List of states and territories by area

Countries 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

• CIA World Factbook: list of states and territories by area (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ without Crimea
2. ↑ excluding Puerto Rico , American Samoa , the US Virgin Islands , Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and United States Minor Outlying Islands
3. ↑ excluding Taiwan , Macau , Hong Kong , Arunachal Pradesh , Aksai Chin and disputed territories in the South China Sea
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} without overseas territories
5. ↑ including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
6. ↑ more than 70% of the area is covered with ice
7. ↑ The borderline with South Sudan, which has not yet been clarified
8. ↑ without the Ilemi triangle
9. ↑ including Asad Jammu and Kashmir
10. ↑ The borderline with Sudan, which has not yet been clarified
11. ↑ including Mayotte , Guadeloupe , Réunion , Martinique , French Guiana
12. ↑ including Somaliland
13. ↑ including Crimea
14. ↑ Continental mainland only
15. ↑ without Western Sahara
16. ↑ including Åland
17. ↑ without Niue , Tokelau and the Cook Islands
18. ↑ without crown possessions and overseas territories
19. ↑ including the Golan Heights occupied by Israel
20. ↑ including Nagorno-Karabakh
21. ↑ without Kosovo
22. ↑ including Abkhazia and South Ossetia
23. ↑ including Transnistria
24. ↑ without Nagorno-Karabakh
25. ↑ including Golan Heights
26. ↑ including Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
27. ^ Gaza Strip and West Bank

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIA World Factbook: List of States and Territories by Area (English)
2. ↑ 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.