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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories by area.

Countries by area

This shows all sovereign states, dependent territories and overseas territories by total area, land area and water area.

Not included here are individual claims to Antarctica or entities that are not sovereign states such as the European Union which have some degree of sovereignty but they are not themselves to be sovereiyn states or dependent territories.

The three measurements of area are:

  • Total area: The total area is the sum of all land and Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).
  • Land area: The land area is the sum of land, excluding water area
  • Water area: The water area is the sum of Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers)

Data is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division.[1]

Sovereign states and dependent territories by area

Two next newest countries, Bougainville and Greenland are included but not assigned a number rank because there's a high chance of being independent. States with limited recognition are also included but not assigned a number rank.

# Country / dependency Total in km² (mi²) Land in km² (mi²) Water in km² (mi²) % of water
 Earth 510,000,000 (200,000,000) 148,500,000 (57,300,000) 350,000,000 (140,000,000) 50.0
 Oceans 350,000,000 (140,000,000) 0 (0) 350,000,000 (140,000,000) 100.0
 Continents 148,500,000 (57,300,000) 0 (0) 148,500,000 (57,300,000) 0.0
1   Russia[a] 17,098,246 (6,601,670) 16,377,742 (6,323,482) 720,500 (278,200) 2.0
  Antarctica[b] 14,200,000 (5,500,000) 14,200,000 (5,500,000) 0 (0) 0.0
2   Canada[c] 9,984,670 (3,855,100) 9,093,507 (3,511,023) 891,163 (344,080) 4.0
3   United States[d] 9,883,517 (3,816,047) 9,147,593 (3,531,905) 685,924 (264,837) 2.5
4   China[e] 9,596,960 (3,705,410) 9,326,410 (3,600,950) 270,550 (104,460) 1.5
5   Brazil[f] 8,515,767 (3,287,956) 8,358,140 (3,227,100) 157,030 (60,630) 1.0
6   Australia[g] 7,741,220 (2,988,900) 7,682,300 (2,966,200) 58,920 (22,750) 1.0
7   Argentina[h] 3,745,997 (1,446,338) 3,701,913 (1,429,317) 43,710 (16,880) 2.5
8   India[i] 3,287,263 (1,269,219) 2,973,193 (1,147,956) 314,070 (121,260) 1.0
9   Kazakhstan[j] 2,724,900 (1,052,100) 2,699,700 (1,042,400) 25,200 (9,700) 0.5
10   Algeria[k] 2,381,740 (919,590) 2,381,740 (919,590) 0 (0) 0.0
11   Democratic Republic of the Congo[l] 2,344,858 (905,355) 2,267,048 (875,312) 77,810 (30,040) 1.0
12   Denmark[m] 2,210,573 (853,507) 2,209,923 (853,256) 660 (250) 0.0
  Greenland (Denmark)[n] 2,166,086 (836,330) 2,166,086 (836,330) 0 (0) 0.0
13   Saudi Arabia[o] 2,149,690 (830,000) 2,149,690 (830,000) 0 (0) 0.0
14   Chile[p] 2,006,106 (774,562) 2,003,896 (773,709) 12,290 (4,750) 0.5
15   Mexico[q] 1,964,375 (758,449) 1,943,945 (750,561) 20,430 (7,890) 0.5
16   Indonesia[r] 1,904,569 (735,358) 1,811,569 (699,451) 93,000 (36,000) 1.5
17   Sudan 1,861,484 (718,723) 1,731,671 (668,602) 129,813 (50,121) 1.0
18   Libya 1,759,540 (679,360) 1,759,540 (679,360) 0 (0) 0.0
19   Iran 1,648,195 (636,372) 1,531,595 (591,352) 116,600 (45,000) 1.0
  Marie Byrd Land (terra nullius)[s] 1,600,000 (620,000) 1,600,000 (620,000) 0 (0) 0.0
20   Mongolia 1,564,110 (603,910) 1,553,556 (599,831) 10,560 (4,080) 0.5
21   Peru 1,285,216 (496,225) 1,279,996 (494,209) 5,220 (2,020) 1.0
22   Chad 1,284,000 (496,000) 1,259,200 (486,200) 24,800 (9,600) 0.5
23   Niger 1,267,000 (489,000) 1,266,700 (489,100) 300 (120) 0.0
24   Angola[t] 1,246,700 (481,400) 1,246,700 (481,400) 0 (0) 0.0
25   Mali 1,240,192 (478,841) 1,220,190 (471,120) 20,002 (7,723) 0.5
26   South Africa 1,221,037 (471,445) 1,214,470 (468,910) 4,620 (1,780) 0.5
27   Colombia 1,141,748 (440,831) 1,038,700 (401,000) 100,210 (38,690) 0.5
28   France[u] 1,106,756 (427,321) 1,103,382 (426,018) 3,374 (1,303) 0.5
29   Ethiopia 1,104,300 (426,400) 1,096,570 (423,390) 7,730 (2,980) 0.5
30   Bolivia 1,098,581 (424,164) 1,083,301 (418,265) 15,280 (5,900) 0.5
31   Mauritania 1,030,700 (398,000) 1,030,700 (398,000) 0 (0) 0.0
32   Egypt 1,002,450 (387,050) 995,450 (384,350) 6,000 (2,300) 0.5
33   Tanzania 947,300 (365,800) 885,800 (342,000) 61,500 (23,700) 1.5
34   Nigeria 923,768 (356,669) 910,768 (351,649) 13,000 (5,000) 1.0
35   Venezuela 912,050 (352,140) 882,050 (340,560) 30,000 (12,000) 1.0
36   Pakistan 907,132 (350,246) 770,875 (297,637) 25,220 (9,740) 1.0
37   Namibia 824,292 (318,261) 825,290 (318,650) 1,002 (387) 0.5
  Mozambique[v] 799,380 (308,640) 786,380 (303,620) 13,000 (5,000) 1.0
39   Turkey 783,562 (302,535) 769,632 (297,157) 13,930 (5,380) 1.0
40   Zambia 752,612 (290,585) 743,398 (287,028) 9,220 (3,560) 0.5
41   Myanmar 676,578 (261,228) 653,508 (252,321) 23,070 (8,910) 1.0
42   Afghanistan 652,230 (251,830) 652,230 (251,830) 0 (0) 0.0
43   South Sudan 644,239 (248,742) 644,239 (248,742) 0 (0) 0.0
44   Somalia 637,657 (246,201) 627,337 (242,216) 10,320 (3,980) 0.5
45   Central African Republic 622,984 (240,535) 622,984 (240,535) 0 (0) 0.0
46   Ukraine[w] 603,500 (233,000) 579,330 (223,680) 24,220 (9,350) 1.0
47   Madagascar[x] 587,041 (226,658) 581,540 (224,530) 5,501 (2,124) 0.5
48   Botswana 581,730 (224,610) 566,730 (218,820) 15,000 (5,800) 1.0
49   Kenya 580,367 (224,081) 569,140 (219,750) 11,227 (4,335) 0.5
  France (metropolitan) 551,500 (212,900) 549,970 (212,340) 1,530 (590) 0.5
50   Yemen 527,968 (203,850) 527,968 (203,850) 0 (0) 0.0
51   Thailand 513,120 (198,120)
52   Spain 505,992 (195,365)
53   Turkmenistan 488,100 (188,500)
–   Ross Dependency (New Zealand) 480,000 (190,000)
54   Cameroon 475,442 (183,569)
55   Papua New Guinea[y] 462,840 (178,700)
56   Sweden[z] 450,295 (173,860)
57   Uzbekistan 447,400 (172,700)
58   Morocco 446,550 (172,410)
–   French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)[aa] 439,747 (169,787)
59   Iraq 438,317 (169,235)
60   Paraguay 406,752 (157,048)
61   Zimbabwe 390,757 (150,872)
62   Norway 386,224 (149,122)
63   Japan 377,975 (145,937)
64   Germany 357,114 (137,882)
65   Republic of the Congo 342,000 (132,000)
66   Finland 338,424 (130,666)
67   Vietnam 331,212 (127,882)
68   Malaysia 330,803 (127,724)
–   Norway 323,802 (125,021)
69   Ivory Coast 322,463 (124,504)
70   Poland 312,696 (120,733)
71   Oman 309,500 (119,500)
72   Italy 301,339 (116,348)
73   Philippines 300,000 (120,000)
74   Ecuador 276,841 (106,889)
75   Burkina Faso 274,222 (105,878)
76   New Zealand 262,443 (101,330)
77   Gabon 267,668 (103,347)
78   Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[ab] 266,000 (103,000)
79   Guinea 245,857 (94,926)
80   United Kingdom 242,495 (93,628)
81   Uganda 241,550 (93,260)
82   Ghana 238,533 (92,098)
83   Romania 238,397 (92,046)
84   Laos 236,800 (91,400)
85   Guyana[ac] 214,969 (83,000)
86   Belarus[ad] 207,600 (80,200)
87   Kyrgyzstan 199,951 (77,202)
88   Senegal 196,722 (75,955)
89   Syria 185,180 (71,500)
90   Cambodia 181,035 (69,898)
91   Uruguay 176,215 (68,037)
92   Somaliland 176,120 (68,000)
93   Suriname[ae] 163,820 (63,250)
94   Tunisia 163,610 (63,170)
95   Bangladesh 147,570 (56,980)
96   Nepal 147,181 (56,827)
97   Tajikistan 143,100 (55,300)
98   Greece 131,957 (50,949)
99   Nicaragua 130,373 (50,337)
100   North Korea 120,540 (46,540)
101   Malawi 118,484 (45,747)
102   Eritrea 117,600 (45,400)
103   Benin 114,763 (44,310)
104   Honduras 112,492 (43,433)
105   Liberia 111,369 (43,000)
106   Bulgaria 111,002 (42,858)
107   Cuba 109,884 (42,426)
108   Guatemala 108,889 (42,042)
109   Iceland 103,000 (40,000)
110   South Korea 100,210 (38,690)
–   Puntland 97,757 (37,744)
111   Hungary 93,028 (35,918)
112   Portugal 92,090 (35,560)
113   Jordan 89,342 (34,495)
114   Serbia 88,361 (34,116)
115   Azerbaijan 86,600 (33,400)
116   Austria 83,871 (32,383)
117   United Arab Emirates 83,600 (32,300)
–   French Guiana (France) 83,534 (32,253)
118   Czech Republic 78,865 (30,450)
119   Panama 75,417 (29,119)
120   Sierra Leone 71,740 (27,700)
121   Ireland 70,273 (27,133)
122   Georgia 69,700 (26,900)
123   Sri Lanka 65,610 (25,330)
124   Lithuania 65,300 (25,200)
125   Latvia 64,559 (24,926)
–   Svalbard (Norway) 62,045 (23,956)
126   Togo 56,785 (21,925)
127   Croatia 56,594 (21,851)
128   Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,209 (19,772)
129   Costa Rica 51,100 (19,700)
130   Slovakia 49,037 (18,933)
131   Dominican Republic 48,671 (18,792)
132   Estonia 45,227 (17,462)
133   Denmark 43,094 (16,639)
134   Ambazonia 42,800 (16,500)
135   Netherlands 41,850 (16,160)
136   Switzerland 41,284 (15,940)
137   Bhutan 38,394 (14,824)
138   Taiwan 36,193 (13,974)
139   Guinea-Bissau 36,125 (13,948)
140   Moldova 33,846 (13,068)
141   Catalonia 32,000 (12,000)
142   Belgium 30,528 (11,787)
143   Lesotho 30,355 (11,720)
144   Armenia 29,743 (11,484)
145   Solomon Islands 28,896 (11,157)
146   Albania 28,748 (11,100)
147   Equatorial Guinea 28,051 (10,831)
148   Burundi 27,834 (10,747)
149   Haiti 27,750 (10,710)
150   Rwanda 26,338 (10,169)
151   North Macedonia 25,713 (9,928)
152   Djibouti 23,200 (9,000)
153   Belize 22,966 (8,867)
154   Israel 22,072 (8,522)
155   El Salvador 21,041 (8,124)
156   Slovenia 20,273 (7,827)
–   New Caledonia (France) 18,575 (7,172)
157   Fiji 18,272 (7,055)
158   Kuwait 17,818 (6,880)
159   Eswatini 17,364 (6,704)
160   East Timor 14,919 (5,760)
161   The Bahamas 13,943 (5,383)
162   Montenegro 13,812 (5,333)
163   Vanuatu 12,189 (4,706)
–   Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) 12,189 (4,706)
164   Qatar 11,586 (4,473)
165   The Gambia 11,295 (4,361)
166   Jamaica 10,991 (4,244)
167   Kosovo 10,887 (4,203)
168   Lebanon 10,452 (4,036)
169   Cyprus 9,251 (3,572)
–   Puerto Rico (United States) 9,104 (3,515)
170   Bougainville 8,800 (3,400)
171   Abkhazia 8,660 (3,340)
–   United States Minor Outlying Islands 6,959.41 (2,687.04)
172   Palestine 6,020 (2,320)
173   Brunei 5,765 (2,226)
174   Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 (1,980)
–   French Polynesia (France) 4,167 (1,609)
175   Transnistria 4,163 (1,607)
176   Cape Verde 4,033 (1,557)
–   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) 3,903 (1,507)
177   South Ossetia 3,900 (1,500)
178   Northern Cyprus 3,355 (1,295)
179   Samoa 2,842 (1,097)
–   Hong Kong (China) 2,746 (1,060)
180   Luxembourg 2,586 (998)
–   Réunion (France) 2,512 (970)
– Bir Tawil (Terra nullius) 2,060 (800)
181   Mauritius 2,040 (790)
182   Comoros 1,862 (719)
–   Guadeloupe (France) 1,628 (629)
–   Åland Islands (Finland) 1,552 (599)
–   Faroe Islands (Denmark) 1,393 (538)
–   Martinique (France) 1,128 (436)
–   Chatham Islands (New Zealand) 976 (377)
183   São Tomé and Príncipe 964 (372)
–   Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) 948 (366)
184   Kiribati 811 (313)
185   Bahrain 778 (300)
186   Dominica 751 (290)
187   Tonga 747 (288)
188   Singapore 716 (276)
189   Federated States of Micronesia 702 (271)
190   Saint Lucia 606 (234)
–   Auckland Islands (New Zealand) 602 (232)
–   Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 572 (221)
–   Guam (United States) 544 (210)
191   Andorra 468 (181)
–   Northern Mariana Islands (United States) 465 (180)
192   Palau 460 (180)
193   Seychelles 452 (175)
–   Curaçao (Netherlands) 444 (171)
193   Antigua and Barbuda 442 (171)
194   Barbados 430 (170)
–   Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) 412 (159)
195   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 (150)
–   Jan Mayen (Norway) 377 (146)
–   Mayotte (France) 374 (144)
–   United States Virgin Islands (United States) 347 (134)
196   Grenada 344 (133)
–   Prince Edward Islands (South Africa) 339 (131)
197   Malta 316 (122)
–   Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) 308 (119)
198   Maldives 300 (120)
–   Bonaire (Netherlands) 288 (111)
–   Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 264 (102)
199   Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 (101)
200   Niue 260 (100)
–   Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom) 253.8 (98.0)
–   Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 242 (93)
201   Cook Islands 236 (91)
–   American Samoa (United States) 199 (77)
202   Marshall Islands 181 (70)
–   Aruba (Netherlands) 180 (69)
–   Easter Island (Chile) 163 (63)
203   Liechtenstein 160 (62)
–   Peter I Island (Norway) 154 (59)
–   British Virgin Islands (United States) 151 (58)
–   Wallis and Futuna (France) 142 (55)
–   Macquarie Island (Australia) 140 (54)
–   Christmas Island (Australia) 135 (52)
–   Jersey (United Kingdom) 116 (45)
–   Campbell Islands (New Zealand) 112 (43)
–   Montserrat (United Kingdom) 102 (39)
–   Anguilla (United Kingdom) 91 (35)
–   Guernsey (United Kingdom) 78 (30)
204   San Marino 61 (24)
–   British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) 60 (23)
–   Saint Martin (France) 54 (21)
–   Bermuda (United Kingdom) 54 (21)
–   San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia) 52 (20)
–   Bouvet Island (Norway) 50 (19)
–   Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) 47 (18)
–   Norfolk Island (Australia) 40 (15)
–   Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 34 (13)
–   Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) 32 (12)
–   Macau (China) 30 (12)
205   Tuvalu 26 (10)
–   Antipodes Islands (New Zealand) 23 (8.9)
206   Nauru[af] 21 (8.1)
–   Saint Barthélemy (France) 21 (8.1)
–   Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) 21 (8.1)
–   Ceuta (Spain) 19 (7.3)
–   Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 14 (5.4)
–   Saba (Netherlands) 13 (5.0)
–   Melilla (Spain) 12 (4.6)
–   Tokelau (New Zealand) 12 (4.6)
–   Paracel Islands (disputed) 7 (2.7)
–   Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 7 (2.7)
–   Alderney (United Kingdom) 6 (2.3)
–   Clipperton (France) 6 (2.3)
–   Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) 5 (1.9)
–   Spratly Islands (disputed) 5 (1.9)
–   Snares Islands (New Zealand) 4 (1.5)
–   Gornja Siga (terra nullius) 4 (1.5)
–   Three Kings Islands (New Zealand) 3 (1.2)
–   Coral Sea Islands (Australia) 3 (1.2)
207   Monaco[ag] 2.02 (0.78)
–   Bounty Islands[ah] (New Zealand) 1 (0.39)
208   Uzupis 0.77 (0.30)
209   Vatican City[ai] 0.44 (0.17)
210   Molossia 0.30 (0.12)
211   Sealand 0.002 (0.00077)
212   Kugelmugel 0.0005 (0.00019)


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References

  1. ↑ "Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.

Notes

  1. ↑ The largest country in the world which spams into 2 continents, the largest Russian-speaking country by area and the largest country in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. The European part in located in Europe which makes it the largest country in Europe while the Asian part is located in Asia which makes it the largest country in Asia.
  2. ↑ 98% of the territory is covered by ice and snow. Territories are claimed by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom.
  3. ↑ Largest English and French-speaking country in the world by area, largest country in the Western Hemisphere, in North America and the Americas.
  4. ↑ Excludes the US territories and the disputed territories. Largest English-speaking country in the world by land area and largest Spanish-speaking country in the world by area.
  5. ↑ Excludes the Taiwan-China dispute and the 2 special administrative regions. Largest country located entirely in Asia.
  6. ↑ Largest country in South America, in Latin America and largest Portuguese-speaking in the world by area.
  7. ↑ Excludes the external territories of Australia. Largest island country in the world, largest country in Oceania, in the Australian continent and the Southern Hemisphere.
  8. ↑ Includes Argentine Antarctica, but excludes the disputed territories of the Falkland Islands and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The second-largest Spanish-speaking country by area and the largest country in the Southern cone.
  9. ↑ Includes the India-administered Kashmir. Largest country in South Asia.
  10. ↑ The second-largest Russian-speaking country by area and the largest landlocked country in the world and Central Asia.
  11. ↑ Largest country in Africa and the Arab world.
  12. ↑ The second largest French-speaking country in the world by area and the largest country in the Central Africa. It has the largest French speaking city in the world, Kinshasa.
  13. ↑ The Kingdom of Denmark includes Denmark proper as well as the 2 overseas territories. It has the largest island in the world that is not a continent, Greenland.
  14. ↑ Largest country in Denmark, largest island in the world that is not considered a continent and the largest inhabited non-sovereign territory in the world. A 1,710,000 km² (81%) of the land area is covered by ice. The ice-free areas are the coasts of Greenland. 81% of people requested a referendum for independence.
  15. ↑ Largest country in the Middle East and Western Asia.
  16. ↑ Includes the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The third-largest Spanish-speaking in the world by area.
  17. ↑ It has the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world, Mexico City.
  18. ↑ Largest country in Southeast Asia and the largest island country in the world that is not a continent. Made up only of islands.
  19. ↑ Largest unclaimed land in the world.
  20. ↑ The second-largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world by area.
  21. ↑ The French Republic includes Metropolitan France, all well as the 5 overseas regions, New Caledonia, the 5 autonomous collectivities and the 2 other overseas territories (the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Clipperton Island.)
  22. ↑ The third-largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world by area.
  23. ↑ Includes the Russian controlled areas.
  24. ↑ Largest island country in Africa
  25. ↑ Second largest country in Oceania after Australia.
  26. ↑ Largest Nordic country in the world and largest country in Scandinavia.
  27. ↑ Includes Adelie Land.
  28. ↑ Second largest microstate in the world.
  29. ↑ Second largest microstate in the world after the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  30. ↑ Third largest Russian-speaking country in the world after Russia and Kazakhstan by area.
  31. ↑ Smallest country located entirely in South America
  32. ↑ Smallest island country in the world.
  33. ↑ Smallest country in the world with a coastline.
  34. ↑ A part of New Zealand
  35. ↑ Smallest country in the world and smallest country in Europe.
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