List of countries by area
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[change] List of countries by area
Here is a list of the countries of the world in order of size.
| Pos | Country | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 17,075,200 |
| 2 | Canada | 9,976,140 |
| 3 | United States | 9,629,091 |
| American Samoa | 199 | |
| Baker Island | 1 | |
| Guam | 549 | |
| Howland Island | 1 | |
| Jarvis Island | 4 | |
| Johnston Atoll | 3 | |
| Kingman Reef | 1 | |
| Midway Atoll | 6 | |
| Navassa Island | 5 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 477 | |
| Palmyra Atoll | 12 | |
| Puerto Rico | 9,104 | |
| United States Virgin Islands | 352 | |
| Wake Island | 6 | |
| Total | 9,639,810 | |
| 4 | People's Republic of China (mainland only) | 9,596,960 |
| Tibet | ? | |
| Hong Kong | 1,092 | |
| Macau | 25 | |
| Total | 9,598,077 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 8,511,965 |
| 6 | Australia | 7,686,850 |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 5 | |
| Christmas Island | 135 | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 14 | |
| Coral Sea Islands | 3 | |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 412 | |
| Norfolk Island | 34 | |
| Total | 7,687,453 | |
| 7 | Republic of India | 3,287,590 |
| 8 | Argentina | 2,766,890 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2,727,300 |
| 10 | Sudan | 2,505,810 |
| 11 | Algeria | 2,381,740 |
| 12 | Congo-Kinshasa | 2,345,410 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 2,218,000 |
| 14 | Denmark | 43,094 |
| Faroe Islands | 1,399 | |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 | |
| Total | 2,210,579 | |
| 15 | Mexico | 1,972,550 |
| 16 | Indonesia | 1,904,556 |
| 17 | Libya | 1,759,540 |
| 18 | Iran | 1,648,000 |
| 19 | Mongolia | 1,565,000 |
| 20 | Peru | 1,285,220 |
| 21 | Chad | 1,284,000 |
| 22 | Niger | 1,267,000 |
| 23 | Angola | 1,246,700 |
| 24 | Mali | 1,240,000 |
| 25 | South Africa | 1,219,912 |
| 26 | Colombia | 1,138,910 |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 1,127,127 |
| 28 | Bolivia | 1,098,580 |
| 29 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 |
| 30 | Egypt | 1,001,450 |
| 31 | Tanzania | 948,087 |
| 32 | Nigeria | 923,768 |
| 33 | Venezuela | 912,050 |
| 34 | Namibia | 825,418 |
| 35 | Pakistan | 803,940 |
| 36 | Mozambique | 801,590 |
| 37 | Turkey | 780,580 |
| 38 | Chile | 756,950 |
| 39 | Zambia | 752,614 |
| 40 | Myanmar | 678,500 |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 647,500 |
| 42 | Somalia | 637,657 |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 622,984 |
| 44 | Ukraine | 603,700 |
| 45 | Botswana | 600,370 |
| 46 | Madagascar | 587,040 |
| 47 | Kenya | 582,650 |
| 48 | France | 547,030 |
| Bassas da India | 0.2 | |
| Clipperton Island | 6 | |
| Europa Island | 28 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 7,829 | |
| French Guiana | 91,000 | |
| French Polynesia | 4,167 | |
| Glorioso Islands | 5 | |
| Guadeloupe | 1,780 | |
| Juan de Nova Island | 4 | |
| Martinique | 1,100 | |
| Mayotte | 374 | |
| New Caledonia | 19,060 | |
| Réunion | 2,517 | |
| Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | 242 | |
| Tromelin Island | 1 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | 274 | |
| Total | 675,417 | |
| 49 | Yemen | 527,970 |
| 50 | Thailand | 514,000 |
| 51 | Spain | 504,782 |
| Ceuta | ? | |
| Melilla | ? | |
| Total | ? | |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 488,100 |
| 53 | Cameroon | 475,440 |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 |
| 55 | Sweden | 449,964 |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 447,400 |
| 57 | Morocco | 446,550 |
| Western Sahara | 266,000 | |
| Total | 712,550 | |
| 58 | Iraq | 437,072 |
| 59 | Paraguay | 406,750 |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 390,580 |
| 61 | Japan | 377,835 |
| 62 | Germany | 357,021 |
| 63 | Congo-Brazzaville | 342,000 |
| 64 | Finland | 337,030 |
| 65 | Malaysia | 329,750 |
| 66 | Vietnam | 329,560 |
| 67 | Norway | 324,220 |
| Bouvet Island | 58 | |
| Jan Mayen | 373 | |
| Svalbard | 62,049 | |
| Total | 386,700 | |
| 68 | Côte d'Ivoire | 322,460 |
| 69 | [[Poland]] | 312,685 |
| 70 | Oman | 309,500 |
| Italy | 301,230 | |
| 71 | Philippines | 300,000 |
| 72 | Ecuador | 283,560 |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 274,200 |
| 74 | New Zealand | 268,680 |
| Cook Islands | 240 | |
| Niue | 260 | |
| Tokelau | 10 | |
| Total | 269,190 | |
| 75 | Gabon | 267,667 |
| 76 | Guinea | 245,857 |
| 77 | United Kingdom | 244,820 |
| England | ? | |
| Scotland | ? | |
| Wales | ? | |
| Northern Ireland | ? | |
| Anguilla | 102 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 60 | |
| British Virgin Islands | 153 | |
| Bermuda | 53 | |
| Cayman Islands | 262 | |
| Falkland Islands | 12,173 | |
| Gibraltar | 6 | |
| Guernsey | 78 | |
| Isle of Man | 572 | |
| Jersey | 116 | |
| Montserrat | 102 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | 47 | |
| Saint Helena | 410 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 3,903 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 430 | |
| Total | 263,287 | |
| 78 | Ghana | 238,540 |
| 79 | Romania | 237,500 |
| 80 | Laos | 236,800 |
| 81 | Uganda | 236,040 |
| 82 | Guyana | 214,970 |
| 83 | Belarus | 207,600 |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 198,500 |
| 85 | Sénégal | 196,190 |
| 86 | Syria | 185,180 |
| 87 | Cambodia | 181,040 |
| 88 | Uruguay | 176,220 |
| 89 | Tunisia | 163,610 |
| 90 | Suriname | 163,270 |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 144,000 |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 143,100 |
| 93 | Nepal | 140,800 |
| 94 | Greece | 131,940 |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 129,494 |
| 96 | Eritrea | 121,320 |
| 97 | North Korea | 120,540 |
| 98 | Malawi | 118,480 |
| 99 | Benin | 112,620 |
| 100 | Honduras | 112,090 |
| 101 | Liberia | 111,370 |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 110,910 |
| 103 | Guatemala | 108,890 |
| 104 | Iceland | 103,000 |
| 105 | Serbia and Montenegro | 102,173 |
| 106 | Cuba | 100,860 |
| 107 | South Korea | [[1 E10
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| 108 | Hungary | 93,030 |
| 109 | Portugal | 88,941 |
| Azores Islands | 2,247 | |
| Madeira Islands | 794 | |
| Total | 91,982 | |
| 110 | Jordan | 92,300 |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 |
| 112 | Austria | 83,858 |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 82,880 |
| 114 | Czech Republic | 78,866 |
| 115 | Panama | 78,200 |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 |
| 117 | Republic of Ireland | 70,273 |
| 118 | Georgia | 69,700 |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 |
| 120 | Lithuania | 65,200 |
| 121 | Latvia | 64,589 |
| 122 | Togo | 56,785 |
| 123 | Croatia | 56,542 |
| 124 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 51,129 |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 51,100 |
| 126 | Slovakia | 48,845 |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 48,730 |
| 128 | Bhutan | 47,000 |
| 129 | Estonia | 45,226 |
| 130 | Netherlands | 41,526 |
| Aruba | 193 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 960 | |
| Total | 42,679 | |
| 131 | Switzerland | 41,290 |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 |
| 133 | Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu) | 35,980 |
| 134 | Moldova | 33,843 |
| 135 | Belgium | 32,545 |
| 136 | Lesotho | 30,355 |
| 137 | Armenia | 29,800 |
| 138 | Albania | 28,748 |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 28,450 |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 |
| 141 | Burundi | 27,830 |
| 142 | Haiti | 27,750 |
| 143 | Rwanda | 26,338 |
| 144 | Republic of Macedonia | 25,333 |
| 145 | Belize | 22,966 |
| 146 | Djibouti | 22,000 |
| 147 | El Salvador | 21,040 |
| 148 | Israel | 20,770 |
| Gaza Strip | 360 | |
| West Bank | 5,860 | |
| Total | 26,990 | |
| 149 | Slovenia | 20,253 |
| 150 | Fiji | 18,270 |
| 151 | Kuwait | 17,820 |
| 152 | Swaziland | 17,363 |
| 153 | East Timor | 14,874 |
| 154 | Bahamas | 13,940 |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 12,200 |
| 156 | Qatar | 11,437 |
| 157 | The Gambia | 11,300 |
| 158 | Jamaica | 10,990 |
| 159 | Lebanon | 10,452 |
| 160 | Cyprus | 9,250 |
| 161 | Brunei | 5,770 |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 4,033 |
| 164 | Samoa | 2,860 |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 2,586 |
| 166 | Comoros | 2,170 |
| 167 | Mauritius | 1,860 |
| 168 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,001 |
| 169 | Dominica | 754 |
| 170 | Tonga | 748 |
| 171 | Kiribati | 717 |
| 172 | Micronesia | 702 |
| 173 | Singapore | 692.7 |
| 174 | Bahrain | 665 |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 620 |
| 176 | Seychelles | 455 |
| 177 | Andorra | 468 |
| 178 | Palau | 458 |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 442 |
| 180 | Barbados | 430 |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 |
| 182 | Grenada | 340 |
| 183 | Malta | 316 |
| 184 | Maldives | 300 |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 181 |
| 187 | Liechtenstein | 160 |
| 188 | San Marino | 61.2 |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 26 |
| 190 | Nauru | 21 |
| 191 | Monaco | 1.95 |
| 192 | Vatican City | 0.44 |
[change] List of major geographic bodies, all ordered according to area
The list includes the world and the oceans (rank nrs. 1,2,3,4,5,7), Antarctica (nr. 8), the Spratly Islands (claimed by various countries; nr 256) and the 259 countries and dependencies which are also listed above.
| Pos | Country | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | World | 510,072,000 |
| 2 | Pacific Ocean | 155,557,000 |
| 3 | Atlantic Ocean | 76,762,000 |
| 4 | Indian Ocean | 68,556,000 |
| 5 | Southern Ocean | 20,327,000 |
| 6 | Russia | 17,075,200 |
| 7 | Arctic Ocean | 14,056,000 |
| 8 | Antarctica | 14,000,000 |
| 9 | Canada | 9,976,140 |
| 10 | United States | 9,629,091 |
| 11 | People's Republic of China | 9,596,960 |
| 12 | Brazil | 8,511,965 |
| 13 | Australia | 7,686,850 |
| 14 | Republic of India | 3,287,590 |
| 15 | Argentina | 2,766,890 |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 2,717,300 |
| 17 | Sudan | 2,505,810 |
| 18 | Algeria | 2,381,740 |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2,345,410 |
| 20 | Greenland | 2,166,086 |
| 21 | Mexico | 1,972,550 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 1,960,582 |
| 23 | Indonesia | 1,919,440 |
| 24 | Libya | 1,759,540 |
| 25 | Iran | 1,648,000 |
| 26 | Mongolia | 1,565,000 |
| 27 | Peru | 1,285,220 |
| 28 | Chad | 1,284,000 |
| 29 | Niger | 1,267,000 |
| 30 | Angola | 1,246,700 |
| 31 | Mali | 1,240,000 |
| 32 | South Africa | 1,219,912 |
| 33 | Colombia | 1,138,910 |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 1,127,127 |
| 35 | Bolivia | 1,098,580 |
| 36 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 |
| 37 | Egypt | 1,001,450 |
| 38 | Tanzania | 945,087 |
| 39 | Nigeria | 923,768 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 912,050 |
| 41 | Namibia | 825,418 |
| 42 | Pakistan | 803,940 |
| 43 | Mozambique | 801,590 |
| 44 | Turkey | 780,580 |
| 45 | Chile | 756,950 |
| 46 | Zambia | 752,614 |
| 47 | Myanmar | 678,500 |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 647,500 |
| 49 | Somalia | 637,657 |
| 50 | Central African Republic | 622,984 |
| 51 | Ukraine | 603,700 |
| 52 | Botswana | 600,370 |
| 53 | Madagascar | 587,040 |
| 54 | Kenya | 582,650 |
| 55 | France | 547,030 |
| 56 | Yemen | 527,970 |
| 57 | Thailand | 514,000 |
| 58 | Spain | 504,782 |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 488,100 |
| 60 | Cameroon | 475,440 |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 |
| 62 | Sweden | 449,964 |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 447,400 |
| 64 | Morocco | 446,550 |
| 65 | Iraq | 437,072 |
| 66 | Paraguay | 406,750 |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 390,580 |
| 68 | Japan | 377,835 |
| 69 | Germany | 357,021 |
| 70 | Congo, Republic of the | 342,000 |
| 71 | Finland | 337,030 |
| 72 | Malaysia | 329,750 |
| 73 | Vietnam | 329,560 |
| 74 | Norway | 324,220 |
| 75 | Côte d'Ivoire | 322,460 |
| 76 | Poland | 312,685 |
| 77 | Italy | 301,230 |
| 78 | Philippines | 300,000 |
| 79 | Ecuador | 283,560 |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 274,200 |
| 81 | New Zealand | 268,680 |
| 82 | Gabon | 267,667 |
| 83 | Western Sahara | 266,000 |
| 84 | Guinea | 245,857 |
| 85 | United Kingdom | 244,820 |
| 86 | Ghana | 239,460 |
| 87 | Romania | 237,500 |
| 88 | Laos | 236,800 |
| 89 | Uganda | 236,040 |
| 90 | Guyana | 214,970 |
| 91 | Oman | 309,500 |
| 92 | Belarus | 207,600 |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 198,500 |
| 94 | Senegal | 196,190 |
| 95 | Syria | 185,180 |
| 96 | Cambodia | 181,040 |
| 97 | Uruguay | 176,220 |
| 98 | Tunisia | 163,610 |
| 99 | Suriname | 163,270 |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 144,000 |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 143,100 |
| 102 | Nepal | 140,800 |
| 103 | Greece | 131,940 |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 129,494 |
| 105 | Eritrea | 121,320 |
| 106 | Korea, North | 120,540 |
| 107 | Malawi | 118,480 |
| 108 | Benin | 112,620 |
| 109 | Honduras | 112,090 |
| 110 | Liberia | 111,370 |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 110,910 |
| 112 | Cuba | 110,860 |
| 113 | Guatemala | 108,890 |
| 114 | Iceland | 103,000 |
| 115 | Serbia and Montenegro | 102,350 |
| 116 | Korea, South | 98,480 |
| 117 | Hungary | 93,030 |
| 118 | Portugal | 92,391 |
| 119 | Jordan | 92,300 |
| 120 | French Guiana | 91,000 |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 |
| 122 | Austria | 83,858 |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 82,880 |
| 124 | Czech Republic | 78,866 |
| 125 | Panama | 78,200 |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 |
| 127 | Ireland | 70,273 |
| 128 | Georgia | 69,700 |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 |
| 130 | Lithuania | 65,200 |
| 131 | Latvia | 64,589 |
| 132 | Svalbard | 62,049 |
| 133 | Togo | 56,785 |
| 134 | Croatia | 56,542 |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,129 |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 51,100 |
| 137 | Slovakia | 48,845 |
| 138 | Dominican Republic | 48,730 |
| 139 | Bhutan | 47,000 |
| 140 | Estonia | 45,226 |
| 141 | Denmark | 43,094 |
| 142 | Netherlands | 41,526 |
| 143 | Switzerland | 41,290 |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 |
| 145 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 35,980 |
| 146 | Moldova | 33,843 |
| 147 | Belgium | 30,510 |
| 148 | Lesotho | 30,355 |
| 149 | Armenia | 29,800 |
| 150 | Albania | 28,748 |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 28,450 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 |
| 153 | Burundi | 27,830 |
| 154 | Haiti | 27,750 |
| 155 | Rwanda | 26,338 |
| 156 | Republic of Macedonia | 25,333 |
| 157 | Djibouti | 23,000 |
| 158 | Belize | 22,966 |
| 159 | El Salvador | 21,040 |
| 160 | Israel | 20,770 |
| 161 | Slovenia | 20,273 |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 19,060 |
| 163 | Fiji | 18,270 |
| 164 | Kuwait | 17,820 |
| 165 | Swaziland | 17,363 |
| 166 | East Timor | 15,007 |
| 167 | Bahamas, The | 13,940 |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 12,200 |
| 169 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 12,173 |
| 170 | Qatar | 11,437 |
| 171 | Gambia, The | 11,300 |
| 172 | Jamaica | 10,991 |
| 173 | Lebanon | 10,452 |
| 174 | Cyprus | 9,250 |
| 175 | Puerto Rico | 9,104 |
| 176 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 7,829 |
| 177 | West Bank | 5,860 |
| 178 | Brunei | 5,770 |
| 179 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 4,167 |
| 181 | Cape Verde | 4,033 |
| 182 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 3,903 |
| 183 | Samoa | 2,944 |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 2,586 |
| 185 | Réunion | 2,517 |
| 186 | Comoros | 2,170 |
| 187 | Mauritius | 2,040 |
| 188 | Guadeloupe | 1,780 |
| 189 | Faroe Islands | 1,399 |
| 190 | Martinique | 1,100 |
| 191 | Hong Kong | 1,092 |
| 192 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,001 |
| 193 | Netherlands Antilles | 960 |
| 194 | Kiribati | 811 |
| 195 | Dominica | 754 |
| 196 | Tonga | 748 |
| 197 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 702 |
| 198 | Singapore | 693 |
| 199 | Bahrain | 665 |
| 200 | Saint Lucia | 616 |
| 201 | Man, Isle of | 572 |
| 202 | Guam | 549 |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 477 |
| 204 | Andorra | 468 |
| 205 | Palau | 458 |
| 206 | Seychelles | 455 |
| 207 | Antigua and Barbuda | 443 |
| 208 | Barbados | 431 |
| 209 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 430 |
| 210 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 412 |
| 211 | Saint Helena | 410 |
| 212 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 |
| 213 | Mayotte | 374 |
| 214 | Jan Mayen | 373 |
| 215 | Gaza Strip | 360 |
| 216 | Virgin Islands | 352 |
| 217 | Grenada | 344 |
| 218 | Malta | 316 |
| 219 | Maldives | 300 |
| 220 | Wallis and Futuna | 274 |
| 221 | Cayman Islands | 262 |
| 222 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 |
| 223 | Niue | 260 |
| 224 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | 242 |
| 225 | Cook Islands | 240 |
| 226 | American Samoa | 199 |
| 227 | Aruba | 193 |
| 228 | Marshall Islands | 181 |
| 229 | Liechtenstein | 160 |
| 230 | British Virgin Islands | 153 |
| 231 | Christmas Island | 135 |
| 232 | Jersey | 116 |
| 233 | Anguilla | 102 |
| 234 | Montserrat | 102 |
| 235 | Guernsey | 78 |
| 236 | San Marino | 61 |
| 237 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 60 |
| 238 | Bouvet Island | 59 |
| 239 | Bermuda | 53 |
| 240 | Pitcairn Islands | 47 |
| 241 | Norfolk Island | 35 |
| 242 | Europa Island | 28 |
| 243 | Tuvalu | 26 |
| 244 | Macau | 25 |
| 245 | Nauru | 21 |
| 246 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 14 |
| 247 | Palmyra Atoll | 12 |
| 248 | Tokelau | 10 |
| 249 | Gibraltar | 7 |
| 250 | Wake Island | 7 |
| 251 | Midway Atoll | 6 |
| 252 | Clipperton Island | 6 |
| 253 | Navassa Island | 5 |
| 254 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 5 |
| 255 | Glorioso Islands | 5 |
| 256 | Spratly Islands | 5 |
| 257 | Jarvis Island | 5 |
| 258 | Juan de Nova Island | 4 |
| 259 | Coral Sea Islands | 3 |
| 260 | Johnston Atoll | 3 |
| 261 | Monaco | 2 |
| 262 | Howland Island | 2 |
| 263 | Baker Island | 1 |
| 264 | Kingman Reef | 1 |
| 265 | Tromelin Island | 1 |
| 266 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 0.44 |
