Rankings · Geography
Land area
Total land area, excluding inland water bodies.
- Nations ranked
- 178
- Highest
- 16,376,870 km²
- Lowest
- 2 km²
- Observed
- 2023
The ten highest
Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.
16,376,870 km² · observed 2023
9,388,210 km² · observed 2023
9,147,420 km² · observed 2023
8,788,700 km² · observed 2023
8,358,140 km² · observed 2023
7,692,020 km² · observed 2023
2,973,190 km² · observed 2023
2,736,690 km² · observed 2023
2,699,700 km² · observed 2023
2,381,740 km² · observed 2023
Every nation with data
Figures are square kilometres.
- 1🇷🇺Russia16,376,870 km² · 2023
- 2🇨🇳China9,388,210 km² · 2023
- 3🇺🇸United States9,147,420 km² · 2023
- 4🇨🇦Canada8,788,700 km² · 2023
- 5🇧🇷Brazil8,358,140 km² · 2023
- 6🇦🇺Australia7,692,020 km² · 2023
- 7🇮🇳India2,973,190 km² · 2023
- 8🇦🇷Argentina2,736,690 km² · 2023
- 9🇰🇿Kazakhstan2,699,700 km² · 2023
- 10🇩🇿Algeria2,381,740 km² · 2023
- 11🇨🇩DR Congo2,267,050 km² · 2023
- 12🇸🇦Saudi Arabia2,149,690 km² · 2023
- 13🇲🇽Mexico1,943,950 km² · 2023
- 14🇮🇩Indonesia1,892,555 km² · 2023
- 15🇸🇩Sudan1,868,000 km² · 2023
- 16🇱🇾Libya1,759,540 km² · 2023
- 17🇮🇷Iran1,622,500 km² · 2023
- 18🇲🇳Mongolia1,558,500 km² · 2023
- 19🇵🇪Peru1,280,000 km² · 2023
- 20🇳🇪Niger1,266,700 km² · 2023
- 21🇹🇩Chad1,259,200 km² · 2023
- 22🇦🇴Angola1,246,700 km² · 2023
- 23🇲🇱Mali1,220,190 km² · 2023
- 24🇿🇦South Africa1,213,090 km² · 2023
- 25🇪🇹Ethiopia1,128,499 km² · 2023
- 26🇨🇴Colombia1,109,500 km² · 2023
- 27🇧🇴Bolivia1,083,300 km² · 2023
- 28🇲🇷Mauritania1,030,700 km² · 2023
- 29🇪🇬Egypt995,450 km² · 2023
- 30🇳🇬Nigeria910,770 km² · 2023
- 31🇹🇿Tanzania885,800 km² · 2023
- 32🇻🇪Venezuela882,050 km² · 2023
- 33🇳🇦Namibia823,290 km² · 2023
- 34🇲🇿Mozambique786,380 km² · 2023
- 35🇵🇰Pakistan770,880 km² · 2023
- 36🇹🇷Türkiye769,630 km² · 2023
- 37🇿🇲Zambia743,390 km² · 2023
- 38🇨🇱Chile742,832 km² · 2023
- 39🇲🇲Myanmar652,670 km² · 2023
- 40🇦🇫Afghanistan652,230 km² · 2023
- 41🇸🇸South Sudan631,930 km² · 2023
- 42🇸🇴Somalia627,340 km² · 2023
- 43🇨🇫Central African Republic622,980 km² · 2023
- 44🇲🇬Madagascar581,800 km² · 2023
- 45🇰🇪Kenya580,876 km² · 2023
- 46🇺🇦Ukraine579,400 km² · 2023
- 47🇧🇼Botswana566,730 km² · 2023
- 48🇫🇷France538,950 km² · 2023
- 49🇾🇪Yemen527,970 km² · 2023
- 50🇹🇭Thailand510,890 km² · 2023
- 51🇪🇸Spain499,697 km² · 2023
- 52🇨🇲Cameroon472,710 km² · 2023
- 53🇹🇲Turkmenistan469,930 km² · 2023
- 54🇵🇬Papua New Guinea452,860 km² · 2023
- 55🇲🇦Morocco446,300 km² · 2023
- 56🇺🇿Uzbekistan440,650 km² · 2023
- 57🇮🇶Iraq434,130 km² · 2023
- 58🇬🇱Greenland410,450 km² · 2023
- 59🇸🇪Sweden407,270 km² · 2023
- 60🇵🇾Paraguay396,012 km² · 2023
- 61🇿🇼Zimbabwe386,850 km² · 2023
- 62🇯🇵Japan364,569 km² · 2023
- 63🇳🇴Norway364,270 km² · 2023
- 64🇩🇪Germany349,430 km² · 2023
- 65🇨🇬Congo341,500 km² · 2023
- 66🇲🇾Malaysia328,550 km² · 2023
- 67🇨🇮Ivory Coast318,000 km² · 2023
- 68🇻🇳Vietnam313,429 km² · 2023
- 69🇴🇲Oman309,500 km² · 2023
- 70🇵🇱Poland306,270 km² · 2023
- 71🇫🇮Finland303,960 km² · 2023
- 72🇵🇭Philippines298,170 km² · 2023
- 73🇮🇹Italy295,720 km² · 2023
- 74🇧🇫Burkina Faso273,600 km² · 2023
- 75🇳🇿New Zealand263,310 km² · 2023
- 76🇬🇦Gabon257,670 km² · 2023
- 77🇪🇨Ecuador248,360 km² · 2023
- 78🇬🇳Guinea245,720 km² · 2023
- 79🇬🇧United Kingdom241,930 km² · 2023
- 80🇱🇦Laos230,800 km² · 2023
- 81🇷🇴Romania230,080 km² · 2023
- 82🇬🇭Ghana227,533 km² · 2023
- 83🇬🇾Guyana211,140 km² · 2023
- 84🇧🇾Belarus202,983 km² · 2023
- 85🇺🇬Uganda200,520 km² · 2023
- 86🇸🇳Senegal192,530 km² · 2023
- 87🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan191,800 km² · 2023
- 88🇸🇾Syria183,630 km² · 2023
- 89🇰🇭Cambodia176,520 km² · 2023
- 90🇺🇾Uruguay175,020 km² · 2023
- 91🇸🇷Suriname160,508 km² · 2023
- 92🇹🇳Tunisia155,360 km² · 2023
- 93🇳🇵Nepal143,350 km² · 2023
- 94🇹🇯Tajikistan138,790 km² · 2023
- 95🇧🇩Bangladesh129,980 km² · 2023
- 96🇬🇷Greece128,900 km² · 2023
- 97🇪🇷Eritrea121,178 km² · 2023
- 98🇰🇵North Korea120,410 km² · 2023
- 99🇳🇮Nicaragua120,340 km² · 2023
- 100🇧🇯Benin112,760 km² · 2023
- 101🇭🇳Honduras111,890 km² · 2023
- 102🇧🇬Bulgaria108,560 km² · 2023
- 103🇬🇹Guatemala107,160 km² · 2023
- 104🇨🇺Cuba103,800 km² · 2023
- 105🇮🇸Iceland100,830 km² · 2023
- 106🇰🇷South Korea97,600 km² · 2023
- 107🇱🇷Liberia96,320 km² · 2023
- 108🇲🇼Malawi94,280 km² · 2023
- 109🇵🇹Portugal91,606 km² · 2023
- 110🇭🇺Hungary91,260 km² · 2023
- 111🇯🇴Jordan88,794 km² · 2023
- 112🇷🇸Serbia84,090 km² · 2023
- 113🇦🇿Azerbaijan82,650 km² · 2023
- 114🇦🇹Austria82,520 km² · 2023
- 115🇨🇿Czechia77,167 km² · 2023
- 116🇵🇦Panama74,180 km² · 2023
- 117🇸🇱Sierra Leone72,180 km² · 2023
- 118🇦🇪United Arab Emirates71,020 km² · 2023
- 119🇬🇪Georgia69,490 km² · 2023
- 120🇮🇪Ireland68,890 km² · 2023
- 121🇱🇹Lithuania62,600 km² · 2023
- 122🇱🇻Latvia62,230 km² · 2023
- 123🇱🇰Sri Lanka61,860 km² · 2023
- 124🇭🇷Croatia55,960 km² · 2023
- 125🇹🇬Togo54,390 km² · 2023
- 126🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina51,200 km² · 2023
- 127🇨🇷Costa Rica51,060 km² · 2023
- 128🇩🇴Dominican Republic48,198 km² · 2023
- 129🇸🇰Slovakia48,080 km² · 2023
- 130🇪🇪Estonia42,730 km² · 2023
- 131🇩🇰Denmark40,000 km² · 2023
- 132🇨🇭Switzerland39,510 km² · 2023
- 133🇧🇹Bhutan38,140 km² · 2023
- 134🇳🇱Netherlands33,670 km² · 2023
- 135🇲🇩Moldova32,930 km² · 2023
- 136🇧🇪Belgium30,494 km² · 2023
- 137🇱🇸Lesotho30,360 km² · 2023
- 138🇦🇲Armenia28,199 km² · 2023
- 139🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau28,120 km² · 2023
- 140🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea28,050 km² · 2023
- 141🇸🇧Solomon Islands27,990 km² · 2023
- 142🇭🇹Haiti27,560 km² · 2023
- 143🇦🇱Albania27,400 km² · 2023
- 144🇧🇮Burundi25,680 km² · 2023
- 145🇲🇰North Macedonia25,220 km² · 2023
- 146🇷🇼Rwanda24,670 km² · 2023
- 147🇩🇯Djibouti23,180 km² · 2023
- 148🇧🇿Belize22,810 km² · 2023
- 149🇸🇻El Salvador20,720 km² · 2023
- 150🇸🇮Slovenia20,135 km² · 2023
- 151🇳🇨New Caledonia18,280 km² · 2023
- 152🇫🇯Fiji18,270 km² · 2023
- 153🇰🇼Kuwait17,820 km² · 2023
- 154🇸🇿Eswatini17,200 km² · 2023
- 155🇹🇱Timor-Leste14,870 km² · 2023
- 156🇲🇪Montenegro13,450 km² · 2023
- 157🇻🇺Vanuatu12,190 km² · 2023
- 158🇶🇦Qatar11,490 km² · 2023
- 159🇯🇲Jamaica10,830 km² · 2023
- 160🇱🇧Lebanon10,230 km² · 2023
- 161🇬🇲Gambia10,120 km² · 2023
- 162🇧🇸Bahamas10,010 km² · 2023
- 163🇨🇾Cyprus9,240 km² · 2023
- 164🇵🇷Puerto Rico8,870 km² · 2023
- 165🇵🇸Palestine6,025 km² · 2023
- 166🇧🇳Brunei5,270 km² · 2023
- 167🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago5,130 km² · 2023
- 168🇨🇻Cape Verde4,030 km² · 2023
- 169🇱🇺Luxembourg2,574 km² · 2023
- 170🇲🇺Mauritius1,997 km² · 2023
- 171🇰🇲Comoros1,861 km² · 2023
- 172🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe960 km² · 2023
- 173🇦🇩Andorra470 km² · 2023
- 174🇸🇨Seychelles460 km² · 2023
- 175🇲🇹Malta320 km² · 2023
- 176🇱🇮Liechtenstein160 km² · 2023
- 177🇸🇲San Marino60 km² · 2023
- 178🇲🇨Monaco2 km² · 2023
No data
8 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations are not ranked.
- 🇦🇶Antarctica
Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
- 🇫🇰Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
- 🇹🇫French Southern and Antarctic Lands
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
- 🇽🇰Kosovo
- Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
- Somaliland
Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
- 🇹🇼Taiwan
Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
- 🇻🇦Vatican City
Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.