Largest Countries in the World 2023

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Interactive Map Introduction List of Countries by Size Biggest Countries in the World Largest Country in the World Largest Countries by Area Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Macedonia Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe FAQs What is the biggest country in the world ?What are the 10 largest countries in the world ?How big is Russia ?Is Canada bigger than the US ?

Introduction

The world is home to many countries, and their sizes vary greatly. Some countries are small, while others are enormous. The ten largest countries in the world, listed in order of their total area, are Russia, Canada, China, the United States, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and Algeria. These countries make up a significant portion of the Earth’s surface, accounting for over 55% of its land area. Among these countries, Russia is the largest, occupying about 11% of the planet’s total area.

An interesting thing to note is that many of the largest countries in the world are located in the Northern Hemisphere. Countries in the Northern Hemisphere tend to be larger due to their geography, climate, and history. For example, Russia and Canada are both located in the far north, where they have vast expanses of land and harsh climates that have kept their populations relatively small. China, India, and the United States are all large countries with significant populations, and they are also located in the Northern Hemisphere.

List of Countries by Size

#	Country	Total Area	Land Area
1	Russia	17,098,242 km²	16,376,870 km²
2	Canada	9,984,670 km²	8,965,590 km²
3	People's Republic of China	9,706,961 km²	9,388,210 km²
4	United States of America	9,372,610 km²	9,147,420 km²
5	Brazil	8,515,767 km²	8,358,140 km²
6	Australia	7,692,024 km²	7,692,020 km²
7	India	3,287,590 km²	2,973,190 km²
8	Argentina	2,780,400 km²	2,736,690 km²
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 km²	2,699,700 km²
10	Algeria	2,381,741 km²	2,381,741 km²
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858 km²	2,267,050 km²
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 km²	2,149,690 km²
13	Mexico	1,964,375 km²	1,943,950 km²
14	Indonesia	1,904,569 km²	1,877,519 km²
15	Sudan	1,886,068 km²	1,868,000 km²
16	Libya	1,759,540 km²	1,759,540 km²
17	Iran	1,648,195 km²	1,622,500 km²
18	Mongolia	1,564,110 km²	1,557,506.8 km²
19	Peru	1,285,216 km²	1,280,000 km²
20	Chad	1,284,000 km²	1,259,200 km²
21	Niger	1,267,000 km²	1,266,700 km²
22	Angola	1,246,700 km²	1,246,700 km²
23	Mali	1,240,192 km²	1,220,190 km²
24	South Africa	1,221,037 km²	1,213,090 km²
25	Colombia	1,141,748 km²	1,109,500 km²
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km²	1,128,571.27 km²
27	Bolivia	1,098,581 km²	1,083,300 km²
28	Mauritania	1,030,700 km²	1,030,700 km²
29	Egypt	1,002,450 km²	995,450 km²
30	Tanzania	945,087 km²	885,800 km²
31	Nigeria	923,768 km²	910,770 km²
32	Venezuela	916,445 km²	882,050 km²
33	Pakistan	881,912 km²	770,880 km²
34	Namibia	825,615 km²	823,290 km²
35	Mozambique	801,590 km²	786,380 km²
36	Turkey	783,562 km²	769,630 km²
37	Chile	756,102 km²	743,532 km²
38	Zambia	752,612 km²	743,390 km²
39	Myanmar	676,578 km²	652,670 km²
40	Afghanistan	652,230 km²	652,230 km²
41	Somalia	637,657 km²	627,340 km²
42	Central African Republic	622,984 km²	622,980 km²
43	South Sudan	619,745 km²	631,930 km²
44	Ukraine	603,500 km²	579,400 km²
45	Madagascar	587,041 km²	581,800 km²
46	Botswana	582,000 km²	566,730 km²
47	Kenya	580,367 km²	569,140 km²
48	France	551,695 km²	547,557 km²
49	Yemen	527,968 km²	527,970 km²
50	Thailand	513,120 km²	510,890 km²
51	Spain	505,992 km²	499,556.65 km²
52	Turkmenistan	488,100 km²	469,930 km²
53	Cameroon	475,442 km²	472,710 km²
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840 km²	452,860 km²
55	Sweden	450,295 km²	407,283.53 km²
56	Uzbekistan	447,400 km²	440,650 km²
57	Morocco	446,550 km²	446,300 km²
58	Iraq	438,317 km²	434,128 km²
59	Paraguay	406,752 km²	397,300 km²
60	Zimbabwe	390,757 km²	386,850 km²
61	Japan	377,930 km²	364,500 km²
62	Germany	357,114 km²	349,390 km²
63	Philippines	342,353 km²	298,170 km²
64	Republic of the Congo	342,000 km²	341,500 km²
65	Finland	338,424 km²	303,940 km²
66	Vietnam	331,212 km²	313,429 km²
67	Malaysia	330,803 km²	328,550 km²
68	Norway	323,802 km²	364,285 km²
69	Ivory Coast	322,463 km²	318,000 km²
70	Poland	312,679 km²	306,130 km²
71	Oman	309,500 km²	309,500 km²
72	Italy	301,336 km²	295,717 km²
73	Ecuador	276,841 km²	248,360 km²
74	Burkina Faso	272,967 km²	273,600 km²
75	New Zealand	270,467 km²	263,310 km²
76	Gabon	267,668 km²	257,670 km²
77	Western Sahara	266,000 km²	266,000 km²
78	Guinea	245,857 km²	245,720 km²
79	United Kingdom	242,900 km²	241,930 km²
80	Uganda	241,550 km²	200,520 km²
81	Ghana	238,533 km²	227,533 km²
82	Romania	238,391 km²	230,080 km²
83	Laos	236,800 km²	230,800 km²
84	Guyana	214,969 km²	196,850 km²
85	Belarus	207,600 km²	202,980 km²
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 km²	191,800 km²
87	Senegal	196,722 km²	192,530 km²
88	Syria	185,180 km²	183,630 km²
89	Cambodia	181,035 km²	176,520 km²
90	Uruguay	181,034 km²	175,020 km²
91	Suriname	163,820 km²	156,000 km²
92	Tunisia	163,610 km²	155,360 km²
93	Bangladesh	147,570 km²	130,170 km²
94	Nepal	147,181 km²	143,350 km²
95	Tajikistan	143,100 km²	138,790 km²
96	Greece	131,990 km²	128,900 km²
97	Nicaragua	130,373 km²	120,340 km²
98	North Korea	120,538 km²	120,410 km²
99	Malawi	118,484 km²	94,280 km²
100	Eritrea	117,600 km²	121,040.83 km²
101	Benin	112,622 km²	112,760 km²
102	Honduras	112,492 km²	111,890 km²
103	Liberia	111,369 km²	96,320 km²
104	Bulgaria	110,879 km²	108,560 km²
105	Cuba	109,884 km²	103,800 km²
106	Guatemala	108,889 km²	107,160 km²
107	Iceland	103,000 km²	100,830 km²
108	South Korea	100,210 km²	97,600 km²
109	Hungary	93,028 km²	91,260 km²
110	Portugal	92,090 km²	91,605.6 km²
111	Jordan	89,342 km²	88,794 km²
112	Serbia	88,361 km²	87,460 km²
113	Azerbaijan	86,600 km²	82,646 km²
114	Austria	83,871 km²	82,520 km²
115	United Arab Emirates	83,600 km²	71,020 km²
116	Czech Republic	78,865 km²	77,198.53 km²
117	Panama	75,417 km²	74,180 km²
118	Sierra Leone	71,740 km²	72,180 km²
119	Ireland	70,273 km²	68,890 km²
120	Georgia	69,700 km²	69,490 km²
121	Sri Lanka	65,610 km²	61,860 km²
122	Lithuania	65,300 km²	62,620 km²
123	Latvia	64,559 km²	62,230 km²
124	Togo	56,785 km²	54,390 km²
125	Croatia	56,594 km²	55,960 km²
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 km²	51,200 km²
127	Costa Rica	51,100 km²	51,060 km²
128	Slovakia	49,037 km²	48,080 km²
129	Dominican Republic	48,671 km²	48,310 km²
130	Estonia	45,227 km²	42,750 km²
131	Denmark	43,094 km²	40,000 km²
132	Netherlands	41,850 km²	33,670 km²
133	Switzerland	41,284 km²	39,516.03 km²
134	Bhutan	38,394 km²	38,140 km²
135	Taiwan	36,193 km²	35,410 km²
136	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 km²	28,120 km²
137	Moldova	33,846 km²	32,884.6 km²
138	Belgium	30,528 km²	30,280 km²
139	Lesotho	30,355 km²	30,360 km²
140	Armenia	29,743 km²	28,470 km²
141	Solomon Islands	28,896 km²	27,990 km²
142	Albania	28,748 km²	27,400 km²
143	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 km²	28,050 km²
144	Burundi	27,834 km²	25,680 km²
145	Haiti	27,750 km²	27,560 km²
146	Rwanda	26,338 km²	24,670 km²
147	Republic of Macedonia	25,713 km²	25,220 km²
148	Djibouti	23,200 km²	23,180 km²
149	Belize	22,966 km²	22,810 km²
150	El Salvador	21,041 km²	20,720 km²
151	Israel	20,770 km²	21,640 km²
152	Slovenia	20,273 km²	20,136.4 km²
153	New Caledonia	18,575 km²	18,280 km²
154	Fiji	18,272 km²	18,270 km²
155	Kuwait	17,818 km²	17,820 km²
156	Eswatini	17,364 km²	17,200 km²
157	East Timor	14,874 km²	14,870 km²
158	The Bahamas	13,943 km²	10,010 km²
159	Montenegro	13,812 km²	13,450 km²
160	Vanuatu	12,189 km²	12,190 km²
161	Qatar	11,586 km²	11,490 km²
162	Jamaica	10,991 km²	10,830 km²
163	The Gambia	10,689 km²	10,120 km²
164	Lebanon	10,452 km²	10,230 km²
165	Cyprus	9,251 km²	9,240 km²
166	Puerto Rico	8,870 km²	8,870 km²
167	Palestine	6,220 km²
168	Brunei	5,765 km²	5,270 km²
169	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 km²	5,130 km²
170	Cape Verde	4,033 km²
171	Samoa	2,842 km²
172	Luxembourg	2,586 km²	2,574.46 km²
173	Mauritius	2,040 km²	2,030 km²
174	Comoros	1,862 km²	1,861 km²
175	Faroe Islands	1,393 km²	1,366 km²
176	Hong Kong	1,104 km²	1,050 km²
177	Turks and Caicos Islands	948 km²	950 km²
178	Kiribati	811 km²
179	Bahrain	765 km²	785 km²
180	Dominica	751 km²	750 km²
181	Tonga	747 km²
182	Singapore	710 km²	718 km²
183	Federated States of Micronesia	702 km²	700 km²
184	Saint Lucia	616 km²	610 km²
185	Isle of Man	572 km²	570 km²
186	Guam	549 km²	540 km²
187	Andorra	468 km²	470 km²
188	Northern Mariana Islands	464 km²	460 km²
189	Palau	459 km²	460 km²
190	Seychelles	452 km²	460 km²
191	Curaçao	444 km²
192	Antigua and Barbuda	442 km²	440 km²
193	Barbados	430 km²	430 km²
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 km²	390 km²
195	United States Virgin Islands	347 km²	350 km²
196	Grenada	344 km²	340 km²
197	Malta	316 km²	320 km²
198	Maldives	300 km²	300 km²
199	Cayman Islands	264 km²	240 km²
200	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 km²	260 km²
201	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242 km²	230 km²
202	Marshall Islands	181 km²	180 km²
203	Aruba	180 km²	180 km²
204	Liechtenstein	160 km²	160 km²
205	British Virgin Islands	151 km²	150 km²
206	Jersey	116 km²
207	Montserrat	102 km²	100 km²
208	Anguilla	91 km²	90 km²
209	Guernsey	78 km²
210	San Marino	61 km²	60 km²
211	Bermuda	54 km²	54 km²
212	Saint Martin	53 km²
213	Sint Maarten	34 km²
214	Macau	33 km²	32.9 km²
215	Tuvalu	26 km²
216	Nauru	21 km²	20 km²
217	Monaco	2 km²	2.03 km²

Biggest Countries in the World

The ten biggest countries in the world, in terms of their total area, are Russia, Canada, People’s Republic of China, United States of America, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and Algeria. Russia is the biggest country in the world, with a total area of 17.1 million km². Canada follows in second place for biggest countries, with a total area of 10 million km², while China ranks third with a total area of 9.7 million km². The United States comes in fourth place for biggest countries in the world, with a total area of 9.4 million km², and Brazil is fifth with 8.5 million km². Australia is the sixth biggest country in the world, with 7.7 million km², and India is the seventh biggest, with 3.3 million km². Argentina ranks eighth biggest country in the world, with a total area of 2.8 million km², followed by Kazakhstan in ninth place for biggest countries, with 2.7 million km², and Algeria in tenth with 2.4 million km².

Here is a list of the top 10 largest countries in the world based on their total area:

1. Russia – 17,098,242 km²
2. Canada – 9,984,670 km²
3. People’s Republic of China – 9,706,961 km²
4. United States of America – 9,372,610 km²
5. Brazil – 8,515,767 km²
6. Australia – 7,692,024 km²
7. India – 3,287,590 km²
8. Argentina – 2,780,400 km²
9. Kazakhstan – 2,724,900 km²
10. Algeria – 2,381,741 km²

Largest Country in the World

Russia is the largest country in the world, with a total area of 17.1 million km2. Its territory spans across two continents, Asia and Europe, and it has borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has a vast coastline along the Arctic and Pacific oceans. Russia’s size is due to its history and geography, with its vast land areas being a factor in its development.

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