True Size of All Countries - MapSizeComparison

248

Countries & Territories

150,610,705

Total Area (km²)

Russia

Largest Nation

Country Size Comparison

248 entries

Rank	Name	Continent	Area (km²)	Size Comparison
1	Russia	Europe	17,098,242	100.0% relative size
2	Antarctica	Antarctica	14,000,000	81.9% relative size
3	Canada	North America	9,984,670	58.4% relative size
4	United States	North America	9,833,517	57.5% relative size
5	China	Asia	9,596,960	56.1% relative size
6	Brazil	South America	8,514,877	49.8% relative size
7	Australia	Oceania	7,692,024	45.0% relative size
8	India	Asia	3,287,263	19.2% relative size
9	Argentina	South America	2,780,400	16.3% relative size
10	Kazakhstan	Asia	2,724,900	15.9% relative size
11	Algeria	Africa	2,381,741	13.9% relative size
12	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Africa	2,344,858	13.7% relative size
13	Greenland	North America	2,166,086	12.7% relative size
14	Saudi Arabia	Asia	2,149,690	12.6% relative size
15	Mexico	North America	1,964,375	11.5% relative size
16	Indonesia	Asia	1,904,569	11.1% relative size
17	Sudan	Africa	1,861,484	10.9% relative size
18	Libya	Africa	1,759,540	10.3% relative size
19	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Asia	1,648,195	9.6% relative size
20	Mongolia	Asia	1,564,110	9.1% relative size
21	Peru	South America	1,285,216	7.5% relative size
22	Chad	Africa	1,284,000	7.5% relative size
23	Niger	Africa	1,267,000	7.4% relative size
24	Angola	Africa	1,246,700	7.3% relative size
25	Mali	Africa	1,240,192	7.3% relative size
26	South Africa	Africa	1,221,037	7.1% relative size
27	Colombia	South America	1,141,748	6.7% relative size
28	Ethiopia	Africa	1,104,300	6.5% relative size
29	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	South America	1,098,581	6.4% relative size
30	Mauritania	Africa	1,030,700	6.0% relative size
31	Egypt	Africa	1,001,449	5.9% relative size
32	Tanzania, United Republic of	Africa	947,300	5.5% relative size
33	Nigeria	Africa	923,768	5.4% relative size
34	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	South America	912,050	5.3% relative size
35	Pakistan	Asia	881,913	5.2% relative size
36	Namibia	Africa	824,268	4.8% relative size
37	Mozambique	Africa	801,590	4.7% relative size
38	Turkey	Asia	783,562	4.6% relative size
39	Chile	South America	756,096	4.4% relative size
40	Zambia	Africa	752,618	4.4% relative size
41	Myanmar	Asia	676,578	4.0% relative size
42	Afghanistan	Asia	652,230	3.8% relative size
43	South Sudan	Africa	644,329	3.8% relative size
44	France	Europe	643,801	3.8% relative size
45	Somalia	Africa	637,657	3.7% relative size
46	Central African Republic	Africa	622,984	3.6% relative size
47	Ukraine	Europe	603,550	3.5% relative size
48	Madagascar	Africa	587,041	3.4% relative size
49	Botswana	Africa	581,730	3.4% relative size
50	Kenya	Africa	580,367	3.4% relative size
51	Yemen	Asia	527,968	3.1% relative size
52	Thailand	Asia	513,120	3.0% relative size
53	Spain	Europe	505,370	3.0% relative size
54	Turkmenistan	Asia	488,100	2.9% relative size
55	Cameroon	Africa	475,442	2.8% relative size
56	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	462,840	2.7% relative size
57	Sweden	Europe	450,295	2.6% relative size
58	Uzbekistan	Asia	447,400	2.6% relative size
59	Morocco	Africa	446,550	2.6% relative size
60	Iraq	Asia	438,317	2.6% relative size
61	Paraguay	South America	406,752	2.4% relative size
62	Zimbabwe	Africa	390,757	2.3% relative size
63	Norway	Europe	385,207	2.3% relative size
64	Japan	Asia	377,930	2.2% relative size
65	Germany	Europe	357,022	2.1% relative size
66	Congo	Africa	342,000	2.0% relative size
67	Finland	Europe	338,424	2.0% relative size
68	Viet Nam	Asia	331,210	1.9% relative size
69	Malaysia	Asia	329,847	1.9% relative size
70	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	322,463	1.9% relative size
71	Poland	Europe	312,685	1.8% relative size
72	Oman	Asia	309,500	1.8% relative size
73	Italy	Europe	301,340	1.8% relative size
74	Philippines	Asia	300,000	1.8% relative size
75	Ecuador	South America	283,561	1.7% relative size
76	Burkina Faso	Africa	274,200	1.6% relative size
77	New Zealand	Oceania	268,838	1.6% relative size
78	Gabon	Africa	267,668	1.6% relative size
79	Western Sahara	Africa	266,000	1.6% relative size
80	Guinea	Africa	245,857	1.4% relative size
81	United Kingdom	Europe	243,610	1.4% relative size
82	Uganda	Africa	241,038	1.4% relative size
83	Ghana	Africa	238,533	1.4% relative size
84	Romania	Europe	238,391	1.4% relative size
85	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Asia	236,800	1.4% relative size
86	Guyana	South America	214,969	1.3% relative size
87	Belarus	Europe	207,600	1.2% relative size
88	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	199,951	1.2% relative size
89	Senegal	Africa	196,722	1.2% relative size
90	Syrian Arab Republic	Asia	185,180	1.1% relative size
91	Cambodia	Asia	181,035	1.1% relative size
92	Uruguay	South America	176,215	1.0% relative size
93	Suriname	South America	163,820	1.0% relative size
94	Tunisia	Africa	163,610	1.0% relative size
95	Bangladesh	Asia	147,570	0.9% relative size
96	Nepal	Asia	147,181	0.9% relative size
97	Tajikistan	Asia	143,100	0.8% relative size
98	Greece	Europe	131,957	0.8% relative size
99	Nicaragua	North America	130,370	0.8% relative size
100	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Asia	120,538	0.7% relative size
101	Malawi	Africa	118,484	0.7% relative size
102	Eritrea	Africa	117,600	0.7% relative size
103	Benin	Africa	112,622	0.7% relative size
104	Honduras	North America	112,492	0.7% relative size
105	Liberia	Africa	111,369	0.7% relative size
106	Bulgaria	Europe	110,879	0.6% relative size
107	Cuba	North America	109,884	0.6% relative size
108	Guatemala	North America	108,889	0.6% relative size
109	Iceland	Europe	103,000	0.6% relative size
110	Korea, Republic of	Asia	100,210	0.6% relative size
111	Hungary	Europe	93,028	0.5% relative size
112	Portugal	Europe	92,090	0.5% relative size
113	Jordan	Asia	89,342	0.5% relative size
114	Azerbaijan	Asia	86,600	0.5% relative size
115	Austria	Europe	83,871	0.5% relative size
116	United Arab Emirates	Asia	83,600	0.5% relative size
117	French Guiana	South America	83,534	0.5% relative size
118	Czechia	Europe	78,867	0.5% relative size
119	Serbia	Europe	77,474	0.5% relative size
120	Panama	North America	75,420	0.4% relative size
121	Sierra Leone	Africa	71,740	0.4% relative size
122	Ireland	Europe	70,273	0.4% relative size
123	Georgia	Asia	69,700	0.4% relative size
124	Sri Lanka	Asia	65,610	0.4% relative size
125	Lithuania	Europe	65,300	0.4% relative size
126	Latvia	Europe	64,589	0.4% relative size
127	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Europe	62,422	0.4% relative size
128	Togo	Africa	56,785	0.3% relative size
129	Croatia	Europe	56,594	0.3% relative size
130	British Indian Ocean Territory	Asia	54,400	0.3% relative size
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	51,197	0.3% relative size
132	Costa Rica	North America	51,100	0.3% relative size
133	Slovakia	Europe	49,035	0.3% relative size
134	Dominican Republic	North America	48,671	0.3% relative size
135	Estonia	Europe	45,228	0.3% relative size
136	Denmark	Europe	43,094	0.3% relative size
137	Netherlands	Europe	41,543	0.2% relative size
138	Switzerland	Europe	41,277	0.2% relative size
139	Bhutan	Asia	38,394	0.2% relative size
140	Taiwan, Province of China	Asia	36,193	0.2% relative size
141	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	36,125	0.2% relative size
142	Moldova, Republic of	Europe	33,851	0.2% relative size
143	Belgium	Europe	30,528	0.2% relative size
144	Lesotho	Africa	30,355	0.2% relative size
145	Armenia	Asia	29,743	0.2% relative size
146	Solomon Islands	Oceania	28,896	0.2% relative size
147	Albania	Europe	28,748	0.2% relative size
148	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	28,051	0.2% relative size
149	Burundi	Africa	27,830	0.2% relative size
150	Haiti	North America	27,750	0.2% relative size
151	Rwanda	Africa	26,338	0.2% relative size
152	Djibouti	Africa	23,200	0.1% relative size
153	Belize	North America	22,966	0.1% relative size
154	El Salvador	North America	21,041	0.1% relative size
155	Israel	Asia	20,770	0.1% relative size
156	Slovenia	Europe	20,273	0.1% relative size
157	New Caledonia	Oceania	18,575	0.1% relative size
158	Fiji	Oceania	18,274	0.1% relative size
159	Kuwait	Asia	17,818	0.1% relative size
160	Eswatini	Africa	17,364	0.1% relative size
161	Timor-Leste	Asia	14,874	0.1% relative size
162	Bahamas	North America	13,880	0.1% relative size
163	Montenegro	Europe	13,812	0.1% relative size
164	Vanuatu	Oceania	12,189	0.1% relative size
165	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	South America	12,173	0.1% relative size
166	Qatar	Asia	11,586	0.1% relative size
167	Gambia	Africa	11,295	0.1% relative size
168	Jamaica	North America	10,991	0.1% relative size
169	Lebanon	Asia	10,400	0.1% relative size
170	Cyprus	Europe	9,251	0.1% relative size
171	Puerto Rico	North America	8,870	0.1% relative size
172	French Southern Territories	Antarctica	7,829	0.0% relative size
173	Palestine, State of	Asia	6,220	0.0% relative size
174	Brunei Darussalam	Asia	5,765	0.0% relative size
175	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	5,128	0.0% relative size
176	French Polynesia	Oceania	4,167	0.0% relative size
177	Cabo Verde	Africa	4,033	0.0% relative size
178	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Antarctica	3,903	0.0% relative size
179	Samoa	Oceania	2,831	0.0% relative size
180	Luxembourg	Europe	2,586	0.0% relative size
181	Réunion	Africa	2,511	0.0% relative size
182	Comoros	Africa	2,235	0.0% relative size
183	Mauritius	Africa	2,040	0.0% relative size
184	Guadeloupe	North America	1,628	0.0% relative size
185	Åland Islands	Europe	1,580	0.0% relative size
186	Faroe Islands	Europe	1,393	0.0% relative size
187	Martinique	North America	1,128	0.0% relative size
188	Hong Kong	Asia	1,104	0.0% relative size
189	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	964	0.0% relative size
190	Turks and Caicos Islands	North America	948	0.0% relative size
191	Kiribati	Oceania	811	0.0% relative size
192	Bahrain	Asia	765	0.0% relative size
193	Dominica	North America	751	0.0% relative size
194	Tonga	Oceania	747	0.0% relative size
195	Micronesia, Federated States of	Oceania	702	0.0% relative size
196	Singapore	Asia	697	0.0% relative size
197	Saint Lucia	North America	616	0.0% relative size
198	Isle of Man	Europe	572	0.0% relative size
199	Guam	Oceania	549	0.0% relative size
200	Andorra	Europe	468	0.0% relative size
201	Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	464	0.0% relative size
202	Palau	Oceania	459	0.0% relative size
203	Seychelles	Africa	455	0.0% relative size
204	Curaçao	North America	444	0.0% relative size
205	Antigua and Barbuda	North America	442	0.0% relative size
206	Barbados	North America	430	0.0% relative size
207	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Antarctica	412	0.0% relative size
208	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	North America	389	0.0% relative size
209	Mayotte	Africa	374	0.0% relative size
210	Virgin Islands, U.S.	North America	347	0.0% relative size
211	Grenada	North America	344	0.0% relative size
212	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	North America	328	0.0% relative size
213	Malta	Europe	316	0.0% relative size
214	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Africa	308	0.0% relative size
215	Maldives	Asia	298	0.0% relative size
216	Cayman Islands	North America	264	0.0% relative size
217	Saint Kitts and Nevis	North America	261	0.0% relative size
218	Niue	Oceania	260	0.0% relative size
219	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	242	0.0% relative size
220	Cook Islands	Oceania	236	0.0% relative size
221	American Samoa	Oceania	199	0.0% relative size
222	Marshall Islands	Oceania	181	0.0% relative size
223	Aruba	North America	180	0.0% relative size
224	Liechtenstein	Europe	160	0.0% relative size
225	Virgin Islands, British	North America	151	0.0% relative size
226	Wallis and Futuna	Oceania	142	0.0% relative size
227	Christmas Island	Asia	135	0.0% relative size
228	Jersey	Europe	116	0.0% relative size
229	Montserrat	North America	102	0.0% relative size
230	Anguilla	North America	91	0.0% relative size
231	Guernsey	Europe	78	0.0% relative size
232	San Marino	Europe	61	0.0% relative size
233	Bermuda	North America	54	0.0% relative size
234	Saint Martin (French part)	North America	53	0.0% relative size
235	Bouvet Island	Antarctica	49	0.0% relative size
236	Pitcairn	Oceania	47	0.0% relative size
237	Norfolk Island	Oceania	36	0.0% relative size
238	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	North America	34	0.0% relative size
239	United States Minor Outlying Islands	North America	34	0.0% relative size
240	Macao	Asia	30	0.0% relative size
241	Tuvalu	Oceania	26	0.0% relative size
242	Nauru	Oceania	21	0.0% relative size
243	Saint Barthélemy	North America	21	0.0% relative size
244	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Asia	14	0.0% relative size
245	Tokelau	Oceania	12	0.0% relative size
246	Gibraltar	Europe	6	0.0% relative size
247	Monaco	Europe	2	0.0% relative size
248	Holy See (Vatican City State)	Europe	0.49	0.0% relative size

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Largest Countries by Land Area

Top 5 largest countries by landmass

17,098,242

km²

9,984,670

km²

9,833,517

km²

9,596,960

km²

8,514,877

km²

Smallest Countries by Land Area

Top 5 countries with the smallest land area

0.49

km²

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The largest country in the world by land mass is Russia, covering about 17.1 million square kilometers. Russia is so vast that it spans 11 time zones and stretches across both Europe and Asia.Learn more about Russia on Wikipedia

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The smallest country is Vatican City, an independent city-state inside Rome, Italy. It covers just 0.49 km² (0.19 mi²) and has a population of around 800 people.Learn more about Vatican City on Wikipedia

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