Land Area (sq km) by Country
As of 2024, Russia leads globally in land area (sq km) at 16.4M, followed by China, United States, Canada. At the lower end, Monaco, Gibraltar, Nauru rank among the lowest. The global median is 91,606 (Portugal). This indicator falls under the "People" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 216 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Land Area (sq km) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 16.4M | 2024 |
| 2 |  China | 9.4M | 2024 |
| 3 |  United States | 9.1M | 2024 |
| 4 |  Canada | 8.8M | 2024 |
| 5 |  Brazil | 8.4M | 2024 |
| 6 |  Australia | 7.7M | 2024 |
| 7 |  India | 3.0M | 2024 |
| 8 |  Argentina | 2.7M | 2024 |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan | 2.7M | 2024 |
| 10 |  Algeria | 2.4M | 2024 |
| 11 |  DR Congo | 2.3M | 2024 |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.1M | 2024 |
| 13 |  Mexico | 1.9M | 2024 |
| 14 |  Indonesia | 1.9M | 2024 |
| 15 |  Sudan | 1.9M | 2024 |
| 16 |  Libya | 1.8M | 2024 |
| 17 |  Iran | 1.6M | 2024 |
| 18 |  Mongolia | 1.6M | 2024 |
| 19 |  Peru | 1.3M | 2024 |
| 20 |  Niger | 1.3M | 2024 |
| 21 |  Chad | 1.3M | 2024 |
| 22 |  Angola | 1.2M | 2024 |
| 23 |  Mali | 1.2M | 2024 |
| 24 |  South Africa | 1.2M | 2024 |
| 25 |  Ethiopia | 1.1M | 2024 |
| 26 |  Colombia | 1.1M | 2024 |
| 27 |  Bolivia | 1.1M | 2024 |
| 28 |  Mauritania | 1.0M | 2024 |
| 29 |  Egypt | 995,450 | 2024 |
| 30 |  Nigeria | 910,770 | 2024 |
| 31 |  Tanzania | 884,000 | 2024 |
| 32 |  Venezuela | 882,050 | 2024 |
| 33 |  Namibia | 823,290 | 2024 |
| 34 |  Mozambique | 786,380 | 2024 |
| 35 |  Pakistan | 770,880 | 2024 |
| 36 |  Türkiye | 769,630 | 2024 |
| 37 |  Zambia | 743,390 | 2024 |
| 38 |  Chile | 742,032 | 2024 |
| 39 |  Myanmar | 652,670 | 2024 |
| 40 |  Afghanistan | 652,230 | 2024 |
| 41 |  South Sudan | 631,930 | 2024 |
| 42 |  Somalia | 627,340 | 2024 |
| 43 |  Central African Republic | 622,980 | 2024 |
| 44 |  Madagascar | 581,800 | 2024 |
| 45 |  Kenya | 580,880 | 2024 |
| 46 |  Ukraine | 579,400 | 2024 |
| 47 |  Botswana | 566,730 | 2024 |
| 48 |  France | 538,950 | 2024 |
| 49 |  Yemen | 527,968 | 2024 |
| 50 |  Thailand | 510,890 | 2024 |
| 51 |  Spain | 499,686 | 2024 |
| 52 |  Cameroon | 472,710 | 2024 |
| 53 |  Turkmenistan | 469,930 | 2024 |
| 54 |  Papua New Guinea | 452,860 | 2024 |
| 55 |  Morocco | 446,300 | 2024 |
| 56 |  Uzbekistan | 438,510 | 2024 |
| 57 |  Iraq | 434,130 | 2024 |
| 58 |  Greenland | 410,449 | 2024 |
| 59 |  Sweden | 407,270 | 2024 |
| 60 |  Paraguay | 396,012 | 2024 |
| 61 |  Zimbabwe | 386,850 | 2024 |
| 62 |  Japan | 364,500 | 2024 |
| 63 |  Norway | 364,270 | 2024 |
| 64 |  Germany | 349,430 | 2024 |
| 65 |  Republic of the Congo | 341,500 | 2024 |
| 66 |  Malaysia | 328,550 | 2024 |
| 67 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 318,000 | 2024 |
| 68 |  Vietnam | 313,429 | 2024 |
| 69 |  Oman | 309,500 | 2024 |
| 70 |  Poland | 306,070 | 2024 |
| 71 |  Finland | 304,000 | 2024 |
| 72 |  Philippines | 298,170 | 2024 |
| 73 |  Italy | 295,720 | 2024 |
| 74 |  Burkina Faso | 273,600 | 2024 |
| 75 |  New Zealand | 263,310 | 2024 |
| 76 |  Gabon | 257,670 | 2024 |
| 77 |  Ecuador | 248,360 | 2024 |
| 78 |  Guinea | 245,720 | 2024 |
| 79 |  United Kingdom | 241,930 | 2024 |
| 80 |  Laos | 230,800 | 2024 |
| 81 |  Romania | 230,080 | 2024 |
| 82 |  Ghana | 227,533 | 2024 |
| 83 |  Guyana | 211,140 | 2024 |
| 84 |  Belarus | 202,976 | 2024 |
| 85 |  Uganda | 200,520 | 2024 |
| 86 |  Senegal | 192,530 | 2024 |
| 87 |  Kyrgyzstan | 191,800 | 2024 |
| 88 |  Syria | 183,630 | 2024 |
| 89 |  Cambodia | 176,520 | 2024 |
| 90 |  Uruguay | 175,016 | 2024 |
| 91 |  Suriname | 160,508 | 2024 |
| 92 |  Tunisia | 155,360 | 2024 |
| 93 |  Nepal | 143,350 | 2024 |
| 94 |  Tajikistan | 138,790 | 2024 |
| 95 |  Bangladesh | 130,170 | 2024 |
| 96 |  Greece | 128,900 | 2024 |
| 97 |  Eritrea | 120,800 | 2024 |
| 98 |  North Korea | 120,410 | 2024 |
| 99 |  Nicaragua | 120,340 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Benin | 112,760 | 2024 |
| 101 |  Honduras | 111,890 | 2024 |
| 102 |  Bulgaria | 108,560 | 2024 |
| 103 |  Guatemala | 107,160 | 2024 |
| 104 |  Cuba | 103,800 | 2024 |
| 105 |  Iceland | 100,830 | 2024 |
| 106 |  South Korea | 97,600 | 2024 |
| 107 |  Liberia | 96,320 | 2024 |
| 108 |  Malawi | 94,280 | 2024 |
| 109 |  Portugal | 91,606 | 2024 |
| 110 |  Hungary | 91,260 | 2024 |
| 111 |  Jordan | 88,794 | 2024 |
| 112 |  Serbia | 87,589 | 2024 |
| 113 |  Azerbaijan | 82,650 | 2024 |
| 114 |  Austria | 82,520 | 2024 |
| 115 |  Czechia | 77,156 | 2024 |
| 116 |  Panama | 74,180 | 2024 |
| 117 |  Sierra Leone | 72,180 | 2024 |
| 118 |  United Arab Emirates | 71,020 | 2024 |
| 119 |  Georgia | 69,490 | 2024 |
| 120 |  Ireland | 68,890 | 2024 |
| 121 |  Lithuania | 62,590 | 2024 |
| 122 |  Latvia | 62,230 | 2024 |
| 123 |  Sri Lanka | 61,860 | 2024 |
| 124 |  Croatia | 55,960 | 2024 |
| 125 |  Togo | 54,390 | 2024 |
| 126 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,200 | 2024 |
| 127 |  Costa Rica | 50,560 | 2024 |
| 128 |  Dominican Republic | 48,198 | 2024 |
| 129 |  Slovakia | 48,080 | 2024 |
| 130 |  Estonia | 42,730 | 2024 |
| 131 |  Denmark | 40,000 | 2024 |
| 132 |  Switzerland | 39,510 | 2024 |
| 133 |  Bhutan | 38,140 | 2024 |
| 134 |  Netherlands | 33,670 | 2024 |
| 135 |  Moldova | 32,930 | 2024 |
| 136 |  Belgium | 30,494 | 2024 |
| 137 |  Lesotho | 30,360 | 2024 |
| 138 |  Armenia | 28,199 | 2024 |
| 139 |  Guinea-Bissau | 28,120 | 2024 |
| 140 |  Equatorial Guinea | 28,052 | 2024 |
| 141 |  Solomon Islands | 27,990 | 2024 |
| 142 |  Haiti | 27,560 | 2024 |
| 143 |  Albania | 27,400 | 2024 |
| 144 |  Burundi | 25,680 | 2024 |
| 145 |  North Macedonia | 25,220 | 2024 |
| 146 |  Rwanda | 23,763 | 2024 |
| 147 |  Djibouti | 23,180 | 2024 |
| 148 |  Belize | 22,810 | 2024 |
| 149 |  Israel | 21,640 | 2024 |
| 150 |  El Salvador | 20,720 | 2024 |
| 151 |  Slovenia | 20,135 | 2024 |
| 152 |  New Caledonia | 18,576 | 2024 |
| 153 |  Fiji | 18,333 | 2024 |
| 154 |  Kuwait | 17,820 | 2024 |
| 155 |  Eswatini | 17,200 | 2024 |
| 156 |  Timor-Leste | 14,870 | 2024 |
| 157 |  Montenegro | 13,450 | 2024 |
| 158 |  Vanuatu | 12,189 | 2024 |
| 159 |  Qatar | 11,490 | 2024 |
| 160 |  Jamaica | 10,830 | 2024 |
| 161 |  Lebanon | 10,230 | 2024 |
| 162 |  The Gambia | 10,120 | 2024 |
| 163 |  Bahamas | 10,010 | 2024 |
| 164 |  Cyprus | 9,240 | 2024 |
| 165 |  Puerto Rico | 8,870 | 2024 |
| 166 |  West Bank and Gaza | 6,025 | 2024 |
| 167 |  Brunei | 5,270 | 2024 |
| 168 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 | 2024 |
| 169 |  Cabo Verde | 4,030 | 2024 |
| 170 |  French Polynesia | 3,521 | 2024 |
| 171 |  Samoa | 2,780 | 2024 |
| 172 |  Luxembourg | 2,574 | 2024 |
| 173 |  Mauritius | 2,000 | 2024 |
| 174 |  Comoros | 1,870 | 2024 |
| 175 |  Faroe Islands | 1,370 | 2024 |
| 176 |  Hong Kong | 1,050 | 2024 |
| 177 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 960 | 2024 |
| 178 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 948 | 2024 |
| 179 |  Kiribati | 811 | 2024 |
| 180 |  Bahrain | 800 | 2024 |
| 181 |  Dominica | 751 | 2024 |
| 182 |  Singapore | 725 | 2024 |
| 183 |  Tonga | 720 | 2024 |
| 184 |  Micronesia | 701 | 2024 |
| 185 |  St. Lucia | 610 | 2024 |
| 186 |  Isle of Man | 572 | 2024 |
| 187 |  Guam | 541 | 2024 |
| 188 |  Andorra | 468 | 2024 |
| 189 |  Palau | 460 | 2024 |
| 190 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 457 | 2024 |
| 191 |  Seychelles | 457 | 2024 |
| 192 |  Curaçao | 444 | 2024 |
| 193 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 440 | 2024 |
| 194 |  Barbados | 431 | 2024 |
| 195 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 | 2024 |
| 196 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 348 | 2024 |
| 197 |  Grenada | 344 | 2024 |
| 198 |  Malta | 315 | 2024 |
| 199 |  Maldives | 298 | 2024 |
| 200 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 261 | 2024 |
| 201 |  Cayman Islands | 240 | 2024 |
| 202 |  American Samoa | 199 | 2024 |
| 203 | Channel Islands | 198 | 2021 |
| 204 |  Marshall Islands | 181 | 2024 |
| 205 |  Aruba | 180 | 2024 |
| 206 |  Liechtenstein | 160 | 2024 |
| 207 |  British Virgin Islands | 151 | 2024 |
| 208 |  San Marino | 61 | 2024 |
| 209 |  Bermuda | 54 | 2024 |
| 210 |  Saint Martin | 53 | 2024 |
| 211 |  Sint Maarten | 34 | 2024 |
| 212 |  Macao | 33 | 2024 |
| 213 |  Tuvalu | 26 | 2024 |
| 214 |  Nauru | 21 | 2024 |
| 215 |  Gibraltar | 10 | 2024 |
| 216 |  Monaco | 2 | 2024 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest land area (sq km) in 2024?
Russia ranks #1 with land area (sq km) of 16.4M as of 2024, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest land area (sq km)?
Monaco ranks last (#216) with 2 as of 2024.
What is the global median for land area (sq km)?
The median value is 91,606 (Portugal, ranked #109 out of 216 countries).
How many countries report data for land area (sq km)?
216 countries have available data for land area (sq km). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does land area (sq km) belong to?
Land Area (sq km) is classified under the "People" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.