# Land area by nation — world ranking

Land area ranked across 178 nations, highest to lowest. Russia highest at 16,376,870 km² (2023). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year.

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/land-area
Updated: 2026-06-14 (the geography domain's last refresh)

Definition: Total land area, excluding inland water bodies.
Unit: km². Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

## Ranking (178 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 16,376,870 km² | 2023 |
| 2 | China | 9,388,210 km² | 2023 |
| 3 | United States | 9,147,420 km² | 2023 |
| 4 | Canada | 8,788,700 km² | 2023 |
| 5 | Brazil | 8,358,140 km² | 2023 |
| 6 | Australia | 7,692,020 km² | 2023 |
| 7 | India | 2,973,190 km² | 2023 |
| 8 | Argentina | 2,736,690 km² | 2023 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2,699,700 km² | 2023 |
| 10 | Algeria | 2,381,740 km² | 2023 |
| 11 | DR Congo | 2,267,050 km² | 2023 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² | 2023 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1,943,950 km² | 2023 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1,892,555 km² | 2023 |
| 15 | Sudan | 1,868,000 km² | 2023 |
| 16 | Libya | 1,759,540 km² | 2023 |
| 17 | Iran | 1,622,500 km² | 2023 |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1,558,500 km² | 2023 |
| 19 | Peru | 1,280,000 km² | 2023 |
| 20 | Niger | 1,266,700 km² | 2023 |
| 21 | Chad | 1,259,200 km² | 2023 |
| 22 | Angola | 1,246,700 km² | 2023 |
| 23 | Mali | 1,220,190 km² | 2023 |
| 24 | South Africa | 1,213,090 km² | 2023 |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 1,128,499 km² | 2023 |
| 26 | Colombia | 1,109,500 km² | 2023 |
| 27 | Bolivia | 1,083,300 km² | 2023 |
| 28 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² | 2023 |
| 29 | Egypt | 995,450 km² | 2023 |
| 30 | Nigeria | 910,770 km² | 2023 |
| 31 | Tanzania | 885,800 km² | 2023 |
| 32 | Venezuela | 882,050 km² | 2023 |
| 33 | Namibia | 823,290 km² | 2023 |
| 34 | Mozambique | 786,380 km² | 2023 |
| 35 | Pakistan | 770,880 km² | 2023 |
| 36 | Türkiye | 769,630 km² | 2023 |
| 37 | Zambia | 743,390 km² | 2023 |
| 38 | Chile | 742,832 km² | 2023 |
| 39 | Myanmar | 652,670 km² | 2023 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 652,230 km² | 2023 |
| 41 | South Sudan | 631,930 km² | 2023 |
| 42 | Somalia | 627,340 km² | 2023 |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 622,980 km² | 2023 |
| 44 | Madagascar | 581,800 km² | 2023 |
| 45 | Kenya | 580,876 km² | 2023 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 579,400 km² | 2023 |
| 47 | Botswana | 566,730 km² | 2023 |
| 48 | France | 538,950 km² | 2023 |
| 49 | Yemen | 527,970 km² | 2023 |
| 50 | Thailand | 510,890 km² | 2023 |
| 51 | Spain | 499,697 km² | 2023 |
| 52 | Cameroon | 472,710 km² | 2023 |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 469,930 km² | 2023 |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 452,860 km² | 2023 |
| 55 | Morocco | 446,300 km² | 2023 |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 440,650 km² | 2023 |
| 57 | Iraq | 434,130 km² | 2023 |
| 58 | Greenland | 410,450 km² | 2023 |
| 59 | Sweden | 407,270 km² | 2023 |
| 60 | Paraguay | 396,012 km² | 2023 |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 386,850 km² | 2023 |
| 62 | Japan | 364,569 km² | 2023 |
| 63 | Norway | 364,270 km² | 2023 |
| 64 | Germany | 349,430 km² | 2023 |
| 65 | Congo | 341,500 km² | 2023 |
| 66 | Malaysia | 328,550 km² | 2023 |
| 67 | Ivory Coast | 318,000 km² | 2023 |
| 68 | Vietnam | 313,429 km² | 2023 |
| 69 | Oman | 309,500 km² | 2023 |
| 70 | Poland | 306,270 km² | 2023 |
| 71 | Finland | 303,960 km² | 2023 |
| 72 | Philippines | 298,170 km² | 2023 |
| 73 | Italy | 295,720 km² | 2023 |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 273,600 km² | 2023 |
| 75 | New Zealand | 263,310 km² | 2023 |
| 76 | Gabon | 257,670 km² | 2023 |
| 77 | Ecuador | 248,360 km² | 2023 |
| 78 | Guinea | 245,720 km² | 2023 |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 241,930 km² | 2023 |
| 80 | Laos | 230,800 km² | 2023 |
| 81 | Romania | 230,080 km² | 2023 |
| 82 | Ghana | 227,533 km² | 2023 |
| 83 | Guyana | 211,140 km² | 2023 |
| 84 | Belarus | 202,983 km² | 2023 |
| 85 | Uganda | 200,520 km² | 2023 |
| 86 | Senegal | 192,530 km² | 2023 |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 191,800 km² | 2023 |
| 88 | Syria | 183,630 km² | 2023 |
| 89 | Cambodia | 176,520 km² | 2023 |
| 90 | Uruguay | 175,020 km² | 2023 |
| 91 | Suriname | 160,508 km² | 2023 |
| 92 | Tunisia | 155,360 km² | 2023 |
| 93 | Nepal | 143,350 km² | 2023 |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 138,790 km² | 2023 |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 129,980 km² | 2023 |
| 96 | Greece | 128,900 km² | 2023 |
| 97 | Eritrea | 121,178 km² | 2023 |
| 98 | North Korea | 120,410 km² | 2023 |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 120,340 km² | 2023 |
| 100 | Benin | 112,760 km² | 2023 |
| 101 | Honduras | 111,890 km² | 2023 |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 108,560 km² | 2023 |
| 103 | Guatemala | 107,160 km² | 2023 |
| 104 | Cuba | 103,800 km² | 2023 |
| 105 | Iceland | 100,830 km² | 2023 |
| 106 | South Korea | 97,600 km² | 2023 |
| 107 | Liberia | 96,320 km² | 2023 |
| 108 | Malawi | 94,280 km² | 2023 |
| 109 | Portugal | 91,606 km² | 2023 |
| 110 | Hungary | 91,260 km² | 2023 |
| 111 | Jordan | 88,794 km² | 2023 |
| 112 | Serbia | 84,090 km² | 2023 |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 82,650 km² | 2023 |
| 114 | Austria | 82,520 km² | 2023 |
| 115 | Czechia | 77,167 km² | 2023 |
| 116 | Panama | 74,180 km² | 2023 |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 72,180 km² | 2023 |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 71,020 km² | 2023 |
| 119 | Georgia | 69,490 km² | 2023 |
| 120 | Ireland | 68,890 km² | 2023 |
| 121 | Lithuania | 62,600 km² | 2023 |
| 122 | Latvia | 62,230 km² | 2023 |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 61,860 km² | 2023 |
| 124 | Croatia | 55,960 km² | 2023 |
| 125 | Togo | 54,390 km² | 2023 |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,200 km² | 2023 |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 51,060 km² | 2023 |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 48,198 km² | 2023 |
| 129 | Slovakia | 48,080 km² | 2023 |
| 130 | Estonia | 42,730 km² | 2023 |
| 131 | Denmark | 40,000 km² | 2023 |
| 132 | Switzerland | 39,510 km² | 2023 |
| 133 | Bhutan | 38,140 km² | 2023 |
| 134 | Netherlands | 33,670 km² | 2023 |
| 135 | Moldova | 32,930 km² | 2023 |
| 136 | Belgium | 30,494 km² | 2023 |
| 137 | Lesotho | 30,360 km² | 2023 |
| 138 | Armenia | 28,199 km² | 2023 |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,120 km² | 2023 |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 km² | 2023 |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 27,990 km² | 2023 |
| 142 | Haiti | 27,560 km² | 2023 |
| 143 | Albania | 27,400 km² | 2023 |
| 144 | Burundi | 25,680 km² | 2023 |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 25,220 km² | 2023 |
| 146 | Rwanda | 24,670 km² | 2023 |
| 147 | Djibouti | 23,180 km² | 2023 |
| 148 | Belize | 22,810 km² | 2023 |
| 149 | El Salvador | 20,720 km² | 2023 |
| 150 | Slovenia | 20,135 km² | 2023 |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 18,280 km² | 2023 |
| 152 | Fiji | 18,270 km² | 2023 |
| 153 | Kuwait | 17,820 km² | 2023 |
| 154 | Eswatini | 17,200 km² | 2023 |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 14,870 km² | 2023 |
| 156 | Montenegro | 13,450 km² | 2023 |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 12,190 km² | 2023 |
| 158 | Qatar | 11,490 km² | 2023 |
| 159 | Jamaica | 10,830 km² | 2023 |
| 160 | Lebanon | 10,230 km² | 2023 |
| 161 | Gambia | 10,120 km² | 2023 |
| 162 | Bahamas | 10,010 km² | 2023 |
| 163 | Cyprus | 9,240 km² | 2023 |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 km² | 2023 |
| 165 | Palestine | 6,025 km² | 2023 |
| 166 | Brunei | 5,270 km² | 2023 |
| 167 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 km² | 2023 |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 4,030 km² | 2023 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 2,574 km² | 2023 |
| 170 | Mauritius | 1,997 km² | 2023 |
| 171 | Comoros | 1,861 km² | 2023 |
| 172 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 960 km² | 2023 |
| 173 | Andorra | 470 km² | 2023 |
| 174 | Seychelles | 460 km² | 2023 |
| 175 | Malta | 320 km² | 2023 |
| 176 | Liechtenstein | 160 km² | 2023 |
| 177 | San Marino | 60 km² | 2023 |
| 178 | Monaco | 2 km² | 2023 |

## No data (8 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they 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.

## Sources

- World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org

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