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  Country Comparisons - Area


Rank
Country
Area
(sq km)
Date of Information
1
World 510,072,000 NA
2
Pacific Ocean 155,557,000 NA
3
Atlantic Ocean 76,762,000 NA
4
Indian Ocean 68,556,000 NA
5
Southern Ocean 20,327,000 NA
6
Russia 17,075,200 NA
7
Arctic Ocean 14,056,000 NA
8
Antarctica 14,000,000 NA
9
Canada 9,984,670 NA
10
United States 9,826,630 NA
11
China 9,596,960 NA
12
Brazil 8,511,965 NA
13
Australia 7,686,850 NA
14
European Union 4,324,782 NA
15
India 3,287,590 NA
16
Argentina 2,766,890 NA
17
Kazakhstan 2,717,300 NA
18
Sudan 2,505,810 NA
19
Algeria 2,381,740 NA
20
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,345,410 NA
21
Greenland 2,166,086 NA
22
Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 NA
23
Mexico 1,972,550 NA
24
Indonesia 1,919,440 NA
25
Libya 1,759,540 NA
26
Iran 1,648,000 NA
27
Mongolia 1,564,116 NA
28
Peru 1,285,220 NA
29
Chad 1,284,000 NA
30
Niger 1,267,000 NA
31
Angola 1,246,700 NA
32
Mali 1,240,000 NA
33
South Africa 1,219,912 NA
34
Colombia 1,138,910 NA
35
Ethiopia 1,127,127 NA
36
Bolivia 1,098,580 NA
37
Mauritania 1,030,700 NA
38
Egypt 1,001,450 NA
39
Tanzania 945,087 NA
40
Nigeria 923,768 NA
41
Venezuela 912,050 NA
42
Namibia 825,418 NA
43
Pakistan 803,940 NA
44
Mozambique 801,590 NA
45
Turkey 780,580 NA
46
Chile 756,950 NA
47
Zambia 752,614 NA
48
Burma 678,500 NA
49
Afghanistan 647,500 NA
50
France 643,427 NA
51
Somalia 637,657 NA
52
Central African Republic 622,984 NA
53
Ukraine 603,700 NA
54
Botswana 600,370 NA
55
Madagascar 587,040 NA
56
Kenya 582,650 NA
57
Yemen 527,970 NA
58
Thailand 514,000 NA
59
Spain 504,782 NA
60
Turkmenistan 488,100 NA
61
Cameroon 475,440 NA
62
Papua New Guinea 462,840 NA
63
Sweden 449,964 NA
64
Uzbekistan 447,400 NA
65
Morocco 446,550 NA
66
Iraq 437,072 NA
67
Paraguay 406,750 NA
68
Zimbabwe 390,580 NA
69
Japan 377,835 NA
70
Germany 357,021 NA
71
Congo, Republic of the 342,000 NA
72
Finland 338,145 NA
73
Malaysia 329,750 NA
74
Vietnam 329,560 NA
75
Norway 323,802 NA
76
Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 NA
77
Poland 312,679 NA
78
Italy 301,230 NA
79
Philippines 300,000 NA
80
Ecuador 283,560 NA
81
Burkina Faso 274,200 NA
82
New Zealand 268,680 NA
83
Gabon 267,667 NA
84
Western Sahara 266,000 NA
85
Guinea 245,857 NA
86
United Kingdom 244,820 NA
87
Ghana 239,460 NA
88
Romania 237,500 NA
89
Laos 236,800 NA
90
Uganda 236,040 NA
91
Guyana 214,970 NA
92
Oman 212,460 NA
93
Belarus 207,600 NA
94
Kyrgyzstan 198,500 NA
95
Senegal 196,190 NA
96
Syria 185,180 NA
97
Cambodia 181,040 NA
98
Uruguay 176,220 NA
99
Tunisia 163,610 NA
100
Suriname 163,270 NA
101
Nepal 147,181 NA
102
Bangladesh 144,000 NA
103
Tajikistan 143,100 NA
104
Greece 131,940 NA
105
Nicaragua 129,494 NA
106
Eritrea 121,320 NA
107
Korea, North 120,540 NA
108
Malawi 118,480 NA
109
Benin 112,620 NA
110
Honduras 112,090 NA
111
Liberia 111,370 NA
112
Bulgaria 110,910 NA
113
Cuba 110,860 NA
114
Guatemala 108,890 NA
115
Iceland 103,000 NA
116
Korea, South 98,480 NA
117
Hungary 93,030 NA
118
Portugal 92,391 NA
119
Jordan 92,300 NA
120
Azerbaijan 86,600 NA
121
Austria 83,870 NA
122
United Arab Emirates 83,600 NA
123
Czech Republic 78,866 NA
124
Panama 78,200 NA
125
Serbia 77,474 NA
126
Sierra Leone 71,740 NA
127
Ireland 70,280 NA
128
Georgia 69,700 NA
129
Sri Lanka 65,610 NA
130
Lithuania 65,300 NA
131
Latvia 64,589 NA
132
Svalbard 61,020 NA
133
Togo 56,785 NA
134
Croatia 56,542 NA
135
British Indian Ocean Territory 54,400 NA
136
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,209 NA
137
Costa Rica 51,100 NA
138
Slovakia 48,845 NA
139
Dominican Republic 48,730 NA
140
Bhutan 47,000 NA
141
Estonia 45,226 NA
142
Denmark 43,094 NA
143
Netherlands 41,526 NA
144
Switzerland 41,290 NA
145
Guinea-Bissau 36,120 NA
146
Taiwan 35,980 NA
147
Moldova 33,843 NA
148
Belgium 30,528 NA
149
Lesotho 30,355 NA
150
Armenia 29,743 NA
151
Albania 28,748 NA
152
Solomon Islands 28,450 NA
153
Equatorial Guinea 28,051 NA
154
Burundi 27,830 NA
155
Haiti 27,750 NA
156
Rwanda 26,338 NA
157
Macedonia 25,333 NA
158
Djibouti 23,000 NA
159
Belize 22,966 NA
160
El Salvador 21,040 NA
161
Israel 20,770 NA
162
Slovenia 20,273 NA
163
New Caledonia 19,060 NA
164
Fiji 18,270 NA
165
Kuwait 17,820 NA
166
Swaziland 17,363 NA
167
Timor-Leste 15,007 NA
168
Montenegro 14,026 NA
169
Bahamas, The 13,940 NA
170
Puerto Rico 13,790 NA
171
Vanuatu 12,200 NA
172
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 NA
173
Qatar 11,437 NA
174
Gambia, The 11,300 NA
175
Jamaica 10,991 NA
176
Kosovo 10,887 NA
177
Lebanon 10,400 NA
178
Cyprus 9,250 NA
179
West Bank 5,860 NA
180
Brunei 5,770 NA
181
Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 NA
182
French Polynesia 4,167 NA
183
Cape Verde 4,033 NA
184
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903 NA
185
Samoa 2,944 NA
186
Luxembourg 2,586 NA
187
Comoros 2,170 NA
188
Mauritius 2,040 NA
189
Virgin Islands 1,910 NA
190
Faroe Islands 1,399 NA
191
Hong Kong 1,092 NA
192
Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 NA
193
Netherlands Antilles 960 NA
194
Kiribati 811 NA
195
Dominica 754 NA
196
Tonga 748 NA
197
Micronesia, Federated States of 702 NA
198
Singapore 693 NA
199
Bahrain 665 NA
200
Saint Lucia 616 NA
201
Isle of Man 572 NA
202
Guam 541 NA
203
Northern Mariana Islands 477 NA
204
Andorra 468 NA
205
Palau 458 NA
206
Seychelles 455 NA
207
Antigua and Barbuda 443 NA
208
Barbados 431 NA
209
Turks and Caicos Islands 430 NA
210
Saint Helena 413 NA
211
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 NA
212
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 NA
213
Jan Mayen 377 NA
214
Mayotte 374 NA
215
Gaza Strip 360 NA
216
Grenada 344 NA
217
Malta 316 NA
218
Maldives 300 NA
219
Wallis and Futuna 274 NA
220
Cayman Islands 262 NA
221
Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 NA
222
Niue 260 NA
223
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 NA
224
Cook Islands 237 NA
225
American Samoa 199 NA
226
Aruba 193 NA
227
Marshall Islands 181 NA
228
Liechtenstein 160 NA
229
British Virgin Islands 153 NA
230
Christmas Island 135 NA
231
Dhekelia 131 NA
232
Akrotiri 123 NA
233
Jersey 116 NA
234
Anguilla 102 NA
235
Montserrat 102 NA
236
Guernsey 78 NA
237
San Marino 61 NA
238
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 55 NA
239
Saint Martin 54 NA
240
Bermuda 53 NA
241
Bouvet Island 49 NA
242
Pitcairn Islands 47 NA
243
Norfolk Island 35 NA
244
Macau 28 NA
245
Tuvalu 26 NA
246
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges 22 NA
247
Nauru 21 NA
248
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 NA
249
Tokelau 10 NA
250
Gibraltar 7 NA
251
Wake Island 7 NA
252
Clipperton Island 6 NA
253
Navassa Island 5 NA
254
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 NA
255
Spratly Islands 5 NA
256
Coral Sea Islands 3 NA
257
Monaco 2 NA
258
Holy See (Vatican City) 0 NA

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

This page was last updated on 14 May, 2009

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