Rank	Continent/Region	Country / Territory	Area (km²)	% of Total	Notes
—	Solar System	Earth	148,940,000	100%	Total land coverage (29.2% of Earth's surface)
1	Asia /Europe	Russia	17,098,242	11.5%	Largest country in the world. Encyclopaedia Britannica (EB): 17,075,400 km²
2	America, North	Canada	9,984,670	6.7%	Largest country in the Western Hemisphere. Longest coastline. EB: 9,984,670 km²
3	America, North	United States	9,629,091	6.5%	Includes only the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The total area is listed as 9,826,630 km² by the CIA World Factbook. EB: 9,522,055 km²
4	Asia, Eastern	PR China	9,598,094	6.4%	Second largest Asian country (after Asian part of Russia). Total of separate UN figures for Mainland China (9,596,961) inclusive Hong Kong SAR (1,104 km²) and Macau (29 km²). (Excludes all disputed territories.) EB: 9,572,900 km²
5	America, South	Brazil	8,514,877	5.7%	Largest country in South America, and in the Southern Hemisphere. EB: 8,514,877 km²
6	Oceania, Australia	Australia	7,692,024	5.2%	Australia is the only country that is coterminous with a continent. Largest country without a land-border to neighbours. Largest country in Oceania. EB: 7,692,208 km²
7	Asia, South-Central	India	3,287,263	2.3%	Figure includes 120,849 km² of disputed territories with Pakistan and China. Third-largest country in Asia (after Russia and China). EB: 3,166,414 km²
8	America, South	Argentina	2,780,400	2%	Second largest country in South America. EB: 2,780,403 km²
9	Asia, South-Central	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1.8%	Largest landlocked country in the world. EB: 2,724,900 km²
10	Africa, Northern	Sudan	2,505,813	1.7%	Largest country in Africa. EB: 2,505,810 km²
11	Africa, Northern	Algeria	2,381,741	1.6%	Second-largest country in Africa
12	Africa, Central	Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)	2,344,858	1.6%	Third-largest country in Africa
13	Europe, Northern	Greenland	2,166,086	1.5%	Self-governing territory of Denmark. Largest island in the world.
14	Middle East	Saudi Arabia	2,000,000	1.4%	Largest country in the Middle East
15	America, Northern	Mexico	1,964,375	1.3%	Third-largest country in North America.
16	Asia, South-East	Indonesia	1,904,569	1.3%	Largest and most populous country situated only on islands. Also the largest country in South East Asia.
17	Africa, Northern	Libya	1,759,540	1.2%
18	Asia, South-Central	Iran	1,648,195	1.1%
19	Asia, Eastern	Mongolia	1,564,100	1.1%
20	America, South	Peru	1,285,216	0.86%	Third-largest country in South America
21	Africa, Central	Chad	1,284,000	0.86%
22	Africa, Western	Niger	1,267,000	0.85%
23	Africa, Central	Angola	1,246,700	0.85%
24	Africa, Western	Mali	1,240,192	0.83%
25	Africa, Southern	South Africa	1,221,037	0.82%	Includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island).
26	America, South	Colombia	1,138,914	0.76%	Colombian census figure is 1,141,748 which includes three special districts and San Andrés and Providencia islands (52 km²) (disputed territories with Nicaragua).
27	Africa, Eastern	Ethiopia	1,104,300	0.74%
28	America, South	Bolivia	1,098,581	0.74%
29	Africa, Western	Mauritania	1,025,520	0.69%
30	Africa, Northern	Egypt	1,002,000	0.67%	Excluding the disputed region Hala'ib Triangle (20,580 km²).
31	Africa, Eastern	Tanzania	945,087	0.63%	Includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar.
32	Africa, Western	Nigeria	923,768	0.62%
33	America, South	Venezuela	912,050	0.61%
34	Africa, Southern	Namibia	824,292	0.55%
35	Africa, Eastern	Mozambique	801,590	0.54%
36	Asia, South-Central	Pakistan	796,095	0.53%	Excludes all disputed territories.
37	Western Asia, Southern Europe	Turkey	783,562	0.53%	Third-largest among countries with part of territory in Europe (after Russia and Kazakhstan)
38	America, South	Chile	756,102	0.51%	Includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez, excludes claims on Antarctica (1,250,000 km²).
39	Africa, Eastern	Zambia	752,618	0.51%
40	Asia, South-East	Myanmar	676,578	0.45%
41	Asia, South-Central	Afghanistan	652,090	0.44%
42	Africa, Eastern	Somalia	637,657	0.43%
43	Africa, Central	Central African Republic	622,984	0.42%
44	Europe, Eastern	Ukraine	603,500	0.41%	Largest all-European country, fourth largest among countries with part of territory in Europe (after Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey).
45	Africa, Eastern	Madagascar	587,041	0.39%
46	Africa, Southern	Botswana	582,000	0.39%
47	Africa, Eastern	Kenya	580,367	0.39%
48	Europe, Western	France	551,500	0.37%	Metropolitan France (European France including Corsica) only. The French Republic including French overseas territories covers 674,843 km².
49	Europe, Northern	Sweden	531,796	0.30%	Includes Gotland and Öland.
50	Middle East	Yemen	527,968	0.35%	Includes the islands of Perim and Socotra.
51	Asia, South-East	Thailand	513,120	0.34%
52	Europe, Southern	Spain	505,992	0.34%	Sixth largest in Europe, second largest in western Europe. Includes mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, as well as the Spanish possessions (Plazas de Soberanía) off the coast of Morocco (Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), and Isla de Alborán almost midway between Morocco and Spain, all the latter being claimed by Morocco.
53	Asia, South-Central	Turkmenistan	488,100	0.33%
54	Africa, Central	Cameroon	475,442	0.32%
55	Oceania, Melanesia	Papua New Guinea	462,840	0.31%	Second largest country in Oceania.
56	Asia, South-Central	Uzbekistan	447,400	0.30%	The larger of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world.
57	Africa, Northern	Morocco	446,550	0.30%	Excluding Western Sahara.
58	Middle East	Iraq	438,317	0.29%
59	America, South	Paraguay	406,752	0.27%
60	Africa, Eastern	Zimbabwe	390,757	0.26%
61	Asia, Eastern	Japan	377,915	0.25%	Includes Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Islands), Daito Islands, Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands), Minami-Torishima (Marcus Island), Okino-Torishima and Volcano Islands (Kazan Islands); excludes the southern Kuril Islands.
62	Europe, Western	Germany	357,022	0.24%	EB: 357,046
63	Africa, Central	Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)	342,000	0.23%
64	Europe, Northern	Finland	338,145	0.23%	Includes Åland Islands (1,552 km²).
65	Asia, South-East	Vietnam	331,689	0.22%
66	Asia, South-East	Malaysia	329,847	0.22%
67	Europe, Northern	Norway	323,802	0.22%	Mainland Norway only; not included the overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (62,422 km²) and the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km²) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land (2,500,000 km²) and Peter I Island (243 km²).
68	Africa, Western	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463	0.22%
69	Europe, Eastern	Poland	312,685	0.21%
70	Middle East	Oman	309,500	0.21%
71	Europe, Southern	Italy	301,318	0.20%
72	Asia, South-East	Philippines	300,000	0.20%
73	America, South	Ecuador	283,561	0.20%	Includes Galápagos Islands.
74	Africa, Western	Burkina Faso	274,222	0.18%
75	Oceania, Australia	New Zealand	270,467	0.18%	Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Excludes Niue (260 km²), the Cook Islands (236 km²) and Tokelau (12 km²), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency (450,000 km²). Third largest country in Oceania.
76	Africa, Central	Gabon	267,668	0.18%
77	Africa, Northern	Western Sahara	266,000	0.18%	Largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
78	Africa, Western	Guinea	245,857	0.17%
79	Europe, Northern	United Kingdom	242,900	0.16%	Not included are the three Crown dependencies (768 km²) of the islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man, and British Overseas Territories (1,742,857 km²)
80	Africa, Eastern	Uganda	241,038	0.16%
81	Africa, Western	Ghana	238,533	0.16%
82	Europe, Eastern	Romania	238,391	0.16%
83	Asia, South-East	Lao PDR	236,800	0.16%
84	Europe, Northern	Guyana	214,969	0.14%
85	Europe, Eastern	Belarus	208,000	0.14%	Second-largest landlocked country in Europe (after Kazakhstan).
86	Asia, South-Central	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	0.13%
87	Africa, Western	Senegal	196,722	0.13%
88	Middle East	Syria	185,180	0.12%	Includes the Golan Heights.
89	Asia, South-East	Cambodia	181,035	0.12%
90	America, South	Uruguay	176,215	0.12%
91	America, South	Suriname	163,820	0.11%	Smallest country in South America.
92	Africa, Northern	Tunisia	163,610	0.11%
93	Asia, South-Central	Nepal	147,181	0.10%
94	Asia, South-Central	Bangladesh	143,998	0.10%
95	Asia, South-Central	Tajikistan	143,100	0.10%
96	Europe, Southern	Greece	131,957	0.09%
97	Asia, Eastern	North Korea	120,538	0.08%
98	America, Central	Nicaragua	120,340	0.09%	Excludes San Andrés y Providencia islands (disputed territories with Colombia). Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America.
99	Africa, Eastern	Malawi	118,484	0.08%
100	Africa, Eastern	Eritrea	117,600	0.08%	Includes Badme region.
101	Africa, Western	Benin	112,622	0.08%
102	America, Central	Honduras	112,492	0.08%
103	Africa, Western	Liberia	111,369	0.07%
104	Europe, Eastern	Bulgaria	110,879	0.07%
105	Caribbean	Cuba	109,886	0.07%	Cuba is the largest and most populous country in the Caribbean
106	America, Central	Guatemala	108,889	0.07%
107	Europe, Northern	Iceland	103,000	0.07%
108	Asia, Eastern	South Korea	99,678	0.07%
109	Europe, Eastern	Hungary	93,028	0.06%
110	Europe, Southern	Portugal	92,090	0.06%	Includes Azores and Madeira Islands.
111	America, South	French Guiana	90,000	0.06%	French overseas département.
112	Middle East	Jordan	89,342	0.06%
113	Asia, Western	Azerbaijan	86,600	0.06%	Includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
114	Europe, Western	Austria	83,871	0.06%
115	Middle East	United Arab Emirates	83,600	0.06%
116	Europe, Eastern	Czech Republic	78,867	0.05%
117	Europe, Southern	Serbia	77,474	0.05%	This figure does not include Kosovo, which recently unilaterally declared itself independent to partial recognition; Serbia, Russia, China and others object. Including Kosovo, which is still claimed by Serbia, the total area is 88,361 km², ranking Serbia at 113.
118	America, Central	Panama	75,517	0.05%
119	Africa, Western	Sierra Leone	71,740	0.05%
120	Europe, Northern	Ireland (Republic of)	70,273	0.05%	The island of Ireland has an area of 84,421 km².
121	Asia, Western	Georgia	69,700	0.05%	Includes Abkhazia (8,600 km²) and South Ossetia
122	Asia, South-Central	Sri Lanka	65,610	0.04%
123	Europe, Northern	Lithuania	65,300	0.04%
124	Europe, Northern	Latvia	64,589	0.04%
125	Europe, Northern	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	62,422	0.04%
126	Africa, Western	Togo	56,785	0.04%
127	Europe, Southern	Croatia	56,594	0.04%
128	Europe, Southern	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	0.03%
129	America, Central	Costa Rica	51,100	0.03%	Includes Isla del Coco.
130	Europe, Eastern	Slovakia	49,035	0.03%
131	Caribbean	Dominican Republic	48,310	0.03%
132	Europe, Northern	Estonia	45,228	0.03%	Includes Estonia's 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea.
133	Europe, Northern	Denmark	43,094	0.03%	Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km² and would be 13th.
134	Europe, Western	Netherlands	41,543	0.03%	Includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km².
135	Europe, Western	Switzerland	41,285	0.03%	source: swissworld.org
136	Asia, South-Central	Bhutan	38,394	0.03%
137	Asia, Eastern	Taiwan (Republic of China)	36,188	0.02%	Includes only the territories under the administration of the ROC, namely Taiwan, and the islands of Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
138	Africa, Western	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	0.02%
139	Europe, Eastern	Moldova	33,851	0.02%	Includes the de facto independent autonomous territory of Transnistria (Pridnestrovie).
140	Europe, Western	Belgium	30,528	0.02%
141	Africa, Southern	Lesotho	30,355	0.02%
142	Asia, Western	Armenia	29,743	0.02%
143	Oceania, Melanesia	Solomon Islands	28,896	0.02%
144	Europe, Southern	Albania	28,748	0.02%
145	Africa, Central	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	0.02%
146	Africa, Eastern	Burundi	27,834	0.02%
147	Caribbean	Haiti	27,750	0.02%
148	Africa, Eastern	Rwanda	26,338	0.02%
149	Europe, Southern	Macedonia	25,713	0.02%
150	Africa, Eastern	Djibouti	23,200	0.02%
151	America, Central	Belize	22,966	0.02%
152	America, Central	El Salvador	21,041	0.01%
153	Middle East	Israel	22,072	0.01%	Including data for East Jerusalem and Israeli residents in certain other territories under occupation by Israeli military forces since June 1967.
154	Europe, Southern	Slovenia	20,273	0.01%
155	Oceania, Melanesia	New Caledonia	18,575	0.01%	French dependency.
156	Oceania, Melanesia	Fiji	18,274	0.01%
157	Middle East	Kuwait	17,818	0.01%
158	Africa, Southern	Swaziland	17,364	0.01%
159	Asia, South-East	East Timor	14,874	>0.01%
160	Caribbean	The Bahamas	13,943	>0.01%
161	Europe, Southern	Montenegro	13,812	>0.01%
162	Oceania, Melanesia	Vanuatu	12,189	>0.01%
163	America, Southern	Falkland Islands	12,173	>0.01%	British Overseas Territory. Claimed by Argentina. Excludes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
164	Middle East	Qatar	11,586	>0.01%
165	Africa, Western	The Gambia	11,295	>0.01%
166	Caribbean	Jamaica	10,991	>0.01%
167	Europe, Southern	Kosovo	10,887	>0.01%	Kosovo unilaterally declared itself independent to partial recognition, with objections from Serbia, Russia, China and others. Serbia still claims the territory.
168	Middle East	Lebanon	10,400	<0.01%
169	Asia, Western	Cyprus	9,251	<0.01%	Includes Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Sovereign Base Areas).
170	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	8,870	<0.01%	Commonwealth of the United States.
171	Middle East	Palestinian territories	6,020	<0.01%	The figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
172	Asia, South-East	Brunei	5,765	<0.01%
173	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	<0.01%
174	Africa, Western	Cape Verde	4,033	<0.01%
175	Oceania, Polynesia	French Polynesia	4,000	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity.
176	Oceania, Polynesia	Samoa	2,831	<0.01%
177	Europe, Western	Luxembourg	2,586	<0.01%
178	Africa, Eastern	Réunion	2,510	<0.01%	French overseas département.
179	Africa, Eastern	Comoros	2,235	<0.01%	Listed figure inccludes Mayotte (373 km²). Mayotte is officially an overseas collectivity of France and is not under the sovereignty of Comoros.
180	Africa, Eastern	Mauritius	2,040	<0.01%	Includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues.
181	Caribbean	Guadeloupe	1,705	<0.01%	French overseas département includes La Désirade, Marie Galante, Les Saintes, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part). Note that Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin became separate overseas collectvities in 2007 and are no longer politically part of Guadeloupe.
182	Europe, Northern	Faroe Islands	1,393	<0.01%	A self-governing territory of Denmark.
183	Caribbean	Martinique	1,102	<0.01%	French overseas département.
184	Africa, Central	São Tomé and Príncipe	964	<0.01%	Second smallest country in Africa.
185	Caribbean	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory. Area includes protected waters.
186	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles	800	<0.01%	Self-governing part of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin).
187	Caribbean	Dominica	751	<0.01%
188	Oceania, Polynesia	Tonga	747	<0.01%
189	Middle East	Bahrain	741	<0.01%
190	Oceania, Micronesia	Kiribati	726	<0.01%	Includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands.
191	Oceania, Micronesia	Micronesia, Federated States of	702	<0.01%	Includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie).
192	Asia, South-East	Singapore	699	<0.01%	UN figure is as of 2005. Official area in 2007 is 707.1 km².
193	Europe, Northern	Isle of Man	572	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK.
194	Oceania, Micronesia	Guam	549	<0.01%	Organized unincorporated territory of the USA.
195	Caribbean	Saint Lucia	539	<0.01%
196	Europe, Southern	Andorra	468	<0.01%
197	Oceania, Micronesia	Northern Mariana Islands	464	<0.01%	Commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
198	Oceania, Micronesia	Palau	459	<0.01%
199	Africa, Eastern	Seychelles	455	<0.01%	Smallest country in Africa.
200	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda	442	<0.01%	Includes the island of Redonda, 1.6 km².
201	Caribbean	Barbados	430	<0.01%
202	Caribbean	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	<0.01%
203	Caribbean	Virgin Islands U.S.	347	<0.01%	Unincorporated, organized territory of the USA.
204	Caribbean	Grenada	344	<0.01%
205	Europe, Southern	Malta	316	<0.01%
206	Asia, South-Central	Maldives	298	<0.01%	Smallest country in Asia.
207	Caribbean	Cayman Islands	264	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
208	Caribbean	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	<0.01%	Smallest nation in North America and in the Western Hemisphere.
209	Oceania, Polynesia	Niue	260	<0.01%	Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand.
210	America, Northern	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups.
211	Oceania, Polynesia	Cook Islands	236	<0.01%	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
212	Oceania, Polynesia	American Samoa	199	<0.01%	Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island.
213	Oceania, Micronesia	Marshall Islands	181	<0.01%	Includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik.
214	Caribbean	Aruba	180	<0.01%	Self-governing part of the Netherlands.
215	Europe, Western	Liechtenstein	160	<0.01%	Smallest country in the world that borders more than one other country.
216	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands	151	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory; comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada.
217	Oceania, Polynesia	Wallis and Futuna	142	<0.01%	French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets.
218	Africa, Western	Saint Helena	122	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory; excluding dependencies.
219	Europe, Northern	Jersey	116	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK.
220	Caribbean	Montserrat	102	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
221	South Atlantic Ocean	Tristan da Cunha	98	<0.01%	Dependency of St Helena (UK). Area refers to the only inhabited island.
222	Caribbean	Anguilla	91	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
223	South Atlantic Ocean	Ascension Island	88	<0.01%	Dependency of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena.
224	Europe, Northern	Guernsey	78	<0.01%	Crown dependency of the UK; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands.
225	Europe, Southern	San Marino	61	<0.01%
226	Caribbean	Bermuda	54	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
227	Oceania, Australia	Norfolk Island	36	<0.01%	Self-governing area of Australia.
228	Oceania, Polynesia	Tuvalu	26	<0.01%
229	Oceania, Micronesia	Nauru	21	<0.01%	Smallest country in Oceania, smallest island nation in the world, and third smallest country in the world.
230	Oceania, Australia	Tokelau	12	<0.01%	Territory of New Zealand.
231	Europe, Southern	Gibraltar	6	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory.
232	Oceania, Polynesia	Pitcairn Islands	5	<0.01%	British Overseas Territory and smallest dependent territory of the world.
233	Europe, Southern	Monaco	1.95	<0.01%	Second smallest country of the world.
234	Europe, Southern	Vatican City	0.44	<0.01%	Smallest country in the world. Home of the Pope and the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church.