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.

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.

1. Russia
2. Canada
3. USA
4. China
5. Brazil
6. Australia
7. India
8. Argentina
9. Kazakhstan
10. Algeria

10 Smallest Countries by Area

These are the world’s 10 smallest sovereign states.

1. Vatican City
2. Monaco
3. Nauru
4. Tuvalu
5. San Marino
6. Liechtenstein
7. Marshall Islands
8. Saint Kitts & Nevis
9. Maldives
10. Malta

Complete Ranking

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

The data is collected by Britannica. Some dependent territories have been omitted in the top 10 rankings above as they aren’t considered sovereign states.

Rank	Country	Sq. km
1	Russia	17,075,400
2	Canada	9,984,670
3	USA	9,834,633
4	China	9,572,900
5	Brazil	8,502,728
6	Australia	7,688.126
7	India	3,287,469
8	Argentina	2,791,810
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900
10	Algeria	2,381,741
11	DR Congo	2,345,000
12	Greenland	2,166,086
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
14	Mexico	1,964,375
15	Indonesia	1,916,907
16	Sudan	1,840,687
17	Libya	1,676,198
18	Iran	1,630,848
19	Mongolia	1,564,241
20	Peru	1,285,082
21	Chad	1,284,000
22	Niger	1,267,000
23	Angola	1,246,700
24	Mali	1,241,238
25	South Africa	1,220,813
26	Colombia	1,140,970
27	Ethiopia	1,120,000
28	Bolivia	1,098,581
29	Mauritania	1,030,700
30	Egypt	996,603
31	Tanzania	945,500
32	Nigeria	923,768
33	Venezuela	916,445
34	Namibia	824,292
35	Mozambique	799,380
36	Pakistan	796,096
37	Turkey	769,604
38	Chile	756,096
39	Zambia	752,612
40	Myanmar	676,553
41	Afghanistan	652,864
42	South Sudan	644,329
43	Somalia	637,657
44	Central African Republic	622,436
45	Ukraine	603,549
46	Madagascar	591,896
47	Kenya	582,646
48	Botswana	581,730
49	France	543,941
50	Thailand	513,120
51	Spain	505,983
52	Turkmenistan	491,210
53	Cameroon	466,050
54	Papua New Guinea	461,937
55	Yemen	455,000
56	Uzbekistan	448,971
57	Sweden	447,425
58	Iraq	435,052
59	Morocco	410,000
60	Paraguay	406,752
61	Zimbabwe	390,757
62	Norway	384,483
63	Japan	377,974
64	Germany	357,592
65	Republic of the Congo	342,000
66	Finland	338,472
67	Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	332,462
68	Vietnam	331,344
69	Malaysia	330,411
70	Poland	311,895
71	Oman	309,500
72	Italy	302,068
73	Philippines	295,633
74	Western Sahara	272,000
75	Burkina Faso	270,764
76	Gabon	267,667
77	New Zealand	265,700
78	Ecuador	256,700
79	Guinea	245,857
80	United Kingdom	242,500
81	Uganda	241,555
82	Ghana	238,533
83	Romania	238,398
84	Laos	236,800
85	Guyana	214,999
86	Belarus	207,628
87	Kyrgyzstan	199,945
88	Senegal	196,712
89	Uruguay	193,356
90	Syria	185,180
91	Cambodia	181,035
92	Suriname	163,820
93	Tunisia	163,610
94	Bangladesh	147,570
95	Nepal	147,181
96	Tajikistan	131,400
97	Greece	132,049
98	Nicaragua	130,373
99	North Korea	123,214
100	Eritrea	121,100
101	Malawi	118,760
102	Benin	114,763
103	Honduras	112,492
104	Bulgaria	111,036
105	Cuba	109,884
106	Guatemala	108,889
107	Iceland	103,000
108	South Korea	100,222
109	Liberia	97,036
110	Hungary	93,025
111	Portugal	92,225
112	Jordan	89,318
113	Azerbaijan	86,600
114	Austria	83,883
115	French Guiana	83,846
116	Czech Republic	78,871
117	Serbia	77,589
118	Panama	75,320
119	Sierra Leone	71,740
120	United Arab Emirates	71,024
121	Georgia	69,700
122	Ireland	68,466
123	Sri Lanka	65,610
124	Lithuania	65,286
125	Latvia	64,594
126	Togo	56,600
127	Croatia	56,594
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209
129	Costa Rica	51,100
130	Slovakia	49,034
131	Dominican Republic	48,223
132	Estonia	45,339
133	Denmark	42838
134	Netherlands	41,543
135	Switzerland	41,291
136	Bhutan	38,394
137	Taiwan	36,197
138	Guinea-Bissau	36,125
139	Moldova	33,843
140	Belgium	30,528
141	Solomon Islands	30,407
142	Lesotho	30,355
143	Armenia	29,743
144	Albania	28,703
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,052
146	Burundi	27,834
147	Haiti	27,065
148	Rwanda	26,338
149	North Macedonia	25,436
150	Djibouti	23,000
151	Belize	22,966
152	Israel	22,072
153	El Salvador	21,041
154	Slovenia	20,271
155	New Caledonia	18,567
156	Fiji	18,272
157	Kuwait	17,818
158	Eswatini	17,364
159	East Timor	14,954
160	The Bahamas	13,939
161	Montenegro	13,883
162	Vanuatu	12,190
163	Qatar	11,627
164	Jamaica	10,991
165	Kosovo	10,905
166	The Gambia	10,689
167	Lebanon	10,452
168	Cyprus	9,251
169	Puerto Rico	8,897
170	Brunei	5,765
171	West Bank	5,655
172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
173	Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)	4,033
174	French Polynesia	3,521
175	Samoa	2,830
176	Luxembourg	2,586
177	Réunion	2,512
178	Mauritius	2,007
179	Comoros	1,861
180	Gudeloupe	1,628
181	Faroe Islands	1,396
182	Martinique	1,128
183	Hong Kong	1,114
184	Sao Tome and Principe	1,001
185	Kiribati	811
186	Bahrain	778
187	Dominica	751
188	Singapore	704
189	Micronesia	701
190	Tonga	650
191	Saint Lucia	616
192	Isle of Man	572
193	Guam	561
194	Palau	490
195	Northern Mariana Islands	472
196	Andorra	468
197	Seychelles	446
198	Curaçao	444
199	Antigua and Barbuda	442
200	Barbados	430
201	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
202	Mayotte	375
203	Gaza Strip	365
204	United States Virgin Islands	348
205	Grenada	344
206	Malta	316
207	Maldives	298
208	Cayman Islands	264
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	263
210	American Samoa	199
211	Marshall Islands	181
212	Aruba	180
213	Liechtenstein	160
214	Jersey	120
215	Guernsey	78
216	San Marino	61
217	Bermuda	54
218	Sint Maarten	34
219	Macau	33
220	Tuvalu	26
221	Nauru	21
222	Monaco	2.1
223	Vatican City	0.44