Surface area (sq. km) by country
Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
17.13 million sq. km
Russia
Lowest
10 sq. km
Gibraltar
Median
103,000 sq. km
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
16,395
What the numbers show
Surface area (sq. km) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 17.13 million sq. km in Russia; the lowest is 10 sq. km in Gibraltar.
The median across all reporting countries is 103,000 sq. km, and the mean is 653,671 sq. km.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Faroe Islands (up 828.4%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 3.8%).
Surface area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 17.13 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Canada | 15.63 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | United States | 9.83 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | China | 9.56 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 8.51 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 7.74 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | India | 3.29 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Argentina | 2.78 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2.72 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Algeria | 2.38 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.34 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 2.15 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.96 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1.92 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Sudan | 1.88 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Libya | 1.76 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Iran | 1.75 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1.56 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Peru | 1.29 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Chad | 1.28 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Niger | 1.27 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Angola | 1.25 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 1.24 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 1.22 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 1.14 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 1.14 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 27 | Bolivia | 1.10 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Mauritania | 1.03 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Egypt | 1.00 million sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Tanzania | 947,300 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Nigeria | 923,770 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Venezuela | 912,050 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 824,290 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Mozambique | 799,380 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Pakistan | 796,100 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Turkey | 785,350 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Chile | 757,245 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Zambia | 752,610 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Myanmar | 676,590 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 652,870 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | South Sudan | 646,883 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Somalia | 637,660 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Norway | 624,500 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 622,980 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | France | 606,410 sq. km | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 46 | Ukraine | 603,550 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Kenya | 591,969 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 48 | Madagascar | 587,295 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Botswana | 581,730 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Sweden | 528,660 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 51 | Yemen | 527,970 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Thailand | 513,115 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 53 | Spain | 505,976 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 491,209 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 55 | Cameroon | 475,440 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 448,920 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Morocco | 446,550 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Iraq | 435,050 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Greenland | 410,450 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 406,752 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 390,760 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Japan | 377,969 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 64 | Germany | 357,680 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 65 | Congo | 342,000 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Finland | 338,480 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Vietnam | 331,338 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 68 | Malaysia | 330,411 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 322,460 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Poland | 313,930 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 71 | Oman | 309,500 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Italy | 302,070 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Philippines | 300,000 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 274,200 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 75 | New Zealand | 267,710 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Gabon | 267,670 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Ecuador | 256,370 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Guinea | 245,860 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 243,610 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Uganda | 241,550 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Ghana | 238,539 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 82 | Romania | 238,400 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Laos | 236,800 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Guyana | 214,970 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Belarus | 207,629 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,950 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 87 | Senegal | 196,710 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Syria | 185,180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Cambodia | 181,040 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Uruguay | 176,220 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Suriname | 163,820 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Tunisia | 163,610 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Bangladesh | 147,570 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 94 | Nepal | 147,180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 146,839 sq. km | 2023 | up 201.7% | rising |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 141,379 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 97 | Greece | 131,960 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 130,370 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Eritrea | 121,766 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 100 | North Korea | 120,540 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Malawi | 118,480 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Benin | 114,760 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Honduras | 112,490 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Liberia | 111,370 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 110,997 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 106 | Cuba | 109,880 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Guatemala | 108,890 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Iceland | 103,000 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | South Korea | 100,450 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 98,648 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Hungary | 93,030 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Portugal | 92,230 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 113 | Jordan | 89,318 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 114 | Croatia | 88,070 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Serbia | 84,990 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 117 | Austria | 83,879 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Czechia | 78,871 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 119 | Panama | 75,320 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 72,300 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Ireland | 70,280 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Georgia | 69,700 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Lithuania | 65,290 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 125 | Latvia | 64,590 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 126 | Togo | 56,790 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,210 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 51,100 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Slovakia | 49,030 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 130 | Estonia | 45,340 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Denmark | 42,920 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Netherlands | 41,540 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Switzerland | 41,291 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Bhutan | 38,390 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,130 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Moldova | 33,850 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Belgium | 30,689 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 138 | Lesotho | 30,360 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Armenia | 29,740 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 28,900 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Albania | 28,750 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Burundi | 27,830 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Haiti | 27,750 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Rwanda | 26,338 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 25,710 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Djibouti | 23,200 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Belize | 22,966 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 149 | Israel | 22,070 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | El Salvador | 21,040 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Slovenia | 20,480 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 18,580 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 | 17,360 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | East Timor | 14,870 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Montenegro | 13,888 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 158 | Bahamas | 13,880 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 12,960 sq. km | 2023 | up 828.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 12,190 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Qatar | 11,490 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 162 | Gambia | 11,300 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Jamaica | 10,990 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Lebanon | 10,450 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Cyprus | 9,250 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Palestine | 6,025 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 168 | Brunei | 5,770 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Bermuda | 4,290 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 4,030 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 3,471 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 173 | Samoa | 2,840 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 2,590 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Mauritius | 2,010 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 176 | Comoros | 1,861 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Hong Kong | 1,110 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 960 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 950 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Kiribati | 810 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Bahrain | 800 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 182 | Dominica | 750 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Tonga | 750 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Singapore | 728 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 185 | Micronesia (country) | 700 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 620 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Isle of Man | 570 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Guam | 540 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Andorra | 470 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 460 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Palau | 460 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Seychelles | 460 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Curacao | 444 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 440 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Barbados | 430 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 390 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 350 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Grenada | 340 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Malta | 320 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Maldives | 300 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 264 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 260 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 203 | American Samoa | 200 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Aruba | 180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Marshall Islands | 180 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 160 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 150 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Monaco | 74.9 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 210 | San Marino | 60 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Saint Martin (French part) | 50 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 34 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Macao | 33 sq. km | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 30 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Nauru | 20 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Gibraltar | 10 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | 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 140.54 million sq. km
- IDA & IBRD total 98.68 million sq. km
- Low & middle income 79.76 million sq. km
- IBRD only 72.82 million sq. km
- Middle income 64.79 million sq. km
- High income 60.78 million sq. km
- Late-demographic dividend 45.80 million sq. km
- Upper middle income 45.28 million sq. km
- OECD members 43.55 million sq. km
- Post-demographic dividend 39.36 million sq. km
- Early-demographic dividend 34.24 million sq. km
About this data
Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.