List of sovereign states by area

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Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area

This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.

Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank number. Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised states are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "Notes" column for each country for clarification.

Not included in the list are individual country claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica or entities such as the European Union[a] that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories.

This list includes three measurements of area:

  • Total area: the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines.
  • Land area: the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.
  • Water area: the sum of the surface areas of all inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers) within international boundaries and coastlines.[2] Coastal internal waters may be included. Territorial seas are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and exclusive economic zones are not included.

Data is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise noted.[3] Entries in this table giving figures other than the figures given in this source are explained in the associated note.

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Countries of the world by area

Countries and dependencies by area

Country / dependency Total
in km2 (mi2) 		Land
in km2 (mi2) 		Water
in km2 (mi2) 		%
water
–  Earth 510,072,000 (196,940,000) 148,940,000 (57,506,000) 361,132,000 (139,434,000) 70.8
1  Russia 17,098,246 (6,601,667) 16,378,410 (6,323,737) 719,836 (277,930) 4.2 [b]
–  Antarctica 14,200,000 (5,480,000) 14,200,000 (5,480,000) 0 0 [c]
2  Canada 9,984,670 (3,855,100) 9,093,507 (3,511,021) 891,163 (344,080) 8.9 [d]
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[e] 		 China 9,596,960 (3,705,410) 9,326,410 (3,600,950) 270,550 (104,460) 2.8 [f][1]
 United States 9,833,517 (3,796,741) 9,147,593 (3,531,904) 685,924 (264,837) 7.0 [g]
5  Brazil 8,510,346 (3,285,862) 8,460,415 (3,266,583) 55,352 (21,372) 0.6 [h]
6  Australia 7,692,024 (2,969,906) 7,633,565 (2,947,335) 58,459 (22,571) 0.8 [i]
7  India 3,287,263 (1,269,219) 2,973,190 (1,147,960) 314,073 (121,264) 9.6 [j]
8  Argentina 2,796,427 (1,079,706) 2,736,690 (1,056,640) 43,710 (16,880) 1.6 [k]
9  Kazakhstan 2,724,910 (1,052,090) 2,699,700 (1,042,400) 25,200 (9,730) 0.9 [l]
10  Algeria 2,381,741 (919,595) 2,381,741 (919,595) 0 0 [m]
11  DR Congo 2,345,410 (905,567) 2,267,048 (875,312) 77,810 (30,040) 3.3 [n]
–  Kingdom of Denmark 2,210,426 (853,450) 2,220,072 (857,174) 21 (8) 0 [o]
12  Saudi Arabia 2,206,714 (852,017) 2,149,690 (830,000) 0 0 [p]
–  Greenland (Denmark) 2,166,086 (836,330) 2,166,086 (836,330) 0 0 [q]
13  Mexico 1,964,375 (758,449) 1,943,945 (750,561) 20,430 (7,888) 1.0 [r]
14  Indonesia 1,910,931 (737,814) 1,811,569 (699,450) 93,000 (36,000) 4.9 [s]
15  Sudan 1,861,484 (718,723) 1,731,671 (668,602) 129,813 (50,121) 7.0 [t]
16  Libya 1,676,198 (647,183) 1,759,540 (679,362) 0 0
17  Iran 1,648,195 (636,371) 1,531,595 (591,352) 116,600 (45,020) 7.1 [u]
18  Mongolia 1,564,116 (603,908) 1,553,556 (599,831) 10,560 (4,077) 0.7 [v]
19  Peru 1,285,216 (496,224) 1,279,996 (494,209) 5,220 (2,020) 0.4 [w]
20  Chad 1,284,000 (495,800) 1,259,200 (486,180) 24,800 (9,580) 1.9 [x]
21  Niger 1,267,000 (489,200) 1,266,700 (489,080) 300 (100) 0 [y]
22  Angola 1,246,700 (481,350) 1,246,700 (481,350) 0 0
23  Mali 1,240,192 (478,841) 1,220,190 (471,118) 20,002 (7,723) 1.6
24  South Africa 1,221,037 (471,445) 1,214,470 (468,909) 4,620 (1,780) 0.4 [z]
25  Colombia 1,141,748 (440,831) 1,038,700 (401,040) 100,210 (38,691) 8.8
26  Ethiopia 1,104,300 (426,370) 1,096,630 (423,411) 7,670 (2,960) 0.7 [aa]
27  Bolivia 1,098,581 (424,164) 1,083,301 (418,265) 15,280 (5,900) 1.4
28  Mauritania 1,030,700 (397,960) 1,025,520 (395,955) 4,480 (1,730) 0.4
29  Egypt 1,002,000 (386,900) 995,450 (384,350) 6,000 (2,000) 0.6 [ab]
30  Tanzania 947,303 (365,756) 885,800 (342,000) 61,500 (23,700) 6.5
31  Nigeria 923,768 (356,669) 910,768 (351,649) 13,000 (5,000) 1.4
32  Venezuela 912,050 (352,140) 882,050 (340,560) 30,000 (10,000) 3.3 [ac]
33  Pakistan 881,913 (340,508) 856,690 (330,770) 25,223 (9,739) 2.9 [ad]
34  Namibia 825,615 (318,772) 823,290 (317,870) 2,425 (936) 0.3
35  Mozambique 801,590 (309,500) 786,380 (303,620) 13,000 (5,000) 1.6
36  Turkey 783,562 (302,535) 769,632 (297,156) 13,930 (5,378) 1.8 [ae]
37  Chile 756,102 (291,932) 743,812 (287,187) 12,290 (4,745) 1.6 [af]
38  Zambia 752,612 (290,585) 743,398 (287,027) 9,220 (3,560) 1.2
39  Myanmar 676,577 (261,228) 653,508 (252,321) 23,070 (8,907) 3.4 [ag]
40  Afghanistan 652,867 (252,073) 652,867 (252,073) 0 0
41  South Sudan 644,329 (248,777) 644,329 (248,777) 0 0 [ah]
42  France 643,801 (248,573) 640,427 (247,270) 3,374 (1,303) 0.5 [ai]
43  Somalia 637,657 (246,201) 627,337 (242,216) 10,320 (3,985) 1.6 [aj]
44  Central African Republic 622,984 (240,535) 622,984 (240,535) 0 0
45  Ukraine 603,500 (233,000) 579,300 (223,700) 24,250 (9,363) 4.0 [ak]
46  Kenya 591,958 (228,556) 569,140 (219,750) 11,227 (4,335) 1.9
47  Madagascar 587,041 (226,658) 581,540 (224,530) 5,501 (2,124) 0.9 [al]
48  Botswana 582,000 (225,000) 566,730 (218,820) 15,000 (5,800) 2.6
–  France (metropolitan) 543,940 (210,020) [am]
49  Yemen 527,968 (203,850) 527,968 (203,850) 0 0 [an]
50  Thailand 513,140 (198,120) 510,890 (197,260) 2,230 (861) 0.4 [ao]
51  Spain 506,009 (195,371) 498,980 (192,660) 6,390 (2,470) 1.3 [ap]
52  Turkmenistan 488,100 (188,500) 469,930 (181,440) 18,170 (7,015) 3.7
53  Cameroon 475,650 (183,650) 472,710 (182,510) 2,730 (1,050) 0.6
54  Papua New Guinea 462,840 (178,700) 452,860 (174,850) 9,980 (3,850) 2.2 [aq]
55  Uzbekistan 448,969 (173,348) 425,400 (164,200) 22,000 (8,500) 4.9
56  Sweden 447,425 (172,752) 407,284 (157,253) 40,142 (15,499) 9.0 [ar]
57  Morocco 446,550 (172,410) 446,300 (172,300) 250 (97) 0.1 [as]
58  Iraq 438,317 (169,235) 437,367 (168,868) 950 (370) 0.2 [at]
59  Paraguay 406,752 (157,048) 397,302 (153,399) 9,450 (3,650) 2.3
60  Zimbabwe 390,757 (150,872) 386,847 (149,362) 3,910 (1,510) 1.0
61  Norway 385,207 (148,729) 365,957 (141,297) 19,520 (7,537) 5.1 [au]
62  Japan 377,976 (145,937) 364,546 (140,752) 13,430 (5,185) 3.6 [av]
63  Germany 357,581 (138,063) 348,672 (134,623) 8,350 (3,220) 2.3 [aw]
64  Congo 342,000 (132,000) 341,500 (131,900) 500 (200) 0.1
65  Finland 338,145 (130,558) 303,816 (117,304) 34,330 (13,260) 10.1 [ax]
66  Vietnam 331,345 (127,933) 310,070 (119,720) 21,140 (8,162) 6.4
67  Malaysia 330,621 (127,653) 329,613 (127,264) 1,190 (459) 0.4
–  Norway (mainland) 323,802 (125,021) 304,282 (117,484) 19,520 (7,537) 6.0 [ay]
68  Ivory Coast 322,462 (124,503) 318,003 (122,782) 4,460 (1,720) 1.4
69  Poland 312,679 (120,726) 311,888 (120,421) 791 (305) 0.3
70  Oman 309,980 (119,680) 309,500 (119,500) 0 0
71  Italy 302,068 (116,629) 294,140 (113,570) 7,200 (2,800) 2.4
72  Philippines 300,000 (100,000) 298,170 (115,120) 1,830 (707) 0.61 [az]
73  Ecuador 283,561 (109,483) 276,841 (106,889) 6,720 (2,600) 2.4 [ba]
74  Burkina Faso 274,200 (105,900) 273,800 (105,700) 400 (200) 0.2 [bb]
75  New Zealand 268,107 (103,517) 262,443 (101,330) 4,395 (1,697) 1.6 [bc]
76  Gabon 267,668 (103,347) 257,667 (99,486) 10,001 (3,861) 3.7
–  Western Sahara 266,000 (103,000) 266,000 (103,000) 0 0 [bd]
77  Guinea 245,836 (94,918) 245,717 (94,872) 140 (54) 0.1
78  United Kingdom 242,495 (93,628) 241,930 (93,410) 1,680 (649) 0.7 [be]
79  Uganda 241,550 (93,263) 197,100 (76,100) 43,938 (16,965) 18.2
80  Ghana 238,537 (92,100) 228,567 (88,250) 11,000 (4,200) 4.6
81  Romania 238,398 (92,046) 231,291 (89,302) 7,100 (2,700) 3.0
82  Laos 236,800 (91,430) 230,800 (89,110) 6,000 (2,000) 2.5 [bf]
83  Guyana 214,969 (83,000) 196,849 (76,004) 18,120 (6,996) 8.4
84  Belarus 207,600 (80,160) 202,900 (78,340) 4,700 (1,800) 2.3 [bg]
85  Kyrgyzstan 199,949 (77,201) 191,801 (74,055) 8,150 (3,150) 4.1
86  Senegal 196,712 (75,951) 192,530 (74,336) 4,192 (1,619) 2.1
87  Syria 185,180 (71,498) 183,630 (70,900) 1,550 (598) 0.8 [bh]
88  Cambodia 181,035 (69,898) 176,515 (68,153) 4,520 (1,750) 2.5
–  Somaliland 177,000 (68,300) [bi]
89  Uruguay 173,626 (67,037) 175,015 (67,574) 1,200 (460) 0.7
90  Suriname 163,820 (63,251) 156,000 (60,200) 7,820 (3,020) 4.8 [bj]
91  Tunisia 163,610 (63,170) 155,360 (59,985) 8,250 (3,190) 5.0
92  Bangladesh 148,460 (57,321) 134,208 (51,818) 14,252 (5,503) 9.6 [bk]
93    Nepal 147,181 (56,827) 143,686 (55,477) 3,830 (1,480) 2.6 [bl]
94  Tajikistan 141,400 (54,600) 141,510 (54,637) 2,590 (1,000) 1.8
95  Greece 131,957 (50,949) 130,647 (50,443) 1,310 (506) 1.0 [bm]
96  Nicaragua 130,373 (50,337) 119,990 (46,328) 10,380 (4,008) 8.0 [bn]
97  Eritrea 121,144 (46,774) 124,330 (48,004) 0 0
98  North Korea 120,538 (46,540) 120,538 (46,540) 2 (1) 0 [bo]
99  Benin 114,763 (44,310) 114,305 (44,133) 458 (177) 0.4
100  Honduras 112,492 (43,433) 111,890 (43,201) 200 (80) 0.2
101  Liberia 111,369 (43,000) 96,320 (37,190) 15,049 (5,810) 13.5
102  Bulgaria 110,372 (42,615) 108,612 (41,935) 2,390 (923) 2.2 [bp]
103  Cuba 109,884 (42,426) 109,884 (42,426) 0 0 [bq]
104  Guatemala 108,889 (42,042) 107,159 (41,374) 1,730 (668) 1.6
105  Iceland 103,000 (39,800) 100,250 (38,707) 2,750 (1,060) 2.7
106  South Korea 100,432 (38,777) 99,909 (38,575) 301 (116) 0.3 [br]
107  Malawi 94,552 (36,507) 94,080 (36,320) 24,404 (9,422) 20.6 [bs]
108  Hungary 93,025 (35,917) 89,608 (34,598) 3,420 (1,320) 3.7
109  Portugal 92,225 (35,608) 91,119 (35,181) 1,107 (427) 1.2
110  Jordan 89,318 (34,486) 88,802 (34,287) 540 (210) 0.6
111  Serbia 88,444 (34,148) 88,384 (34,125) 115 (44) 0.1 [bt]
112  Azerbaijan 86,600 (33,400) 86,100 (33,200) 500 (200) 0.6 [bu]
113  Austria 83,878 (32,385) 82,445 (31,832) 1,426 (551) 1.7
114  Czech Republic 78,871 (30,452) 77,171 (29,796) 1,700 (660) 2.2
115  Panama 75,320 (29,080) 74,340 (28,700) 1,080 (417) 1.4 [bv]
116  Sierra Leone 72,300 (27,900) 71,620 (27,650) 120 (46) 0.2
117  United Arab Emirates 71,024 (27,423) 83,600 (32,300) 0 0
118  Ireland 69,825 (26,960) 68,883 (26,596) 1,390 (537) 2.0 [bw]
119  Georgia 69,700 (26,900) 69,700 (26,900) 0 0 [bx]
120  Sri Lanka 65,610 (25,330) 62,732 (24,221) 2,878 (1,111) 4.4
121  Lithuania 65,286 (25,207) 62,680 (24,200) 2,620 (1,010) 4.0
122  Latvia 64,594 (24,940) 62,249 (24,034) 2,340 (903) 3.6
–  Svalbard (Norway) 62,045 (23,956) 62,045 (23,956) 0 0 [by]
123  Togo 56,785 (21,925) 54,385 (20,998) 2,400 (930) 4.2
124  Croatia 56,594 (21,851) 55,974 (21,612) 620 (240) 1.1
125  Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,209 (19,772) 51,187 (19,763) 10 (4) 0
126  Costa Rica 51,100 (19,700) 51,060 (19,710) 40 (20) 0.1
127  Slovakia 49,035 (18,933) 48,105 (18,573) 930 (360) 1.9
128  Dominican Republic 48,671 (18,792) 48,320 (18,660) 350 (140) 0.7
129  Estonia 45,339 (17,505) 42,388 (16,366) 2,840 (1,100) 6.3
130  Denmark 42,947 (16,582) 42,434 (16,384) 660 (260) 1.5 [bz]
131  Netherlands 41,865 (16,164) 33,893 (13,086) 7,957 (3,072) 19.0 [ca]
132   Switzerland 41,277 (15,937) 39,997 (15,443) 1,280 (494) 3.1 [cb]
133  Bhutan 38,394 (14,824) 38,394 (14,824) 0 0
–  Taiwan 36,193 (13,974) 32,260 (12,460) 3,720 (1,440) 10.3 [cc]
134  Guinea-Bissau 36,125 (13,948) 28,120 (10,860) 8,005 (3,091) 22.2
135  Moldova 33,847 (13,068) 32,891 (12,699) 960 (370) 2.8 [cd]
136  Belgium 30,528 (11,787) 30,446 (11,755) 250 (97) 0.8
137  Lesotho 30,355 (11,720) 30,355 (11,720) 0 0
138  Armenia 29,743 (11,484) 28,342 (10,943) 1,401 (541) 4.7
139  Solomon Islands 28,896 (11,157) 27,986 (10,805) 910 (350) 3.1
140  Albania 28,748 (11,100) 27,398 (10,578) 1,350 (521) 4.7
141  Equatorial Guinea 28,051 (10,831) 28,051 (10,831) 0 0
142  Burundi 27,834 (10,747) 25,680 (9,915) 2,150 (830) 7.7
143  Haiti 27,750 (10,710) 27,560 (10,640) 190 (73) 0.7
144  Rwanda 26,338 (10,169) 24,668 (9,524) 1,670 (645) 6.3
145  North Macedonia 25,713 (9,928) 25,433 (9,820) 280 (110) 1.1
146  Djibouti 23,200 (8,960) 23,180 (8,950) 20 (8) 0.1
147  Belize 22,965 (8,867) 22,806 (8,805) 160 (62) 0.7
149  Israel 21,937 (8,470) 21,497 (8,300) 440 (170) 2.1 [ce]
148  El Salvador 21,041 (8,124) 20,721 (8,000) 320 (120) 1.5 [cf]
150  Slovenia 20,273 (7,827) 20,151 (7,780) 120 (46) 0.6
–  New Caledonia (France) 19,100 (7,380) 18,275 (7,056) 300 (100) 1.6
151  Fiji 18,272 (7,055) 18,274 (7,056) 0 0
152  Kuwait 17,818 (6,880) 17,818 (6,880) 0 0
153  Eswatini 17,363 (6,704) 17,204 (6,642) 160 (62) 0.9
154  East Timor 14,954 (5,774) 14,874 (5,743) 0 0
155  Bahamas 13,940 (5,382) 10,010 (3,865) 3,870 (1,490) 27.8
156  Montenegro 13,888 (5,362) 13,452 (5,194) 360 (140) 2.6
157  Vanuatu 12,189 (4,706) 12,189 (4,706) 0 0
–  Falkland Islands (UK) 12,173 (4,700) 12,173 (4,700) 0 0
158  Qatar 11,637 (4,493) 11,586 (4,473) 0 0
159  Gambia 11,295 (4,361) 10,000 (4,000) 1,295 (500) 11.5 [cg]
160  Jamaica 10,991 (4,244) 10,831 (4,182) 160 (62) 1.5
–  Kosovo 10,887 (4,203) [25]
161  Lebanon 10,452 (4,036) 10,230 (3,950) 170 (66) 1.6 [ch]
162  Cyprus 9,251 (3,572) 9,241 (3,568) 10 (4) 0.1 [ci]
–  Puerto Rico (US) 8,868 (3,424) 8,959 (3,459) 145 (56) 1.6 [cj]
–  Abkhazia 8,660 (3,340) [ck]
–  French Southern Territories (France) 7,747 (2,991) 7,668 (2,961) 80 (30) 1.0 [cl]
163  Palestine 6,220 (2,400) 6,000 (2,000) 220 (85) 3.5 [cm]
164  Brunei 5,765 (2,226) 5,265 (2,033) 500 (200) 8.7
165  Trinidad and Tobago 5,127 (1,980) 5,128 (1,980) 0 0
–  Transnistria 4,163 (1,607) [cn]
166  Cape Verde 4,033 (1,557) 4,033 (1,557) 0 0
–  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) 3,903 (1,507) 3,903 (1,507) 0 0 [ah]
–  South Ossetia 3,900 (1,500) [co]
–  French Polynesia (France) 3,687 (1,424) 3,827 (1,478) 340 (130) 8.2
–  Northern Cyprus 3,355 (1,295) [cp]
–  Artsakh 3,170 (1,220) 3,170 (1,220) 0 0 [cq]
167  Samoa 2,842 (1,097) 2,821 (1,089) 10 (4) 0.4
–  Hong Kong (China) 2,755 (1,064) 1,106 (427) 1,649 (637) 59.9 [27]
168  Luxembourg 2,586 (998) 2,586 (998) 0 0 [cr]
– Bir Tawil (terra nullius) 2,060 (795) 2,060 (795) 0 0
169  Mauritius 2,040 (788) 2,030 (784) 10 (4) 0.5 [cs]
170  Comoros 1,862 (719) 1,862 (719) 0 0 [ct]
–  Åland (Finland) 1,583 (611) [cu]
–  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 1,393 (538) 1,393 (538) 0 0 [ah]
171  São Tomé and Príncipe 964 (372) 964 (372) 0 0
–  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 948 (366) 430 (170) 0 0 [cv]
172  Kiribati 811 (313) 811 (313) 0 0 [cw]
173  Bahrain 778 (300) 786 (303) 0 0
174  Dominica 750 (290) 751 (290) 0 0
175  Tonga 747 (288) 717 (277) 30 (10) 4.0
176  Singapore 733 (283) 716 (276) 10 (4) 1.4
177  Micronesia 702 (271) 702 (271) 0 0
178  Saint Lucia 616 (238) 606 (234) 10 (4) 1.6
–  Isle of Man (UK) 572 (221) 572 (221) 0 0
–  Guam (US) 541 (209) 544 (210) 0 0
179  Andorra 468 (181) 468 (181) 0 0 [cx]
180  Palau 459 (177) 459 (177) 0 0
–  Northern Mariana Islands (US) 457 (176) 464 (179) 0 0
181  Seychelles 457 (176) 455 (176) 0 0 [cy]
–  Curaçao (Netherlands) 444 (171) 444 (171) 0 0 [ca]
182  Antigua and Barbuda 442 (171) 442 (171) 0 0
183  Barbados 431 (166) 431 (166) 0 0
–  Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) 412 (159) 412 (159) 0 0 [ah]
184  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 (150) 389 (150) 0 0
–  Jan Mayen (Norway) 377 (146) 377 (146) 0 0
–  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 347 (134) 346 (134) 0 0 [ah]
185  Grenada 345 (133) 344 (133) 0 0
186  Malta 315 (122) 316 (122) 0 0 [cz]
–  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 309 (119) 308 (119) 0 0 [da]
187  Maldives 300 (100) 298 (115) 0 0 [db]
–  Bonaire (Netherlands) 294 (114) 294 (114) 0 0 [ca]
–  Cayman Islands (UK) 264 (102) 264 (102) 0 0
188  Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 (101) 261 (101) 0 0 [dc]
–  Niue 260 (100) 260 (100) 0 0 [dd]
–  Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) 254 (98) [de]
–  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 242 (93) 242 (93) 0 0
–  Cook Islands 236 (91) 236 (91) 0 0 [df]
–  American Samoa (US) 199 (77) 199 (77) 0 0
189  Marshall Islands 181 (70) 181 (70) 0 0
–  Aruba (Netherlands) 180 (69) 180 (69) 0 0 [ca]
–  Easter Island (Chile) 163 (63) 163 (63) 0 0
190  Liechtenstein 160 (62) 160 (62) 0 0 [dg]
–  British Virgin Islands (UK) 151 (58) 151 (58) 0 0
–  Wallis and Futuna (France) 142 (55) 142 (55) 0 0
–  Christmas Island (Australia) 135 (52) 135 (52) 0 0 [ah]
–  Jersey (UK) 116 (45) 116 (45) 0 0
–  Montserrat (UK) 103 (40) 102 (39) 0 0
–  Anguilla (UK) 91 (35) 91 (35) 0 0
–  Guernsey (UK) 64 (25) 64 (25) 0 0
191  San Marino 61 (24) 61 (24) 0 0 [dh]
–  British Indian Ocean Territory (UK) 60 (20) 60 (20) 0 0 [ah]
–  Bermuda (UK) 54 (21) 54 (21) 0 0
– Saint Martin (France) 53 (20) 53 (20) 0 0
–  Bouvet Island (Norway) 49 (19) 49 (19) 0 0 [ah]
–  Pitcairn Islands (UK) 47 (18) 47 (18) 0 0 [di]
–  Norfolk Island (Australia) 36 (14) 36 (14) 0 0
–  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 34 (13) 34 (13) 0 0 [ca]
–  Macao (China) 31 (12) 28 (11) 0 0 [dj]
192  Tuvalu 26 (10) 26 (10) 0 0 [dk]
–  Saint Barthélemy (France) 22 (8)
193  Nauru 21 (8) 21 (8) 0 0 [dl]
–  Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) 21 (8) [ca]
–  U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (US) 19 (7) 19 (7) 0 0 [dm]
–  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 14 (5) 14 (5) 0 0 [ah]
–  Saba (Netherlands) 13 (5) [ca]
–  Tokelau (New Zealand) 12 (5) 12 (5) 0 0
–  Gibraltar (UK) 6.8 (2.6) 6.8 (2.6) 0 0 [dn]
–  Clipperton Island (France) 6.0 (2.3) 2.0 (0.77) 4.0 (1.5) 66.7
–  Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) 5.0 (1.9) 5.0 (1.9) 0 0
– Spratly Islands (disputed) 2.0 (0.77) 2.0 (0.77) 0 0
–  Coral Sea Islands (Australia) 2.0 (0.77) 2.0 (0.77) 0 0
194  Monaco 2.0 (0.77) 2.0 (0.77) 0 0 [do]
195  Vatican City 0.49 (0.19) 0.49 (0.19) 0 0 [dp]

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ The European Union is a unique supranational union. It covers a total area of 4,236,351 km2,[1] and would be ranked 7th if it were included (3.0% of world's total land area).
  2. ^ The largest country in the world, which spans two continents, and most of northern Eurasia; with about 10.995% (about 1/9th) of the world's total landmass. Russia's European portion is roughly 4,000,000 km2, which is around 40% of the total landmass of Europe, making Russia the largest country in Europe; and its Asian portion, which covers all of Northern Asia, is around 13,100,000 km2, making Russia the largest country in Asia.
  3. ^ 98% of the land area is covered by ice and snow. The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Argentina (969,000 km2), Australia (5,896,500 km2), Chile (1,250,000 km2), France (432,000 km2), New Zealand (450,000 km2), Norway (including Peter I Island) (2,500,000 km2) and United Kingdom (1,395,000 km2), which to some extent overlap. The area from 90°W to 150°W (2,100,000 km2) is unclaimed territory. These areas normally have no human inhabitants except scientists.
  4. ^ Largest English- and largest French-speaking country; largest country completely in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second-largest by land area after the United States); with the largest surface area of water; largest contiguous country in North America; Total area and water area figures include area covered by freshwater only and do not include internal waters (non-freshwater) of about 1,600,000 km2, nor territorial waters of 200,000 km2.[4][5]
  5. ^ The United Nations Statistics Division, the CIA World Factbook, and the Encyclopædia Britannica all rank the United States ahead of China in total area. However, the figures used by each source include coastal and territorial waters for the United States but exclude coastal and territorial waters for China. China's coastal and territorial water figures are unknown (no official publication) and thus cannot be added into China's total area figure. But Encyclopædia Britannica specifies the United States' area excluding coastal and territorial waters as 9,525,067 km2,[6] less than the figure given for China's area by any of the three sources. Therefore, while it can be determined that China has a larger area excluding coastal and territorial waters, it is unclear which country has a larger area including coastal and territorial waters.
  6. ^ Largest country entirely in Asia, and second-largest country in the world by land area. Excludes Taiwan, disputed territories with India, and disputed islands in the South China Sea. Figures for total area and water area also exclude all coastal and territorial waters.
  7. ^ Largest English-speaking country by land area and largest country in the Western Hemisphere by land area (second-largest by total area after Canada). Figures for total area and water area include all coastal and territorial waters.
  8. ^ Largest Portuguese-speaking country, largest country in South America, and largest country in the Southern Hemisphere (approx. 7% of Brazil's land is located in the Northern Hemisphere, but its Southern Hemisphere portion (approx. 7,920,000 km2) is still significantly bigger than Australia; and although the United States has American Samoa, Jarvis Island, and a small portion of territorial sea south of Baker Island in the Southern Hemisphere, it is not generally regarded as a Southern Hemisphere country). Largest contiguous territory outside Eurasia.
  9. ^ Third-largest English-speaking country and largest country in Oceania, and the largest country completely in the Southern Hemisphere. Figures exclude the external territories of Norfolk Island, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands Territory, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands,[7] each shown separately. Excludes the claim of the Australian Antarctic Territory (5896500 km2). The CIA give the figure as 7,741,220 km2.[1]
  10. ^ Second-largest country entirely in Asia and largest country in South Asia. The total area given is from Encyclopædia Britannica and includes disputed territories not under Indian control but claimed by India. The total area claimed by India, according to the figure given by the United Nations and the Indian government, totals 3,287,263 km2.[8]
  11. ^ Largest Spanish-speaking country and second-largest country in South America. Excludes claims on Argentine Antarctica (969,000 km2), on Malvinas/Falkland Islands (12,173 km2) and on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (3,903 km2).
  12. ^ Largest landlocked country.[9] The world's largest Muslim-majority country by land area (and the northernmost). Second-largest Russian-speaking country after Russia, and the largest country in Central Asia. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
  13. ^ Largest country in Africa; also largest in the Arab world and the Mediterranean Basin. The area of internal waters is officially reported as 0[10] even though several seasonal lakes and permanent reservoirs exist in the country.
  14. ^ Second-largest French-speaking country. Largest country in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa. Second-largest country in Africa, has the largest French-speaking city (Kinshasa).
  15. ^ Comprising the total areas of Greenland, the Faroes and mainland Denmark.
  16. ^ Largest country in Western Asia. Second-largest in the Arab world after Algeria.
  17. ^ Largest island in the world, largest territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, and the largest inhabited non-sovereign territory in the world. A total of 1,755,636 km2 (81%) of the land area is covered by ice; the ice-free area amounts to 410,450 km2.
  18. ^ Second-largest Spanish-speaking country by area after Argentina; largest Spanish-speaking country by number of speakers.
  19. ^ Transcontinental country located in Asia and Oceania. Largest country in Southeast Asia. Largest island country and archipelagic state in the world by area and population.[1]
  20. ^ Third-largest country in Africa and third-largest in the Arab world; before 2011, it was the largest country in Africa as well as the largest in the Arab world.[1]
  21. ^ Second-largest country in Western Asia and fourth-largest completely in Asia after China, India, and Saudi Arabia. The area given is from the CIA World Factbook.[1] The UN Demographic Yearbook lists a figure of 1,628,750 km2, which refers to land area only.
  22. ^ Second-largest landlocked country and largest that does not border a closed sea.
  23. ^ Third-largest Spanish-speaking country and third-largest country in South America.
  24. ^ Third-largest landlocked country and largest outside of Asia. Fifth-largest country in Africa.
  25. ^ Largest country in West Africa.
  26. ^ Largest country in Southern Africa.
  27. ^ Largest country in East Africa. Excludes the Ilemi Triangle (14,000 km2).
  28. ^ Transcontinental country located in Asia and Africa.
  29. ^ Excludes claims on Guayana Esequiba (160,000 km2).[1]
  30. ^ By default, internationally sourced and published statistics include data for the Pakistani-administered territories of Kashmir: Azad Kashmir (13,297 km2) and Gilgit-Baltistan (72,971 km2) in this area value.[11] Further including Pakistani claims over the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir (42,241 km2) and Ladakh (59,146 km2) would produce a total land area figure of 984,010 km2, and a total area figure of 1,009,230 km2 for the country. Excluding all of these territories in the disputed Kashmir region (including Pakistani-administered territories) would produce a land area figure of 796,355 km2 and a total area figure of 821,575 km2. The total area figure is equal to Pakistan's land area added to its water area of 25,220 km2.
  31. ^ Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
  32. ^ Excludes claims in Antarctica.
  33. ^ Second-largest country in Southeast Asia and largest continuous landmass in Southeast Asia.
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h i Figures shown in this entry are taken from the CIA.[1]
  35. ^ Figures include metropolitan France (in Europe) as well as the five overseas regions. This does not include New Caledonia (an autonomous sui generis collectivity), the five autonomous overseas collectivities, and the two uninhabited territories (the French Southern Territories and Clipperton Island) which are listed individually, although also part of the French Republic. Source gives area of metropolitan France as 551,500 km2 and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km2. Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic. The CIA reports the total as 643,801 km2. Another source, the French Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies), gives an area figure of 632,759 km2.[12] (The CIA gives a water area of metropolitan France as 1,530 km2.) Third-largest country in Europe after Russia and Ukraine, and the largest country in the European Union.
  36. ^ Figures include Somaliland.
  37. ^ Second-largest country in Europe after Russia. The largest country entirely within Europe. Includes the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
  38. ^ Largest island country in Africa and 2nd largest island country in the world.
  39. ^ Metropolitan France (the part of France located in Europe).
  40. ^ The second-largest country in the Arabian Peninsula. May not include territory ceded by Saudi Arabia in the Jeddah Treaty due to the Saudi–Yemen barrier.
  41. ^ Third-largest country in Southeast Asia.
  42. ^ Largest country in Southern Europe and second-largest member state of European Union.
  43. ^ Third-largest island country in the world.
  44. ^ Largest country in Northern Europe. Third-largest member state of European Union. Figures are from Statistics Sweden (SCB).[13]
  45. ^ Does not include the disputed Western Sahara, shown separately. If the whole of Western Sahara is included (which Morocco controls approximately two-thirds of), the area would be 710,800 km2 and the rank would be #39.
  46. ^ Figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook.[1] The UN figure of 435,052 km2 excludes the three autonomous provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
  47. ^ The Kingdom of Norway, including Jan Mayen and Svalbard, but excluding Bouvet Island and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.
  48. ^ Largest island country in East Asia and the world's 4th largest island country. Figure shown is from the 2020 (Reiwa 2) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.[14]
  49. ^ Largest country in Central Europe. Before the 1990 German reunification, West Germany was 248,577 km2 and East Germany was 108,333 km2.
  50. ^ Includes Åland (1,552 km2).
  51. ^ Mainland Norway, excluding Jan Mayen, Svalbard, and the dependencies. Figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook; the UN data refers to mainland area only. All figures exclude Bouvet Island (49 km2), Jan Mayen (377 km2), and Svalbard (62,045 km2), shown separately, and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island (154 km2) and Queen Maud Land (2,700,000 km2).
  52. ^ Figures are from the CIA.[1]
  53. ^ Data are from the CIA, which includes the Galápagos Islands (7,880 km2).[1] UN figures give a total of 257,215 km2.
  54. ^ Data are from the CIA[1].
  55. ^ Figures exclude the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, shown separately, as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency.
  56. ^ Disputed territory with undetermined political status.[15] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco (see Western Sahara conflict). The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory.
  57. ^ Largest island country in Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Does not include the three Crown Dependencies (768 km2) or the 14 British Overseas Territories (1,742,857 km2), each shown separately.
  58. ^ Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
  59. ^ Largest landlocked country in Europe.
  60. ^ Includes the parts of the Golan Heights (1,295 km2) occupied by Israel.
  61. ^ Somaliland is claimed in whole by Somalia, and has no international recognition.[16]
  62. ^ Smallest country in South America.
  63. ^ Area according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is 147,570 km2.[17]
  64. ^ The Government of Nepal gives its area as 147,516 km2, which includes an additional 335 square kilometers of disputed territory under Indian administration.[18]
  65. ^ Largest country in the Balkans with a majority of its territory in the Balkans.
  66. ^ Largest country in Central America.
  67. ^ Excludes claim on South Korea.
  68. ^ Largest country in the Balkans by continental area within the Balkans.
  69. ^ Largest country in the West Indies.
  70. ^ Excludes claim on North Korea.
  71. ^ The CIA gives a total of 118,484 km2 which includes 24,404 km2 of water area which may include a portion of Lake Malawi.[1]
  72. ^ The largest former Yugoslav and Serbo-Croatian-speaking country. Includes Kosovo. The figure shown includes the area of Kosovo and Metohija (10,887 km2). The area of Serbia without Kosovo is 77,474 km2.[1]
  73. ^ Largest country in Caucasus. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe. The figure shown includes the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (3,000 km2), which is de facto independent from Azerbaijan.
  74. ^ Transcontinental country in North America and South America.
  75. ^ The figure shown is for the Republic of Ireland; the island of Ireland is 84,421 km2.[19]
  76. ^ Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe. The figure shown includes the areas of Abkhazia (8,660 km2)[20] and South Ossetia (3,900 km2),[21] both de facto independent from Georgia.
  77. ^ The UN gives a combined area for Svalbard and Jan Mayen as 62,422 km2. The separate figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook.[1]
  78. ^ Includes Denmark proper only, but excludes the autonomous territories in the Kingdom of Denmark, shown separately.
  79. ^ a b c d e f g Netherlands proper includes the special municipalities, but excludes other countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, shown separately. Data for the Netherlands is from the Central Bureau of Statistics.[22] Source gives area of European Netherlands as 41,528 km2 and lists the three special municipalities separately, whose areas sum to 322 km2. Adding these gives the total shown here for the entire country of the Netherlands.[23] Adding the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, the total area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,508 km2.
  80. ^ Data are from the CIA world factbook.[1]
  81. ^ Between 1945 and 1949, the Republic of China included Mainland China, Mongolia, Taiwan, and other areas, totaling 1,1418,174 km2, which also the total constitutional land area of the Republic of China. The figure shown is from the 2012 Statistical Data from the Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China. The CIA gives a total area of 35,980 km2.[24]
  82. ^ The figure shown includes the area of Transnistria (4,163 km2), which is de facto independent from Moldova.
  83. ^ Figures shown are from the CIA.[1] The UN/Israel Central Bureau of Statistics figure of 22,072 km2 includes the Golan Heights (1,200 km2) and East Jerusalem (70 km2), which are not internationally recognised as part of Israel.
  84. ^ Smallest country on the American continent.
  85. ^ Smallest country in continental Africa.
  86. ^ Second-smallest country in continental Asia.
  87. ^ Includes the largely unrecognized but de facto independent Northern Cyprus (3,355 km2), the UN buffer zone (346 km2) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (254 km2).[1]
  88. ^ An American territory, the third-largest island of the United States after the Big Island of Hawaii and Kodiak Island of Alaska. Also the smallest part of Hispanic America.
  89. ^ Abkhazia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
  90. ^ Excludes claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica. The UN source has no data for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The figure given here is the total of all areas listed separately in the CIA World Factbook.[1]
  91. ^ The CIA gives the areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip separately as 5,860 km2 and 360 km2 respectively. The figure for the West Bank includes East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land, but excludes Mount Scopus.[1] The UN source differs by 200 km2 and may exclude the area of the Dead Sea pertaining to the West Bank.
  92. ^ Transnistria is claimed in whole by Moldova, and has limited international recognition
  93. ^ South Ossetia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
  94. ^ Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a self-declared state recognised only by Turkey.
  95. ^ Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan, and has no international recognition as a state[26]
  96. ^ The smallest country that is not a European microstate or island country.
  97. ^ Figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook.[1] The UN figure of 1,969 km2 excludes the Agaléga Islands and Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos).
  98. ^ The CIA World Factbook[1] and the UN give an area of 2,235 km2, which includes Mayotte (374 km2), an overseas department and region of France.
  99. ^ Åland is an autonomous region of Finland, and thus is a part of the European Union.
  100. ^ Disputed island group claimed by the Bahamas.
  101. ^ The figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook,[1] and refers to land area only. The UN figure excludes 84 km2 of uninhabited islands.
  102. ^ European microstate.
  103. ^ Smallest country in Africa.
  104. ^ European microstate. Smallest European Union member state.
  105. ^ Comprising Saint Helena (123 km2), Ascension Island is 88 km2, and Tristan da Cunha is 98 km2.
  106. ^ Smallest country in Asia.
  107. ^ Smallest country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere.
  108. ^ Niue, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
  109. ^ There is a salt lake and some wetlands of unknown area.
  110. ^ The Cook Islands, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
  111. ^ European microstate.
  112. ^ European microstate.
  113. ^ The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook, and includes Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Island.[1] The UN figure is 5 km2, and only includes area for Pitcairn island itself, the only inhabited island in the group.
  114. ^ Current statistics: March 2014 – Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (Cartography and Cadastre Bureau) Including University of Macau's New Hengqin Campus
  115. ^ Smallest Commonwealth realm.
  116. ^ Smallest island country, smallest republic and smallest country that is not a city-state.
  117. ^ Values taken from calculation at United States Minor Outlying Islands.
  118. ^ Land figure is official[28] while the CIA states zero water area.[1]
  119. ^ European microstate. Smallest country with a coastline. Smallest United Nations member state and the smallest country that is not a landlocked country.[29]
  120. ^ European microstate. Smallest country in the world. The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km2 in its 1930 edition[30] but corrected it to 0.49 km2 in its 1945–46 edition.[31] The figure of 0.44  km2 is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.

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