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This is a list of the world's sovereign states and their dependent territories by area, ranked by its total area.

Entries in this list, include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO standard 3166-1, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order, but are not actually given a rank number. 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, entities such as the European Union (4,324,782 km or 1,669,808 sq mi total area) that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories, and unrecognized micronations such as the Principality of Sealand.

This list includes three (3) measurements of area:

• Total area: is the sum of all land and water surfaces as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
• Land area: is the aggregate of all land surfaces delimited by international boundaries. It excludes waters areas such as inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).
• Water area: is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Coastal and Territorial waters are not included unless otherwise noted. Exclusive Economic Zones are not included.

Data are taken from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise noted.

Countries and dependencies by area (including Costal and Territorial waters)

Rank	Country	Total in km (mi)	Land in km (mi)	Water in km (mi)	% water	Notes
—	World	510,072,000 (196,940,000)	148,940,000 (57,510,000)	361,132,000 (139,434,000)	70.8
1	Russia	17,125,242 (6,612,093)	16,404,742 (6,333,906)	720,500 (278,200)	4.21	Largest country in the world. Crimea is included.
—	Antarctica	14,000,000 (5,400,000)	14,000,000 (5,400,000)	0 (0)	0	13,720,000 km (5,300,000 sq mi) (98%) of land area is covered by ice.
2	Canada	9,984,670 (3,855,100)	9,093,507 (3,511,023)	891,163 (344,080)	8.93	Largest country in the Americas. Has the largest water area of any country.
3	United States	9,826,675 (3,794,100)	9,161,966 (3,537,455)	664,709 (256,646)	3.83 - 6.76	Second largest country in the Americas.
4	China	9,572,900 (3,696,100)	9,326,410 (3,600,950)	270,550 (104,460)	1.41	Second-largest country by land-area alone. Excludes Taiwan.
5	Brazil	8,515,767 (3,287,956)	8,460,415 (3,266,584)	55,352 (21,372)	0.65	The largest country in South America and in the Southern Hemisphere. Largest contiguous territory in the Americas.
6	Australia	7,692,024 (2,969,907)	7,633,565 (2,947,336)	58,459 (22,571)	0.76	The largest country in Oceania, the largest country without land borders, and the largest country wholly in the Southern Hemisphere.
7	India	3,166,414 (1,222,559)	2,864,021 (1,105,805)	302,393 (116,755)	9.55
8	Argentina	2,780,400 (1,073,500)	2,736,690 (1,056,640)	43,710 (16,880)	1.57
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 (1,052,100)	2,699,700 (1,042,400)	25,200 (9,700)	0.92	Largest landlocked country.
10	Algeria	2,381,741 (919,595)	2,381,741 (919,595)	0 (0)	0	Largest country in Africa.
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858 (905,355)	2,267,048 (875,312)	77,810 (30,040)	3.32	Largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa
12	Greenland (Denmark)	2,166,086 (836,330)	2,166,086 (836,330)	0 (0)	0	Part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 (830,000)	2,149,690 (830,000)	0 (0)	0	Largest country in Middle East
14	Mexico	1,964,375 (758,449)	1,943,945 (750,561)	20,430 (7,890)	1.04
15	Indonesia	1,904,569 (735,358)	1,811,569 (699,451)	93,000 (36,000)	4.88	Largest country wholly on islands.
16	Sudan	1,886,068 (728,215)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Formerly the largest country in Africa.
17	Libya	1,759,540 (679,360)	1,759,540 (679,360)	0 (0)	0
18	Iran	1,648,195 (636,372)	1,531,595 (591,352)	116,600 (45,000)	7.07
19	Mongolia	1,564,110 (603,910)	1,553,556 (599,831)	10,560 (4,080)	0.68
20	Peru	1,285,216 (496,225)	1,279,996 (494,209)	5,220 (2,020)	0.41
21	Chad	1,284,000 (496,000)	1,259,200 (486,200)	24,800 (9,600)	1.93
22	Niger	1,267,000 (489,000)	1,266,700 (489,100)	300 (120)	0.02
23	Angola	1,246,700 (481,400)	1,246,700 (481,400)	0 (0)	0
24	Mali	1,240,192 (478,841)	1,220,190 (471,120)	20,002 (7,723)	1.61
25	South Africa	1,221,037 (471,445)	1,214,470 (468,910)	4,620 (1,780)	0.38
26	Colombia	1,141,748 (440,831)	1,038,700 (401,000)	100,210 (38,690)	8.8
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300 (426,400)	1,000,000 (390,000)	104,300 (40,300)	0.7
28	Bolivia	1,098,581 (424,164)	1,083,301 (418,265)	15,280 (5,900)	1.39
29	Mauritania	1,030,700 (398,000)	1,025,520 (395,960)	4,480 (1,730)	0
30	Egypt	1,002,450 (387,050)	995,450 (384,350)	6,000 (2,300)	0.6
31	Tanzania	945,087 (364,900)	885,800 (342,000)	61,500 (23,700)	6.49
32	Nigeria	923,768 (356,669)	910,768 (351,649)	13,000 (5,000)	1.41
33	Venezuela	916,445 (353,841)	882,050 (340,560)	30,000 (12,000)	3.29
34	Pakistan	881,912 (340,508)	856,692 (330,771)	25,220 (9,740)	2.86
35	Namibia	825,615 (318,772)	823,290 (317,870)	2,425 (936)	0.12
36	Mozambique	801,590 (309,500)	786,380 (303,620)	13,000 (5,000)	1.63
37	Turkey	783,562 (302,535)	769,632 (297,157)	13,930 (5,380)	1.78
38	Chile	756,102 (291,933)	743,812 (287,187)	12,290 (4,750)	1.63
39	Zambia	752,612 (290,585)	743,398 (287,028)	9,220 (3,560)	1.23
40	Myanmar	676,578 (261,228)	653,508 (252,321)	23,070 (8,910)	3.41
41	Afghanistan	652,230 (251,830)	652,230 (251,830)	0 (0)	0
42	Metropolitan France & overseas regions (France)	640,679 (247,368)	640,427 (247,270)	3,374 (1,303)	0.52	Includes Metropolitan France and overseas regions, but excludes overseas territories and collectivities, shown separately.
43	Somalia	637,657 (246,201)	627,337 (242,216)	10,320 (3,980)	1.62
44	Central African Republic	622,984 (240,535)	622,984 (240,535)	0 (0)	0
45	South Sudan	619,745 (239,285)	NA	NA	NA
46	Ukraine	603,500 (233,000)	553,544 (213,725)	24,220 (9,350)	4.01	Crimea is included.
47	Madagascar	587,041 (226,658)	581,540 (224,530)	5,501 (2,124)	0.94
48	Botswana	582,000 (225,000)	566,730 (218,820)	15,000 (5,800)	2.58
49	Kenya	580,367 (224,081)	569,140 (219,750)	11,227 (4,335)	1.93
50	Yemen	527,968 (203,850)	527,968 (203,850)	0 (0)	0
51	Thailand	513,120 (198,120)	510,890 (197,260)	2,230 (860)	0.43
52	Spain	505,992 (195,365)	498,980 (192,660)	6,390 (2,470)	1.26
53	Turkmenistan	488,100 (188,500)	469,930 (181,440)	18,170 (7,020)	3.72
54	Cameroon	475,442 (183,569)	472,710 (182,510)	2,730 (1,050)	0.57
55	Papua New Guinea	462,840 (178,700)	452,860 (174,850)	9,980 (3,850)	2.16
56	Sweden	450,295 (173,860)	410,335 (158,431)	39,960 (15,430)	8.87
57	Uzbekistan	447,400 (172,700)	425,400 (164,200)	22,000 (8,500)	4.92
58	Morocco	446,550 (172,410)	446,300 (172,300)	250 (97)	0.06
59	Iraq	438,317 (169,235)	437,367 (168,868)	950 (370)	0.22
60	Paraguay	406,752 (157,048)	397,302 (153,399)	9,450 (3,650)	2.32
61	Zimbabwe	390,757 (150,872)	386,847 (149,362)	3,910 (1,510)	1
62	Japan	377,930 (145,920)	364,485 (140,728)	13,430 (5,190)	3.55
63	Germany	357,114 (137,882)	348,672 (134,623)	8,350 (3,220)	2.34
64	Philippines	342,353 (132,183)	298,175 (115,126)	44,178 (17,057)	12.90
65	Republic of the Congo	342,000 (132,000)	341,500 (131,900)	500 (190)	0.15
66	Finland	338,424 (130,666)	303,815 (117,304)	34,330 (13,250)	10.15
67	Vietnam	331,212 (127,882)	310,070 (119,720)	21,140 (8,160)	6.38
68	Malaysia	330,803 (127,724)	329,613 (127,264)	1,190 (460)	0.36
69	Norway	323,802 (125,021)	304,282 (117,484)	19,520 (7,540)	6.03
70	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463 (124,504)	318,003 (122,782)	4,460 (1,720)	1.38
71	Poland	312,679 (120,726)	311,888 (120,421)	791 (305)	2.7
72	Oman	309,500 (119,500)	309,500 (119,500)	0 (0)	0
73	Italy	301,336 (116,346)	294,140 (113,570)	7,200 (2,800)	2.39
74	Ecuador	276,841 (106,889)	256,369 (98,985)	6,720 (2,590)	2.37
75	Burkina Faso	272,967 (105,393)	273,800 (105,700)	400 (150)	0.15
76	New Zealand	270,467 (104,428)	262,443 (101,330)	4,395 (1,697)	1.65
77	Gabon	267,668 (103,347)	257,667 (99,486)	10,000 (3,900)	3.74
78	Western Sahara	266,000 (103,000)	266,000 (103,000)	0 (0)	0	Disputed territory.
79	Guinea	245,857 (94,926)	245,717 (94,872)	140 (54)	0.06
80	United Kingdom	242,900 (93,800)	241,930 (93,410)	1,680 (650)	0.69
81	Uganda	241,550 (93,260)	197,100 (76,100)	43,938 (16,965)	18.23
82	Ghana	238,533 (92,098)	227,533 (87,851)	11,000 (4,200)	4.61
83	Romania	238,391 (92,043)	229,891 (88,761)	8,500 (3,300)	3.57
84	Laos	236,800 (91,400)	230,800 (89,100)	6,000 (2,300)	2.53
85	Guyana	214,969 (83,000)	196,849 (76,004)	18,120 (7,000)	8.43
86	Belarus	207,600 (80,200)	202,900 (78,300)	4,700 (1,800)	2.26
87	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 (77,202)	191,801 (74,055)	8,150 (3,150)	4.08
88	Senegal	196,722 (75,955)	192,530 (74,340)	4,192 (1,619)	2.13
89	Syria	185,180 (71,500)	183,630 (70,900)	1,550 (600)	0.84
90	Cambodia	181,035 (69,898)	176,515 (68,153)	4,520 (1,750)	2.5
91	Uruguay	181,034 (69,898)	175,015 (67,574)	1,200 (460)	0.68
92	Suriname	163,820 (63,250)	156,000 (60,000)	7,820 (3,020)	4.77	Smallest country in South America.
93	Tunisia	163,610 (63,170)	155,360 (59,980)	8,250 (3,190)	5.04
94	Bangladesh	147,570 (56,980)	130,168 (50,258)	13,830 (5,340)	9.6
95	Nepal	147,181 (56,827)	143,351 (55,348)	3,830 (1,480)	2.6
96	Tajikistan	143,100 (55,300)	141,510 (54,640)	2,590 (1,000)	1.81
—	Somaliland	137,600 (53,100)
97	Greece	131,990 (50,960)	130,647 (50,443)	1,310 (510)	0.99
98	Nicaragua	130,373 (50,337)	119,990 (46,330)	10,380 (4,010)	7.96	Largest country in Central America.
99	North Korea	120,538 (46,540)	120,408 (46,490)	130 (50)	0.11
100	Malawi	118,484 (45,747)	94,080 (36,320)	24,404 (9,422)	20.6
101	Eritrea	117,600 (45,400)	101,000 (39,000)	16,600 (6,400)	14.12
102	Benin	112,622 (43,484)	110,622 (42,711)	2,000 (770)	1.78
103	Honduras	112,492 (43,433)	111,890 (43,200)	200 (77)	0.18
104	Liberia	111,369 (43,000)	96,320 (37,190)	15,049 (5,810)	13.51
105	Bulgaria	110,879 (42,811)	108,489 (41,888)	2,390 (920)	2.16
106	Cuba	109,884 (42,426)	109,820 (42,400)	1,040 (400)	0.94
107	Guatemala	108,889 (42,042)	107,159 (41,374)	1,730 (670)	1.59
108	Iceland	103,000 (40,000)	100,250 (38,710)	2,750 (1,060)	2.67
109	South Korea	100,210 (38,690)	99,909 (38,575)	301 (116)	0.3
110	Hungary	93,028 (35,918)	89,608 (34,598)	3,420 (1,320)	3.68
111	Portugal	92,090 (35,560)	91,470 (35,320)	620 (240)	0.67
112	Jordan	89,342 (34,495)	88,802 (34,287)	540 (210)	0.6
113	Serbia	88,361 (34,116)	88,246 (34,072)	115 (44)	0.13
114	Azerbaijan	86,600 (33,400)	82,629 (31,903)	3,971 (1,533)	4.59
115	Austria	83,871 (32,383)	82,445 (31,832)	1,426 (551)	1.7
116	United Arab Emirates	83,600 (32,300)	83,600 (32,300)	0 (0)	0
117	Czech Republic	78,865 (30,450)	77,247 (29,825)	1,620 (630)	2.05
118	Panama	75,417 (29,119)	74,340 (28,700)	1,080 (420)	1.43
119	Sierra Leone	71,740 (27,700)	71,620 (27,650)	120 (46)	0.17
120	Republic of Ireland	70,273 (27,133)	68,883 (26,596)	1,390 (540)	1.98
121	Georgia	69,700 (26,900)	69,700 (26,900)	0 (0)	0
122	Sri Lanka	65,610 (25,330)	62,732 (24,221)	2,878 (1,111)	4.4
123	Lithuania	65,300 (25,200)	62,680 (24,200)	2,620 (1,010)	4.01
124	Latvia	64,559 (24,926)	62,249 (24,034)	2,340 (900)	3.62
125	Svalbard (Norway)	62,045 (23,956)	62,045 (23,956)	0 (0)	0
126	Togo	56,785 (21,925)	54,385 (20,998)	2,400 (930)	4.23
127	Croatia	56,594 (21,851)	55,974 (21,612)	620 (240)	1.1
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 (19,772)	51,187 (19,763)	10 (3.9)	0.02
129	Costa Rica	51,100 (19,700)	51,060 (19,710)	40 (15)	0.08
130	Slovakia	49,037 (18,933)	48,105 (18,573)	930 (360)	1.9
131	Dominican Republic	48,671 (18,792)	48,320 (18,660)	350 (140)	0.72
132	Estonia	45,227 (17,462)	42,388 (16,366)	2,840 (1,100)	6.28
133	Denmark	43,094 (16,639)	42,434 (16,384)	660 (250)	1.53	European territory (metropolitan Denmark) only, without Greenland and Faroe Islands.
134	Netherlands	41,850 (16,160)	33,893 (13,086)	7,650 (2,950)	18.41	Includes the special municipalities, but excludes other countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, shown separately.
135	Switzerland	41,284 (15,940)	39,997 (15,443)	1,280 (490)	3.1
136	Bhutan	38,394 (14,824)	38,394 (14,824)	0 (0)	0
137	Taiwan	36,193 (13,974)	32,260 (12,460)	3,720 (1,440)	10.34
138	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 (13,948)	28,120 (10,860)	8,005 (3,091)	22.16
139	Moldova	33,846 (13,068)	32,891 (12,699)	960 (370)	2.84
140	Belgium	30,528 (11,787)	30,278 (11,690)	250 (97)	0.82
141	Lesotho	30,355 (11,720)	30,355 (11,720)	0 (0)	0
142	Armenia	29,743 (11,484)	28,203 (10,889)	1,540 (590)	5.18
143	Solomon Islands	28,896 (11,157)	27,986 (10,805)	910 (350)	3.15
144	Albania	28,748 (11,100)	27,398 (10,578)	1,350 (520)	4.7
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 (10,831)	28,051 (10,831)	0 (0)	0
146	Burundi	27,834 (10,747)	25,680 (9,920)	2,150 (830)	7.73
147	Haiti	27,750 (10,710)	27,560 (10,640)	190 (73)	0.68
148	Rwanda	26,338 (10,169)	24,668 (9,524)	1,670 (640)	6.34
149	Macedonia	25,713 (9,928)	25,433 (9,820)	280 (110)	1.09
150	Djibouti	23,200 (9,000)	23,180 (8,950)	20 (7.7)	0.09
151	Belize	22,966 (8,867)	22,806 (8,805)	160 (62)	0.7
152	El Salvador	21,041 (8,124)	20,721 (8,000)	320 (120)	1.52	Smallest country in continental North America.
153	Israel	20,770 (8,020)	20,330 (7,850)	440 (170)	2.12
154	Slovenia	20,273 (7,827)	20,151 (7,780)	122 (47)	0.6
155	New Caledonia (France)	18,575 (7,172)	18,275 (7,056)	300 (120)	1.62
156	Fiji	18,272 (7,055)	18,274 (7,056)	0 (0)	0
157	Kuwait	17,818 (6,880)	17,818 (6,880)	0 (0)	0
158	Swaziland	17,364 (6,704)	17,204 (6,643)	160 (62)	0.92
159	East Timor	14,874 (5,743)	14,874 (5,743)	0 (0)	0
160	Bahamas	13,943 (5,383)	10,010 (3,860)	3,870 (1,490)	27.88
161	Montenegro	13,812 (5,333)	13,452 (5,194)	360 (140)	2.61
162	Vanuatu	12,189 (4,706)	12,189 (4,706)	0 (0)	0
163	Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	12,173 (4,700)	12,173 (4,700)	0 (0)	0
164	Qatar	11,586 (4,473)	11,586 (4,473)	0 (0)	0
—	Nagorno-Karabakh	11,458 (4,424)
165	Gambia	11,295 (4,361)	10,000 (3,900)	1,295 (500)	11.47	Smallest country in continental Africa.
166	Jamaica	10,991 (4,244)	10,831 (4,182)	160 (62)	1.46
—	Kosovo	10,887 (4,203)
167	Lebanon	10,452 (4,036)	10,230 (3,950)	170 (66)	1.63	Smallest country in continental Asia.
168	Cyprus	9,251 (3,572)	9,241 (3,568)	10 (3.9)	0.11
169	Puerto Rico (United States)	8,870 (3,420)	8,870 (3,420)	4,921 (1,900)	35.69
—	Abkhazia	8,660 (3,340)
170	French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)	7,747 (2,991)	7,668 (2,961)	79.8 (30.8)	1.03	Excludes claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica.
171	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	6,959.41 (2,687.04)	22.41 (8.65)	6,937 (2,678)	99.68
172	State of Palestine	6,220 (2,400)	5,640 (2,180)	220 (85)	?
173	Brunei	5,765 (2,226)	5,265 (2,033)	500 (190)	8.67
174	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 (1,980)	5,128 (1,980)	0 (0)	0
175	French Polynesia (France)	4,167 (1,609)	3,827 (1,478)	340 (130)	8.16
—	Transnistria	4,163 (1,607)
176	Cape Verde	4,033 (1,557)	4,033 (1,557)	0 (0)	0
177	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)	3,903 (1,507)	3,903 (1,507)	0 (0)	0
—	South Ossetia	3,900 (1,500)
—	Northern Cyprus	3,355 (1,295)
178	Samoa	2,842 (1,097)	2,821 (1,089)	10 (3.9)	0.35
179	Luxembourg	2,586 (998)	2,586 (998)	0 (0)	0
180	Mauritius	2,040 (790)	2,030 (780)	10 (3.9)	0.49
181	Comoros	1,862 (719)	1,862 (719)	0 (0)	0
182	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	1,393 (538)	1,393 (538)	0	0.00
183	Hong Kong (China)	1,104 (426)	1,054 (407)	50 (19)	4.53
184	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 (372)	964 (372)	0 (0)	0
185	Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	948 (366)	430 (170)	0 (0)	0
186	Kiribati	811 (313)	811 (313)	0 (0)	0
187	Bahrain	765 (295)	765 (295)	0 (0)	0
188	Dominica	751 (290)	751 (290)	0 (0)	0
189	Tonga	747 (288)	717 (277)	30 (12)	4.02
190	Singapore	710 (270)	687 (265)	10 (3.9)	1.43
191	Federated States of Micronesia	702 (271)	702 (271)	0	0.00
192	Saint Lucia	616 (238)	606 (234)	10 (3.9)	1.62
193	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	572 (221)	572 (221)	0 (0)	0
194	Guam (United States)	549 (212)	544 (210)	0 (0)	0
195	Andorra	468 (181)	468 (181)	0 (0)	0
196	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	464 (179)	464 (179)	0 (0)	0
197	Palau	459 (177)	459 (177)	0 (0)	0
198	Seychelles	452 (175)	455 (176)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in Africa.
199	Curaçao (Netherlands)	444 (171)	444 (171)	0 (0)	0
200	Antigua and Barbuda	442 (171)	442.6 (170.9)	0 (0)	0
201	Barbados	430 (170)	431 (166)	0 (0)	0
202	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)	412 (159)	412 (159)	0 (0)	0
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 (150)	389 (150)	0 (0)	0
204	Jan Mayen (Norway)	377 (146)	377 (146)	0 (0)	0
205	U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)	347 (134)	346 (134)	1,564 (604)	81.88
206	Grenada	344 (133)	344 (133)	0 (0)	0
207	Malta	316 (122)	316 (122)	0 (0)	0
208	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	308 (119)	308 (119)	0 (0)	0
209	Maldives	300 (120)	298 (115)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in Asia.
210	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	264 (102)	264 (102)	0 (0)	0
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 (101)	261 (101)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere.
212	Niue (New Zealand)	260 (100)	260 (100)	0 (0)	0
213	Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom)	253.8 (98.0)	NA	NA	NA	There is a salt lake and some wetlands of unknown area.
214	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	242 (93)	242 (93)	0 (0)	0
215	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	236 (91)	236 (91)	0 (0)	0
216	American Samoa (United States)	199 (77)	199 (77)	0 (0)	0
217	Marshall Islands	181 (70)	181 (70)	11,673 (4,507)	98.47
218	Aruba (Netherlands)	180 (69)	180 (69)	0 (0)	0
219	Liechtenstein	160 (62)	160 (62)	0 (0)	0
220	British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	151 (58)	151 (58)	0 (0)	0
221	Wallis and Futuna (France)	142 (55)	142 (55)	0 (0)	0
222	Christmas Island (Australia)	135 (52)	135 (52)	0 (0)	0
223	Jersey (United Kingdom)	116 (45)	116 (45)	0 (0)	0
224	Montserrat (United Kingdom)	102 (39)	102 (39)	0 (0)	0
225	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	91 (35)	91 (35)	0 (0)	0
226	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	78 (30)	78 (30)	0 (0)	0
227	San Marino	61 (24)	61 (24)	0 (0)	0
228	British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)	60 (23)	60 (23)	54,340 (20,980)	99.89
229	Saint Martin (France)	54 (21)	54.4 (21.0)	Neg.	0.00
230	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	54 (21)	54 (21)	0 (0)	0
231	Bouvet Island (Norway)	49 (19)	49 (19)	0 (0)	0
232	Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	47 (18)	47 (18)	0 (0)	0
233	Norfolk Island (Australia)	36 (14)	36 (14)	0 (0)	0
234	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	34 (13)	34 (13)	0 (0)	0
235	Macau (China)	31.3 (12.1)	28.2 (10.9)	0 (0)	0
236	Tuvalu	26 (10)	26 (10)	0 (0)	0
237	Nauru	21 (8.1)	21 (8.1)	0 (0)	0	Smallest island country.
238	Saint Barthélemy (France)	21 (8.1)	NA	NA	NA
239	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	14 (5.4)	14 (5.4)	0 (0)	0
240	Tokelau (New Zealand)	12 (4.6)	12 (4.6)	0 (0)	0
241	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	6 (2.3)	6.5 (2.5)	0 (0)	0
242	Wake Island (United States)	6.5 (2.5)	6.5 (2.5)	0 (0)	0
243	Clipperton Island (France)	6 (2.3)	6 (2.3)	0 (0)	0
244	Navassa Island (disputed)	5.4 (2.1)	5.4 (2.1)	0 (0)	0
245	Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia)	5 (1.9)	5 (1.9)	0 (0)	0
246	Spratly Islands (disputed)	<5 (<2)	<5 (<2)	0 (0)	0
247	Coral Sea Islands (Australia)	<3 (<2)	<3 (<2)	0 (0)	0
248	Monaco	2.02 (0.78)	2.02 (0.78)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country with a coastline. Also the smallest member of the UN.
249	Vatican City	0.44 (0.17)	0.44 (0.17)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in the world.

Graphical charts

The charts below are based on the CIA World Factbook as of February 15, 2005.

Sovereign states with areas greater than 100,000 km² are shown in green. In addition, non-sovereign territories are included for purposes of comparison, and are shown in gray. Areas include inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Claims to parts of Antarctica by various countries are not included.

Countries greater than 1.5 million km²

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Countries less than 1.5 million km²

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See also

• List of countries by population density
• List of countries by population (graphical)
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
• List of sovereign states
• Orders of magnitude (area)

Notes

1. The European Union is a unique supranational union. It covers a total area of 4,324,781 km (1,669,807 sq mi), and would be ranked 7th if it were included (3.0% of world's total land area).
2. The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Argentina (969,000 km or 374,000 sq mi), Australia (5,896,500 km or 2,276,700 sq mi), Chile (1,250,000 km or 480,000 sq mi), France (432,000 km or 167,000 sq mi), New Zealand (450,000 km or 170,000 sq mi), Norway (2,500,000 km or 970,000 sq mi) and United Kingdom (1,395,000 km or 539,000 sq mi), which to some extent overlap. The area from 90°W to 150°W (2,100,000 km or 810,000 sq mi) is currently unclaimed territory. These areas usually have no human inhabitants, excluding scientists.
3. The following two primary sources (non-mirrored) represent the range (min./max.) of United States' total area:

   (1) The Encyclopædia Britannica lists U.S. as the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and China) with a total area of 9,526,468 sq km. This figure is less than CIA Factbook's figure of 9,826,675 sq km because it excludes Coastal and Territorial waters.

   (2) The CIA World Factbook lists the United States as the third-largest country (after Russia and Canada) with total area of 9,826,675 sq km. This figure is greater than Encyclopædia Britannica's figure of 9,526,468 sq km because it includes Coastal and Territorial waters.

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   Disputed Ranking Explanation: The dispute for world's third-largest country arose from the inclusion of Coastal and Territorial waters for United States. This discrepancy was deduced from comparing the CIA World Factbook and its previous iterations against the information for United States on Encyclopaedia Britannica, particularly its footnote section. In sum, according to older versions of the CIA World Factbook (from 1982 to 1996), the US was listed as the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and China) with a total area of 9,372,610 sq km. However, in the 1997 edition, the US added Coastal waters to its total area (increasing it to 9,629,091 sq km). And then again in 2007, US added Territorial water to its total area (increasing it to 9,826,630 sq km). During this time, China's total area remained unchanged. In other words, no Coastal or Territorial water space was added to China's total area figure. The United States has a Coastal water area of 109,362 sq km, and a Territorial water area of 195,213 sq km, for a total of 304,575 sq km of additional water space. This is larger than entire countries like Italy, New Zealand, and United Kingdom. Adding this figure to the US will boost it, albeit unfairly, over China in ranking since China's Coastal and Territorial water figures are currently unknown (no official publication) and thus cannot be added into China's total area figure.

4. The following two primary sources (non-mirrored) represent the range (min./max.) of China's total area:

   All sources exclude Taiwan.

   (1) The Encyclopædia Britannica lists China as world's third-largest country (after Russia and Canada) with a total area of 9,572,900 sq km.

   (2) The CIA World Factbook lists China's as the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and the US) with total area of 9,596,961 sq km.

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   Disputed Ranking Explanation: The dispute for world's third-largest country arose from the inclusion of Coastal and Territorial waters for United States. This discrepancy was deduced from comparing the CIA World Factbook and its previous iterations against the information for United States on Encyclopaedia Britannica, particularly its footnote section. In sum, according to older versions of the CIA World Factbook (from 1982 to 1996), the US was listed as the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and China) with a total area of 9,372,610 sq km. However, in the 1997 edition, the US added Coastal waters to its total area (increasing it to 9,629,091 sq km). And then again in 2007, US added Territorial water to its total area (increasing it to 9,826,630 sq km). During this time, China's total area remained unchanged. In other words, no Coastal or Territorial water space was added to China's total area figure. The United States has a Coastal water area of 109,362 sq km, and a Territorial water area of 195,213 sq km, for a total of 304,575 sq km of additional water space. This is larger than entire countries like Italy, New Zealand, and United Kingdom. Adding this figure to the US will boost it, albeit unfairly, over China in ranking since China's Coastal and Territorial water figures are currently unknown (no official publication) and thus cannot be added into China's total area figure.

5. Figures exclude the external territories of Norfolk Island, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands Territory, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands, each shown separately. Excludes the claim of the Australian Antarctic Territory (5,896,500 km or 2,276,700 sq mi). The UN's previous data, as well as the current data shown by the World Bank and the CIA, give the figure as 7,741,220 km (2,988,900 sq mi).
6. The total area given is from Encyclopædia Britannica and excludes disputed territories not under Indian control. The total area claimed by India, according to the figure given by the United Nations and the Indian government, totals 3,287,263 km (1,269,219 sq mi).
7. Excludes claims on Argentine Antarctica (969,000 km or 374,000 sq mi), on Falkland Islands (12,173 km or 4,700 sq mi) and on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (3,903 km or 1,507 sq mi).
8. A total of 1,755,636 km (677,855 sq mi) of land area is covered by ice; the ice-free area amounts to 410,450 km (158,480 sq mi).
9. ^ The water area percentage of Sudan prior to the secession of South Sudan was 5.18.
10. Prior to the independence of South Sudan, Sudan's total area as reported by the UN source was 2,505,813 km (967,500 sq mi). Updated figure shown is from the CIA.
11. The area given is from the 2007 data and the CIA World Factbook. The UN Demographic Yearbook lists a figure of 1,628,750 km (628,860 sq mi), which refers to land area only.
12. Excluding the Ilemi Triangle (14,000 km or 5,400 sq mi).
13. Includes data for Pakistani-held territories of Kashmir, Azad Kashmir (13,297 km or 5,134 sq mi) and Gilgit–Baltistan (72,520 km or 28,000 sq mi). Excluding these territories would produce an area figure of 796,095 km (307,374 sq mi).
14. Excludes claims in Antarctica.
15. Source gives area of Metropolitan France as 551,500 km (212,900 sq mi) and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km (34,432 sq mi). Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic. The CIA reports the total as 643,801 km (248,573 sq mi). Another source, the French National Institute for Statistice and Economic Studies, gives an area figure of 632,759 km (244,310 sq mi). (The CIA gives a water area of Metropolitan France as 1,530 km (590 sq mi).)
16. The figure shown includes the area of Somaliland (137,600 km or 53,100 sq mi), which is de facto independent from Somalia.
17. ^ Figures shown in this entry are taken from the CIA.
18. Does not include Western Sahara, shown separately.
19. Figure shown is from the 2007 data and the CIA World Factbook. The UN figure of 435,244 km (168,049 sq mi) excludes the three autonomous provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
20. Includes the Åland Islands (1,552 km or 599 sq mi).
21. Figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook; the UN data refers to mainland area only. All figures exclude Svalbard, Jan Mayen and Bouvet Island, shown separately, and the Antarctic territorial claims of Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island (243 km or 94 sq mi).
22. May or may not include the Galápagos Islands (7,880 km or 3,040 sq mi). The 2007 data, as well as the current data given by the CIA, explicitly includes the Galápagos and gives the figure as 283,561 km (109,484 sq mi).
23. The government gives the total figure as 266,838 square kilometres (103,027 sq mi). CIA World Factbook has total/land area of 267,710 km (103,360 sq mi). All figures exclude Niue, the Cook Islands and Tokelau, shown separately, as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency.
24. Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.
25. Does not include the three Crown dependencies (768 km or 297 sq mi) and the 14 overseas territories (1,742,857 km or 672,921 sq mi), shown separately.
26. Includes the parts of the Golan Heights (1,295 km or 500 sq mi) occupied by Israel.
27. Area according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is 147,570 km or 56,980 sq mi.
28. Somaliland is claimed in whole by Somalia, and is unrecognised by any other country
29. The figure shown includes the area of Kosovo and Metohija, which is de facto independent from Serbia as the Republic of Kosovo (10,887 km or 4,203 sq mi). The area of Serbia without Kosovo is 77,474 km (29,913 sq mi).
30. The figure shown includes the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (11,458 km or 4,424 sq mi), which is de facto independent from Azerbaijan.
31. The figure shown includes the areas of Abkhazia (8,660 km or 3,340 sq mi) and South Ossetia (3,900 km or 1,500 sq mi), both de facto independent from Georgia.
32. The UN gives a combined area for Svalbard and Jan Mayen as 62,422 km (24,101 sq mi). The separate figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook.
33. The UN figure includes only the constituent country Denmark; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km (857,183 sq mi) and would be 12th.
34. ^ Data for the Netherlands is from the Central Bureau of Statistics. Source gives area of European Netherlands as 41,528 km (16,034 sq mi) and lists the three special municipalities separately, whose areas sum to 322 km (124 sq mi). Adding these gives the total shown here for the entire country of the Netherlands. Adding the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, the total area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,508 km (16,412 sq mi).
35. The figure from the UN demographic yearbook (41,277 km or 15,937 sq mi) excludes the areas of state forests and communanzas, which amount to 7.15 km (2.76 sq mi). The figure here is from the 2007 data.
36. The UN source does not include data for the Republic of China (Taiwan). The figure shown is from the 2012 Statistical Data from the Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China. The CIA gives a total area of 35,980 km (13,890 sq mi). The total constitutional land area of the Republic of China is 11,420,000 km (4,410,000 sq mi), which includes modern-day Taiwan, Mongolia, and Mainland China.
37. The figure shown includes the area of Transnistria (4,163 km or 1,607 sq mi), which is de facto independent from Moldova.
38. Figures shown are from the CIA. The UN/Israel Central Bureau of Statistics figure of 22,072 km (8,522 sq mi) includes the Golan Heights (1,200 km or 460 sq mi) and East Jerusalem (70 km or 27 sq mi), which are not internationally recognised as part of Israel.
39. Nagorno-Karabakh is claimed in whole by Azerbaijan, and has limited international recognition
40. Kosovo is claimed in whole by Serbia, and has limited international recognition
41. Includes the largely unrecognized but de facto independent Northern Cyprus (3,355 km or 1,295 sq mi), the UN buffer zone (346 km or 134 sq mi) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (254 km or 98 sq mi).
42. Abkhazia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
43. The UN source has no data for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The figure given here is the total of all areas listed separately in the CIA World Factbook.
44. The CIA gives the areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip separately as 5,860 km (2,260 sq mi) and 360 km (140 sq mi) respectively (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/we.html; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gz.html). The figure for the West Bank includes East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land, but excludes Mount Scopus.
45. Transnistria is claimed in whole by Moldova, and has limited international recognition
46. South Ossetia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
47. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by Cyprus, and has limited international recognition
48. Figure shown is from the 2007 data and the CIA World Factbook. The UN figure of 1,969 km (760 sq mi) excludes the Agaléga Islands and Cargados Carajos.
49. Figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook. UN figure of 2,235 km (863 sq mi) includes Mayotte 374 km (144 sq mi), an overseas department of France.
50. There are some lakes and streams of unknown area.
51. The figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook, and refers to land area only. The UN figure excludes 84 km (32 sq mi) of uninhabited islands.
52. The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook. The UN value of 539 km (208 sq mi) refers to habitable area only and excludes the country's central forest reserve.
53. The total area of Saint Helena is 122 square kilometres (47 sq mi), Ascension is 88 square kilometres (34 sq mi), and Tristan da Cunha is 98 square kilometres (38 sq mi).
54. Niue, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
55. The Cook Islands, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
56. ^ Data is from the 2007 statistics.
57. The UN gives no information for the British Indian Ocean Territory. The figure given here was taken from the CIA Factbook, and refers to land area only.
58. The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook, and includes Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands. The UN figure is 5 km or 1.9 sq mi, and only includes area for Pitcairn island itself, the only inhabited island in the group.
59. Current statistics: March 2014- Direcçāo dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (Cartography and Cadastre Bureau) Including University of Macau's New Hengqin Campus

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