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List of countries by area

Here is a list of the countries of the world sorted by area. Areas include inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).

Rank Country Area (km²) Notes
  World 510,072,000 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land
1 Russia 17,075,200
2 Canada 9,984,670
3 United States 9,631,418 includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
4 People's Republic of China 9,596,960 includes mainland China only; excludes Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
5 Brazil 8,511,965 includes Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas , Ilha da Trindade , Ilhas Martin Vaz , and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo
6 Australia 7,686,850 includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
  European Union 3,976,372
7 India 3,287,590
8 Argentina 2,766,890 doesn't include claims on Antarctica, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
9 Kazakhstan 2,717,300
10 Sudan 2,505,810
11 Algeria 2,381,740
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,345,410
13 Greenland 2,166,086
14 Mexico 1,972,550
15 Saudi Arabia 1,960,582
16 Indonesia 1,919,440
17 Libya 1,759,540
18 Iran 1,648,000
19 Mongolia 1,564,116
20 Peru 1,285,220
21 Chad 1,284,000
22 Niger 1,267,000
23 Angola 1,246,700
24 Mali 1,240,000
25 South Africa 1,219,912 includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)
26 Colombia 1,138,910 includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay , Serrana Bank , and Serranilla Bank
27 Ethiopia 1,127,127
28 Bolivia 1,098,580
29 Mauritania 1,030,700
30 Egypt 1,001,450
31 Tanzania 945,087 includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
32 Nigeria 923,768
33 Venezuela 912,050
34 Namibia 825,418
35 Pakistan 803,940
36 Mozambique 801,590
37 Turkey 780,580
38 Chile 756,950 includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gómez
39 Zambia 752,614
40 Burma 678,500
41 Afghanistan 647,500
42 Somalia 637,657
43 Central African Republic 622,984
44 Ukraine 603,700
45 Botswana 600,370
46 Madagascar 587,040
47 Kenya 582,650
48 France 547,030 includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas administrative divisions
49 Yemen 527,970 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 514,000
51 Spain 504,782 there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
52 Turkmenistan 488,100
53 Cameroon 475,440
54 Papua New Guinea 462,840
55 Sweden 449,964
56 Uzbekistan 447,400
57 Morocco 446,550
58 Iraq 437,072
59 Paraguay 406,750
60 Zimbabwe 390,580
61 Japan 377,835 includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto , Minami-jima , Okino-tori-shima , Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
62 Germany 357,021
63 Republic of the Congo 342,000
64 Finland 338,145
65 Malaysia 329,750
66 Vietnam 329,560
67 Norway 324,220
68 Cote d'Ivoire 322,460
69 Poland 312,685
70 Italy 301,230 includes Sardinia and Sicily
71 Philippines 300,000
72 Ecuador 283,560 includes Galápagos Islands
73 Burkina Faso 274,200
74 New Zealand 268,680 includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
75 Gabon 267,667
76 Western Sahara 266,000
77 Guinea 245,857
78 United Kingdom 244,820 includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
79 Ghana 239,460
80 Romania 237,500
81 Laos 236,800
82 Uganda 236,040
83 Guyana 214,970
84 Oman 212,460
85 Belarus 207,600
86 Kyrgyzstan 198,500
87 Senegal 196,190
88 Syria 185,180 includes 1,295 km² of Israeli-occupied territory
89 Cambodia 181,040
90 Uruguay 176,220
91 Tunisia 163,610
92 Suriname 163,270
93 Bangladesh 144,000
94 Tajikistan 143,100
95 Nepal 140,800
96 Greece 131,940
97 Nicaragua 129,494
98 Eritrea 121,320
99 North Korea 120,540
100 Malawi 118,480
101 Benin 112,620
102 Honduras 112,090
103 Liberia 111,370
104 Bulgaria 110,910
105 Cuba 110,860
106 Guatemala 108,890
107 Iceland 103,000
108 Serbia and Montenegro 102,350
109 South Korea 98,480
110 Hungary 93,030
111 Portugal 92,391 includes Azores and Madeira Islands
112 Jordan 92,300
113 French Guiana 91,000
114 Azerbaijan 86,600 includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
115 Austria 83,870
116 United Arab Emirates 82,880
117 Czech Republic 78,866
118 Panama 78,200
119 Sierra Leone 71,740
120 Republic of Ireland 70,280
121 Georgia 69,700
122 Sri Lanka 65,610
123 Lithuania 65,200
124 Latvia 64,589
125 Svalbard 62,049 includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
126 Togo 56,785
127 Croatia 56,542
128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129
129 Costa Rica 51,100 includes Isla del Coco
130 Slovakia 48,845
131 Dominican Republic 48,730
132 Bhutan 47,000
133 Estonia 45,226 includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
134 Denmark 43,094 includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland, with which it would contain 2,389,903(km²), and rank 11th.
135 Netherlands 41,526
136 Switzerland 41,290
137 Guinea-Bissau 36,120
138 Republic of China 35,980 includes Taiwan and the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy
139 Moldova 33,843
140 Belgium 30,528
141 Lesotho 30,355
142 Armenia 29,800
143 Albania 28,748
144 Solomon Islands 28,450
145 Equatorial Guinea 28,051
146 Burundi 27,830
147 Haiti 27,750
148 Rwanda 26,338
149 Republic of Macedonia 25,333
150 Djibouti 23,000
151 Belize 22,966
152 El Salvador 21,040
153 Israel 20,770
154 Slovenia 20,273
155 New Caledonia 19,060
156 Fiji 18,270
157 Kuwait 17,820
158 Swaziland 17,363
159 East Timor 15,007
160 The Bahamas 13,940
161 Vanuatu 12,200 includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited
162 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands
163 Qatar 11,437
164 The Gambia 11,300
165 Jamaica 10,991
166 Lebanon 10,400
167 Cyprus 9,250
168 Puerto Rico 9,104
169 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829 includes Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet and Îles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 km² in Antarctica
170 West Bank 5,860 includes West Bank, Latrun Salient , and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
171 Brunei 5,770
172 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128
173 French Polynesia 4,167
174 Cape Verde 4,033
175 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903 includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of some nine islands
176 Samoa 2,944
177 Luxembourg 2,586
178 Réunion 2,517
179 Comoros 2,170
180 Mauritius 2,040 includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
181 Guadeloupe 1,780 Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante , La Désirade , Îles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Îles de la Petite Terre , and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin)
182 Faroe Islands 1,399
183 Martinique 1,100
184 Hong Kong 1,092
185 São Tomé and Príncipe 1,001
186 Netherlands Antilles 960 includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)
187 Kiribati 811 includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands
188 Dominica 754
189 Tonga 748
190 Federated States of Micronesia 702 includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands , and Kosrae (Kosaie)
191 Singapore 692.70
192 Bahrain 665
193 Saint Lucia 616
194 Isle of Man 572
195 Guam 549
196 Northern Mariana Islands 477 includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
197 Andorra 468
198 Palau 458
199 Seychelles 455
200 Antigua and Barbuda 443 includes Redonda, 1.6 km²
201 Barbados 431
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 430
203 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412
204 Saint Helena 410 includes Saint Helena Island, Ascension, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha, which consists of Tristan da Cunha Island , Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, and the three Nightingale Islands
205 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389
206 Mayotte 374
207 Jan Mayen 373
208 Gaza Strip 360
209 Virgin Islands 352
210 Grenada 344
211 Malta 316
212 Maldives 300
213 Wallis and Futuna 274 includes Île Uvea (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi , and 20 islets
214 Cayman Islands 262
215 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261
216 Niue 260
217 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
218 Cook Islands 240
219 American Samoa 199 includes Rose Island and Swains Island
220 Aruba 193
221 Marshall Islands 181.30 includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap , and Utirik
222 Liechtenstein 160
223 British Virgin Islands 153 comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada
224 Christmas Island 135
225 Dhekelia 130.80
226 Akrotiri 123
227 Jersey 116
228 Anguilla 102
229 Montserrat 102
230 Guernsey 78 includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
231 San Marino 61.20
232 British Indian Ocean Territory 60 includes the entire Chagos Archipelago
233 Bouvet Island 58.50
234 Bermuda 53.30
235 Pitcairn Islands 47
236 Norfolk Island 34.60
237 Europa Island 28
238 Tuvalu 26
239 Macau 25.40
240 Nauru 21
241 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
242 Palmyra Atoll 11.90
243 Tokelau 10
244 Gibraltar 6.50
245 Wake Island 6.50
246 Midway Islands 6.20 includes Eastern Island , Sand Island , and Spit Island
247 Clipperton Island 6
248 Navassa Island 5.40
249 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
250 Glorioso Islands 5 includes Île Glorieuse , Île du Lys , Verte Rocks , Wreck Rock , and South Rock
251 Spratly Islands less than 5 includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 km² of the central South China Sea
252 Jarvis Island 4.50
253 Juan de Nova Island 4.40
254 Coral Sea Islands less than 3 includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 km², with the Willis Islets the most important
255 Johnston Atoll 2.80
256 Monaco 1.95
257 Howland Island 1.60
258 Baker Island 1.40
259 Kingman Reef 1
260 Tromelin Island 1
261 Vatican City 0.44
262 Bassas da India 0.20
  Paracel Islands NA

Source: CIA World Factbook [1] accessed February 15, 2005.

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Last updated: 10-25-2005 02:35:10
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