Countries by area size
The list of the countries and territories ranked by area. The list includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states and states with limited recognition.
There are some disputed data in this list about including unrecognised states in the countries that claim the territory. All dependent territories or constituent countries that are parts of sovereign states are not assigned a numbered rank.
According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Year: 2018
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Rank | Total in km2 | Land in km2 | Water in km2 | % water | Comments | |
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196 | 0.440 | 0.440 | - | - | Smallest country in the world. | |
- | 6 | 2 | 4 | 66.670 | - | |
195 | 2.020 | 2.020 | - | - | Smallest country with a coastline. | |
- | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | |
- | 6 | 6.500 | - | - | British Overseas territory. | |
- | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | |
- | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | |
194 | 21 | 21 | - | - | Smallest island country, smallest republic and smallest country that is not a city-state. | |
193 | 26 | 26 | - | - | Smallest Commonwealth realm. | |
- | 31.300 | 28.200 | - | - | - | |
- | 34 | 34 | - | - | - | |
- | 6 959.410 | 34.200 | 6 937 | 99.680 | - | |
- | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | |
- | 47 | 47 | - | - | - | |
- | 49 | 49 | - | - | - | |
- | 54 | 54 | - | - | - | |
- | 54 | 54.400 | Negligible | Negligible | - | |
- | 60 | 60 | 54 340 | 99.890 | - | |
192 | 61 | 61 | - | - | - | |
- | 78 | 78 | - | - | - | |
- | 91 | 91 | - | - | - | |
- | 102 | 102 | - | - | - | |
- | 116 | 116 | - | - | - | |
- | 135 | 135 | - | - | - | |
- | 142 | 142 | - | - | - | |
- | 151 | 151 | - | - | - | |
191 | 160 | 160 | - | - | - | |
- | 180 | 180 | - | - | - | |
190 | 181 | 181 | 11 673 | 98.470 | - | |
- | 199 | 199 | - | - | - | |
- | 236 | 236 | - | - | - | |
- | 242 | 242 | - | - | - | |
- | 260 | 260 | - | - | - | |
189 | 261 | 261 | - | - | Smallest country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere. | |
- | 264 | 264 | - | - | - | |
- | 294 | 294 | - | - | - | |
188 | 300 | 298 | - | - | Smallest country in Asia. | |
- | 308 | 308 | - | - | - | |
187 | 316 | 316 | - | - | - | |
186 | 344 | 344 | - | - | - | |
- | 347 | 346 | 1 564 | 81.880 | - | |
- | 377 | 377 | - | - | - | |
185 | 389 | 389 | - | - | - | |
- | 412 | 412 | - | - | - | |
- | 948 | 430 | - | - | - | |
184 | 430 | 431 | - | - | - | |
183 | 442 | 442.600 | - | - | - | |
- | 444 | 444 | - | - | - | |
182 | 452 | 455 | - | - | Smallest country in Africa. | |
181 | 459 | 459 | - | - | - | |
- | 464 | 464 | - | - | - | |
180 | 468 | 468 | - | - | - | |
- | 549 | 544 | - | - | - | |
- | 572 | 572 | - | - | - | |
179 | 616 | 606 | 10 | 1.620 | - | |
177 | 716 | 687 | 10 | 1.430 | - | |
178 | 702 | 702 | Negligible | Negligible | - | |
176 | 747 | 717 | 30 | 4.020 | - | |
175 | 751 | 751 | - | - | - | |
174 | 765 | 765 | - | - | - | |
173 | 811 | 811 | - | - | - | |
172 | 964 | 964 | - | - | - | |
- | 2 755 | 1 106 | 1 649 | 59.800 | - | |
- | 1 393 | 1 393 | Negligible | Negligible | - | |
171 | 1 862 | 1 862 | - | - | - | |
170 | 2 040 | 2 030 | 10 | 0.490 | - | |
- | 2 060 | 2 060 | - | - | - | |
169 | 2 586 | 2 586 | - | - | - | |
168 | 2 842 | 2 821 | 10 | 0.350 | - | |
- | 4 167 | 3 827 | 340 | 8.160 | - | |
- | 3 903 | 3 903 | - | - | - | |
167 | 4 033 | 4 033 | - | - | - | |
166 | 5 130 | 5 128 | - | - | - | |
165 | 5 765 | 5 265 | 500 | 8.670 | - | |
164 | 6 020 | 5 640 | 220 | 3.900 | - | |
- | 7 747 | 7 668 | 79.800 | 1.030 | Excludes claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica. | |
- | 9 104 | 9 104 | 3 054 | 35.200 | An American territory, it is 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. | |
163 | 9 251 | 9 241 | 10 | 0.110 | - | |
160 | 11 295 | 10 000 | 1 295 | 11.470 | Smallest country in continental Africa. | |
156 | 13 943 | 10 010 | 3 870 | 27.880 | - | |
162 | 10 452 | 10 230 | 170 | 1.630 | Second smallest country in continental Asia. | |
161 | 10 991 | 10 831 | 160 | 1.460 | - | |
- | 11 458 | 11 458 | 1 200 | 1 | 5.000 km2. Armenian-controlled territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh by regions 11,5 km2. | |
159 | 11 586 | 11 586 | - | - | - | |
- | 12 173 | 12 173 | - | - | - | |
158 | 12 189 | 12 189 | - | - | - | |
157 | 13 812 | 13 452 | 360 | 2.610 | - | |
155 | 14 919 | 14 919 | - | - | - | |
154 | 17 364 | 17 204 | 160 | 0.920 | - | |
153 | 17 818 | 17 818 | - | - | - | |
152 | 18 272 | 18 274 | - | - | - | |
- | 18 575 | 18 275 | 300 | 1.620 | - | |
151 | 20 273 | 20 151 | 122 | 0.600 | - | |
150 | 20 770 | 20 330 | 440 | 2.120 | - | |
149 | 21 041 | 20 721 | 320 | 1.520 | Smallest country in continental North America. | |
148 | 22 966 | 22 806 | 160 | 0.700 | - | |
147 | 23 200 | 23 180 | 20 | 0.090 | - | |
145 | 26 338 | 24 668 | 1 670 | 6.340 | - | |
146 | 25 713 | 25 433 | 280 | 1.090 | - | |
143 | 27 834 | 25 680 | 2 150 | 7.730 | - | |
141 | 28 748 | 27 398 | 1 350 | 4.700 | - | |
144 | 27 750 | 27 560 | 190 | 0.680 | - | |
140 | 28 896 | 27 986 | 910 | 3.150 | - | |
142 | 28 051 | 28 051 | - | - | - | |
135 | 36 125 | 28 120 | 8 005 | 22.160 | - | |
139 | 29 743 | 28 342 | 1 401 | 4.710 | - | |
137 | 30 528 | 30 278 | 250 | 0.820 | - | |
138 | 30 355 | 30 355 | - | - | - | |
134 | 36 193 | 32 260 | 3 720 | 10.340 | Between 1945 and 1949, the Republic of China included Mainland China, Mongolia, Taiwan and other areas, totaling 11,418,174 km2. | |
136 | 33 846 | 32 891 | 960 | 2.840 | - | |
131 | 41 850 | 33 893 | 7 650 | 18.410 | Includes the special municipalities, but excludes other countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, shown separately. | |
133 | 38 394 | 38 394 | - | - | - | |
132 | 41 284 | 39 997 | 1 280 | 3.100 | - | |
129 | 45 227 | 42 388 | 2 840 | 6.280 | - | |
130 | 43 094 | 42 434 | 660 | 1.530 | Metropolitan Denmark only, without Greenland and the Faroe Islands. | |
127 | 49 037 | 48 105 | 930 | 1.900 | - | |
128 | 48 671 | 48 320 | 350 | 0.720 | - | |
126 | 51 100 | 51 060 | 40 | 0.080 | - | |
125 | 51 209 | 51 187 | 10 | 0.020 | - | |
123 | 56 785 | 54 385 | 2 400 | 4.230 | - | |
124 | 56 594 | 55 974 | 620 | 1.100 | - | |
- | 62 045 | 62 045 | - | - | - | |
122 | 64 559 | 62 249 | 2 340 | 3.620 | - | |
121 | 65 300 | 62 680 | 2 620 | 4.010 | - | |
120 | 65 610 | 62 732 | 2 878 | 4.400 | - | |
118 | 70 273 | 68 883 | 1 390 | 1.980 | The figure shown is for the Republic of Ireland, the island of Ireland is 84,421 km2. | |
119 | 69 700 | 69 700 | - | - | - | |
117 | 71 740 | 71 620 | 120 | 0.170 | - | |
116 | 75 417 | 74 340 | 1 080 | 1.430 | - | |
115 | 78 865 | 77 247 | 1 620 | 2.050 | - | |
113 | 83 871 | 82 445 | 1 426 | 1.700 | - | |
114 | 83 600 | 83 600 | - | - | - | |
112 | 86 600 | 86 100 | 500 | 0.130 | Largest country in Caucasus. | |
111 | 88 361 | 88 246 | 115 | 0.130 | The largest Serbo-Croatian-speaking country. | |
110 | 89 342 | 88 802 | 540 | 0.600 | - | |
108 | 93 028 | 89 608 | 3 420 | 3.680 | - | |
109 | 92 090 | 91 470 | 620 | 0.670 | - | |
98 | 118 484 | 94 080 | 24 404 | 20.600 | - | |
102 | 111 369 | 96 320 | 15 049 | 13.510 | - | |
107 | 100 210 | 99 909 | 301 | 0.300 | - | |
106 | 103 000 | 100 250 | 2 750 | 2.670 | - | |
99 | 117 600 | 101 000 | 16 600 | 14.120 | - | |
105 | 108 889 | 107 159 | 1 730 | 1.590 | - | |
103 | 110 879 | 108 489 | 2 390 | 2.160 | - | |
104 | 109 884 | 109 820 | 1 040 | 0.940 | Largest country in Caribbean. | |
101 | 112 492 | 111 890 | 200 | 0.180 | - | |
100 | 114 763 | 114 305 | 457.569 | 0.400 | - | |
96 | 130 373 | 119 990 | 10 380 | 7.960 | Largest country in Central America. | |
97 | 120 540 | 120 538 | 2 | 0.110 | - | |
92 | 147 570 | 130 168 | 13 830 | 9.600 | - | |
95 | 131 990 | 130 647 | 1 310 | 0.990 | - | |
94 | 143 100 | 141 510 | 2 590 | 1.810 | - | |
93 | 147 181 | 143 351 | 3 830 | 2.600 | Largest country in the Himalayan range. | |
91 | 163 610 | 155 360 | 8 250 | 5.040 | - | |
90 | 163 820 | 156 000 | 7 820 | 4.770 | Smallest country in South America. | |
89 | 176 215 | 175 015 | 1 200 | 0.680 | - | |
88 | 181 035 | 176 515 | 4 520 | 2.500 | - | |
87 | 185 180 | 183 630 | 1 550 | 0.840 | - | |
85 | 199 951 | 191 801 | 8 150 | 4.080 | - | |
86 | 196 722 | 192 530 | 4 192 | 2.130 | - | |
83 | 214 969 | 196 849 | 18 120 | 8.430 | - | |
79 | 241 550 | 197 100 | 43 938 | 18.230 | - | |
84 | 207 600 | 202 900 | 4 700 | 2.260 | Largestl andlocked country in Europe. | |
80 | 238 533 | 227 533 | 11 000 | 4.610 | - | |
82 | 236 800 | 230 800 | 6 000 | 2.530 | - | |
81 | 238 397 | 231 291 | 7 100 | 2.970 | - | |
78 | 242 495 | 241 930 | 1 680 | 0.690 | Largest island country in Europe and Western Hemisphere. | |
77 | 245 857 | 245 717 | 140 | 0.060 | - | |
73 | 276 841 | 256 369 | 6 720 | 2.370 | - | |
76 | 267 668 | 257 667 | 10 000 | 3.740 | - | |
75 | 270 467 | 262 443 | 4 395 | 1.650 | - | |
- | 266 000 | 266 000 | - | - | Disputed territory. | |
74 | 274 222 | 273 602 | 620 | 0.230 | - | |
71 | 301 336 | 294 140 | 7 200 | 2.390 | - | |
72 | 300 000 | 298 170 | 1 830 | 0.610 | - | |
64 | 338 424 | 303 815 | 34 330 | 10.150 | - | |
67 | 323 802 | 304 282 | 19 520 | 6.030 | - | |
70 | 309 500 | 309 500 | - | - | - | |
65 | 331 212 | 310 070 | 21 140 | 6.380 | - | |
69 | 312 696 | 311 888 | 791 | 3.070 | - | |
68 | 322 463 | 318 003 | 4 460 | 1.380 | - | |
66 | 330 803 | 329 613 | 1 190 | 0.350 | - | |
63 | 342 000 | 341 500 | 500 | 0.150 | - | |
62 | 357 114 | 348 672 | 8 350 | 2.340 | Largest country in Central Europe. Before the 1990 German reunification, West Germanywas 248,577 (95,976) and East Germany was 108,333 (41,828). | |
61 | 377 973 | 364 543 | 13 430 | 3.550 | Largest island country in East Asia. | |
60 | 390 757 | 386 847 | 3 910 | 1 | - | |
59 | 406 752 | 397 302 | 9 450 | 2.320 | - | |
55 | 450 295 | 410 335 | 39 960 | 8.870 | Largest country in Northern Europe. Third largest member state of European Union. | |
56 | 447 400 | 425 400 | 22 000 | 4.920 | - | |
58 | 438 317 | 437 367 | 950 | 0.220 | - | |
57 | 446 550 | 446 300 | 250 | 0.060 | - | |
54 | 462 840 | 452 860 | 9 980 | 2.160 | - | |
52 | 488 100 | 469 930 | 18 170 | 3.720 | - | |
53 | 475 442 | 472 710 | 2 730 | 0.570 | - | |
51 | 505 992 | 498 980 | 6 390 | 1.260 | Largest country in Southern Europe and second largest member state of European Union. | |
50 | 513 120 | 510 890 | 2 230 | 0.430 | - | |
49 | 527 968 | 527 968 | - | - | - | |
47 | 581 730 | 566 730 | 15 000 | 2.580 | - | |
48 | 580 367 | 569 140 | 11 227 | 1.930 | - | |
45 | 603 500 | 579 300 | 24 200 | 4.010 | Second largest country in Europe and largest country wholly in Europe. | |
46 | 587 041 | 581 540 | 5 501 | 0.940 | - | |
44 | 622 984 | 622 984 | - | - | - | |
43 | 637 657 | 627 337 | 10 320 | 1.620 | - | |
42 | 640 679 | 640 427 | 3 374 | 0.520 | Figures include metropolitan France (in Europe) as well as the five overseas regions. This does not include New Caledonia (an autonomoussui generiscollectivity), the five autonomous overseas collectivities, and the two uninhabited territories (the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Clipperton Island) which are listed individually, although also part of the French Republic. Largest member state of European Union and third largest country in Europe. | |
40 | 652 230 | 652 230 | - | - | - | |
39 | 676 578 | 653 508 | 23 070 | 3.410 | - | |
38 | 752 612 | 743 398 | 9 220 | 1.230 | - | |
37 | 756 102 | 743 812 | 12 290 | 1.630 | - | |
36 | 783 562 | 769 632 | 13 930 | 1.780 | Transcontinental country located between Asia and Europe. | |
35 | 801 590 | 786 380 | 13 000 | 1.630 | - | |
34 | 825 615 | 823 290 | 2 425 | 0.120 | - | |
33 | 881 912 | 881 912 | 25 220 | 2.860 | - | |
32 | 916 445 | 882 050 | 30 000 | 3.290 | - | |
30 | 945 087 | 885 800 | 61 500 | 6.490 | - | |
31 | 923 768 | 910 768 | 13 000 | 1.410 | - | |
29 | 1 002 450 | 995 450 | 6 000 | 0.600 | - | |
26 | 1 104 300 | 1 000 000 | 104 300 | 0.700 | - | |
28 | 1 030 700 | 1 025 520 | 4 480 | 0.440 | - | |
25 | 1 141 748 | 1 038 700 | 100 210 | 8.800 | - | |
27 | 1 098 581 | 1 083 301 | 15 280 | 1.390 | - | |
24 | 1 221 037 | 1 214 470 | 4 620 | 0.380 | - | |
23 | 1 240 192 | 1 220 190 | 20 002 | 1.610 | - | |
22 | 1 246 700 | 1 246 700 | - | - | - | |
20 | 1 284 000 | 1 259 200 | 24 800 | 1.930 | Third largest landlocked country and largest outside of Asia. | |
21 | 1 267 000 | 1 266 700 | 300 | 0.020 | - | |
19 | 1 285 216 | 1 279 996 | 5 220 | 0.410 | Third largest Spanish-speaking country and third largest country in South America. | |
17 | 1 648 195 | 1 531 595 | 116 600 | 7.070 | - | |
18 | 1 564 110 | 1 553 556 | 10 560 | 0.680 | Largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea. | |
16 | 1 759 540 | 1 759 540 | - | - | - | |
14 | 1 910 931 | 1 811 569 | 93 000 | 4.870 | The largest country in South-east Asia. The largest archipelagic stateand island statein the world by area and population. | |
13 | 1 964 375 | 1 943 945 | 20 430 | 1.040 | Second largest Spanish-speaking country and third largest country in North America. it also has the Largest Spanish Speaking City i.e. Mexico City. | |
12 | 2 149 690 | 2 149 690 | - | - | Largest country in the Middle East. | |
- | 2 166 086 | 2 166 086 | - | - | Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Largest non-continental island in world. | |
- | 2 220 093 | 2 220 072 | 21 | - | UN figure does not includes entire Kingdom of Denmark area. Largest member state of European Union. | |
11 | 2 344 858 | 2 267 048 | 77 810 | 3.320 | The largest French-speaking country. Largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2nd largest country in Africa, has the largest French-speaking City i.e. Kinshasa. | |
10 | 2 381 741 | 2 381 741 | - | - | The largest Berber-speaking and Arabic-speaking country and largest country in Africa. | |
9 | 2 724 900 | 2 699 700 | 25 200 | 0.920 | Largest landlocked country. Second largest Russian-speaking country. | |
8 | 2 780 400 | 2 736 690 | 43 710 | 1.570 | The largest Spanish-speaking country and second largest country in South America. | |
7 | 3 287 263 | 2 973 190 | 314 073 | 9.550 | Third largest country in Asia, largest country in South Asia, and the largest Hindi-speaking country. | |
6 | 7 692 024 | 7 633 565 | 58 459 | 0.760 | The largest country in Oceania, the largest country without land borders, and the largest country completely in the Southern Hemisphere. | |
5 | 8 515 767 | 8 460 415 | 55 352 | 0.650 | The largest Portuguese-speaking country, the largest country in South America and in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest contiguous territory in the Americas. | |
2 | 9 984 670 | 9 093 507 | 891 163 | 8.930 | Largest country in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second largest by land area, after United States), with the largest surface area of water. 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, or territorial waters of 200,000 km2. | |
4 | 9 525 067 | 9 147 593 | 377 424 | 3.960 | Largest country in the Western Hemisphere by land area (second largest by total area, after Canada). Secondary figures for total area and water area denote the inclusion of all coastal and territorial waters into the statistical area. | |
3 | 9 596 961 | 9 326 410 | 270 550 | 2.820 | Second largest country in Asia (though the largest located wholly within the continent), 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. | |
- | 14 000 000 | 14 000 000 | - | - | 13,720,000 km2 (5,300,000 sq mi) (98%) of land area is covered byice. Though not itself a country, areas are claimed by a number of countries. | |
1 | 17 098 246 | 16 377 742 | 720 500 | 4.210 | Largest country in the world (10.995% of the world's land mass); its Asian portionmakes it the largest country inAsia, and its European portionof roughly 3,960,000 km2 (1,530,000 sq mi) makes it the largest country in Europe. | |
- | 10 887 | - | - | - | - | |
- | 4 163 | - | - | - | - | |
- | 3 355 | - | - | - | - | |
- | 8 660 | - | - | - | - | |
- | 3 900 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | 176 120 | - | - | - | - | |
- | 1 580 | - | - | - | - | |
- | 253.800 | - | - | - | There is a salt lake and some wetlands of unknown area. | |
15 | 1 861 484 | notdetermined | notdetermined | not determined | Formerly the largest country in Africa. It is now the 3rd largest country in Africa. | |
41 | 644 329 | notdetermined | notdetermined | not determined | - | |
- | 21 | notdetermined | notdetermined | not determined | - | |
- | 21 | notdetermined | notdetermined | not determined | - | |
- | 13 | notdetermined | notdetermined | not determined | - | |
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- | <3 | <3 | - | - | - |