How big is it, really?
Total area, 205 countries & territories. Total surface area including inland water bodies. Silhouettes are drawn with an equal-area projection centred on each country, at the same scale — unlike Mercator maps, which inflate countries far from the equator.
lowest≥ 831.4 km²≥ 23K km²≥ 76.8K km²≥ 179K km²≥ 427K km²≥ 943.9K km² no data
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and… via World Bank· 2023
The ranking
- 1
Russia 17,125,200 km² 2023 - 2
Canada 15,634,400 km² 2023 - 3
United States 9,831,510 km² 2023 - 4
China 9,562,910 km² 2023 - 5
Brazil 8,510,420 km² 2023 - 6
Australia 7,741,220 km² 2023 - 7
India 3,287,260 km² 2023 - 8
Argentina 2,780,400 km² 2023 - 9
Kazakhstan 2,724,900 km² 2023 - 10
Algeria 2,381,740 km² 2023 - 11
DR Congo 2,344,860 km² 2023 - 12
Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 km² 2023 - 13
Mexico 1,957,190 km² 2023 - 14
Indonesia 1,916,910 km² 2023 - 15
Sudan 1,878,000 km² 2023 - 16
Libya 1,759,540 km² 2023 - 17
Iran 1,745,150 km² 2023 - 18
Mongolia 1,564,120 km² 2023 - 19
Peru 1,285,220 km² 2023 - 20
Chad 1,284,000 km² 2023 - 21
Niger 1,267,000 km² 2023 - 22
Angola 1,246,700 km² 2023 - 23
Mali 1,240,190 km² 2023 - 24
South Africa 1,219,090 km² 2023 - 25
Colombia 1,140,620 km² 2023 - 26
Ethiopia 1,136,240 km² 2023 - 27
Bolivia 1,098,580 km² 2023 - 28
Mauritania 1,030,700 km² 2023 - 29
Egypt 1,001,450 km² 2023 - 30
Tanzania 947,300 km² 2023 - 31
Nigeria 923,770 km² 2023 - 32
Venezuela 912,050 km² 2023 - 33
Namibia 824,290 km² 2023 - 34
Mozambique 799,380 km² 2023 - 35
Pakistan 796,100 km² 2023 - 36
Türkiye 785,350 km² 2023 - 37
Chile 757,245 km² 2023 - 38
Zambia 752,610 km² 2023 - 39
Myanmar 676,590 km² 2023 - 40
Afghanistan 652,870 km² 2023 - 41
South Sudan 646,883 km² 2023 - 42
Somalia 637,660 km² 2023 - 43
Norway 624,500 km² 2023 - 44
Central African Republic 622,980 km² 2023 - 45
France 606,410 km² 2023 - 46
Ukraine 603,550 km² 2023 - 47
Kenya 591,969 km² 2023 - 48
Madagascar 587,295 km² 2023 - 49
Botswana 581,730 km² 2023 - 50
Sweden 528,660 km² 2023