Introduction
A country’s size may seem like little more than its depiction on a map, but a country’s size has always been important. The physical size of a country will limit its total population, or at least the total possible population. That is why countries have long started wars to expand their territory.
To add, the size of a nation is important as is the geography of the state. For instance, some nations, like Britain, are considered lucky due to the size and location of their country. Being situated just off mainland Europe, a small island nation with a variety of natural resources, that included coal and which helped spur the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Furthermore, not being too large enabled Britain to develop the interior of the nation with some relative speed.
Even though the smallest countries by area and population largely overlap, there are outliers on both sides. Some countries will have a large area (measured in either kilometers squared or miles squared) but a small population while others will be small physically but densely populated. The factor that will make the most difference here is the purpose of the land, whether it is urban or farmland.
Learn for yourself about the smallest countries in the map and charts.
# | Country | Land Area |
---|---|---|
1 | Vatican City | 0.44 km² |
2 | Monaco | 2.03 km² |
3 | Nauru | 20 km² |
4 | Macau | 32.9 km² |
5 | Norfolk Island | 40 km² |
6 | Bermuda | 54 km² |
7 | San Marino | 60 km² |
8 | Anguilla | 90 km² |
9 | Montserrat | 100 km² |
10 | British Virgin Islands | 150 km² |
11 | Liechtenstein | 160 km² |
12 | Aruba | 180 km² |
13 | Marshall Islands | 180 km² |
14 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 230 km² |
15 | Cayman Islands | 240 km² |
16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 260 km² |
17 | Maldives | 300 km² |
18 | Malta | 320 km² |
19 | Grenada | 340 km² |
20 | United States Virgin Islands | 350 km² |
21 | Saint Helena | 390 km² |
22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 390 km² |
23 | Barbados | 430 km² |
24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 440 km² |
25 | Northern Mariana Islands | 460 km² |
26 | Palau | 460 km² |
27 | Seychelles | 460 km² |
28 | Andorra | 470 km² |
29 | Guam | 540 km² |
30 | Isle of Man | 570 km² |
31 | Saint Lucia | 610 km² |
32 | Federated States of Micronesia | 700 km² |
33 | Singapore | 718 km² |
34 | Dominica | 750 km² |
35 | Bahrain | 785 km² |
36 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 950 km² |
37 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 960 km² |
38 | Hong Kong | 1,050 km² |
39 | Faroe Islands | 1,366 km² |
40 | Comoros | 1,861 km² |
41 | Mauritius | 2,030 km² |
42 | Luxembourg | 2,574.46 km² |
43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 km² |
44 | Brunei | 5,270 km² |
45 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 km² |
46 | Cyprus | 9,240 km² |
47 | The Bahamas | 10,010 km² |
48 | The Gambia | 10,120 km² |
49 | Lebanon | 10,230 km² |
50 | Jamaica | 10,830 km² |
51 | Qatar | 11,490 km² |
52 | Vanuatu | 12,190 km² |
53 | Montenegro | 13,450 km² |
54 | East Timor | 14,870 km² |
55 | Eswatini | 17,200 km² |
56 | Kuwait | 17,820 km² |
57 | Fiji | 18,270 km² |
58 | New Caledonia | 18,280 km² |
59 | Slovenia | 20,136.4 km² |
60 | El Salvador | 20,720 km² |
61 | Israel | 21,640 km² |
62 | Belize | 22,810 km² |
63 | Djibouti | 23,180 km² |
64 | Rwanda | 24,670 km² |
65 | Republic of Macedonia | 25,220 km² |
66 | Burundi | 25,680 km² |
67 | Albania | 27,400 km² |
68 | Haiti | 27,560 km² |
69 | Solomon Islands | 27,990 km² |
70 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 km² |
71 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,120 km² |
72 | Armenia | 28,470 km² |
73 | Belgium | 30,280 km² |
74 | Lesotho | 30,360 km² |
75 | Moldova | 32,884.6 km² |
76 | Netherlands | 33,670 km² |
77 | Taiwan | 35,410 km² |
78 | Bhutan | 38,140 km² |
79 | Switzerland | 39,516.03 km² |
80 | Denmark | 40,000 km² |
81 | Estonia | 42,750 km² |
82 | Slovakia | 48,080 km² |
83 | Dominican Republic | 48,310 km² |
84 | Costa Rica | 51,060 km² |
85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,200 km² |
86 | Togo | 54,390 km² |
87 | Croatia | 55,960 km² |
88 | Sri Lanka | 61,860 km² |
89 | Latvia | 62,230 km² |
90 | Lithuania | 62,620 km² |
91 | Ireland | 68,890 km² |
92 | Georgia | 69,490 km² |
93 | United Arab Emirates | 71,020 km² |
94 | Sierra Leone | 72,180 km² |
95 | Panama | 74,180 km² |
96 | Czech Republic | 77,198.53 km² |
97 | Austria | 82,520 km² |
98 | Azerbaijan | 82,646 km² |
99 | Serbia | 87,460 km² |
100 | Jordan | 88,794 km² |
101 | Hungary | 91,260 km² |
102 | Portugal | 91,605.6 km² |
103 | Malawi | 94,280 km² |
104 | Liberia | 96,320 km² |
105 | South Korea | 97,600 km² |
106 | Iceland | 100,830 km² |
107 | Cuba | 103,800 km² |
108 | Guatemala | 107,160 km² |
109 | Bulgaria | 108,560 km² |
110 | Honduras | 111,890 km² |
111 | Benin | 112,760 km² |
112 | Nicaragua | 120,340 km² |
113 | North Korea | 120,410 km² |
114 | Eritrea | 121,040.83 km² |
115 | Greece | 128,900 km² |
116 | Bangladesh | 130,170 km² |
117 | Tajikistan | 138,790 km² |
118 | Nepal | 143,350 km² |
119 | Tunisia | 155,360 km² |
120 | Suriname | 156,000 km² |
121 | Uruguay | 175,020 km² |
122 | Cambodia | 176,520 km² |
123 | Syria | 183,630 km² |
124 | Kyrgyzstan | 191,800 km² |
125 | Senegal | 192,530 km² |
126 | Guyana | 196,850 km² |
127 | Uganda | 200,520 km² |
128 | Belarus | 202,980 km² |
129 | Ghana | 227,533 km² |
130 | Romania | 230,080 km² |
131 | Laos | 230,800 km² |
132 | United Kingdom | 241,930 km² |
133 | Guinea | 245,720 km² |
134 | Ecuador | 248,360 km² |
135 | Gabon | 257,670 km² |
136 | New Zealand | 263,310 km² |
137 | Western Sahara | 266,000 km² |
138 | Burkina Faso | 273,600 km² |
139 | Italy | 295,717 km² |
140 | Philippines | 298,170 km² |
141 | Finland | 303,940 km² |
142 | Poland | 306,130 km² |
143 | Oman | 309,500 km² |
144 | Vietnam | 313,429 km² |
145 | Ivory Coast | 318,000 km² |
146 | Malaysia | 328,550 km² |
147 | Republic of the Congo | 341,500 km² |
148 | Germany | 349,390 km² |
149 | Norway | 364,285 km² |
150 | Japan | 364,500 km² |
151 | Zimbabwe | 386,850 km² |
152 | Paraguay | 397,300 km² |
153 | Sweden | 407,283.53 km² |
154 | Iraq | 434,128 km² |
155 | Uzbekistan | 440,650 km² |
156 | Morocco | 446,300 km² |
157 | Papua New Guinea | 452,860 km² |
158 | Turkmenistan | 469,930 km² |
159 | Cameroon | 472,710 km² |
160 | Spain | 499,556.65 km² |
161 | Thailand | 510,890 km² |
162 | Yemen | 527,970 km² |
163 | France | 547,557 km² |
164 | Botswana | 566,730 km² |
165 | Kenya | 569,140 km² |
166 | Ukraine | 579,400 km² |
167 | Madagascar | 581,800 km² |
168 | Central African Republic | 622,980 km² |
169 | Somalia | 627,340 km² |
170 | South Sudan | 631,930 km² |
171 | Afghanistan | 652,230 km² |
172 | Myanmar | 652,670 km² |
173 | Zambia | 743,390 km² |
174 | Chile | 743,532 km² |
175 | Turkey | 769,630 km² |
176 | Pakistan | 770,880 km² |
177 | Mozambique | 786,380 km² |
178 | Namibia | 823,290 km² |
179 | Venezuela | 882,050 km² |
180 | Tanzania | 885,800 km² |
181 | Nigeria | 910,770 km² |
182 | Egypt | 995,450 km² |
183 | Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² |
184 | Bolivia | 1,083,300 km² |
185 | Colombia | 1,109,500 km² |
186 | Ethiopia | 1,128,571.27 km² |
187 | South Africa | 1,213,090 km² |
188 | Mali | 1,220,190 km² |
189 | Angola | 1,246,700 km² |
190 | Chad | 1,259,200 km² |
191 | Niger | 1,266,700 km² |
192 | Peru | 1,280,000 km² |
193 | Mongolia | 1,557,506.8 km² |
194 | Iran | 1,622,500 km² |
195 | Libya | 1,759,540 km² |
196 | Sudan | 1,868,000 km² |
197 | Indonesia | 1,877,519 km² |
198 | Mexico | 1,943,950 km² |
199 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
200 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,267,050 km² |
201 | Algeria | 2,381,741 km² |
202 | Kazakhstan | 2,699,700 km² |
203 | Argentina | 2,736,690 km² |
204 | India | 2,973,190 km² |
205 | Australia | 7,692,020 km² |
206 | Brazil | 8,358,140 km² |
207 | Canada | 8,965,590 km² |
208 | United States of America | 9,147,420 km² |
209 | People's Republic of China | 9,388,210 km² |
210 | Russia | 16,376,870 km² |
Land Area by Country
Afghanistan
652,230 km²
Ranked in the World
#171
Albania
27,400 km²
Ranked in the World
#67
Algeria
2,381,741 km²
Ranked in the World
#201
Andorra
470 km²
Ranked in the World
#28
Angola
1,246,700 km²
Ranked in the World
#189
Anguilla
90 km²
Ranked in the World
#8
Antigua and Barbuda
440 km²
Ranked in the World
#24
Argentina
2,736,690 km²
Ranked in the World
#203
Armenia
28,470 km²
Ranked in the World
#72
Aruba
180 km²
Ranked in the World
#12
Australia
7,692,020 km²
Ranked in the World
#205
Austria
82,520 km²
Ranked in the World
#97
Azerbaijan
82,646 km²
Ranked in the World
#98
Bahrain
785 km²
Ranked in the World
#35
Bangladesh
130,170 km²
Ranked in the World
#116
Barbados
430 km²
Ranked in the World
#23
Belarus
202,980 km²
Ranked in the World
#128
Belgium
30,280 km²
Ranked in the World
#73
Belize
22,810 km²
Ranked in the World
#62
Benin
112,760 km²
Ranked in the World
#111
Bermuda
54 km²
Ranked in the World
#6
Bhutan
38,140 km²
Ranked in the World
#78
Bolivia
1,083,300 km²
Ranked in the World
#184
Bosnia and Herzegovina
51,200 km²
Ranked in the World
#85
Botswana
566,730 km²
Ranked in the World
#164
Brazil
8,358,140 km²
Ranked in the World
#206
British Virgin Islands
150 km²
Ranked in the World
#10
Brunei
5,270 km²
Ranked in the World
#44
Bulgaria
108,560 km²
Ranked in the World
#109
Burkina Faso
273,600 km²
Ranked in the World
#138
Burundi
25,680 km²
Ranked in the World
#66
Cambodia
176,520 km²
Ranked in the World
#122
Cameroon
472,710 km²
Ranked in the World
#159
Canada
8,965,590 km²
Ranked in the World
#207
Cayman Islands
240 km²
Ranked in the World
#15
Central African Republic
622,980 km²
Ranked in the World
#168
Chad
1,259,200 km²
Ranked in the World
#190
Chile
743,532 km²
Ranked in the World
#174
Colombia
1,109,500 km²
Ranked in the World
#185
Comoros
1,861 km²
Ranked in the World
#40
Costa Rica
51,060 km²
Ranked in the World
#84
Croatia
55,960 km²
Ranked in the World
#87
Cuba
103,800 km²
Ranked in the World
#107
Cyprus
9,240 km²
Ranked in the World
#46
Czech Republic
77,198.53 km²
Ranked in the World
#96
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2,267,050 km²
Ranked in the World
#200
Denmark
40,000 km²
Ranked in the World
#80
Djibouti
23,180 km²
Ranked in the World
#63
Dominica
750 km²
Ranked in the World
#34
Dominican Republic
48,310 km²
Ranked in the World
#83
East Timor
14,870 km²
Ranked in the World
#54
Ecuador
248,360 km²
Ranked in the World
#134
Egypt
995,450 km²
Ranked in the World
#182
El Salvador
20,720 km²
Ranked in the World
#60
Equatorial Guinea
28,050 km²
Ranked in the World
#70
Eritrea
121,040.83 km²
Ranked in the World
#114
Estonia
42,750 km²
Ranked in the World
#81
Eswatini
17,200 km²
Ranked in the World
#55
Ethiopia
1,128,571.27 km²
Ranked in the World
#186
Faroe Islands
1,366 km²
Ranked in the World
#39
Federated States of Micronesia
700 km²
Ranked in the World
#32
Fiji
18,270 km²
Ranked in the World
#57
Finland
303,940 km²
Ranked in the World
#141
France
547,557 km²
Ranked in the World
#163
Gabon
257,670 km²
Ranked in the World
#135
Georgia
69,490 km²
Ranked in the World
#92
Germany
349,390 km²
Ranked in the World
#148
Ghana
227,533 km²
Ranked in the World
#129
Greece
128,900 km²
Ranked in the World
#115
Grenada
340 km²
Ranked in the World
#19
Guam
540 km²
Ranked in the World
#29
Guatemala
107,160 km²
Ranked in the World
#108
Guinea
245,720 km²
Ranked in the World
#133
Guinea-Bissau
28,120 km²
Ranked in the World
#71
Guyana
196,850 km²
Ranked in the World
#126
Haiti
27,560 km²
Ranked in the World
#68
Honduras
111,890 km²
Ranked in the World
#110
Hong Kong
1,050 km²
Ranked in the World
#38
Hungary
91,260 km²
Ranked in the World
#101
Iceland
100,830 km²
Ranked in the World
#106
India
2,973,190 km²
Ranked in the World
#204
Indonesia
1,877,519 km²
Ranked in the World
#197
Iran
1,622,500 km²
Ranked in the World
#194
Iraq
434,128 km²
Ranked in the World
#154
Ireland
68,890 km²
Ranked in the World
#91
Isle of Man
570 km²
Ranked in the World
#30
Israel
21,640 km²
Ranked in the World
#61
Italy
295,717 km²
Ranked in the World
#139
Ivory Coast
318,000 km²
Ranked in the World
#145
Jamaica
10,830 km²
Ranked in the World
#50
Japan
364,500 km²
Ranked in the World
#150
Jordan
88,794 km²
Ranked in the World
#100
Kazakhstan
2,699,700 km²
Ranked in the World
#202
Kenya
569,140 km²
Ranked in the World
#165
Kuwait
17,820 km²
Ranked in the World
#56
Kyrgyzstan
191,800 km²
Ranked in the World
#124
Laos
230,800 km²
Ranked in the World
#131
Latvia
62,230 km²
Ranked in the World
#89
Lebanon
10,230 km²
Ranked in the World
#49
Lesotho
30,360 km²
Ranked in the World
#74
Liberia
96,320 km²
Ranked in the World
#104
Libya
1,759,540 km²
Ranked in the World
#195
Liechtenstein
160 km²
Ranked in the World
#11
Lithuania
62,620 km²
Ranked in the World
#90
Luxembourg
2,574.46 km²
Ranked in the World
#42
Macau
32.9 km²
Ranked in the World
#4
Madagascar
581,800 km²
Ranked in the World
#167
Malawi
94,280 km²
Ranked in the World
#103
Malaysia
328,550 km²
Ranked in the World
#146
Maldives
300 km²
Ranked in the World
#17
Mali
1,220,190 km²
Ranked in the World
#188
Malta
320 km²
Ranked in the World
#18
Marshall Islands
180 km²
Ranked in the World
#13
Mauritania
1,030,700 km²
Ranked in the World
#183
Mauritius
2,030 km²
Ranked in the World
#41
Mexico
1,943,950 km²
Ranked in the World
#198
Moldova
32,884.6 km²
Ranked in the World
#75
Monaco
2.03 km²
Ranked in the World
#2
Mongolia
1,557,506.8 km²
Ranked in the World
#193
Montenegro
13,450 km²
Ranked in the World
#53
Montserrat
100 km²
Ranked in the World
#9
Morocco
446,300 km²
Ranked in the World
#156
Mozambique
786,380 km²
Ranked in the World
#177
Myanmar
652,670 km²
Ranked in the World
#172
Namibia
823,290 km²
Ranked in the World
#178
Nauru
20 km²
Ranked in the World
#3
Nepal
143,350 km²
Ranked in the World
#118
Netherlands
33,670 km²
Ranked in the World
#76
New Caledonia
18,280 km²
Ranked in the World
#58
New Zealand
263,310 km²
Ranked in the World
#136
Nicaragua
120,340 km²
Ranked in the World
#112
Niger
1,266,700 km²
Ranked in the World
#191
Nigeria
910,770 km²
Ranked in the World
#181
Norfolk Island
40 km²
Ranked in the World
#5
North Korea
120,410 km²
Ranked in the World
#113
Northern Mariana Islands
460 km²
Ranked in the World
#25
Norway
364,285 km²
Ranked in the World
#149
Oman
309,500 km²
Ranked in the World
#143
Pakistan
770,880 km²
Ranked in the World
#176
Palau
460 km²
Ranked in the World
#26
Panama
74,180 km²
Ranked in the World
#95
Papua New Guinea
452,860 km²
Ranked in the World
#157
Paraguay
397,300 km²
Ranked in the World
#152
People's Republic of China
9,388,210 km²
Ranked in the World
#209
Peru
1,280,000 km²
Ranked in the World
#192
Philippines
298,170 km²
Ranked in the World
#140
Poland
306,130 km²
Ranked in the World
#142
Portugal
91,605.6 km²
Ranked in the World
#102
Puerto Rico
8,870 km²
Ranked in the World
#45
Qatar
11,490 km²
Ranked in the World
#51
Republic of Macedonia
25,220 km²
Ranked in the World
#65
Republic of the Congo
341,500 km²
Ranked in the World
#147
Romania
230,080 km²
Ranked in the World
#130
Russia
16,376,870 km²
Ranked in the World
#210
Rwanda
24,670 km²
Ranked in the World
#64
Saint Helena
390 km²
Ranked in the World
#21
Saint Kitts and Nevis
260 km²
Ranked in the World
#16
Saint Lucia
610 km²
Ranked in the World
#31
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
230 km²
Ranked in the World
#14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
390 km²
Ranked in the World
#22
San Marino
60 km²
Ranked in the World
#7
São Tomé and Príncipe
960 km²
Ranked in the World
#37
Saudi Arabia
2,149,690 km²
Ranked in the World
#199
Senegal
192,530 km²
Ranked in the World
#125
Serbia
87,460 km²
Ranked in the World
#99
Seychelles
460 km²
Ranked in the World
#27
Sierra Leone
72,180 km²
Ranked in the World
#94
Singapore
718 km²
Ranked in the World
#33
Slovakia
48,080 km²
Ranked in the World
#82
Slovenia
20,136.4 km²
Ranked in the World
#59
Solomon Islands
27,990 km²
Ranked in the World
#69
Somalia
627,340 km²
Ranked in the World
#169
South Africa
1,213,090 km²
Ranked in the World
#187
South Korea
97,600 km²
Ranked in the World
#105
South Sudan
631,930 km²
Ranked in the World
#170
Spain
499,556.65 km²
Ranked in the World
#160
Sri Lanka
61,860 km²
Ranked in the World
#88
Sudan
1,868,000 km²
Ranked in the World
#196
Suriname
156,000 km²
Ranked in the World
#120
Sweden
407,283.53 km²
Ranked in the World
#153
Switzerland
39,516.03 km²
Ranked in the World
#79
Syria
183,630 km²
Ranked in the World
#123
Taiwan
35,410 km²
Ranked in the World
#77
Tajikistan
138,790 km²
Ranked in the World
#117
Tanzania
885,800 km²
Ranked in the World
#180
Thailand
510,890 km²
Ranked in the World
#161
The Bahamas
10,010 km²
Ranked in the World
#47
The Gambia
10,120 km²
Ranked in the World
#48
Togo
54,390 km²
Ranked in the World
#86
Trinidad and Tobago
5,130 km²
Ranked in the World
#43
Tunisia
155,360 km²
Ranked in the World
#119
Turkey
769,630 km²
Ranked in the World
#175
Turkmenistan
469,930 km²
Ranked in the World
#158
Turks and Caicos Islands
950 km²
Ranked in the World
#36
Uganda
200,520 km²
Ranked in the World
#127
Ukraine
579,400 km²
Ranked in the World
#166
United Arab Emirates
71,020 km²
Ranked in the World
#93
United Kingdom
241,930 km²
Ranked in the World
#132
United States of America
9,147,420 km²
Ranked in the World
#208
United States Virgin Islands
350 km²
Ranked in the World
#20
Uruguay
175,020 km²
Ranked in the World
#121
Uzbekistan
440,650 km²
Ranked in the World
#155
Vanuatu
12,190 km²
Ranked in the World
#52
Vatican City
0.44 km²
Ranked in the World
#1
Venezuela
882,050 km²
Ranked in the World
#179
Vietnam
313,429 km²
Ranked in the World
#144
Western Sahara
266,000 km²
Ranked in the World
#137
Yemen
527,970 km²
Ranked in the World
#162
Zambia
743,390 km²
Ranked in the World
#173
Zimbabwe
386,850 km²
Ranked in the World
#151