Largest countries in the world

All countries ranked by total area, and the same shapes drawn at one scale so you can see how they really compare.

The six largest, same scale

Smallest countries

Vatican City 0.44 km²
Monaco 2.02 km²
Nauru 21 km²
Tuvalu 26 km²
San Marino 61 km²
Liechtenstein 160 km²
Marshall Islands 181 km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 km²
Maldives 300 km²
Malta 316 km²

All countries ranked by area

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Countries ranked by area
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1	Russia	17,098,242	11.48%
2	Canada	9,984,670	6.7%
3	China	9,706,961	6.52%
4	United States	9,372,610	6.29%
5	Brazil	8,515,767	5.72%
6	Australia	7,692,024	5.16%
7	India	3,287,590	2.21%
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1.87%
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1.83%
10	Algeria	2,381,741	1.6%
11	DR Congo	2,344,858	1.57%
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	1.44%
13	Mexico	1,964,375	1.32%
14	Indonesia	1,904,569	1.28%
15	Sudan	1,886,068	1.27%
16	Libya	1,759,540	1.18%
17	Iran	1,648,195	1.11%
18	Mongolia	1,564,110	1.05%
19	Peru	1,285,216	0.86%
20	Chad	1,284,000	0.86%
21	Niger	1,267,000	0.85%
22	Angola	1,246,700	0.84%
23	Mali	1,240,192	0.83%
24	South Africa	1,221,037	0.82%
25	Colombia	1,141,748	0.77%
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300	0.74%
27	Bolivia	1,098,581	0.74%
28	Mauritania	1,030,700	0.69%
29	Egypt	1,002,450	0.67%
30	Tanzania	945,087	0.63%
31	Nigeria	923,768	0.62%
32	Venezuela	916,445	0.62%
33	Pakistan	881,912	0.59%
34	Namibia	825,615	0.55%
35	Mozambique	801,590	0.54%
36	Türkiye	783,562	0.53%
37	Chile	756,102	0.51%
38	Zambia	752,612	0.51%
39	Myanmar	676,578	0.45%
40	Afghanistan	652,230	0.44%
41	Somalia	637,657	0.43%
42	Central African Republic	622,984	0.42%
43	South Sudan	619,745	0.42%
44	Ukraine	603,500	0.41%
45	Madagascar	587,041	0.39%
46	Botswana	582,000	0.39%
47	Kenya	580,367	0.39%
48	France	551,695	0.37%
49	Yemen	527,968	0.35%
50	Thailand	513,120	0.34%
51	Spain	505,992	0.34%
52	Turkmenistan	488,100	0.33%
53	Cameroon	475,442	0.32%
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840	0.31%
55	Sweden	450,295	0.3%
56	Uzbekistan	447,400	0.3%
57	Morocco	446,550	0.3%
58	Iraq	438,317	0.29%
59	Paraguay	406,752	0.27%
60	Zimbabwe	390,757	0.26%
61	Japan	377,930	0.25%
62	Germany	357,114	0.24%
63	Philippines	342,353	0.23%
64	Republic of the Congo	342,000	0.23%
65	Finland	338,424	0.23%
66	Vietnam	331,212	0.22%
67	Malaysia	330,803	0.22%
68	Norway	323,802	0.22%
69	Ivory Coast	322,463	0.22%
70	Poland	312,679	0.21%
71	Oman	309,500	0.21%
72	Italy	301,336	0.2%
73	Ecuador	276,841	0.19%
74	Burkina Faso	272,967	0.18%
75	New Zealand	270,467	0.18%
76	Gabon	267,668	0.18%
77	Guinea	245,857	0.17%
78	United Kingdom	242,900	0.16%
79	Uganda	241,550	0.16%
80	Ghana	238,533	0.16%
81	Romania	238,391	0.16%
82	Laos	236,800	0.16%
83	Guyana	214,969	0.14%
84	Belarus	207,600	0.14%
85	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	0.13%
86	Senegal	196,722	0.13%
87	Syria	185,180	0.12%
88	Cambodia	181,035	0.12%
89	Uruguay	181,034	0.12%
90	Suriname	163,820	0.11%
91	Tunisia	163,610	0.11%
92	Bangladesh	147,570	0.1%
93	Nepal	147,181	0.1%
94	Tajikistan	143,100	0.1%
95	Greece	131,990	0.09%
96	Nicaragua	130,373	0.09%
97	North Korea	120,538	0.08%
98	Malawi	118,484	0.08%
99	Eritrea	117,600	0.08%
100	Benin	112,622	0.08%
101	Honduras	112,492	0.08%
102	Liberia	111,369	0.07%
103	Bulgaria	110,879	0.07%
104	Cuba	109,884	0.07%
105	Guatemala	108,889	0.07%
106	Iceland	103,000	0.07%
107	South Korea	100,210	0.07%
108	Hungary	93,028	0.06%
109	Portugal	92,090	0.06%
110	Jordan	89,342	0.06%
111	Serbia	88,361	0.06%
112	Azerbaijan	86,600	0.06%
113	Austria	83,871	0.06%
114	United Arab Emirates	83,600	0.06%
115	Czechia	78,865	0.05%
116	Panama	75,417	0.05%
117	Sierra Leone	71,740	0.05%
118	Ireland	70,273	0.05%
119	Georgia	69,700	0.05%
120	Sri Lanka	65,610	0.04%
121	Lithuania	65,300	0.04%
122	Latvia	64,559	0.04%
123	Togo	56,785	0.04%
124	Croatia	56,594	0.04%
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209	0.03%
126	Costa Rica	51,100	0.03%
127	Slovakia	49,037	0.03%
128	Dominican Republic	48,671	0.03%
129	Estonia	45,227	0.03%
130	Denmark	43,094	0.03%
131	Netherlands	41,850	0.03%
132	Switzerland	41,284	0.03%
133	Bhutan	38,394	0.03%
134	Taiwan	36,193	0.02%
135	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	0.02%
136	Moldova	33,846	0.02%
137	Belgium	30,528	0.02%
138	Lesotho	30,355	0.02%
139	Armenia	29,743	0.02%
140	Solomon Islands	28,896	0.02%
141	Albania	28,748	0.02%
142	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	0.02%
143	Burundi	27,834	0.02%
144	Haiti	27,750	0.02%
145	Rwanda	26,338	0.02%
146	North Macedonia	25,713	0.02%
147	Djibouti	23,200	0.02%
148	Belize	22,966	0.02%
149	El Salvador	21,041	0.01%
150	Israel	20,770	0.01%
151	Slovenia	20,273	0.01%
152	Fiji	18,272	0.01%
153	Kuwait	17,818	0.01%
154	Eswatini	17,364	0.01%
155	Timor-Leste	14,874	0.01%
156	Bahamas	13,943	0.01%
157	Montenegro	13,812	0.01%
158	Vanuatu	12,189	0.01%
159	Qatar	11,586	0.01%
160	Jamaica	10,991	0.01%
161	Kosovo	10,908	0.01%
162	Gambia	10,689	0.01%
163	Lebanon	10,452	0.01%
164	Cyprus	9,251	0.01%
165	Palestine	6,220	0%
166	Brunei	5,765	0%
167	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	0%
168	Cape Verde	4,033	0%
169	Samoa	2,842	0%
170	Luxembourg	2,586	0%
171	Mauritius	2,040	0%
172	Comoros	1,862	0%
173	São Tomé and Príncipe	964	0%
174	Kiribati	811	0%
175	Bahrain	765	0%
176	Dominica	751	0%
177	Tonga	747	0%
178	Singapore	710	0%
179	Micronesia	702	0%
180	Saint Lucia	616	0%
181	Andorra	468	0%
182	Palau	459	0%
183	Seychelles	452	0%
184	Antigua and Barbuda	442	0%
185	Barbados	430	0%
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	0%
187	Grenada	344	0%
188	Malta	316	0%
189	Maldives	300	0%
190	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	0%
191	Marshall Islands	181	0%
192	Liechtenstein	160	0%
193	San Marino	61	0%
194	Tuvalu	26	0%
195	Nauru	21	0%
196	Monaco	2.02	0%
197	Vatican City	0.44	0%

Total area including inland water, from the mledoze/countries dataset (based on CIA World Factbook figures). Earth's land area: about 148.9 million km².

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest country in the world?

Russia, at 17,098,242 km² (6,601,663 sq mi). It spans 11 time zones and is almost twice the size of Canada, the second largest.

What are the 10 largest countries?

Russia, Canada, China, United States, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Algeria.

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City, at about 0.44 km² (109 acres), entirely surrounded by the city of Rome. Monaco (about 2 km²) is second.

What are the 10 smallest countries?

Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Maldives, Malta.

Is the US bigger than China?

By total area including water, the US (about 9.83 million km²) is slightly larger than China (about 9.6 million km²). By land area alone, China is slightly larger. Sources disagree because of how coastal and territorial waters are counted.