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Surface area (km²)
Total area of the country, including inland water such as lakes and rivers. Ranked from largest to smallest.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · AG.SRF.TOTL.K2
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Surface areakm² | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 17,125,190 km² | 2024 |
| 2 |  Canada |
North America | 15,634,410 km² | 2024 |
| 3 |  United States |
North America | 9,831,510 km² | 2024 |
| 4 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 9,562,910 km² | 2024 |
| 5 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8,510,420 km² | 2024 |
| 6 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 7,741,220 km² | 2024 |
| 7 |  India |
South Asia | 3,287,263 km² | 2024 |
| 8 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2,780,400 km² | 2024 |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 2,724,902 km² | 2024 |
| 10 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2,381,740 km² | 2024 |
| 11 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,345,410 km² | 2024 |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2,149,690 km² | 2024 |
| 13 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,957,194 km² | 2024 |
| 14 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1,916,907 km² | 2024 |
| 15 |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,878,000 km² | 2024 |
| 16 |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,759,540 km² | 2024 |
| 17 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,745,150 km² | 2024 |
| 18 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1,564,116 km² | 2024 |
| 19 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,285,216 km² | 2024 |
| 20 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,284,000 km² | 2024 |
| 21 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,267,000 km² | 2024 |
| 22 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,246,700 km² | 2024 |
| 23 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,241,238 km² | 2024 |
| 24 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,219,602 km² | 2024 |
| 25 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,140,619 km² | 2024 |
| 26 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,129,819 km² | 2024 |
| 27 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,098,580 km² | 2024 |
| 28 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,030,700 km² | 2024 |
| 29 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,001,450 km² | 2024 |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 945,500 km² | 2024 |
| 31 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 923,768 km² | 2024 |
| 32 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 912,050 km² | 2024 |
| 33 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 824,292 km² | 2024 |
| 34 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 799,380 km² | 2024 |
| 35 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 796,100 km² | 2024 |
| 36 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 785,350 km² | 2024 |
| 37 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 756,556 km² | 2024 |
| 38 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 752,612 km² | 2024 |
| 39 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 676,578 km² | 2024 |
| 40 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 652,870 km² | 2024 |
| 41 |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 646,883 km² | 2024 |
| 42 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 637,657 km² | 2024 |
| 43 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 624,500 km² | 2024 |
| 44 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 622,980 km² | 2024 |
| 45 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 606,410 km² | 2024 |
| 46 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 603,550 km² | 2024 |
| 47 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 591,970 km² | 2024 |
| 48 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 591,896 km² | 2024 |
| 49 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 581,730 km² | 2024 |
| 50 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 528,860 km² | 2024 |
| 51 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 527,968 km² | 2024 |
| 52 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 513,115 km² | 2024 |
| 53 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 505,981 km² | 2024 |
| 54 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 491,209 km² | 2024 |
| 55 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 475,442 km² | 2024 |
| 56 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 462,840 km² | 2024 |
| 57 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 448,923 km² | 2024 |
| 58 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 446,550 km² | 2024 |
| 59 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 435,050 km² | 2024 |
| 60 |  Greenland |
Europe & Central Asia | 410,449 km² | 2024 |
| 61 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 406,752 km² | 2024 |
| 62 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 390,760 km² | 2024 |
| 63 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 377,975 km² | 2024 |
| 64 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 357,680 km² | 2024 |
| 65 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 342,000 km² | 2024 |
| 66 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 338,485 km² | 2024 |
| 67 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 331,338 km² | 2024 |
| 68 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 330,534 km² | 2024 |
| 69 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 322,460 km² | 2024 |
| 70 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 313,940 km² | 2024 |
| 71 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 309,500 km² | 2024 |
| 72 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 302,070 km² | 2024 |
| 73 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 300,000 km² | 2024 |
| 74 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 274,200 km² | 2024 |
| 75 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 267,710 km² | 2024 |
| 76 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 267,670 km² | 2024 |
| 77 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 256,370 km² | 2024 |
| 78 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 245,857 km² | 2024 |
| 79 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 243,610 km² | 2024 |
| 80 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 241,551 km² | 2024 |
| 81 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 238,539 km² | 2024 |
| 82 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 238,397 km² | 2024 |
| 83 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 236,800 km² | 2024 |
| 84 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 214,970 km² | 2024 |
| 85 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 207,629 km² | 2024 |
| 86 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 199,950 km² | 2024 |
| 87 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 196,710 km² | 2024 |
| 88 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 185,180 km² | 2024 |
| 89 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 181,035 km² | 2024 |
| 90 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 176,215 km² | 2024 |
| 91 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 163,820 km² | 2024 |
| 92 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 163,610 km² | 2024 |
| 93 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 147,570 km² | 2024 |
| 94 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 147,181 km² | 2024 |
| 95 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 146,839 km² | 2024 |
| 96 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 141,379 km² | 2024 |
| 97 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 131,960 km² | 2024 |
| 98 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 130,370 km² | 2023 |
| 99 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 121,630 km² | 2024 |
| 100 |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 120,540 km² | 2024 |
| 101 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 118,484 km² | 2024 |
| 102 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 114,760 km² | 2024 |
| 103 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 112,492 km² | 2024 |
| 104 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 111,370 km² | 2024 |
| 105 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 111,000 km² | 2024 |
| 106 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 109,884 km² | 2024 |
| 107 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 108,889 km² | 2024 |
| 108 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 103,000 km² | 2024 |
| 109 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 100,460 km² | 2024 |
| 110 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 98,648 km² | 2024 |
| 111 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 93,030 km² | 2024 |
| 112 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 92,230 km² | 2024 |
| 113 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 89,318 km² | 2024 |
| 114 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 88,490 km² | 2024 |
| 115 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 88,070 km² | 2024 |
| 116 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 86,600 km² | 2024 |
| 117 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 83,879 km² | 2024 |
| 118 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 78,871 km² | 2024 |
| 119 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 75,320 km² | 2024 |
| 120 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 72,300 km² | 2024 |
| 121 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 70,280 km² | 2024 |
| 122 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 69,700 km² | 2024 |
| 123 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 65,610 km² | 2024 |
| 124 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 65,290 km² | 2024 |
| 125 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 64,590 km² | 2024 |
| 126 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 56,785 km² | 2024 |
| 127 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 51,210 km² | 2023 |
| 128 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 51,100 km² | 2024 |
| 129 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 49,030 km² | 2024 |
| 130 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 45,340 km² | 2024 |
| 131 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 42,920 km² | 2024 |
| 132 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 41,540 km² | 2024 |
| 133 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 41,291 km² | 2024 |
| 134 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 38,390 km² | 2024 |
| 135 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 36,125 km² | 2024 |
| 136 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 33,849 km² | 2024 |
| 137 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 30,689 km² | 2024 |
| 138 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 30,360 km² | 2024 |
| 139 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 29,740 km² | 2024 |
| 140 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 28,750 km² | 2024 |
| 141 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 28,446 km² | 2024 |
| 142 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 28,052 km² | 2024 |
| 143 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 27,834 km² | 2024 |
| 144 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 27,750 km² | 2024 |
| 145 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 26,340 km² | 2024 |
| 146 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 25,713 km² | 2024 |
| 147 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23,200 km² | 2024 |
| 148 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 22,966 km² | 2024 |
| 149 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 22,070 km² | 2024 |
| 150 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 21,040 km² | 2024 |
| 151 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 20,480 km² | 2024 |
| 152 |  New Caledonia |
East Asia & Pacific | 18,576 km² | 2024 |
| 153 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 18,333 km² | 2024 |
| 154 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17,820 km² | 2024 |
| 155 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 17,364 km² | 2024 |
| 156 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 14,870 km² | 2024 |
| 157 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 13,883 km² | 2024 |
| 158 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 13,878 km² | 2024 |
| 159 |  Faroe Islands |
Europe & Central Asia | 12,960 km² | 2024 |
| 160 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 12,189 km² | 2024 |
| 161 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 11,637 km² | 2024 |
| 162 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 11,295 km² | 2024 |
| 163 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 10,991 km² | 2024 |
| 164 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10,452 km² | 2024 |
| 165 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 9,250 km² | 2024 |
| 166 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8,870 km² | 2024 |
| 167 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6,025 km² | 2024 |
| 168 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 5,770 km² | 2024 |
| 169 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5,128 km² | 2024 |
| 170 |  Bermuda |
North America | 4,290 km² | 2024 |
| 171 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4,030 km² | 2024 |
| 172 |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 3,521 km² | 2024 |
| 173 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 2,840 km² | 2024 |
| 174 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 2,590 km² | 2024 |
| 175 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,010 km² | 2024 |
| 176 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,870 km² | 2024 |
| 177 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 1,110 km² | 2024 |
| 178 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 960 km² | 2024 |
| 179 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 948 km² | 2024 |
| 180 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 811 km² | 2024 |
| 181 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 800 km² | 2024 |
| 182 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 751 km² | 2024 |
| 183 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 749 km² | 2024 |
| 184 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 736 km² | 2024 |
| 185 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 701 km² | 2024 |
| 186 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 616 km² | 2024 |
| 187 |  Isle of Man |
Europe & Central Asia | 572 km² | 2024 |
| 188 |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 541 km² | 2024 |
| 189 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 468 km² | 2024 |
| 190 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 460 km² | 2024 |
| 191 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 457 km² | 2024 |
| 191 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 457 km² | 2024 |
| 193 |  Curaçao |
Latin America & Caribbean | 444 km² | 2024 |
| 194 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 440 km² | 2024 |
| 195 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 431 km² | 2024 |
| 196 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 389 km² | 2024 |
| 197 |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 348 km² | 2024 |
| 198 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 344 km² | 2024 |
| 199 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 315 km² | 2024 |
| 200 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 300 km² | 2024 |
| 201 |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 264 km² | 2024 |
| 202 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 261 km² | 2024 |
| 203 |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 199 km² | 2024 |
| 204 | CHIChannel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 198 km² | 2021 |
| 205 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 181 km² | 2024 |
| 206 |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 180 km² | 2024 |
| 207 |  Liechtenstein |
Europe & Central Asia | 160 km² | 2024 |
| 208 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 151 km² | 2024 |
| 209 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 75 km² | 2024 |
| 210 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 61 km² | 2024 |
| 211 |  Saint Martin |
Latin America & Caribbean | 53 km² | 2024 |
| 212 |  Sint Maarten |
Latin America & Caribbean | 34 km² | 2024 |
| 213 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | 33 km² | 2024 |
| 214 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 26 km² | 2024 |
| 215 |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 21 km² | 2024 |
| 216 |  Gibraltar |
Europe & Central Asia | 10 km² | 2024 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 216 ranked.