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Countries by land area, 2024

Russia had the highest land area of 214 countries in 2024, at 16,376,870 km². Monaco had the lowest, at 2 km². The median was 92,943 km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest16,376,870Russia
Lowest2Monaco
Median92,943214 countries

Top 40 countries, 2024

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RussiaRussia: 16,376,870 km²16,376,870ChinaChina: 9,388,210 km²9,388,210United StatesUnited States: 9,147,420 km²9,147,420CanadaCanada: 8,788,700 km²8,788,700BrazilBrazil: 8,358,140 km²8,358,140AustraliaAustralia: 7,688,287 km²7,688,287IndiaIndia: 2,973,190 km²2,973,190ArgentinaArgentina: 2,736,690 km²2,736,690KazakhstanKazakhstan: 2,699,700 km²2,699,700AlgeriaAlgeria: 2,381,740 km²2,381,740Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,267,050 km²2,267,050Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km²2,149,690MexicoMexico: 1,943,950 km²1,943,950IndonesiaIndonesia: 1,892,410 km²1,892,410SudanSudan: 1,868,000 km²1,868,000LibyaLibya: 1,759,540 km²1,759,540IranIran: 1,622,500 km²1,622,500MongoliaMongolia: 1,558,501 km²1,558,501PeruPeru: 1,280,000 km²1,280,000NigerNiger: 1,266,700 km²1,266,700ChadChad: 1,259,200 km²1,259,200AngolaAngola: 1,246,700 km²1,246,700MaliMali: 1,220,190 km²1,220,190South AfricaSouth Africa: 1,213,090 km²1,213,090EthiopiaEthiopia: 1,122,135 km²1,122,135ColombiaColombia: 1,109,500 km²1,109,500BoliviaBolivia: 1,087,959 km²1,087,959MauritaniaMauritania: 1,030,700 km²1,030,700EgyptEgypt: 995,450 km²995,450NigeriaNigeria: 910,770 km²910,770TanzaniaTanzania: 884,000 km²884,000VenezuelaVenezuela: 882,050 km²882,050NamibiaNamibia: 823,290 km²823,290MozambiqueMozambique: 786,380 km²786,380PakistanPakistan: 770,880 km²770,880TürkiyeTürkiye: 769,630 km²769,630ZambiaZambia: 743,390 km²743,390ChileChile: 742,032 km²742,032MyanmarMyanmar: 652,670 km²652,670AfghanistanAfghanistan: 652,230 km²652,230
km². Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2024
km²		Change on 2023
1Russia16,376,8700%
2China9,388,2100%
3United States9,147,4200%
4Canada8,788,7000%
5Brazil8,358,1400%
6Australia7,688,287-0%
7India2,973,1900%
8Argentina2,736,6900%
9Kazakhstan2,699,7000%
10Algeria2,381,7400%
11Democratic Republic of the Congo2,267,0500%
12Saudi Arabia2,149,6900%
13Mexico1,943,9500%
14Indonesia1,892,4100%
15Sudan1,868,0000%
16Libya1,759,5400%
17Iran1,622,5000%
18Mongolia1,558,5010%
19Peru1,280,0000%
20Niger1,266,7000%
21Chad1,259,2000%
22Angola1,246,7000%
23Mali1,220,1900%
24South Africa1,213,0900%
25Ethiopia1,122,1350%
26Colombia1,109,5000%
27Bolivia1,087,9590%
28Mauritania1,030,7000%
29Egypt995,4500%
30Nigeria910,7700%
31Tanzania884,0000%
32Venezuela882,0500%
33Namibia823,2900%
34Mozambique786,3800%
35Pakistan770,8800%
36Türkiye769,6300%
37Zambia743,3900%
38Chile742,032-0.1%
39Myanmar652,6700%
40Afghanistan652,2300%
41South Sudan631,9300%
42Somalia627,3400%
43Central African Republic622,9800%
44Madagascar581,8000%
45Kenya580,8800%
46Ukraine579,4000%
47Botswana566,7300%
48France538,9500%
49Yemen527,968-0%
50Thailand510,8900%
51Spain499,686-0%
52Cameroon472,7100%
53Turkmenistan469,9300%
54Papua New Guinea452,8600%
55Morocco446,3000%
56Uzbekistan438,510-0.5%
57Iraq434,1300%
58Greenland410,449-0%
59Sweden407,2700%
60Paraguay396,0120%
61Zimbabwe386,8500%
62Japan364,5000%
63Norway364,2700%
64Germany349,4300%
65Republic of the Congo341,5000%
66Malaysia328,5500%
67Côte d’Ivoire318,0000%
68Vietnam313,4290%
69Oman309,5000%
70Poland306,070-0.1%
71Finland304,0000%
72Philippines298,1700%
73Italy295,7200%
74Burkina Faso273,6000%
75New Zealand263,3100%
76Gabon257,6700%
77Ecuador248,3600%
78Guinea245,7200%
79United Kingdom241,9300%
80Laos230,8000%
81Romania230,0800%
82Ghana227,5330%
83Guyana211,1400%
84Belarus202,976-0%
85Uganda200,5200%
86Senegal192,5300%
87Kyrgyzstan191,8000%
88Syria183,6300%
89Cambodia176,5200%
90Uruguay175,016-0%
91Suriname160,5080%
92Tunisia155,3600%
93Nepal143,3500%
94Tajikistan138,7900%
95Bangladesh130,1700%
96Greece128,9000%
97Eritrea120,8000%
98North Korea120,4100%
99Benin112,7600%
100Honduras111,8900%
101Bulgaria108,5600%
102Guatemala107,1600%
103Cuba103,8000%
104Iceland100,8300%
105South Korea97,6000%
106Liberia96,3200%
107Malawi94,2800%
108Portugal91,6060%
109Hungary91,2600%
110Jordan88,7940%
111Serbia87,5890%
112Azerbaijan82,6500%
113Austria82,5200%
114Czechia77,156-0%
115Panama74,1800%
116Sierra Leone72,1800%
117United Arab Emirates71,0200%
118Georgia69,4900%
119Ireland68,8900%
120Lithuania62,590-0%
121Latvia62,2300%
122Sri Lanka61,8600%
123Croatia55,9600%
124Togo54,3900%
125Bosnia and Herzegovina51,2000%
126Costa Rica50,5600%
127Dominican Republic48,1980%
128Slovakia48,0800%
129Estonia42,7300%
130Denmark40,0000%
131Switzerland39,5100%
132Bhutan38,1400%
133Netherlands33,6700%
134Moldova32,9300%
135Belgium30,4940%
136Lesotho30,3600%
137Armenia28,199-0%
138Guinea-Bissau28,1200%
139Equatorial Guinea28,0520%
140Solomon Islands27,9900%
141Haiti27,5600%
142Albania27,4000%
143Burundi25,6800%
144North Macedonia25,2200%
145Rwanda23,763-0%
146Djibouti23,1800%
147Belize22,8100%
148Israel21,6400%
149El Salvador20,7200%
150Slovenia20,1350%
151New Caledonia18,5760%
152Fiji18,333+0.3%
153Kuwait17,8200%
154Eswatini17,2000%
155Timor-Leste14,8700%
156Montenegro13,4500%
157Vanuatu12,1890%
158Qatar11,4900%
159Jamaica10,8300%
160Lebanon10,2300%
161Gambia10,1200%
162Bahamas10,0100%
163Cyprus9,2400%
164Puerto Rico8,8700%
165Palestine6,0250%
166Brunei5,2700%
167Trinidad and Tobago5,1280%
168Cape Verde4,0300%
169French Polynesia3,521+1.4%
170Samoa2,7800%
171Luxembourg2,5740%
172Mauritius2,0000%
173Comoros1,870+0.5%
174Faroe Islands1,3700%
175Hong Kong1,0500%
176São Tomé and Príncipe9600%
177Turks and Caicos Islands9480%
178Kiribati8110%
179Bahrain8000%
180Dominica7510%
181Singapore725+0.2%
182Tonga7200%
183Micronesia7010%
184Saint Lucia6100%
185Isle of Man572+0.1%
186Guam5410%
187Andorra4680%
188Palau460+0.2%
189Northern Mariana Islands4570%
189Seychelles4570%
191Curaçao4440%
192Antigua and Barbuda4400%
193Barbados431+0.2%
194Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3890%
195U.S. Virgin Islands3480%
196Grenada3440%
197Malta3150%
198Maldives2980%
199Saint Kitts and Nevis2610%
200Cayman Islands2400%
201American Samoa1990%
202Marshall Islands1810%
203Aruba1800%
204Liechtenstein1600%
205British Virgin Islands1510%
206San Marino610%
207Bermuda540%
208Saint Martin530%
209Sint Maarten340%
210Macao330%
211Tuvalu260%
212Nauru210%
213Gibraltar100%
214Monaco20%

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About this ranking

Total area of a country excluding inland water bodies, national claims to the continental shelf and exclusive economic zones, in km². World Bank series from FAO data.

Excludes lakes and major rivers, so it is smaller than the total area often quoted for countries such as Canada.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Land area, km² (AG.LND.TOTL.K2). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.K2. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest land area?

Russia, with 16,376,870 km² in 2024, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest land area?

Monaco, with 2 km² in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Land area, km² (AG.LND.TOTL.K2). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 1 countries have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.

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