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This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by area . Only sovereign states are numbered, but non-sovereign territories are also included for purposes of comparison. Areas include 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) .
Rank Country Area (km²) Notes
World 510,072,000 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land (148,940,000)
1
Russia 17,075,200
Antarctica 13,200,000
Not considered a part of any country
2
Canada 9,984,670
3
United States 9,631,418
includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
4
People's Republic of China 9,596,960
includes mainland China only; excludes Taiwan , Hong Kong and Macau
5
Brazil 8,511,965
includes Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha , Atol das Rocas , Ilha da Trindade , Ilhas Martin Vaz , and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo
6
Australia 7,686,850
includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
European Union 3,976,372
7
India 3,287,590
8
Argentina 2,766,890
does not include claims on the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands .
9
Kazakhstan 2,717,300
10
Sudan 2,505,810
11
Algeria 2,381,740
12
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,345,410
Greenland 2,166,086
13
Mexico 1,972,550
14
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582
15
Indonesia 1,919,440
16
Libya 1,759,540
17
Iran 1,648,000
18
Mongolia 1,564,116
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
includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island )
25
Colombia 1,138,910
includes Isla de Malpelo , Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank , and Serranilla Bank
26
Ethiopia 1,127,127
27
Bolivia 1,098,580
28
Mauritania 1,030,700
29
Egypt 1,001,450
30
Tanzania 945,087
includes the islands of Mafia , Pemba , and Zanzibar
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
includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gómez
38
Zambia 752,614
39
Burma 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
includes only metropolitan France ; excludes the overseas administrative divisions
48
Yemen 527,970
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)
49
Thailand 514,000
50
Spain 504,782
there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands , and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas , Peñón de Alhucemas , and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
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
57
Iraq 437,072
58
Paraguay 406,750
59
Zimbabwe 390,580
60
Japan 377,835
includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
61
Germany 357,021
62
Republic of the Congo 342,000
63
Finland 338,145
64
Malaysia 329,750
65
Vietnam 329,560
66
Norway 324,220
67
Cote d'Ivoire 322,460
68
Poland 312,685
69
Italy 301,230
includes Sardinia and Sicily
70
Philippines 300,000
71
Ecuador 283,560
includes Galápagos Islands
72
Burkina Faso 274,200
73
New Zealand 268,680
includes Antipodes Islands , Auckland Islands , Bounty Islands , Campbell Island , Chatham Islands , and Kermadec Islands
74
Gabon 267,667
75
Western Sahara 266,000
76
Guinea 245,857
77
United Kingdom 244,820
includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
78
Ghana 239,460
79
Romania 237,500
80
Laos 236,800
81
Uganda 236,040
82
Guyana 214,970
83
Oman 212,460
84
Belarus 207,600
85
Kyrgyzstan 198,500
86
Senegal 196,190
87
Syria 185,180
includes 1,295 km² of Israeli-occupied territory
88
Cambodia 181,040
89
Uruguay 176,220
90
Tunisia 163,610
91
Suriname 163,270
92
Bangladesh 144,000
93
Tajikistan 143,100
94
Nepal 140,800
95
Greece 131,940
96
Nicaragua 129,494
97
Eritrea 121,320
98
North Korea 120,540
99
Malawi 118,480
100
Benin 112,620
101
Honduras 112,090
102
Liberia 111,370
103
Bulgaria 110,910
104
Cuba 110,860
105
Guatemala 108,890
106
Iceland 103,000
107
Serbia and Montenegro 102,350
108
South Korea 98,480
109
Hungary 93,030
110
Portugal 92,391
includes Azores and Madeira Islands
111
Jordan 92,300
French Guiana 91,000
112
Azerbaijan 86,600
includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
113
Austria 83,870
114
United Arab Emirates 82,880
115
Czech Republic 78,866
116
Panama 78,200
117
Sierra Leone 71,740
118
Republic of Ireland 70,280
119
Georgia 69,700
120
Sri Lanka 65,610
121
Lithuania 65,200
122
Latvia 64,589
Svalbard 62,049
includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
123
Togo 56,785
124
Croatia 56,542
125
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129
126
Costa Rica 51,100
includes Isla del Coco
127
Slovakia 48,845
128
Dominican Republic 48,730
129
Bhutan 47,000
130
Estonia 45,226
includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
131
Denmark 43,094
includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula , and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn ), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland , with which it would contain 2,389,903(km²), and rank 11th.
132
Netherlands 41,526
133
Switzerland 41,290
134
Guinea-Bissau 36,120
135
Republic of China 35,980
includes Taiwan and the Pescadores , Matsu , and Quemoy
136
Moldova 33,843
137
Belgium 30,528
138
Lesotho 30,355
139
Armenia 29,800
140
Albania 28,748
141
Solomon Islands 28,450
142
Equatorial Guinea 28,051
143
Burundi 27,830
144
Haiti 27,750
145
Rwanda 26,338
146
Republic of Macedonia 25,333
147
Djibouti 23,000
148
Belize 22,966
149
El Salvador 21,040
150
Israel 20,770
151
Slovenia 20,273
New Caledonia 19,060
152
Fiji 18,270
153
Kuwait 17,820
154
Swaziland 17,363
155
East Timor 15,007
156
The Bahamas 13,940
157
Vanuatu 12,200
includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173
includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands
158
Qatar 11,437
159
The Gambia 11,300
160
Jamaica 10,991
161
Lebanon 10,400
162
Cyprus 9,250
Puerto Rico 9,104
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829
includes Île Amsterdam , Île Saint-Paul , Îles Crozet and Îles Kerguelen ; excludes "Adelie Land " claim of about 500,000 km² in Antarctica
West Bank 5,860
includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea , but excludes Mt. Scopus ; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
163
Brunei 5,770
164
Trinidad and Tobago 5,128
French Polynesia 4,167
165
Cape Verde 4,033
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903
includes Shag Rocks , Black Rock , Clerke Rocks , South Georgia Island , Bird Island , and the South Sandwich Islands , which consist of some nine islands
166
Samoa 2,944
167
Luxembourg 2,586
Réunion 2,517
168
Comoros 2,170
169
Mauritius 2,040
includes Agalega Islands , Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
Guadeloupe 1,780
Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre , Grande-Terre , Marie-Galante , La Désirade , Îles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy , Îles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin )
Faroe Islands 1,399
Martinique 1,100
Hong Kong 1,092
170
São Tomé and Príncipe 1,001
Netherlands Antilles 960
includes Bonaire , Curacao , Saba , Sint Eustatius , and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)
171
Kiribati 811
includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands , Line Islands , Phoenix Islands
172
Dominica 754
173
Tonga 748
174
Federated States of Micronesia 702
includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)
175
Singapore 692.70
176
Bahrain 665
177
Saint Lucia 616
Isle of Man 572
Guam 549
Northern Mariana Islands 477
includes 14 islands including Saipan , Rota , and Tinian
178
Andorra 468
179
Palau 458
180
Seychelles 455
181
Antigua and Barbuda 443
includes Redonda , 1.6 km²
182
Barbados 431
Turks and Caicos Islands 430
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412
Saint Helena 410
includes Saint Helena Island , Ascension , and the island group of Tristan da Cunha , which consists of Tristan da Cunha Island, Gough Island , Inaccessible Island , and the three Nightingale Islands
183
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389
Mayotte 374
Jan Mayen 373
Gaza Strip 360
Virgin Islands 352
184
Grenada 344
185
Malta 316
186
Maldives 300
Wallis and Futuna 274
includes Île Uvea (Wallis Island ), Île Futuna (Futuna Island ), Île Alofi , and 20 islets
Cayman Islands 262
187
Saint Kitts and Nevis 261
Niue 260
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242
includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
Cook Islands 240
American Samoa 199
includes Rose Island and Swains Island
Aruba 193
188
Marshall Islands 181.30
includes the atolls of Bikini , Enewetak , Kwajalein , Majuro , Rongelap, and Utirik
189
Liechtenstein 160
British Virgin Islands 153
comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada
Christmas Island 135
Dhekelia 130.80
Akrotiri 123
Jersey 116
Anguilla 102
Montserrat 102
Guernsey 78
includes Alderney , Guernsey, Herm , Sark , and some other smaller islands
190
San Marino 61.20
British Indian Ocean Territory 60
includes the entire Chagos Archipelago
Bouvet Island 58.50
Bermuda 53.30
Pitcairn Islands 47
Norfolk Island 34.60
Europa Island 28
191
Tuvalu 26
Macau 25.40
192
Nauru 21
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14
includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
Palmyra Atoll 11.90
Tokelau 10
Gibraltar 6.50
Wake Island 6.50
Midway Islands 6.20
includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island
Clipperton Island 6
Navassa Island 5.40
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5
includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
Glorioso Islands 5
includes Île Glorieuse, Île du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock
Spratly Islands less than 5
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
Jarvis Island 4.50
Juan de Nova Island 4.40
Coral Sea Islands less than 3
includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 km², with the Willis Islets the most important
Johnston Atoll 2.80
193
Monaco 1.95
Howland Island 1.60
Baker Island 1.40
Kingman Reef 1
Tromelin Island 1
194
Vatican City 0.44
Bassas da India 0.20
Paracel Islands NA
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