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list of the world’s largest countries and dependencies by area

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There are nearly 200 countries in the world, but when it comes to which is the largest, there is no competition. With a total area of 6,592,846 square miles (17,075,400 square km), Russia is the world’s largest country. A distant second is Canada, with 3,848,758 square miles (9,968,242 square km). At the opposite end is Vatican City, which is the world’s smallest country. It covers just 0.17 square mile (0.44 square km). How do the other countries rank? Find out in our list, which provides the total area in square miles and square kilometers for all countries of the world and for all but the smallest political dependencies and territories. It is ordered by total area, from the largest to the smallest.

country, dependency, or territory total area in square miles total area in square km total area rank
Russia 6,592,846 17,075,400 1
Canada 3,848,758 9,968,242 2
United States1 3,809,525 9,866,632 3
China 3,696,116 9,572,900 4
Brazil 3,285,890 8,510,418 5
Australia 2,968,401 7,688,126 6
India 1,269,219 3,287,263 7
Kazakhstan 1,052,084 2,724,900 8
Argentina 1,044,325 2,704,789 9
Algeria 919,595 2,381,741 10
Democratic Republic of the Congo 905,409 2,345,000 11
Greenland 836,330 2,166,086 12
Saudi Arabia 830,000 2,149,690 13
Mexico 758,449 1,964,375 14
Indonesia 730,663 1,892,410 15
Sudan 710,693 1,840,687 16
Libya 647,183 1,676,198 17
Iran 629,674 1,630,848 18
Mongolia 603,908 1,564,116 19
Peru 496,225 1,285,216 20
Chad 495,755 1,284,000 21
Niger 489,191 1,267,000 22
Angola 481,353 1,246,700 23
Mali 479,245 1,241,238 24
South Africa 471,358 1,220,813 25
Colombia 440,831 1,141,748 26
Ethiopia 432,434 1,120,000 27
Bolivia 424,164 1,098,581 28
Mauritania 397,955 1,030,700 29
Egypt 384,790 996,603 30
Tanzania 365,059 945,500 31
Nigeria 356,669 923,768 32
Venezuela 353,841 916,445 33
Namibia 318,261 824,292 34
Mozambique 308,642 799,380 35
Pakistan 307,374 796,096 36
Turkey 297,146 769,604 37
Chile 291,930 756,096 38
Zambia 290,585 752,612 39
Myanmar 261,219 676,553 40
Afghanistan 252,073 652,867 41
South Sudan 248,777 644,329 42
Somalia 246,201 637,657 43
Central African Republic 240,324 622,436 44
Ukraine 233,032 603,549 45
Madagascar 228,532 591,896 46
Kenya 224,961 582,646 47
Botswana 220,141 570,162 48
France2 210,017 543,941 49
Thailand 198,124 513,140 50
Spain 195,361 505,983 51
Turkmenistan 189,657 491,210 52
Cameroon 179,943 466,050 53
Papua New Guinea 178,355 461,937 54
Yemen 175,676 455,000 55
Uzbekistan 173,348 448,971 56
Sweden 172,751 447,425 57
Iraq 167,974 435,052 58
Morocco3 160,835 415,560 59
Paraguay 157,048 406,752 60
Zimbabwe 150,872 390,757 61
Norway4 148,449 384,482 62
Japan 145,937 377,975 63
Germany 138,208 357,596 64
Republic of the Congo 132,047 342,000 65
Finland 130,692 338,491 66
Côte d’Ivoire 128,364 322,462 67
Vietnam 127,930 331,338 68
Malaysia 127,752 330,877 69
Poland 120,423 311,895 70
Oman 119,499 309,500 71
Italy 116,629 302,069 72
Philippines 134,240 347,681 73
Western Sahara 105,020 272,000 74
Burkina Faso 104,543 270,764 75
Gabon 103,347 267,667 76
New Zealand 102,587 265,700 77
Ecuador 99,170 256,850 78
Guinea 94,926 245,857 79
United Kingdom 93,630 242,500 80
Uganda 93,264 241,553 81
Ghana 92,098 238,533 82
Romania 92,046 238,397 83
Laos 91,429 236,800 84
Guyana 83,012 214,999 85
Belarus 80,166 207,629 86
Kyrgyzstan 77,199 199,945 87
Senegal 75,973 196,768 88
Uruguay 68,346 177,015 89
Syria 71,498 185,180 90
Cambodia 71,056 184,035 91
Suriname 63,251 163,820 92
Tunisia 63,170 163,610 93
Bangladesh 56,977 147,570 94
Nepal 56,827 147,181 95
Tajikistan 54,595 141,400 96
Greece 50,984 132,049 97
Nicaragua 50,337 130,373 98
North Korea 47,573 123,214 99
Eritrea 46,757 121,100 100
Malawi 45,854 118,760 101
Benin 44,310 114,763 102
Honduras 43,543 112,777 103
Bulgaria 42,615 110,372 104
Cuba 42,426 109,884 105
Guatemala 42,042 108,889 106
Iceland 39,769 103,000 107
South Korea 38,696 100,222 108
Liberia 37,483 97,081 109
Hungary 35,916 93,023 110
Portugal 35,608 92,225 111
Jordan 34,284 88,794 112
Azerbaijan 33,436 86,600 113
Austria 32,388 83,884 114
French Guiana 32,373 83,846 115
Czech Republic 30,452 78,870 116
Serbia5 29,957 77,589 117
Panama 29,037 75,205 118
Sierra Leone 28,158 72,929 119
Ireland 27,459 71,118 120
United Arab Emirates 27,423 71,024 121
Georgia6 26,911 69,700 122
Sri Lanka 25,332 65,610 123
Lithuania 25,207 65,286 124
Latvia 24,940 64,594 125
Togo 21,853 56,600 126
Croatia 21,851 56,594 127
Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,772 51,209 128
Costa Rica 19,730 51,100 129
Slovakia 18,932 49,034 130
Dominican Republic 18,619 48,223 131
Estonia 17,506 45,339 132
Denmark 16,585 42,956 133
Netherlands 14,436 37,390 134
Switzerland 15,943 41,291 135
Bhutan 14,824 38,394 136
Taiwan 13,976 36,197 137
Guinea-Bissau 13,948 36,125 138
Moldova 13,067 33,843 139
Belgium 11,909 30,843 140
Solomon Islands 11,740 30,407 141
Lesotho 11,720 30,355 142
Armenia 11,484 29,743 143
Albania 11,100 28,748 144
Equatorial Guinea 10,831 28,052 145
Burundi 10,747 27,834 146
Haiti 10,450 27,065 147
Rwanda 10,169 26,338 148
North Macedonia 9,821 25,436 149
Djibouti 8,958 23,200 150
Belize 8,867 22,965 151
Israel7 8,522 22,072 152
El Salvador 8,124 21,040 153
Slovenia 7,827 20,271 154
New Caledonia 7,169 18,567 155
Fiji 7,055 18,272 156
Kuwait 6,880 17,818 157
Eswatini 6,704 17,364 158
East Timor 5,772 14,950 159
The Bahamas 5,382 13,939 160
Montenegro 5,360 13,883 161
Vanuatu 4,742 12,281 162
Qatar 4,493 11,637 163
Jamaica 4,227 10,949 164
Kosovo 4,210 10,905 165
The Gambia 4,127 10,689 166
Lebanon 4,036 10,452 167
Cyprus8 3,572 9,251 168
Puerto Rico 3,424 8,868 169
Brunei 2,226 5,765 170
West Bank9 2,185 5,660 171
Trinidad and Tobago 1,980 5,128 172
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) 1,557 4,033 173
French Polynesia 1,609 4,167 174
Samoa 1,093 2,830 175
Luxembourg 999 2,586 176
Réunion 970 2,512 177
Mauritius 775 2,007 178
Comoros 719 1,861 179
Guadeloupe10 629 1,628 180
Faroe Islands 539 1,396 181
Martinique 436 1,128 182
Hong Kong 431 1,115 183
Sao Tome and Principe 387 1,001 184
Kiribati 313 811 185
Bahrain 304 787 186
Dominica 290 751 187
Singapore 284 736 188
Micronesia 271 701 189
Tonga 251 650 190
Saint Lucia 242 626 191
Isle of Man 221 572 192
Guam 217 561 193
Palau 188 488 194
Northern Mariana Islands 182 472 195
Andorra 181 468 196
Seychelles 172 446 197
Curaçao11 171 444 198
Antigua and Barbuda 171 442 199
Barbados 167 432 200
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 150 388 201
Mayotte 145 375 202
Gaza Strip 141 365 203
United States Virgin Islands 134 348 204
Grenada 133 344 205
Malta 122 315 206
Maldives 115 298 207
Saint Kitts and Nevis 101 262 208
American Samoa 77 199 209
Cayman Islands 76 197 210
Marshall Islands 70 181 211
Aruba 70 180 212
Liechtenstein 62 160 213
Jersey 46 120 214
Guernsey 30 78 215
San Marino 24 61 216
Bermuda 21 54 217
Sint Maarten 13 34 218
Macau 13 33 219
Tuvalu 10 25 220
Nauru 8 21 221
Monaco 0.8 2.1 222
Vatican City 0.17 0.44 223

1 Includes land area of 3,532,316 square miles (9,148,663 square km) and water area of 277,209 square miles (717,969 square km).

2 Metropolitan France only; overseas departments and territories are excluded.

3 Excludes Western Sahara, an annexure of Morocco.

4 Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

5 Excludes the self-declared independent country of Kosovo.

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6 Area of Georgia excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia is 22,070 square miles (57,160 square km).

7 Excludes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

8 Data are for the island of Cyprus.

9 Excludes East Jerusalem.

10 Excludes Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy.

11 Includes the 0.7 square mile (1.8 square km) area of the uninhabited islet of Klein Curaçao.

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