DEFINITION
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
Geography Statistics > Land area > sq. km (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Russia :
16,381,390 km²
2005 ...
#2
China :
9,326,410 km²
2005 ...
#3
United States :
9,161,920 km²
2005 ...
#4
Canada :
9,093,510 km²
2005 ...
#5
Brazil :
8,459,420 km²
2005 ...
#6
Australia :
7,682,300 km²
2005 ...
#7
India :
2,973,190 km²
2005 ...
#8
Argentina :
2,736,690 km²
2005 ...
#9
Kazakhstan :
2,699,700 km²
2005 ...
#10
Algeria :
2,381,740 km²
2005 ...
#11
Sudan :
2,376,000 km²
2005 ...
#12
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2,267,050 km²
2005 ...
#13
Saudi Arabia :
2,000,000 km²
2005 ...
#14
Mexico :
1,908,690 km²
2005 ...
#15
Indonesia :
1,811,570 km²
2005 ...
#16
Libya :
1,759,540 km²
2005 ...
#17
Iran :
1,636,200 km²
2005 ...
#18
Mongolia :
1,566,500 km²
2005 ...
#19
Peru :
1,280,000 km²
2005 ...
#20
Niger :
1,266,700 km²
2005 ...
#21
Chad :
1,259,200 km²
2005 ...
#22
Angola :
1,246,700 km²
2005 ...
#23
Mali :
1,220,190 km²
2005 ...
#24
South Africa :
1,214,470 km²
2005 ...
#25
Colombia :
1,109,500 km²
2005 ...
#26
Bolivia :
1,084,380 km²
2005 ...
#27
Mauritania :
1,025,220 km²
2005 ...
#28
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 km²
2005 ...
#29
Egypt :
995,450 km²
2005 ...
#30
Nigeria :
910,770 km²
2005 ...
#31
Tanzania :
883,590 km²
2005 ...
#32
Venezuela :
882,050 km²
2005 ...
#33
Namibia :
823,290 km²
2005 ...
#34
Mozambique :
784,090 km²
2005 ...
#35
Pakistan :
770,880 km²
2005 ...
#36
Turkey :
769,630 km²
2005 ...
#37
Chile :
748,800 km²
2005 ...
#38
Zambia :
743,390 km²
2005 ...
#39
Burma :
657,550 km²
2005 ...
#40
Afghanistan :
652,090 km²
2005 ...
#41
Somalia :
627,340 km²
2005 ...
#42
Central African Republic :
622,980 km²
2005 ...
#43
Madagascar :
581,540 km²
2005 ...
#44
Ukraine :
579,380 km²
2005 ...
#45
Kenya :
569,140 km²
2005 ...
#46
Botswana :
566,730 km²
2005 ...
#47
France :
550,100 km²
2005 ...
#48
Yemen :
527,970 km²
2005 ...
#49
Thailand :
510,890 km²
2005 ...
#50
Spain :
499,190 km²
2005 ...
#51
Turkmenistan :
469,930 km²
2005 ...
#52
Cameroon :
465,400 km²
2005 ...
#53
Papua New Guinea :
452,860 km²
2005 ...
#54
Morocco :
446,300 km²
2005 ...
#55
Iraq :
437,370 km²
2005 ...
#56
Uzbekistan :
425,400 km²
2005 ...
#57
Greenland :
410,450 km²
2005 ...
#58
Sweden :
410,330 km²
2005 ...
#59
Paraguay :
397,300 km²
2005 ...
#60
Zimbabwe :
386,850 km²
2005 ...
#61
Japan :
364,500 km²
2005 ...
#62
Germany :
348,770 km²
2005 ...
#63
Congo, Republic of the :
341,500 km²
2005 ...
#64
Malaysia :
328,550 km²
2005 ...
#65
Côte d'Ivoire :
318,000 km²
2005 ...
#66
Vietnam :
310,070 km²
2005 ...
#67
Oman :
309,500 km²
2005 ...
#68
Poland :
306,330 km²
2005 ...
#69
Finland :
304,590 km²
2005 ...
#70
Norway :
304,280 km²
2005 ...
#71
Philippines :
298,170 km²
2005 ...
#72
Italy :
294,110 km²
2005 ...
#73
Ecuador :
276,840 km²
2005 ...
#74
Burkina Faso :
273,600 km²
2005 ...
#75
New Zealand :
267,990 km²
2005 ...
#76
Gabon :
257,670 km²
2005 ...
#77
Guinea :
245,720 km²
2005 ...
#78
United Kingdom :
241,930 km²
2005 ...
#79
Laos :
230,800 km²
2005 ...
#80
Romania :
229,980 km²
2005 ...
#81
Ghana :
227,540 km²
2005 ...
#82
Belarus :
207,480 km²
2005 ...
#83
Uganda :
197,100 km²
2005 ...
#84
Guyana :
196,850 km²
2005 ...
#85
Senegal :
192,530 km²
2005 ...
#86
Kyrgyzstan :
191,800 km²
2005 ...
#87
Syria :
183,780 km²
2005 ...
#88
Cambodia :
176,520 km²
2005 ...
#89
Uruguay :
175,020 km²
2005 ...
#90
Suriname :
156,000 km²
2005 ...
#91
Tunisia :
155,360 km²
2005 ...
#92
Nepal :
143,000 km²
2005 ...
#93
Tajikistan :
139,960 km²
2005 ...
#94
Bangladesh :
130,170 km²
2005 ...
#95
Greece :
128,900 km²
2005 ...
#96
Nicaragua :
121,400 km²
2005 ...
#97
Korea, North :
120,410 km²
2005 ...
#98
Honduras :
111,890 km²
2005 ...
#99
Benin :
110,620 km²
2005 ...
#100
Cuba :
109,820 km²
2005 ...
#101
Bulgaria :
108,640 km²
2005 ...
#102
Guatemala :
108,430 km²
2005 ...
#103
Serbia and Montenegro :
102,000 km²
2005 ...
#104
Eritrea :
101,000 km²
2005 ...
#105
Iceland :
100,250 km²
2005 ...
#106
Korea, South :
98,730 km²
2005 ...
#107
Liberia :
96,320 km²
2005 ...
#108
Malawi :
94,080 km²
2005 ...
#109
Portugal :
91,500 km²
2005 ...
#110
Hungary :
89,610 km²
2005 ...
#111
Jordan :
88,240 km²
2005 ...
#112
United Arab Emirates :
83,600 km²
2005 ...
#113
Azerbaijan :
82,660 km²
2005 ...
#114
Austria :
82,450 km²
2005 ...
#115
Czech Republic :
77,260 km²
2005 ...
#116
Panama :
74,430 km²
2005 ...
#117
Sierra Leone :
71,620 km²
2005 ...
#118
Georgia :
69,490 km²
2005 ...
#119
Ireland :
68,890 km²
2005 ...
#120
Sri Lanka :
64,630 km²
2005 ...
#121
Lithuania :
62,680 km²
2005 ...
#122
Latvia :
62,290 km²
2005 ...
#123
Croatia :
55,920 km²
2005 ...
#124
Togo :
54,390 km²
2005 ...
#125
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
51,200 km²
2005 ...
#126
Costa Rica :
51,060 km²
2005 ...
#127
Dominican Republic :
48,380 km²
2005 ...
#128
Slovakia :
48,100 km²
2005 ...
#129
Bhutan :
47,000 km²
2005 ...
#130
Denmark :
42,430 km²
2005 ...