Largest Countries in the World by Area

Here’s a list of countries of the world organized according to their land area. It indicates the largest countries in the world, starting with the largest country down to the smallest country in that order. Land area of each country is given in both square kilometers and square miles.

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Largest Countries in the World by Land Area

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		Land Area		Land Area
	COUNTRY	(Sq Kms)		(Sq Miles)
1	Russia	17,075,200.00		6,592,768.87
2	Canada	9,976,140.00		3,851,807.61
3	United States of America	9,629,091.00		3,717,811.29
4	China	9,596,960.00		3,705,405.45
5	Brazil	8,511,965.00		3,286,486.71
6	Australia	7,686,850.00		2,967,908.16
7	India	3,287,590.00		1,269,345.07
8	Argentina	2,766,890.00		1,068,301.76
9	Kazakhstan	2,717,300.00		1,049,154.96
10	Sudan	2,505,810.00		967,498.25
11	Algeria	2,381,740.00		919,594.58
12	Philippines	87,857,500	300,000.00	292.86	115,830.60	758.50
12	Congo (Dem. Rep. of )	2,345,410.00		905,567.49
13	Mexico	1,972,550.00		761,605.50
14	Saudi Arabia	1,960,582.00		756,984.63
15	Indonesia	1,919,440.00		741,099.62
16	Libya	1,759,540.00		679,361.91
17	Iran	1,648,000.00		636,296.10
18	Mongolia	1,565,000.00		604,249.63
19	Peru	1,285,220.00		496,226.01
20	Chad	1,284,000.00		495,754.97
21	Niger	1,267,000.00		489,191.23
22	Angola	1,246,700.00		481,353.36
23	Mali	1,240,000.00		478,766.48
24	South Africa	1,219,912.00		471,010.46
25	Colombia	1,138,910.00		439,735.43
26	Ethopia	1,127,127.00		435,185.99
27	Bolivia	1,098,580.00		424,163.94
28	Mauritania	1,030,700.00		397,955.33
29	Egypt	1,001,450.00		386,662.00
30	Tanzania	945,087.00		364,899.98
31	Nigeria	923,768.00		356,668.67
32	Venezuela	912,050.00		352,144.33
33	Namibia	825,418.00		318,695.54
34	Pakistan	803,940.00		310,402.84
35	Mozambique	801,590.00		309,495.50
36	Turkey	780,580.00		301,383.50
37	Chile	756,950.00		292,259.91
38	Zambia	752,614.00		290,585.77
39	Myanmar	678,500.00		261,970.21
40	Afghanistan	647,500.00		250,001.05
41	Somalia	637,657.00		246,200.64
42	Central African Republic	622,984.00		240,535.37
43	Ukraine	603,700.00		233,089.78
44	Botswana	600,370.00		231,804.06
45	Madagascar	587,040.00		226,657.32
46	Kenya	582,650.00		224,962.33
47	France	547,030.00		211,209.38
48	Yemen	527,970.00		203,850.27
49	Thailand	514,000.00		198,456.43
50	Spain	504,782.00		194,897.34
51	Turkmenistan	488,100.00		188,456.39
52	Cameroon	475,440.00		183,568.33
53	Papua New Guinea	462,840.00		178,703.45
54	Sweden	449,964.00		173,732.00
55	Uzbekistan	447,400.00		172,742.03
56	Morocco	446,550.00		172,413.85
57	Iraq	437,072.00		168,754.37
58	Paraguay	406,750.00		157,046.99
59	Zimbabwe	390,580.00		150,803.72
60	Japan	377,835.00		145,882.85
61	Germany	357,021.00		137,846.52
62	Congo (Rep.)	342,000.00		132,046.88
63	Finland	337,030.00		130,127.96
64	Malaysia	329,750.00		127,317.13
65	Vietnam	329,560.00		127,243.78
66	Norway	324,220.00		125,181.99
67	Cote d'Ivoire	322,460.00		124,502.45
68	Poland	312,685.00		120,728.30
69	Italy	301,230.00		116,305.51
70	Philippines	300,000.00		115,830.60
71	Ecuador	283,560.00		109,483.08
72	Burkina Faso	274,200.00		105,869.17
73	New Zealand	268,680.00		103,737.89
74	Gabon	267,667.00		103,346.76
75	Guinea	245,857.00		94,925.88
76	United Kingdom (UK)	244,820.00		94,525.49
77	Ghana	239,460.00		92,455.98
78	Romania	237,500.00		91,699.23
79	Laos	236,800.00		91,428.95
80	Uganda	236,040.00		91,135.52
81	Guyana	214,970.00		83,000.35
82	Oman	212,460.00		82,031.23
83	Belarus	207,600.00		80,154.78
84	Kyrgyzstan	198,500.00		76,641.25
85	Senegal	196,190.00		75,749.35
86	Syria	185,180.00		71,498.37
87	Cambodia	181,040.00		69,899.91
88	Uruguay	176,200.00		68,031.17
89	Tunisia	163,610.00		63,170.15
90	Suriname	163,270.00		63,038.87
91	Bangladesh	144,000.00		55,598.69
92	Tajikstan	143,100.00		55,251.20
93	Nepal	140,800.00		54,363.16
94	Greece	131,940.00		50,942.30
95	Nicaragua	129,494.00		49,997.89
96	Eritrea	121,320.00		46,841.89
97	Korea (North)	120,540.00		46,540.74
98	Malawi	118,480.00		45,745.36
99	Benin	112,620.00		43,482.81
100	Honduras	112,090.00		43,278.17
101	Liberia	111,370.00		43,000.18
102	Bulgaria	110,910.00		42,822.57
103	Cuba	110,860.00		42,803.27
104	Guatemala	108,890.00		42,042.65
105	Iceland	103,000.00		39,768.51
106	Serbia & Montenegro	102,350.00		39,517.54
107	Korea (South)	98,480.00		38,023.32
108	Hungary	93,030.00		35,919.07
109	Portugal	92,391.00		35,672.35
110	Jordan	92,300.00		35,637.21
111	Azerbaijan	86,600.00		33,436.43
112	Austria	83,858.00		32,377.74
113	United Arab Emirates	82,880.00		32,000.13
114	Czech Republic	78,866.00		30,450.32
115	Panama	78,200.00		30,193.18
116	Sierra Leone	71,740.00		27,698.96
117	Ireland	70,280.00		27,135.25
118	Georgia	69,700.00		26,911.31
119	Sri Lanka	65,610.00		25,332.15
120	Lithuania	65,200.00		25,173.85
121	Latvia	64,589.00		24,937.94
122	Togo	56,785.00		21,924.80
123	Croatia	56,542.00		21,830.98
124	Bosnia & Herzegovina	51,129.00		19,741.01
125	Costa Rica	51,100.00		19,729.81
126	Slovakia	48,845.00		18,859.15
127	Dominican Republic	48,730.00		18,814.75
128	Bhutan	47,000.00		18,146.79
129	Estonia	45,226.00		17,461.85
130	Denmark	43,094.00		16,638.68
131	Netherlands	41,526.00		16,033.27
132	Switzerland	41,290.00		15,942.15
133	Guinea-Bissau	36,120.00		13,946.00
134	Moldova	33,843.00		13,066.85
135	Belgium	30,510.00		11,779.97
136	Lesotho	30,355.00		11,720.13
137	Armenia	29,800.00		11,505.84
138	Albania	28,748.00		11,099.66
139	Solomon Islands	28,450.00		10,984.60
140	Equatorial Guinea	28,051.00		10,830.55
141	Burundi	27,830.00		10,745.22
142	Haiti	27,750.00		10,714.33
143	Rwanda	26,338.00		10,169.15
144	Macedonia	25,333.00		9,781.12
145	Djibouti	23,000.00		8,880.35
146	Belize	22,966.00		8,867.22
147	El Salvador	21,040.00		8,123.59
148	Israel	20,770.00		8,019.34
149	Slovenia	20,273.00		7,827.45
150	Fiji	18,270.00		7,054.08
151	Kuwait	17,820.00		6,880.34
152	Swaziland	17,363.00		6,703.89
153	East Timor	15,007.00		5,794.23
154	Bahamas	13,940.00		5,382.26
155	Vanuatu	12,200.00		4,710.44
156	Qatar	11,437.00		4,415.85
157	Gambia	11,300.00		4,362.95
158	Jamaica	10,991.00		4,243.65
159	Lebanon	10,400.00		4,015.46
160	Cyprus	9,250.00		3,571.44
161	Brunei	5,770.00		2,227.81
162	Trinidad & Tobago	5,128.00		1,979.93
163	Cape Verde	4,033.00		1,557.15
164	Samoa	2,944.00		1,136.68
165	Luxembourg	2,586.00		998.46
166	Comoros	2,170.00		837.84
167	Mauritius	2,040.00		787.65
168	Sao Tome & Principe	1,001.00		386.49
169	Kiribati	811.00		313.13
170	Dominica	754.00		291.12
171	Tonga	748.00		288.80
172	Micronesia	702.00		271.04
173	Singapore	693.00		267.57
174	Bahrain	665.00		256.76
175	Saint Lucia	616.00		237.84
176	Andorra	468.00		180.70
177	Palau	458.00		176.83
178	Seychelles	455.00		175.68
179	Antigua & Barbuda	443.00		171.04
180	Barbados	431.00		166.41
181	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	389.00		150.19
182	Grenada	344.00		132.82
183	Malta	316.00		122.01
184	Maldives	300.00		115.83
185	Saint Kitts & Nevis	261.00		100.77
186	Marshall Islands	181.00		69.88
187	Liechtenstein	160.00		61.78
188	San Marino	61.00		23.55
189	Tuvalu	26.00		10.04
190	Nauru	21.00		8.11
191	Monaco	2.00		0.77
192	Vatican City	1.00		0.44

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