Land area (sq. km) by country
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
16.38 million sq. km
Russia
Lowest
2.08 sq. km
Monaco
Median
94,280 sq. km
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,310
What the numbers show
Land area (sq. km) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 16.38 million sq. km in Russia; the lowest is 2.08 sq. km in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 94,280 sq. km, and the mean is 603,552 sq. km.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 8.9%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 3.9%).
Land area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 16.38 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | China | 9.39 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | United States | 9.15 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Canada | 8.79 million sq. km | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 8.36 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 7.69 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | India | 2.97 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Argentina | 2.74 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2.70 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Algeria | 2.38 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.27 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 2.15 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.94 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1.89 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 15 | Sudan | 1.87 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Libya | 1.76 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Iran | 1.62 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1.56 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Peru | 1.28 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Niger | 1.27 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Chad | 1.26 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Angola | 1.25 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 1.22 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 1.21 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 1.13 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 1.11 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Bolivia | 1.08 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Mauritania | 1.03 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Egypt | 995,450 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Nigeria | 910,770 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Tanzania | 885,800 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Venezuela | 882,050 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 823,290 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Mozambique | 786,380 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Pakistan | 770,880 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Turkey | 769,630 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Zambia | 743,390 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 742,832 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Myanmar | 652,670 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 652,230 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | South Sudan | 631,930 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Somalia | 627,340 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 622,980 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Madagascar | 581,800 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Kenya | 580,876 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 46 | Ukraine | 579,400 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Botswana | 566,730 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | France | 538,950 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Yemen | 527,970 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 510,890 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Spain | 499,697 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Cameroon | 472,710 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 469,930 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 452,860 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Morocco | 446,300 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 440,650 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 57 | Iraq | 434,130 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 58 | Greenland | 410,450 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Sweden | 407,270 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Paraguay | 396,012 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 386,850 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Japan | 364,569 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 63 | Norway | 364,270 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | Germany | 349,430 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 65 | Congo | 341,500 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Malaysia | 328,550 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 318,000 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Vietnam | 313,429 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 69 | Oman | 309,500 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Poland | 306,270 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Finland | 303,960 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 72 | Philippines | 298,170 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Italy | 295,720 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 273,600 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | New Zealand | 263,310 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Gabon | 257,670 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Ecuador | 248,360 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Guinea | 245,720 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 241,930 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Laos | 230,800 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Romania | 230,080 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 82 | Ghana | 227,533 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 83 | Guyana | 211,140 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 84 | Belarus | 202,983 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 85 | Uganda | 200,520 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Senegal | 192,530 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 191,800 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Syria | 183,630 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Cambodia | 176,520 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Uruguay | 175,020 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Suriname | 160,508 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Tunisia | 155,360 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Nepal | 143,350 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 138,790 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 129,980 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 96 | Greece | 128,900 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Eritrea | 121,178 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 98 | North Korea | 120,410 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 120,340 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Benin | 112,760 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Honduras | 111,890 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 108,560 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Guatemala | 107,160 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Cuba | 103,800 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 105 | Iceland | 100,830 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | South Korea | 97,600 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 107 | Liberia | 96,320 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Malawi | 94,280 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Portugal | 91,606 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 110 | Hungary | 91,260 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 111 | Jordan | 88,794 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 112 | Serbia | 84,090 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 82,650 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 114 | Austria | 82,520 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Czechia | 77,167 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 116 | Panama | 74,180 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 72,180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 71,020 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Georgia | 69,490 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Ireland | 68,890 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Lithuania | 62,600 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | Latvia | 62,230 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 61,860 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 124 | Croatia | 55,960 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 125 | Togo | 54,390 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,200 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 51,060 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 48,198 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 129 | Slovakia | 48,080 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 130 | Estonia | 42,730 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 131 | Denmark | 40,000 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Switzerland | 39,510 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 133 | Bhutan | 38,140 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 134 | Netherlands | 33,670 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 135 | Moldova | 32,930 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 136 | Belgium | 30,494 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 137 | Lesotho | 30,360 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Armenia | 28,199 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,120 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 27,990 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Haiti | 27,560 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Albania | 27,400 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Burundi | 25,680 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 25,220 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Rwanda | 24,670 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Djibouti | 23,180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Belize | 22,810 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Israel | 21,640 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | El Salvador | 20,720 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Slovenia | 20,134 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 18,280 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Fiji | 18,270 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Kuwait | 17,820 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Eswatini | 17,200 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | East Timor | 14,870 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Montenegro | 13,450 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 12,190 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Qatar | 11,490 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 160 | Jamaica | 10,830 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Lebanon | 10,230 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Gambia | 10,120 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Bahamas | 10,010 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Cyprus | 9,240 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Palestine | 6,025 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 167 | Brunei | 5,270 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 4,030 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 3,471 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 171 | Samoa | 2,780 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 2,574 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Mauritius | 1,997 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Comoros | 1,861 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Faroe Islands | 1,370 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 176 | Hong Kong | 1,050 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 960 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 950 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Kiribati | 810 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Bahrain | 800 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 181 | Dominica | 750 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Tonga | 720 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Singapore | 718 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 184 | Micronesia (country) | 700 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 610 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Isle of Man | 570 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Guam | 540 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Andorra | 470 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Northern Mariana Islands | 460 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Palau | 460 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Seychelles | 460 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Curacao | 444 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 440 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Barbados | 430 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 390 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 350 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Grenada | 340 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Malta | 320 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Maldives | 298 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 200 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 260 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 240 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | American Samoa | 200 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Aruba | 180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Liechtenstein | 160 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 150 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | San Marino | 60 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Bermuda | 54 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Saint Martin (French part) | 50 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 34 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Macao | 33 sq. km | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 30 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Nauru | 20 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Gibraltar | 10 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Monaco | 2.08 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 198 sq. km
- World 129.76 million sq. km
- IDA & IBRD total 96.10 million sq. km
- Low & middle income 77.99 million sq. km
- IBRD only 70.78 million sq. km
- Middle income 63.30 million sq. km
- High income 51.77 million sq. km
- Late-demographic dividend 44.54 million sq. km
- Upper middle income 44.42 million sq. km
- OECD members 35.32 million sq. km
- Early-demographic dividend 33.33 million sq. km
- Post-demographic dividend 31.16 million sq. km
About this data
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.