Countries by area

The area of the state's territory directly affects the possibility of agricultural production, the variety and volume of minerals, and the development of infrastructure. Also, the size of the country dictates the need for the specifics of building a management and defense system.

States with a large territory may have several climatic zones, which affects the diversity of ecosystems and affects all spheres of life

The rating is calculated based on data collected by national statistical services and international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations. The calculation includes all the territories of the country, including rivers, lakes and inland waters, which allows you to get a complete picture of the size of the state.

Ranking of countries sorted by area

Rank		Countries by areakm²	World Populationpeople
1	Russia	17.1 million	145.4 million
2	Canada	10.0 million	39.3 million
3	China	9.7 million	1.4 billion
4	United States	9.4 million	343.5 million
5	Brazil	8.5 million	211.1 million
6	Australia	7.7 million	26.5 million
7	India	3.3 million	1.4 billion
8	Argentina	2.8 million	45.5 million
9	Kazakhstan	2.7 million	20.3 million
10	Algeria	2.4 million	46.2 million
11	Greenland	2.2 million	56 thousand
12	Saudi Arabia	2.1 million	33.3 million
13	Mexico	2.0 million	129.7 million
14	Indonesia	1.9 million	281.2 million
15	Sudan	1.9 million	50.0 million
16	Libya	1.8 million	7.3 million
17	Iran	1.6 million	90.6 million
18	Mongolia	1.6 million	3.4 million
19	Peru	1.3 million	33.8 million
20	Chad	1.3 million	19.3 million
21	Niger	1.3 million	26.2 million
22	Angola	1.2 million	36.7 million
23	Mali	1.2 million	23.8 million
24	South Africa	1.2 million	63.2 million
25	Colombia	1.1 million	52.3 million
26	Ethiopia	1.1 million	128.7 million
27	Bolivia	1.1 million	12.2 million
28	Mauritania	1.0 million	5.0 million
29	Egypt	1.0 million	114.5 million
30	São Tomé & Príncipe	964	231 thousand
31	Turks & Caicos Islands	948	46 thousand
32	Tanzania	945	66.6 million
33	Nigeria	924	227.9 million
34	Venezuela	916	28.3 million
35	Pakistan	882	247.5 million
36	Namibia	826	3.0 million
37	Kiribati	811	133 thousand
38	Mozambique	802	33.6 million
39	Turkey Products ••• Visa Digital Nomad	784	87.3 million
40	Bahrain	765	1.6 million
41	Chile	756	19.7 million
42	Zambia	753	20.7 million
43	Dominica	751	67 thousand
44	Tonga	747	105 thousand
45	Singapore	710	5.8 million
46	Micronesia	702	113 thousand
47	Myanmar (Burma)	677	54.1 million
48	Afghanistan	652	41.5 million
49	Somalia	638	18.4 million
50	Central African Republic	623	5.2 million
51	South Sudan	620	11.5 million
52	St. Lucia	616	179 thousand
53	Ukraine	604	37.7 million
54	Madagascar	587	31.2 million
55	Botswana	582	2.5 million
56	Kenya	580	55.3 million
57	Isle of Man	572	84 thousand
58	France	552	66.4 million
59	Guam	549	167 thousand
60	Yemen	528	39.4 million
61	Thailand	513	71.7 million
62	Spain Products ••• Visa Digital Nomad Startup Visa Study visa Financially Independent Residence Permit	506	47.9 million
63	Turkmenistan	488	7.4 million
64	Cameroon	475	28.4 million
65	Andorra	468	81 thousand
66	Northern Mariana Islands	464	45 thousand
67	Papua New Guinea	463	10.4 million
68	Palau	459	18 thousand
69	Seychelles	452	128 thousand
70	Sweden	450	10.6 million
71	Morocco	447	37.7 million
72	Uzbekistan	447	35.7 million
73	Curaçao	444	185 thousand
74	Antigua & Barbuda	442	93 thousand
75	Iraq	438	45.1 million
76	Barbados	430	282 thousand
77	Paraguay	407	6.8 million
78	St. Helena	394	5 thousand
79	Zimbabwe	391	16.3 million
80	St. Vincent & Grenadines	389	101 thousand
81	Japan	378	124.4 million
82	Mayotte	374	316 thousand
83	Germany Products ••• Freelance visa Work visa The Blue Card The Chance Card Study visa Career Counseling Career support	357	84.5 million
84	U.S. Virgin Islands	347	86 thousand
85	Grenada	344	117 thousand
86	Congo - Kinshasa	342	105.8 million
87	Philippines	342	114.9 million
88	Finland	338	5.6 million
89	Malaysia	331	35.1 million
90	Vietnam	331	100.4 million
91	Caribbean Netherlands	328	30 thousand
92	Norway	324	5.5 million
93	Côte d’Ivoire	322	31.2 million
94	Malta	316	533 thousand
95	Poland	313	38.8 million
96	Oman	310	5.0 million
97	Italy Products ••• Visa Digital Nomad Study visa	301	59.5 million
98	Maldives	300	526 thousand
99	Ecuador	277	18.0 million
100	Burkina Faso	273	23.0 million
101	New Zealand	270	5.2 million
102	Gabon	268	2.5 million
103	Western Sahara	266	580 thousand
104	Cayman Islands	264	73 thousand
105	St. Kitts & Nevis	261	47 thousand
106	Niue	260	2 thousand
107	Guinea	246	14.4 million
108	United Kingdom	243	68.7 million
109	Uganda	242	48.7 million
110	St. Pierre & Miquelon	242	6 thousand
111	Ghana	239	33.8 million
112	Romania	238	19.1 million
113	Laos	237	7.7 million
114	Cook Islands	236	14 thousand
115	Guyana	215	826 thousand
116	Belarus	208	9.1 million
117	Kyrgyzstan	200	7.1 million
118	American Samoa	199	48 thousand
119	Senegal	197	18.1 million
120	Syria	185	23.6 million
121	Cambodia	181	17.4 million
122	Uruguay	181	3.4 million
123	Marshall Islands	181	39 thousand
124	Aruba	180	108 thousand
125	Suriname	164	629 thousand
126	Tunisia	164	12.2 million
127	Liechtenstein	160	40 thousand
128	British Virgin Islands	151	39 thousand
129	Bangladesh	148	171.5 million
130	Nepal	147	29.7 million
131	Tajikistan	143	10.4 million
132	Wallis & Futuna	142	11 thousand
133	Greece	132	10.2 million
134	Nicaragua	130	6.8 million
135	North Korea	121	26.4 million
136	Eritrea	118	3.5 million
137	Malawi	118	21.1 million
138	Benin	113	14.1 million
139	Honduras	112	10.6 million
140	Bulgaria Products ••• Business Residence Permit	111	6.8 million
141	Liberia	111	5.5 million
142	Cuba	110	11.0 million
143	Guatemala	109	18.1 million
144	Iceland	103	388 thousand
145	Montserrat	102	4 thousand
146	South Korea	100	51.7 million
147	Hungary Products ••• Visa Digital Nomad Business Residence Permit	93	9.7 million
148	Portugal Products ••• Visa Digital Nomad Financially Independent Residence Permit Freelance visa Study visa Startup visa	92	10.4 million
149	Anguilla	91	14 thousand
150	Jordan	89	11.4 million
151	Serbia Products ••• Business Residence Permit	88	6.8 million
152	Azerbaijan	87	10.3 million
153	Austria	84	9.1 million
154	United Arab Emirates	84	10.6 million
155	French Guiana	84	303 thousand
156	Czechia	79	10.8 million
157	Panama	75	4.5 million
158	Sierra Leone	72	8.5 million
159	Georgia	70	3.8 million
160	Ireland	70	5.2 million
161	Sri Lanka	66	23.0 million
162	Lithuania	65	2.9 million
163	Latvia	65	1.9 million
164	San Marino	61	34 thousand
165	Togo	57	9.3 million
166	Croatia Products ••• Visa Digital Nomad	57	3.9 million
167	Bermuda	54	65 thousand
168	St. Martin	53	28 thousand
169	Bosnia & Herzegovina	51	3.2 million
170	Costa Rica	51	5.1 million
171	Dominican Republic	49	11.3 million
172	Slovakia	49	5.5 million
173	Estonia	45	1.4 million
174	Denmark	43	5.9 million
175	Netherlands	42	18.1 million
176	Switzerland	41	8.9 million
177	Bhutan	38	786 thousand
178	Taiwan	36	23.3 million
179	Guinea-Bissau	36	2.2 million
180	Sint Maarten	34	43 thousand
181	Moldova	34	3.1 million
182	Belgium	31	11.7 million
183	Macao SAR China	30	714 thousand
184	Armenia	30	2.9 million
185	Lesotho	30	2.3 million
186	Solomon Islands	29	800 thousand
187	Albania	29	2.8 million
188	Burundi	28	13.7 million
189	Haiti	28	11.6 million
190	Equatorial Guinea	28	1.8 million
191	Rwanda	26	14.0 million
192	North Macedonia	26	1.8 million
193	Tuvalu	26	10 thousand
194	Djibouti	23	1.2 million
195	Belize	23	411 thousand
196	Israel	21	9.3 million
197	Nauru	21	12 thousand
198	St. Barthélemy	21	11 thousand
199	El Salvador	21	6.3 million
200	Slovenia	20	2.1 million
201	New Caledonia	19	290 thousand
202	Kuwait	18	4.8 million
203	Fiji	18	924 thousand
204	Eswatini	17	1.2 million
205	Timor-Leste	15	1.4 million
206	Bahamas	14	399 thousand
207	Montenegro Products ••• Visa Digital Nomad Business Residence Permit	14	634 thousand
208	Tokelau	12	2 thousand
209	Falkland Islands	12	3 thousand
210	Qatar	12	3.0 million
211	Vanuatu	12	320 thousand
212	Gambia	11	2.7 million
213	Jamaica	11	2.8 million
214	Lebanon	10	5.8 million
215	Puerto Rico	9	3.2 million
216	Cyprus	9	1.3 million
217	Gibraltar	6	38 thousand
218	Palestinian Territories	6	5.4 million
219	Brunei	6	459 thousand
220	Trinidad & Tobago	5	1.5 million
221	Cape Verde	4	522 thousand
222	French Polynesia	4	281 thousand
223	Samoa	3	217 thousand
224	Réunion	3	875 thousand
225	Luxembourg	3	665 thousand
226	Mauritius	2	1.3 million
227	Comoros	2	850 thousand
228	Guadeloupe	2	377 thousand
229	Monaco	2	39 thousand
230	Martinique	1	346 thousand
231	Hong Kong SAR China	1	7.4 million
232	Faroe Islands	1	55 thousand
233	Vatican City	-	496.00
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Top 10 countries with the largest territory

The largest country on the planet is Russia, with an area of 17,098,242 km2. Canada, the second largest country in the world, occupies almost half the area, it covers an area of 9.984.670 km2. And China is in third place with an area of 9.706.961 km2.

The fourth largest country is the United States, which stretches over 9,372,610 km2, mainly in North America. They are followed by Brazil (8,515,767 km2), Australia (7,692,024 km2), India (3,287,590 km2), Argentina (2,780,400 km2) and Kazakhstan (2,724,900 km2). Algeria closes the top ten largest countries in the world with an area of 2,381,741 km2.

Top 10 countries with the smallest territory

The smallest country in the world is the Vatican. Its area is only 0.44 km2 or 44 hectares. The second country from the end is Hong Kong, located on an area of 1104 km2. Martinique Island has a slightly larger area – 1,128 km2.

The fourth place belongs to the Faroe Islands, which together occupy 1,393 km2, followed by Monaco, Guadeloupe, the Comoros, Mauritius, Luxembourg and Reunion.

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