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Countries by Land area (sq. km) (2024)

Land area (sq. km) in 2024: highest in Russia (16.38 million), lowest in Monaco (2.084), median 92,943 across the 214 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Land area (sq. km) across 260 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

260 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1961–2024

Highest Land area (sq. km), 2024

  1. 1.Russia16.38 million
  2. 2.China9.388 million
  3. 3.United States9.147 million
  4. 4.Canada8.789 million
  5. 5.Brazil8.358 million
  6. 6.Australia7.688 million
  7. 7.India2.973 million
  8. 8.Argentina2.737 million
  9. 9.Kazakhstan2.7 million
  10. 10.Algeria2.382 million

Lowest Land area (sq. km), 2024

  1. 205.British Virgin Islands151
  2. 206.San Marino61.2
  3. 207.Bermuda54
  4. 208.Saint Martin53
  5. 209.Sint Maarten34
  6. 210.Macao33.3
  7. 211.Tuvalu26
  8. 212.Nauru21
  9. 213.Gibraltar10
  10. 214.Monaco2.084

All 214 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Land area (sq. km) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

RussiaRank 1 of 214ChinaRank 2 of 214United StatesRank 3 of 214CanadaRank 4 of 214BrazilRank 5 of 214AustraliaRank 6 of 214IndiaRank 7 of 214ArgentinaRank 8 of 214KazakhstanRank 9 of 214AlgeriaRank 10 of 214DR CongoRank 11 of 214Saudi ArabiaRank 12 of 214MexicoRank 13 of 214IndonesiaRank 14 of 214SudanRank 15 of 214LibyaRank 16 of 214IranRank 17 of 214MongoliaRank 18 of 214PeruRank 19 of 214NigerRank 20 of 214ChadRank 21 of 214AngolaRank 22 of 214MaliRank 23 of 214South AfricaRank 24 of 214EthiopiaRank 25 of 214ColombiaRank 26 of 214BoliviaRank 27 of 214MauritaniaRank 28 of 214EgyptRank 29 of 214NigeriaRank 30 of 214TanzaniaRank 31 of 214VenezuelaRank 32 of 214NamibiaRank 33 of 214MozambiqueRank 34 of 214PakistanRank 35 of 214TurkeyRank 36 of 214ZambiaRank 37 of 214ChileRank 38 of 214MyanmarRank 39 of 214AfghanistanRank 40 of 214South SudanRank 41 of 214SomaliaRank 42 of 214Central African RepublicRank 43 of 214MadagascarRank 44 of 214KenyaRank 45 of 214UkraineRank 46 of 214BotswanaRank 47 of 214FranceRank 48 of 214YemenRank 49 of 214ThailandRank 50 of 214SpainRank 51 of 214CameroonRank 52 of 214TurkmenistanRank 53 of 214Papua New GuineaRank 54 of 214MoroccoRank 55 of 214UzbekistanRank 56 of 214IraqRank 57 of 214GreenlandRank 58 of 214SwedenRank 59 of 214ParaguayRank 60 of 214ZimbabweRank 61 of 214JapanRank 62 of 214NorwayRank 63 of 214GermanyRank 64 of 214Republic of the CongoRank 65 of 214MalaysiaRank 66 of 214Cote d'IvoireRank 67 of 214VietnamRank 68 of 214OmanRank 69 of 214PolandRank 70 of 214FinlandRank 71 of 214PhilippinesRank 72 of 214ItalyRank 73 of 214Burkina FasoRank 74 of 214New ZealandRank 75 of 214GabonRank 76 of 214EcuadorRank 77 of 214GuineaRank 78 of 214United KingdomRank 79 of 214Lao PDRRank 80 of 214RomaniaRank 81 of 214GhanaRank 82 of 214GuyanaRank 83 of 214BelarusRank 84 of 214UgandaRank 85 of 214SenegalRank 86 of 214Kyrgyz RepublicRank 87 of 214Syrian Arab RepublicRank 88 of 214CambodiaRank 89 of 214UruguayRank 90 of 214SurinameRank 91 of 214TunisiaRank 92 of 214NepalRank 93 of 214TajikistanRank 94 of 214BangladeshRank 95 of 214GreeceRank 96 of 214EritreaRank 97 of 214North KoreaRank 98 of 214BeninRank 99 of 214HondurasRank 100 of 214BulgariaRank 101 of 214GuatemalaRank 102 of 214CubaRank 103 of 214IcelandRank 104 of 214South KoreaRank 105 of 214LiberiaRank 106 of 214MalawiRank 107 of 214PortugalRank 108 of 214HungaryRank 109 of 214JordanRank 110 of 214SerbiaRank 111 of 214AzerbaijanRank 112 of 214AustriaRank 113 of 214Czech RepublicRank 114 of 214PanamaRank 115 of 214Sierra LeoneRank 116 of 214United Arab EmiratesRank 117 of 214GeorgiaRank 118 of 214IrelandRank 119 of 214LithuaniaRank 120 of 214LatviaRank 121 of 214Sri LankaRank 122 of 214CroatiaRank 123 of 214TogoRank 124 of 214Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 125 of 214Costa RicaRank 126 of 214Dominican RepublicRank 127 of 214SlovakiaRank 128 of 214EstoniaRank 129 of 214DenmarkRank 130 of 214SwitzerlandRank 131 of 214BhutanRank 132 of 214NetherlandsRank 133 of 214MoldovaRank 134 of 214BelgiumRank 135 of 214LesothoRank 136 of 214ArmeniaRank 137 of 214Guinea-BissauRank 138 of 214Equatorial GuineaRank 139 of 214Solomon IslandsRank 140 of 214HaitiRank 141 of 214AlbaniaRank 142 of 214BurundiRank 143 of 214North MacedoniaRank 144 of 214RwandaRank 145 of 214DjiboutiRank 146 of 214BelizeRank 147 of 214IsraelRank 148 of 214El SalvadorRank 149 of 214SloveniaRank 150 of 214New CaledoniaRank 151 of 214FijiRank 152 of 214KuwaitRank 153 of 214EswatiniRank 154 of 214Timor-LesteRank 155 of 214MontenegroRank 156 of 214VanuatuRank 157 of 214QatarRank 158 of 214JamaicaRank 159 of 214LebanonRank 160 of 214The GambiaRank 161 of 214The BahamasRank 162 of 214CyprusRank 163 of 214Puerto RicoRank 164 of 214West Bank and GazaRank 165 of 214Brunei DarussalamRank 166 of 214Trinidad and TobagoRank 167 of 214Cabo VerdeRank 168 of 214French PolynesiaRank 169 of 214SamoaRank 170 of 214LuxembourgRank 171 of 214MauritiusRank 172 of 214ComorosRank 173 of 214Faroe IslandsRank 174 of 214Hong KongRank 175 of 214Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 176 of 214Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 177 of 214KiribatiRank 178 of 214BahrainRank 179 of 214DominicaRank 180 of 214SingaporeRank 181 of 214TongaRank 182 of 214MicronesiaRank 183 of 214St. LuciaRank 184 of 214Isle of ManRank 185 of 214GuamRank 186 of 214AndorraRank 187 of 214PalauRank 188 of 214Northern Mariana IslandsRank 189 of 214SeychellesRank 190 of 214CuracaoRank 191 of 214Antigua and BarbudaRank 192 of 214BarbadosRank 193 of 214St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 194 of 214US Virgin IslandsRank 195 of 214GrenadaRank 196 of 214MaltaRank 197 of 214MaldivesRank 198 of 214St. Kitts and NevisRank 199 of 214Cayman IslandsRank 200 of 214American SamoaRank 201 of 214Marshall IslandsRank 202 of 214ArubaRank 203 of 214LiechtensteinRank 204 of 214British Virgin IslandsRank 205 of 214San MarinoRank 206 of 214BermudaRank 207 of 214Saint MartinRank 208 of 214Sint MaartenRank 209 of 214MacaoRank 210 of 214TuvaluRank 211 of 214NauruRank 212 of 214GibraltarRank 213 of 214MonacoRank 214 of 214

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Land area (sq. km) Data Coverage

This page lists 260 countries with available Land area (sq. km) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.