List of states and territories by area
This is a list of the countries and territories in the world sorted by area .
The entries in this list include those of the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. Mostly unrecognized states that are not included in ISO 3166-1 are listed in the ranking, but are not given a ranking number. The areas of these largely unrecognized states are in most cases also included in the areas of the states that claim the same area.
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The list sorts according to the following three ways of measuring area.
- Area (total): Is the total area resulting from the addition of land area and water area
- Area (land): The entire area within the national borders excluding water areas (including coastal areas and islands).
- Area (water): The sum of all areas covered by water within the national borders (lakes, rivers, water reserves). Internal coastal waters such as bays are included in some cases.
The area of a country should not be confused with the exclusive economic zone , because territorial waters do not count towards the area.
All information is based on data from the CIA World Factbook .
rank | Country | Area in km² (total) |
Area in km² (land) |
Area in km² (water) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia | 17,098,242 | 16,377,742 | 720,500 |
2 | Canada | 9,984,670 | 9,093,507 | 891.163 |
3 | United States | 9,833,517 | 9,147,593 | 685.924 |
4th | People's Republic of China | 9,596,960 | 9,326,410 | 270,550 |
5 | Brazil | 8,515,770 | 8,358,140 | 157.630 |
6th | Australia | 7,741,220 | 7,682,300 | 58,920 |
7th | India | 3,287,263 | 2,973,193 | 314.070 |
8th | Argentina | 2,780,400 | 2,736,690 | 43,710 |
9 | Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 | 2,699,700 | 25,200 |
10 | Algeria | 2,381,740 | 2,381,740 | 0 |
11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2,344,858 | 2,267,048 | 77,810 |
- | Greenland | 2,166,086 | 2,166,086 | 0 |
12 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 | 2,149,690 | 0 |
13 | Mexico | 1,964,375 | 1,943,945 | 20,430 |
14th | Indonesia | 1,904,569 | 1,811,569 | 93,000 |
15th | Sudan | 1,861,484 | 1,861,484 | 0 |
16 | Libya | 1,759,540 | 1,759,540 | 0 |
17th | Iran | 1,648,195 | 1,531,595 | 116,600 |
18th | Mongolia | 1,564,116 | 1,553,556 | 10,560 |
19th | Peru | 1,285,216 | 1,279,996 | 5,220 |
20th | Chad | 1,284,000 | 1,259,200 | 24,800 |
21st | Niger | 1,267,000 | 1,266,700 | 300 |
22nd | Angola | 1,246,700 | 1,246,700 | 0 |
23 | Mali | 1,240,192 | 1,220,190 | 20.002 |
24 | South Africa | 1,219,090 | 1,214,470 | 4,620 |
25th | Colombia | 1,138,910 | 1,038,700 | 100.210 |
26th | Ethiopia | 1,104,300 | 1,000,000 | 104,300 |
27 | Bolivia | 1,098,581 | 1,083,301 | 15,280 |
28 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 | 1,030,700 | 0 |
29 | Egypt | 1,001,450 | 995.450 | 6,000 |
30th | Tanzania | 947,300 | 885.800 | 61,500 |
31 | Nigeria | 923,768 | 910.768 | 13,000 |
32 | Venezuela | 912.050 | 882.050 | 30,000 |
33 | Namibia | 824.292 | 823.290 | 1.002 |
34 | Mozambique | 799.380 | 786.380 | 13,000 |
35 | Pakistan | 796.095 | 770.875 | 25,220 |
36 | Turkey | 783,562 | 769.632 | 13,930 |
37 | Chile | 756.102 | 743.812 | 12,290 |
38 | Zambia | 752.618 | 743,398 | 9,220 |
39 | Myanmar | 676.578 | 653.508 | 23,070 |
40 | Afghanistan | 652.230 | 652.230 | 0 |
41 | South Sudan | 644,329 | 644,329 | 0 |
42 | France (with integrated overseas territories ) | 643,801 | 640,427 | 3,374 |
43 | Somalia | 637.657 | 627,337 | 10,320 |
44 | Central African Republic | 622.984 | 622.984 | 0 |
45 | Ukraine | 603,550 | 579.330 | 24,220 |
46 | Madagascar | 587.041 | 581,540 | 5,501 |
47 | Botswana | 581.730 | 566.730 | 15,000 |
48 | Kenya | 580.367 | 569.140 | 11,227 |
- | France ( Metropolitan ) | 551,500 | 549.970 | 1,530 |
49 | Yemen | 527.968 | 527.968 | 0 |
50 | Thailand | 513.120 | 510.890 | 2,230 |
51 | Spain | 505.370 | 498.980 | 6,390 |
52 | Turkmenistan | 488.100 | 469.930 | 18,170 |
53 | Cameroon | 475,440 | 472.710 | 2,730 |
54 | Papua New Guinea | 462.840 | 452.860 | 9,980 |
55 | Sweden | 450.295 | 410,335 | 39,960 |
56 | Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 425,400 | 22,000 |
57 | Morocco | 446,550 | 446,300 | 250 |
58 | Iraq | 438.317 | 437,367 | 950 |
59 | Paraguay | 406.752 | 397,302 | 9,450 |
60 | Zimbabwe | 390.757 | 386,847 | 3,910 |
61 | Japan | 377.975 | 364,545 | 13,430 |
62 | Germany | 357.022 | 348,672 | 8,350 |
63 | Republic of the Congo | 342,000 | 341,500 | 500 |
64 | Finland | 338.145 | 303.815 | 34,330 |
65 | Vietnam | 331.210 | 310.070 | 21,140 |
66 | Malaysia | 329,847 | 328,657 | 1,190 |
67 | Norway | 323,802 | 304.282 | 19,520 |
68 | Ivory Coast | 322,463 | 318.003 | 4,460 |
69 | Poland | 312,685 | 304.255 | 8,430 |
70 | Oman | 309,500 | 309,500 | 0 |
71 | Italy | 301,340 | 294.140 | 7,200 |
72 | Philippines | 300,000 | 298.170 | 1,830 |
73 | Ecuador | 283,561 | 276.841 | 6,720 |
74 | Burkina Faso | 274.200 | 273,800 | 400 |
75 | New Zealand | 268,838 | 264,537 | 4,301 |
76 | Gabon | 267,667 | 257,667 | 10,000 |
- | Western Sahara | 266,000 | 266,000 | 0 |
77 | Guinea | 245.857 | 245.717 | 140 |
78 | United Kingdom | 243.610 | 241.930 | 1,680 |
79 | Uganda | 241.038 | 197,100 | 43,938 |
80 | Ghana | 238,533 | 227,533 | 11,000 |
81 | Romania | 238.391 | 229.891 | 8,500 |
82 | Laos | 236,800 | 230,800 | 6,000 |
83 | Guyana | 214,969 | 196,849 | 18,120 |
84 | Belarus | 207,600 | 202,900 | 4,700 |
85 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 | 191,801 | 8,150 |
86 | Senegal | 196.722 | 192,530 | 4,192 |
87 | Syria | 185.180 | 183,630 | 1,550 |
88 | Cambodia | 181.035 | 176,515 | 4,520 |
89 | Uruguay | 176.215 | 175.015 | 1,200 |
90 | Suriname | 163,820 | 156,000 | 7,820 |
91 | Tunisia | 163,610 | 155,360 | 8,250 |
92 | Bangladesh | 148,460 | 130.170 | 18,290 |
93 | Nepal | 147.181 | 143.351 | 3,830 |
94 | Tajikistan | 144,100 | 141,510 | 2,590 |
95 | Greece | 131,957 | 130,647 | 1.310 |
96 | Nicaragua | 130,370 | 119,990 | 10,380 |
97 | North Korea | 120,538 | 120,408 | 130 |
98 | Malawi | 118,484 | 94.080 | 24,404 |
99 | Eritrea | 117,600 | 101,000 | 16,600 |
100 | Benin | 112,622 | 110,622 | 2,000 |
101 | Honduras | 112.090 | 111,890 | 200 |
102 | Liberia | 111,369 | 96,320 | 15,049 |
103 | Bulgaria | 110,879 | 108,489 | 2,390 |
104 | Cuba | 110,860 | 109,820 | 1,040 |
105 | Guatemala | 108,889 | 107.159 | 1,730 |
106 | Iceland | 103,000 | 100,250 | 2,750 |
107 | South Korea | 99,720 | 96,920 | 2,800 |
108 | Hungary | 93,028 | 89,608 | 3,420 |
109 | Portugal | 92,090 | 91,470 | 620 |
110 | Jordan | 89,342 | 88,802 | 540 |
111 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 82,629 | 3,971 |
112 | Austria | 83,871 | 82,445 | 1,426 |
113 | United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 83,600 | 0 |
114 | Czech Republic | 78,867 | 77,247 | 1,620 |
115 | Serbia | 77,474 | 77,474 | 0 |
116 | Panama | 75,420 | 74,340 | 1,080 |
117 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 71,620 | 120 |
118 | Ireland | 70.273 | 68,883 | 1,390 |
119 | Georgia | 69,700 | 69,700 | 0 |
120 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 | 64,630 | 980 |
121 | Lithuania | 65,300 | 62,680 | 2,620 |
122 | Latvia | 64,589 | 62,249 | 2,340 |
- | Spitsbergen | 62,045 | 62,045 | 0 |
123 | Togo | 56,785 | 54,385 | 2,400 |
124 | Croatia | 56,594 | 55,974 | 620 |
125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.197 | 51.187 | 10 |
126 | Costa Rica | 51,100 | 51,060 | 40 |
127 | Slovakia | 49,035 | 48.105 | 930 |
128 | Dominican Republic | 48,670 | 48,320 | 350 |
129 | Estonia | 45.228 | 42,388 | 2,840 |
130 | Denmark | 43.094 | 42,434 | 660 |
131 | Netherlands | 41,543 | 33,893 | 7,650 |
132 | Switzerland | 41,277 | 39,997 | 1,280 |
133 | Bhutan | 38,394 | 38,394 | 0 |
134 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 | 28,120 | 8.005 |
- | Taiwan | 35,980 | 32,260 | 3,720 |
135 | Moldova | 33,851 | 32,891 | 960 |
136 | Belgium | 30,528 | 30,278 | 250 |
137 | Lesotho | 30,355 | 30,355 | 0 |
138 | Solomon Islands | 28,896 | 27,986 | 910 |
139 | Armenia | 29,743 | 28.203 | 1,540 |
140 | Albania | 28,748 | 27,398 | 1,350 |
141 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.051 | 28.051 | 0 |
142 | Burundi | 27,830 | 25,680 | 2,150 |
143 | Haiti | 27,750 | 27,560 | 190 |
144 | Rwanda | 26,338 | 24,668 | 1,670 |
145 | North Macedonia | 25,713 | 25,433 | 280 |
146 | Djibouti | 23,200 | 23,180 | 20th |
147 | Belize | 22,966 | 22.806 | 160 |
148 | El Salvador | 21,041 | 20,721 | 320 |
149 | Israel | 20,770 | 20,330 | 440 |
150 | Slovenia | 20,273 | 20,151 | 122 |
- | New Caledonia | 18,575 | 18,275 | 300 |
151 | Fiji | 18,274 | 18,274 | 0 |
152 | Kuwait | 17,818 | 17,818 | 0 |
153 | Swaziland | 17,364 | 17.204 | 160 |
154 | East Timor | 14,874 | 14,874 | 0 |
155 | Bahamas | 13,880 | 10,010 | 3,870 |
156 | Montenegro | 13,812 | 13,452 | 360 |
157 | Vanuatu | 12,189 | 12,189 | 0 |
- | Falkland Islands | 12.173 | 12.173 | 0 |
158 | Qatar | 11,586 | 11,586 | 0 |
159 | Gambia | 11,300 | 10.120 | 1,180 |
160 | Jamaica | 10,991 | 10,831 | 160 |
- | Kosovo | 10,908 | 10,908 | 0 |
161 | Lebanon | 10,400 | 10,230 | 170 |
162 | Republic of Cyprus | 9,251 | 9,241 | 10 |
- | Puerto Rico | 9,104 | 8,959 | 145 |
- | Palestine | 6.220 | 6,000 | 220 |
163 | Brunei | 5,765 | 5,265 | 500 |
164 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 | 5,128 | 0 |
- | French Polynesia | 4.167 | 3,827 | 340 |
165 | Cape Verde | 4.033 | 4.033 | 0 |
- | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 3,903 | 3,903 | 0 |
166 | Samoa | 2,831 | 2,821 | 10 |
167 | Luxembourg | 2,586 | 2,586 | 0 |
168 | Comoros | 2,235 | 2,235 | 0 |
169 | Mauritius | 2,040 | 2,030 | 10 |
- | American Virgin Islands | 1.910 | 346 | 1,564 |
- | Faroe Islands | 1,393 | 1,393 | 0 |
- | Hong Kong | 1.108 | 1,073 | 35 |
170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 964 | 964 | 0 |
- | Turks and Caicos Islands | 948 | 948 | 0 |
171 | Kiribati | 811 | 811 | 0 |
172 | Bahrain | 760 | 760 | 0 |
173 | Dominica | 751 | 751 | 0 |
174 | Tonga | 747 | 717 | 30th |
175 | Singapore | 719 | 709 | 10 |
176 | Micronesia | 702 | 702 | 0 |
177 | St. Lucia | 616 | 606 | 10 |
- | Isle of Man | 572 | 572 | 0 |
- | Guam | 544 | 544 | 0 |
178 | Andorra | 468 | 468 | 0 |
- | Northern Mariana Islands | 464 | 464 | 0 |
179 | Palau | 459 | 459 | 0 |
180 | Seychelles | 455 | 455 | 0 |
- | Curacao | 444 | 444 | 0 |
181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 443 | 443 | 0 |
182 | Barbados | 430 | 430 | 0 |
- | Heard and McDonald Islands | 412 | 412 | 0 |
- | St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 394 | 394 | 0 |
183 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 | 389 | 0 |
- | Jan Mayen | 377 | 377 | 0 |
184 | Grenada | 344 | 344 | 0 |
185 | Malta | 316 | 316 | 0 |
186 | Maldives | 298 | 298 | 0 |
- | Cayman Islands | 264 | 264 | 0 |
187 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 261 | 261 | 0 |
- | Niue | 260 | 260 | 0 |
- | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | 242 | 242 | 0 |
- | Cook Islands | 236 | 236 | 0 |
- | American Samoa | 224 | 224 | 0 |
188 | Marshall Islands | 181 | 181 | 0 |
- | Aruba | 180 | 180 | 0 |
189 | Liechtenstein | 160 | 160 | 0 |
- | British Virgin Islands | 151 | 151 | 0 |
- | Wallis and Futuna | 142 | 142 | 0 |
- | Christmas Island | 135 | 135 | 0 |
- | Dhekelia | 131 | 131 | 0 |
- | Baker Island | 129 | 129 | 0 |
- | Akrotiri | 123 | 123 | 0 |
- | jersey | 116 | 116 | 0 |
- | Montserrat | 102 | 102 | 0 |
- | Anguilla | 91 | 91 | 0 |
- | guernsey | 78 | 78 | 0 |
190 | San Marino | 61 | 61 | 0 |
- | British Indian Ocean Territory | 60 | 60 | 0 |
- | Saint Martin | 54 | 54 | 0 |
- | Bermuda | 54 | 54 | 0 |
- | Bouvet Island | 49 | 49 | 0 |
- | Pitcairn Islands | 47 | 47 | 0 |
- | Norfolk Island | 36 | 36 | 0 |
- | Sint Maarten | 34 | 34 | 0 |
- | Macau | 28 | 28 | 0 |
191 | Tuvalu | 26th | 26th | 0 |
- | Saint Barthelemy | 25th | 25th | 0 |
192 | Nauru | 21st | 21st | 0 |
- | Coconut islands | 14th | 14th | 0 |
- | Palmyra Atoll | 12 | 12 | 0 |
- | Tokelau | 12 | 12 | 0 |
- | Paracel Islands | 7.8 | 7.8 | 0 |
- | Gibraltar | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 |
- | Wake up | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 |
- | Midway Islands | 6.2 | 6.2 | 0 |
- | Clipperton Island | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 |
- | Navassa | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0 |
- | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 |
- | Spratly Islands | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 |
- | Jarvis Island | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
- | Johnston Atoll | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0 |
193 | Monaco | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
- | Howland Island | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 |
- | King attack | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
194 | Vatican city | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0 |
total | 136.945.351 | 132.343.996 | 4,601,355 | |
world | 510,072,000 | 148,940,000 | 361,132,000 |
See also
- List of states in the world
- List of states and territories by population
- List of states and territories according to population development
- List of sub-state administrative units by area
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ without Crimea
- ↑ excluding Puerto Rico , American Samoa , the US Virgin Islands , Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and United States Minor Outlying Islands
- ↑ excluding Taiwan , Macau , Hong Kong , Arunachal Pradesh , Aksai Chin and disputed territories in the South China Sea
- ↑ a b c d without overseas territories
- ↑ including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
- ↑ more than 70% of the area is covered with ice
- ↑ The borderline with South Sudan, which has not yet been clarified
- ↑ without the Ilemi triangle
- ↑ including Asad Jammu and Kashmir
- ↑ The borderline with Sudan, which has not yet been clarified
- ↑ including Mayotte , Guadeloupe , Réunion , Martinique , French Guiana
- ↑ including Somaliland
- ↑ including Crimea
- ↑ Continental mainland only
- ↑ without Western Sahara
- ↑ including Åland
- ↑ without Niue , Tokelau and the Cook Islands
- ↑ without crown possessions and overseas territories
- ↑ including the Golan Heights occupied by Israel
- ↑ including Nagorno-Karabakh
- ↑ without Kosovo
- ↑ including Abkhazia and South Ossetia
- ↑ including Transnistria
- ↑ without Nagorno-Karabakh
- ↑ including Golan Heights
- ↑ including Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- ^ Gaza Strip and West Bank
Individual evidence
- ↑ CIA World Factbook: List of States and Territories by Area (English)
- ↑ 令 和 元年 全国 都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 (10 月 1 日 時点) ( yes ) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan . December 26, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020.