List of countries by area
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories by area.
This shows all sovereign states, dependent territories and overseas territories by total area, land area and water area.
Not included here are individual claims to Antarctica or entities that are not sovereign states such as the European Union which have some degree of sovereignty but they are not themselves to be sovereiyn states or dependent territories.
The three measurements of area are:
- Total area: The total area is the sum of all land and Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).
- Land area: The land area is the sum of land, excluding water area
- Water area: The water area is the sum of Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers)
Data is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division.[1]
Sovereign states and dependent territories by area
Two next newest countries, Bougainville and Greenland are included but not assigned a number rank because there's a high chance of being independent. States with limited recognition are also included but not assigned a number rank.
# | Country / dependency | Total in km² (mi²) | Land in km² (mi²) | Water in km² (mi²) | % of water |
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Earth | 510,000,000 (200,000,000) | 148,500,000 (57,300,000) | 350,000,000 (140,000,000) | 50.0 | |
Oceans | 350,000,000 (140,000,000) | 0 (0) | 350,000,000 (140,000,000) | 100.0 | |
Continents | 148,500,000 (57,300,000) | 0 (0) | 148,500,000 (57,300,000) | 0.0 | |
1 | Russia[a] | 17,098,246 (6,601,670) | 16,377,742 (6,323,482) | 720,500 (278,200) | 2.0 |
Antarctica[b] | 14,200,000 (5,500,000) | 14,200,000 (5,500,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 | |
2 | Canada[c] | 9,984,670 (3,855,100) | 9,093,507 (3,511,023) | 891,163 (344,080) | 4.0 |
3 | United States[d] | 9,883,517 (3,816,047) | 9,147,593 (3,531,905) | 685,924 (264,837) | 2.5 |
4 | China[e] | 9,596,960 (3,705,410) | 9,326,410 (3,600,950) | 270,550 (104,460) | 1.5 |
5 | Brazil[f] | 8,515,767 (3,287,956) | 8,358,140 (3,227,100) | 157,030 (60,630) | 1.0 |
6 | Australia[g] | 7,741,220 (2,988,900) | 7,682,300 (2,966,200) | 58,920 (22,750) | 1.0 |
7 | Argentina[h] | 3,745,997 (1,446,338) | 3,701,913 (1,429,317) | 43,710 (16,880) | 2.5 |
8 | India[i] | 3,287,263 (1,269,219) | 2,973,193 (1,147,956) | 314,070 (121,260) | 1.0 |
9 | Kazakhstan[j] | 2,724,900 (1,052,100) | 2,699,700 (1,042,400) | 25,200 (9,700) | 0.5 |
10 | Algeria[k] | 2,381,740 (919,590) | 2,381,740 (919,590) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo[l] | 2,344,858 (905,355) | 2,267,048 (875,312) | 77,810 (30,040) | 1.0 |
12 | Denmark[m] | 2,210,573 (853,507) | 2,209,923 (853,256) | 660 (250) | 0.0 |
Greenland (Denmark)[n] | 2,166,086 (836,330) | 2,166,086 (836,330) | 0 (0) | 0.0 | |
13 | Saudi Arabia[o] | 2,149,690 (830,000) | 2,149,690 (830,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
14 | Chile[p] | 2,006,106 (774,562) | 2,003,896 (773,709) | 12,290 (4,750) | 0.5 |
15 | Mexico[q] | 1,964,375 (758,449) | 1,943,945 (750,561) | 20,430 (7,890) | 0.5 |
16 | Indonesia[r] | 1,904,569 (735,358) | 1,811,569 (699,451) | 93,000 (36,000) | 1.5 |
17 | Sudan | 1,861,484 (718,723) | 1,731,671 (668,602) | 129,813 (50,121) | 1.0 |
18 | Libya | 1,759,540 (679,360) | 1,759,540 (679,360) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
19 | Iran | 1,648,195 (636,372) | 1,531,595 (591,352) | 116,600 (45,000) | 1.0 |
Marie Byrd Land (terra nullius)[s] | 1,600,000 (620,000) | 1,600,000 (620,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 | |
20 | Mongolia | 1,564,110 (603,910) | 1,553,556 (599,831) | 10,560 (4,080) | 0.5 |
21 | Peru | 1,285,216 (496,225) | 1,279,996 (494,209) | 5,220 (2,020) | 1.0 |
22 | Chad | 1,284,000 (496,000) | 1,259,200 (486,200) | 24,800 (9,600) | 0.5 |
23 | Niger | 1,267,000 (489,000) | 1,266,700 (489,100) | 300 (120) | 0.0 |
24 | Angola[t] | 1,246,700 (481,400) | 1,246,700 (481,400) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
25 | Mali | 1,240,192 (478,841) | 1,220,190 (471,120) | 20,002 (7,723) | 0.5 |
26 | South Africa | 1,221,037 (471,445) | 1,214,470 (468,910) | 4,620 (1,780) | 0.5 |
27 | Colombia | 1,141,748 (440,831) | 1,038,700 (401,000) | 100,210 (38,690) | 0.5 |
28 | France[u] | 1,106,756 (427,321) | 1,103,382 (426,018) | 3,374 (1,303) | 0.5 |
29 | Ethiopia | 1,104,300 (426,400) | 1,096,570 (423,390) | 7,730 (2,980) | 0.5 |
30 | Bolivia | 1,098,581 (424,164) | 1,083,301 (418,265) | 15,280 (5,900) | 0.5 |
31 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 (398,000) | 1,030,700 (398,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
32 | Egypt | 1,002,450 (387,050) | 995,450 (384,350) | 6,000 (2,300) | 0.5 |
33 | Tanzania | 947,300 (365,800) | 885,800 (342,000) | 61,500 (23,700) | 1.5 |
34 | Nigeria | 923,768 (356,669) | 910,768 (351,649) | 13,000 (5,000) | 1.0 |
35 | Venezuela | 912,050 (352,140) | 882,050 (340,560) | 30,000 (12,000) | 1.0 |
36 | Pakistan | 907,132 (350,246) | 770,875 (297,637) | 25,220 (9,740) | 1.0 |
37 | Namibia | 824,292 (318,261) | 825,290 (318,650) | 1,002 (387) | 0.5 |
Mozambique[v] | 799,380 (308,640) | 786,380 (303,620) | 13,000 (5,000) | 1.0 | |
39 | Turkey | 783,562 (302,535) | 769,632 (297,157) | 13,930 (5,380) | 1.0 |
40 | Zambia | 752,612 (290,585) | 743,398 (287,028) | 9,220 (3,560) | 0.5 |
41 | Myanmar | 676,578 (261,228) | 653,508 (252,321) | 23,070 (8,910) | 1.0 |
42 | Afghanistan | 652,230 (251,830) | 652,230 (251,830) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
43 | South Sudan | 644,239 (248,742) | 644,239 (248,742) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
44 | Somalia | 637,657 (246,201) | 627,337 (242,216) | 10,320 (3,980) | 0.5 |
45 | Central African Republic | 622,984 (240,535) | 622,984 (240,535) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
46 | Ukraine[w] | 603,500 (233,000) | 579,330 (223,680) | 24,220 (9,350) | 1.0 |
47 | Madagascar[x] | 587,041 (226,658) | 581,540 (224,530) | 5,501 (2,124) | 0.5 |
48 | Botswana | 581,730 (224,610) | 566,730 (218,820) | 15,000 (5,800) | 1.0 |
49 | Kenya | 580,367 (224,081) | 569,140 (219,750) | 11,227 (4,335) | 0.5 |
France (metropolitan) | 551,500 (212,900) | 549,970 (212,340) | 1,530 (590) | 0.5 | |
50 | Yemen | 527,968 (203,850) | 527,968 (203,850) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
51 | Thailand | 513,120 (198,120) | 510,890 (197,260) | 2,230 (860) | |
52 | Spain | 505,370 (195,120) | 498,980 (192,660) | 6,390 (2,470) | 1.5 |
53 | Turkmenistan | 488,100 (188,500) | 469,930 (181,440) | 13,930 (5,380) | 3.0 |
54 | Cameroon | 475,442 (183,569) | 472,710 (182,510) | 2,730 (1,050) | 2.0 |
55 | Papua New Guinea[y] | 462,840 (178,700) | 452,860 (174,850) | 9,980 (3,850) | 3.5 |
56 | Sweden[z] | 450,295 (173,860) | 410,335 (158,431) | 39,960 (15,430) | 4.0 |
57 | Uzbekistan | 447,400 (172,700) | 425,400 (164,200) | 22,000 (8,500) | 4.0 |
58 | Morocco | 446,550 (172,410) | 446,300 (172,300) | 250 (97) | 1.5 |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)[aa] | 439,747 (169,787) | 439,747 (169,787) | 0 (0) | 0.0 | |
59 | Iraq | 438,317 (169,235) | 437,367 (168,868) | 950 (370) | 1.5 |
60 | Paraguay | 406,752 (157,048) | 406,752 (157,048) | 9,430 (3,640) | 1.5 |
61 | Zimbabwe | 390,757 (150,872) | 386,847 (149,362) | 9,220 (3,560) | 1.2 |
62 | Norway | 386,224 (149,122) | |||
63 | Japan | 377,975 (145,937) | |||
64 | Germany | 357,114 (137,882) | |||
65 | Republic of the Congo | 342,000 (132,000) | |||
66 | Finland | 338,424 (130,666) | |||
67 | Vietnam | 331,212 (127,882) | |||
68 | Malaysia | 330,803 (127,724) | |||
– | Norway | 323,802 (125,021) | |||
69 | Ivory Coast | 322,463 (124,504) | |||
70 | Poland | 312,696 (120,733) | |||
71 | Oman | 309,500 (119,500) | |||
72 | Italy | 301,339 (116,348) | |||
73 | Philippines | 300,000 (120,000) | |||
74 | Ecuador | 276,841 (106,889) | |||
75 | Burkina Faso | 274,222 (105,878) | |||
76 | New Zealand | 262,443 (101,330) | |||
77 | Gabon | 267,668 (103,347) | |||
78 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[ab] | 266,000 (103,000) | |||
79 | Guinea | 245,857 (94,926) | |||
80 | United Kingdom | 242,495 (93,628) | |||
81 | Uganda | 241,550 (93,260) | |||
82 | Ghana | 238,533 (92,098) | |||
83 | Romania | 238,397 (92,046) | |||
84 | Laos | 236,800 (91,400) | |||
85 | Guyana[ac] | 214,969 (83,000) | |||
86 | Belarus[ad] | 207,600 (80,200) | |||
87 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 (77,202) | |||
88 | Senegal | 196,722 (75,955) | |||
89 | Syria | 185,180 (71,500) | |||
90 | Cambodia | 181,035 (69,898) | |||
91 | Uruguay | 176,215 (68,037) | |||
92 | Somaliland | 176,120 (68,000) | |||
93 | Suriname[ae] | 163,820 (63,250) | |||
94 | Tunisia | 163,610 (63,170) | |||
95 | Bangladesh | 147,570 (56,980) | |||
96 | Nepal | 147,181 (56,827) | |||
97 | Tajikistan | 143,100 (55,300) | |||
98 | Greece | 131,957 (50,949) | |||
99 | Nicaragua | 130,373 (50,337) | |||
100 | North Korea | 120,540 (46,540) | |||
101 | Malawi | 118,484 (45,747) | |||
102 | Eritrea | 117,600 (45,400) | |||
103 | Benin | 114,763 (44,310) | |||
104 | Honduras | 112,492 (43,433) | |||
105 | Liberia | 111,369 (43,000) | |||
106 | Bulgaria | 111,002 (42,858) | |||
107 | Cuba | 109,884 (42,426) | |||
108 | Guatemala | 108,889 (42,042) | |||
109 | Iceland | 103,000 (40,000) | |||
110 | South Korea | 100,210 (38,690) | |||
– | Puntland | 97,757 (37,744) | |||
111 | Hungary | 93,028 (35,918) | |||
112 | Portugal | 92,090 (35,560) | |||
113 | Jordan | 89,342 (34,495) | |||
114 | Serbia | 88,361 (34,116) | |||
115 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 (33,400) | |||
116 | Austria | 83,871 (32,383) | |||
117 | United Arab Emirates | 83,600 (32,300) | |||
– | French Guiana (France) | 83,534 (32,253) | |||
118 | Czech Republic | 78,865 (30,450) | |||
119 | Panama | 75,417 (29,119) | |||
120 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 (27,700) | |||
121 | Ireland | 70,273 (27,133) | |||
122 | Georgia | 69,700 (26,900) | |||
123 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 (25,330) | |||
124 | Lithuania | 65,300 (25,200) | |||
125 | Latvia | 64,559 (24,926) | |||
– | Svalbard (Norway) | 62,045 (23,956) | |||
126 | Togo | 56,785 (21,925) | |||
127 | Croatia | 56,594 (21,851) | |||
128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,209 (19,772) | |||
129 | Costa Rica | 51,100 (19,700) | |||
130 | Slovakia | 49,037 (18,933) | |||
131 | Dominican Republic | 48,671 (18,792) | |||
132 | Estonia | 45,227 (17,462) | |||
133 | Denmark | 43,094 (16,639) | |||
134 | Ambazonia | 42,800 (16,500) | |||
135 | Netherlands | 41,850 (16,160) | |||
136 | Switzerland | 41,284 (15,940) | |||
137 | Bhutan | 38,394 (14,824) | |||
138 | Taiwan | 36,193 (13,974) | |||
139 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 (13,948) | |||
140 | Moldova | 33,846 (13,068) | |||
141 | Catalonia | 32,000 (12,000) | |||
142 | Belgium | 30,528 (11,787) | |||
143 | Lesotho | 30,355 (11,720) | |||
144 | Armenia | 29,743 (11,484) | |||
145 | Solomon Islands | 28,896 (11,157) | |||
146 | Albania | 28,748 (11,100) | |||
147 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 (10,831) | |||
148 | Burundi | 27,834 (10,747) | |||
149 | Haiti | 27,750 (10,710) | |||
150 | Rwanda | 26,338 (10,169) | |||
151 | North Macedonia | 25,713 (9,928) | |||
152 | Djibouti | 23,200 (9,000) | |||
153 | Belize | 22,966 (8,867) | |||
154 | Israel | 22,072 (8,522) | |||
155 | El Salvador | 21,041 (8,124) | |||
156 | Slovenia | 20,273 (7,827) | |||
– | New Caledonia (France) | 18,575 (7,172) | |||
157 | Fiji | 18,272 (7,055) | |||
158 | Kuwait | 17,818 (6,880) | |||
159 | Eswatini | 17,364 (6,704) | |||
160 | East Timor | 14,919 (5,760) | |||
161 | The Bahamas | 13,943 (5,383) | |||
162 | Montenegro | 13,812 (5,333) | |||
163 | Vanuatu | 12,189 (4,706) | |||
– | Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) | 12,189 (4,706) | |||
164 | Qatar | 11,586 (4,473) | |||
165 | The Gambia | 11,295 (4,361) | |||
166 | Jamaica | 10,991 (4,244) | |||
167 | Kosovo | 10,887 (4,203) | |||
168 | Lebanon | 10,452 (4,036) | |||
169 | Cyprus | 9,251 (3,572) | |||
– | Puerto Rico (United States) | 9,104 (3,515) | |||
170 | Bougainville | 8,800 (3,400) | |||
171 | Abkhazia | 8,660 (3,340) | |||
– | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 6,959.41 (2,687.04) | |||
172 | Palestine | 6,020 (2,320) | |||
173 | Brunei | 5,765 (2,226) | |||
174 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 (1,980) | |||
– | French Polynesia (France) | 4,167 (1,609) | |||
175 | Transnistria | 4,163 (1,607) | |||
176 | Cape Verde | 4,033 (1,557) | |||
– | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) | 3,903 (1,507) | |||
177 | South Ossetia | 3,900 (1,500) | |||
178 | Northern Cyprus | 3,355 (1,295) | |||
179 | Samoa | 2,842 (1,097) | |||
– | Hong Kong (China) | 2,746 (1,060) | |||
180 | Luxembourg | 2,586 (998) | |||
– | Réunion (France) | 2,512 (970) | |||
– | Bir Tawil (Terra nullius) | 2,060 (800) | |||
181 | Mauritius | 2,040 (790) | |||
182 | Comoros | 1,862 (719) | |||
– | Guadeloupe (France) | 1,628 (629) | |||
– | Åland Islands (Finland) | 1,552 (599) | |||
– | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 1,393 (538) | |||
– | Martinique (France) | 1,128 (436) | |||
– | Chatham Islands (New Zealand) | 976 (377) | |||
183 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 964 (372) | |||
– | Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) | 948 (366) | |||
184 | Kiribati | 811 (313) | |||
185 | Bahrain | 778 (300) | |||
186 | Dominica | 751 (290) | |||
187 | Tonga | 747 (288) | |||
188 | Singapore | 716 (276) | |||
189 | Federated States of Micronesia | 702 (271) | |||
190 | Saint Lucia | 606 (234) | |||
– | Auckland Islands (New Zealand) | 602 (232) | |||
– | Isle of Man (United Kingdom) | 572 (221) | |||
– | Guam (United States) | 544 (210) | |||
191 | Andorra | 468 (181) | |||
– | Northern Mariana Islands (United States) | 465 (180) | |||
192 | Palau | 460 (180) | |||
193 | Seychelles | 452 (175) | |||
– | Curaçao (Netherlands) | 444 (171) | |||
193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 442 (171) | |||
194 | Barbados | 430 (170) | |||
– | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) | 412 (159) | |||
195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 (150) | |||
– | Jan Mayen (Norway) | 377 (146) | |||
– | Mayotte (France) | 374 (144) | |||
– | United States Virgin Islands (United States) | 347 (134) | |||
196 | Grenada | 344 (133) | |||
– | Prince Edward Islands (South Africa) | 339 (131) | |||
197 | Malta | 316 (122) | |||
– | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) | 308 (119) | |||
198 | Maldives | 300 (120) | |||
– | Bonaire (Netherlands) | 288 (111) | |||
– | Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) | 264 (102) | |||
199 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 (101) | |||
200 | Niue | 260 (100) | |||
– | Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom) | 253.8 (98.0) | |||
– | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 242 (93) | |||
201 | Cook Islands | 236 (91) | |||
– | American Samoa (United States) | 199 (77) | |||
202 | Marshall Islands | 181 (70) | |||
– | Aruba (Netherlands) | 180 (69) | |||
– | Easter Island (Chile) | 163 (63) | |||
203 | Liechtenstein | 160 (62) | |||
– | Peter I Island (Norway) | 154 (59) | |||
– | British Virgin Islands (United States) | 151 (58) | |||
– | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 142 (55) | |||
– | Macquarie Island (Australia) | 140 (54) | |||
– | Christmas Island (Australia) | 135 (52) | |||
– | Jersey (United Kingdom) | 116 (45) | |||
– | Campbell Islands (New Zealand) | 112 (43) | |||
– | Montserrat (United Kingdom) | 102 (39) | |||
– | Anguilla (United Kingdom) | 91 (35) | |||
– | Guernsey (United Kingdom) | 78 (30) | |||
204 | San Marino | 61 (24) | |||
– | British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) | 60 (23) | |||
– | Saint Martin (France) | 54 (21) | |||
– | Bermuda (United Kingdom) | 54 (21) | |||
– | San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia) | 52 (20) | |||
– | Bouvet Island (Norway) | 50 (19) | |||
– | Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) | 47 (18) | |||
– | Norfolk Island (Australia) | 40 (15) | |||
– | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 34 (13) | |||
– | Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) | 32 (12) | |||
– | Macau (China) | 30 (12) | |||
205 | Tuvalu | 26 (10) | |||
– | Antipodes Islands (New Zealand) | 23 (8.9) | |||
206 | Nauru[af] | 21 (8.1) | |||
– | Saint Barthélemy (France) | 21 (8.1) | |||
– | Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) | 21 (8.1) | |||
– | Ceuta (Spain) | 19 (7.3) | |||
– | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | 14 (5.4) | |||
– | Saba (Netherlands) | 13 (5.0) | |||
– | Melilla (Spain) | 12 (4.6) | |||
– | Tokelau (New Zealand) | 12 (4.6) | |||
– | Paracel Islands (disputed) | 7 (2.7) | |||
– | Gibraltar (United Kingdom) | 7 (2.7) | |||
– | Alderney (United Kingdom) | 6 (2.3) | |||
– | Clipperton (France) | 6 (2.3) | |||
– | Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) | 5 (1.9) | |||
– | Spratly Islands (disputed) | 5 (1.9) | |||
– | Snares Islands (New Zealand) | 4 (1.5) | |||
– | Gornja Siga (terra nullius) | 4 (1.5) | |||
– | Three Kings Islands (New Zealand) | 3 (1.2) | |||
– | Coral Sea Islands (Australia) | 3 (1.2) | |||
207 | Monaco[ag] | 2.02 (0.78) | |||
– | Bounty Islands[ah] (New Zealand) | 1 (0.39) | |||
208 | Uzupis | 0.77 (0.30) | |||
209 | Vatican City[ai] | 0.44 (0.17) | |||
210 | Molossia | 0.30 (0.12) | |||
211 | Sealand | 0.002 (0.00077) | |||
212 | Kugelmugel | 0.0005 (0.00019) |