Which country has the largest area?

Russia has the largest area: 17,075,400 km². Next come Canada (9,984,670 km²) and the United States (9,826,675 km²).

Which country has the smallest area?

The Vatican City, with 0.49 km².

What is the typical area of a country?

The median of the 194 countries is 119,412 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Countries by area

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. 194 countries, highest first. Wikidata

See every country at true size

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Highest

17,075,400 km²

Russia

Median country

119,412 km²

half above, half below

Lowest

0.49 km²

Vatican City

Countries by area, Wikidata
#	Country	Area	Region
1	Russia	17,075,400 km²	Eastern Europe
2	Canada	9,984,670 km²	Northern America
3	United States	9,826,675 km²	Northern America
4	China	9,596,961 km²	Eastern Asia
5	Brazil	8,515,767 km²	South America
6	Australia	7,692,024 km²	Australia and New Zealand
7	India	3,287,263 km²	Southern Asia
8	Argentina	2,780,400 km²	South America
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 km²	Central Asia
10	Algeria	2,381,741 km²	Northern Africa
11	DR Congo	2,344,858 km²	Middle Africa
12	Saudi Arabia	2,250,000 km²	Western Asia
13	Mexico	1,972,550 km²	Central America
14	Indonesia	1,904,570 km²	South-Eastern Asia
15	Sudan	1,886,068 km²	Northern Africa
16	Libya	1,759,541 km²	Northern Africa
17	Iran	1,648,195 km²	Southern Asia
18	Mongolia	1,564,116 km²	Eastern Asia
19	Peru	1,285,216 km²	South America
20	Chad	1,284,000 km²	Middle Africa
21	Niger	1,267,000 km²	Western Africa
22	Angola	1,246,700 km²	Middle Africa
23	Mali	1,240,192 km²	Western Africa
24	South Africa	1,221,037 km²	Southern Africa
25	Colombia	1,141,748 km²	South America
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km²	Eastern Africa
27	Bolivia	1,098,581 km²	South America
28	Mauritania	1,030,700 km²	Western Africa
29	Egypt	1,010,408 km²	Northern Africa
30	Tanzania	947,303 km²	Eastern Africa
31	Nigeria	923,768 km²	Western Africa
32	Venezuela	912,050 km²	South America
33	Pakistan	881,913 km²	Southern Asia
34	Namibia	825,615 km²	Southern Africa
35	Mozambique	801,590 km²	Eastern Africa
36	Turkey	783,562 km²	Western Asia
37	Chile	756,102 km²	South America
38	Zambia	752,618 km²	Eastern Africa
39	Myanmar	676,577 km²	South-Eastern Asia
40	Afghanistan	652,230 km²	Southern Asia
41	South Sudan	644,329 km²	Eastern Africa
42	France	643,801 km²	Western Europe
43	Somalia	637,657 km²	Eastern Africa
44	Central African Republic	622,984 km²	Middle Africa
45	Ukraine	603,550 km²	Eastern Europe
46	Madagascar	587,295 km²	Eastern Africa
47	Botswana	581,737 km²	Southern Africa
48	Kenya	581,309 km²	Eastern Africa
49	Thailand	513,120 km²	South-Eastern Asia
50	Spain	505,990 km²	Southern Europe
51	Turkmenistan	491,210 km²	Central Asia
52	Cameroon	475,442 km²	Middle Africa
53	Papua New Guinea	462,840 km²	Melanesia
54	Yemen	455,503 km²	Western Asia
55	Uzbekistan	448,978 km²	Central Asia
56	Sweden	447,425 km²	Northern Europe
57	Morocco	446,550 km²	Northern Africa
58	Iraq	437,072 km²	Western Asia
59	Paraguay	406,756 km²	South America
60	Zimbabwe	390,757 km²	Eastern Africa
61	Norway	385,207 km²	Northern Europe
62	Japan	377,972 km²	Eastern Asia
63	Germany	357,588 km²	Western Europe
64	Philippines	343,448 km²	South-Eastern Asia
65	Congo	342,000 km²	Middle Africa
66	Finland	338,478 km²	Northern Europe
67	Vietnam	331,690 km²	South-Eastern Asia
68	Malaysia	330,803 km²	South-Eastern Asia
69	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463 km²	Western Africa
70	Poland	312,683 km²	Eastern Europe
71	Oman	309,500 km²	Western Asia
72	Italy	302,068 km²	Southern Europe
73	Burkina Faso	274,200 km²	Western Africa
74	New Zealand	268,021 km²	Australia and New Zealand
75	Gabon	267,667 km²	Middle Africa
76	Ecuador	257,204 km²	South America
77	Guinea	245,857 km²	Western Africa
78	United Kingdom	242,495 km²	Northern Europe
79	Uganda	241,038 km²	Eastern Africa
80	Ghana	238,535 km²	Western Africa
81	Romania	238,397 km²	Eastern Europe
82	Laos	236,800 km²	South-Eastern Asia
83	Guyana	214,970 km²	South America
84	Belarus	207,597 km²	Eastern Europe
85	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 km²	Central Asia
86	Senegal	196,722 km²	Western Africa
87	Syria	185,180 km²	Western Asia
88	Cambodia	181,035 km²	South-Eastern Asia
89	Uruguay	176,215 km²	South America
90	Tunisia	163,610 km²	Northern Africa
91	Suriname	163,270 km²	South America
92	Bangladesh	147,570 km²	Southern Asia
93	Nepal	147,181 km²	Southern Asia
94	Tajikistan	143,100 km²	Central Asia
95	Greece	131,957 km²	Southern Europe
96	North Korea	120,540 km²	Eastern Asia
97	Nicaragua	120,340 km²	Central America
98	Malawi	118,484 km²	Eastern Africa
99	Eritrea	117,600 km²	Eastern Africa
100	Benin	114,763 km²	Western Africa
101	Honduras	112,492 km²	Central America
102	Liberia	111,369 km²	Western Africa
103	Bulgaria	110,994 km²	Eastern Europe
104	Cuba	109,884 km²	Caribbean
105	Guatemala	108,889 km²	Central America
106	Iceland	103,004 km²	Northern Europe
107	South Korea	100,295 km²	Eastern Asia
108	Hungary	93,011 km²	Eastern Europe
109	Portugal	92,225 km²	Southern Europe
110	Jordan	89,341 km²	Western Asia
111	Serbia	88,499 km²	Southern Europe
112	Azerbaijan	86,600 km²	Western Asia
113	Austria	83,879 km²	Western Europe
114	United Arab Emirates	83,600 km²	Western Asia
115	Czechia	78,871 km²	Eastern Europe
116	Panama	74,177 km²	Central America
117	Sierra Leone	71,740 km²	Western Africa
118	Ireland	69,797 km²	Northern Europe
119	Georgia	69,700 km²	Western Asia
120	Sri Lanka	65,610 km²	Southern Asia
121	Lithuania	65,300 km²	Northern Europe
122	Latvia	64,594 km²	Northern Europe
123	Togo	56,785 km²	Western Africa
124	Croatia	56,594 km²	Southern Europe
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 km²	Southern Europe
126	Costa Rica	51,180 km²	Central America
127	Slovakia	49,034 km²	Eastern Europe
128	Dominican Republic	48,671 km²	Caribbean
129	Estonia	45,335 km²	Northern Europe
130	Denmark	42,925 km²	Northern Europe
131	Netherlands	42,201 km²	Western Europe
132	Switzerland	41,291 km²	Western Europe
133	Bhutan	38,394 km²	Southern Asia
134	Taiwan	36,193 km²	Eastern Asia
135	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 km²	Western Africa
136	Moldova	33,844 km²	Eastern Europe
137	Belgium	30,688 km²	Western Europe
138	Lesotho	30,355 km²	Southern Africa
139	Armenia	29,743 km²	Western Asia
140	Albania	28,748 km²	Southern Europe
141	Solomon Islands	28,400 km²	Melanesia
142	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 km²	Middle Africa
143	Burundi	27,834 km²	Eastern Africa
144	Haiti	27,750 km²	Caribbean
145	Rwanda	26,338 km²	Eastern Africa
146	North Macedonia	25,713 km²	Southern Europe
147	Djibouti	23,200 km²	Eastern Africa
148	Belize	22,966 km²	Central America
149	El Salvador	21,041 km²	Central America
150	Israel	20,770 km²	Western Asia
151	Slovenia	20,271 km²	Southern Europe
152	Fiji	18,274 km²	Melanesia
153	Kuwait	17,818 km²	Western Asia
154	Eswatini	17,364 km²	Southern Africa
155	Timor-Leste	14,919 km²	South-Eastern Asia
156	Montenegro	13,883 km²	Southern Europe
157	Bahamas	13,878 km²	Caribbean
158	Vanuatu	12,190 km²	Melanesia
159	Qatar	11,437 km²	Western Asia
160	Gambia	11,300 km²	Western Africa
161	Jamaica	10,992 km²	Caribbean
162	Lebanon	10,452 km²	Western Asia
163	Cyprus	9,242 km²	Western Asia
164	Brunei	5,765 km²	South-Eastern Asia
165	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128 km²	Caribbean
166	Cabo Verde	4,033 km²	Western Africa
167	Samoa	2,842 km²	Polynesia
168	Luxembourg	2,593 km²	Western Europe
169	Mauritius	2,040 km²	Eastern Africa
170	Comoros	2,034 km²	Eastern Africa
171	São Tomé and Principe	1,001 km²	Middle Africa
172	Kiribati	811 km²	Micronesia
173	Bahrain	787 km²	Western Asia
174	Dominica	751 km²	Caribbean
175	Tonga	749 km²	Polynesia
176	Singapore	719 km²	South-Eastern Asia
177	Micronesia	702 km²	Micronesia
178	Saint Lucia	617 km²	Caribbean
179	Andorra	468 km²	Southern Europe
180	Palau	466 km²	Micronesia
181	Seychelles	459 km²	Eastern Africa
182	Antigua and Barbuda	440 km²	Caribbean
183	Barbados	439 km²	Caribbean
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 km²	Caribbean
185	Grenada	349 km²	Caribbean
186	Malta	316 km²	Southern Europe
187	Maldives	298 km²	Southern Asia
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	269 km²	Caribbean
189	Marshall Islands	181 km²	Micronesia
190	Liechtenstein	160 km²	Western Europe
191	San Marino	61 km²	Southern Europe
192	Nauru	21 km²	Micronesia
193	Monaco	2.08 km²	Western Europe
194	Vatican City	0.49 km²	Southern Europe

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Area	Status
Antarctica	14,000,000 km²	Governed under the Antarctic Treaty
Greenland	2,166,086 km²	Territory of Denmark
Western Sahara	266,000 km²	Status disputed
New Caledonia	18,576 km²	Territory of France
Falkland Islands	12,200 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	9,104 km²	Territory of United States of America
Palestine	8,220 km²	Status disputed
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	7,829 km²	Territory of France
French Polynesia	4,167 km²	Territory of France
South Georgia	4,066 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Hong Kong	2,755 km²	Territory of China
Åland Islands	1,583 km²	Territory of Finland
Faroe Islands	1,399 km²	Territory of Denmark
Isle of Man	572 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Guam	544 km²	Territory of United States of America
Northern Mariana Islands	464 km²	Territory of United States of America
Curaçao	444 km²	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	417 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Helena	394 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Heard and McDonald Islands	368 km²	Territory of Australia
US Virgin Islands	346 km²	Territory of United States of America
Wallis and Futuna	274 km²	Territory of France
Cayman Islands	264 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Niue	260 km²	Territory of New Zealand
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242 km²	Territory of France
Cook Islands	240 km²	Territory of New Zealand
American Samoa	199 km²	Territory of United States of America
Aruba	179 km²	Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	151 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Jersey	118 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Macao	115 km²	Territory of China
Montserrat	102 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Anguilla	91 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Guernsey	78 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Chagos Islands	60 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Bermuda	53 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Martin	53 km²	Territory of France
Pitcairn Islands	47 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Norfolk Island	35 km²	Territory of Australia
Sint Maarten	34 km²	Territory of Netherlands
Saint Barthélemy	24 km²	Territory of France

Questions

Which country has the largest area?: Russia has the largest area: 17,075,400 km². Next come Canada (9,984,670 km²) and the United States (9,826,675 km²).
Which country has the smallest area?: The Vatican City, with 0.49 km².
What is the typical area of a country?: The median of the 194 countries is 119,412 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: Wikidata. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.