° Ranking of Largest Countries in the World

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All countries and their size in square kilometers and square miles ordered by size; largest first.

Country List

Rank	Country Name	Size km²	Size mi²
1.	Russia	17,100,000	6,602,346
2.	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,102
3.	United States	9,629,091	3,717,812
4.	China	9,596,960	3,705,406
5.	Brazil	8,511,965	3,286,488
6.	Australia	7,686,850	2,967,909
7.	India	3,287,590	1,269,345
8.	Argentina	2,766,890	1,068,302
9.	Kazakhstan	2,717,300	1,049,155
10.	Sudan	2,505,810	967,498
11.	Algeria	2,381,740	919,594
12.	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,345,410	905,567
13.	Greenland	2,166,086	836,330
14.	Mexico	1,972,550	761,605
15.	Saudi Arabia	1,960,582	756,984
16.	Indonesia	1,919,440	741,099
17.	Libya	1,759,540	679,362
18.	Iran	1,648,000	636,296
19.	Mongolia	1,565,000	604,249
20.	Peru	1,285,220	496,226
21.	Chad	1,284,000	495,755
22.	Niger	1,267,000	489,191
23.	Angola	1,246,700	481,353
24.	Mali	1,240,000	478,766
25.	South Africa	1,219,912	471,010
26.	Colombia	1,138,910	439,735
27.	Ethiopia	1,127,127	435,186
28.	Bolivia	1,098,580	424,164
29.	Mauritania	1,030,700	397,955
30.	Egypt	1,001,450	386,662
31.	Tanzania	945,087	364,900
32.	Nigeria	923,768	356,668
33.	Venezuela	912,050	352,144
34.	Namibia	825,418	318,695
35.	Pakistan	803,940	310,402
36.	Mozambique	801,590	309,495
37.	Turkey	780,580	301,383
38.	Chile	756,950	292,260
39.	Zambia	752,614	290,585
40.	Myanmar	678,500	261,970
41.	Afghanistan	647,500	250,001
42.	Somalia	637,657	246,200
43.	Central African Republic	622,984	240,535
44.	Ukraine	603,700	233,089
45.	Botswana	600,370	231,804
46.	Madagascar	587,040	226,657
47.	Kenya	582,650	224,962
48.	France	547,030	211,209
49.	Yemen	527,970	203,850
50.	Thailand	514,000	198,456
51.	Spain	504,782	194,897
52.	Turkmenistan	488,100	188,456
53.	Cameroon	475,440	183,568
54.	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,703
55.	Sweden	449,964	173,732
56.	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742
57.	Morocco	446,550	172,413
58.	Iraq	437,072	168,754
59.	Paraguay	406,750	157,047
60.	Zimbabwe	390,580	150,803
61.	Japan	377,835	145,882
62.	Germany	357,021	137,846
63.	Republic of the Congo	342,000	132,046
64.	Finland	337,030	130,128
65.	Malaysia	329,750	127,317
66.	Vietnam	329,560	127,243
67.	Norway	324,220	125,182
68.	Ivory Coast	322,460	124,502
69.	Poland	312,685	120,728
70.	Italy	301,230	116,305
71.	Philippines	300,000	115,830
72.	Ecuador	283,560	109,483
73.	Burkina Faso	274,200	105,869
74.	New Zealand	268,680	103,737
75.	Gabon	267,667	103,346
76.	Western Sahara	266,000	102,703
77.	Guinea	245,857	94,925
78.	United Kingdom	244,820	94,525
79.	Ghana	239,460	92,456
80.	Romania	237,500	91,699
81.	Laos	236,800	91,428
82.	Uganda	236,040	91,135
83.	Guyana	214,970	83,000
84.	Oman	212,460	82,031
85.	Belarus	207,600	80,154
86.	Kyrgyzstan	198,500	76,641
87.	Senegal	196,190	75,749
88.	Syria	185,180	71,498
89.	Cambodia	181,040	69,899
90.	Uruguay	176,220	68,038
91.	Tunisia	163,610	63,170
92.	Suriname	163,270	63,038
93.	Bangladesh	144,000	55,598
94.	Tajikistan	143,100	55,251
95.	Nepal	140,800	54,363
96.	Greece	131,940	50,942
97.	Nicaragua	129,494	49,997
98.	Eritrea	121,320	46,841
99.	North Korea	120,540	46,540
100.	Malawi	118,480	45,745
101.	Benin	112,620	43,482
102.	Honduras	112,090	43,278
103.	Liberia	111,370	43,000
104.	Bulgaria	110,910	42,822
105.	Cuba	110,860	42,803
106.	Guatemala	108,890	42,042
107.	Iceland	103,000	39,768
108.	South Korea	98,480	38,023
109.	Hungary	93,030	35,919
110.	Portugal	92,391	35,672
111.	Jordan	92,300	35,637
112.	French Guiana	91,000	35,135
113.	Serbia	88,361	34,116
114.	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436
115.	Austria	83,858	32,377
116.	United Arab Emirates	82,880	32,000
117.	Czech Republic	78,866	30,450
118.	Panama	78,200	30,193
119.	Sierra Leone	71,740	27,698
120.	Ireland	70,280	27,135
121.	Georgia	69,700	26,911
122.	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332
123.	Lithuania	65,200	25,173
124.	Latvia	64,589	24,937
125.	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	62,049	23,957
126.	Togo	56,785	21,924
127.	Croatia	56,542	21,830
128.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,129	19,741
129.	Costa Rica	51,100	19,729
130.	Slovakia	48,845	18,859
131.	Dominican Republic	48,730	18,814
132.	Bhutan	47,000	18,146
133.	Estonia	45,226	17,461
134.	Denmark	43,094	16,638
135.	Netherlands	41,526	16,033
136.	Switzerland	41,290	15,942
137.	Guinea-Bissau	36,120	13,946
138.	Taiwan	35,980	13,891
139.	Moldova	33,843	13,066
140.	Belgium	30,510	11,779
141.	Lesotho	30,355	11,720
142.	Armenia	29,800	11,505
143.	Albania	28,748	11,099
144.	Solomon Islands	28,450	10,984
145.	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,830
146.	Burundi	27,830	10,745
147.	Haiti	27,750	10,714
148.	Rwanda	26,338	10,169
149.	Macedonia	25,333	9,781
150.	Djibouti	23,000	8,880
151.	Belize	22,966	8,867
152.	El Salvador	21,040	8,123
153.	Israel	20,770	8,019
154.	Slovenia	20,273	7,827
155.	New Caledonia	19,060	7,359
156.	Fiji	18,270	7,054
157.	Kuwait	17,820	6,880
158.	Swaziland	17,363	6,703
159.	East Timor	15,007	5,794
160.	Montenegro	14,026	5,415
161.	Bahamas	13,940	5,382
162.	Vanuatu	12,200	4,710
163.	Falkland Islands	12,173	4,700
164.	Qatar	11,437	4,415
165.	Gambia	11,300	4,362
166.	Jamaica	10,991	4,243
167.	Kosovo	10,908	4,211
168.	Lebanon	10,400	4,015
169.	Cyprus	9,250	3,571
170.	Puerto Rico	9,104	3,515
171.	French Southern Territories	7,829	3,022
172.	Palestinian Territory	5,970	2,305
173.	Brunei	5,770	2,227
174.	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128	1,979
175.	French Polynesia	4,167	1,608
176.	Cape Verde	4,033	1,557
177.	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903	1,506
178.	Samoa	2,944	1,136
179.	Luxembourg	2,586	998
180.	Reunion	2,517	971
181.	Comoros	2,170	837
182.	Mauritius	2,040	787
183.	Guadeloupe	1,780	687
184.	Faroe Islands	1,399	540
185.	Martinique	1,100	424
186.	Hong Kong	1,092	421
187.	Sao Tome and Principe	1,001	386
188.	Netherlands Antilles	960	370
189.	Kiribati	811	313
190.	Dominica	754	291
191.	Tonga	748	288
192.	Micronesia	702	271
193.	Singapore	692	267
194.	Bahrain	665	256
195.	Saint Lucia	616	237
196.	Isle of Man	572	220
197.	Guam	549	211
198.	Northern Mariana Islands	477	184
199.	Andorra	468	180
200.	Palau	458	176
201.	Seychelles	455	175
202.	Antigua and Barbuda	443	171
203.	Barbados	431	166
204.	Turks and Caicos Islands	430	166
205.	Saint Helena	410	158
206.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	150
207.	Mayotte	374	144
208.	U.S. Virgin Islands	352	135
209.	Grenada	344	132
210.	Malta	316	122
211.	Maldives	300	115
212.	Wallis and Futuna	274	105
213.	Cayman Islands	262	101
214.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	100
215.	Niue	260	100
216.	Macao	254	98
217.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	93
218.	Cook Islands	240	92
219.	American Samoa	199	76
220.	Aruba	193	74
221.	Marshall Islands	181	70
222.	Liechtenstein	160	61
223.	British Virgin Islands	153	59
224.	Christmas Island	135	52
225.	Jersey	116	44
226.	Anguilla	102	39
227.	Montserrat	102	39
228.	Guernsey	78	30
229.	San Marino	61	23
230.	British Indian Ocean Territory	60	23
231.	Bermuda	53	20
232.	Saint Martin	53	20
233.	Pitcairn	47	18
234.	Norfolk Island	34	13
235.	Tuvalu	26	10
236.	Saint Barthélemy	21	8
237.	Nauru	21	8
238.	Cocos Islands	14	5
239.	Tokelau	10	3
240.	Gibraltar	6	2
241.	Monaco	1	0
242.	Vatican	0	0

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