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Land area (sq. km)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•215 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
603,552.0square kilometers
Median: 94,280.0square kilometers
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Russian Federation
16,376,870.0square kilometers
Lowest
Monaco
2.1square kilometers
Top 5 Countries
1Russian Federation16,376,870.0square kilometers
2People's Republic of China9,388,210.0square kilometers
3United States of America9,147,420.0square kilometers
4Canada8,788,700.0square kilometers
5Brazil8,358,140.0square kilometers
By Region
North America4,996,807.5square kilometers(4 countries)
Oceania3,977,665.0square kilometers(2 countries)
South America2,092,934.5square kilometers(7 countries)
Africa1,014,550.9square kilometers(9 countries)
Asia978,417.9square kilometers(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.1square kilometers)High (16,376,870.0square kilometers)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 603,552.0square kilometers)

North America (4)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
Other (135)
Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Russian Federation16,376,870.0square kilometers
2People's Republic of China9,388,210.0square kilometers
3United States of America9,147,420.0square kilometers
4Canada8,788,700.0square kilometers
5Brazil8,358,140.0square kilometers
6Australia7,692,020.0square kilometers
7India2,973,190.0square kilometers
8Argentina2,736,690.0square kilometers
9Kazakhstan2,699,700.0square kilometers
10Algeria2,381,740.0square kilometers
11Democratic Republic of the Congo2,267,050.0square kilometers
12Saudi Arabia2,149,690.0square kilometers
13Mexico1,943,950.0square kilometers
14Indonesia1,892,555.5square kilometers
15Sudan1,868,000.0square kilometers
16Libya1,759,540.0square kilometers
17Islamic Republic of Iran1,622,500.0square kilometers
18Mongolia1,558,499.8square kilometers
19Peru1,280,000.0square kilometers
20Niger1,266,700.0square kilometers
21Chad1,259,200.0square kilometers
22Angola1,246,700.0square kilometers
23Mali1,220,190.0square kilometers
24South Africa1,213,090.0square kilometers
25Ethiopia1,128,498.8square kilometers
26Colombia1,109,500.0square kilometers
27Bolivia1,083,300.0square kilometers
28Mauritania1,030,700.0square kilometers
29Egypt995,450.0square kilometers
30Nigeria910,770.0square kilometers
31United Republic of Tanzania885,800.0square kilometers
32Venezuela882,050.0square kilometers
33Namibia823,290.0square kilometers
34Mozambique786,380.0square kilometers
35Pakistan770,880.0square kilometers
36Türkiye769,630.0square kilometers
37Zambia743,390.0square kilometers
38Chile742,831.6square kilometers
39Myanmar652,670.0square kilometers
40Afghanistan652,230.0square kilometers
41South Sudan631,930.0square kilometers
42Somalia627,340.0square kilometers
43Central African Republic622,980.0square kilometers
44Madagascar581,800.0square kilometers
45Kenya580,876.3square kilometers
46Ukraine579,400.0square kilometers
47Botswana566,730.0square kilometers
48France538,950.0square kilometers
49Yemen527,970.0square kilometers
50Thailand510,890.0square kilometers
51Spain499,697.4square kilometers
52Cameroon472,710.0square kilometers
53Turkmenistan469,930.0square kilometers
54Papua New Guinea452,860.0square kilometers
55Morocco446,300.0square kilometers
56Uzbekistan440,650.0square kilometers
57Iraq434,130.0square kilometers
58Greenland410,450.0square kilometers
59Sweden407,270.0square kilometers
60Paraguay396,012.0square kilometers
61Zimbabwe386,850.0square kilometers
62Japan364,569.3square kilometers
63Norway364,270.0square kilometers
64Germany349,430.0square kilometers
65Republic of the Congo341,500.0square kilometers
66Malaysia328,550.0square kilometers
67Cote d'Ivoire318,000.0square kilometers
68Vietnam313,429.0square kilometers
69Oman309,500.0square kilometers
70Poland306,270.0square kilometers
71Finland303,960.0square kilometers
72Philippines298,170.0square kilometers
73Italy295,720.0square kilometers
74Burkina Faso273,600.0square kilometers
75New Zealand263,310.0square kilometers
76Gabon257,670.0square kilometers
77Ecuador248,360.0square kilometers
78Guinea245,720.0square kilometers
79United Kingdom241,930.0square kilometers
80Lao People's Democratic Republic230,800.0square kilometers
81Romania230,080.0square kilometers
82Ghana227,533.0square kilometers
83Guyana211,140.0square kilometers
84Belarus202,983.0square kilometers
85Uganda200,520.0square kilometers
86Senegal192,530.0square kilometers
87Kyrgyzstan191,800.0square kilometers
88Syrian Arab Republic183,630.0square kilometers
89Cambodia176,520.0square kilometers
90Uruguay175,020.0square kilometers
91Suriname160,507.6square kilometers
92Tunisia155,360.0square kilometers
93Nepal143,350.0square kilometers
94Tajikistan138,790.0square kilometers
95Bangladesh129,980.0square kilometers
96Greece128,900.0square kilometers
97Eritrea121,178.2square kilometers
98North Korea120,410.0square kilometers
99Nicaragua120,340.0square kilometers
100Benin112,760.0square kilometers
101Honduras111,890.0square kilometers
102Bulgaria108,560.0square kilometers
103Guatemala107,160.0square kilometers
104Cuba103,800.0square kilometers
105Iceland100,830.0square kilometers
106South Korea97,600.0square kilometers
107Liberia96,320.0square kilometers
108Malawi94,280.0square kilometers
109Portugal91,605.6square kilometers
110Hungary91,260.0square kilometers
111Jordan88,794.0square kilometers
112Serbia84,090.0square kilometers
113Azerbaijan82,650.0square kilometers
114Austria82,520.0square kilometers
115Czech Republic77,167.3square kilometers
116Panama74,180.0square kilometers
117Sierra Leone72,180.0square kilometers
118United Arab Emirates71,020.0square kilometers
119Georgia69,490.0square kilometers
120Ireland68,890.0square kilometers
121Lithuania62,600.0square kilometers
122Latvia62,230.0square kilometers
123Sri Lanka61,860.0square kilometers
124Croatia55,960.0square kilometers
125Togo54,390.0square kilometers
126Bosnia and Herzegovina51,200.0square kilometers
127Costa Rica51,060.0square kilometers
128Dominican Republic48,198.0square kilometers
129Slovakia48,080.0square kilometers
130Estonia42,730.0square kilometers
131Denmark40,000.0square kilometers
132Switzerland39,509.6square kilometers
133Bhutan38,140.0square kilometers
134Netherlands33,670.0square kilometers
135Moldova, Republic of32,930.0square kilometers
136Belgium30,494.0square kilometers
137Lesotho30,360.0square kilometers
138Armenia28,199.4square kilometers
139Guinea-Bissau28,120.0square kilometers
140Equatorial Guinea28,050.0square kilometers
141Solomon Islands27,990.0square kilometers
142Haiti27,560.0square kilometers
143Albania27,400.0square kilometers
144Burundi25,680.0square kilometers
145The Republic of North Macedonia25,220.0square kilometers
146Rwanda24,670.0square kilometers
147Djibouti23,180.0square kilometers
148Belize22,810.0square kilometers
149Israel21,640.0square kilometers
150El Salvador20,720.0square kilometers
151Slovenia20,134.5square kilometers
152New Caledonia18,280.0square kilometers
153Fiji18,270.0square kilometers
154Kuwait17,820.0square kilometers
155Eswatini17,200.0square kilometers
156Timor-Leste14,870.0square kilometers
157Montenegro13,450.0square kilometers
158Vanuatu12,190.0square kilometers
159Qatar11,490.0square kilometers
160Jamaica10,830.0square kilometers
161Lebanon10,230.0square kilometers
162Republic of The Gambia10,120.0square kilometers
163Bahamas10,010.0square kilometers
164Cyprus9,240.0square kilometers
165Puerto Rico8,870.0square kilometers
166State of Palestine6,025.0square kilometers
167Brunei Darussalam5,270.0square kilometers
168Trinidad and Tobago5,130.0square kilometers
169Cape Verde4,030.0square kilometers
170French Polynesia3,471.0square kilometers
171Samoa2,780.0square kilometers
172Luxembourg2,574.5square kilometers
173Mauritius1,997.0square kilometers
174Comoros1,861.0square kilometers
175Faroe Islands1,370.0square kilometers
176Hong Kong1,050.0square kilometers
177Sao Tome and Principe960.0square kilometers
178Turks and Caicos Islands950.0square kilometers
179Kiribati810.0square kilometers
180Bahrain800.0square kilometers
181Dominica750.0square kilometers
182Tonga720.0square kilometers
183Singapore718.0square kilometers
184Micronesia, Federated States of700.0square kilometers
185Saint Lucia610.0square kilometers
186Isle of Man570.0square kilometers
187Guam540.0square kilometers
188Andorra470.0square kilometers
189Northern Mariana Islands460.0square kilometers
190Palau460.0square kilometers
191Seychelles460.0square kilometers
192Curaçao444.0square kilometers
193Antigua and Barbuda440.0square kilometers
194Barbados430.0square kilometers
195Saint Vincent and the Grenadines390.0square kilometers
196Virgin Islands, U.S.350.0square kilometers
197Grenada340.0square kilometers
198Malta320.0square kilometers
199Maldives298.0square kilometers
200Saint Kitts and Nevis260.0square kilometers
201Cayman Islands240.0square kilometers
202American Samoa200.0square kilometers
203Aruba180.0square kilometers
204Marshall Islands180.0square kilometers
205Liechtenstein160.0square kilometers
206Virgin Islands, British150.0square kilometers
207San Marino60.0square kilometers
208Bermuda54.0square kilometers
209Saint Martin (French part)50.0square kilometers
210Sint Maarten (Dutch part)34.0square kilometers
211Macao33.0square kilometers
212Tuvalu30.0square kilometers
213Nauru20.0square kilometers
214Gibraltar10.0square kilometers
215Monaco2.1square kilometers
Showing 215 of 215 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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