List of countries by area

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[edit] List of countries by area

Here is a list of the countries of the world in order of size.

Pos	Country	Area (km²)
1	Russia	17,075,200
2	Canada	9,976,140
3	United States	9,629,091
	American Samoa	199
	Baker Island	1
	Guam	549
	Howland Island	1
	Jarvis Island	4
	Johnston Atoll	3
	Kingman Reef	1
	Midway Atoll	6
	Navassa Island	5
	Northern Mariana Islands	477
	Palmyra Atoll	12
	Puerto Rico	9,104
	United States Virgin Islands	352
	Wake Island	6
	Total	9,639,810
4	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	9,596,960
	Tibet	?
	Hong Kong	1,092
	Macau	25
	Total	9,598,077
5	Brazil	8,511,965
6	Australia	7,686,850
	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
	Christmas Island	135
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
	Coral Sea Islands	3
	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
	Norfolk Island	34
	Total	7,687,453
7	India	3,287,590
8	Argentina	2,766,890
9	Kazakhstan	2,727,300
10	Sudan	2,505,810
11	Algeria	2,381,740
12	Congo-Kinshasa	2,345,410
13	Saudi Arabia	2,218,000
14	Denmark	43,094
	Faroe Islands	1,399
	Greenland	2,166,086
	Total	2,210,579
15	Mexico	1,972,550
16	Indonesia	1,904,556
17	Libya	1,759,540
18	Iran	1,648,000
19	Mongolia	1,565,000
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
26	Colombia	1,138,910
27	Ethiopia	1,127,127
28	Bolivia	1,098,580
29	Mauritania	1,030,700
30	Egypt	1,001,450
31	Tanzania	948,087
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
39	Zambia	752,614
40	Myanmar	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
	Bassas da India	0.2
	Clipperton Island	6
	Europa Island	28
	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	7,829
	French Guiana	91,000
	French Polynesia	4,167
	Glorioso Islands	5
	Guadeloupe	1,780
	Juan de Nova Island	4
	Martinique	1,100
	Mayotte	374
	New Caledonia	19,060
	Réunion	2,517
	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	242
	Tromelin Island	1
	Wallis and Futuna	274
	Total	675,417
49	Yemen	527,970
50	Thailand	514,000
51	Spain	504,782
	Ceuta	?
	Melilla	?
	Total	?
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
	Western Sahara	266,000
	Total	712,550
58	Iraq	437,072
59	Paraguay	406,750
60	Zimbabwe	390,580
61	Japan	377,835
62	Germany	357,021
63	Congo-Brazzaville	342,000
64	Finland	337,030
65	Malaysia	329,750
66	Vietnam	329,560
67	Norway	324,220
	Bouvet Island	58
	Jan Mayen	373
	Svalbard	62,049
	Total	386,700
68	Côte d'Ivoire	322,460
69	Poland	312,685
70	Oman	309,500
	Italy	301,230
71	Philippines	300,000
72	Ecuador	283,560
73	Burkina Faso	274,200
74	New Zealand	268,680
	Cook Islands	240
	Niue	260
	Tokelau	10
	Total	269,190
75	Gabon	267,667
76	Guinea	245,857
77	United Kingdom	244,820
	England	?
	Scotland	?
	Wales	?
	Northern Ireland	?
	Anguilla	102
	British Indian Ocean Territory	60
	British Virgin Islands	153
	Bermuda	53
	Cayman Islands	262
	Falkland Islands	12,173
	Gibraltar	6
	Guernsey	78
	Isle of Man	572
	Jersey	116
	Montserrat	102
	Pitcairn Islands	47
	Saint Helena	410
	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903
	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
	Total	263,287
78	Ghana	238,540
79	Romania	237,500
80	Laos	236,800
81	Uganda	236,040
82	Guyana	214,970
83	Belarus	207,600
84	Kyrgyzstan	198,500
85	Sénégal	196,190
86	Syria	185,180
87	Cambodia	181,040
88	Uruguay	176,220
89	Tunisia	163,610
90	Suriname	163,270
91	Bangladesh	144,000
92	Tajikistan	143,100
93	Nepal	140,800
94	Greece	131,940
95	Nicaragua	129,494
96	Eritrea	121,320
97	North Korea	120,540
98	Malawi	118,480
99	Benin	112,620
100	Honduras	112,090
101	Liberia	111,370
102	Bulgaria	110,910
103	Guatemala	108,890
104	Iceland	103,000
105	Serbia and Montenegro	102,173
106	Cuba	100,860
107	South Korea	[[1 E10 m²|98,480]]
108	Hungary	93,030
109	Portugal	88,941
	Azores Islands	2,247
	Madeira Islands	794
	Total	91,982
110	Jordan	92,300
111	Azerbaijan	86,600
112	Austria	83,858
113	United Arab Emirates	82,880
114	Czech Republic	78,866
115	Panama	78,200
116	Sierra Leone	71,740
117	Republic of Ireland	70,273
118	Georgia	69,700
119	Sri Lanka	65,610
120	Lithuania	65,200
121	Latvia	64,589
122	Togo	56,785
123	Croatia	56,542
124	Bosnia-Herzegovina	51,129
125	Costa Rica	51,100
126	Slovakia	48,845
127	Dominican Republic	48,730
128	Bhutan	47,000
129	Estonia	45,226
130	Netherlands	41,526
	Aruba	193
	Netherlands Antilles	960
	Total	42,679
131	Switzerland	41,290
132	Guinea-Bissau	36,120
133	Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu)	35,980
134	Moldova	33,843
135	Belgium	32,545
136	Lesotho	30,355
137	Armenia	29,800
138	Albania	28,748
139	Solomon Islands	28,450
140	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
141	Burundi	27,830
142	Haiti	27,750
143	Rwanda	26,338
144	Republic of Macedonia	25,333
145	Belize	22,966
146	Djibouti	22,000
147	El Salvador	21,040
148	Israel	20,770
	Gaza Strip	360
	West Bank	5,860
	Total	26,990
149	Slovenia	20,253
150	Fiji	18,270
151	Kuwait	17,820
152	Swaziland	17,363
153	East Timor	14,874
154	Bahamas	13,940
155	Vanuatu	12,200
156	Qatar	11,437
157	The Gambia	11,300
158	Jamaica	10,990
159	Lebanon	10,452
160	Cyprus	9,250
161	Brunei	5,770
162	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
163	Cape Verde	4,033
164	Samoa	2,860
165	Luxembourg	2,586
166	Comoros	2,170
167	Mauritius	1,860
168	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001
169	Dominica	754
170	Tonga	748
171	Kiribati	717
172	Micronesia	702
173	Singapore	692.7
174	Bahrain	665
175	Saint Lucia	620
176	Seychelles	455
177	Andorra	468
178	Palau	458
179	Antigua and Barbuda	442
180	Barbados	430
181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
182	Grenada	340
183	Malta	316
184	Maldives	300
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
186	Marshall Islands	181
187	Liechtenstein	160
188	San Marino	61.2
189	Tuvalu	26
190	Nauru	21
191	Monaco	1.95
192	Vatican City	0.44

[edit] List of major geographic bodies, all ordered according to area

The list includes the world and the oceans (rank nrs. 1,2,3,4,5,7), Antarctica (nr. 8), the Spratly Islands (claimed by various countries; nr 256) and the 259 countries and dependencies which are also listed above.

Pos	Country	Area (km²)
1	World	510,072,000
2	Pacific Ocean	155,557,000
3	Atlantic Ocean	76,762,000
4	Indian Ocean	68,556,000
5	Southern Ocean	20,327,000
6	Russia	17,075,200
7	Arctic Ocean	14,056,000
8	Antarctica	14,000,000
9	Canada	9,976,140
10	United States	9,629,091
11	People's Republic of China	9,596,960
12	Brazil	8,511,965
13	Australia	7,686,850
14	India	3,287,590
15	Argentina	2,766,890
16	Kazakhstan	2,717,300
17	Sudan	2,505,810
18	Algeria	2,381,740
19	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,345,410
20	Greenland	2,166,086
21	Mexico	1,972,550
22	Saudi Arabia	1,960,582
23	Indonesia	1,919,440
24	Libya	1,759,540
25	Iran	1,648,000
26	Mongolia	1,565,000
27	Peru	1,285,220
28	Chad	1,284,000
29	Niger	1,267,000
30	Angola	1,246,700
31	Mali	1,240,000
32	South Africa	1,219,912
33	Colombia	1,138,910
34	Ethiopia	1,127,127
35	Bolivia	1,098,580
36	Mauritania	1,030,700
37	Egypt	1,001,450
38	Tanzania	945,087
39	Nigeria	923,768
40	Venezuela	912,050
41	Namibia	825,418
42	Pakistan	803,940
43	Mozambique	801,590
44	Turkey	780,580
45	Chile	756,950
46	Zambia	752,614
47	Myanmar	678,500
48	Afghanistan	647,500
49	Somalia	637,657
50	Central African Republic	622,984
51	Ukraine	603,700
52	Botswana	600,370
53	Madagascar	587,040
54	Kenya	582,650
55	France	547,030
56	Yemen	527,970
57	Thailand	514,000
58	Spain	504,782
59	Turkmenistan	488,100
60	Cameroon	475,440
61	Papua New Guinea	462,840
62	Sweden	449,964
63	Uzbekistan	447,400
64	Morocco	446,550
65	Iraq	437,072
66	Paraguay	406,750
67	Zimbabwe	390,580
68	Japan	377,835
69	Germany	357,021
70	Congo, Republic of the	342,000
71	Finland	337,030
72	Malaysia	329,750
73	Vietnam	329,560
74	Norway	324,220
75	Côte d'Ivoire	322,460
76	Poland	312,685
77	Italy	301,230
78	Philippines	300,000
79	Ecuador	283,560
80	Burkina Faso	274,200
81	New Zealand	268,680
82	Gabon	267,667
83	Western Sahara	266,000
84	Guinea	245,857
85	United Kingdom	244,820
86	Ghana	239,460
87	Romania	237,500
88	Laos	236,800
89	Uganda	236,040
90	Guyana	214,970
91	Oman	309,500
92	Belarus	207,600
93	Kyrgyzstan	198,500
94	Senegal	196,190
95	Syria	185,180
96	Cambodia	181,040
97	Uruguay	176,220
98	Tunisia	163,610
99	Suriname	163,270
100	Bangladesh	144,000
101	Tajikistan	143,100
102	Nepal	140,800
103	Greece	131,940
104	Nicaragua	129,494
105	Eritrea	121,320
106	Korea, North	120,540
107	Malawi	118,480
108	Benin	112,620
109	Honduras	112,090
110	Liberia	111,370
111	Bulgaria	110,910
112	Cuba	110,860
113	Guatemala	108,890
114	Iceland	103,000
115	Serbia and Montenegro	102,350
116	Korea, South	98,480
117	Hungary	93,030
118	Portugal	92,391
119	Jordan	92,300
120	French Guiana	91,000
121	Azerbaijan	86,600
122	Austria	83,858
123	United Arab Emirates	82,880
124	Czech Republic	78,866
125	Panama	78,200
126	Sierra Leone	71,740
127	Ireland	70,273
128	Georgia	69,700
129	Sri Lanka	65,610
130	Lithuania	65,200
131	Latvia	64,589
132	Svalbard	62,049
133	Togo	56,785
134	Croatia	56,542
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,129
136	Costa Rica	51,100
137	Slovakia	48,845
138	Dominican Republic	48,730
139	Bhutan	47,000
140	Estonia	45,226
141	Denmark	43,094
142	Netherlands	41,526
143	Switzerland	41,290
144	Guinea-Bissau	36,120
145	Republic of China (Taiwan)	35,980
146	Moldova	33,843
147	Belgium	30,510
148	Lesotho	30,355
149	Armenia	29,800
150	Albania	28,748
151	Solomon Islands	28,450
152	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
153	Burundi	27,830
154	Haiti	27,750
155	Rwanda	26,338
156	Republic of Macedonia	25,333
157	Djibouti	23,000
158	Belize	22,966
159	El Salvador	21,040
160	Israel	20,770
161	Slovenia	20,273
162	New Caledonia	19,060
163	Fiji	18,270
164	Kuwait	17,820
165	Swaziland	17,363
166	East Timor	15,007
167	Bahamas, The	13,940
168	Vanuatu	12,200
169	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173
170	Qatar	11,437
171	Gambia, The	11,300
172	Jamaica	10,991
173	Lebanon	10,452
174	Cyprus	9,250
175	Puerto Rico	9,104
176	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	7,829
177	West Bank	5,860
178	Brunei	5,770
179	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
180	French Polynesia	4,167
181	Cape Verde	4,033
182	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903
183	Samoa	2,944
184	Luxembourg	2,586
185	Réunion	2,517
186	Comoros	2,170
187	Mauritius	2,040
188	Guadeloupe	1,780
189	Faroe Islands	1,399
190	Martinique	1,100
191	Hong Kong	1,092
192	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001
193	Netherlands Antilles	960
194	Kiribati	811
195	Dominica	754
196	Tonga	748
197	Micronesia, Federated States of	702
198	Singapore	693
199	Bahrain	665
200	Saint Lucia	616
201	Man, Isle of	572
202	Guam	549
203	Northern Mariana Islands	477
204	Andorra	468
205	Palau	458
206	Seychelles	455
207	Antigua and Barbuda	443
208	Barbados	431
209	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
210	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
211	Saint Helena	410
212	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
213	Mayotte	374
214	Jan Mayen	373
215	Gaza Strip	360
216	Virgin Islands	352
217	Grenada	344
218	Malta	316
219	Maldives	300
220	Wallis and Futuna	274
221	Cayman Islands	262
222	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
223	Niue	260
224	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	242
225	Cook Islands	240
226	American Samoa	199
227	Aruba	193
228	Marshall Islands	181
229	Liechtenstein	160
230	British Virgin Islands	153
231	Christmas Island	135
232	Jersey	116
233	Anguilla	102
234	Montserrat	102
235	Guernsey	78
236	San Marino	61
237	British Indian Ocean Territory	60
238	Bouvet Island	59
239	Bermuda	53
240	Pitcairn Islands	47
241	Norfolk Island	35
242	Europa Island	28
243	Tuvalu	26
244	Macau	25
245	Nauru	21
246	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
247	Palmyra Atoll	12
248	Tokelau	10
249	Gibraltar	7
250	Wake Island	7
251	Midway Atoll	6
252	Clipperton Island	6
253	Navassa Island	5
254	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
255	Glorioso Islands	5
256	Spratly Islands	5
257	Jarvis Island	5
258	Juan de Nova Island	4
259	Coral Sea Islands	3
260	Johnston Atoll	3
261	Monaco	2
262	Howland Island	2
263	Baker Island	1
264	Kingman Reef	1
265	Tromelin Island	1
266	Holy See (Vatican City)	0.44