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Surface 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
653,671.0square kilometers
Median: 103,000.0square kilometers
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Russian Federation
17,125,190.0square kilometers
Lowest
Gibraltar
10.0square kilometers
Top 5 Countries
1Russian Federation17,125,190.0square kilometers
2Canada15,634,410.0square kilometers
3United States of America9,831,510.0square kilometers
4People's Republic of China9,562,910.0square kilometers
5Brazil8,510,420.0square kilometers
By Region
North America6,883,001.0square kilometers(4 countries)
Oceania4,004,465.0square kilometers(2 countries)
South America2,129,498.5square kilometers(7 countries)
Africa1,020,672.0square kilometers(9 countries)
Asia1,008,342.5square kilometers(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (10.0square kilometers)High (17,125,190.0square kilometers)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 653,671.0square 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 Federation17,125,190.0square kilometers
2Canada15,634,410.0square kilometers
3United States of America9,831,510.0square kilometers
4People's Republic of China9,562,910.0square kilometers
5Brazil8,510,420.0square kilometers
6Australia7,741,220.0square kilometers
7India3,287,260.0square kilometers
8Argentina2,780,400.0square kilometers
9Kazakhstan2,724,902.0square kilometers
10Algeria2,381,740.0square kilometers
11Democratic Republic of the Congo2,344,860.0square kilometers
12Saudi Arabia2,149,690.0square kilometers
13Mexico1,957,193.9square kilometers
14Indonesia1,916,906.8square kilometers
15Sudan1,878,000.0square kilometers
16Libya1,759,540.0square kilometers
17Islamic Republic of Iran1,745,150.0square kilometers
18Mongolia1,564,115.8square kilometers
19Peru1,285,215.6square kilometers
20Chad1,284,000.0square kilometers
21Niger1,267,000.0square kilometers
22Angola1,246,700.0square kilometers
23Mali1,240,190.0square kilometers
24South Africa1,219,090.0square kilometers
25Colombia1,140,619.1square kilometers
26Ethiopia1,136,239.7square kilometers
27Bolivia1,098,580.0square kilometers
28Mauritania1,030,700.0square kilometers
29Egypt1,001,450.0square kilometers
30United Republic of Tanzania947,300.0square kilometers
31Nigeria923,770.0square kilometers
32Venezuela912,050.0square kilometers
33Namibia824,290.0square kilometers
34Mozambique799,380.0square kilometers
35Pakistan796,100.0square kilometers
36Türkiye785,350.0square kilometers
37Chile757,244.9square kilometers
38Zambia752,610.0square kilometers
39Myanmar676,590.0square kilometers
40Afghanistan652,870.0square kilometers
41South Sudan646,883.0square kilometers
42Somalia637,660.0square kilometers
43Norway624,500.0square kilometers
44Central African Republic622,980.0square kilometers
45France606,410.0square kilometers
46Ukraine603,550.0square kilometers
47Kenya591,969.0square kilometers
48Madagascar587,295.0square kilometers
49Botswana581,730.0square kilometers
50Sweden528,660.0square kilometers
51Yemen527,970.0square kilometers
52Thailand513,115.0square kilometers
53Spain505,976.0square kilometers
54Turkmenistan491,209.0square kilometers
55Cameroon475,440.0square kilometers
56Papua New Guinea462,840.0square kilometers
57Uzbekistan448,920.0square kilometers
58Morocco446,550.0square kilometers
59Iraq435,050.0square kilometers
60Greenland410,450.0square kilometers
61Paraguay406,752.0square kilometers
62Zimbabwe390,760.0square kilometers
63Japan377,969.3square kilometers
64Germany357,680.0square kilometers
65Republic of the Congo342,000.0square kilometers
66Finland338,480.0square kilometers
67Vietnam331,338.3square kilometers
68Malaysia330,411.0square kilometers
69Cote d'Ivoire322,460.0square kilometers
70Poland313,930.0square kilometers
71Oman309,500.0square kilometers
72Italy302,070.0square kilometers
73Philippines300,000.0square kilometers
74Burkina Faso274,200.0square kilometers
75New Zealand267,710.0square kilometers
76Gabon267,670.0square kilometers
77Ecuador256,370.0square kilometers
78Guinea245,860.0square kilometers
79United Kingdom243,610.0square kilometers
80Uganda241,550.0square kilometers
81Ghana238,539.0square kilometers
82Romania238,400.0square kilometers
83Lao People's Democratic Republic236,800.0square kilometers
84Guyana214,970.0square kilometers
85Belarus207,629.0square kilometers
86Kyrgyzstan199,950.0square kilometers
87Senegal196,710.0square kilometers
88Syrian Arab Republic185,180.0square kilometers
89Cambodia181,040.0square kilometers
90Uruguay176,220.0square kilometers
91Suriname163,820.0square kilometers
92Tunisia163,610.0square kilometers
93Bangladesh147,570.0square kilometers
94Nepal147,180.0square kilometers
95Dominican Republic146,839.5square kilometers
96Tajikistan141,379.0square kilometers
97Greece131,960.0square kilometers
98Nicaragua130,370.0square kilometers
99Eritrea121,765.8square kilometers
100North Korea120,540.0square kilometers
101Malawi118,480.0square kilometers
102Benin114,760.0square kilometers
103Honduras112,490.0square kilometers
104Liberia111,370.0square kilometers
105Bulgaria110,996.8square kilometers
106Cuba109,880.0square kilometers
107Guatemala108,890.0square kilometers
108Iceland103,000.0square kilometers
109South Korea100,450.0square kilometers
110United Arab Emirates98,647.9square kilometers
111Hungary93,030.0square kilometers
112Portugal92,230.0square kilometers
113Jordan89,318.0square kilometers
114Croatia88,070.0square kilometers
115Azerbaijan86,600.0square kilometers
116Serbia84,990.0square kilometers
117Austria83,879.0square kilometers
118Czech Republic78,871.4square kilometers
119Panama75,320.0square kilometers
120Sierra Leone72,300.0square kilometers
121Ireland70,280.0square kilometers
122Georgia69,700.0square kilometers
123Sri Lanka65,610.0square kilometers
124Lithuania65,290.0square kilometers
125Latvia64,590.0square kilometers
126Togo56,790.0square kilometers
127Bosnia and Herzegovina51,210.0square kilometers
128Costa Rica51,100.0square kilometers
129Slovakia49,030.0square kilometers
130Estonia45,340.0square kilometers
131Denmark42,920.0square kilometers
132Netherlands41,540.0square kilometers
133Switzerland41,290.7square kilometers
134Bhutan38,390.0square kilometers
135Guinea-Bissau36,130.0square kilometers
136Moldova, Republic of33,850.0square kilometers
137Belgium30,689.0square kilometers
138Lesotho30,360.0square kilometers
139Armenia29,740.0square kilometers
140Solomon Islands28,900.0square kilometers
141Albania28,750.0square kilometers
142Equatorial Guinea28,050.0square kilometers
143Burundi27,830.0square kilometers
144Haiti27,750.0square kilometers
145Rwanda26,338.0square kilometers
146The Republic of North Macedonia25,710.0square kilometers
147Djibouti23,200.0square kilometers
148Belize22,966.0square kilometers
149Israel22,070.0square kilometers
150El Salvador21,040.0square kilometers
151Slovenia20,480.0square kilometers
152New Caledonia18,580.0square kilometers
153Fiji18,270.0square kilometers
154Kuwait17,820.0square kilometers
155Eswatini17,360.0square kilometers
156Timor-Leste14,870.0square kilometers
157Montenegro13,888.0square kilometers
158Bahamas13,880.0square kilometers
159Faroe Islands12,960.0square kilometers
160Vanuatu12,190.0square kilometers
161Qatar11,490.0square kilometers
162Republic of The Gambia11,300.0square kilometers
163Jamaica10,990.0square kilometers
164Lebanon10,450.0square kilometers
165Cyprus9,250.0square kilometers
166Puerto Rico8,870.0square kilometers
167State of Palestine6,025.0square kilometers
168Brunei Darussalam5,770.0square kilometers
169Trinidad and Tobago5,130.0square kilometers
170Bermuda4,290.0square kilometers
171Cape Verde4,030.0square kilometers
172French Polynesia3,471.0square kilometers
173Samoa2,840.0square kilometers
174Luxembourg2,590.0square kilometers
175Mauritius2,010.0square kilometers
176Comoros1,861.0square kilometers
177Hong Kong1,110.0square kilometers
178Sao Tome and Principe960.0square kilometers
179Turks and Caicos Islands950.0square kilometers
180Kiribati810.0square kilometers
181Bahrain800.0square kilometers
182Dominica750.0square kilometers
183Tonga750.0square kilometers
184Singapore728.0square kilometers
185Micronesia, Federated States of700.0square kilometers
186Saint Lucia620.0square kilometers
187Isle of Man570.0square kilometers
188Guam540.0square kilometers
189Andorra470.0square kilometers
190Northern Mariana Islands460.0square kilometers
191Palau460.0square kilometers
192Seychelles460.0square kilometers
193Curaçao444.0square kilometers
194Antigua and Barbuda440.0square kilometers
195Barbados430.0square kilometers
196Saint Vincent and the Grenadines390.0square kilometers
197Virgin Islands, U.S.350.0square kilometers
198Grenada340.0square kilometers
199Malta320.0square kilometers
200Maldives300.0square kilometers
201Cayman Islands264.0square kilometers
202Saint Kitts and Nevis260.0square kilometers
203American Samoa200.0square kilometers
204Aruba180.0square kilometers
205Marshall Islands180.0square kilometers
206Liechtenstein160.0square kilometers
207Virgin Islands, British150.0square kilometers
208Monaco74.9square kilometers
209San Marino60.0square kilometers
210Saint Martin (French part)50.0square kilometers
211Sint Maarten (Dutch part)34.0square kilometers
212Macao33.0square kilometers
213Tuvalu30.0square kilometers
214Nauru20.0square kilometers
215Gibraltar10.0square 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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