivia | 1,098,581 km² |
| 30 |  Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² |
| 31 |  Egypt | 1,002,450 km² |
| 32 |  Tanzania | 945,087 km² |
| 33 |  Nigeria | 923,768 km² |
| 34 |  Venezuela | 916,445 km² |
| 35 |  Pakistan | 881,912 km² |
| 36 |  Namibia | 825,615 km² |
| 37 |  Mozambique | 801,590 km² |
| 38 |  Turkey (Türkiye) | 783,562 km² |
| 39 |  Chile | 756,102 km² |
| 40 |  Zambia | 752,612 km² |
| 41 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 676,578 km² |
| 42 |  Afghanistan | 652,230 km² |
| 43 |  South Sudan | 644,329 km² |
| 44 |  France | 643,801 km² |
| 45 |  Somalia | 637,657 km² |
| 46 |  Central African Republic | 622,984 km² |
| 47 |  Ukraine | 603,500 km² |
| 48 |  Madagascar | 587,041 km² |
| 49 |  Botswana | 582,000 km² |
| 50 |  Kenya | 580,367 km² |
| 51 |  Yemen | 527,968 km² |
| 52 |  Thailand | 513,120 km² |
| 53 |  Spain | 505,992 km² |
| 54 |  Turkmenistan | 488,100 km² |
| 55 |  Cameroon | 475,442 km² |
| 56 |  Papua New Guinea | 462,840 km² |
| 57 |  Sweden | 450,295 km² |
| 58 |  Uzbekistan | 447,400 km² |
| 59 |  Morocco | 446,550 km² |
| 60 |  Iraq | 438,317 km² |
| 61 |  Paraguay | 406,752 km² |
| 62 |  Zimbabwe | 390,757 km² |
| 63 |  Japan | 377,930 km² |
| 64 |  Germany | 357,114 km² |
| 65 |  Philippines | 342,353 km² |
| 66 |  Republic of the Congo | 342,000 km² |
| 67 |  Finland | 338,424 km² |
| 68 |  Vietnam | 331,212 km² |
| 69 |  Malaysia | 330,803 km² |
| 70 |  Norway | 323,802 km² |
| 71 |  Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 322,463 km² |
| 72 |  Poland | 312,679 km² |
| 73 |  Oman | 309,500 km² |
| 74 |  Italy | 301,336 km² |
| 75 |  Ecuador | 276,841 km² |
| 76 |  Burkina Faso | 272,967 km² |
| 77 |  New Zealand | 270,467 km² |
| 78 |  Gabon | 267,668 km² |
| 79 |  Western Sahara territory | 266,000 km² |
| 80 |  Guinea | 245,857 km² |
| 81 |  United Kingdom | 242,900 km² |
| 82 |  Uganda | 241,550 km² |
| 83 |  Ghana | 238,533 km² |
| 84 |  Romania | 238,391 km² |
| 85 |  Laos | 236,800 km² |
| 86 |  Guyana | 214,969 km² |
| 87 |  Belarus | 207,600 km² |
| 88 |  Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 km² |
| 89 |  Senegal | 196,722 km² |
| 90 |  Syria | 185,180 km² |
| 91 |  Cambodia | 181,035 km² |
| 92 |  Uruguay | 181,034 km² |
| 93 |  Suriname | 163,820 km² |
| 94 |  Tunisia | 163,610 km² |
| 95 |  Bangladesh | 147,570 km² |
| 96 |  Nepal | 147,181 km² |
| 97 |  Tajikistan | 143,100 km² |
| 98 |  Greece | 131,990 km² |
| 99 |  Nicaragua | 130,373 km² |
| 100 |  North Korea | 120,538 km² |
| 101 |  Malawi | 118,484 km² |
| 102 |  Eritrea | 117,600 km² |
| 103 |  Benin | 112,622 km² |
| 104 |  Honduras | 112,492 km² |
| 105 |  Liberia | 111,369 km² |
| 106 |  Bulgaria | 110,879 km² |
| 107 |  Cuba | 109,884 km² |
| 108 |  Guatemala | 108,889 km² |
| 109 |  Iceland | 103,000 km² |
| 110 |  South Korea | 100,210 km² |
| 111 |  Hungary | 93,028 km² |
| 112 |  Portugal | 92,090 km² |
| 113 |  Jordan | 89,342 km² |
| 114 |  Azerbaijan | 86,600 km² |
| 115 |  Austria | 83,871 km² |
| 116 |  United Arab Emirates | 83,600 km² |
| 117 |  Czechia (Czech Republic) | 78,865 km² |
| 118 |  Serbia | 77,474 km² |
| 119 |  Panama | 75,417 km² |
| 120 |  Sierra Leone | 71,740 km² |
| 121 |  Ireland | 70,273 km² |
| 122 |  Georgia | 69,700 km² |
| 123 |  Sri Lanka | 65,610 km² |
| 124 |  Lithuania | 65,300 km² |
| 125 |  Latvia | 64,559 km² |
| 126 |  Svalbard territory | 62,045 km² |
| 127 |  Togo | 56,785 km² |
| 128 |  Croatia | 56,594 km² |
| 129 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,209 km² |
| 130 |  Costa Rica | 51,100 km² |
| 131 |  Slovakia | 49,037 km² |
| 132 |  Dominican Republic | 48,671 km² |
| 133 |  Estonia | 45,227 km² |
| 134 |  Denmark | 43,094 km² |
| 135 |  Netherlands | 41,850 km² |
| 136 |  Switzerland | 41,284 km² |
| 137 |  Bhutan | 38,394 km² |
| 138 |  Taiwan territory | 36,193 km² |
| 139 |  Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 km² |
| 140 |  Moldova | 33,846 km² |
| 141 |  Belgium | 30,528 km² |
| 142 |  Lesotho | 30,355 km² |
| 143 |  Armenia | 29,743 km² |
| 144 |  Solomon Islands | 28,896 km² |
| 145 |  Albania | 28,748 km² |
| 146 |  Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 km² |
| 147 |  Burundi | 27,834 km² |
| 148 |  Haiti | 27,750 km² |
| 149 |  Rwanda | 26,338 km² |
| 150 |  North Macedonia | 25,713 km² |
| 151 |  Djibouti | 23,200 km² |
| 152 |  Belize | 22,966 km² |
| 153 |  El Salvador | 21,041 km² |
| 154 |  Israel | 20,770 km² |
| 155 |  Slovenia | 20,273 km² |
| 156 |  New Caledonia territory | 18,575 km² |
| 157 |  Fiji | 18,272 km² |
| 158 |  Kuwait | 17,818 km² |
| 159 |  Eswatini | 17,364 km² |
| 160 |  Timor-Leste | 14,874 km² |
| 161 |  Bahamas | 13,943 km² |
| 162 |  Montenegro | 13,812 km² |
| 163 |  Vanuatu | 12,189 km² |
| 164 |  Falkland Islands territory | 12,173 km² |
| 165 |  Qatar | 11,586 km² |
| 166 |  Jamaica | 10,991 km² |
| 167 |  Kosovo territory | 10,908 km² |
| 168 |  Gambia | 10,689 km² |
| 169 |  Lebanon | 10,452 km² |
| 170 |  Cyprus | 9,251 km² |
| 171 |  Puerto Rico territory | 8,870 km² |
| 172 |  French Southern and Antarctic Lands territory | 7,747 km² |
| 173 |  Brunei | 5,765 km² |
| 174 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 km² |
| 175 |  French Polynesia territory | 4,167 km² |
| 176 |  Cape Verde | 4,033 km² |
| 177 |  South Georgia territory | 3,903 km² |
| 178 |  Samoa | 2,842 km² |
| 179 |  Luxembourg | 2,586 km² |
| 180 |  Comoros | 2,235 km² |
| 181 |  Mauritius | 2,040 km² |
| 182 |  Faroe Islands territory | 1,393 km² |
| 183 |  Hong Kong territory | 1,104 km² |
| 184 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 964 km² |
| 185 |  Turks and Caicos Islands territory | 948 km² |
| 186 |  Kiribati | 811 km² |
| 187 |  Bahrain | 765 km² |
| 188 |  Dominica | 751 km² |
| 189 |  Tonga | 747 km² |
| 190 |  Singapore | 719 km² |
| 191 |  Micronesia | 702 km² |
| 192 |  Saint Lucia | 616 km² |
| 193 |  Isle of Man territory | 572 km² |
| 194 |  Guam territory | 549 km² |
| 195 |  Andorra | 468 km² |
| 196 |  Northern Mariana Islands territory | 464 km² |
| 197 |  Palau | 459 km² |
| 198 |  Seychelles | 452 km² |
| 199 |  Curaçao territory | 444 km² |
| 200 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 442 km² |
| 201 |  Barbados | 430 km² |
| 202 |  Heard Island and McDonald Islands territory | 412 km² |
| 203 |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha territory | 394 km² |
| 204 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 km² |
| 205 |  Jan Mayen territory | 377 km² |
| 206 |  United States Virgin Islands territory | 347 km² |
| 207 |  Grenada | 344 km² |
| 208 |  Malta | 316 km² |
| 209 |  Maldives | 300 km² |
| 210 |  Cayman Islands territory | 264 km² |
| 211 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 km² |
| 212 |  Niue territory | 260 km² |
| 213 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon territory | 242 km² |
| 214 |  Cook Islands territory | 236 km² |
| 215 |  American Samoa territory | 199 km² |
| 216 |  Marshall Islands | 181 km² |
| 217 |  Aruba territory | 180 km² |
| 218 |  Liechtenstein | 160 km² |
| 219 |  British Virgin Islands territory | 151 km² |
| 220 |  Wallis and Futuna territory | 142 km² |
| 221 |  Christmas Island territory | 135 km² |
| 222 | Dhekelia territory | 131 km² |
| 223 | Akrotiri territory | 123 km² |
| 224 |  Jersey territory | 116 km² |
| 225 |  Montserrat territory | 102 km² |
| 226 |  Anguilla territory | 91 km² |
| 227 |  Guernsey territory | 78 km² |
| 228 |  San Marino | 61 km² |
| 229 |  British Indian Ocean Territory territory | 60 km² |
| 230 |  Bermuda territory | 54 km² |
| 231 |  Saint Martin territory | 53 km² |
| 232 |  Bouvet Island territory | 49 km² |
| 233 |  Pitcairn Islands territory | 47 km² |
| 234 |  Norfolk Island territory | 36 km² |
| 235 |  United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges territory | 34 km² |
| 236 |  Sint Maarten territory | 34 km² |
| 237 |  Macau territory | 30 km² |
| 238 |  Tuvalu | 26 km² |
| 239 |  Nauru | 21 km² |
| 239 |  Saint Barthélemy territory | 21 km² |
| 241 |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands territory | 14 km² |
| 242 |  Tokelau territory | 12 km² |
| 243 | Paracel Islands territory | 8.00 km² |
| 244 | Wake Island territory | 7.00 km² |
| 245 | Clipperton Island territory | 6.00 km² |
| 245 |  Gibraltar territory | 6.00 km² |
| 247 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands territory | 5.00 km² |
| 247 | Navassa Island territory | 5.00 km² |
| 247 | Spratly Islands territory | 5.00 km² |
| 250 | Coral Sea Islands territory | 3.00 km² |
| 251 |  Monaco | 2.02 km² |
| 252 |  Vatican City | 0.44 km² |
How this is measured
Source: mledoze/countries reference dataset (ODbL). Values are the most recent non-empty observation for each country, so vintages differ; the year column carries each figure's own date rather than implying a single edition year. Territories appear where the source reports them and are labelled. See the methodology for refresh cadence, or the field definition for how the indicator is constructed.