Largest Countries ranked By Area in 2025

Russia is the largest country in the world, covering over 11% of the Earth’s total land area. It is followed by Canada, the second-largest country, which occupies approximately 6% of the world’s landmass.

The world is divided into seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia/Oceania. Asia is the largest continent, while Australia is the smallest.

• Russia is the Largest country in the world.
• Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.

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Top 10 Largest country in the world By Area

1. Russia – 17,098,242 sq. km
2. Canada – 9,984,670 sq. km
3. United States – 9,833,517 sq. km
4. Brazil – 8,515,770 sq. km
5. Australia – 7,741,220 sq. km
6. India – 3,287,263 sq. km
7. Argentina – 2,780,400 sq. km
8. Kazakhstan – 2,724,900 sq. km
9. Algeria – 2,381,740 sq. km

Among the top 10 largest countries by land area, four are in Asia, two in North America, two in South America, one in Africa, and one in Australia/Oceania.

List of countries By Area

Rank	Country	Area(sq KM)	Area (%)	Region
1	Russia	17,098,242	11.35%	Central Asia
2	Canada	9,984,670	6.63%	North America
3	United States	9,833,517	6.53%	North America
4	China	9,596,960	6.37%	East and Southeast Asia
5	Brazil	8,515,770	5.65%	South America
6	Australia	7,741,220	5.14%	Australia and Oceania
7	India	3,287,263	2.18%	South Asia
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1.85%	South America
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1.81%	Central Asia
10	Algeria	2,381,740	1.58%	Africa
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,344,858	1.56%	Africa
12	Greenland	2,166,086	1.44%	North America
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	1.43%	Middle East
14	Mexico	1,964,375	1.30%	North America
15	Indonesia	1,904,569	1.26%	East and Southeast Asia
16	Sudan	1,861,484	1.24%	Africa
17	Libya	1,759,540	1.17%	Africa
18	Iran	1,648,195	1.09%	Middle East
19	Mongolia	1,564,116	1.04%	East and Southeast Asia
20	Peru	1,285,216	0.85%	South America
21	Chad	1,284,000	0.85%	Africa
22	Niger	1,267,000	0.84%	Africa
23	Angola	1,246,700	0.83%	Africa
24	Mali	1,240,192	0.82%	Africa
25	South Africa	1,219,090	0.81%	Africa
26	Colombia	1,138,910	0.76%	South America
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	0.73%	Africa
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	0.73%	South America
29	Mauritania	1,030,700	0.68%	Africa
30	Egypt	1,001,450	0.66%	Africa
31	Tanzania	947,300	0.63%	Africa
32	Nigeria	923,768	0.61%	Africa
33	Venezuela	912,050	0.61%	South America
34	Namibia	824,292	0.55%	Africa
35	Mozambique	799,380	0.53%	Africa
36	Pakistan	796,095	0.53%	South Asia
37	Turkey (Turkiye)	783,562	0.52%	Middle East
38	Chile	756,102	0.50%	South America
39	Zambia	752,618	0.50%	Africa
40	Morocco	716,550	0.48%	Africa
41	Burma	676,578	0.45%	East and Southeast Asia
42	Afghanistan	652,230	0.43%	South Asia
43	South Sudan	644,329	0.43%	Africa
44	France	643,801	0.43%	Europe
45	Somalia	637,657	0.42%	Africa
46	Central African Republic	622,984	0.41%	Africa
47	Ukraine	603,550	0.40%	Europe
48	Madagascar	587,041	0.39%	Africa
49	Botswana	581,730	0.39%	Africa
50	Kenya	580,367	0.39%	Africa
51	Yemen	527,968	0.35%	Middle East
52	Thailand	513,120	0.34%	East and Southeast Asia
53	Spain	505,370	0.34%	Europe
54	Turkmenistan	488,100	0.32%	Central Asia
55	Cameroon	475,440	0.32%	Africa
56	Papua New Guinea	462,840	0.31%	East and Southeast Asia
57	Sweden	450,295	0.30%	Europe
58	Uzbekistan	447,400	0.30%	Central Asia
59	Iraq	438,317	0.29%	Middle East
60	Paraguay	406,752	0.27%	South America
61	Zimbabwe	390,757	0.26%	Africa
62	Japan	377,915	0.25%	East and Southeast Asia
63	Germany	357,022	0.24%	Europe
64	Congo, Republic of the	342,000	0.23%	Africa
65	Finland	338,145	0.22%	Europe
66	Vietnam	331,210	0.22%	East and Southeast Asia
67	Malaysia	329,847	0.22%	East and Southeast Asia
68	Norway	323,802	0.22%	Europe
69	Cote d'Ivoire	322,463	0.21%	Africa
70	Poland	312,685	0.21%	Europe
71	Oman	309,500	0.21%	Middle East
72	Italy	301,340	0.20%	Europe
73	Philippines	300,000	0.20%	East and Southeast Asia
74	Ecuador	283,561	0.19%	South America
75	Burkina Faso	274,200	0.18%	Africa
76	New Zealand	268,838	0.18%	Australia and Oceania
77	Gabon	267,667	0.18%	Africa
78	Guinea	245,857	0.16%	Africa
79	United Kingdom	243,610	0.16%	Europe
80	Uganda	241,038	0.16%	Africa
81	Ghana	238,533	0.16%	Africa
82	Romania	238,391	0.16%	Europe
83	Laos	236,800	0.16%	East and Southeast Asia
84	Guyana	214,969	0.14%	South America
85	Belarus	207,600	0.14%	Europe
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	0.13%	Central Asia
87	Senegal	196,722	0.13%	Africa
88	Syria	187,437	0.12%	Middle East
89	Cambodia	181,035	0.12%	East and Southeast Asia
90	Uruguay	176,215	0.12%	South America
91	Suriname	163,820	0.11%	South America
92	Tunisia	163,610	0.11%	Africa
93	Bangladesh	148,460	0.10%	South Asia
94	Nepal	147,181	0.10%	South Asia
95	Tajikistan	144,100	0.10%	Central Asia
96	Greece	131,957	0.09%	Europe
97	Nicaragua	130,370	0.09%	Central America and the Caribbean
98	Korea, North	120,538	0.08%	East and Southeast Asia
99	Malawi	118,484	0.08%	Africa
100	Eritrea	117,600	0.08%	Africa
101	Benin	112,622	0.07%	Africa
102	Honduras	112,090	0.07%	Central America and the Caribbean
103	Liberia	111,369	0.07%	Africa
104	Bulgaria	110,879	0.07%	Europe
105	Cuba	110,860	0.07%	Central America and the Caribbean
106	Guatemala	108,889	0.07%	Central America and the Caribbean
107	Iceland	103,000	0.07%	Europe
108	Korea, South	99,720	0.07%	East and Southeast Asia
109	Hungary	93,028	0.06%	Europe
110	Portugal	92,090	0.06%	Europe
111	Jordan	89,342	0.06%	Middle East
112	Azerbaijan	86,600	0.06%	Central Asia
113	Austria	83,871	0.06%	Europe
114	United Arab Emirates	83,600	0.06%	Middle East
115	Czechia	78,867	0.05%	Europe
116	Serbia	77,474	0.05%	Europe
117	Panama	75,420	0.05%	Central America and the Caribbean
118	Sierra Leone	71,740	0.05%	Africa
119	Ireland	70,273	0.05%	Europe
120	Georgia	69,700	0.05%	Central Asia
121	Sri Lanka	65,610	0.04%	South Asia
122	Lithuania	65,300	0.04%	Europe
123	Latvia	64,589	0.04%	Europe
124	Svalbard	62,045	0.04%	Europe
125	Togo	56,785	0.04%	Africa
126	Croatia	56,594	0.04%	Europe
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	0.03%	Europe
128	Costa Rica	51,100	0.03%	Central America and the Caribbean
129	Slovakia	49,035	0.03%	Europe
130	Dominican Republic	48,670	0.03%	Central America and the Caribbean
131	Estonia	45,228	0.03%	Europe
132	Denmark	43,094	0.03%	Europe
133	Netherlands	41,543	0.03%	Europe
134	Switzerland	41,277	0.03%	Europe
135	Bhutan	38,394	0.03%	South Asia
136	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	0.02%	Africa
137	Taiwan	35,980	0.02%	East and Southeast Asia
138	Moldova	33,851	0.02%	Europe
139	Belgium	30,528	0.02%	Europe
140	Lesotho	30,355	0.02%	Africa
141	Armenia	29,743	0.02%	Central Asia
142	Solomon Islands	28,896	0.02%	Australia and Oceania
143	Albania	28,748	0.02%	Europe
144	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	0.02%	Africa
145	Burundi	27,830	0.02%	Africa
146	Haiti	27,750	0.02%	Central America and the Caribbean
147	Rwanda	26,338	0.02%	Africa
148	North Macedonia	25,713	0.02%	Europe
149	Djibouti	23,200	0.02%	Africa
150	Belize	22,966	0.02%	Central America and the Caribbean
151	Israel	21,937	0.01%	Middle East
152	El Salvador	21,041	0.01%	Central America and the Caribbean
153	Slovenia	20,273	0.01%	Europe
154	New Caledonia	18,575	0.01%	Australia and Oceania
155	Fiji	18,274	0.01%	Australia and Oceania
156	Kuwait	17,818	0.01%	Middle East
157	Eswatini	17,364	0.01%	Africa
158	Timor-Leste	14,874	0.01%	East and Southeast Asia
159	Bahamas, The	13,880	0.01%	Central America and the Caribbean
160	Montenegro	13,812	0.01%	Europe
161	Vanuatu	12,189	0.01%	Australia and Oceania
162	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173	0.01%	South America
163	Qatar	11,586	0.01%	Middle East
164	Gambia, The	11,300	0.01%	Africa
165	Jamaica	10,991	0.01%	Central America and the Caribbean
166	Kosovo	10,887	0.01%	Europe
167	Lebanon	10,400	0.01%	Middle East
168	Cyprus	9,251	0.01%	Europe
169	Puerto Rico	9,104	0.01%	Central America and the Caribbean
170	West Bank	5,860	0.00%	Middle East
171	Brunei	5,765	0.00%	East and Southeast Asia
172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
173	French Polynesia	4,167	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
174	Cabo Verde	4,033	0.00%	Africa
175	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	3,903	0.00%	South America
176	Samoa	2,831	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
177	Luxembourg	2,586	0.00%	Europe
178	Comoros	2,235	0.00%	Africa
179	Mauritius	2,040	0.00%	Africa
180	Virgin Islands	1,910	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
181	Faroe Islands	1,393	0.00%	Europe
182	Hong Kong	1,108	0.00%	East and Southeast Asia
183	Sao Tome and Principe	964	0.00%	Africa
184	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
185	Kiribati	811	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
186	Bahrain	760	0.00%	Middle East
187	Dominica	751	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
188	Tonga	747	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
189	Singapore	719	0.00%	East and Southeast Asia
190	Micronesia, Federated States of	702	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
191	Saint Lucia	616	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
192	Isle of Man	572	0.00%	Europe
193	Guam	544	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
194	Andorra	468	0.00%	Europe
195	Northern Mariana Islands	464	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
196	Palau	459	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
197	Seychelles	455	0.00%	Africa
198	Curacao	444	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
199	Antigua and Barbuda	443	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
200	Barbados	430	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
201	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412	0.00%	Antarctica
202	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	394	0.00%	Africa
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
204	Jan Mayen	377	0.00%	Europe
205	Gaza Strip	360	0.00%	Middle East
206	Grenada	344	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
207	Malta	316	0.00%	Europe
208	Maldives	298	0.00%	South Asia
209	Cayman Islands	264	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
211	Niue	260	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
212	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	254	0.00%	Europe
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	0.00%	North America
214	Cook Islands	236	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
215	American Samoa	224	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
216	Marshall Islands	181	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
217	Aruba	180	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
218	Liechtenstein	160	0.00%	Europe
219	British Virgin Islands	151	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
220	Wallis and Futuna	142	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
221	Christmas Island	135	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
222	Jersey	116	0.00%	Europe
223	Montserrat	102	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
224	Anguilla	91	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
225	Guernsey	78	0.00%	Europe
226	San Marino	61	0.00%	Europe
227	British Indian Ocean Territory	60	0.00%	South Asia
228	Bermuda	54	0.00%	North America
229	Saint Martin	50	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
230	Bouvet Island	49	0.00%	Antarctica
231	Pitcairn Islands	47	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
232	Norfolk Island	36	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
233	Sint Maarten	34	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
234	Macau	28	0.00%	East and Southeast Asia
235	Tuvalu	26	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
236	Saint Barthelemy	25	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
237	Nauru	21	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
238	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
239	Tokelau	12	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
240	Palmyra Atoll	12	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
241	Paracel Islands	8	0.00%	East and Southeast Asia
242	Wake Island	7	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
243	Gibraltar	7	0.00%	Europe
244	Clipperton Island	6	0.00%	North America
245	Midway Islands	6	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
246	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
247	Navassa Island	5	0.00%	Central America and the Caribbean
248	Spratly Islands	5	0.00%	East and Southeast Asia
249	Jarvis Island	5	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
250	Johnston Atoll	3	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
251	Coral Sea Islands	3	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
252	Monaco	2	0.00%	Europe
253	Howland Island	2	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
254	Kingman Reef	1	0.00%	Australia and Oceania
255	Holy See (Vatican City)	0	0.00%	Europe

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Source: CIA