Land area · 2023

What country has the most land area?

Russia has the most land area in the world, with 16.4 million km².

Ranking by km²
#	Country	km²
1	Russia	16,376,870
2	China	9,388,210
3	United States	9,147,420
4	Canada	8,788,700
5	Brazil	8,358,140
6	Australia	7,692,020
7	India	2,973,190
8	Argentina	2,736,690
9	Kazakhstan	2,699,700
10	Algeria	2,381,740
11	DR Congo	2,267,050
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
13	Mexico	1,943,950
14	Indonesia	1,892,555
15	Sudan	1,868,000
16	Libya	1,759,540
17	Iran	1,622,500
18	Mongolia	1,558,500
19	Peru	1,280,000
20	Niger	1,266,700
21	Chad	1,259,200
22	Angola	1,246,700
23	Mali	1,220,190
24	South Africa	1,213,090
25	Ethiopia	1,128,499
26	Colombia	1,109,500
27	Bolivia	1,083,300
28	Mauritania	1,030,700
29	Egypt	995,450
30	Nigeria	910,770
31	Tanzania	885,800
32	Venezuela	882,050
33	Namibia	823,290
34	Mozambique	786,380
35	Pakistan	770,880
36	Türkiye	769,630
37	Zambia	743,390
38	Chile	742,832
39	Myanmar	652,670
40	Afghanistan	652,230
41	South Sudan	631,930
42	Somalia	627,340
43	Central African Republic	622,980
44	Madagascar	581,800
45	Kenya	580,876
46	Ukraine	579,400
47	Botswana	566,730
48	France	538,950
49	Yemen	527,970
50	Thailand	510,890
51	Spain	499,697
52	Cameroon	472,710
53	Turkmenistan	469,930
54	Papua New Guinea	452,860
55	Morocco	446,300
56	Uzbekistan	440,650
57	Iraq	434,130
58	Sweden	407,270
59	Paraguay	396,012
60	Zimbabwe	386,850
61	Japan	364,569
62	Norway	364,270
63	Germany	349,430
64	Republic of the Congo	341,500
65	Malaysia	328,550
66	Côte d'Ivoire	318,000
67	Vietnam	313,429
68	Oman	309,500
69	Poland	306,270
70	Finland	303,960
71	Philippines	298,170
72	Italy	295,720
73	Burkina Faso	273,600
74	New Zealand	263,310
75	Gabon	257,670
76	Ecuador	248,360
77	Guinea	245,720
78	United Kingdom	241,930
79	Laos	230,800
80	Romania	230,080
81	Ghana	227,533
82	Guyana	211,140
83	Belarus	202,983
84	Uganda	200,520
85	Senegal	192,530
86	Kyrgyzstan	191,800
87	Syria	183,630
88	Cambodia	176,520
89	Uruguay	175,020
90	Suriname	160,508
91	Tunisia	155,360
92	Nepal	143,350
93	Tajikistan	138,790
94	Bangladesh	129,980
95	Greece	128,900
96	Eritrea	121,178
97	North Korea	120,410
98	Nicaragua	120,340
99	Benin	112,760
100	Honduras	111,890
101	Bulgaria	108,560
102	Guatemala	107,160
103	Cuba	103,800
104	Iceland	100,830
105	South Korea	97,600
106	Liberia	96,320
107	Malawi	94,280
108	Portugal	91,606
109	Hungary	91,260
110	Jordan	88,794
111	Serbia	84,090
112	Azerbaijan	82,650
113	Austria	82,520
114	Czechia	77,167
115	Panama	74,180
116	Sierra Leone	72,180
117	United Arab Emirates	71,020
118	Georgia	69,490
119	Ireland	68,890
120	Lithuania	62,600
121	Latvia	62,230
122	Sri Lanka	61,860
123	Croatia	55,960
124	Togo	54,390
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,200
126	Costa Rica	51,060
127	Dominican Republic	48,198
128	Slovakia	48,080
129	Estonia	42,730
130	Denmark	40,000
131	Switzerland	39,510
132	Bhutan	38,140
133	The Netherlands	33,670
134	Moldova	32,930
135	Belgium	30,494
136	Lesotho	30,360
137	Armenia	28,199
138	Guinea-Bissau	28,120
139	Equatorial Guinea	28,050
140	Solomon Islands	27,990
141	Haiti	27,560
142	Albania	27,400
143	Burundi	25,680
144	North Macedonia	25,220
145	Rwanda	24,670
146	Djibouti	23,180
147	Belize	22,810
148	Israel	21,640
149	El Salvador	20,720
150	Slovenia	20,135
151	Fiji	18,270
152	Kuwait	17,820
153	Eswatini	17,200
154	Timor-Leste	14,870
155	Montenegro	13,450
156	Vanuatu	12,190
157	Qatar	11,490
158	Jamaica	10,830
159	Lebanon	10,230
160	Gambia	10,120
161	Bahamas	10,010
162	Cyprus	9,240
163	Palestine	6,025
164	Brunei	5,270
165	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130
166	Cabo Verde	4,030
167	Samoa	2,780
168	Luxembourg	2,574
169	Mauritius	1,997
170	Comoros	1,861
171	Sao Tome and Principe	960
172	Kiribati	810
173	Bahrain	800
174	Dominica	750
175	Tonga	720
176	Singapore	718
177	Micronesia	700
178	Saint Lucia	610
179	Andorra	470
180	Palau	460
180	Seychelles	460
182	Antigua and Barbuda	440
183	Barbados	430
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	390
185	Grenada	340
186	Malta	320
187	Maldives	298
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	260
189	Marshall Islands	180
190	Liechtenstein	160
191	San Marino	60
192	Tuvalu	30
193	Nauru	20
194	Monaco	2

Key facts

Runners-up

China is 2nd and United States 3rd.

Lead

Russia has 1.7× the figure of China.

Share of the total

Russia alone accounts for 12.7% of all 194 ranked countries.

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