Countries by land area (km²)
Land area of 216 countries and areas, from largest to smallest, with each one's share of the world's land. Lakes and rivers are not counted. Source: World Bank, from FAO data.
Key facts
- World land area: 129,763,686 km² (2023).
- Largest: Russia (16,376,870 km²), China (9,388,210 km²) and United States (9,147,420 km²).
- Smallest in the list: Monaco (2 km²).
216 rows
| 1 | Russia | 16,376,870 | 12.62% | 2024 |
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| 2 | China | 9,388,210 | 7.23% | 2024 |
| 3 | United States | 9,147,420 | 7.05% | 2024 |
| 4 | Canada | 8,788,700 | 6.77% | 2024 |
| 5 | Brazil | 8,358,140 | 6.44% | 2024 |
| 6 | Australia | 7,688,287 | 5.92% | 2024 |
| 7 | India | 2,973,190 | 2.29% | 2024 |
| 8 | Argentina | 2,736,690 | 2.11% | 2024 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2,699,700 | 2.08% | 2024 |
| 10 | Algeria | 2,381,740 | 1.84% | 2024 |
| 11 | Congo - Kinshasa | 2,267,050 | 1.75% | 2024 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 | 1.66% | 2024 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1,943,950 | 1.50% | 2024 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1,892,410 | 1.46% | 2024 |
| 15 | Sudan | 1,868,000 | 1.44% | 2024 |
| 16 | Libya | 1,759,540 | 1.36% | 2024 |
| 17 | Iran | 1,622,500 | 1.25% | 2024 |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1,558,501 | 1.20% | 2024 |
| 19 | Peru | 1,280,000 | 0.99% | 2024 |
| 20 | Niger | 1,266,700 | 0.98% | 2024 |
| 21 | Chad | 1,259,200 | 0.97% | 2024 |
| 22 | Angola | 1,246,700 | 0.96% | 2024 |
| 23 | Mali | 1,220,190 | 0.94% | 2024 |
| 24 | South Africa | 1,213,090 | 0.93% | 2024 |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 1,122,135 | 0.86% | 2024 |
| 26 | Colombia | 1,109,500 | 0.86% | 2024 |
| 27 | Bolivia | 1,087,959 | 0.84% | 2024 |
| 28 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 | 0.79% | 2024 |
| 29 | Egypt | 995,450 | 0.77% | 2024 |
| 30 | Nigeria | 910,770 | 0.70% | 2024 |
| 31 | Tanzania | 884,000 | 0.68% | 2024 |
| 32 | Venezuela | 882,050 | 0.68% | 2024 |
| 33 | Namibia | 823,290 | 0.63% | 2024 |
| 34 | Mozambique | 786,380 | 0.61% | 2024 |
| 35 | Pakistan | 770,880 | 0.59% | 2024 |
| 36 | Türkiye | 769,630 | 0.59% | 2024 |
| 37 | Zambia | 743,390 | 0.57% | 2024 |
| 38 | Chile | 742,032 | 0.57% | 2024 |
| 39 | Myanmar (Burma) | 652,670 | 0.50% | 2024 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 652,230 | 0.50% | 2024 |
| 41 | South Sudan | 631,930 | 0.49% | 2024 |
| 42 | Somalia | 627,340 | 0.48% | 2024 |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 622,980 | 0.48% | 2024 |
| 44 | Madagascar | 581,800 | 0.45% | 2024 |
| 45 | Kenya | 580,880 | 0.45% | 2024 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 579,400 | 0.45% | 2024 |
| 47 | Botswana | 566,730 | 0.44% | 2024 |
| 48 | France | 538,950 | 0.42% | 2024 |
| 49 | Yemen | 527,968 | 0.41% | 2024 |
| 50 | Thailand | 510,890 | 0.39% | 2024 |
| 51 | Spain | 499,686 | 0.39% | 2024 |
| 52 | Cameroon | 472,710 | 0.36% | 2024 |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 469,930 | 0.36% | 2024 |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 452,860 | 0.35% | 2024 |
| 55 | Morocco | 446,300 | 0.34% | 2024 |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 438,510 | 0.34% | 2024 |
| 57 | Iraq | 434,130 | 0.33% | 2024 |
| 58 | Greenland | 410,449 | 0.32% | 2024 |
| 59 | Sweden | 407,270 | 0.31% | 2024 |
| 60 | Paraguay | 396,012 | 0.31% | 2024 |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 386,850 | 0.30% | 2024 |
| 62 | Japan | 364,500 | 0.28% | 2024 |
| 63 | Norway | 364,270 | 0.28% | 2024 |
| 64 | Germany | 349,430 | 0.27% | 2024 |
| 65 | Congo - Brazzaville | 341,500 | 0.26% | 2024 |
| 66 | Malaysia | 328,550 | 0.25% | 2024 |
| 67 | Côte d’Ivoire | 318,000 | 0.25% | 2024 |
| 68 | Vietnam | 313,429 | 0.24% | 2024 |
| 69 | Oman | 309,500 | 0.24% | 2024 |
| 70 | Poland | 306,070 | 0.24% | 2024 |
| 71 | Finland | 304,000 | 0.23% | 2024 |
| 72 | Philippines | 298,170 | 0.23% | 2024 |
| 73 | Italy | 295,720 | 0.23% | 2024 |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 273,600 | 0.21% | 2024 |
| 75 | New Zealand | 263,310 | 0.20% | 2024 |
| 76 | Gabon | 257,670 | 0.20% | 2024 |
| 77 | Ecuador | 248,360 | 0.19% | 2024 |
| 78 | Guinea | 245,720 | 0.19% | 2024 |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 241,930 | 0.19% | 2024 |
| 80 | Laos | 230,800 | 0.18% | 2024 |
| 81 | Romania | 230,080 | 0.18% | 2024 |
| 82 | Ghana | 227,533 | 0.18% | 2024 |
| 83 | Guyana | 211,140 | 0.16% | 2024 |
| 84 | Belarus | 202,976 | 0.16% | 2024 |
| 85 | Uganda | 200,520 | 0.15% | 2024 |
| 86 | Senegal | 192,530 | 0.15% | 2024 |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 191,800 | 0.15% | 2024 |
| 88 | Syria | 183,630 | 0.14% | 2024 |
| 89 | Cambodia | 176,520 | 0.14% | 2024 |
| 90 | Uruguay | 175,016 | 0.13% | 2024 |
| 91 | Suriname | 160,508 | 0.12% | 2024 |
| 92 | Tunisia | 155,360 | 0.12% | 2024 |
| 93 | Nepal | 143,350 | 0.11% | 2024 |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 138,790 | 0.11% | 2024 |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 130,170 | 0.10% | 2024 |
| 96 | Greece | 128,900 | 0.10% | 2024 |
| 97 | Eritrea | 120,800 | 0.09% | 2024 |
| 98 | North Korea | 120,410 | 0.09% | 2024 |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 120,340 | 0.09% | 2023 |
| 100 | Benin | 112,760 | 0.09% | 2024 |
| 101 | Honduras | 111,890 | 0.09% | 2024 |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 108,560 | 0.08% | 2024 |
| 103 | Guatemala | 107,160 | 0.08% | 2024 |
| 104 | Cuba | 103,800 | 0.08% | 2024 |
| 105 | Iceland | 100,830 | 0.08% | 2024 |
| 106 | South Korea | 97,600 | 0.08% | 2024 |
| 107 | Liberia | 96,320 | 0.07% | 2024 |
| 108 | Malawi | 94,280 | 0.07% | 2024 |
| 109 | Portugal | 91,606 | 0.07% | 2024 |
| 110 | Hungary | 91,260 | 0.07% | 2024 |
| 111 | Jordan | 88,794 | 0.07% | 2024 |
| 112 | Serbia | 87,589 | 0.07% | 2024 |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 82,650 | 0.06% | 2024 |
| 114 | Austria | 82,520 | 0.06% | 2024 |
| 115 | Czechia | 77,156 | 0.06% | 2024 |
| 116 | Panama | 74,180 | 0.06% | 2024 |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 72,180 | 0.06% | 2024 |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 71,020 | 0.05% | 2024 |
| 119 | Georgia | 69,490 | 0.05% | 2024 |
| 120 | Ireland | 68,890 | 0.05% | 2024 |
| 121 | Lithuania | 62,590 | 0.05% | 2024 |
| 122 | Latvia | 62,230 | 0.05% | 2024 |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 61,860 | 0.05% | 2024 |
| 124 | Croatia | 55,960 | 0.04% | 2024 |
| 125 | Togo | 54,390 | 0.04% | 2024 |
| 126 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 51,200 | 0.04% | 2024 |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 50,560 | 0.04% | 2024 |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 48,198 | 0.04% | 2024 |
| 129 | Slovakia | 48,080 | 0.04% | 2024 |
| 130 | Estonia | 42,730 | 0.03% | 2024 |
| 131 | Denmark | 40,000 | 0.03% | 2024 |
| 132 | Switzerland | 39,510 | 0.03% | 2024 |
| 133 | Bhutan | 38,140 | 0.03% | 2024 |
| 134 | Netherlands | 33,670 | 0.03% | 2024 |
| 135 | Moldova | 32,930 | 0.03% | 2024 |
| 136 | Belgium | 30,494 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 137 | Lesotho | 30,360 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 138 | Armenia | 28,199 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,120 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,052 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 27,990 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 142 | Haiti | 27,560 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 143 | Albania | 27,400 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 144 | Burundi | 25,680 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 25,220 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 146 | Rwanda | 23,763 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 147 | Djibouti | 23,180 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 148 | Belize | 22,810 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 149 | Israel | 21,640 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 150 | El Salvador | 20,720 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 151 | Slovenia | 20,135 | 0.02% | 2024 |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 18,576 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 153 | Fiji | 18,333 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 154 | Kuwait | 17,820 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 155 | Eswatini | 17,200 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 14,870 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 157 | Montenegro | 13,450 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 12,189 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 159 | Qatar | 11,490 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 160 | Jamaica | 10,830 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 161 | Lebanon | 10,230 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 162 | Gambia | 10,120 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 163 | Bahamas | 10,010 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 164 | Cyprus | 9,240 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 | 0.01% | 2024 |
| 166 | Palestinian Territories | 6,025 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 167 | Brunei | 5,270 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 168 | Trinidad & Tobago | 5,128 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 4,030 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 3,521 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 171 | Samoa | 2,780 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 2,574 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 173 | Mauritius | 2,000 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 174 | Comoros | 1,870 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 175 | Faroe Islands | 1,370 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 176 | Hong Kong SAR China | 1,050 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 177 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 960 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 178 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 948 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 179 | Kiribati | 811 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 180 | Bahrain | 800 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 181 | Dominica | 751 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 182 | Singapore | 725 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 183 | Tonga | 720 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 184 | Micronesia | 701 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 185 | St. Lucia | 610 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 186 | Isle of Man | 572 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 187 | Guam | 541 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 188 | Andorra | 468 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 189 | Palau | 460 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 457 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 190 | Seychelles | 457 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 192 | Curaçao | 444 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 193 | Antigua & Barbuda | 440 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 194 | Barbados | 431 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 195 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 389 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 196 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 348 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 197 | Grenada | 344 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 198 | Malta | 315 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 199 | Maldives | 298 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 200 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 261 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 240 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 199 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 203 | Channel Islands | 198 | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 181 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 205 | Aruba | 180 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 206 | Liechtenstein | 160 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 151 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 208 | San Marino | 61 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 209 | Bermuda | 54 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 210 | St. Martin | 53 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 211 | Sint Maarten | 34 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 212 | Macao SAR China | 33 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 26 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 214 | Nauru | 21 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 215 | Gibraltar | 10 | 0.00% | 2024 |
| 216 | Monaco | 2 | 0.00% | 2024 |
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 2026-10-31
About this data
Land area is a country's total area minus inland water such as major rivers and lakes. That is why some figures are smaller than the total area you may see elsewhere: Canada, with many lakes, ranks below China and the United States here.
The list covers the economies the World Bank reports on. Antarctica and disputed areas with no single government are not included.
FAQ
What is the largest country by land area?
Russia, with 16,376,870 km² of land, followed by China (9,388,210 km²) and United States (9,147,420 km²).
How much land is there on Earth?
The World Bank sums the land of all countries to 129,763,686 km² (2023), roughly a quarter of the Earth's surface. Antarctica is not included.
What is the smallest country by land area?
In this list, Monaco, at 2 km². Vatican City is smaller but is not in the World Bank data.
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