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As of 2023, Russia leads the world in Land Area with 16,376,870 km², followed by China (9,388,210 km²) and United States (9,147,420 km²). The global ranking includes 114 countries with available data.

Source: World BankLatest: 2023World avg: 603,552.026 km²Watch Race →

Countries Ranked by Land Area

Land area in square kilometers

Top 10 Countries

114 countries
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#1
Russia flagRussia
16,376,870 km²2023
#1Russia flag
Russia
2023
16,376,870 km²
#2
China flagChina
9,388,210 km²2023
#2China flag
China
2023
9,388,210 km²
#3
United States flagUnited States
9,147,420 km²2023
#3United States flag
United States
2023
9,147,420 km²
#4
Canada flagCanada
8,788,700 km²2023
#4Canada flag
Canada
2023
8,788,700 km²
#5
Brazil flagBrazil
8,358,140 km²2023
#5Brazil flag
Brazil
2023
8,358,140 km²
#6
Australia flagAustralia
7,692,020 km²2023
#6Australia flag
Australia
2023
7,692,020 km²
#7
India flagIndia
2,973,190 km²2023
#7India flag
India
2023
2,973,190 km²
#8
Argentina flagArgentina
2,736,690 km²2023
#8Argentina flag
Argentina
2023
2,736,690 km²
#9
Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
2,699,700 km²2023
#9Kazakhstan flag
Kazakhstan
2023
2,699,700 km²
#10
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
2,149,690 km²2023
#10Saudi Arabia flag
Saudi Arabia
2023
2,149,690 km²
#11
Mexico flagMexico
1,943,950 km²2023
#11Mexico flag
Mexico
2023
1,943,950 km²
#12
Indonesia flagIndonesia
1,892,555.47 km²2023
#12Indonesia flag
Indonesia
2023
1,892,555.47 km²
#13
Iran flagIran
1,622,500 km²2023
#13Iran flag
Iran
2023
1,622,500 km²
#14
Mongolia flagMongolia
1,558,499.786 km²2023
#14Mongolia flag
Mongolia
2023
1,558,499.786 km²
#15
Peru flagPeru
1,280,000 km²2023
#15Peru flag
Peru
2023
1,280,000 km²
#16
South Africa flagSouth Africa
1,213,090 km²2023
#16South Africa flag
South Africa
2023
1,213,090 km²
#17
Ethiopia flagEthiopia
1,128,498.8 km²2023
#17Ethiopia flag
Ethiopia
2023
1,128,498.8 km²
#18
Colombia flagColombia
1,109,500 km²2023
#18Colombia flag
Colombia
2023
1,109,500 km²
#19
Bolivia flagBolivia
1,083,300 km²2023
#19Bolivia flag
Bolivia
2023
1,083,300 km²
#20
Egypt flagEgypt
995,450 km²2023
#20Egypt flag
Egypt
2023
995,450 km²
#21
Nigeria flagNigeria
910,770 km²2023
#21Nigeria flag
Nigeria
2023
910,770 km²
#22
Tanzania flagTanzania
885,800 km²2023
#22Tanzania flag
Tanzania
2023
885,800 km²
#23
Venezuela flagVenezuela
882,050 km²2023
#23Venezuela flag
Venezuela
2023
882,050 km²
#24
Namibia flagNamibia
823,290 km²2023
#24Namibia flag
Namibia
2023
823,290 km²
#25
Pakistan flagPakistan
770,880 km²2023
#25Pakistan flag
Pakistan
2023
770,880 km²
#26
Turkey flagTurkey
769,630 km²2023
#26Turkey flag
Turkey
2023
769,630 km²
#27
Chile flagChile
742,831.64 km²2023
#27Chile flag
Chile
2023
742,831.64 km²
#28
Myanmar flagMyanmar
652,670 km²2023
#28Myanmar flag
Myanmar
2023
652,670 km²
#29
Kenya flagKenya
580,876.3 km²2023
#29Kenya flag
Kenya
2023
580,876.3 km²
#30
Ukraine flagUkraine
579,400 km²2023
#30Ukraine flag
Ukraine
2023
579,400 km²
#31
Botswana flagBotswana
566,730 km²2023
#31Botswana flag
Botswana
2023
566,730 km²
#32
France flagFrance
538,950 km²2023
#32France flag
France
2023
538,950 km²
#33
Thailand flagThailand
510,890 km²2023
#33Thailand flag
Thailand
2023
510,890 km²
#34
Spain flagSpain
499,697.4 km²2023
#34Spain flag
Spain
2023
499,697.4 km²
#35
Morocco flagMorocco
446,300 km²2023
#35Morocco flag
Morocco
2023
446,300 km²
#36
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
440,650 km²2023
#36Uzbekistan flag
Uzbekistan
2023
440,650 km²
#37
Sweden flagSweden
407,270 km²2023
#37Sweden flag
Sweden
2023
407,270 km²
#38
Paraguay flagParaguay
396,012.03 km²2023
#38Paraguay flag
Paraguay
2023
396,012.03 km²
#39
Japan flagJapan
364,569.27 km²2023
#39Japan flag
Japan
2023
364,569.27 km²
#40
Norway flagNorway
364,270 km²2023
#40Norway flag
Norway
2023
364,270 km²
#41
Germany flagGermany
349,430 km²2023
#41Germany flag
Germany
2023
349,430 km²
#42
Malaysia flagMalaysia
328,550 km²2023
#42Malaysia flag
Malaysia
2023
328,550 km²
#43
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
318,000 km²2023
#43Ivory Coast flag
Ivory Coast
2023
318,000 km²
#44
Vietnam flagVietnam
313,429 km²2023
#44Vietnam flag
Vietnam
2023
313,429 km²
#45
Oman flagOman
309,500 km²2023
#45Oman flag
Oman
2023
309,500 km²
#46
Poland flagPoland
306,270 km²2023
#46Poland flag
Poland
2023
306,270 km²
#47
Finland flagFinland
303,960 km²2023
#47Finland flag
Finland
2023
303,960 km²
#48
Philippines flagPhilippines
298,170 km²2023
#48Philippines flag
Philippines
2023
298,170 km²
#49
Italy flagItaly
295,720 km²2023
#49Italy flag
Italy
2023
295,720 km²
#50
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
263,310 km²2023
#50New Zealand flag
New Zealand
2023
263,310 km²
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