◭ Land · Rankings

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≥ 832.3 km²≥ 23K km²≥ 76.8K km²≥ 179K km²≥ 427K km²≥ 942.4K km² no data

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and… via World Bank· 2023 / 2024

The ranking

1 Russia 17,125,200 km² 2024
2 Canada 15,634,400 km² 2024
3 United States 9,831,510 km² 2024
4 China 9,562,910 km² 2024
5 Brazil 8,510,420 km² 2024
6 Australia 7,741,220 km² 2024
7 India 3,287,260 km² 2024
8 Argentina 2,780,400 km² 2024
9 Kazakhstan 2,724,900 km² 2024
10 Algeria 2,381,740 km² 2024
11 DR Congo 2,345,410 km² 2024
12 Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 km² 2024
13 Mexico 1,957,190 km² 2024
14 Indonesia 1,916,910 km² 2024
15 Sudan 1,878,000 km² 2024
16 Libya 1,759,540 km² 2024
17 Iran 1,745,150 km² 2024
18 Mongolia 1,564,120 km² 2024
19 Peru 1,285,220 km² 2024
20 Chad 1,284,000 km² 2024
21 Niger 1,267,000 km² 2024
22 Angola 1,246,700 km² 2024
23 Mali 1,241,240 km² 2024
24 South Africa 1,219,600 km² 2024
25 Colombia 1,140,620 km² 2024
26 Ethiopia 1,129,820 km² 2024
27 Bolivia 1,098,580 km² 2024
28 Mauritania 1,030,700 km² 2024
29 Egypt 1,001,450 km² 2024
30 Tanzania 945,500 km² 2024
31 Nigeria 923,768 km² 2024
32 Venezuela 912,050 km² 2024
33 Namibia 824,292 km² 2024
34 Mozambique 799,380 km² 2024
35 Pakistan 796,100 km² 2024
36 Türkiye 785,350 km² 2024
37 Chile 756,556 km² 2024
38 Zambia 752,612 km² 2024
39 Myanmar 676,578 km² 2024
40 Afghanistan 652,870 km² 2024
41 South Sudan 646,883 km² 2024
42 Somalia 637,657 km² 2024
43 Norway 624,500 km² 2024
44 Central African Republic 622,980 km² 2024
45 France 606,410 km² 2024
46 Ukraine 603,550 km² 2024
47 Kenya 591,970 km² 2024
48 Madagascar 591,896 km² 2024
49 Botswana 581,730 km² 2024
50 Sweden 528,860 km² 2024

Reference years differ by country (2023–2024); each row shows its own year.