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Countries by land area

Russia had the highest land area of 215 countries in 2017, at 16,376,870 km². Monaco had the lowest, at 2 km². The median was 94,280 km² and the figure for the World was 129,943,980 km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest16,376,870Russia
Lowest2Monaco
Median94,280215 countries
World129,943,980History

Top 40 countries, 2017

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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: 8,965,590 km²8,965,590BrazilBrazil: 8,358,140 km²8,358,140AustraliaAustralia: 7,692,020 km²7,692,020IndiaIndia: 2,973,190 km²2,973,190ArgentinaArgentina: 2,736,690 km²2,736,690KazakhstanKazakhstan: 2,699,700 km²2,699,700AlgeriaAlgeria: 2,381,741 km²2,381,741Democratic 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: 1,877,519 km²1,877,519SudanSudan: 1,868,000 km²1,868,000LibyaLibya: 1,759,540 km²1,759,540IranIran: 1,622,500 km²1,622,500MongoliaMongolia: 1,557,255 km²1,557,255PeruPeru: 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: 1,122,962 km²1,122,962ColombiaColombia: 1,109,500 km²1,109,500BoliviaBolivia: 1,083,300 km²1,083,300MauritaniaMauritania: 1,030,700 km²1,030,700EgyptEgypt: 995,450 km²995,450NigeriaNigeria: 910,770 km²910,770TanzaniaTanzania: 885,800 km²885,800VenezuelaVenezuela: 882,050 km²882,050NamibiaNamibia: 823,290 km²823,290MozambiqueMozambique: 786,380 km²786,380PakistanPakistan: 770,880 km²770,880TürkiyeTürkiye: 769,630 km²769,630ZambiaZambia: 743,390 km²743,390ChileChile: 742,287 km²742,287MyanmarMyanmar: 652,750 km²652,750AfghanistanAfghanistan: 652,230 km²652,230
km². Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017
km²		Change on 2016
1Russia16,376,8700%
2China9,388,2100%
3United States9,147,4200%
4Canada8,965,5900%
5Brazil8,358,1400%
6Australia7,692,0200%
7India2,973,1900%
8Argentina2,736,6900%
9Kazakhstan2,699,7000%
10Algeria2,381,7410%
11Democratic Republic of the Congo2,267,0500%
12Saudi Arabia2,149,6900%
13Mexico1,943,9500%
14Indonesia1,877,5190%
15Sudan1,868,0000%
16Libya1,759,5400%
17Iran1,622,500-0.4%
18Mongolia1,557,2550%
19Peru1,280,0000%
20Niger1,266,7000%
21Chad1,259,2000%
22Angola1,246,7000%
23Mali1,220,1900%
24South Africa1,213,0900%
25Ethiopia1,122,962-0%
26Colombia1,109,5000%
27Bolivia1,083,3000%
28Mauritania1,030,7000%
29Egypt995,4500%
30Nigeria910,7700%
31Tanzania885,8000%
32Venezuela882,0500%
33Namibia823,2900%
34Mozambique786,3800%
35Pakistan770,8800%
36Türkiye769,6300%
37Zambia743,3900%
38Chile742,2870%
39Myanmar652,750-0%
40Afghanistan652,2300%
41South Sudan631,9300%
42Somalia627,3400%
43Central African Republic622,9800%
44Madagascar581,8000%
45Ukraine579,3000%
46Kenya575,008+0.3%
47Botswana566,7300%
48France538,9500%
49Yemen527,9700%
50Thailand510,8900%
51Spain499,547-0%
52Cameroon472,7100%
53Turkmenistan469,9300%
54Papua New Guinea452,8600%
55Morocco446,3000%
56Uzbekistan440,588-0%
57Iraq434,1280%
58Greenland410,4500%
59Sweden407,3110%
60Paraguay397,3000%
61Zimbabwe386,8500%
62Norway365,123-0%
63Japan364,5000%
64Germany349,3700%
65Republic of the Congo341,5000%
66Malaysia328,5500%
67Côte d’Ivoire318,0000%
68Vietnam313,4030%
69Oman309,5000%
70Poland306,1900%
71Finland303,9200%
72Philippines298,1700%
73Italy295,7180%
74Burkina Faso273,6000%
75New Zealand263,3100%
76Gabon257,6700%
77Ecuador248,3600%
78Guinea245,7200%
79United Kingdom241,9300%
80Laos230,8000%
81Romania230,0800%
82Ghana227,5400%
83Belarus202,9880%
84Uganda200,5200%
85Guyana196,8500%
86Senegal192,5300%
87Kyrgyzstan191,8000%
88Syria183,6300%
89Cambodia176,5200%
90Uruguay175,0200%
91Suriname160,5080%
92Tunisia155,3600%
93Nepal143,3500%
94Tajikistan138,7900%
95Bangladesh130,1700%
96Greece128,9000%
97Eritrea120,8200%
98North Korea120,4100%
99Nicaragua120,3400%
100Benin112,7600%
101Honduras111,8900%
102Bulgaria108,5600%
103Guatemala107,1600%
104Cuba103,800-0.2%
105Iceland100,2500%
106South Korea97,5100%
107Liberia96,3200%
108Malawi94,2800%
109Portugal91,6060%
110Hungary91,2600%
111Jordan88,7800%
112Serbia87,4600%
113Azerbaijan82,662-0%
114Austria82,5200%
115Czechia77,2100%
116Panama74,1200%
117Sierra Leone72,1800%
118United Arab Emirates71,0200%
119Georgia69,4900%
120Ireland68,8900%
121Lithuania62,641-0%
122Latvia62,2270%
123Sri Lanka61,8930%
124Croatia55,9640%
125Togo54,3900%
126Bosnia and Herzegovina51,2000%
127Costa Rica51,0600%
128Dominican Republic48,3100%
129Slovakia48,0800%
130Estonia42,750-1.7%
131Denmark40,0000%
132Switzerland39,5100%
133Bhutan38,1440%
134Netherlands33,6700%
135Moldova32,8900%
136Lesotho30,3600%
137Belgium30,3330%
138Armenia28,4700%
139Guinea-Bissau28,1200%
140Equatorial Guinea28,0500%
141Solomon Islands27,9900%
142Haiti27,5600%
143Albania27,4000%
144Burundi25,6800%
145North Macedonia25,2200%
146Rwanda24,6700%
147Djibouti23,1800%
148Belize22,8100%
149Israel21,6400%
150El Salvador20,7200%
151Slovenia20,138-0%
152New Caledonia18,2800%
153Fiji18,2700%
154Kuwait17,8200%
155Eswatini17,2000%
156Timor-Leste14,8700%
157Montenegro13,4500%
158Vanuatu12,1900%
159Qatar11,4900%
160Jamaica10,8300%
161Lebanon10,2300%
162Gambia10,1200%
163Bahamas10,0100%
164Cyprus9,2400%
165Puerto Rico8,8700%
166Palestine6,0200%
167Brunei5,2700%
168Trinidad and Tobago5,1300%
169Cape Verde4,0300%
170French Polynesia3,4710%
171Samoa2,780-1.8%
172Luxembourg2,5740%
173Mauritius2,0000%
174Comoros1,8610%
175Faroe Islands1,3960%
176Hong Kong1,0500%
177São Tomé and Príncipe9600%
178Turks and Caicos Islands9500%
179Kiribati8100%
180Bahrain780+0.1%
181Dominica7500%
182Tonga7200%
183Singapore711+0.4%
184Micronesia7000%
185Saint Lucia6100%
186Isle of Man5700%
187Guam5400%
188Andorra4700%
189Northern Mariana Islands4600%
189Palau4600%
189Seychelles4600%
192Curaçao4440%
193Antigua and Barbuda4400%
194Barbados4300%
195Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3900%
196U.S. Virgin Islands3500%
197Grenada3400%
198Malta3200%
199Maldives3000%
200Saint Kitts and Nevis2600%
201Cayman Islands2400%
202American Samoa2000%
203Aruba1800%
203Marshall Islands1800%
205Liechtenstein1600%
206British Virgin Islands1500%
207San Marino600%
208Bermuda540%
209Saint Martin500%
210Sint Maarten340%
211Macao31+1%
212Tuvalu300%
213Nauru200%
214Gibraltar100%
215Monaco20%

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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. 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 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest land area?

Monaco, with 2 km² in 2017.

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.

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