Surface area (km²) by country, 2017
Countries216
1. Russia17,098,250
Median99,504
Japan377,97063 / 216
World140,388,338
Top 20
17,098,250
15,640,500
9,831,510
9,562,910
8,515,770
7,741,220
3,287,260
2,780,400
2,724,902
2,381,741
2,344,860
2,149,690
1,964,375
1,916,820
1,878,000
1,759,540
1,745,150
1,564,116
1,285,220
1,284,000
Bottom 10
160
150
75
60
50
34
31
30
20
10
Biggest increases since 2016
+1.0%
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.1%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
Biggest decreases since 2016
-0.9%
-0.0%
-0.0%
-0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+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 | 9,562,910 | 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 | 2,381,741 | 10 |
| 11 | Congo - Kinshasa | 2,344,860 | 11 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 | 12 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1,964,375 | 13 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1,916,820 | 14 |
| 15 | Sudan | 1,878,000 | 15 |
| 16 | Libya | 1,759,540 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 1,745,150 | 17 |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1,564,116 | 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 | 1,141,749 | 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 | 756,700 | 37 |
| 38 | Zambia | 752,610 | 38 |
| 39 | Myanmar (Burma) | 676,590 | 39 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 652,860 | 40 |
| 41 | South Sudan | 646,883 | 41 |
| 42 | Somalia | 637,660 | 42 |
| 43 | Norway | 625,217 | 43 |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 622,980 | 44 |
| 45 | Ukraine | 603,550 | 45 |
| 46 | Madagascar | 587,295 | 46 |
| 47 | Botswana | 581,730 | 47 |
| 48 | Kenya | 580,370 | 48 |
| 49 | France | 549,087 | 49 |
| 50 | Sweden | 528,449 | 50 |
| 51 | Yemen | 527,970 | 51 |
| 52 | Thailand | 513,120 | 52 |
| 53 | Spain | 505,935 | 53 |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 54 |
| 55 | Cameroon | 475,440 | 55 |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 56 |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 448,924 | 57 |
| 58 | Morocco | 446,550 | 58 |
| 59 | Iraq | 435,052 | 59 |
| 60 | Greenland | 410,450 | 60 |
| 61 | Paraguay | 406,752 | 61 |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 390,760 | 62 |
| 63 | Japan | 377,970 | 63 |
| 64 | Germany | 357,580 | 64 |
| 65 | Congo - Brazzaville | 342,000 | 65 |
| 66 | Finland | 338,450 | 66 |
| 67 | Vietnam | 331,230 | 67 |
| 68 | Malaysia | 330,621 | 68 |
| 69 | Côte d’Ivoire | 322,460 | 69 |
| 70 | Poland | 312,680 | 70 |
| 71 | Oman | 309,500 | 71 |
| 72 | Italy | 302,069 | 72 |
| 73 | Philippines | 300,000 | 73 |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 274,220 | 74 |
| 75 | New Zealand | 267,710 | 75 |
| 76 | Gabon | 267,670 | 76 |
| 77 | Ecuador | 256,370 | 77 |
| 78 | Guinea | 245,860 | 78 |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 243,610 | 79 |
| 80 | Uganda | 241,550 | 80 |
| 81 | Ghana | 238,540 | 81 |
| 82 | Romania | 238,400 | 82 |
| 83 | Laos | 236,800 | 83 |
| 84 | Guyana | 214,970 | 84 |
| 85 | Belarus | 207,600 | 85 |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,950 | 86 |
| 87 | Senegal | 196,710 | 87 |
| 88 | Syria | 185,180 | 88 |
| 89 | Cambodia | 181,040 | 89 |
| 90 | Uruguay | 176,220 | 90 |
| 91 | Suriname | 163,820 | 91 |
| 92 | Tunisia | 163,610 | 92 |
| 93 | Bangladesh | 147,977 | 93 |
| 94 | Nepal | 147,180 | 94 |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 141,380 | 95 |
| 96 | Greece | 131,960 | 96 |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 130,370 | 97 |
| 98 | Eritrea | 121,658 | 98 |
| 99 | North Korea | 120,540 | 99 |
| 100 | Malawi | 118,480 | 100 |
| 101 | Benin | 114,760 | 101 |
| 102 | Honduras | 112,490 | 102 |
| 103 | Liberia | 111,370 | 103 |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 111,000 | 104 |
| 105 | Cuba | 109,880 | 105 |
| 106 | Guatemala | 108,890 | 106 |
| 107 | Iceland | 103,000 | 107 |
| 108 | South Korea | 100,360 | 108 |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 98,648 | 109 |
| 110 | Hungary | 93,030 | 110 |
| 111 | Portugal | 92,226 | 111 |
| 112 | Jordan | 89,320 | 112 |
| 113 | Serbia | 88,360 | 113 |
| 114 | Croatia | 88,073 | 114 |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 115 |
| 116 | Austria | 83,879 | 116 |
| 117 | Czechia | 78,870 | 117 |
| 118 | Panama | 75,320 | 118 |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 72,300 | 119 |
| 120 | Ireland | 70,280 | 120 |
| 121 | Georgia | 69,700 | 121 |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 | 122 |
| 123 | Lithuania | 65,286 | 123 |
| 124 | Latvia | 64,594 | 124 |
| 125 | Togo | 56,790 | 125 |
| 126 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 51,210 | 126 |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 51,100 | 127 |
| 128 | Slovakia | 49,030 | 128 |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 48,670 | 129 |
| 130 | Estonia | 45,340 | 130 |
| 131 | Denmark | 42,920 | 131 |
| 132 | Netherlands | 41,540 | 132 |
| 133 | Switzerland | 41,291 | 133 |
| 134 | Bhutan | 38,394 | 134 |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,130 | 135 |
| 136 | Moldova | 33,850 | 136 |
| 137 | Belgium | 30,528 | 137 |
| 138 | Lesotho | 30,360 | 138 |
| 139 | Armenia | 29,740 | 139 |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 28,900 | 140 |
| 141 | Albania | 28,750 | 141 |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 | 142 |
| 143 | Burundi | 27,830 | 143 |
| 144 | Haiti | 27,750 | 144 |
| 145 | Rwanda | 26,340 | 145 |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 25,710 | 146 |
| 147 | Djibouti | 23,200 | 147 |
| 148 | Belize | 22,970 | 148 |
| 149 | Israel | 22,070 | 149 |
| 150 | El Salvador | 21,040 | 150 |
| 151 | Slovenia | 20,480 | 151 |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 18,580 | 152 |
| 153 | Fiji | 18,270 | 153 |
| 154 | Kuwait | 17,820 | 154 |
| 155 | Eswatini | 17,360 | 155 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 14,870 | 156 |
| 157 | Bahamas | 13,880 | 157 |
| 158 | Montenegro | 13,810 | 158 |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 12,190 | 159 |
| 160 | Qatar | 11,490 | 160 |
| 161 | Gambia | 11,300 | 161 |
| 162 | Jamaica | 10,990 | 162 |
| 163 | Lebanon | 10,450 | 163 |
| 164 | Cyprus | 9,251 | 164 |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 | 165 |
| 166 | Palestinian Territories | 6,020 | 166 |
| 167 | Brunei | 5,770 | 167 |
| 168 | Trinidad & Tobago | 5,130 | 168 |
| 169 | Bermuda | 4,290 | 169 |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 4,030 | 170 |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 3,471 | 171 |
| 172 | Samoa | 2,840 | 172 |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 2,590 | 173 |
| 174 | Mauritius | 2,007 | 174 |
| 175 | Comoros | 1,861 | 175 |
| 176 | Faroe Islands | 1,396 | 176 |
| 177 | Hong Kong | 1,110 | 177 |
| 178 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 960 | 178 |
| 179 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 950 | 179 |
| 180 | Kiribati | 810 | 180 |
| 181 | Bahrain | 780 | 181 |
| 182 | Dominica | 750 | 182 |
| 183 | Tonga | 750 | 183 |
| 184 | Singapore | 722 | 184 |
| 185 | Micronesia | 700 | 185 |
| 186 | St. Lucia | 620 | 186 |
| 187 | Isle of Man | 570 | 187 |
| 188 | Guam | 540 | 188 |
| 189 | Andorra | 470 | 189 |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 460 | 190 |
| 191 | Palau | 460 | 191 |
| 192 | Seychelles | 460 | 192 |
| 193 | Curaçao | 444 | 193 |
| 194 | Antigua & Barbuda | 440 | 194 |
| 195 | Barbados | 430 | 195 |
| 196 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 390 | 196 |
| 197 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 350 | 197 |
| 198 | Grenada | 340 | 198 |
| 199 | Malta | 320 | 199 |
| 200 | Maldives | 300 | 200 |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 264 | 201 |
| 202 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 260 | 202 |
| 203 | American Samoa | 200 | 203 |
| 204 | Channel Islands | 198 | 204 |
| 205 | Aruba | 180 | 205 |
| 206 | Marshall Islands | 180 | 206 |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 160 | 207 |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 150 | 208 |
| 209 | Monaco | 75 | 209 |
| 210 | San Marino | 60 | 210 |
| 211 | St. Martin | 50 | 211 |
| 212 | Sint Maarten | 34 | 212 |
| 213 | Macau | 31 | 213 |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 30 | 214 |
| 215 | Nauru | 20 | 215 |
| 216 | Gibraltar | 10 | 216 |