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Here is a list of the countries of the world in order of size . Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies.
Areas are including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).
See also List of countries , List of countries by population , List of countries by population density , List of countries by continent , List of countries by date of nationhood Orders of magnitude (area) .
List of countries by area with dependencies shown with the main country
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 (not including Taiwan )9,596,960
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 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 Mexico 1,972,550
15 Indonesia 1,904,556
16 Libya 1,759,540
17 Iran 1,648,000
18 Mongolia 1,565,000
19 Peru 1,285,220
20 Chad 1,284,000
21 Niger 1,267,000
22 Angola 1,246,700
23 Mali 1,240,000
24 South Africa 1,219,912
25 Colombia 1,138,910
26 Ethiopia 1,127,127
27 Bolivia 1,098,580
28 Mauritania 1,030,700
29 Egypt 1,001,450
30 Tanzania 948,087
31 Nigeria 923,768
32 Venezuela 912,050
33 Namibia 825,418
34 Pakistan 803,940
35 Mozambique 801,590
36 Turkey 780,580
37 Chile 756,950
38 Zambia 752,614
39 Myanmar 678,500
40 Afghanistan 647,500
41 Somalia 637,657
42 Central African Republic 622,984
43 Ukraine 603,700
44 Botswana 600,370
45 Madagascar 587,040
46 Kenya 582,650
47 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
48 Yemen 527,970
49 Thailand 514,000
50 Spain 504,782
51 Turkmenistan 488,100
52 Cameroon 475,440
53 Papua New Guinea 462,840
54 Sweden 449,964
55 Uzbekistan 447,400
56 Morocco 446,550
Western Sahara 266,000
Total 712,550
57 Iraq 437,072
58 Paraguay 406,750
59 Zimbabwe 390,580
60 Japan 377,835
61 Germany 357,021
62 Congo-Brazzaville 342,000
63 Finland 337,030
64 Malaysia 329,750
65 Vietnam 329,560
66 Norway 324,220
Bouvet Island 58
Jan Mayen 373
Svalbard 62,049
Total 386,700
67 Côte d'Ivoire 322,460
68 Poland 312,685
82 Oman 309,500
69 Italy 301,230
70 Philippines 300,000
71 Ecuador 283,560
72 Burkina Faso 274,200
73 New Zealand 268,680
Cook Islands 240
Niue 260
Tokelau 10
Total 269,190
74 Gabon 267,667
75 Guinea 245,857
76 United Kingdom 244,820
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
77 Ghana 238,540
78 Romania 237,500
79 Laos 236,800
80 Uganda 236,040
81 Guyana 214,970
83 Belarus 207,600
84 Kyrgyzstan 198,500
85 Senegal 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 98,480
108 Hungary 93,030
109 Portugal 92,391
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 Denmark 43,094
Faroe Islands 1,399
Greenland 2,166,086
Total 2,210,579
131 Netherlands 41,526
Aruba 193
Netherlands Antilles 960
Total 42,679
132 Switzerland 41,290
133 Guinea-Bissau 36,120
134 Republic of China (Taiwan , Quemoy , Matsu )35,980
135 Moldova 33,843
136 Belgium 32,545
137 Lesotho 30,355
138 Armenia 29,800
139 Albania 28,748
140 Solomon Islands 28,450
141 Equatorial Guinea 28,051
142 Burundi 27,830
143 Haiti 27,750
144 Rwanda 26,338
145 Republic of Macedonia 25,333
146 Belize 22,966
147 Djibouti 22,000
148 El Salvador 21,040
149 Israel 20,770
Gaza Strip 360
West Bank 5,860
Total 26,990
150 Slovenia 20,253
151 Fiji 18,270
152 Kuwait 17,820
153 Swaziland 17,363
154 East Timor 14,874
155 Bahamas 13,940
156 Vanuatu 12,200
157 Qatar 11,437
158 The Gambia 11,300
159 Jamaica 10,990
160 Lebanon 10,452
161 Cyprus 9,250
162 Brunei 5,770
163 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128
164 Cape Verde 4,033
165 Samoa 2,860
166 Luxembourg 2,586
167 Comoros 2,170
168 Mauritius 1,860
169 São Tomé and Príncipe 1,001
170 Dominica 754
171 Tonga 748
172 Kiribati 717
173 Micronesia 702
174 Singapore 692.7
175 Bahrain 665
176 Saint Lucia 620
177 Seychelles 455
178 Andorra 468
179 Palau 458
180 Antigua and Barbuda 442
181 Barbados 430
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389
183 Grenada 340
184 Malta 316
185 Maldives 300
186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261
187 Marshall Islands 181
188 Liechtenstein 160
189 San Marino 61.2
190 Tuvalu 26
191 Nauru 21
192 Monaco 1.95
193 Vatican City 0.44
Note
The 193 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states plus the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Holy See (Vatican City ).
The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 66 dependencies, of which 23 are not permanently inhabited and therefore not in the List of countries by population . The total is 259 countries and dependencies.
Compare with List of dependent territories , which lists 70 dependencies.
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 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
267 Bassas da India 0.2
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