Surface area (km²) by country, 2012

Countries216

1. Russia17,098,250

Median99,399

Japan377,96063 / 216

World140,021,205

Top 20

Russia17,098,250

Canada15,640,500

United States9,831,510

China9,562,911

Brazil8,515,770

Australia7,741,220

India3,287,260

Argentina2,780,400

Kazakhstan2,724,902

Algeria2,381,740

Congo - Kinshasa2,344,860

Saudi Arabia2,149,690

Mexico1,964,380

Indonesia1,910,930

Sudan1,878,000

Libya1,759,540

Iran1,745,150

Mongolia1,564,120

Peru1,285,220

Chad1,284,000

Bottom 10

British Virgin Islands150

Monaco75

San Marino60

Bermuda54

St. Martin50

Sint Maarten34

Tuvalu30

Macau30

Nauru20

Gibraltar10

Biggest increases since 2011

Bahrain+0.4%

Singapore+0.3%

South Korea+0.1%

Spain+0.1%

Germany+0.0%

Japan+0.0%

Ethiopia+0.0%

Russia+0.0%

Canada+0.0%

United States+0.0%

Biggest decreases since 2011

Sudan-25.1%

Eritrea-0.0%

Vietnam-0.0%

Colombia-0.0%

Gibraltar+0.0%

Nauru+0.0%

Macau+0.0%

Tuvalu+0.0%

Sint Maarten+0.0%

St. Martin+0.0%

All countries

#	Country / region	Surface area (km²)	Prior-year rank
1	Russia	17,098,250	1
2	Canada	15,640,500	2
3	United States	9,831,510	3
4	China	9,562,911	4
5	Brazil	8,515,770	5
6	Australia	7,741,220	6
7	India	3,287,260	7
8	Argentina	2,780,400	8
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,902	9
10	Algeria	2,381,740	11
11	Congo - Kinshasa	2,344,860	12
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	13
13	Mexico	1,964,380	14
14	Indonesia	1,910,930	15
15	Sudan	1,878,000	10
16	Libya	1,759,540	16
17	Iran	1,745,150	17
18	Mongolia	1,564,120	18
19	Peru	1,285,220	19
20	Chad	1,284,000	20
21	Niger	1,267,000	21
22	Angola	1,246,700	22
23	Mali	1,240,190	23
24	South Africa	1,219,090	24
25	Colombia	1,141,748	25
26	Ethiopia	1,136,243	26
27	Bolivia	1,098,580	27
28	Mauritania	1,030,700	28
29	Egypt	1,001,450	29
30	Tanzania	947,300	30
31	Nigeria	923,770	31
32	Venezuela	912,050	32
33	Namibia	824,290	33
34	Mozambique	799,380	34
35	Pakistan	796,100	35
36	Türkiye	785,350	36
37	Chile	756,096	37
38	Zambia	752,610	38
39	Myanmar (Burma)	676,590	39
40	Afghanistan	652,860	40
41	South Sudan	646,883	–
42	Somalia	637,660	41
43	Central African Republic	622,980	42
44	Ukraine	603,550	43
45	Madagascar	587,295	44
46	Botswana	581,730	45
47	Kenya	580,370	46
48	France	549,087	47
49	Yemen	527,970	48
50	Thailand	513,120	49
51	Spain	505,940	50
52	Turkmenistan	488,100	51
53	Cameroon	475,440	52
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840	53
55	Sweden	447,420	54
56	Morocco	446,550	55
57	Uzbekistan	444,103	56
58	Iraq	435,240	57
59	Greenland	410,450	58
60	Paraguay	406,752	59
61	Zimbabwe	390,760	60
62	Norway	385,178	61
63	Japan	377,960	62
64	Germany	357,170	63
65	Congo - Brazzaville	342,000	64
66	Finland	338,420	65
67	Vietnam	330,951	66
68	Malaysia	330,800	67
69	Côte d’Ivoire	322,460	68
70	Poland	312,680	69
71	Oman	309,500	70
72	Italy	302,069	71
73	Philippines	300,000	72
74	Burkina Faso	274,220	73
75	New Zealand	267,710	74
76	Gabon	267,670	75
77	Ecuador	256,370	76
78	Guinea	245,860	77
79	United Kingdom	243,610	78
80	Uganda	241,550	79
81	Ghana	238,540	80
82	Romania	238,390	81
83	Laos	236,800	82
84	Guyana	214,970	83
85	Belarus	207,600	84
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,949	85
87	Senegal	196,710	86
88	Syria	185,180	87
89	Cambodia	181,040	88
90	Uruguay	176,220	89
91	Suriname	163,820	90
92	Tunisia	163,610	91
93	Bangladesh	148,460	92
94	Nepal	147,180	93
95	Tajikistan	142,550	94
96	Greece	131,960	95
97	Nicaragua	130,370	96
98	Eritrea	121,669	97
99	North Korea	120,540	98
100	Malawi	118,480	99
101	Benin	114,760	100
102	Honduras	112,490	101
103	Liberia	111,370	102
104	Bulgaria	111,000	103
105	Cuba	109,880	104
106	Guatemala	108,890	105
107	Iceland	103,000	106
108	South Korea	100,150	107
109	United Arab Emirates	98,648	108
110	Hungary	93,030	109
111	Portugal	92,210	110
112	Jordan	89,320	111
113	Serbia	88,360	112
114	Azerbaijan	86,600	113
115	Austria	83,879	114
116	Czechia	78,870	115
117	Panama	75,420	116
118	Sierra Leone	72,300	117
119	Ireland	70,280	118
120	Georgia	69,700	119
121	Sri Lanka	65,610	120
122	Lithuania	65,300	121
123	Latvia	64,594	122
124	Togo	56,790	123
125	Croatia	56,590	124
126	Bosnia & Herzegovina	51,210	125
127	Costa Rica	51,100	126
128	Slovakia	49,036	127
129	Dominican Republic	48,670	128
130	Estonia	45,230	129
131	Denmark	42,920	130
132	Netherlands	41,540	131
133	Switzerland	41,291	132
134	Bhutan	38,394	133
135	Guinea-Bissau	36,130	134
136	Moldova	33,850	135
137	Belgium	30,528	136
138	Lesotho	30,360	137
139	Armenia	29,740	138
140	Solomon Islands	28,900	139
141	Albania	28,750	140
142	Equatorial Guinea	28,050	141
143	Burundi	27,830	142
144	Haiti	27,750	143
145	Rwanda	26,340	144
146	North Macedonia	25,710	145
147	Djibouti	23,200	146
148	Belize	22,970	147
149	Israel	22,070	148
150	El Salvador	21,040	149
151	Slovenia	20,270	150
152	New Caledonia	18,580	151
153	Fiji	18,270	152
154	Kuwait	17,820	153
155	Eswatini	17,360	154
156	Timor-Leste	14,870	155
157	Bahamas	13,880	156
158	Montenegro	13,810	157
159	Vanuatu	12,190	158
160	Qatar	11,610	159
161	Gambia	11,300	160
162	Jamaica	10,990	161
163	Lebanon	10,450	162
164	Cyprus	9,250	163
165	Puerto Rico	8,870	164
166	Palestinian Territories	6,020	165
167	Brunei	5,770	166
168	Trinidad & Tobago	5,130	167
169	Cape Verde	4,030	168
170	French Polynesia	3,471	169
171	Samoa	2,840	170
172	Luxembourg	2,590	171
173	Mauritius	2,007	172
174	Comoros	1,861	173
175	Faroe Islands	1,396	174
176	Hong Kong	1,100	175
177	São Tomé & Príncipe	960	176
178	Turks & Caicos Islands	950	177
179	Kiribati	810	178
180	Bahrain	770	179
181	Dominica	750	180
182	Tonga	750	181
183	Singapore	716	182
184	Micronesia	700	183
185	St. Lucia	620	184
186	Isle of Man	570	185
187	Guam	540	186
188	Andorra	470	187
189	Northern Mariana Islands	460	188
190	Palau	460	189
191	Seychelles	460	190
192	Curaçao	444	191
193	Antigua & Barbuda	440	192
194	Barbados	430	193
195	St. Vincent & Grenadines	390	194
196	U.S. Virgin Islands	350	195
197	Grenada	340	196
198	Malta	320	197
199	Maldives	300	198
200	Cayman Islands	264	199
201	St. Kitts & Nevis	260	200
202	American Samoa	200	201
203	Channel Islands	198	202
204	Aruba	180	203
205	Marshall Islands	180	204
206	Liechtenstein	160	205
207	British Virgin Islands	150	206
208	Monaco	75	207
209	San Marino	60	208
210	Bermuda	54	209
211	St. Martin	50	210
212	Sint Maarten	34	211
213	Tuvalu	30	212
214	Macau	30	213
215	Nauru	20	214
216	Gibraltar	10	215

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