Country Comparison > Area

Rank	Country	Area (sq km)
1	Pacific Ocean	155,557,000
2	Atlantic Ocean	76,762,000
3	Indian Ocean	68,556,000
4	Southern Ocean	20,327,000
5	Russia	17,075,200
6	Arctic Ocean	14,056,000
7	Antarctica	14,000,000
8	Canada	9,984,670
9	United States	9,826,630
10	China	9,596,960
11	Brazil	8,511,965
12	Australia	7,686,850
13	India	3,287,590
14	Argentina	2,766,890
15	Kazakhstan	2,717,300
16	Sudan	2,505,810
17	Algeria	2,381,740
18	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,345,410
19	Greenland	2,166,086
20	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
21	Mexico	1,972,550
22	Indonesia	1,919,440
23	Libya	1,759,540
24	Iran	1,648,000
25	Mongolia	1,564,116
26	Peru	1,285,220
27	Chad	1,284,000
28	Niger	1,267,000
29	Angola	1,246,700
30	Mali	1,240,000
31	South Africa	1,219,912
32	Colombia	1,138,910
33	Ethiopia	1,127,127
34	Bolivia	1,098,580
35	Mauritania	1,030,700
36	Egypt	1,001,450
37	Tanzania	945,087
38	Nigeria	923,768
39	Venezuela	912,050
40	Namibia	825,418
41	Pakistan	803,940
42	Mozambique	801,590
43	Turkey	780,580
44	Chile	756,950
45	Zambia	752,614
46	Burma	678,500
47	Afghanistan	647,500
48	France	643,427
49	Somalia	637,657
50	Central African Republic	622,984
51	Ukraine	603,700
52	Botswana	600,370
53	Madagascar	587,040
54	Kenya	582,650
55	Yemen	527,970
56	Thailand	514,000
57	Spain	504,782
58	Turkmenistan	488,100
59	Cameroon	475,440
60	Papua New Guinea	462,840
61	Sweden	449,964
62	Uzbekistan	447,400
63	Morocco	446,550
64	Iraq	437,072
65	Paraguay	406,750
66	Zimbabwe	390,580
67	Japan	377,835
68	Germany	357,021
69	Congo, Republic of the	342,000
70	Finland	338,145
71	Malaysia	329,750
72	Vietnam	329,560
73	Norway	323,802
74	Cote d'Ivoire	322,460
75	Poland	312,685
76	Italy	301,230
77	Philippines	300,000
78	Ecuador	283,560
79	Burkina Faso	274,200
80	New Zealand	268,680
81	Gabon	267,667
82	Western Sahara	266,000
83	Guinea	245,857
84	United Kingdom	244,820
85	Ghana	239,460
86	Romania	237,500
87	Laos	236,800
88	Uganda	236,040
89	Guyana	214,970
90	Oman	212,460
91	Belarus	207,600
92	Kyrgyzstan	198,500
93	Senegal	196,190
94	Syria	185,180
95	Cambodia	181,040
96	Uruguay	176,220
97	Tunisia	163,610
98	Suriname	163,270
99	Nepal	147,181
100	Bangladesh	144,000
101	Tajikistan	143,100
102	Greece	131,940
103	Nicaragua	129,494
104	Eritrea	121,320
105	Korea, North	120,540
106	Malawi	118,480
107	Benin	112,620
108	Honduras	112,090
109	Liberia	111,370
110	Bulgaria	110,910
111	Cuba	110,860
112	Guatemala	108,890
113	Iceland	103,000
114	Korea, South	98,480
115	Hungary	93,030
116	Portugal	92,391
117	Jordan	92,300
118	Azerbaijan	86,600
119	Austria	83,870
120	United Arab Emirates	83,600
121	Czech Republic	78,866
122	Panama	78,200
123	Serbia	77,474
124	Sierra Leone	71,740
125	Ireland	70,280
126	Georgia	69,700
127	Sri Lanka	65,610
128	Lithuania	65,200
129	Latvia	64,589
130	Svalbard	61,020
131	Togo	56,785
132	Croatia	56,542
133	British Indian Ocean Territory	54,400
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,129
135	Costa Rica	51,100
136	Slovakia	48,845
137	Dominican Republic	48,730
138	Bhutan	47,000
139	Estonia	45,226
140	Denmark	43,094
141	Netherlands	41,526
142	Switzerland	41,290
143	Guinea-Bissau	36,120
144	Taiwan	35,980
145	Moldova	33,843
146	Belgium	30,528
147	Lesotho	30,355
148	Armenia	29,800
149	Albania	28,748
150	Solomon Islands	28,450
151	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
152	Burundi	27,830
153	Haiti	27,750
154	Rwanda	26,338
155	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	25,333
156	Djibouti	23,000
157	Belize	22,966
158	El Salvador	21,040
159	Israel	20,770
160	Slovenia	20,273
161	New Caledonia	19,060
162	Fiji	18,270
163	Kuwait	17,820
164	Swaziland	17,363
165	East Timor	15,007
166	Montenegro	14,026
167	Bahamas, The	13,940
168	Puerto Rico	13,790
169	Vanuatu	12,200
170	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173
171	Qatar	11,437
172	Gambia, The	11,300
173	Jamaica	10,991
174	Lebanon	10,400
175	Cyprus	9,250
176	West Bank	5,860
177	Brunei	5,770
178	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
179	French Polynesia	4,167
180	Cape Verde	4,033
181	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903
182	Samoa	2,944
183	Luxembourg	2,586
184	Comoros	2,170
185	Mauritius	2,040
186	Virgin Islands	1,910
187	Faroe Islands	1,399
188	Hong Kong	1,092
189	Sao Tome and Principe	1,001
190	Netherlands Antilles	960
191	Kiribati	811
192	Dominica	754
193	Tonga	748
194	Micronesia, Federated States of	702
195	Singapore	693
196	Bahrain	665
197	Saint Lucia	616
198	Man, Isle of	572
199	Guam	541
200	Northern Mariana Islands	477
201	Andorra	468
202	Palau	458
203	Seychelles	455
204	Antigua and Barbuda	443
205	Barbados	431
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
207	Saint Helena	413
208	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
209	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
210	Jan Mayen	377
211	Mayotte	374
212	Gaza Strip	360
213	Grenada	344
214	Malta	316
215	Maldives	300
216	Wallis and Futuna	274
217	Cayman Islands	262
218	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
219	Niue	260
220	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242
221	Cook Islands	237
222	American Samoa	199
223	Aruba	193
224	Marshall Islands	181
225	Liechtenstein	160
226	British Virgin Islands	153
227	Christmas Island	135
228	Dhekelia	131
229	Akrotiri	123
230	Jersey	116
231	Montserrat	102
232	Anguilla	102
233	Guernsey	78
234	San Marino	61
235	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	55
236	Bermuda	53
237	Bouvet Island	49
238	Pitcairn Islands	47
239	Norfolk Island	35
240	Macau	28
241	Tuvalu	26
242	Nauru	21
243	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
244	Tokelau	10
245	Gibraltar	7
246	Wake Island	7
247	Clipperton Island	6
248	Spratly Islands	5
249	Navassa Island	5
250	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
251	Coral Sea Islands	3
252	Monaco	2
253	Holy See (Vatican City)	0

Definition: This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009