World ranking · 2026

Largest countries by area, 2026

The 237 countries and areas cover 136 million km² of land and inland water. Russia alone is 12.6% of it; the five largest together make up 40%.

Largest

1. Russia17,100,000
2. Canada9,984,670
3. United States9,629,091
4. China9,596,960
5. Brazil8,511,965

Smallest

30 countries cover more than a million km².
52 countries and areas are smaller than 1,000 km².

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Area, km²

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All 237 countries and areas

Largest countries by area, 2026
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1	Russia	17,100,000	143,394,458
2	Canada	9,984,670	40,467,728
3	United States	9,629,091	349,035,494
4	China	9,596,960	1,412,914,089
5	Brazil	8,511,965	213,562,666
6	Australia	7,686,850	27,227,096
7	India	3,287,590	1,476,625,576
8	Argentina	2,766,890	46,003,734
9	Kazakhstan	2,717,300	21,083,626
10	Algeria	2,381,740	48,028,334
11	DR Congo	2,345,410	116,452,162
12	Greenland	2,166,086	55,629
13	Mexico	1,972,550	132,997,658
14	Saudi Arabia	1,960,582	35,165,787
15	Indonesia	1,919,440	287,886,782
16	Sudan	1,861,484	53,282,719
17	Libya	1,759,540	7,539,852
18	Iran	1,648,000	93,168,497
19	Mongolia	1,565,000	3,556,798
20	Peru	1,285,220	34,922,148
21	Chad	1,284,000	21,560,380
22	Niger	1,267,000	28,814,878
23	Angola	1,246,700	40,215,180
24	Mali	1,240,000	25,932,275
25	South Africa	1,219,912	65,453,084
26	Colombia	1,138,910	53,936,226
27	Ethiopia	1,127,127	138,902,185
28	Bolivia	1,098,580	12,749,291
29	Mauritania	1,030,700	5,461,319
30	Egypt	1,001,450	120,101,175
31	Tanzania	945,087	72,563,780
32	Nigeria	923,768	242,431,832
33	Venezuela	912,050	28,633,711
34	Namibia	825,418	3,153,246
35	Pakistan	803,940	259,299,792
36	Mozambique	801,590	36,639,850
37	Turkey	780,580	87,926,082
38	Chile	756,950	19,945,850
39	Zambia	752,614	22,521,915
40	Myanmar	678,500	55,184,819
41	Afghanistan	647,500	45,047,068
42	South Sudan	644,329	12,436,037
43	Somalia	637,657	20,305,907
44	Central African Republic	622,984	5,698,984
45	Ukraine	603,700	39,535,848
46	Botswana	600,370	2,603,388
47	Madagascar	587,040	33,522,052
48	Kenya	582,650	58,636,412
49	France	547,030	66,746,401
50	Yemen	527,970	42,961,653
51	Thailand	514,000	71,559,614
52	Spain	504,782	47,850,793
53	Turkmenistan	488,100	7,736,632
54	Cameroon	475,440	30,640,817
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840	10,947,848
56	Sweden	449,964	10,701,046
57	Uzbekistan	447,400	37,724,223
58	Morocco	446,550	38,762,441
59	Iraq	437,072	48,007,437
60	Paraguay	406,750	7,095,279
61	Zimbabwe	390,580	17,273,580
62	Japan	377,835	122,427,731
63	Germany	357,021	83,644,258
64	Congo	342,000	6,637,786
65	Finland	337,030	5,621,739
66	Malaysia	329,750	36,385,115
67	Vietnam	329,560	102,177,431
68	Norway	324,220	5,652,989
69	Côte d'Ivoire	322,460	33,494,346
70	Poland	312,685	37,843,188
71	Oman	309,500	5,671,458
72	Italy	301,230	58,926,166
73	Philippines	300,000	117,724,472
74	Burkina Faso	274,200	24,601,700
75	New Zealand	268,680	5,287,479
76	Gabon	267,667	2,647,400
77	Western Sahara	266,000	610,813
78	Ecuador	256,370	18,444,506
79	Guinea	245,857	15,441,992
80	United Kingdom	244,820	69,931,528
81	Ghana	239,460	35,697,557
82	Romania	237,500	18,800,605
83	Laos	236,800	7,974,018
84	Uganda	236,040	52,761,470
85	Guyana	214,970	840,890
86	Belarus	207,600	8,937,018
87	Kyrgyzstan	198,500	7,400,464
88	Senegal	196,190	19,366,548
89	Syria	185,180	26,472,497
90	Cambodia	181,040	18,051,219
91	Uruguay	176,220	3,382,537
92	Tunisia	163,610	12,415,138
93	Suriname	163,270	645,256
94	Bangladesh	144,000	177,818,044
95	Tajikistan	143,100	10,978,598
96	Nepal	140,800	29,629,410
97	Greece	131,940	9,897,116
98	Nicaragua	129,494	7,097,329
99	Eritrea	121,320	3,682,669
100	North Korea	120,540	26,633,691
101	Malawi	118,480	22,785,535
102	Benin	112,620	15,170,420
103	Honduras	112,090	11,184,760
104	Liberia	111,370	5,853,949
105	Bulgaria	110,910	6,667,660
106	Cuba	110,860	10,892,659
107	Guatemala	108,890	18,967,978
108	Iceland	103,000	402,329
109	South Korea	98,480	51,600,388
110	Hungary	93,030	9,585,818
111	Portugal	92,391	10,395,362
112	Jordan	92,300	11,589,532
113	French Guiana	91,000	318,872
114	Serbia	88,361	6,641,964
115	Azerbaijan	86,600	10,454,855
116	Austria	83,858	9,107,266
117	United Arab Emirates	82,880	11,574,682
118	Czechia	78,866	10,527,780
119	Panama	78,200	4,625,718
120	Sierra Leone	71,740	8,996,744
121	Ireland	70,280	5,356,950
122	Georgia	69,700	3,804,642
123	Sri Lanka	65,610	23,348,315
124	Lithuania	65,200	2,797,338
125	Latvia	64,589	1,835,935
126	Togo	56,785	9,930,918
127	Croatia	56,542	3,822,345
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,129	3,114,242
129	Costa Rica	51,100	5,174,789
130	Slovakia	48,845	5,451,342
131	Dominican Republic	48,730	11,609,500
132	Estonia	45,226	1,331,062
133	Denmark	43,094	6,023,520
134	Netherlands	41,526	18,448,775
135	Switzerland	41,290	9,007,798
136	Bhutan	38,390	802,214
137	Guinea-Bissau	36,120	2,297,808
138	Taiwan	35,980	23,011,292
139	Moldova	33,843	2,961,253
140	Belgium	30,510	11,774,642
141	Lesotho	30,355	2,389,336
142	Armenia	29,800	2,930,915
143	Albania	28,748	2,751,025
144	Solomon Islands	28,450	858,288
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	1,984,468
146	Burundi	27,830	14,729,157
147	Haiti	27,750	12,037,506
148	Rwanda	26,338	14,889,693
149	North Macedonia	25,333	1,804,062
150	Djibouti	23,000	1,199,459
151	Belize	22,966	428,644
152	El Salvador	21,040	6,391,254
153	Israel	20,770	9,647,689
154	Slovenia	20,273	2,114,574
155	New Caledonia	19,060	297,892
156	Fiji	18,270	937,282
157	Kuwait	17,820	5,102,773
158	Eswatini	17,363	1,269,859
159	Timor Leste	15,007	1,436,923
160	Montenegro	14,026	626,233
161	Bahamas	13,940	404,628
162	Vanuatu	12,200	342,564
163	Falkland Islands	12,173	3,465
164	Qatar	11,437	3,173,559
165	Gambia	11,300	2,884,079
166	Jamaica	10,991	2,833,404
167	Kosovo	10,908	1,666,992
168	Lebanon	10,400	5,897,467
169	Cyprus	9,250	1,382,334
170	Puerto Rico	9,104	3,222,688
171	Palestine	5,970	5,692,790
172	Brunei	5,770	469,775
173	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128	1,513,268
174	French Polynesia	4,167	283,076
175	Cabo Verde	4,033	529,630
176	Samoa	2,944	220,528
177	Luxembourg	2,586	687,448
178	Reunion	2,517	886,298
179	Comoros	2,170	899,010
180	Mauritius	2,040	1,265,059
181	Guadeloupe	1,780	372,453
182	Faroe Islands	1,399	56,526
183	Martinique	1,100	337,711
184	Hong Kong	1,092	7,378,602
185	Sao Tome and Principe	1,001	244,994
186	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	47,148
187	Kiribati	811	138,445
188	Bahrain	800	1,675,572
189	Dominica	754	65,511
190	Tonga	748	103,291
191	Singapore	736	5,905,748
192	Micronesia	702	114,182
193	Saint Lucia	616	180,488
194	Isle of Man	572	84,054
195	Guam	549	170,185
196	Northern Mariana Islands	477	42,914
197	Andorra	468	83,753
198	Palau	458	17,614
199	Seychelles	455	134,959
200	Curacao	444	185,440
201	Antigua and Barbuda	443	94,626
202	Barbados	431	282,724
203	Saint Helena	410	5,148
204	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	99,244
205	Mayotte	374	347,536
206	U.S. Virgin Islands	352	83,400
207	Grenada	344	117,362
208	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	328	31,913
209	Malta	316	549,011
210	Maldives	300	531,517
211	Wallis and Futuna	274	11,113
212	Cayman Islands	262	77,196
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	46,992
214	Niue	260	1,822
215	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	5,513
216	Cook Islands	240	12,826
217	American Samoa	199	45,318
218	Marshall Islands	181	35,075
219	Aruba	180	108,164
220	Liechtenstein	160	40,368
221	British Virgin Islands	153	39,936
222	Jersey	116	104,106
223	Anguilla	102	14,817
224	Montserrat	102	4,328
225	Guernsey	78	64,610
226	San Marino	61	33,605
227	Bermuda	53	64,459
228	Saint Martin	53	23,898
229	Sint Maarten	34	44,447
230	Macao	33	723,188
231	Tuvalu	26	9,362
232	Nauru	21	12,101
233	Saint Barthelemy	21	11,550
234	Tokelau	10	2,691
235	Gibraltar	7	40,867
236	Monaco	2	38,087
237	Vatican	0	506

Questions

What is the largest country in the world by area?

Russia, at 17,100,000 km², then Canada (9,984,670 km²), United States (9,629,091 km²), China (9,596,960 km²), Brazil (8,511,965 km²).

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican, at 0.44 km², then Monaco (1.9 km²), Gibraltar (6.5 km²), Tokelau (10.0 km²).

Is the United States bigger than China?

By total area including water, slightly: 9,629,091 km² against 9,596,960 km². By land area alone China is larger. Both are behind Russia and Canada.

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Areas: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), total area including inland water; population: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method