Countries by Area 2026

🇷🇺 Russia has the highest area in the world at 17,098,242 km², while 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen has the lowest at -1 km². 250 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

Total area includes land and inland water within international boundaries. Russia alone covers about an eighth of Earth's land; the five largest countries together cover roughly a third. Pair this with the density ranking to see how unevenly people are spread across that land.

Highest

17,098,242

🇷🇺 Russia

Median country

64,559

🇱🇻 Latvia

Lowest

-1

🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Countries ranked

250

2026 values

#	Country	Area (km²)	Population
1	🇷🇺 Russia	17,098,242	143,394,458
2	🇦🇶 Antarctica	14,000,000	—
3	🇨🇦 Canada	9,984,670	40,467,728
4	🇨🇳 China	9,706,961	1,412,914,089
5	🇺🇸 United States	9,372,610	349,035,494
6	🇧🇷 Brazil	8,515,767	213,562,666
7	🇦🇺 Australia	7,692,024	27,227,096
8	🇮🇳 India	3,287,590	1,476,625,576
9	🇦🇷 Argentina	2,780,400	46,003,734
10	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2,724,900	21,083,626
11	🇩🇿 Algeria	2,381,741	48,028,334
12	🇨🇩 DR Congo	2,344,858	116,452,162
13	🇬🇱 Greenland	2,166,086	55,629
14	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	35,165,787
15	🇲🇽 Mexico	1,964,375	132,997,658
16	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1,904,569	287,886,782
17	🇸🇩 Sudan	1,886,068	53,282,719
18	🇱🇾 Libya	1,759,540	7,539,852
19	🇮🇷 Iran	1,648,195	93,168,497
20	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1,564,110	3,556,798
21	🇵🇪 Peru	1,285,216	34,922,148
22	🇹🇩 Chad	1,284,000	21,560,380
23	🇳🇪 Niger	1,267,000	28,814,878
24	🇦🇴 Angola	1,246,700	40,215,180
25	🇲🇱 Mali	1,240,192	25,932,275
26	🇿🇦 South Africa	1,221,037	65,453,084
27	🇨🇴 Colombia	1,141,748	53,936,226
28	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1,104,300	138,902,185
29	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1,098,581	12,749,291
30	🇲🇷 Mauritania	1,030,700	5,461,319
31	🇪🇬 Egypt	1,002,450	120,101,175
32	🇹🇿 Tanzania	945,087	72,563,780
33	🇳🇬 Nigeria	923,768	242,431,832
34	🇻🇪 Venezuela	916,445	28,633,711
35	🇵🇰 Pakistan	881,912	259,299,792
36	🇳🇦 Namibia	825,615	3,153,246
37	🇲🇿 Mozambique	801,590	36,639,850
38	🇹🇷 Türkiye	783,562	87,926,082
39	🇨🇱 Chile	756,102	19,945,850
40	🇿🇲 Zambia	752,612	22,521,915
41	🇲🇲 Myanmar	676,578	55,184,819
42	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	652,230	45,047,068
43	🇸🇴 Somalia	637,657	20,305,907
44	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	622,984	5,698,984
45	🇸🇸 South Sudan	619,745	12,436,037
46	🇺🇦 Ukraine	603,500	39,535,848
47	🇲🇬 Madagascar	587,041	33,522,052
48	🇧🇼 Botswana	582,000	2,603,388
49	🇰🇪 Kenya	580,367	58,636,412
50	🇫🇷 France	551,695	66,746,401
51	🇾🇪 Yemen	527,968	42,961,653
52	🇹🇭 Thailand	513,120	71,559,614
53	🇪🇸 Spain	505,992	47,850,793
54	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	488,100	7,736,632
55	🇨🇲 Cameroon	475,442	30,640,817
56	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	462,840	10,947,848
57	🇸🇪 Sweden	450,295	10,701,046
58	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	447,400	37,724,223
59	🇲🇦 Morocco	446,550	38,762,441
60	🇮🇶 Iraq	438,317	48,007,437
61	🇵🇾 Paraguay	406,752	7,095,279
62	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	390,757	17,273,580
63	🇯🇵 Japan	377,930	122,427,731
64	🇩🇪 Germany	357,114	83,644,258
65	🇵🇭 Philippines	342,353	117,724,472
66	🇨🇬 Congo	342,000	6,637,786
67	🇫🇮 Finland	338,424	5,621,739
68	🇻🇳 Vietnam	331,212	102,177,431
69	🇲🇾 Malaysia	330,803	36,385,115
70	🇳🇴 Norway	323,802	5,652,989
71	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	322,463	33,494,346
72	🇵🇱 Poland	312,679	37,843,188
73	🇴🇲 Oman	309,500	5,671,458
74	🇮🇹 Italy	301,336	58,926,166
75	🇪🇨 Ecuador	276,841	18,444,506
76	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	272,967	24,601,700
77	🇳🇿 New Zealand	270,467	5,287,479
78	🇬🇦 Gabon	267,668	2,647,400
79	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	266,000	610,813
80	🇬🇳 Guinea	245,857	15,441,992
81	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	242,900	69,931,528
82	🇺🇬 Uganda	241,550	52,761,470
83	🇬🇭 Ghana	238,533	35,697,557
84	🇷🇴 Romania	238,391	18,800,605
85	🇱🇦 Laos	236,800	7,974,018
86	🇬🇾 Guyana	214,969	840,890
87	🇧🇾 Belarus	207,600	8,937,018
88	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	199,951	7,400,464
89	🇸🇳 Senegal	196,722	19,366,548
90	🇸🇾 Syria	185,180	26,472,497
91	🇰🇭 Cambodia	181,035	18,051,219
92	🇺🇾 Uruguay	181,034	3,382,537
93	🇸🇷 Suriname	163,820	645,256
94	🇹🇳 Tunisia	163,610	12,415,138
95	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	147,570	177,818,044
96	🇳🇵 Nepal	147,181	29,629,410
97	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	143,100	10,978,598
98	🇬🇷 Greece	131,990	9,897,116
99	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	130,373	7,097,329
100	🇰🇵 North Korea	120,538	26,633,691
101	🇲🇼 Malawi	118,484	22,785,535
102	🇪🇷 Eritrea	117,600	3,682,669
103	🇧🇯 Benin	112,622	15,170,420
104	🇭🇳 Honduras	112,492	11,184,760
105	🇱🇷 Liberia	111,369	5,853,949
106	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	110,879	6,667,660
107	🇨🇺 Cuba	109,884	10,892,659
108	🇬🇹 Guatemala	108,889	18,967,978
109	🇮🇸 Iceland	103,000	402,329
110	🇰🇷 South Korea	100,210	51,600,388
111	🇭🇺 Hungary	93,028	9,585,818
112	🇵🇹 Portugal	92,090	10,395,362
113	🇯🇴 Jordan	89,342	11,589,532
114	🇷🇸 Serbia	88,361	6,641,964
115	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	86,600	10,454,855
116	🇦🇹 Austria	83,871	9,107,266
117	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	83,600	11,574,682
118	🇬🇫 French Guiana	83,534	318,872
119	🇨🇿 Czechia	78,865	10,527,780
120	🇵🇦 Panama	75,417	4,625,718
121	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	71,740	8,996,744
122	🇮🇪 Ireland	70,273	5,356,950
123	🇬🇪 Georgia	69,700	3,804,642
124	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	65,610	23,348,315
125	🇱🇹 Lithuania	65,300	2,797,338
126	🇱🇻 Latvia	64,559	1,835,935
127	🇹🇬 Togo	56,785	9,930,918
128	🇭🇷 Croatia	56,594	3,822,345
129	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209	3,114,242
130	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	51,100	5,174,789
131	🇸🇰 Slovakia	49,037	5,451,342
132	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	48,671	11,609,500
133	🇪🇪 Estonia	45,227	1,331,062
134	🇩🇰 Denmark	43,094	6,023,520
135	🇳🇱 Netherlands	41,850	18,448,775
136	🇨🇭 Switzerland	41,284	9,007,798
137	🇧🇹 Bhutan	38,394	802,214
138	🇹🇼 Taiwan	36,193	23,011,292
139	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	36,125	2,297,808
140	🇲🇩 Moldova	33,846	2,961,253
141	🇧🇪 Belgium	30,528	11,774,642
142	🇱🇸 Lesotho	30,355	2,389,336
143	🇦🇲 Armenia	29,743	2,930,915
144	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	28,896	858,288
145	🇦🇱 Albania	28,748	2,751,025
146	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	28,051	1,984,468
147	🇧🇮 Burundi	27,834	14,729,157
148	🇭🇹 Haiti	27,750	12,037,506
149	🇷🇼 Rwanda	26,338	14,889,693
150	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	25,713	1,804,062
151	🇩🇯 Djibouti	23,200	1,199,459
152	🇧🇿 Belize	22,966	428,644
153	🇸🇻 El Salvador	21,041	6,391,254
154	🇮🇱 Israel	20,770	9,647,689
155	🇸🇮 Slovenia	20,273	2,114,574
156	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	18,575	297,892
157	🇫🇯 Fiji	18,272	937,282
158	🇰🇼 Kuwait	17,818	5,102,773
159	🇸🇿 Eswatini	17,364	1,269,859
160	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	14,874	1,436,923
161	🇧🇸 Bahamas	13,943	404,628
162	🇲🇪 Montenegro	13,812	626,233
163	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	12,189	342,564
164	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	12,173	3,465
165	🇶🇦 Qatar	11,586	3,173,559
166	🇯🇲 Jamaica	10,991	2,833,404
167	🇽🇰 Kosovo	10,908	1,666,992
168	🇬🇲 Gambia	10,689	2,884,079
169	🇱🇧 Lebanon	10,452	5,897,467
170	🇨🇾 Cyprus	9,251	1,382,334
171	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	8,870	3,222,688
172	🇹🇫 French Southern and Antarctic Lands	7,747	—
173	🇵🇸 Palestine	6,220	5,692,790
174	🇧🇳 Brunei	5,765	469,775
175	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	1,513,268
176	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	4,167	283,076
177	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	4,033	529,630
178	🇬🇸 South Georgia	3,903	—
179	🇼🇸 Samoa	2,842	220,528
180	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2,586	687,448
181	🇷🇪 Réunion	2,511	886,298
182	🇲🇺 Mauritius	2,040	1,265,059
183	🇰🇲 Comoros	1,862	899,010
184	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	1,628	372,453
185	🇦🇽 Åland Islands	1,580	—
186	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	1,393	56,526
187	🇲🇶 Martinique	1,128	337,711
188	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	1,104	7,378,602
189	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	964	244,994
190	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	948	47,148
191	🇰🇮 Kiribati	811	138,445
192	🇧🇭 Bahrain	765	1,675,572
193	🇩🇲 Dominica	751	65,511
194	🇹🇴 Tonga	747	103,291
195	🇸🇬 Singapore	710	5,905,748
196	🇫🇲 Micronesia	702	114,182
197	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	616	180,488
198	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	572	84,054
199	🇬🇺 Guam	549	170,185
200	🇦🇩 Andorra	468	83,753
201	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	464	42,914
202	🇵🇼 Palau	459	17,614
203	🇸🇨 Seychelles	452	134,959
204	🇨🇼 Curaçao	444	185,440
205	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	442	94,626
206	🇧🇧 Barbados	430	282,724
207	🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412	—
208	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	394	5,148
209	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	99,244
210	🇾🇹 Mayotte	374	347,536
211	🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands	347	83,400
212	🇬🇩 Grenada	344	117,362
213	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	328	31,913
214	🇲🇹 Malta	316	549,011
215	🇲🇻 Maldives	300	531,517
216	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	264	77,196
217	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	46,992
218	🇳🇺 Niue	260	1,822
219	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	5,513
220	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	236	12,826
221	🇦🇸 American Samoa	199	45,318
222	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	181	35,075
223	🇦🇼 Aruba	180	108,164
224	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	160	40,368
225	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	151	39,936
226	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	142	11,113
227	🇨🇽 Christmas Island	135	—
228	🇯🇪 Jersey	116	104,106
229	🇲🇸 Montserrat	102	4,328
230	🇦🇮 Anguilla	91	14,817
231	🇬🇬 Guernsey	78	64,610
232	🇸🇲 San Marino	61	33,605
233	🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory	60	—
234	🇧🇲 Bermuda	54	64,459
235	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	53	23,898
236	🇧🇻 Bouvet Island	49	—
237	🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands	47	—
238	🇳🇫 Norfolk Island	36	—
239	🇺🇲 United States Minor Outlying Islands	34	—
240	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	34	44,447
241	🇲🇴 Macau	30	723,188
242	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	26	9,362
243	🇳🇷 Nauru	21	12,101
244	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	21	11,550
245	🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	—
246	🇹🇰 Tokelau	12	2,691
247	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	6	40,867
248	🇲🇨 Monaco	2	38,087
249	🇻🇦 Vatican City	0	506
250	🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen	-1	—

FAQ

Which country has the highest area in the world?

Russia has the highest area in the world at 17,098,242 km² (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest area?

Svalbard and Jan Mayen has the lowest area at -1 km² (2026).

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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