NationsTreeRanking · latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
Land area (km²)
Area of land only, without inland water bodies. Ranked from largest to smallest.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · AG.LND.TOTL.K2
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Land areakm² | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 16,376,870 km² | 2024 |
| 2 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 9,388,210 km² | 2024 |
| 3 |  United States |
North America | 9,147,420 km² | 2024 |
| 4 |  Canada |
North America | 8,788,700 km² | 2024 |
| 5 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8,358,140 km² | 2024 |
| 6 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 7,688,287 km² | 2024 |
| 7 |  India |
South Asia | 2,973,190 km² | 2024 |
| 8 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2,736,690 km² | 2024 |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 2,699,700 km² | 2024 |
| 10 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2,381,740 km² | 2024 |
| 11 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,267,050 km² | 2024 |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2,149,690 km² | 2024 |
| 13 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,943,950 km² | 2024 |
| 14 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1,892,410 km² | 2024 |
| 15 |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,868,000 km² | 2024 |
| 16 |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,759,540 km² | 2024 |
| 17 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,622,500 km² | 2024 |
| 18 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1,558,501 km² | 2024 |
| 19 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,280,000 km² | 2024 |
| 20 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,266,700 km² | 2024 |
| 21 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,259,200 km² | 2024 |
| 22 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,246,700 km² | 2024 |
| 23 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,220,190 km² | 2024 |
| 24 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,213,090 km² | 2024 |
| 25 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,122,135 km² | 2024 |
| 26 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,109,500 km² | 2024 |
| 27 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1,087,959 km² | 2024 |
| 28 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,030,700 km² | 2024 |
| 29 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 995,450 km² | 2024 |
| 30 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 910,770 km² | 2024 |
| 31 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 884,000 km² | 2024 |
| 32 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 882,050 km² | 2024 |
| 33 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 823,290 km² | 2024 |
| 34 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 786,380 km² | 2024 |
| 35 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 770,880 km² | 2024 |
| 36 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 769,630 km² | 2024 |
| 37 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 743,390 km² | 2024 |
| 38 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 742,032 km² | 2024 |
| 39 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 652,670 km² | 2024 |
| 40 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 652,230 km² | 2024 |
| 41 |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 631,930 km² | 2024 |
| 42 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 627,340 km² | 2024 |
| 43 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 622,980 km² | 2024 |
| 44 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 581,800 km² | 2024 |
| 45 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 580,880 km² | 2024 |
| 46 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 579,400 km² | 2024 |
| 47 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 566,730 km² | 2024 |
| 48 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 538,950 km² | 2024 |
| 49 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 527,968 km² | 2024 |
| 50 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 510,890 km² | 2024 |
| 51 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 499,686 km² | 2024 |
| 52 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 472,710 km² | 2024 |
| 53 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 469,930 km² | 2024 |
| 54 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 452,860 km² | 2024 |
| 55 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 446,300 km² | 2024 |
| 56 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 438,510 km² | 2024 |
| 57 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 434,130 km² | 2024 |
| 58 |  Greenland |
Europe & Central Asia | 410,449 km² | 2024 |
| 59 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 407,270 km² | 2024 |
| 60 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 396,012 km² | 2024 |
| 61 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 386,850 km² | 2024 |
| 62 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 364,500 km² | 2024 |
| 63 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 364,270 km² | 2024 |
| 64 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 349,430 km² | 2024 |
| 65 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 341,500 km² | 2024 |
| 66 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 328,550 km² | 2024 |
| 67 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 318,000 km² | 2024 |
| 68 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 313,429 km² | 2024 |
| 69 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 309,500 km² | 2024 |
| 70 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 306,070 km² | 2024 |
| 71 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 304,000 km² | 2024 |
| 72 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 298,170 km² | 2024 |
| 73 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 295,720 km² | 2024 |
| 74 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 273,600 km² | 2024 |
| 75 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 263,310 km² | 2024 |
| 76 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 257,670 km² | 2024 |
| 77 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 248,360 km² | 2024 |
| 78 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 245,720 km² | 2024 |
| 79 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 241,930 km² | 2024 |
| 80 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 230,800 km² | 2024 |
| 81 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 230,080 km² | 2024 |
| 82 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 227,533 km² | 2024 |
| 83 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 211,140 km² | 2024 |
| 84 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 202,976 km² | 2024 |
| 85 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 200,520 km² | 2024 |
| 86 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 192,530 km² | 2024 |
| 87 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 191,800 km² | 2024 |
| 88 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 183,630 km² | 2024 |
| 89 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 176,520 km² | 2024 |
| 90 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 175,016 km² | 2024 |
| 91 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 160,508 km² | 2024 |
| 92 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 155,360 km² | 2024 |
| 93 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 143,350 km² | 2024 |
| 94 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 138,790 km² | 2024 |
| 95 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 130,170 km² | 2024 |
| 96 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 128,900 km² | 2024 |
| 97 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 120,800 km² | 2024 |
| 98 |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 120,410 km² | 2024 |
| 99 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 120,340 km² | 2023 |
| 100 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 112,760 km² | 2024 |
| 101 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 111,890 km² | 2024 |
| 102 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 108,560 km² | 2024 |
| 103 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 107,160 km² | 2024 |
| 104 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 103,800 km² | 2024 |
| 105 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 100,830 km² | 2024 |
| 106 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 97,600 km² | 2024 |
| 107 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 96,320 km² | 2024 |
| 108 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 94,280 km² | 2024 |
| 109 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 91,606 km² | 2024 |
| 110 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 91,260 km² | 2024 |
| 111 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 88,794 km² | 2024 |
| 112 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 87,589 km² | 2024 |
| 113 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 82,650 km² | 2024 |
| 114 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 82,520 km² | 2024 |
| 115 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 77,156 km² | 2024 |
| 116 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 74,180 km² | 2024 |
| 117 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 72,180 km² | 2024 |
| 118 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 71,020 km² | 2024 |
| 119 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 69,490 km² | 2024 |
| 120 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 68,890 km² | 2024 |
| 121 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 62,590 km² | 2024 |
| 122 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 62,230 km² | 2024 |
| 123 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 61,860 km² | 2024 |
| 124 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 55,960 km² | 2024 |
| 125 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 54,390 km² | 2024 |
| 126 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 51,200 km² | 2024 |
| 127 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 50,560 km² | 2024 |
| 128 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 48,198 km² | 2024 |
| 129 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 48,080 km² | 2024 |
| 130 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 42,730 km² | 2024 |
| 131 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 40,000 km² | 2024 |
| 132 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 39,510 km² | 2024 |
| 133 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 38,140 km² | 2024 |
| 134 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 33,670 km² | 2024 |
| 135 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 32,930 km² | 2024 |
| 136 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 30,494 km² | 2024 |
| 137 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 30,360 km² | 2024 |
| 138 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 28,199 km² | 2024 |
| 139 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 28,120 km² | 2024 |
| 140 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 28,052 km² | 2024 |
| 141 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 27,990 km² | 2024 |
| 142 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 27,560 km² | 2024 |
| 143 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 27,400 km² | 2024 |
| 144 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 25,680 km² | 2024 |
| 145 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 25,220 km² | 2024 |
| 146 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 23,763 km² | 2024 |
| 147 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23,180 km² | 2024 |
| 148 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 22,810 km² | 2024 |
| 149 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21,640 km² | 2024 |
| 150 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 20,720 km² | 2024 |
| 151 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 20,135 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 | 17,200 km² | 2024 |
| 156 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 14,870 km² | 2024 |
| 157 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 13,450 km² | 2024 |
| 158 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 12,189 km² | 2024 |
| 159 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 11,490 km² | 2024 |
| 160 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 10,830 km² | 2024 |
| 161 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10,230 km² | 2024 |
| 162 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10,120 km² | 2024 |
| 163 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 10,010 km² | 2024 |
| 164 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 9,240 km² | 2024 |
| 165 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8,870 km² | 2024 |
| 166 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6,025 km² | 2024 |
| 167 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 5,270 km² | 2024 |
| 168 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5,128 km² | 2024 |
| 169 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4,030 km² | 2024 |
| 170 |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 3,521 km² | 2024 |
| 171 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 2,780 km² | 2024 |
| 172 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 2,574 km² | 2024 |
| 173 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,000 km² | 2024 |
| 174 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,870 km² | 2024 |
| 175 |  Faroe Islands |
Europe & Central Asia | 1,370 km² | 2024 |
| 176 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 1,050 km² | 2024 |
| 177 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 960 km² | 2024 |
| 178 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 948 km² | 2024 |
| 179 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 811 km² | 2024 |
| 180 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 800 km² | 2024 |
| 181 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 751 km² | 2024 |
| 182 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 725 km² | 2024 |
| 183 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 720 km² | 2024 |
| 184 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 701 km² | 2024 |
| 185 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 610 km² | 2024 |
| 186 |  Isle of Man |
Europe & Central Asia | 572 km² | 2024 |
| 187 |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 541 km² | 2024 |
| 188 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 468 km² | 2024 |
| 189 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 460 km² | 2024 |
| 190 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 457 km² | 2024 |
| 190 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 457 km² | 2024 |
| 192 |  Curaçao |
Latin America & Caribbean | 444 km² | 2024 |
| 193 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 440 km² | 2024 |
| 194 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 431 km² | 2024 |
| 195 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 389 km² | 2024 |
| 196 |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 348 km² | 2024 |
| 197 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 344 km² | 2024 |
| 198 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 315 km² | 2024 |
| 199 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 298 km² | 2024 |
| 200 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 261 km² | 2024 |
| 201 |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 240 km² | 2024 |
| 202 |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 199 km² | 2024 |
| 203 | CHIChannel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 198 km² | 2021 |
| 204 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 181 km² | 2024 |
| 205 |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 180 km² | 2024 |
| 206 |  Liechtenstein |
Europe & Central Asia | 160 km² | 2024 |
| 207 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 151 km² | 2024 |
| 208 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 61 km² | 2024 |
| 209 |  Bermuda |
North America | 54 km² | 2024 |
| 210 |  Saint Martin |
Latin America & Caribbean | 53 km² | 2024 |
| 211 |  Sint Maarten |
Latin America & Caribbean | 34 km² | 2024 |
| 212 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | 33 km² | 2024 |
| 213 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 26 km² | 2024 |
| 214 |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 21 km² | 2024 |
| 215 |  Gibraltar |
Europe & Central Asia | 10 km² | 2024 |
| 216 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 2 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.