Largest Countries in the World

What are the largest countries in the world, which countries come to mind? The answer would probably depend on whether you’re talking about the largest size in total area or the most populous country and here are the top 10 largest countries occupy nearly half of the world’s dry land.

Russia (11%)

China (6.3%)

United States (6.1%)

Canada (6.1%)

Brazil (5.6%)

Australia (5.2%)

India (2.0%)

Argentina (1.8%)

Kazakhstan (1.8%)

Algeria (1.6%)

Other (52.5%)

List of Largest Countries in the World by area

The world is full of vast and diverse countries, each with its own unique culture, geography, and history and here are the largest countries in the world by area:

Total Area = land area + water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers)
Km² = square kilometers | mi² = square miles

Rank	Country	Total Area (Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	% of world Land
–	World	510,072,000	148,940,000	29.0%
1	Russia	17,098,242	16,376,870	11.0 %
2	Canada	9,984,670	9,093,510	6.1 %
3	China	9,596,961	9,326,410	6.3 %
4	United States	9,833,517	9,147,593	6.1 %
5	Brazil	8,515,767	8,358,140	5.6 %
6	Australia	7,692,024	7,682,300	5.2 %
7	India	3,287,590	2,973,190	2.0 %
8	Argentina	2,780,400	2,736,690	1.8 %
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	2,699,700	1.8 %
10	Algeria	2,381,741	2,381,740	1.6 %
11	DR Congo	2,344,858	2,267,050	1.5 %
12	Greenland	2,166,086	410,450	0.3 %
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	2,149,690	1.4 %
14	Mexico	1,964,375	1,943,950	1.3 %
15	Indonesia	1,904,569	1,811,570	1.2 %
16	Sudan	1,886,068	1,765,048	1.2 %
17	Libya	1,759,540	1,759,540	1.2 %
18	Iran	1,648,195	1,628,550	1.1 %
19	Mongolia	1,564,110	1,553,560	1.0 %
20	Peru	1,285,216	1,280,000	0.9 %
21	Chad	1,284,000	1,259,200	0.8 %
22	Niger	1,267,000	1,266,700	0.9 %
23	Angola	1,246,700	1,246,700	0.8 %
24	Mali	1,240,192	1,220,190	0.8 %
25	South Africa	1,221,037	1,213,090	0.8 %
26	Colombia	1,141,748	1,109,500	0.7 %
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	1,000,000	0.7 %
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	1,083,300	0.7 %
29	Mauritania	1,030,700	1,030,700	0.7 %
30	Egypt	1,002,450	995,450	0.7 %
31	Tanzania	945,087	885,800	0.6 %
32	Nigeria	923,768	910,770	0.6 %
33	Venezuela	916,445	882,050	0.6 %
34	Pakistan	881,912	770,880	0.5 %
35	Namibia	825,615	823,290	0.6 %
36	Mozambique	801,590	786,380	0.5 %
37	Turkey	783,562	769,630	0.5 %
38	Chile	756,102	743,532	0.5 %
39	Zambia	752,612	743,390	0.5 %
40	Myanmar	676,578	653,290	0.4 %
41	Afghanistan	652,230	652,860	0.4 %
42	Somalia	637,657	627,340	0.4 %
43	Central African Republic	622,984	622,980	0.4 %
44	South Sudan	619,745	610,952	0.4 %
45	Ukraine	603,500	579,320	0.4 %
46	Madagascar	587,041	581,795	0.4 %
47	Botswana	582,000	566,730	0.4 %
48	Kenya	580,367	569,140	0.4 %
49	France	551,695	547,557	0.4 %
50	Yemen	527,968	527,970	0.4 %
51	Thailand	513,120	510,890	0.3 %
52	Spain	505,992	498,800	0.3 %
53	Turkmenistan	488,100	469,930	0.3 %
54	Cameroon	475,442	472,710	0.3 %
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840	452,860	0.3 %
56	Sweden	450,295	410,340	0.3 %
57	Uzbekistan	447,400	425,400	0.3 %
58	Morocco	446,550	446,300	0.3 %
59	Iraq	438,317	434,320	0.3 %
60	Paraguay	406,752	397,300	0.3 %
61	Zimbabwe	390,757	386,850	0.3 %
62	Japan	377,930	364,555	0.2 %
63	Germany	357,114	348,560	0.2 %
64	Philippines	342,353	298,170	0.2 %
65	Congo	342,000	341,500	0.2 %
66	Finland	338,424	303,890	0.2 %
67	Vietnam	331,212	310,070	0.2 %
68	Malaysia	330,803	328,550	0.2 %
69	Norway	323,802	365,268	0.2 %
70	Côte d’Ivoire	322,463	318,000	0.2 %
71	Poland	312,679	306,230	0.2 %
72	Oman	309,500	309,500	0.2 %
73	Italy	301,336	294,140	0.2 %
74	Ecuador	276,841	248,360	0.2 %
75	Burkina Faso	272,967	273,600	0.2 %
76	New Zealand	270,467	263,310	0.2 %
77	Gabon	267,668	257,670	0.2 %
78	Western Sahara	266,000	266,000	0.2 %
79	Guinea	245,857	245,720	0.2 %
80	United Kingdom	242,900	241,930	0.2 %
81	Uganda	241,550	199,810	0.1 %
82	Ghana	238,533	227,540	0.2 %
83	Romania	238,391	230,170	0.2 %
84	Laos	236,800	230,800	0.2 %
85	Guyana	214,969	196,850	0.1 %
86	Belarus	207,600	202,910	0.1 %
87	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	191,800	0.1 %
88	Senegal	196,722	192,530	0.1 %
89	Syria	185,180	183,630	0.1 %
90	Cambodia	181,035	176,520	0.1 %
91	Uruguay	181,034	175,020	0.1 %
92	Suriname	163,820	156,000	0.1 %
93	Tunisia	163,610	155,360	0.1 %
94	Bangladesh	147,570	130,170	0.1 %
95	Nepal	147,181	143,350	0.1 %
96	Tajikistan	143,100	139,960	0.1 %
97	Greece	131,990	128,900	0.1 %
98	Nicaragua	130,373	120,340	0.1 %
99	North Korea	120,538	120,410	0.1 %
100	Malawi	118,484	94,280	0.1 %
101	Eritrea	117,600	101,000	0.1 %
102	Benin	112,622	112,760	0.1 %
103	Honduras	112,492	111,890	0.1 %
104	Liberia	111,369	96,320	0.1 %
105	Bulgaria	110,879	108,560	0.1 %
106	Cuba	109,884	106,440	0.1 %
107	Guatemala	108,889	107,160	0.1 %
108	Iceland	103,000	100,250	0.1 %
109	South Korea	100,210	97,230	0.1 %
110	Hungary	93,028	90,530	0.1 %
111	Portugal	92,090	91,590	0.1 %
112	Jordan	89,342	88,780	0.1 %
113	Serbia	88,361	87,460	0.1 %
114	Azerbaijan	86,600	82,658	0.1 %
115	Austria	83,871	82,409	0.1 %
116	United Arab Emirates	83,600	83,600	0.1 %
117	French Guiana	83,534	82,200	0.1 %
118	Czechia	78,865	77,240	0.1 %
119	Panama	75,417	74,340	0.0 %
120	Sierra Leone	71,740	72,180	0.0 %
121	Ireland	70,273	68,890	0.0 %
122	Georgia	69,700	69,490	0.0 %
123	Sri Lanka	65,610	62,710	0.0 %
124	Lithuania	65,300	62,674	0.0 %
125	Latvia	64,559	62,200	0.0 %
126	Togo	56,785	54,390	0.0 %
127	Croatia	56,594	55,960	0.0 %
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209	51,000	0.0 %
129	Costa Rica	51,100	51,060	0.0 %
130	Slovakia	49,037	48,088	0.0 %
131	Dominican Republic	48,671	48,320	0.0 %
132	Estonia	45,227	42,390	0.0 %
133	Denmark	43,094	42,430	0.0 %
134	Netherlands	41,850	33,720	0.0 %
135	Switzerland	41,284	39,516	0.0 %
136	Bhutan	38,394	38,117	0.0 %
137	Taiwan	36,193	35,410	0.0 %
138	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	28,120	0.0 %
139	Moldova	33,846	32,850	0.0 %
140	Belgium	30,528	30,280	0.0 %
141	Lesotho	30,355	30,360	0.0 %
142	Armenia	29,743	28,470	0.0 %
143	Solomon Islands	28,896	27,990	0.0 %
144	Albania	28,748	27,400	0.0 %
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	28,050	0.0 %
146	Burundi	27,834	25,680	0.0 %
147	Haiti	27,750	27,560	0.0 %
148	Rwanda	26,338	24,670	0.0 %
149	Republic of North Macedonia	25,713	25,220	0.0 %
150	Djibouti	23,200	23,180	0.0 %
151	Belize	22,966	22,810	0.0 %
152	El Salvador	21,041	20,720	0.0 %
153	Israel	20,770	21,640	0.0 %
154	Slovenia	20,273	20,140	0.0 %
155	New Caledonia	18,575	18,280	0.0 %
156	Fiji	18,272	18,270	0.0 %
157	Kuwait	17,818	17,820	0.0 %
158	Eswatini	17,364	17,200	0.0 %
159	Timor-Leste	14,874	14,870	0.0 %
160	Bahamas	13,943	10,010	0.0 %
161	Montenegro	13,812	13,450	0.0 %
162	Vanuatu	12,189	12,190	0.0 %
163	Falkland Islands	12,173	12,170	0.0 %
164	Qatar	11,586	11,610	0.0 %
165	Jamaica	10,991	10,830	0.0 %
166	Gambia	10,689	10,120	0.0 %
167	Lebanon	10,452	10,230	0.0 %
168	Cyprus	9,251	9,240	0.0 %
169	Puerto Rico	8,870	8,870	0.0 %
170	State of Palestine	6,220	6,020	0.0 %
171	Brunei Darussalam	5,765	5,270	0.0 %
172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	5,130	0.0 %
173	French Polynesia	4,167	3,660	0.0 %
174	Cabo Verde	4,033	4,030	0.0 %
175	Samoa	2,842	2,830	0.0 %
176	Luxembourg	2,586	2,590	0.0 %
177	Réunion	2,511	2,500	0.0 %
178	Mauritius	2,040	2,030	0.0 %
179	Comoros	1,862	1,861	0.0 %
180	Guadeloupe	1,628	1,690	0.0 %
181	Faeroe Islands	1,393	1,396	0.0 %
182	Martinique	1,128	1,060	0.0 %
183	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,104	1,050	0.0 %
184	Sao Tome and Principe	964	960	0.0 %
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	950	0.0 %
186	Kiribati	811	810	0.0 %
187	Bahrain	765	760	0.0 %
188	Dominica	751	750	0.0 %
189	Tonga	747	720	0.0 %
190	Singapore	710	700	0.0 %
191	Micronesia	702	700	0.0 %
192	Saint Lucia	616	610	0.0 %
193	Isle of Man	572	570	0.0 %
194	Guam	549	540	0.0 %
195	Andorra	468	470	0.0 %
196	Northern Mariana Islands	464	460	0.0 %
197	Palau	459	460	0.0 %
198	Seychelles	452	460	0.0 %
199	Curaçao	444	444	0.0 %
200	Antigua and Barbuda	442	440	0.0 %
201	Barbados	430	430	0.0 %
202	Saint Helena	394	390	0.0 %
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	390	0.0 %
204	Mayotte	374	375	0.0 %
205	United States Virgin Islands	347	350	0.0 %
206	Grenada	344	340	0.0 %
207	Caribbean Netherlands	328	328	0.0 %
208	Malta	316	320	0.0 %
209	Maldives	300	300	0.0 %
210	Cayman Islands	264	240	0.0 %
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	260	0.0 %
212	Niue	260	260	0.0 %
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	230	0.0 %
214	Cook Islands	236	240	0.0 %
215	American Samoa	199	200	0.0 %
216	Marshall Islands	181	180	0.0 %
217	Aruba	180	180	0.0 %
218	Liechtenstein	160	160	0.0 %
219	British Virgin Islands	151	150	0.0 %
220	Wallis and Futuna Islands	142	140	0.0 %
221	Montserrat	102	100	0.0 %
222	Anguilla	91	90	0.0 %
223	San Marino	61	60	0.0 %
224	Bermuda	54	50	0.0 %
225	Saint Martin	53	53	0.0 %
226	Sint Maarten	34	34	0.0 %
227	China, Macao SAR	30	30	0.0 %
228	Tuvalu	26	30	0.0 %
229	Nauru	21	20	0.0 %
229	Saint Barthélemy	21	21	0.0 %
230	Tokelau	12	10	0.0 %
231	Gibraltar	6	10	0.0 %
232	Monaco	2	1	0.0 %
233	Holy See	0	0	0.0 %
234	Channel Islands	0	190	0.0 %

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