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

Surface area (sq. km) in 2024: highest in Russia (17.13 million), lowest in Gibraltar (10), median 103,000 across the 213 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Surface 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 Surface area (sq. km), 2024

  1. 1.Russia17.13 million
  2. 2.Canada15.63 million
  3. 3.United States9.832 million
  4. 4.China9.563 million
  5. 5.Brazil8.51 million
  6. 6.Australia7.741 million
  7. 7.India3.287 million
  8. 8.Argentina2.78 million
  9. 9.Kazakhstan2.725 million
  10. 10.Algeria2.382 million

Lowest Surface area (sq. km), 2024

  1. 204.Liechtenstein160
  2. 205.British Virgin Islands151
  3. 206.Monaco74.9
  4. 207.San Marino61.2
  5. 208.Saint Martin53
  6. 209.Sint Maarten34
  7. 210.Macao33.3
  8. 211.Tuvalu26
  9. 212.Nauru21
  10. 213.Gibraltar10

All 213 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

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

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

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