List of countries and outlying territories by total area

This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. The list ranks sovereign states and dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations as countries. Total areas are included, i.e. land and inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Claims of parts of Antarctica by various countries are not included. For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by area (graphical).

Note: the Earth's total surface area is 510,065,284 km² — 70.8% of the world's surface (361,126,221 km²) is covered by water, while 29.2% (148,939,063 km²) is covered by land.

Rank	Country	Area (km²)	Notes
1	Russia	17,098,242
2	Canada	9,970,610	Total surface area is 9,984,670 km² according to Statistics Canada
3, 4 (disputed)	People's Republic of China (PRC)	9,598,086¹ or 9,640,821²	total of separate UN figures for mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Both values exclude the disputed territories of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu which the Republic of China has continued to govern after the PRC replaced it on the mainland. ¹ Excludes all disputed territories. ² Includes PRC-administered disputed territories (Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract, both territories disputed by India).
3, 4 (disputed)	United States	9,629,091	includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia Includes 912,598 for Alaska
5	Brazil	8,514,877	includes Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martim Vaz, and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo
6	Australia	7,741,220	includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island.
7	India	3,166,414¹ or 3,287,263²	¹ Excludes non-Indian-administered disputed territories (Aksai Chin, Trans-Karakoram Tract, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, and Northern Areas). Figure from Census India. ² Includes all disputed territories.
8	Argentina	2,780,400	does not include claims on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and on Antarctica.
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900
10	Sudan	2,505,813
11	Algeria	2,381,741
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858
13	Greenland	2,175,600	a self-governing area of Denmark
14	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
15	Mexico	1,958,201
16	Indonesia	1,904,569
17	Libya	1,759,540
18	Iran	1,648,195
19	Mongolia	1,564,116
20	Peru	1,285,216
21	Chad	1,284,000
22	Niger	1,267,000
23	Angola	1,246,700
24	Mali	1,240,192
25	South Africa	1,221,037	includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)
26	Colombia	1,138,914	includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300
28	Bolivia	1,098,581
29	Mauritania	1,025,520
30	Egypt	1,001,449	including the Hala'ib Triangle
31	Tanzania	945,087	includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
32	Nigeria	923,768
33	Venezuela	912,050
34	Namibia	824,292
35	Mozambique	801,590
36	Pakistan	796,095¹ or 880,254²	¹ Excludes all disputed territories. ² Includes Pakistani-administered disputed territories (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas).
37	Turkey	783,562
38	Chile	756,096	includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez
39	Zambia	752,618
40	Myanmar	676,578
41	Afghanistan	652,090
42	Somalia	637,657
43	Central African Republic	622,984
44	Ukraine	603,700
45	Madagascar	587,041
46	Botswana	581,730
47	Kenya	580,367
48	France	551,500	includes Metropolitan France only; the entire French Republic covers 674,843 km²
49	Yemen	527,968	includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen)
50	Thailand	513,115
51	Spain	505,992	includes the 17 autonomous communities (two of which are the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands), the two African autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla), and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
52	Turkmenistan	488,100
53	Cameroon	475,442
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840
55	Sweden	449,964	includes Gotland and Öland
56	Uzbekistan	447,400
57	Morocco	446,550	excluding Western Sahara
58	Iraq	438,317
59	Paraguay	406,752
60	Zimbabwe	390,757
61	Norway	385,155	includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen; excludes Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island, if included Norway would be 8th.
62	Japan	377,873	includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto); excludes the southern Kuril Islands
63	Germany	357,022
64	Republic of the Congo	342,000
65	Finland	338,145	includes Åland
66	Vietnam	331,689
67	Malaysia	329,847
68	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463
69	Poland	312,685
70	Oman	309,500
71	Italy	301,318
72	Philippines	300,000
73	Ecuador	283,561	includes Galápagos Islands
74	Burkina Faso	274,000
75	New Zealand	270,534	includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
76	Gabon	267,668
77	Western Sahara	266,000	Largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
78	Guinea	245,857
79	United Kingdom	242,900	includes Rockall, excludes the 3 Crown dependencies (768 km²), the 13 British overseas territories (17,027 km²) and the disputed British Antarctic Territory (1,395,000 km²)
80	Uganda	241,038
81	Ghana	238,533
82	Romania	238,391
83	Laos	236,800
84	Guyana	214,969
85	Belarus	207,600
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,900
87	Senegal	196,722
88	Syria	185,180	includes the Golan Heights
89	Cambodia	181,035
90	Uruguay	175,016
91	Suriname	163,820
92	Tunisia	163,610
93	Nepal	147,181
94	Bangladesh	143,998
95	Tajikistan	143,100
96	Greece	131,957
97	Nicaragua	130,000
98	North Korea	120,538
99	Malawi	118,484
100	Eritrea	117,600	includes Badme region
101	Benin	112,622
102	Honduras	112,088
103	Liberia	111,369
104	Bulgaria	110,912
105	Cuba	110,861
106	Guatemala	108,889
107	Iceland	103,000
108	South Korea	99,538
109	Hungary	93,032
110	Portugal	91,982	includes Azores and Madeira Islands.
111	French Guiana	90,000	French overseas département
112	Jordan	89,342
113	Serbia	88,361	includes UN-administered territory of Kosovo
114	Azerbaijan	86,600	includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
115	Austria	83,858
116	United Arab Emirates	83,600
117	Czech Republic	78,866
118	Panama	75,517
119	Sierra Leone	71,740
120	Republic of Ireland	70,273
121	Georgia	69,700
122	Sri Lanka	65,610
123	Lithuania	65,300
124	Latvia	64,600
—	Svalbard	62,422	territory of Norway, includes Spitsbergen and Bjørnøya (Bear Island) and the Jan Mayen Islands.
125	Togo	56,785
126	Croatia	56,538
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	includes Republic of Srpska
128	Costa Rica	51,100	includes Isla del Coco
129	Slovakia	49,033
130	Dominican Republic	48,671
131	Bhutan	47,000
132	Estonia	45,100	includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
133	Denmark	43,094	includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland covers 2,210,579 km² Faroe Islands and Bornholm
134	Netherlands	41,528	includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km²
135	Switzerland	41,284
136	Guinea-Bissau	36,125
137	Republic of China (Taiwan)	35,980	includes only the territories under the administration of the ROC, namely Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu. The ROC has not formally retracted its claims to its former territories, namely mainland China, which is governed by the People's Republic of China and Mongolia. The ROC's existence as a distinct political entity is disputed. (source: CIA Factbook [1])
138	Moldova	33,851
139	Belgium	30,528
140	Lesotho	30,355
141	Armenia	29,800	excludes Nagorno-Karabakh
142	Solomon Islands	28,896
143	Albania	28,748
144	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
145	Burundi	27,834
146	Haiti	27,750
147	Rwanda	26,338
148	Republic of Macedonia	25,713
149	Djibouti	23,200
150	Belize	22,966
151	Israel	22,145	includes the Golan Heights, but not the Gaza Strip or West Bank
152	El Salvador	21,041
153	Slovenia	20,256
154	New Caledonia	18,575	French dependency
155	Fiji	18,274
156	Kuwait	17,818
157	Swaziland	17,364
158	East Timor	14,874
159	Montenegro	14,026	Figure from CIA World Factbook
160	The Bahamas	13,878
161	Vanuatu	12,189
162	Falkland Islands	12,173	overseas territory of the UK,
163	The Gambia	11,295
164	Qatar	11,000
165	Jamaica	10,991
166	Lebanon	10,400
167	Cyprus	9,251	includes Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and British sovereign military bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
168	Puerto Rico	8,875	commonwealth of the United States
169	Palestinian territories	6,020
170	Brunei	5,765
171	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130
—	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	4,092	overseas territory of the UK; includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of some nine islands.
172	Cape Verde	4,033
173	French Polynesia	4,000	French overseas collectivity
174	Samoa	2,831
175	Luxembourg	2,586
176	Réunion	2,510	French overseas département
177	Comoros	2,235	excludes Mayotte
178	Mauritius	2,040	includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
179	Guadeloupe	1,705	French overseas département includes La Désirade, Marie Galante, Les saintes, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin (french part)
180	Faeroe Islands	1,399
181	Martinique	1,102	French overseas département
—	Hong Kong	1,099	special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. Included in the above listed figure for China.
182	São Tomé and Príncipe	964
183	Netherlands Antilles	800	autonomous area of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)
184	Dominica	751
185	Tonga	747
186	Kiribati	726	includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands
187	Federated States of Micronesia	702	includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)
188	Bahrain	694
189	Singapore	683	Current land area is 699 km² according to Statistics Singapore
190	Isle of Man	572	crown dependency of the UK
191	Guam	549	organized unincorporated territory of the USA.
192	Saint Lucia	539
193	Andorra	468
194	Northern Mariana Islands	464	commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
195	Palau	459
196	Seychelles	455
197	Antigua and Barbuda	442	includes Redonda, 1.6 km²
198	Barbados	430
199	Turks and Caicos Islands	417	overseas territory of the UK
—	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412	uninhabited, barren overseas territory of Australia. (source: CIA Factbook [2])
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	388
—	Mayotte	374	overseas collectivity of France. (source: CIA Factbook [3])
201	United States Virgin Islands	347	unincorporated, organized territory of the USA
202	Grenada	344
203	Malta	316
204	Maldives	298
205	Cayman Islands	264	overseas territory of the UK
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
207	Niue	260	self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand
—	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	254	sovereign base areas of the UK on the island of Cyprus. (source: CIA Factbook [4])
208	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
209	Cook Islands	236	self-governing in free association with New Zealand
210	Tristan da Cunha	201	dependency of St Helena (UK) [5]
211	Wallis and Futuna	200	French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets
212	American Samoa	199	unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island
213	Marshall Islands	181	includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik
214	Aruba	180	self-governing part of the Netherlands
215	Liechtenstein	160
216	British Virgin Islands	151	overseas territory of the UK; comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada
—	Christmas Island	135	territory of Australia. (source: CIA Factbook [6])
217	Saint Helena	122	overseas territory of the UK; excluding dependencies
218	Jersey	116	crown dependency of the UK
219	Montserrat	102	overseas territory of the UK
220	Anguilla	91	overseas territory of the UK
221	Ascension Island	88	dependency of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena
222	Guernsey	78	crown dependency of the UK; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
223	San Marino	61
—	British Indian Ocean Territory	60	overseas territory of the UK; includes the entire Chagos Archipelago. (source: CIA Factbook [7])
—	Bouvet Island	58.50	uninhabited island claimed by Norway. (source: CIA Factbook [8])
224	Bermuda	53	overseas territory of the UK
—	US Minor Outlying Islands	41	uninhabited islands under the sovereignty of the USA; includes Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island, Midway Islands (including Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island), Navassa Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Howland Island, Baker Island, and Kingman Reef. (source: CIA Factbook [9])
—	Îles Éparses	39	under French sovereignty; includes Europa Island, Glorioso Islands (including Île Glorieuse, Île du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock), Tromelin Island, Juan de Nova Island, Bassas da India. (source: CIA Factbook [10])
225	Norfolk Island	36	self-governing area of Australia
—	Macau	26	special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. Inlcuded in the above listed figure for China.
226	Tuvalu	26
227	Nauru	21
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	territory of Australia; includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island. (source: CIA Factbook [11])
228	Tokelau	12	territory of New Zealand
229	Gibraltar	6	overseas territory of the UK
—	Clipperton Island	6	French possession. (source: CIA Factbook [12])
230	Pitcairn Islands	5	colony of the UK
—	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5	part of the Australian Northern Territory; includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island. (source: CIA Factbook [13])
—	Spratly Islands	less than 5	The People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam each claim sovereignty over the entire group of islands, while Brunei, Malaysia,and the Philippines each claim various parts; includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 km² of the central South China Sea. (source: CIA Factbook [14])
—	Coral Sea Islands	less than 3	Australian territory; includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 km², with the Willis Islets the most important. (source: CIA Factbook [15])
231	Monaco	1	The Monaco government lists the surface area as 1.95 km²
232	Vatican City	0.44	(source: CIA Factbook [16])

Note: Territories listed and ranked as part of a sovereign state may be sparingly listed; they are set off in parentheses and italics.

Source

UN Demographic Yearbook accessed March 21 2006 unless otherwise specified.

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