* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Land area in sq. km, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 196 countries was 655985 sq. km. The highest value was in Russia: 16376870 sq. km and the lowest value was in Monaco: 2 sq. km. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: sq. km; Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Land area, 2021 Global rank Available data
Russia 16376870 1 1992 - 2021
China 9388210 2 1961 - 2021
USA 9147420 3 1961 - 2021
Canada 8788700 4 1961 - 2021
Brazil 8358140 5 1961 - 2021
Australia 7692020 6 1961 - 2021
India 2973190 7 1961 - 2021
Argentina 2736690 8 1961 - 2021
Kazakhstan 2699700 9 1992 - 2021
Algeria 2381741 10 1961 - 2021
DR Congo 2267050 11 1961 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 2149690 12 1961 - 2021
Mexico 1943950 13 1961 - 2021
Indonesia 1892556 14 1961 - 2021
Sudan 1868000 15 1961 - 2021
Libya 1759540 16 1961 - 2021
Iran 1622500 17 1961 - 2021
Mongolia 1557507 18 1961 - 2021
Peru 1280000 19 1961 - 2021
Niger 1266700 20 1961 - 2021
Chad 1259200 21 1961 - 2021
Angola 1246700 22 1961 - 2021
Mali 1220190 23 1961 - 2021
South Africa 1213090 24 1961 - 2021
Ethiopia 1128571 25 1961 - 2021
Colombia 1109500 26 1961 - 2021
Bolivia 1083300 27 1961 - 2021
Mauritania 1030700 28 1961 - 2021
Egypt 995450 29 1961 - 2021
Nigeria 910770 30 1961 - 2021
Tanzania 885800 31 1961 - 2021
Venezuela 882050 32 1961 - 2021
Namibia 823290 33 1961 - 2021
Mozambique 786380 34 1961 - 2021
Pakistan 770880 35 1961 - 2021
Turkey 769630 36 1961 - 2021
Chile 743532 37 1961 - 2021
Zambia 743390 38 1961 - 2021
Burma 652670 39 1961 - 2021
Afghanistan 652230 40 1961 - 2021
Somalia 627340 41 1961 - 2021
C.A. Republic 622980 42 1961 - 2021
Madagascar 581800 43 1961 - 2021
Ukraine 579400 44 1992 - 2021
Kenya 569140 45 1961 - 2021
Botswana 566730 46 1961 - 2021
France 547557 47 1961 - 2021
Yemen 527970 48 1961 - 2021
Thailand 510890 49 1961 - 2021
Spain 499733 50 1961 - 2021
Cameroon 472710 51 1961 - 2021
Turkmenistan 469930 52 1992 - 2021
Papua N.G. 452860 53 1961 - 2021
Morocco 446300 54 1961 - 2021
Uzbekistan 440653 55 1992 - 2021
Iraq 434128 56 1961 - 2021
Sweden 407284 57 1961 - 2021
Paraguay 397300 58 1961 - 2021
Zimbabwe 386850 59 1961 - 2021
Japan 364500 60 1961 - 2021
Norway 364270 61 1961 - 2021
Germany 349390 62 1961 - 2021
R. of Congo 341500 63 1961 - 2021
Malaysia 328550 64 1961 - 2021
Ivory Coast 318000 65 1961 - 2021
Vietnam 313429 66 1961 - 2021
Oman 309500 67 1961 - 2021
Poland 306100 68 1961 - 2021
Finland 303948 69 1961 - 2021
Philippines 298170 70 1961 - 2021
Italy 295717 71 1961 - 2021
Burkina Faso 273600 72 1961 - 2021
New Zealand 263310 73 1961 - 2021
Gabon 257670 74 1961 - 2021
Ecuador 248360 75 1961 - 2021
Guinea 245720 76 1961 - 2021
UK 241930 77 1961 - 2021
Laos 230800 78 1961 - 2021
Romania 230080 79 1961 - 2021
Ghana 227533 80 1961 - 2021
Belarus 202950 81 1992 - 2021
Uganda 200520 82 1961 - 2021
Guyana 196850 83 1961 - 2021
Senegal 192530 84 1961 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 191800 85 1992 - 2021
Syria 183630 86 1961 - 2021
Cambodia 176520 87 1961 - 2021
Uruguay 175020 88 1961 - 2021
Suriname 156000 89 1961 - 2021
Tunisia 155360 90 1961 - 2021
Nepal 143350 91 1961 - 2021
Tajikistan 138790 92 1992 - 2021
Bangladesh 130170 93 1961 - 2021
Greece 128900 94 1961 - 2021
Eritrea 121041 95 1993 - 2021
North Korea 120410 96 1961 - 2021
Nicaragua 120340 97 1961 - 2021
Benin 112760 98 1961 - 2021
Honduras 111890 99 1961 - 2021
Bulgaria 108560 100 1961 - 2021
Guatemala 107160 101 1961 - 2021
Iceland 100830 102 1961 - 2021
South Korea 97600 103 1961 - 2021
Liberia 96320 104 1961 - 2021
Malawi 94280 105 1961 - 2021
Portugal 91606 106 1961 - 2021
Hungary 91260 107 1961 - 2021
Jordan 88794 108 1961 - 2021
Serbia 84090 109 2006 - 2021
Azerbaijan 82650 110 1992 - 2021
Austria 82520 111 1961 - 2021
Czechia 77187 112 1993 - 2021
Panama 74180 113 1961 - 2021
Sierra Leone 72180 114 1961 - 2021
UA Emirates 71020 115 1961 - 2021
Georgia 69490 116 1992 - 2021
Ireland 68890 117 1961 - 2021
Lithuania 62610 118 1992 - 2021
Latvia 62230 119 1992 - 2021
Sri Lanka 61860 120 1961 - 2021
Croatia 55960 121 1992 - 2021
Togo 54390 122 1961 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 51200 123 1992 - 2021
Costa Rica 51060 124 1961 - 2021
Slovakia 48080 125 1993 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 47531 126 1961 - 2021
Estonia 42750 127 1992 - 2021
Denmark 40000 128 1961 - 2021
Switzerland 39510 129 1961 - 2021
Bhutan 38140 130 1961 - 2021
Netherlands 33670 131 1961 - 2021
Moldova 32970 132 1992 - 2021
Lesotho 30360 133 1961 - 2021
Belgium 30280 134 2000 - 2021
Armenia 28470 135 1992 - 2021
G.-Bissau 28120 136 1961 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 28050 137 1961 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 27990 138 1961 - 2021
Haiti 27560 139 1961 - 2021
Albania 27400 140 1961 - 2021
Burundi 25680 141 1961 - 2021
North Macedonia 25220 142 1992 - 2021
Rwanda 24670 143 1961 - 2021
Djibouti 23180 144 1961 - 2021
Belize 22810 145 1961 - 2021
Israel 21640 146 1961 - 2021
El Salvador 20720 147 1961 - 2021
Slovenia 20136 148 1992 - 2021
N. Caledonia 18280 149 1961 - 2021
Fiji 18270 150 1961 - 2021
Kuwait 17820 151 1961 - 2021
Swaziland 17200 152 1961 - 2021
Montenegro 13450 153 2006 - 2021
Vanuatu 12190 154 1961 - 2021
Qatar 11490 155 1961 - 2021
Jamaica 10830 156 1961 - 2021
Lebanon 10230 157 1961 - 2021
Gambia 10120 158 1961 - 2021
Bahamas 10010 159 1961 - 2021
Cyprus 9240 160 1961 - 2021
Puerto Rico 8870 161 1961 - 2021
Palestine 6025 162 1961 - 2021
Brunei 5270 163 1961 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 5130 164 1961 - 2021
Cape Verde 4030 165 1961 - 2021
Samoa 2780 166 1961 - 2021
Luxembourg 2574 167 2000 - 2021
Mauritius 1997 168 1961 - 2021
Comoros 1861 169 1961 - 2021
Faroe Isl. 1370 170 1961 - 2021
Hong Kong 1050 171 1961 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 960 172 1961 - 2021
Kiribati 810 173 1961 - 2021
Bahrain 790 174 1961 - 2021
Dominica 750 175 1961 - 2021
Tonga 720 176 1961 - 2021
Singapore 718 177 1961 - 2021
Micronesia 700 178 1991 - 2021
Saint Lucia 610 179 1961 - 2021
Andorra 470 180 1961 - 2021
Palau 460 181 1991 - 2021
Seychelles 460 182 1961 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 440 183 1961 - 2021
Barbados 430 184 1961 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 390 185 1961 - 2021
Grenada 340 186 1961 - 2021
Malta 320 187 1961 - 2021
Maldives 300 188 1961 - 2021
Aruba 180 189 1961 - 2021
Liechtenstein 160 190 1961 - 2021
San Marino 60 191 1961 - 2021
Bermuda 54 192 1961 - 2021
Macao 33 193 1961 - 2021
Tuvalu 30 194 1961 - 2021
Gibraltar 10 195 1961 - 2021
Monaco 2 196 1961 - 2021



Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

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