Largest Country In The World (by area)

The world’s largest nations, measured in square kilometers of land area. This list has been updated recently.  The Earth is the 3rd closest planet to the Sun after Mercury and Venus. The age of the Earth is about 4.5 billion years and this fact has been proved with the help of radiometric dating. About 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water and the remaining 29% is a landmass that consists of continents and islands.   The largest country in the world is Russia with a total area of 17,098,242 Km² (6,601,665 mi²) and a land area of 16,376,870 Km² (6,323,142 mi²), equivalent to 11% of the total world’s landmass of 148,940,000 Km² (57,510,000 square miles). And the smallest countries in the world are the island nations in the Caribbean and the southern Pacific Ocean (Oceania). Vatican City, an enclave in Rome, Monaco, are The three smallest countries in the world, a principality on the Mediterranean coast and an enclave within Southern France, and Nauru, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Here a list of the 80 largest country in the world (by Area):

Country	Total Area (Km²)	Total Area (mi²)	Land Area (Km²)	Land Area (mi²)	% of world landmass
Russia	17098242	6601665	16376870	6323142	0.11
Canada	9984670	3855101	9093510	3511022	0.061
China	9706961	3747877	9388211	3624807	0.063
United States	9372610	3618783	9147420	3531837	0.061
Brazil	8515767	3287955	8358140	3227095	0.056
Australia	7692024	2969906	7682300	2966151	0.052
India	3287590	1269345	2973190	1147955	0.02
Argentina	2780400	1073518	2736690	1056641	0.018
Kazakhstan	2724900	1052089	2699700	1042360	0.018
Algeria	2381741	919595	2381740	919595	0.016
DR Congo	2344858	905354	2267050	875313	0.015
Greenland	2166086	836330	410450	158476	0.003
Saudi Arabia	2149690	830000	2149690	830000	0.014
Mexico	1964375	758449	1943950	750563	0.013
Indonesia	1904569	735358	1811570	699451	0.012
Sudan	1886068	728215	1765048	681489	0.012
Libya	1759540	679362	1759540	679362	0.012
Iran	1648195	636371	1628550	628786	0.011
Mongolia	1564110	603906	1553560	599833	0.01
Peru	1285216	496224	1280000	494211	0.009
Chad	1284000	495755	1259200	486180	0.008
Niger	1267000	489191	1266700	489075	0.009
Angola	1246700	481353	1246700	481353	0.008
Mali	1240192	478841	1220190	471118	0.008
South Africa	1221037	471445	1213090	468376	0.008
Colombia	1141748	440831	1109500	428380	0.007
Ethiopia	1104300	426372	1000000	386102	0.007
Bolivia	1098581	424164	1083300	418264	0.007
Mauritania	1030700	397955	1030700	397955	0.007
Egypt	1002450	387048	995450	384345	0.007
Tanzania	945087	364900	885800	342009	0.006
Nigeria	923768	356669	910770	351650	0.006
Venezuela	916445	353841	882050	340561	0.006
Pakistan	881912	340508	770880	297638	0.005
Namibia	825615	318772	823290	317874	0.006
Mozambique	801590	309496	786380	303623	0.005
Turkey	783562	302535	769630	297156	0.005
Chile	756102	291932	743532	287079	0.005
Zambia	752612	290585	743390	287024	0.005
Myanmar	676578	261228	653290	252237	0.004
Afghanistan	652230	251827	652860	252071	0.004
Somalia	637657	246201	627340	242217	0.004
Central African Republic	622984	240535	622980	240534	0.004
South Sudan	619745	239285	610952	235890	0.004
Ukraine	603500	233013	579320	223677	0.004
Madagascar	587041	226658	581795	224632	0.004
Botswana	582000	224711	566730	218816	0.004
Kenya	580367	224081	569140	219746	0.004
France	551695	213011	547557	211413	0.004
Yemen	527968	203850	527970	203850	0.004
Thailand	513120	198117	510890	197256	0.003
Spain	505992	195365	498800	192588	0.003
Turkmenistan	488100	188456	469930	181441	0.003
Cameroon	475442	183569	472710	182514	0.003
Papua New Guinea	462840	178703	452860	174850	0.003
Sweden	450295	173860	410340	158433	0.003
Uzbekistan	447400	172742	425400	164248	0.003
Morocco	446550	172414	446300	172317	0.003
Iraq	438317	169235	434320	167692	0.003
Paraguay	406752	157048	397300	153398	0.003
Zimbabwe	390757	150872	386850	149364	0.003
Japan	377930	145920	364555	140755	0.002
Germany	357114	137882	348560	134580	0.002
Philippines	342353	132183	298170	115124	0.002
Congo	342000	132047	341500	131854	0.002
Finland	338424	130666	303890	117333	0.002
Vietnam	331212	127882	310070	119719	0.002
Malaysia	330803	127724	328550	126854	0.002
Norway	323802	125021	365268	141031	0.002
Côte d’Ivoire	322463	124504	318000	122780	0.002
Poland	312679	120726	306230	118236	0.002
Oman	309500	119499	309500	119499	0.002
Italy	301336	116346	294140	113568	0.002
Ecuador	276841	106889	248360	95892	0.002
Burkina Faso	272967	105393	273600	105638	0.002
New Zealand	270467	104428	263310	101665	0.002
Gabon	267668	103347	257670	99487	0.002
Western Sahara	266000	102703	266000	102703	0.002
Guinea	245857	94926	245720	94873	0.002
United Kingdom	242900	93784	241930	93410	0.002
Uganda	241550	93263	199810	77147	0.001
Ghana	238533	92098	227540	87854	0.002
Romania	238391	92043	230170	88869	0.002
Laos	236800	91429	230800	89112	0.002
Guyana	214969	83000	196850	76004	0.001
Belarus	207600	80155	202910	78344	0.001
Kyrgyzstan	199951	77201	191800	74054	0.001
Senegal	196722	75955	192530	74336	0.001
Syria	185180	71498	183630	70900	0.001
Cambodia	181035	69898	176520	68155	0.001
Uruguay	181034	69898	175020	67576	0.001
Suriname	163820	63251	156000	60232	0.001
Tunisia	163610	63170	155360	59985	0.001
Bangladesh	147570	56977	130170	50259	0.001
Nepal	147181	56827	143350	55348	0.001
Tajikistan	143100	55251	139960	54039	0.001
Greece	131990	50962	128900	49769	0.001
Nicaragua	130373	50337	120340	46464	0.001
North Korea	120538	46540	120410	46491	0.001
Malawi	118484	45747	94280	36402	0.001
Eritrea	117600	45406	101000	38996	0.001
Benin	112622	43484	112760	43537	0.001
Honduras	112492	43433	111890	43201	0.001
Liberia	111369	43000	96320	37189	0.001
Bulgaria	110879	42811	108560	41915	0.001
Cuba	109884	42426	106440	41097	0.001
Guatemala	108889	42042	107160	41375	0.001
Iceland	103000	39769	100250	38707	0.001
South Korea	100210	38691	97230	37541	0.001
Hungary	93028	35918	90530	34954	0.001
Portugal	92090	35556	91590	35363	0.001
Jordan	89342	34495	88780	34278	0.001
Serbia	88361	34116	87460	33768	0.001
Azerbaijan	86600	33436	82658	31914	0.001
Austria	83871	32383	82409	31818	0.001
United Arab Emirates	83600	32278	83600	32278	0.001
French Guiana	83534	32253	82200	31738	0.001
Czechia	78865	30450	77240	29823	0.001
Panama	75417	29119	74340	28703	0
Sierra Leone	71740	27699	72180	27869	0
Ireland	70273	27133	68890	26599	0
Georgia	69700	26911	69490	26830	0
Sri Lanka	65610	25332	62710	24212	0
Lithuania	65300	25212	62674	24199	0
Latvia	64559	24926	62200	24016	0
Togo	56785	21925	54390	21000	0
Croatia	56594	21851	55960	21606	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51209	19772	51000	19691	0
Costa Rica	51100	19730	51060	19714	0
Slovakia	49037	18933	48088	18567	0
Dominican Republic	48671	18792	48320	18656	0
Estonia	45227	17462	42390	16367	0
Denmark	43094	16639	42430	16382	0
Netherlands	41850	16158	33720	13019	0
Switzerland	41284	15940	39516	15257	0
Bhutan	38394	14824	38117	14717	0
Taiwan	36193	13974	35410	13672	0
Guinea-Bissau	36125	13948	28120	10857	0
Moldova	33846	13068	32850	12683	0
Belgium	30528	11787	30280	11691	0
Lesotho	30355	11720	30360	11722	0
Armenia	29743	11484	28470	10992	0
Solomon Islands	28896	11157	27990	10807	0
Albania	28748	11100	27400	10579	0
Equatorial Guinea	28051	10831	28050	10830	0
Burundi	27834	10747	25680	9915	0
Haiti	27750	10714	27560	10641	0
Rwanda	26338	10169	24670	9525	0
Republic of North Macedonia	25713	9928	25220	9737	0
Djibouti	23200	8958	23180	8950	0
Belize	22966	8867	22810	8807	0
El Salvador	21041	8124	20720	8000	0
Israel	20770	8019	21640	8355	0
Slovenia	20273	7827	20140	7776	0
New Caledonia	18575	7172	18280	7058	0
Fiji	18272	7055	18270	7054	0
Kuwait	17818	6880	17820	6880	0
Eswatini	17364	6704	17200	6641	0
Timor-Leste	14874	5743	14870	5741	0
Bahamas	13943	5383	10010	3865	0
Montenegro	13812	5333	13450	5193	0
Vanuatu	12189	4706	12190	4707	0
Falkland Islands	12173	4700	12170	4699	0
Qatar	11586	4473	11610	4483	0
Jamaica	10991	4244	10830	4181	0
Gambia	10689	4127	10120	3907	0
Lebanon	10452	4036	10230	3950	0
Cyprus	9251	3572	9240	3568	0
Puerto Rico	8870	3425	8870	3425	0
State of Palestine	6220	2402	6020	2324	0
Brunei Darussalam	5765	2226	5270	2035	0
Trinidad and Tobago	5130	1981	5130	1981	0
French Polynesia	4167	1609	3660	1413	0
Cabo Verde	4033	1557	4030	1556	0
Samoa	2842	1097	2830	1093	0
Luxembourg	2586	998	2590	1000	0
Réunion	2511	970	2500	965	0
Mauritius	2040	788	2030	784	0
Comoros	1862	719	1861	719	0
Guadeloupe	1628	629	1690	653	0
Faeroe Islands	1393	538	1396	539	0
Martinique	1128	436	1060	409	0
China, Hong Kong SAR	1104	426	1050	405	0
Sao Tome and Principe	964	372	960	371	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	948	366	950	367	0
Kiribati	811	313	810	313	0
Bahrain	765	295	760	293	0
Dominica	751	290	750	290	0
Tonga	747	288	720	278	0
Singapore	710	274	700	270	0
Micronesia	702	271	700	270	0
Saint Lucia	616	238	610	236	0
Isle of Man	572	221	570	220	0
Guam	549	212	540	208	0
Andorra	468	181	470	181	0
Northern Mariana Islands	464	179	460	178	0
Palau	459	177	460	178	0
Seychelles	452	175	460	178	0
Curaçao	444	171	444	171	0
Antigua and Barbuda	442	171	440	170	0
Barbados	430	166	430	166	0
Saint Helena	394	152	390	151	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	150	390	151	0
Mayotte	374	144	375	145	0
United States Virgin Islands	347	134	350	135	0
Grenada	344	133	340	131	0
Caribbean Netherlands	328	127	328	127	0
Malta	316	122	320	124	0
Maldives	300	116	300	116	0
Cayman Islands	264	102	240	93	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	101	260	100	0
Niue	260	100	260	100	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	93	230	89	0
Cook Islands	236	91	240	93	0
American Samoa	199	77	200	77	0
Marshall Islands	181	70	180	69	0
Aruba	180	69	180	69	0
Liechtenstein	160	62	160	62	0
British Virgin Islands	151	58	150	58	0
Wallis and Futuna Islands	142	55	140	54	0
Montserrat	102	39	100	39	0
Anguilla	91	35	90	35	0
San Marino	61	24	60	23	0
Bermuda	54	21	50	19	0
Saint Martin	53	20	53	20	0
Sint Maarten	34	13	34	13	0
China, Macao SAR	30	12	30	12	0
Tuvalu	26	10	30	12	0
Nauru	21	8	20	8	0
Saint Barthélemy	21	8	21	8	0
Tokelau	12	5	10	4	0
Gibraltar	6	2	10	4	0
Monaco	2	1	1	1	0
Holy See	0	0	0	0	0
Channel Islands	0	0	190	73	0

List of countries (and dependencies) ranked by area

Total Area = land area + water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers)
Km² = square kilometers | mi² = square miles

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World Largest Countries FAQs

Q1. What is the largest country in the world?

Answer: Russia is the world’s largest country in the world. It is covering over Total Land Area 6323142 mi². It is beating out runner-up Canada by around 2.8 million square miles.

Q 2. Which are the 10 largest countries in the world?

Answers: The top ten largest countries, in square kilometers.

• Russia – 17,098,242 Km²
• Canada – 9,984,670 Km²
• United States – 9,826,675 Km²
• China – 9,596,961 Km²
• Brazil – 8,514,877 Km²
• Australia – 7,741,220 Km²
• India – 3,287,263 Km²
• Argentina – 2,780,400 Km²
• Kazakhstan – 2724900 Km²
• Algeria – 2381741 Km²

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