List of countries and outlying territories by area

This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by area. Only sovereign states are ranked; outlying territories of sovereign states are listed but not ranked. Total areas are included, i.e., land and inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Claims of parts of Antarctica by various countries are not included. For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by area (graphical).

Rank	Country	Area (km²)	Notes
	World	510,065,284	70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land (148,939,063 km²)
1	Russia	17,098,242
2	Canada	9,970,610
3	United States	9,629,091	includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
4	People's Republic of China (PRC)	9,596,961	includes mainland China only; excludes the territories of Hong Kong and Macau (both Special Administrative Regions of China), and Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, which the Republic of China has continued to govern after the PRC replaced it on the mainland; excludes disputed South China Sea islands which are claimed by the PRC.
5	Brazil	8,514,877	includes Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martim Vaz, and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo (source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística [1])
6	Australia	7,741,220	includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
7	India	3,287,253	includes claims in disputed sections and some of these sections are not under India's administration.
8	Argentina	2,780,400	does not include claims on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900
10	Sudan	2,505,813
11	Algeria	2,381,741
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858
—	(Greenland)	2,175,800	a self-governing area of Denmark
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
14	Mexico	1,958,201
15	Indonesia	1,904,569
16	Libya	1,759,540
17	Iran	1,648,195
18	Mongolia	1,564,116
19	Peru	1,285,216
20	Chad	1,284,000
21	Niger	1,267,000
22	Angola	1,246,700
23	Mali	1,240,192
24	South Africa	1,221,037	includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)
25	Colombia	1,138,914	includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300
27	Bolivia	1,098,581
28	Mauritania	1,025,520
29	Egypt	1,001,449	including the Hala'ib Triangle
30	Tanzania	945,087	includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
31	Nigeria	923,768
32	Venezuela	912,050
33	Namibia	824,292
34	Pakistan	796,095
35	Mozambique	801,590
36	Turkey	783,562
37	Chile	756,096	includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas [2])
38	Zambia	752,618
39	Myanmar	676,578
40	Afghanistan	652,090
41	Somalia	637,657
42	Central African Republic	622,984
43	Ukraine	603,700
46	Botswana	581,730
47	Madagascar	587,041
48	Kenya	580,367
49	France	551,500	includes Metropolitan France only; the entire French Republic covers 674,843 km²
50	Yemen	527,968	includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen)
51	Thailand	513,115
52	Spain	505,992	there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
53	Turkmenistan	488,100
54	Cameroon	475,442
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840
56	Sweden	449,964
57	Uzbekistan	447,400
58	Morocco	446,550	excluding Western Sahara
59	Iraq	438,317
60	Paraguay	406,752
61	Zimbabwe	390,757
62	Norway	385,155	includes Norway proper only
63	Japan	377,873	includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto); excludes the southern Kuril Islands
64	Germany	357,022
65	Republic of the Congo	342,000
66	Finland	338,145
67	Vietnam	331,689
68	Malaysia	329,847
69	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463
70	Poland	312,685
71	Oman	309,500
72	Italy	301,318
73	Philippines	300,000
74	Ecuador	283,561	includes Galápagos Islands
75	Burkina Faso	274,000
76	New Zealand	270,534	includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
77	Gabon	267,658
78	Western Sahara	266,000	Largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
79	Guinea	245,857
80	United Kingdom	242,900	includes Rockall, excludes the 3 Crown dependencies (768 km²), the 13 British overseas territories (17,027 km²) and the disputed British Antarctic Territory (1,395,000 km²)
81	Uganda	241,038
82	Ghana	238,533
83	Romania	233,391
84	Laos	236,800
85	Guyana	214,969
86	Belarus	207,600
87	Kyrgyzstan	199,900
88	Senegal	196,722
89	Syria	185,180	includes the Golan Heights
90	Cambodia	181,035
91	Uruguay	175,016
92	Suriname	163,820
93	Tunisia	163,610
94	Nepal	147,181
95	Bangladesh	143,998
96	Tajikistan	143,100
97	Greece	131,957
98	Nicaragua	130,000
99	Eritrea	117,600	includes Badme region
100	North Korea	120,538
101	Malawi	118,484
102	Benin	112,622
103	Honduras	112,088
104	Liberia	111,369
105	Bulgaria	110,912
106	Cuba	110,861
107	Guatemala	108,889
108	Iceland	103,000
109	Serbia and Montenegro	102,173	includes UN-administered territory of Kosovo
110	South Korea	99,538
111	Hungary	93,032
112	Jordan	92,300
113	Portugal	91,982	includes Azores and Madeira Islands.
114	Azerbaijan	86,600	includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
115	Austria	83,858
116	United Arab Emirates	83,600
117	Czech Republic	78,866
118	Panama	75,517
119	Sierra Leone	71,740
120	Republic of Ireland	70,273
121	Georgia	69,700
122	Sri Lanka	65,610
123	Lithuania	65,300
124	Latvia	64,600
—	Svalbard	62,422	territory of Norway, includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island) and the Jan Mayen Islands.
125	Togo	56,785
126	Croatia	56,538
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197
128	Costa Rica	51,100	includes Isla del Coco
129	Slovakia	49,033
130	Dominican Republic	48,671
131	Bhutan	47,000
132	Estonia	45,100	includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
133	Denmark	43,094	includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark covers 2,210,579 km²
134	Netherlands	41,528	includes the Netherlands proper only
133	Switzerland	41,284
134	Guinea-Bissau	36,125
135	Republic of China (Taiwan)	35,980	includes only the territories under the actual control by the ROC government, namely the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, and Matsu. The ROC has not formally retracted its claims to its former territories, namely mainland China, which is governed by the People's Republic of China, and Mongolia, which is independent.
136	Moldova	33,851
137	Belgium	30,528
138	Lesotho	30,355
139	Armenia	29,800	excludes Nagorno-Karabakh
140	Solomon Islands	28,896
141	Albania	28,748
142	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
143	Burundi	27,834
144	Haiti	27,750
145	Rwanda	26,338
146	Republic of Macedonia	25,713
147	Djibouti	23,200
148	Belize	22,966
149	El Salvador	21,041
150	Israel	20,770	excludes the Golan Heights and the occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank
151	Slovenia	20,256
—	New Caledonia	18,575	French dependency
152	Fiji	18,274
153	Kuwait	17,818
154	Swaziland	17,364
155	East Timor	14,874
156	The Bahamas	13,878
157	Vanuatu	12,189
—	Falkland Islands	12,173	overseas territory of the UK
158	Qatar	11,000
159	The Gambia	11,295
160	Jamaica	10,991
161	Lebanon	10,400
162	Cyprus	9,251	includes Turkish and British-held territory
—	Puerto Rico	8,875	territory of the United States
—	West Bank	5,860	includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
163	Brunei	5,765
164	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130
—	French Polynesia	4,000	French overseas collectivity
165	Cape Verde	4,033
—	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903	overseas territory of the UK; includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of some nine islands
166	Samoa	2,831
167	Luxembourg	2,586
168	Comoros	2,235	excludes Mayotte
169	Mauritius	2,040	includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
—	( Guadeloupe)	1,705	French territory of nine inhabited islands
—	(Hong Kong)	1,099	special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	964
—	(Netherlands Antilles)	800	autonomous area of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)
171	Dominica	751
172	Kiribati	726	includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands
173	Tonga	747
174	Federated States of Micronesia	702	includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)
175	Bahrain	694	175	Singapore	683
176	Saint Lucia	616
—	Isle of Man	572	crown dependency of the UK
—	Guam	549	organized unincorporated territory of the USA.
177	Andorra	468
—	Northern Mariana Islands	464	commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
178	Palau	459
180	Seychelles	455
181	Antigua and Barbuda	442	includes Redonda, 1.6 km²
182	Barbados	430
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	417	overseas territory of the UK
—	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412	uninhabited, barren overseas territory of Australia
—	Saint Helena	122	overseas territory of the UK; includes Saint Helena Island, Ascension Island, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha, which consists of Tristan da Cunha Island, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, and the three Nightingale Islands
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	388
—	Mayotte	374	overseas collectivity of France
—	Gaza Strip	360	not currently recognized internationally as a de jure part of any sovereign country.
—	Virgin Islands of the United States	352	dependency of the USA
184	Grenada	344
185	Malta	316
186	Maldives	298
—	Wallis and Futuna	200	French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets
—	Cayman Islands	264	overseas territory of the UK
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
—	Niue	260	self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand
—	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	254	sovereign base areas of the UK on the island of Cyprus
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
—	Cook Islands	240	self-governing in free association with New Zealand
—	American Samoa	199	unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island
—	Aruba	180	self-governing part of the Netherlands
188	Marshall Islands	181.30	includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik
189	Liechtenstein	160
—	British Virgin Islands	151	overseas territory of the UK; comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada
—	Christmas Island	135	territory of Australia
—	Jersey	116	crown dependency of the UK
—	Montserrat	102	overseas territory of the UK
—	Anguilla	91	overseas territory of the UK
—	Guernsey	78	crown dependency of the UK; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
190	San Marino	61.20
—	British Indian Ocean Territory	60	overseas territory of the UK; includes the entire Chagos Archipelago
—	Bouvet Island	58.50	uninhabited island claimed by Norway
—	Bermuda	53.30	overseas territory of the UK
—	Ascension Island	50	dependency of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena
—	Pitcairn Islands	47	colony of the UK
—	US Minor Outlying Islands	41	uninhabited islands under the sovereignty of the USA; includes Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island, Midway Islands (including Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island), Navassa Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Howland Island, Baker Island, and Kingman Reef
—	Îles Éparses	39	under French sovereignty; includes Europa Island, Glorioso Islands (including Île Glorieuse, Île du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock), Tromelin Island, Juan de Nova Island, Bassas da India, Paracel Islands
—	Norfolk Island	36	self-governing area of Australia
—	(Macao)	26	special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
191	Tuvalu	26
192	Nauru	21
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	territory of Australia; includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
—	Tokelau	12	territory of New Zealand
—	Gibraltar	6.50	overseas territory of the UK
—	Clipperton Island	6	French possession
—	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5	part of the Australian Northern Territory; includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
—	Spratly Islands	less than 5	The People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam each claim sovereignty over the entire group of islands, while Brunei, Malaysia,and the Philippines each claim various parts; includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 km² of the central South China Sea
—	Coral Sea Islands	less than 3	Australian territory; includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 km², with the Willis Islets the most important
193	Monaco	1.95
194	Vatican City	0.44

Note: Territories listed and ranked as part of a sovereign state may be sparingly listed; they are set off in parentheses and italics.

Source

CIA World Factbook, unless specified [3] accessed February 15, 2005.

List of countries and outlying territories by area

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