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List of countries and dependencies by area
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This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.
This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories. All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank number. Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised states are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "Notes" column for each country for clarification.
Not included in the list are individual country claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica or entities such as the European Union that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories.
This list includes three measurements of area:
- Total area: the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines.
- Land area: the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.
- Water area: the sum of the surface areas of all inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers) within international boundaries and coastlines. Coastal internal waters may be included. Territorial seas are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and exclusive economic zones are not included.
Total area is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise noted. Land and water are taken from the Food and Agriculture Organization unless otherwise noted. The CIA World Factbook is most often used when different UN departments disagree. Other sources and details for each entry may be specified in the relevant footnote.
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Countries and dependencies by area
| Country / dependency | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| in (mi2) | Land | |||
| in (mi2) | Water | |||
| in (mi2) | % | |||
| water | ||||
| – | **** | |||
| Russia | ||||
| – | ** | 0 | ||
| Canada | ||||
| /4 | ||||
| China | ||||
| United States | 4.0 | |||
| Brazil | ||||
| Australia | ||||
| India | ||||
| Argentina | ||||
| Kazakhstan | ||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||
| – | *Denmark Kingdom of Denmark* | |||
| – | Greenland (Denmark) | 0 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | |||
| Mexico | ||||
| Indonesia | ||||
| Sudan | ||||
| Libya | 0 | |||
| Iran | ||||
| Mongolia | ||||
| Peru | ||||
| Chad | ||||
| Niger | ||||
| Angola | 0 | |||
| Mali | ||||
| South Africa | ||||
| Colombia | ||||
| Ethiopia | ||||
| Bolivia | ||||
| Mauritania | 0 | |||
| Egypt | ||||
| Tanzania | ||||
| Nigeria | ||||
| Venezuela | ||||
| Pakistan | ||||
| Namibia | ||||
| Mozambique | ||||
| Turkey | ||||
| Chile | ||||
| Zambia | ||||
| Myanmar | ||||
| Afghanistan | ||||
| South Sudan | ||||
| France | ||||
| Somalia | ||||
| Central African Republic | 0 | |||
| Madagascar | ||||
| Botswana | ||||
| Kenya | ||||
| Ukraine | ||||
| – | *France (metropolitan)* | |||
| Thailand | ||||
| Spain | ||||
| Turkmenistan | ||||
| Cameroon | ||||
| Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Yemen | 0 | |||
| Sweden | ||||
| Uzbekistan | ||||
| Morocco | ||||
| Iraq | ||||
| Paraguay | ||||
| Zimbabwe | ||||
| Norway | ||||
| Japan | ||||
| Germany | ||||
| Republic of the Congo | ||||
| Finland | ||||
| Vietnam | ||||
| Malaysia | ||||
| – | *Norway (mainland)* | |||
| Ivory Coast | ||||
| Poland | ||||
| Oman | 0 | |||
| Italy | ||||
| Philippines | ||||
| Ecuador | ||||
| Burkina Faso | ||||
| New Zealand | ||||
| Gabon | ||||
| – | Western Sahara (disputed) | 0 | ||
| Guinea | ||||
| United Kingdom | ||||
| Uganda | ||||
| Ghana | ||||
| Romania | ||||
| Laos | ||||
| Guyana | ||||
| Belarus | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | ||||
| Senegal | ||||
| Syria | ||||
| Cambodia | ||||
| – | Somaliland | |||
| Uruguay | ||||
| Suriname | ||||
| Tunisia | ||||
| Bangladesh | ||||
| Nepal | ||||
| Tajikistan | ||||
| Greece | ||||
| Nicaragua | ||||
| North Korea | ||||
| Malawi | ||||
| Eritrea | ||||
| Benin | ||||
| Honduras | ||||
| Liberia | ||||
| Bulgaria | ||||
| Cuba | 0 | |||
| Guatemala | ||||
| Iceland | ||||
| South Korea | ||||
| Hungary | ||||
| Portugal | ||||
| Jordan | ||||
| Serbia | 0 | |||
| Azerbaijan | ||||
| Austria | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | ||||
| Czech Republic | ||||
| Panama | ||||
| Sierra Leone | ||||
| Ireland | ||||
| Georgia | ||||
| Sri Lanka | ||||
| Lithuania | ||||
| Latvia | ||||
| – | Svalbard (Norway) | 0 | ||
| Togo | ||||
| Croatia | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
| Costa Rica | ||||
| Slovakia | ||||
| Dominican Republic | ||||
| Estonia | ||||
| Denmark | ||||
| Netherlands | ||||
| Switzerland | ||||
| Bhutan | ||||
| Guinea-Bissau | ||||
| – | Taiwan | |||
| Moldova | ||||
| Belgium | ||||
| Lesotho | 0 | |||
| Armenia | ||||
| Solomon Islands | ||||
| Albania | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | |||
| Burundi | ||||
| Haiti | ||||
| Rwanda | ||||
| North Macedonia | ||||
| Djibouti | ||||
| Belize | ||||
| Israel | ||||
| El Salvador | ||||
| Slovenia | ||||
| – | New Caledonia (France) | |||
| Fiji | 0 | |||
| Kuwait | 0 | |||
| Eswatini | ||||
| East Timor | 0 | |||
| Bahamas | ||||
| Montenegro | ||||
| Vanuatu | 0 | |||
| – | Falkland Islands (UK) | 0 | ||
| Qatar | 0 | |||
| Gambia | ||||
| Jamaica | ||||
| – | Kosovo | 0 | ||
| Lebanon | ||||
| Cyprus | ||||
| – | Puerto Rico (US) | 232 (89) | ||
| – | Abkhazia | |||
| – | French Southern Territories (France) | |||
| Palestine | 0 | |||
| Brunei | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | |||
| – | French Polynesia (France) | |||
| – | Transnistria | |||
| Cape Verde | 0 | |||
| – | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | South Ossetia | |||
| – | Northern Cyprus | |||
| Samoa | ||||
| Luxembourg | ||||
| Mauritius | ||||
| Comoros | 0 | |||
| – | Åland (Finland) | |||
| – | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 0 | ||
| – | Hong Kong (China) | |||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 | |||
| – | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 0 | ||
| Kiribati | 0 | |||
| Bahrain | 0 | |||
| Dominica | 0 | |||
| Tonga | ||||
| Singapore | ||||
| Micronesia | 0 | |||
| Saint Lucia | ||||
| – | Isle of Man (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Guam (US) | 0 | ||
| Andorra | 0 | |||
| Palau | 0 | |||
| – | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 0 | ||
| Seychelles | 0 | |||
| – | Curaçao (Netherlands) | 0 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | |||
| Barbados | 0 | |||
| – | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) | 0 | ||
| – | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 0 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | |||
| – | Jan Mayen (Norway) | 0 | ||
| – | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 0 | ||
| Grenada | 0 | |||
| Malta | 0 | |||
| Maldives | 0 | |||
| – | Bonaire (Netherlands) | 0 | ||
| – | Cayman Islands (UK) | 0 | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | |||
| – | Niue | 0 | ||
| – | Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) | |||
| – | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | |||
| – | Cook Islands | 0 | ||
| – | American Samoa (US) | 0 | ||
| Marshall Islands | 0 | |||
| – | Aruba (Netherlands) | 0 | ||
| – | Easter Island (Chile) | 0 | ||
| Liechtenstein | 0 | |||
| – | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 0 | ||
| – | Christmas Island (Australia) | 0 | ||
| – | Jersey (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Montserrat (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Anguilla (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Bailiwick of Guernsey (UK) | 0 | ||
| San Marino | 0 | |||
| – | British Indian Ocean Territory (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Bermuda (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Local flag of the Collectivity of Saint Martin.svg Saint Martin (France) | 0 | ||
| – | Bouvet Island (Norway) | 0 | ||
| – | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Norfolk Island (Australia) | 0 | ||
| – | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 0 | ||
| – | United States Minor Outlying Islands (US) | 0 | ||
| – | Macau (China) | 0 | ||
| Tuvalu | 0 | |||
| – | Saint Barthélemy (France) | 0 | ||
| Nauru | 0 | |||
| – | Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) | |||
| – | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | 0 | ||
| – | Saba (Netherlands) | |||
| – | Tokelau (New Zealand) | 0 | ||
| – | Gibraltar (UK) | 0 | ||
| – | Clipperton Island (France) | |||
| – | Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) | 0 | ||
| – | Coral Sea Islands (Australia) | 0 | ||
| – | *Flag.svg Spratly Islands (disputed)* | 0 | ||
| Monaco | 0 | |||
| Vatican City | 0 |
Notes
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