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Geography Statistics > Land area > sq. km (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Russia: 16,381,390 km²   2005 Time series
# 2   China: 9,326,410 km²   2005 Time series
# 3   United States: 9,161,920 km²   2005 Time series
# 4   Canada: 9,093,510 km²   2005 Time series
# 5   Brazil: 8,459,420 km²   2005 Time series
# 6   Australia: 7,682,300 km²   2005 Time series
# 7   India: 2,973,190 km²   2005 Time series
# 8   Argentina: 2,736,690 km²   2005 Time series
# 9   Kazakhstan: 2,699,700 km²   2005 Time series
# 10   Algeria: 2,381,740 km²   2005 Time series
# 11   Sudan: 2,376,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 12   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2,267,050 km²   2005 Time series
# 13   Saudi Arabia: 2,000,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 14   Mexico: 1,908,690 km²   2005 Time series
# 15   Indonesia: 1,811,570 km²   2005 Time series
# 16   Libya: 1,759,540 km²   2005 Time series
# 17   Iran: 1,636,200 km²   2005 Time series
# 18   Mongolia: 1,566,500 km²   2005 Time series
# 19   Peru: 1,280,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 20   Niger: 1,266,700 km²   2005 Time series
# 21   Chad: 1,259,200 km²   2005 Time series
# 22   Angola: 1,246,700 km²   2005 Time series
# 23   Mali: 1,220,190 km²   2005 Time series
# 24   South Africa: 1,214,470 km²   2005 Time series
# 25   Colombia: 1,109,500 km²   2005 Time series
# 26   Bolivia: 1,084,380 km²   2005 Time series
# 27   Mauritania: 1,025,220 km²   2005 Time series
# 28   Ethiopia: 1,000,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 29   Egypt: 995,450 km²   2005 Time series
# 30   Nigeria: 910,770 km²   2005 Time series
# 31   Tanzania: 883,590 km²   2005 Time series
# 32   Venezuela: 882,050 km²   2005 Time series
# 33   Namibia: 823,290 km²   2005 Time series
# 34   Mozambique: 784,090 km²   2005 Time series
# 35   Pakistan: 770,880 km²   2005 Time series
# 36   Turkey: 769,630 km²   2005 Time series
# 37   Chile: 748,800 km²   2005 Time series
# 38   Zambia: 743,390 km²   2005 Time series
# 39   Burma: 657,550 km²   2005 Time series
# 40   Afghanistan: 652,090 km²   2005 Time series
# 41   Somalia: 627,340 km²   2005 Time series
# 42   Central African Republic: 622,980 km²   2005 Time series
# 43   Madagascar: 581,540 km²   2005 Time series
# 44   Ukraine: 579,380 km²   2005 Time series
# 45   Kenya: 569,140 km²   2005 Time series
# 46   Botswana: 566,730 km²   2005 Time series
# 47   France: 550,100 km²   2005 Time series
# 48   Yemen: 527,970 km²   2005 Time series
# 49   Thailand: 510,890 km²   2005 Time series
# 50   Spain: 499,190 km²   2005 Time series
# 51   Turkmenistan: 469,930 km²   2005 Time series
# 52   Cameroon: 465,400 km²   2005 Time series
# 53   Papua New Guinea: 452,860 km²   2005 Time series
# 54   Morocco: 446,300 km²   2005 Time series
# 55   Iraq: 437,370 km²   2005 Time series
# 56   Uzbekistan: 425,400 km²   2005 Time series
# 57   Greenland: 410,450 km²   2005 Time series
# 58   Sweden: 410,330 km²   2005 Time series
# 59   Paraguay: 397,300 km²   2005 Time series
# 60   Zimbabwe: 386,850 km²   2005 Time series
# 61   Japan: 364,500 km²   2005 Time series
# 62   Germany: 348,770 km²   2005 Time series
# 63   Congo, Republic of the: 341,500 km²   2005 Time series
# 64   Malaysia: 328,550 km²   2005 Time series
# 65   Côte d'Ivoire: 318,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 66   Vietnam: 310,070 km²   2005 Time series
# 67   Oman: 309,500 km²   2005 Time series
# 68   Poland: 306,330 km²   2005 Time series
# 69   Finland: 304,590 km²   2005 Time series
# 70   Norway: 304,280 km²   2005 Time series
# 71   Philippines: 298,170 km²   2005 Time series
# 72   Italy: 294,110 km²   2005 Time series
# 73   Ecuador: 276,840 km²   2005 Time series
# 74   Burkina Faso: 273,600 km²   2005 Time series
# 75   New Zealand: 267,990 km²   2005 Time series
# 76   Gabon: 257,670 km²   2005 Time series
# 77   Guinea: 245,720 km²   2005 Time series
# 78   United Kingdom: 241,930 km²   2005 Time series
# 79   Laos: 230,800 km²   2005 Time series
# 80   Romania: 229,980 km²   2005 Time series
# 81   Ghana: 227,540 km²   2005 Time series
# 82   Belarus: 207,480 km²   2005 Time series
# 83   Uganda: 197,100 km²   2005 Time series
# 84   Guyana: 196,850 km²   2005 Time series
# 85   Senegal: 192,530 km²   2005 Time series
# 86   Kyrgyzstan: 191,800 km²   2005 Time series
# 87   Syria: 183,780 km²   2005 Time series
# 88   Cambodia: 176,520 km²   2005 Time series
# 89   Uruguay: 175,020 km²   2005 Time series
# 90   Suriname: 156,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 91   Tunisia: 155,360 km²   2005 Time series
# 92   Nepal: 143,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 93   Tajikistan: 139,960 km²   2005 Time series
# 94   Bangladesh: 130,170 km²   2005 Time series
# 95   Greece: 128,900 km²   2005 Time series
# 96   Nicaragua: 121,400 km²   2005 Time series
# 97   Korea, North: 120,410 km²   2005 Time series
# 98   Honduras: 111,890 km²   2005 Time series
# 99   Benin: 110,620 km²   2005 Time series
# 100   Cuba: 109,820 km²   2005 Time series
# 101   Bulgaria: 108,640 km²   2005 Time series
# 102   Guatemala: 108,430 km²   2005 Time series
# 103   Serbia and Montenegro: 102,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 104   Eritrea: 101,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 105   Iceland: 100,250 km²   2005 Time series
# 106   Korea, South: 98,730 km²   2005 Time series
# 107   Liberia: 96,320 km²   2005 Time series
# 108   Malawi: 94,080 km²   2005 Time series
# 109   Portugal: 91,500 km²   2005 Time series
# 110   Hungary: 89,610 km²   2005 Time series
# 111   Jordan: 88,240 km²   2005 Time series
# 112   United Arab Emirates: 83,600 km²   2005 Time series
# 113   Azerbaijan: 82,660 km²   2005 Time series
# 114   Austria: 82,450 km²   2005 Time series
# 115   Czech Republic: 77,260 km²   2005 Time series
# 116   Panama: 74,430 km²   2005 Time series
# 117   Sierra Leone: 71,620 km²   2005 Time series
# 118   Georgia: 69,490 km²   2005 Time series
# 119   Ireland: 68,890 km²   2005 Time series
# 120   Sri Lanka: 64,630 km²   2005 Time series
# 121   Lithuania: 62,680 km²   2005 Time series
# 122   Latvia: 62,290 km²   2005 Time series
# 123   Croatia: 55,920 km²   2005 Time series
# 124   Togo: 54,390 km²   2005 Time series
# 125   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 51,200 km²   2005 Time series
# 126   Costa Rica: 51,060 km²   2005 Time series
# 127   Dominican Republic: 48,380 km²   2005 Time series
# 128   Slovakia: 48,100 km²   2005 Time series
# 129   Bhutan: 47,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 130   Denmark: 42,430 km²   2005 Time series
# 131   Estonia: 42,390 km²   2005 Time series
# 132   Switzerland: 40,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 133   Netherlands: 33,880 km²   2005 Time series
# 134   Moldova: 32,870 km²   2005 Time series
# 135   Lesotho: 30,350 km²   2005 Time series
# 136   Belgium: 30,230 km²   2005 Time series
# 137   Armenia: 28,200 km²   2005 Time series
# 138   Guinea-Bissau: 28,120 km²   2005 Time series
# 139   Equatorial Guinea: 28,050 km²   2005 Time series
# 140   Solomon Islands: 27,990 km²   2005 Time series
# 141   Haiti: 27,560 km²   2005 Time series
# 142   Albania: 27,400 km²   2005 Time series
# 143   Burundi: 25,680 km²   2005 Time series
# 144   Macedonia, Republic of: 25,430 km²   2005 Time series
# 145   Rwanda: 24,670 km²   2005 Time series
# 146   Djibouti: 23,180 km²   2005 Time series
# 147   Belize: 22,810 km²   2005 Time series
# 148   Israel: 21,640 km²   2005 Time series
# 149   El Salvador: 20,720 km²   2005 Time series
# 150   Slovenia: 20,140 km²   2005 Time series
# 151   New Caledonia: 18,280 km²   2005 Time series
# 152   Fiji: 18,270 km²   2005 Time series
# 153   Kuwait: 17,820 km²   2005 Time series
# 154   Swaziland: 17,200 km²   2005 Time series
# 155   East Timor: 14,870 km²   2005 Time series
# 156   Vanuatu: 12,190 km²   2005 Time series
# 157   Qatar: 11,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 158   Jamaica: 10,830 km²   2005 Time series
# 159   Lebanon: 10,230 km²   2005 Time series
# 160   Bahamas, The: 10,010 km²   2005 Time series
# 161   Gambia, The: 10,000 km²   2005 Time series
# 162   Cyprus: 9,240 km²   2005 Time series
# 163   Puerto Rico: 8,870 km²   2005 Time series
# 164   Brunei: 5,270 km²   2005 Time series
# 165   Trinidad and Tobago: 5,130 km²   2005 Time series
# 166   Cape Verde: 4,030 km²   2005 Time series
# 167   French Polynesia: 3,660 km²   2005 Time series
# 168   Samoa: 2,830 km²   2005 Time series
# 169   Luxembourg: 2,590 km²   2005 Time series
# 170   Comoros: 2,230 km²   2005 Time series
# 171   Mauritius: 2,030 km²   2005 Time series
# 172   Faroe Islands: 1,399 km²   2005 Time series
# 173   Hong Kong: 1,042 km²   2005 Time series
# 174   São Tomé and Príncipe: 960 km²   2005 Time series
# 175   Netherlands Antilles: 800 km²   2005 Time series
# 176   Dominica: 750 km²   2005 Time series
# 177   Kiribati: 730 km²   2005 Time series
# 178   Tonga: 720 km²   2005 Time series
# 179   Bahrain: 710 km²   2005 Time series
# 180   Micronesia, Federated States of: 700 km²   2005 Time series
# 181   Singapore: 689 km²   2005 Time series
# 182   Saint Lucia: 610 km²   2005 Time series
# 183   Man, Isle of: 572 km²   2005 Time series
# 184   Guam: 550 km²   2005 Time series
# 185   Northern Mariana Islands: 477 km²   2005 Time series
# 186   Andorra: 468 km²   2005 Time series
= 187   Seychelles: 460 km²   2005 Time series
= 187   Palau: 460 km²   2005 Time series
# 189   Antigua and Barbuda: 440 km²   2005 Time series
# 190   Barbados: 430 km²   2005 Time series
# 191   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 390 km²   2005 Time series
# 192   Mayotte: 374 km²   2005 Time series
# 193   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 360 km²   2005 Time series
# 194   Virgin Islands: 350 km²   2005 Time series
# 195   Grenada: 340 km²   2005 Time series
# 196   Malta: 320 km²   2005 Time series
# 197   Maldives: 300 km²   2005 Time series
# 198   Cayman Islands: 260 km²   2005 Time series
# 199   American Samoa: 200 km²   2005 Time series
# 200   Aruba: 190 km²   2005 Time series
# 201   Marshall Islands: 180 km²   2005 Time series
# 202   Liechtenstein: 160 km²   2005 Time series
# 203   San Marino: 60 km²   2005 Time series
# 204   Bermuda: 50 km²   2005 Time series
# 205   Macau: 28.2 km²   2005 Time series
# 206   Monaco: 1.95 km²   2005 Time series
Total: 129,567,961.15 km²   
Weighted average: 628,970.7 km²   



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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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