This is a list of the world's sovereign states and their dependent territories by total area, land area and water area, ranked by total area.
The 10 largest countries occupy 25% of the world
The entries in the list include, but those not limited to, those in the ISO 3166 standard of which includes all sovereign states, dependent territories and other territories by total area. All 193 Members of the United Nations plus the 2 observer states are assigned a number rank. Largely unrecognized states not found in ISO 3166 are included in the ranking. The areas of such largely unrecognized states are in most cases also included in the areas of their states as they claim the same territory. See the notes in the numbers for each sovereign state/dependent territory for more clarification.
Not included in the list are organizations such as the NATO or unnamed places.
The entry includes three subfields:
Total area is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise noted. Land and water are taken from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise noted. The CIA World Factbook is often used when other UN departments disagree.[1]
Country / dependency | Total in km² (mi²) | Land in km² (mi²) | Water in km² (mi²) | % of water | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earth | 510,000,000 (200,000,000) | 148,500,000 (57,300,000) | 350,000,000 (140,000,000) | 50.0 | |
Water | 350,000,000 (140,000,000) | 0 (0) | 350,000,000 (140,000,000) | 100.0 | |
Land | 148,500,000 (57,300,000) | 0 (0) | 148,500,000 (57,300,000) | 0.0 | |
1 | ![]() |
17,098,246 (6,601,670) | 16,377,742 (6,323,482) | 720,500 (278,200) | 2.0 |
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14,200,000 (5,500,000) | 14,200,000 (5,500,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
2 | ![]() |
9,984,670 (3,855,100) | 9,093,507 (3,511,023) | 891,163 (344,080) | 4.0 |
3 | ![]() |
9,883,517 (3,816,047) | 9,147,593 (3,531,905) | 685,924 (264,837) | 2.5 |
4 | ![]() |
9,596,960 (3,705,410) | 9,326,410 (3,600,950) | 270,550 (104,460) | 1.5 |
5 | ![]() |
8,515,767 (3,287,956) | 8,358,140 (3,227,100) | 157,030 (60,630) | 1.0 |
6 | ![]() |
7,741,220 (2,988,900) | 7,682,300 (2,966,200) | 58,920 (22,750) | 1.0 |
7 | ![]() |
3,745,997 (1,446,338) | 3,701,913 (1,429,317) | 43,710 (16,880) | 2.5 |
8 | ![]() |
3,287,263 (1,269,219) | 2,973,193 (1,147,956) | 314,070 (121,260) | 1.0 |
9 | ![]() |
2,724,900 (1,052,100) | 2,699,700 (1,042,400) | 25,200 (9,700) | 0.5 |
10 | ![]() |
2,381,740 (919,590) | 2,381,740 (919,590) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
11 | ![]() |
2,344,858 (905,355) | 2,267,048 (875,312) | 77,810 (30,040) | 1.0 |
12 | ![]() |
2,210,573 (853,507) | 2,209,923 (853,256) | 660 (250) | 0.0 |
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2,166,086 (836,330) | 2,166,086 (836,330) | 0 (0) | 0.0 | |
13 | ![]() |
2,149,690 (830,000) | 2,149,690 (830,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
14 | ![]() |
2,006,106 (774,562) | 2,003,896 (773,709) | 12,290 (4,750) | 0.5 |
15 | ![]() |
1,964,375 (758,449) | 1,943,945 (750,561) | 20,430 (7,890) | 0.5 |
16 | ![]() |
1,904,569 (735,358) | 1,811,569 (699,451) | 93,000 (36,000) | 1.5 |
17 | ![]() |
1,861,484 (718,723) | 1,731,671 (668,602) | 129,813 (50,121) | 1.0 |
18 | ![]() |
1,759,540 (679,360) | 1,759,540 (679,360) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
19 | ![]() |
1,648,195 (636,372) | 1,531,595 (591,352) | 116,600 (45,000) | 1.0 |
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1,600,000 (620,000) | 1,600,000 (620,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 | |
20 | ![]() |
1,564,110 (603,910) | 1,553,556 (599,831) | 10,560 (4,080) | 0.5 |
21 | ![]() |
1,285,216 (496,225) | 1,279,996 (494,209) | 5,220 (2,020) | 1.0 |
22 | ![]() |
1,284,000 (496,000) | 1,259,200 (486,200) | 24,800 (9,600) | 0.5 |
23 | ![]() |
1,267,000 (489,000) | 1,266,700 (489,100) | 300 (120) | 0.0 |
24 | ![]() |
1,246,700 (481,400) | 1,246,700 (481,400) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
25 | ![]() |
1,240,192 (478,841) | 1,220,190 (471,120) | 20,002 (7,723) | 0.5 |
26 | ![]() |
1,221,037 (471,445) | 1,214,470 (468,910) | 4,620 (1,780) | 0.5 |
27 | ![]() |
1,141,748 (440,831) | 1,038,700 (401,000) | 100,210 (38,690) | 0.5 |
28 | ![]() |
1,106,756 (427,321) | 1,103,382 (426,018) | 3,374 (1,303) | 0.5 |
29 | ![]() |
1,104,300 (426,400) | 1,096,570 (423,390) | 7,730 (2,980) | 0.5 |
30 | ![]() |
1,098,581 (424,164) | 1,083,301 (418,265) | 15,280 (5,900) | 0.5 |
31 | ![]() |
1,030,700 (398,000) | 1,030,700 (398,000) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
32 | ![]() |
1,002,450 (387,050) | 995,450 (384,350) | 6,000 (2,300) | 0.5 |
33 | ![]() |
947,300 (365,800) | 885,800 (342,000) | 61,500 (23,700) | 1.5 |
34 | ![]() |
923,768 (356,669) | 910,768 (351,649) | 13,000 (5,000) | 1.0 |
35 | ![]() |
912,050 (352,140) | 882,050 (340,560) | 30,000 (12,000) | 1.0 |
36 | ![]() |
907,132 (350,246) | 770,875 (297,637) | 25,220 (9,740) | 1.0 |
37 | ![]() |
824,292 (318,261) | 825,290 (318,650) | 1,002 (387) | 0.5 |
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799,380 (308,640) | 786,380 (303,620) | 13,000 (5,000) | 1.0 | |
39 | ![]() |
783,562 (302,535) | 769,632 (297,157) | 13,930 (5,380) | 1.0 |
40 | ![]() |
752,612 (290,585) | 743,398 (287,028) | 9,220 (3,560) | 0.5 |
41 | ![]() |
676,578 (261,228) | 653,508 (252,321) | 23,070 (8,910) | 1.0 |
42 | ![]() |
652,230 (251,830) | 652,230 (251,830) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
43 | ![]() |
644,239 (248,742) | 644,239 (248,742) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
44 | ![]() |
637,657 (246,201) | 627,337 (242,216) | 10,320 (3,980) | 0.5 |
45 | ![]() |
622,984 (240,535) | 622,984 (240,535) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
46 | ![]() |
603,500 (233,000) | 579,330 (223,680) | 24,220 (9,350) | 1.0 |
47 | ![]() |
587,041 (226,658) | 581,540 (224,530) | 5,501 (2,124) | 0.5 |
48 | ![]() |
581,730 (224,610) | 566,730 (218,820) | 15,000 (5,800) | 1.0 |
49 | ![]() |
580,367 (224,081) | 569,140 (219,750) | 11,227 (4,335) | 0.5 |
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551,500 (212,900) | 549,970 (212,340) | 1,530 (590) | 0.5 | |
50 | ![]() |
527,968 (203,850) | 527,968 (203,850) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
51 | ![]() |
513,120 (198,120) | 510,890 (197,260) | 2,230 (860) | |
52 | ![]() |
505,370 (195,120) | 498,980 (192,660) | 6,390 (2,470) | 1.5 |
53 | ![]() |
488,100 (188,500) | 469,930 (181,440) | 13,930 (5,380) | 3.0 |
54 | ![]() |
475,442 (183,569) | 472,710 (182,510) | 2,730 (1,050) | 2.0 |
55 | ![]() |
462,840 (178,700) | 452,860 (174,850) | 9,980 (3,850) | 3.5 |
56 | ![]() |
450,295 (173,860) | 410,335 (158,431) | 39,960 (15,430) | 4.0 |
57 | ![]() |
447,400 (172,700) | 425,400 (164,200) | 22,000 (8,500) | 4.0 |
58 | ![]() |
446,550 (172,410) | 446,300 (172,300) | 250 (97) | 1.5 |
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439,747 (169,787) | 439,747 (169,787) | 0 (0) | 0.0 | |
59 | ![]() |
438,317 (169,235) | 437,367 (168,868) | 950 (370) | 1.5 |
60 | ![]() |
406,752 (157,048) | 406,752 (157,048) | 9,430 (3,640) | 1.5 |
61 | ![]() |
390,757 (150,872) | 386,847 (149,362) | 9,220 (3,560) | 1.2 |
62 | ![]() |
386,224 (149,122) | |||
63 | ![]() |
377,975 (145,937) | |||
64 | ![]() |
357,114 (137,882) | |||
65 | ![]() |
342,000 (132,000) | |||
66 | ![]() |
338,424 (130,666) | |||
67 | ![]() |
331,212 (127,882) | |||
68 | ![]() |
330,803 (127,724) | |||
– | ![]() |
323,802 (125,021) | |||
69 | ![]() |
322,463 (124,504) | |||
70 | ![]() |
312,696 (120,733) | |||
71 | ![]() |
309,500 (119,500) | |||
72 | ![]() |
301,339 (116,348) | |||
73 | ![]() |
300,000 (120,000) | |||
74 | ![]() |
276,841 (106,889) | |||
75 | ![]() |
274,222 (105,878) | |||
76 | ![]() |
262,443 (101,330) | |||
77 | ![]() |
267,668 (103,347) | |||
78 | ![]() |
266,000 (103,000) | |||
79 | ![]() |
245,857 (94,926) | |||
80 | ![]() |
242,495 (93,628) | |||
81 | ![]() |
241,550 (93,260) | |||
82 | ![]() |
238,533 (92,098) | |||
83 | ![]() |
238,397 (92,046) | |||
84 | ![]() |
236,800 (91,400) | |||
85 | ![]() |
214,969 (83,000) | |||
86 | ![]() |
207,600 (80,200) | |||
87 | ![]() |
199,951 (77,202) | |||
88 | ![]() |
196,722 (75,955) | |||
89 | ![]() |
185,180 (71,500) | |||
90 | ![]() |
181,035 (69,898) | |||
91 | ![]() |
176,215 (68,037) | |||
92 | ![]() |
176,120 (68,000) | |||
93 | ![]() |
163,820 (63,250) | |||
94 | ![]() |
163,610 (63,170) | |||
95 | ![]() |
147,570 (56,980) | |||
96 | ![]() |
147,181 (56,827) | |||
97 | ![]() |
143,100 (55,300) | |||
98 | ![]() |
131,957 (50,949) | |||
99 | ![]() |
130,373 (50,337) | |||
100 | ![]() |
120,540 (46,540) | |||
101 | ![]() |
118,484 (45,747) | |||
102 | ![]() |
117,600 (45,400) | |||
103 | ![]() |
114,763 (44,310) | |||
104 | ![]() |
112,492 (43,433) | |||
105 | ![]() |
111,369 (43,000) | |||
106 | ![]() |
111,002 (42,858) | |||
107 | ![]() |
109,884 (42,426) | |||
108 | ![]() |
108,889 (42,042) | |||
109 | ![]() |
103,000 (40,000) | |||
110 | ![]() |
100,210 (38,690) | |||
– | ![]() |
97,757 (37,744) | |||
111 | ![]() |
93,028 (35,918) | |||
112 | ![]() |
92,090 (35,560) | |||
113 | ![]() |
89,342 (34,495) | |||
114 | ![]() |
88,361 (34,116) | |||
115 | ![]() |
86,600 (33,400) | |||
116 | ![]() |
83,871 (32,383) | |||
117 | ![]() |
83,600 (32,300) | |||
– | ![]() |
83,534 (32,253) | |||
118 | ![]() |
78,865 (30,450) | |||
119 | ![]() |
75,417 (29,119) | |||
120 | ![]() |
71,740 (27,700) | |||
121 | ![]() |
70,273 (27,133) | |||
122 | ![]() |
69,700 (26,900) | |||
123 | ![]() |
65,610 (25,330) | |||
124 | ![]() |
65,300 (25,200) | |||
125 | ![]() |
64,559 (24,926) | |||
– | ![]() |
62,045 (23,956) | |||
126 | ![]() |
56,785 (21,925) | |||
127 | ![]() |
56,594 (21,851) | |||
128 | ![]() |
51,209 (19,772) | |||
129 | ![]() |
51,100 (19,700) | |||
130 | ![]() |
49,037 (18,933) | |||
131 | ![]() |
48,671 (18,792) | |||
132 | ![]() |
45,227 (17,462) | |||
133 | ![]() |
43,094 (16,639) | |||
134 | ![]() |
42,800 (16,500) | |||
135 | ![]() |
41,850 (16,160) | |||
136 | ![]() |
41,284 (15,940) | |||
137 | ![]() |
38,394 (14,824) | |||
138 | ![]() |
36,193 (13,974) | |||
139 | ![]() |
36,125 (13,948) | |||
140 | ![]() |
33,846 (13,068) | |||
141 | ![]() |
32,000 (12,000) | |||
142 | ![]() |
30,528 (11,787) | |||
143 | ![]() |
30,355 (11,720) | |||
144 | ![]() |
29,743 (11,484) | |||
145 | ![]() |
28,896 (11,157) | |||
146 | ![]() |
28,748 (11,100) | |||
147 | ![]() |
28,051 (10,831) | |||
148 | ![]() |
27,834 (10,747) | |||
149 | ![]() |
27,750 (10,710) | |||
150 | ![]() |
26,338 (10,169) | |||
151 | ![]() |
25,713 (9,928) | |||
152 | ![]() |
23,200 (9,000) | |||
153 | ![]() |
22,966 (8,867) | |||
154 | ![]() |
22,072 (8,522) | |||
155 | ![]() |
21,041 (8,124) | |||
156 | ![]() |
20,273 (7,827) | |||
– | ![]() |
18,575 (7,172) | |||
157 | ![]() |
18,272 (7,055) | |||
158 | ![]() |
17,818 (6,880) | |||
159 | ![]() |
17,364 (6,704) | |||
160 | ![]() |
14,919 (5,760) | |||
161 | ![]() |
13,943 (5,383) | |||
162 | ![]() |
13,812 (5,333) | |||
163 | ![]() |
12,189 (4,706) | |||
– | ![]() |
12,189 (4,706) | |||
164 | ![]() |
11,586 (4,473) | |||
165 | ![]() |
11,295 (4,361) | |||
166 | ![]() |
10,991 (4,244) | |||
167 | ![]() |
10,887 (4,203) | |||
168 | ![]() |
10,452 (4,036) | |||
169 | ![]() |
9,251 (3,572) | |||
– | ![]() |
9,104 (3,515) | |||
170 | ![]() |
8,800 (3,400) | |||
171 | ![]() |
8,660 (3,340) | |||
– | ![]() |
6,959.41 (2,687.04) | |||
172 | ![]() |
6,020 (2,320) | |||
173 | ![]() |
5,765 (2,226) | |||
174 | ![]() |
5,130 (1,980) | |||
– | ![]() |
4,167 (1,609) | |||
175 | ![]() |
4,163 (1,607) | |||
176 | ![]() |
4,033 (1,557) | |||
– | ![]() |
3,903 (1,507) | |||
177 | ![]() |
3,900 (1,500) | |||
178 | ![]() |
3,355 (1,295) | |||
179 | ![]() |
2,842 (1,097) | |||
– | ![]() |
2,746 (1,060) | |||
180 | ![]() |
2,586 (998) | |||
– | ![]() |
2,512 (970) | |||
– | Bir Tawil (Terra nullius) | 2,060 (800) | |||
181 | ![]() |
2,040 (790) | |||
182 | ![]() |
1,862 (719) | |||
– | ![]() |
1,628 (629) | |||
– | ![]() |
1,552 (599) | |||
– | ![]() |
1,393 (538) | |||
– | ![]() |
1,128 (436) | |||
– | ![]() |
976 (377) | |||
183 | ![]() |
964 (372) | |||
– | ![]() |
948 (366) | |||
184 | ![]() |
811 (313) | |||
185 | ![]() |
778 (300) | |||
186 | ![]() |
751 (290) | |||
187 | ![]() |
747 (288) | |||
188 | ![]() |
716 (276) | |||
189 | ![]() |
702 (271) | |||
190 | ![]() |
606 (234) | |||
– | ![]() |
602 (232) | |||
– | ![]() |
572 (221) | |||
– | ![]() |
544 (210) | |||
191 | ![]() |
468 (181) | |||
– | ![]() |
465 (180) | |||
192 | ![]() |
460 (180) | |||
193 | ![]() |
452 (175) | |||
– | ![]() |
444 (171) | |||
193 | ![]() |
442 (171) | |||
194 | ![]() |
430 (170) | |||
– | ![]() |
412 (159) | |||
195 | ![]() |
389 (150) | |||
– | ![]() |
377 (146) | |||
– | ![]() |
374 (144) | |||
– | ![]() |
347 (134) | |||
196 | ![]() |
344 (133) | |||
– | ![]() |
339 (131) | |||
197 | ![]() |
316 (122) | |||
– | ![]() |
308 (119) | |||
198 | ![]() |
300 (120) | |||
– | ![]() |
288 (111) | |||
– | ![]() |
264 (102) | |||
199 | ![]() |
261 (101) | |||
200 | ![]() |
260 (100) | |||
– | ![]() |
253.8 (98.0) | |||
– | ![]() |
242 (93) | |||
201 | ![]() |
236 (91) | |||
– | ![]() |
199 (77) | |||
202 | ![]() |
181 (70) | |||
– | ![]() |
180 (69) | |||
– | ![]() |
163 (63) | |||
203 | ![]() |
160 (62) | |||
– | ![]() |
154 (59) | |||
– | ![]() |
151 (58) | |||
– | ![]() |
142 (55) | |||
– | ![]() |
140 (54) | |||
– | ![]() |
135 (52) | |||
– | ![]() |
116 (45) | |||
– | ![]() |
112 (43) | |||
– | ![]() |
102 (39) | |||
– | ![]() |
91 (35) | |||
– | ![]() |
78 (30) | |||
204 | ![]() |
61 (24) | |||
– | ![]() |
60 (23) | |||
– | ![]() |
54 (21) | |||
– | ![]() |
54 (21) | |||
– | ![]() |
52 (20) | |||
– | ![]() |
50 (19) | |||
– | ![]() |
47 (18) | |||
– | ![]() |
40 (15) | |||
– | ![]() |
34 (13) | |||
– | ![]() |
32 (12) | |||
– | ![]() |
30 (12) | |||
205 | ![]() |
26 (10) | |||
– | ![]() |
23 (8.9) | |||
206 | ![]() |
21 (8.1) | |||
– | ![]() |
21 (8.1) | |||
– | ![]() |
21 (8.1) | |||
– | ![]() |
19 (7.3) | |||
– | ![]() |
14 (5.4) | |||
– | ![]() |
13 (5.0) | |||
– | ![]() |
12 (4.6) | |||
– | ![]() |
12 (4.6) | |||
– | ![]() |
7 (2.7) | |||
– | ![]() |
7 (2.7) | |||
– | ![]() |
6 (2.3) | |||
– | ![]() |
6 (2.3) | |||
– | ![]() |
5 (1.9) | |||
– | ![]() |
5 (1.9) | |||
– | ![]() |
4 (1.5) | |||
– | ![]() |
4 (1.5) | |||
– | ![]() |
3 (1.2) | |||
– | ![]() |
3 (1.2) | |||
207 | ![]() |
2.02 (0.78) | |||
– | ![]() |
1 (0.39) | |||
208 | ![]() |
0.44 (0.17) |
Countries that have an area more than 1,500,000 km²