Largest countries in the world

Ranked by total area, including lakes and rivers, as published by the United Nations Statistics Division. Where it gives no figure, or a figure for a different territory than our map shows, an official national figure is used; those are listed under the table.

Rank	Country	Capital	Continent	Population, 2023	Area (km²), 2023
1	Russia	Moscow	Europe, Asia	145,440,500	17,098,246
2	Canada	Ottawa	North America	39,299,105	9,984,670
3	United States	Washington, D.C.	North America	343,477,335	9,833,517
4	China	Beijing	Asia	1,422,584,933	9,600,000
5	Brazil	Brasília	South America	211,140,729	8,515,767
6	Australia	Canberra	Oceania	26,451,124	7,692,024
7	India	New Delhi	Asia	1,438,069,596	3,287,263
8	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	45,538,401	2,796,427
9	Kazakhstan	Astana	Asia	20,330,104	2,724,902
10	Algeria	Algiers	Africa	46,164,219	2,381,741
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Africa	105,789,731	2,345,410
12	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia	33,264,292	2,206,714
13	Mexico	Mexico City	North America	129,739,759	1,964,375
14	Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia	281,190,067	1,910,931
15	Sudan	Khartoum	Africa	50,042,791	1,886,068 (2017)
16	Libya	Tripoli	Africa	7,305,659	1,676,198
17	Iran	Tehran	Asia	90,608,707	1,630,848
18	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Asia	3,431,932	1,564,116
19	Peru	Lima	South America	33,845,617	1,285,216
20	Chad	N'Djamena	Africa	19,319,064	1,284,000
21	Niger	Niamey	Africa	26,159,867	1,267,000
22	Angola	Luanda	Africa	36,749,906	1,246,700
23	Mali	Bamako	Africa	23,769,127	1,240,192
24	South Africa	Pretoria	Africa	63,212,384	1,221,037
25	Colombia	Bogotá	South America	52,321,152	1,141,748
26	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Africa	128,691,692	1,104,300
27	Bolivia	Sucre	South America	12,244,159	1,098,581
28	Mauritania	Nouakchott	Africa	5,022,441	1,030,700
29	Egypt	Cairo	Africa	114,535,772	1,002,000
30	Tanzania	Dodoma	Africa	66,617,606	947,303
31	Venezuela	Caracas	South America	28,300,854	929,690
32	Nigeria	Abuja	Africa	227,882,945	923,768
33	Namibia	Windhoek	Africa	2,963,095	825,229
34	Mozambique	Maputo	Africa	33,635,160	799,380
35	Pakistan	Islamabad	Asia	247,504,495	796,095
36	Turkey	Ankara	Asia, Europe	87,270,501	783,562
37	Chile	Santiago	South America	19,658,835	756,102
38	Zambia	Lusaka	Africa	20,723,965	752,612
39	Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Asia	54,133,798	676,577
40	Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia	41,454,761	652,864
41	South Sudan	Juba	Africa	11,483,374	644,329 (2025)
42	Somalia	Mogadishu	Africa	18,358,615	637,657
43	France	Paris	Europe	68,655,641	633,109 (2021)
44	Central African Republic	Bangui	Africa	5,152,421	622,984
45	Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe	37,732,836	603,500
46	Kenya	Nairobi	Africa	55,339,003	591,958
47	Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa	31,195,932	587,041
48	Botswana	Gaborone	Africa	2,480,244	582,000
49	Yemen	Sanaa	Asia	39,390,799	527,968
50	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia	71,702,435	513,140
51	Spain	Madrid	Europe	47,911,579	506,008
52	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Asia	7,364,438	488,100
53	Cameroon	Yaoundé	Africa	28,372,687	475,650
54	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Oceania	10,389,635	462,840
55	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Asia	35,652,307	448,969
56	Morocco	Rabat	Africa	37,712,505	446,550
57	Sweden	Stockholm	Europe	10,551,494	438,574
58	Iraq	Baghdad	Asia	45,074,049	435,052
59	Paraguay	Asunción	South America	6,844,146	406,752
60	Zimbabwe	Harare	Africa	16,340,822	390,757
61	Norway	Oslo	Europe	5,519,167	384,483 (2026)
62	Japan	Tokyo	Asia	124,370,947	377,930
63	Germany	Berlin	Europe	84,548,231	357,581
64	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Africa	6,182,885	342,000
65	Finland	Helsinki	Europe	5,601,185	336,884
66	Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia	100,352,192	331,317
67	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia	35,126,298	330,621
68	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Africa	31,165,654	322,462
69	Poland	Warsaw	Europe	38,762,844	312,679
70	Oman	Muscat	Asia	5,049,269	309,980
71	Italy	Rome	Europe	59,499,453	302,068
72	Philippines	Manila	Asia	114,891,199	300,000
73	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Africa	23,025,776	274,200
74	New Zealand	Wellington	Oceania	5,172,836	268,107
75	Gabon	Libreville	Africa	2,484,789	267,668
76	Ecuador	Quito	South America	17,980,083	257,217
77	Guinea	Conakry	Africa	14,405,468	245,836
78	United Kingdom	London	Europe	68,682,962	242,495
79	Uganda	Kampala	Africa	48,656,601	241,550
80	Ghana	Accra	Africa	33,787,914	238,537
81	Romania	Bucharest	Europe	19,118,479	238,391
82	Laos	Vientiane	Asia	7,664,993	236,800
83	Guyana	Georgetown	South America	826,353	214,969
84	Belarus	Minsk	Europe	9,115,680	207,600
85	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Asia	7,073,516	199,949
86	Senegal	Dakar	Africa	18,077,573	196,712
87	Syria	Damascus	Asia	23,594,623	185,180
88	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Asia	17,423,880	181,035
89	Uruguay	Montevideo	South America	3,388,081	173,626
90	Suriname	Paramaribo	South America	628,886	163,820
91	Tunisia	Tunis	Africa	12,200,431	163,610
92	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia	171,466,990	148,460
93	Nepal	Kathmandu	Asia	29,694,614	147,181
94	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Asia	10,389,799	141,400
95	Greece	Athens	Europe	10,242,908	131,957
96	Nicaragua	Managua	North America	6,823,613	130,374
97	Eritrea	Asmara	Africa	3,470,390	121,144
98	North Korea	Pyongyang	Asia	26,418,204	120,538
99	Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa	21,104,482	117,726
100	Benin	Porto-Novo	Africa	14,111,034	114,763
101	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	North America	10,644,851	112,492
102	Liberia	Monrovia	Africa	5,493,031	111,369
103	Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe	6,795,803	110,372
104	Cuba	Havana	North America	11,019,931	109,884
105	Guatemala	Guatemala City	North America	18,124,838	108,889
106	Iceland	Reykjavík	Europe	387,558	103,000
107	South Korea	Seoul	Asia	51,748,739	100,401
108	Hungary	Budapest	Europe	9,686,463	93,023
109	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	10,430,738	92,226
110	Jordan	Amman	Asia	11,439,213	89,318
111	Azerbaijan	Baku	Asia, Europe	10,318,207	86,600
112	Austria	Vienna	Europe	9,130,429	83,878
113	Czechia	Prague	Europe	10,809,716	78,871
114	Serbia	Belgrade	Europe	6,773,201	77,474 (2005)
115	Panama	Panama City	North America	4,458,759	75,320
116	Sierra Leone	Freetown	Africa	8,460,512	72,300
117	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia	10,642,081	71,024
118	Ireland	Dublin	Europe	5,196,630	69,825
119	Georgia	Tbilisi	Asia, Europe	3,807,492	69,700
120	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia	22,971,617	65,610
121	Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe	2,854,099	65,286
122	Latvia	Riga	Europe	1,882,396	64,594
123	Togo	Lomé	Africa	9,304,337	56,785
124	Croatia	Zagreb	Europe	3,896,023	56,594
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe	3,185,073	51,209
126	Costa Rica	San José	North America	5,105,525	51,100
127	Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe	5,518,055	49,035
128	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	North America	11,331,265	48,671
129	Estonia	Tallinn	Europe	1,367,196	45,261
130	Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe	5,948,136	42,938
131	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe	18,122,422	41,865 (2009)
132	Switzerland	Bern	Europe	8,870,561	41,291
133	Bhutan	Thimphu	Asia	786,385	38,394
134	Taiwan	Taipei	Asia	23,317,145	36,197 (2024)
135	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Africa	2,153,339	36,125
136	Moldova	Chișinău	Europe	3,067,070	33,847
137	Belgium	Brussels	Europe	11,712,893	30,528
138	Lesotho	Maseru	Africa	2,311,472	30,355
139	Armenia	Yerevan	Asia, Europe	2,943,393	29,743
140	Solomon Islands	Honiara	Oceania	800,005	28,896
141	Albania	Tirana	Europe	2,811,655	28,748
142	Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa	1,847,549	28,052
143	Burundi	Gitega	Africa	13,689,450	27,834
144	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	North America	11,637,398	27,750
145	Rwanda	Kigali	Africa	13,954,471	26,338
146	North Macedonia	Skopje	Europe	1,831,802	25,713
147	Djibouti	Djibouti	Africa	1,152,944	23,200
148	Belize	Belmopan	North America	411,106	22,965
149	Israel	Jerusalem (status disputed)	Asia	9,256,314	22,072
150	El Salvador	San Salvador	North America	6,309,624	21,041
151	Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe	2,118,396	20,273
152	Fiji	Suva	Oceania	924,145	18,272
153	Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia	4,838,782	17,818
154	Eswatini	Mbabane	Africa	1,230,506	17,363
155	Timor-Leste	Dili	Asia	1,384,286	14,919
156	Bahamas	Nassau	North America	399,440	13,940
157	Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe	633,552	13,812
158	Vanuatu	Port Vila	Oceania	320,409	12,189
159	Qatar	Doha	Asia	2,979,082	11,627
160	Gambia	Banjul	Africa	2,697,845	11,295
161	Jamaica	Kingston	North America	2,839,786	10,990
162	Kosovo	Pristina	Europe	1,700,031	10,887 (2022)
163	Lebanon	Beirut	Asia	5,773,493	10,452
164	Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe, Asia	1,344,976	9,251
165	Palestine	East Jerusalem (proclaimed); Ramallah (seat of government)	Asia	5,409,202	6,025
166	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia	458,949	5,765
167	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	North America	1,502,932	5,127
168	Cape Verde	Praia	Africa	522,331	4,033
169	Samoa	Apia	Oceania	216,663	2,831 (2024)
170	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe	665,098	2,586
171	Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa	1,273,588	1,979
172	Comoros	Moroni	Africa	850,387	1,862 (2026)
173	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Africa	230,871	964
174	Kiribati	South Tarawa	Oceania	132,530	811 (2026)
175	Bahrain	Manama	Asia	1,569,666	778
176	Dominica	Roseau	North America	66,510	750
177	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Oceania	104,597	747
178	Singapore	Singapore	Asia	5,789,090	728
179	Micronesia	Palikir	Oceania	112,630	702
180	Saint Lucia	Castries	North America	179,285	616
181	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Europe	80,856	468
182	Palau	Ngerulmud	Oceania	17,727	459
183	Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	127,951	457
184	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America	93,316	442
185	Barbados	Bridgetown	North America	282,336	431
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America	101,323	389
187	Grenada	St. George's	North America	117,081	345
188	Malta	Valletta	Europe	532,956	315
189	Maldives	Malé	Asia	525,994	300
190	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America	46,758	261
191	Niue	Alofi	Oceania	1,817	260
192	Cook Islands	Avarua	Oceania	14,222	236
193	Marshall Islands	Majuro	Oceania	38,827	181
194	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Europe	39,598	160
195	San Marino	San Marino	Europe	33,733	61
196	Tuvalu	Funafuti	Oceania	9,816	26
197	Nauru	Yaren	Oceania	11,875	21
198	Monaco	Monaco	Europe	38,956	2
199	Vatican City	Vatican City	Europe	496	0.44 (2026)

Other sources

Sudan: United Nations Development Programme
South Sudan: South Sudan Ministry of Health
France: DGCL, Les budgets primitifs 2021 des régions, geographical indicators from INSEE
Norway: Statistics Norway
Serbia: Statistical Office of Serbia
Netherlands: CBS, European Netherlands plus Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius, curated sum
Taiwan: Official surface area, tw
Kosovo: Official surface area, xk
Samoa: Central Bank of Samoa
Comoros: French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Kiribati: Australian Government, Pacific Australia Labour Mobility
Vatican City: Official surface area, va

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