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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.

• Self-governing dependent territories (classified by the UN) are listed separately from their sovereign state and are set off in italics.
• Antarctica is the 5th largest continent and comprises some 14,200,000 km². The following countries have territorial claims in the continent: Argentina (969,000 km²), Australia (6,120,000 km²), Chile (1,250,000 km²), France (432,000 km²), New Zealand (450,000 km²), Norway (2,500,000 km²) and United Kingdom (1,395,000 km²), which to some extent overlap. The area from 90°W to 150°W (2,100,000 km²) is currently unclaimed territory. According to the Antarctic Treaty national claims are frozen, and these areas are not included for the respective countries below.
• The European Union is a sui generis supranational union. The entity is composed of 27 member states. The total area of the territories of the 27 member states is 4,422,773 km² , and would be ranked 7th if it were included (3.0% of world's total land area).

Rank	Country / Territory	Area (km²)[a]	% of Total	Notes
—	Earth	510,065,284		Total surface area (70.8% water coverage and 29.2% land coverage)
—	World	148,939,063	100%	Total land coverage (29.2% of Earth´s surface)
1	Russia	17,098,242	11.5%	Largest country in the world.
2	Canada	9,970,610	6.7%	Total surface area is 9,984,670 km² according to Statistics Canada[1]
3,4 (disputed)	People's Republic of China (PRC)	9,598,0861 9,640,8212	6.4% 6.5%	Total of separate UN figures for mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong (1,099 km²) and Macau (26 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), Taiwan is not included.
	United States	9,629,091	6.5%	Includes the 50 states and District of Columbia, and Indian Reservations. The total area is listed as 9,826,630 km² by the CIA World Factbook[2]. The area of the contiguous United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, is 7,902,634 km².
5	Brazil	8,514,877	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).
6	Australia	7,741,220	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).
7	India	3,166,4141 3,287,2632	2.1% 2.2%	Third-largest country in Asia (after Russia and China) 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.[3] 2 Includes all disputed territories.
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1.9%	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	1.8%	Largest landlocked country in the world.
10	Sudan	2,505,813	1.7%	Largest country in Africa
11	Algeria	2,381,741	1.6%	Second-largest country in Africa
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858	1.6%	Third-largest country in Africa
13	Greenland	2,175,600	1.5%	A self-governing territory of Denmark.
14	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	1.4%	Largest country in Middle East
15	Mexico	1,958,201	1.3%
16	Indonesia	1,904,569	1.3%	Largest and most populous country situated only on islands.
17	Libya	1,759,540	1.2%
18	Iran	1,648,195	1.1%
19	Mongolia	1,564,116	1.1%
20	Peru	1,285,216	0.86%
21	Chad	1,284,000	0.86%
22	Niger	1,267,000	0.85%
23	Angola	1,246,700	0.85%
24	Mali	1,240,192	0.83%
25	South Africa	1,221,037	0.82%	Includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island).
26	Colombia	1,138,914	0.76%	Colombian census figure is 1,141,748[4] which includes three special districts and San Andrés and Providencia islands (52 km²) (disputed territories with Nicaragua).
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	0.74%
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	0.74%
29	Mauritania	1,025,520	0.69%
30	Egypt	1,001,449	0.67%	Including the Hala'ib Triangle.
31	Tanzania	945,087	0.63%	Includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar.
32	Nigeria	923,768	0.62%
33	Venezuela	912,050	0.61%	Does not include claims on Guayana Esequiba. If included, the area would be 1,075,945 and 29th.
34	Namibia	824,292	0.55 %
35	Mozambique	801,590	0.54%
36	Pakistan	796,0951 880,2542	%	1 Excludes all disputed territories. 2 Includes Pakistani-administered disputed territories (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas).
37	Turkey	783,562	0.53%
38	Chile	756,096	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	0.51%
40	Myanmar	676,578	0.45%
41	Afghanistan	652,090	0.44%
42	Somalia	637,657	0.43%
43	Central African Republic	622,984	0.42%
44	Ukraine	603,700	0.41%	Largest All-European country.
45	Madagascar	587,041	0.39%
46	Botswana	581,730	0.39%
47	Kenya	580,367	0.39%
48	France	551,500	0.37%	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	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	513,115	0.34%
51	Spain	505,992	0.34%	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	0.33%
53	Cameroon	475,442	0.32%
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840	0.31%
55	Sweden	449,964	0.30%	Includes Gotland and Öland.
56	Uzbekistan	447,400	0.30%	Largest doubly landlocked country of the world.
57	Morocco	446,550	0.30%	Excluding Western Sahara.
58	Iraq	438,317	0.29%
59	Paraguay	406,752	0.27%
60	Zimbabwe	390,757	0.26%
61	Norway	385,155	0.26%	Includes mainland Norway (324,220 km²) and the integral overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (60,980 km²); excludes the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km²) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island (~2,500,000 km²).
62	Japan	377,873	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.
63	Germany	357,022	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.
64	Republic of the Congo	342,000	0.23%
65	Finland	338,145	0.23%	Includes Åland.
66	Vietnam	331,689	0.22%
67	Malaysia	329,847	0.22%
68	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463	0.22%
69	Poland	312,685	0.21%
70	Oman	309,500	0.21%
71	Italy	301,318	0.20%
72	Philippines	300,000	0.20%
73	Ecuador	283,561	0.20%	Includes Galápagos Islands.
74	Burkina Faso	274,000	0.18%
75	New Zealand	270,534	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	0.18%
77	Western Sahara	266,000	0.18%	Largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
78	Guinea	245,857	0.17%
79	United Kingdom	242,900	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	0.16%
81	Ghana	238,533	0.16%
82	Romania	238,391	0.16%
83	Laos	236,800	0.16%
84	Guyana	214,969	0.14%
85	Belarus	207,600	0.14%	Largest landlocked country in Europe.
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,900	0.13%
87	Senegal	196,722	0.13%
88	Syria	185,180 183,885	0.12% 0.12%	The higher figure includes the Golan Heights.
89	Cambodia	181,035	0.12%
90	Uruguay	175,016	0.12%
91	Suriname	163,820	0.11%
92	Tunisia	163,610	0.11%
93	Nepal	147,181	0.10%
94	Bangladesh	143,998	0.10%
95	Tajikistan	143,100	0.10%
96	Greece	131,957	0.09%
97	Nicaragua	130,000	0.09%	Excludes San Andrés y Providencia islands (disputed territories with Colombia).
98	North Korea	120,538	0.08%
99	Malawi	118,484	0.08%
100	Eritrea	117,600	0.08%	Includes Badme region.
101	Benin	112,622	0.08%
102	Honduras	112,088	0.08%
103	Liberia	111,369	0.07%
104	Bulgaria	110,912	0.07%
105	Cuba	110,861	0.07%	Cuba is the largest and most populous country in the Caribbean
106	Guatemala	108,889	0.07%
107	Iceland	103,000	0.07%
108	South Korea	99,538	0.07%
109	Hungary	93,032	0.06%
110	Portugal	91,982	0.06%	Includes Azores and Madeira Islands.
111	French Guiana	90,000	0.06%	French overseas département.
112	Jordan	89,342	0.06%
113	Serbia	88,361	0.06%	Includes UN-administered territory of Kosovo[5]
114	Azerbaijan	86,600	0.06%	Includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
115	Austria	83,858	0.06%
116	United Arab Emirates	83,600	0.06%
117	Czech Republic	78,866	0.05%
118	Panama	75,517	0.05%
119	Sierra Leone	71,740	0.05%
120	Ireland	70,273	0.05%
121	Georgia	69,700	0.05%	Includes Abkhazia (8,600 km²[citation needed]) and South Ossetia
122	Sri Lanka	65,610	0.04%
123	Lithuania	65,300	0.04%
124	Latvia	64,600	0.04%
125	Togo	56,785	0.04%
126	Croatia	56,538	0.04%
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	0.03%
128	Costa Rica	51,100	0.03%	Includes Isla del Coco.
129	Slovakia	49,033	0.03%
130	Dominican Republic	48,671	0.03%	Includes The Mainland Dominican Republic, Saona Island, And others under Control Of Dominican Government
131	Bhutan	47,000	0.03%
132	Estonia	45,100	0.03%	Includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea.
133	Denmark	43,094	0.03%	Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km² and would be 13th.
134	Netherlands	41,528	0.03%	Includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km².
135	Switzerland	41,284	0.03%
136	Republic of China (Taiwan)	36,188[6]	0.02%	Includes only the territories under the administration of the ROC, namely Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
137	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	0.02%
138	Moldova	33,851	0.02%	Includes Transnistria (Pridnestrovie).
139	Belgium	30,528	0.02%
140	Lesotho	30,355	0.02%
141	Armenia	29,800	0.02%	Excludes Nagorno-Karabakh.
142	Solomon Islands	28,896	0.02%
143	Albania	28,748	0.02%
144	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	0.02%
145	Burundi	27,834	0.02%
146	Haiti	27,750	0.02%
147	Rwanda	26,338	0.02%
148	Republic of Macedonia	25,713	0.02%
149	Djibouti	23,200	0.02%
150	Belize	22,966	0.02%
151	Israel	22,145 or 20,770	0.01%	The higher figure includes the Golan Heights. Both figures exclude the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
152	El Salvador	21,041	0.01%
153	Slovenia	20,256	0.01%
154	New Caledonia	18,575	0.01%	French dependency.
155	Fiji	18,274	0.01%
156	Kuwait	17,818	0.01%
157	Swaziland	17,364	0.01%
158	East Timor	14,874	<0.01%
159	The Bahamas	13,878	<0.01%
160	Montenegro	13,812[7]	<0.01%
161	Vanuatu	12,189	<0.01%
162	Falkland Islands	12,173	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK. Claimed by Argentina. Excludes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
163	The Gambia	11,295	<0.01%
164	Qatar	11,000	<0.01%
165	Jamaica	10,991	<0.01%
166	Lebanon	10,400	<0.01%
167	Cyprus	9,251	<0.01%	Includes Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (only recognised by Turkey) and British sovereign military bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia).
168	Puerto Rico	8,875	<0.01%	Commonwealth of the United States.
169	Palestinian territories	6,020	<0.01%	The figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
170	Brunei	5,765	<0.01%
171	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	<0.01%
172	Cape Verde	4,033	<0.01%
173	French Polynesia	4,000	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity.
174	Samoa	2,831	<0.01%
175	Luxembourg	2,586	<0.01%
176	Réunion	2,510	<0.01%	French overseas département.
177	Comoros	2,235	<0.01%	Listed figure includes Mayotte (373 km²). The figure without Mayotte is 1,862 km².[8] Mayotte is officially an overseas collectivity of France and is not under the sovereignty of Comoros.
178	Mauritius	2,040	<0.01%	Includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues.
179	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.
180	Faroe Islands	1,399	<0.01%	A self-governing territory of Denmark.
181	Martinique	1,102	<0.01%	French overseas département.
182	São Tomé and Príncipe	964	<0.01%
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK. Area includes protected waters.
184	Netherlands Antilles	800	<0.01%	Autonomous area of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin).
185	Dominica	751	<0.01%
186	Tonga	747	<0.01%
187	Kiribati	726	<0.01%	Includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands.
188	Federated States of Micronesia	702	<0.01%	Includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie).
189	Bahrain	694	<0.01%
190	Singapore	683	<0.01%	UN figure is as of 2004. Official area in 2006 is 704 km².[9]
191	Isle of Man	572	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK.
192	Guam	549	<0.01%	Organized unincorporated territory of the USA.
193	Saint Lucia	539	<0.01%
194	Andorra	468	<0.01%
195	Northern Mariana Islands	464	<0.01%	Commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
196	Palau	459	<0.01%
197	Seychelles	455	<0.01%
198	Antigua and Barbuda	442	<0.01%	Includes Redonda, 1.6 km².
199	Barbados	430
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	388	<0.01%
201	United States Virgin Islands	347	<0.01%	Unincorporated, organized territory of the USA.
202	Grenada	344	<0.01%
203	Malta	316	<0.01%
204	Maldives	298	<0.01%
205	Cayman Islands	264	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK.
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	<0.01%
207	Niue	260	<0.01%	Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand.
208	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups.
209	Cook Islands	236	<0.01%	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
210	Wallis and Futuna	200	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets.
211	American Samoa	199	<0.01%	Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island.
212	Marshall Islands	181	<0.01%	Includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik.
213	Aruba	180	<0.01%	Self-governing part of the Netherlands.
214	Liechtenstein	160	<0.01%	Smallest doubly landlocked country of the world.
215	British Virgin Islands	151	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK; comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada.
216	Saint Helena	122	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK; excluding dependencies.
217	Jersey	116	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK.
218	Montserrat	102	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK.
219	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.[10]
220	Anguilla	91	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK.
221	Ascension Island	88	<0.01%	Dependency of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena.
222	Guernsey	78	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands.
223	San Marino	61	<0.01%
224	Bermuda	53	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK.
225	Norfolk Island	36	<0.01%	Self-governing area of Australia.
226	Tuvalu	26	<0.01%
227	Nauru	21	<0.01%
228	Tokelau	12	<0.01%	Territory of New Zealand.
229	Gibraltar	6	<0.01%	Overseas territory of the UK.
230	Pitcairn Islands	5	<0.01%	Colony of the UK.
231	Monaco	1.95[11]	<0.01%
232	Vatican City	0.44[12]	<0.01%	Smallest country in the world.

^a Source, unless otherwise specifed:

Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density, United Nations Statistics Division, 2004, <http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table03.pdf>. Retrieved on 2007-11-04

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[edit] See also

• List of major geographic bodies by area
• List of islands by area
• Orders of magnitude (area)
• List of Island Countries by area

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