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Rank	Country / Territory	Area (km²)[a]	Area (sq mi)	% of Total	Notes
—	World	148,939,063	57,505,694	100%	Total land coverage (29.2% of Earth's surface)
1	Russia	17,098,242	6,601,668	11.5%	Largest country in the world.
2	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,103	6.7%	Largest country in the Western Hemisphere. Longest coastline.
3 / 4 (disputed)	China (PRC)	9,598,0941 9,640,8212	3,705,845 3,722,342	6.4% 6.5%	Total of separate UN figures for mainland China (9,596,961) and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong (1,104 km²) and Macau (29 km²). 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 but exclude Arunachal Pradesh which is administered by India), Taiwan is not included.
3 / 4 (disputed)	United States	9,629,091	3,717,813	6.5%	Includes only the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The total area is listed as 9,826,630 km² by the CIA World Factbook. The total area is listed as 9,522,055 km² by the Encyclopædia Britannica.
5	Brazil	8,514,877	3,287,612	5.7%	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). Largest country in South America.
6	Australia	7,692,024	2,969,907	5.2%	Includes Jervis Bay Territory (73km²) , Cocos (Keeling) Islands (14 km²), Christmas Island (135 km²) and Lord Howe Island (56 km²). Also includes the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands (5 km²), Coral Sea Islands Territory (0,9 km²), Heard and McDonald Islands (372 km²) and Macquarie Island (231 km²). Excludes claims on Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Territory, 6,119,818 km²). Australia is the only country that is coterminous with a continent.
7	India	3,287,263	1,269,219	2.2%	Figure includes 120,849 km² of disputed territories with Pakistan and China. Third-largest country in Asia (after Russia and China).
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,518	2%	Does not include claims on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and on Antarctica (969,000 km²). Second largest country in South America.
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,090	1.8%	Largest landlocked country in the world.
10	Sudan	2,505,813	967,500	1.7%	Largest country in Africa
11	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	1.6%	Second-largest country in Africa
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858	905,355	1.6%	Third-largest country in Africa
13	Greenland	2,166,086	836,330	1.5%	A self-governing territory of Denmark. Largest Island in the world (if Australia is classed as a continental landmass).
14	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	1.4%	Largest country in Middle East
15	Mexico	1,964,375	758,449	1.3%	Third-largest country in Latin America.
16	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	1.3%	Largest and most populous country situated only on islands. Also the largest country in South East Asia.
17	Libya	1,759,540	679,362	1.2%
18	Iran	1,648,195	636,372	1.1%
19	Mongolia	1,564,100	603,902	1.1%	Second largest landlocked country in the world; previously first, before the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics .
20	Peru	1,285,216	496,225	0.86%	Third-largest country in South America
21	Chad	1,284,000	495,755	0.86%
22	Niger	1,267,000	489,191	0.85%
23	Angola	1,246,700	481,354	0.85%
24	Mali	1,240,192	478,841	0.83%
25	South Africa	1,221,037	471,445	0.82%	Includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island).
26	Colombia	1,138,914	439,737	0.76%	Colombian census figure is 1,141,748 which includes three special districts and San Andrés and Providencia islands (52 km²) (disputed territories with Nicaragua).
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	426,373	0.74%
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	424,164	0.74%
29	Mauritania	1,025,520	395,955	0.69%
30	Egypt	1,002,000	386,874	0.67%	Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle.
31	Tanzania	945,087	364,900	0.63%	Includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar.
32	Nigeria	923,768	356,669	0.62%
33	Venezuela	912,050	352,144	0.61%
34	Namibia	824,292	318,261	0.55%
35	Mozambique	801,590	309,496	0.54%
36	Pakistan	796,0961 803,9402	307,374 310,403	0.53% 0.59%	1 Excludes all disputed territories. 2 Includes Pakistani-administered disputed territories (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas).
37	Turkey	783,562	302,535	0.53%
38	Chile	756,102	291,933	0.51%	Includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez, excludes claims on Antarctica (1,250,000 km²).
39	Zambia	752,618	290,587	0.51%
40	Burma	676,578	261,228	0.45%
41	Afghanistan	652,090	251,773	0.44%
42	Somalia	637,657	246,201	0.43%
43	Central African Republic	622,984	240,535	0.42%
44	Ukraine	603,700	233,090	0.41%	Largest all-European country, second largest European country (after European part of Russia).
45	Madagascar	587,041	226,658	0.39%
46	Botswana	581,730	224,607	0.39%
47	Kenya	580,367	224,081	0.39%
48	France	551,500	212,935	0.37%	Largest West European country. Third largest European country. Includes Metropolitan France only. The French Republic includes French overseas territories and covers 674,843 km², excluding claims on Antarctica (432,000 km²).
49	Yemen	527,968	203,850	0.35%	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	513,120	198,117	0.34%
51	Spain	505,992	195,365	0.34%	Fourth largest in Europe, second largest in western Europe. Includes mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, as well as the Spanish possessions (Plazas de Soberanía) off the coast of Morocco (Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), and Isla de Alborán almost midway between Morocco and Spain, all the latter being claimed by Morocco.
52	Turkmenistan	488,100	188,456	0.33%
53	Cameroon	475,442	183,569	0.32%
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,704	0.31%
55	Sweden	449,964	173,732	0.30%	Includes Gotland and Öland. Fifth largest country in Europe.
56	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742	0.30%	Largest doubly landlocked country of the world.
57	Morocco	446,550	172,414	0.30%	Excluding Western Sahara.
58	Iraq	438,317	169,235	0.29%
59	Paraguay	406,752	157,048	0.27%
60	Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	0.26%
61	Japan	377,873	145,898	0.25%	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.
62	Germany	357,022	137,847	0.24%	Before the German reunification took place on 3 October 1990, Germany consisted of the former Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) with 248,689 km² and the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) with 108,333 km².
63	Republic of the Congo	342,000	132,047	0.23%
64	Finland	338,145	130,559	0.23%	Includes Åland.
65	Vietnam	331,689	128,066	0.22%
66	Malaysia	329,847	127,355	0.22%
67	Norway	323,082	124,743	0.22%	Includes mainland Norway only; excludes the integral overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (62,422 km²) and the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km²) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island (~2,500,000 km²).
68	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463	124,504	0.22%
69	Poland	312,685	120,728	0.21%
70	Oman	309,500	119,499	0.21%
71	Italy	301,318	116,340	0.20%
72	Philippines	300,000	115,831	0.20%
73	Ecuador	283,561	109,484	0.20%	Includes Galápagos Islands.
74	Burkina Faso	274,200	105,869	0.18%
75	New Zealand	270,534	104,454	0.18%	Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Excludes Niue (260 km²), the Cook Islands (236 km²) and Tokelau (12 km²), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency (450,000 km²).
76	Gabon	267,668	103,347	0.18%
77	Western Sahara	266,000	102,703	0.18%	Largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
78	Guinea	245,857	94,926	0.17%
79	United Kingdom	242,900	93,784	0.16%	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).
80	Uganda	241,038	93,065	0.16%
81	Ghana	238,533	92,098	0.16%
82	Romania	238,391	92,043	0.16%
83	Laos	236,800	91,429	0.16%
84	Guyana	214,969	83,000	0.14%
85	Belarus	207,600	80,155	0.14%	Largest landlocked country in Europe.
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	77,202	0.13%
87	Senegal	196,722	75,955	0.13%
88	Syria	185,180 183,885	71,498 70,998	0.12% 0.12%	The higher figure includes the Golan Heights.
89	Cambodia	181,035	69,898	0.12%
90	Uruguay	176,215	68,037	0.12%
91	Suriname	163,820	63,251	0.11%
92	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	0.11%
93	Nepal	147,181	56,827	0.10%
94	Bangladesh	143,998	55,598	0.10%
95	Tajikistan	143,100	0.10%
96	Greece	131,957	55,251	0.09%
97	North Korea	120,538	46,540	0.08%
98	Nicaragua	120,340	46,464	0.09%	Excludes San Andrés y Providencia islands (disputed territories with Colombia). Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America.
99	Malawi	118,484	45,747	0.08%
100	Eritrea	117,600	45,406	0.08%	Includes Badme region.
101	Benin	112,622	43,484	0.08%
102	Honduras	112,088	43,277	0.08%
103	Liberia	111,369	43,000 0.07%
104	Bulgaria	110,912	42,823	0.07%
105	Cuba	109,886	42,427	0.07%	Cuba is the largest and most populous country in the Caribbean
106	Guatemala	108,889	42,042	0.07%
107	Iceland	103,000	39,769	0.07%
108	South Korea	99,538	38,432	0.07%
109	Hungary	93,032	35,920	0.06%
110	Portugal	92,090	35,556	0.06%	Includes Azores and Madeira Islands.
111	French Guiana	90,000	34,749	0.06%	French overseas département.
112	Jordan	89,342	34,495	0.06%
113	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436	0.06%	Includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
114	Austria	83,858	32,378	0.06%
115	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,278	0.06%
116	Czech Republic	78,866	30,450	0.05%
117	Serbia	77,474	29,913	0.05%	This figure does not include Kosovo, which recently declared itself independent to partial recognition; Serbia, Russia, China and others object. Including Kosovo, which is still claimed by Serbia, the total area is 88,361 km², ranking Serbia at 113.
118	Panama	75,517	29,157	0.05%
119	Sierra Leone	71,740	27,699	0.05%
120	Ireland	70,273	27,133	0.05%
121	Georgia	69,700	26,911	0.05%	Includes Abkhazia (8,600 km²) and South Ossetia
122	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332	0.04%
123	Lithuania	65,300	25,212	0.04%
124	Latvia	64,600	24,942	0.04%
125	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	62,422	24,101
126	Togo	56,785	21,925	0.04%
127	Croatia	56,538	21,829	0.04%
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	19,767	0.03%
129	Costa Rica	51,100	19,730	0.03%	Includes Isla del Coco.
130	Slovakia	49,033	18,932	0.03%
131	Dominican Republic	48,671	18,792	0.03%	Includes The Mainland Dominican Republic, Saona Island, And others under Control Of Dominican Government
132	Bhutan	47,000	18,147	0.03%
133	Estonia	45,228	17,463	0.03%	Includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea.
134	Denmark	43,094	16,639	0.03%	Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km2 (857,183 sq mi) and would be 13th.
135	Netherlands	41,528	16,034	0.03%	Includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km2 (16,385 sq mi).
136	Switzerland	41,277	15,937	0.03%
137	Republic of China (Taiwan)	36,188	13,972	0.02%	Includes only the territories under the administration of the ROC, namely Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
138	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	13,948	0.02%
139	Moldova	33,851	13,070	0.02%	Includes Transnistria (Pridnestrovie).
140	Belgium	30,528	11,787	0.02%
141	Lesotho	30,355	11,720	0.02%
142	Armenia	29,800	11,506	0.02%
143	Solomon Islands	28,896	11,157	0.02%
144	Albania	28,748	11,100	0.02%
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,831	0.02%
146	Burundi	27,834	10,747	0.02%
147	Haiti	27,750	10,714	0.02%
148	Rwanda	26,338	10,169	0.02%
149	Republic of Macedonia	25,713	9,928	0.02%
150	Djibouti	23,200	8,958	0.02%
151	Belize	22,966	0.02%
152	Israel	22,072 or 20,770	0.01%	The higher figure includes the Golan Heights. Both figures exclude the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
153	El Salvador	21,041	0.01%
154	Slovenia	20,256	0.01%
155	New Caledonia	18,575	0.01%	French dependency.
156	Fiji	18,274	0.01%
157	Kuwait	17,818	0.01%
158	Swaziland	17,364	0.01%
159	East Timor	14,874	>0.01%
160	The Bahamas	13,878	>0.01%
161	Montenegro	13,812	>0.01%
162	Vanuatu	12,189	>0.01%
163	Falkland Islands	12,173	>0.01%	British Overseas Territory. Claimed by Argentina. Excludes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
164	Qatar	11,493	>0.01%
165	The Gambia	11,295	>0.01%
166	Jamaica	10,991	>0.01%
167	Kosovo	10,887	>0.01%	Kosovo recently declared itself independent to partial recognition, with objections from Serbia, Russia, China and others. Serbia still claims the territory.
168	Lebanon	10,400	<0.01%
169	Cyprus	9,251	<0.01%	Includes Northern Cyprus (only recognised by Turkey) and British sovereign military bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia).
170	Puerto Rico	8,870	<0.01%	Commonwealth of the United States.
171	Palestinian territories	6,020	<0.01%	The figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
172	Brunei	5,765	<0.01%
173	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	<0.01%
174	Cape Verde	4,033	<0.01%
175	French Polynesia	4,000	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity.
176	Samoa	2,831	<0.01%
177	Luxembourg	2,586	<0.01%
178	Réunion	2,510	<0.01%	French overseas département.
179	Comoros	2,235	<0.01%	Listed figure includes Mayotte (373 km²). The figure without Mayotte is 1,862 km². Mayotte is officially an overseas collectivity of France and is not under the sovereignty of Comoros.
180	Mauritius	2,040	<0.01%	Includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues.
181	Guadeloupe	1,705	<0.01%	French overseas département includes La Désirade, Marie Galante, Les Saintes, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part). Note that Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin became separate overseas collectvities in 2007 and are no longer politically part of Guadeloupe.
182	Faroe Islands	1,393	<0.01%	A self-governing territory of Denmark.
183	Martinique	1,102	<0.01%	French overseas département.
184	São Tomé and Príncipe	964	<0.01%
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory. Area includes protected waters.
186	Netherlands Antilles	800	<0.01%	Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin).
187	Dominica	751	<0.01%
188	Tonga	747	<0.01%
189	Kiribati	726	<0.01%	Includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands.
190	Federated States of Micronesia	702	<0.01%	Includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie).
191	Singapore	699	<0.01%	UN figure is as of 2005. Official area in 2006 is 704 km².
192	Bahrain	694	<0.01%
193	Isle of Man	572	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK.
194	Guam	549	<0.01%	Organized unincorporated territory of the USA.
195	Saint Lucia	539	<0.01%
196	Andorra	468	<0.01%
197	Northern Mariana Islands	464	<0.01%	Commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
198	Palau	459	<0.01%
199	Seychelles	455	<0.01%
200	Antigua and Barbuda	442	<0.01%	Includes Redonda, 1.6 km².
201	Barbados	430
202	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	<0.01%
203	United States Virgin Islands	347	<0.01%	Unincorporated, organized territory of the USA.
204	Grenada	344	<0.01%
205	Malta	316	<0.01%
206	Maldives	298	<0.01%
207	Cayman Islands	264	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	<0.01%
209	Niue	260	<0.01%	Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand.
210	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups.
211	Cook Islands	236	<0.01%	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
212	American Samoa	199	<0.01%	Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island.
213	Marshall Islands	181	<0.01%	Includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik.
214	Aruba	180	<0.01%	Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
215	Liechtenstein	160	<0.01%	Smallest doubly landlocked country of the world.
216	British Virgin Islands	151	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory; comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada.
217	Wallis and Futuna	142	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets.
218	Saint Helena	122	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory; excluding dependencies.
219	Jersey	116	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK.
220	Montserrat	102	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
221	Tristan da Cunha	98	<0.01%	Dependency of St Helena (UK). Area refers to the main island only (the only inhabited island). Total area is 201 km².
222	Anguilla	91	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
223	Ascension Island	88	<0.01%	Dependency of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena.
224	Guernsey	78	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands.
225	San Marino	61	<0.01%
226	Bermuda	54	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK.
227	Norfolk Island	36	<0.01%	Self-governing area of Australia.
228	Tuvalu	26	<0.01%	Smallest independent Commonwealth state.
229	Nauru	21	<0.01%	Smallest republic in the world.
230	Tokelau	12	<0.01%	Territory of New Zealand.
231	Gibraltar	6	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
232	Pitcairn Islands	5	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
233	Monaco	1.95	<0.01%	Smallest UN member state.
234	Vatican City	0.44	<0.01%	Smallest country in the world. Capital of the Roman Catholic Church