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This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area . The list ranks sovereign states, as well as self-governing dependent territories. Total areas are included, covering land and inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Marine internal waters, territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zones are not included, nor are various countries' claims to parts of Antarctica . For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by area (graphical) . For geographic entities other than countries, see List of major geographic bodies by area .
The European Union is listed unranked for comparison. The EU is not a country, but has many of the features of a confederated state such as a central administration, a parliament, a superior judiciary, a common market, a common currency (used by approximately 60% of its population) [1] , EU citizenship and free settlement of its citizens across its territory.
Notes:
The Earth 's total surface area is 510,065,284 km² — 70.8% of the world's surface (361,126,221 km²) is covered by water, while 29.2% (148,939,063 km²) is covered by land.
Territories listed and ranked as part of a sovereign state may be sparingly listed; they are set off in italics.
Rank Country Area (km²) Notes
1 Russia 17,075,400 Prior to its dissolution in 1991 , the Soviet Union had an area of 22,402,200 km².
2 Canada 9,970,610 Total surface area is 9,984,670 km² according to Statistics Canada
3, 4 (dis- United States of America 9,629,091 Includes the 50 states, US Pacific Islands , District of Columbia , and Indian Reservations .
People's Republic of China (PRC) 9,598,0861 or 9,640,8212 Total of separate UN figures for mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau . Both values exclude the disputed territories of Taiwan , Penghu , Kinmen and Matsu which the Republic of China (Taiwan) has continued to govern after the PRC replaced it on the mainland. 1 Excludes all disputed territories.2 Includes PRC-administered area (Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract , both territories claimed by India ), Taiwan is not included.
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 . All islands together make 365 km² (less than 0.003% of all continental territory).
6 Australia 7,741,220 Includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island . Excludes the Australian Antarctic Territory (6,119,818 km²).
— Image:European flag.svg European Union 1 4,422,773 Includes the Azores , Madeira , French Guiana , Martinique , Guadeloupe , Réunion and the Canary Islands . Excludes territories associated with member states that are not formally part of the EU such as Greenland , the Faroe Islands , Aruba , the Netherlands Antilles , New Caledonia and most territories associated to the United Kingdom . 1 The European Union is a sui generis intergovernmental organisation between countries in Europe . It is not a country in itself and is included for comparative purposes
7 Image:Flag of India.svg India 3,166,4141 or 3,287,2632 1 Excludes non-Indian-administered disputed territories (Aksai Chin , Trans-Karakoram Tract , Azad Kashmir , and Northern Areas ). Includes all Indian-administered territories,which contains the China claimed Arunachal Pradesh or South Tibet Figure from Census India .2 Includes all disputed territories. Second-largest country in Asia
8 Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2,780,400 Does not include claims on the Falkland Islands , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and on Antarctica .
9 Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2,724,900
10 Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 2,505,813 Largest country in Africa
11 Image:Flag of Algeria (bordered).svg Algeria 2,381,741 Second-largest country in Africa
12 Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,344,858 Third-largest country in Africa
13 Image:Flag of Greenland (bordered).svg Greenland 2,175,600 A self-governing area of Denmark .
14 Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2,149,690
15 Mexico 1,958,201
16 Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia 1,904,569
17 Image:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1,759,540
18 Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 1,648,195
19 Image:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 1,564,116
20 Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1,285,216
21 Image:Flag of Chad.svg Chad 1,284,000
22 Image:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 1,267,000
23 Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1,246,700
24 Image:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 1,240,192
25 Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1,221,037 Includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island ).
26 Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1,138,914 Colombian census figure is 1,141,748 which includes three special districts and San Andrés y Providencia islands (disputed territories with Nicaragua).
27 Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1,104,300
28 Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 1,098,581
29 Image:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 1,025,520
30 Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1,001,449 Including the Hala'ib Triangle .
31 Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 945,087 Includes the islands of Mafia , Pemba , and Zanzibar .
32 Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 923,768
33 Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 912,050 Does not include claims on Guayana Esequiba . If included, the area would be 1,075,945 and 29th.
34 Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 824,292
35 Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 801,590
36 Image:Flag of Pakistan (bordered).svg Pakistan 796,0951 or 880,2542 1 Excludes all disputed territories.2 Includes Pakistani-administered disputed territories (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas ).
37 Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 783,562
38 Chile 756,096 Includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez , excludes claims on Antarctica .
39 Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 752,618
40 Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 676,578
41 Image:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 652,090
42 Image:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 637,657
43 Image:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 622,984
44 Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 603,700
45 Image:Flag of Madagascar (bordered).svg Madagascar 587,041
46 Image:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 581,730
47 Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 580,367
48 France 551,500 Includes Metropolitan France only; the entire French Republic (excluding Adélie Land ) covers 674,843 km².
49 Image:Flag of Yemen.svg 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).
50 Thailand 513,115
51 Spain 505,992 Includes the 17 autonomous communities (two of which are the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands ), the two African autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla ), and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco – Islas Chafarinas , Peñón de Alhucemas , and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera .
52 Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 488,100
53 Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 475,442
54 Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 462,840
55 Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 449,964 Includes Gotland and Öland .
56 Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 447,400
57 Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 446,550 Excluding Western Sahara .
58 Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 438,317
59 Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 406,752
60 Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 390,757
61 Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 385,155 Includes the integral overseas territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen ; excludes the dependency of Bouvet Island and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island (if included Norway would be 8th).
62 Japan 377,873 Includes Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Islands), Daito Islands , Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands), Minami-Torishima (Marcus Island), Okino-Torishima and Volcano Islands (Kazan Islands); excludes the southern Kuril Islands .
63 Germany 357,022
64 Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 342,000
65 Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Finland 338,145 Includes Åland .
66 Vietnam 331,689
67 Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 329,847
68 Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire 322,463
69 Poland 312,683
70 Image:Flag of Oman (bordered).svg Oman 309,500
71 Italy 301,318
72 Philippines 300,000
73 Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 283,561 Includes Galápagos Islands .
74 Image:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 274,000
75 New Zealand 270,534 Includes Antipodes Islands , Auckland Islands , Bounty Islands , Campbell Island , Chatham Islands , and Kermadec Islands ; excludes Ross Dependency and Tokelau .
76 Image:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 267,668
77 Image:Flag of Western Sahara.svg Western Sahara 266,000 Largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic .
78 Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 245,857
79 United Kingdom 242,900 Includes the four constituent countries , excludes the three Crown dependencies (768 km²), the 13 British overseas territories (17,027 km²) and the British Antarctic Territory (1,395,000 km²), (1,655,695 km² if including overseas and disputed territories)
80 Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 241,038
81 Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 238,533
82 Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 238,391
83 Image:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 236,800
84 Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 214,969
85 Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 207,600
86 Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 199,900
87 Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 196,722
88 Syria 185,180 or 183,885 Higher figure includes the occupied Golan Heights . Since the Six Day War in 1967 Israel has occupied the territory.
89 Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 181,035
90 Image:Flag of Uruguay (bordered).svg Uruguay 175,016
91 Image:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 163,820
92 Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 163,610
93 Image:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 147,181
94 Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 143,998
95 Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 143,100
96 Greece 131,957
97 Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 130,000 Excludes San Andrés y Providencia islands (disputed territories with Colombia).
98 Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 120,538
99 Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 118,484
100 Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 117,600 Includes Badme region.
101 Image:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 112,622
102 Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 112,088
103 Image:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 111,369
104 Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria 110,912
105 Cuba 110,861
106 Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 108,889
107 Image:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 103,000
108 Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg South Korea 99,538
109 Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 93,032
110 Portugal 91,982 Includes Azores and Madeira Islands .
111 French Guiana 90,000 French overseas département.
112 Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 89,342
113 Image:Flag of Serbia (state) (bordered).svg Serbia 88,361 Includes UN-administered territory of Kosovo .
114 Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 86,600 Includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
115 Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 83,871
116 Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 83,600
117 Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg Czech Republic 78,866
118 Image:Flag of Panama (bordered).svg Panama 75,517
119 Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 71,740
120 Republic of Ireland 70,273
121 Image:Flag of Georgia (bordered).svg Georgia 69,700 Includes Abkhazia and South Ossetia
122 Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 65,610
123 Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 65,300
124 Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 64,600
125 Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo 56,785
126 Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 56,538
127 Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,197
128 Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 51,100 Includes Isla del Coco .
129 Image:Flag of Slovakia (bordered).svg Slovakia 49,033
130 Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 48,671 Includes The Mainland Dominican Republic, Saona Island, And others under Control Of Dominican Government
131 Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 47,000
132 Image:Flag of Estonia (bordered).svg Estonia 45,100 Includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea .
133 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 43,094 Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km² and would be 13th.
134 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 41,528 Includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km².
135 Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 41,284
136 Image:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 36,125
137 Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (Taiwan) 35,980 Includes only the territories under the administration of the ROC, namely Taiwan , Penghu , Kinmen , and Matsu . The ROC's existence as a distinct political entity is disputed (source: CIA Factbook [1] ).
138 Image:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 33,851 Includes Transnistria (Pridnestrovie).
139 Belgium 30,528
140 Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 30,355
141 Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 29,800 Excludes Nagorno-Karabakh .
142 Image:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands 28,896
143 Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 28,748
144 Image:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 28,051
145 Image:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 27,834
146 Image:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 27,750
147 Image:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 26,338
148 Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia 25,713
149 Image:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 23,200
150 Image:Flag of Belize.svg Belize 22,966
151 Israel 22,145 or 20,770 The higher figure includes the Golan Heights . The Golan Heights are considered by the United Nations to be Syrian territory occupied by Israel. Both figures exclude the Palestinian occupied West Bank .
152 Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 21,041
153 Image:Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Slovenia 20,256
154 New Caledonia 18,575 French dependency.
155 Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 18,274
156 Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 17,818
157 Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland 17,364
158 Image:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor 14,874
159 Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 14,026 Figure from CIA World Factbook.
160 Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg The Bahamas 13,878
161 Image:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu 12,189
162 Image:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands 12,173 Overseas territory of the UK. Claimed by Argentina.
163 Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia 11,295
164 Image:Flag of Qatar (bordered).svg Qatar 11,000
165 Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 10,991
166 Lebanon 10,400
167 Image:Flag of Cyprus (bordered).svg Cyprus 9,251 Includes Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (only recognised by Turkey) and British sovereign military bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia ).
168 Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 8,875 Commonwealth of the
