What is the largest country in the world?

Russia is by far the largest country by land area, roughly 17 million km² — nearly twice the size of the next largest, Canada, followed by China, the United States, and Brazil.

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state at about 0.49 km², followed by Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, and San Marino.

Countries by area

All 194 UN member states ordered by total land area, largest to smallest. Many people over-rate island nations and under-rate African and Asian countries — test yourself with Area Ranking.

#	Country	Land area
1	Russia	17,098,242 km²
2	Canada	9,984,670 km²
3	China	9,706,961 km²
4	United States	9,372,610 km²
5	Brazil	8,515,767 km²
6	Australia	7,692,024 km²
7	India	3,287,590 km²
8	Argentina	2,780,400 km²
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 km²
10	Algeria	2,381,741 km²
11	DR Congo	2,344,858 km²
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 km²
13	Mexico	1,964,375 km²
14	Indonesia	1,904,569 km²
15	Sudan	1,886,068 km²
16	Libya	1,759,540 km²
17	Iran	1,648,195 km²
18	Mongolia	1,564,110 km²
19	Peru	1,285,216 km²
20	Chad	1,284,000 km²
21	Niger	1,267,000 km²
22	Angola	1,246,700 km²
23	Mali	1,240,192 km²
24	South Africa	1,221,037 km²
25	Colombia	1,141,748 km²
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km²
27	Bolivia	1,098,581 km²
28	Mauritania	1,030,700 km²
29	Egypt	1,002,450 km²
30	Tanzania	945,087 km²
31	Nigeria	923,768 km²
32	Venezuela	916,445 km²
33	Pakistan	881,912 km²
34	Namibia	825,615 km²
35	Mozambique	801,590 km²
36	Türkiye	783,562 km²
37	Chile	756,102 km²
38	Zambia	752,612 km²
39	Myanmar	676,578 km²
40	Afghanistan	652,230 km²
41	Somalia	637,657 km²
42	Central African Republic	622,984 km²
43	South Sudan	619,745 km²
44	Ukraine	603,500 km²
45	Madagascar	587,041 km²
46	Botswana	582,000 km²
47	Kenya	580,367 km²
48	France	551,695 km²
49	Yemen	527,968 km²
50	Thailand	513,120 km²
51	Spain	505,992 km²
52	Turkmenistan	488,100 km²
53	Cameroon	475,442 km²
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840 km²
55	Sweden	450,295 km²
56	Uzbekistan	447,400 km²
57	Morocco	446,550 km²
58	Iraq	438,317 km²
59	Paraguay	406,752 km²
60	Zimbabwe	390,757 km²
61	Japan	377,930 km²
62	Germany	357,114 km²
63	Philippines	342,353 km²
64	Republic of the Congo	342,000 km²
65	Finland	338,424 km²
66	Vietnam	331,212 km²
67	Malaysia	330,803 km²
68	Norway	323,802 km²
69	Ivory Coast	322,463 km²
70	Poland	312,679 km²
71	Oman	309,500 km²
72	Italy	301,336 km²
73	Ecuador	276,841 km²
74	Burkina Faso	272,967 km²
75	New Zealand	270,467 km²
76	Gabon	267,668 km²
77	Guinea	245,857 km²
78	United Kingdom	242,900 km²
79	Uganda	241,550 km²
80	Ghana	238,533 km²
81	Romania	238,391 km²
82	Laos	236,800 km²
83	Guyana	214,969 km²
84	Belarus	207,600 km²
85	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 km²
86	Senegal	196,722 km²
87	Syria	185,180 km²
88	Cambodia	181,035 km²
89	Uruguay	181,034 km²
90	Suriname	163,820 km²
91	Tunisia	163,610 km²
92	Bangladesh	147,570 km²
93	Nepal	147,181 km²
94	Tajikistan	143,100 km²
95	Greece	131,990 km²
96	Nicaragua	130,373 km²
97	North Korea	120,538 km²
98	Malawi	118,484 km²
99	Eritrea	117,600 km²
100	Benin	112,622 km²
101	Honduras	112,492 km²
102	Liberia	111,369 km²
103	Bulgaria	110,879 km²
104	Cuba	109,884 km²
105	Guatemala	108,889 km²
106	Iceland	103,000 km²
107	South Korea	100,210 km²
108	Hungary	93,028 km²
109	Portugal	92,090 km²
110	Jordan	89,342 km²
111	Serbia	88,361 km²
112	Azerbaijan	86,600 km²
113	Austria	83,871 km²
114	United Arab Emirates	83,600 km²
115	Czechia	78,865 km²
116	Panama	75,417 km²
117	Sierra Leone	71,740 km²
118	Ireland	70,273 km²
119	Georgia	69,700 km²
120	Sri Lanka	65,610 km²
121	Lithuania	65,300 km²
122	Latvia	64,559 km²
123	Togo	56,785 km²
124	Croatia	56,594 km²
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 km²
126	Costa Rica	51,100 km²
127	Slovakia	49,037 km²
128	Dominican Republic	48,671 km²
129	Estonia	45,227 km²
130	Denmark	43,094 km²
131	Netherlands	41,850 km²
132	Switzerland	41,284 km²
133	Bhutan	38,394 km²
134	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 km²
135	Moldova	33,846 km²
136	Belgium	30,528 km²
137	Lesotho	30,355 km²
138	Armenia	29,743 km²
139	Solomon Islands	28,896 km²
140	Albania	28,748 km²
141	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 km²
142	Burundi	27,834 km²
143	Haiti	27,750 km²
144	Rwanda	26,338 km²
145	North Macedonia	25,713 km²
146	Djibouti	23,200 km²
147	Belize	22,966 km²
148	El Salvador	21,041 km²
149	Israel	20,770 km²
150	Slovenia	20,273 km²
151	Fiji	18,272 km²
152	Kuwait	17,818 km²
153	Eswatini	17,364 km²
154	Timor-Leste	14,874 km²
155	Bahamas	13,943 km²
156	Montenegro	13,812 km²
157	Vanuatu	12,189 km²
158	Qatar	11,586 km²
159	Jamaica	10,991 km²
160	Gambia	10,689 km²
161	Lebanon	10,452 km²
162	Cyprus	9,251 km²
163	Brunei	5,765 km²
164	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 km²
165	Cape Verde	4,033 km²
166	Samoa	2,842 km²
167	Luxembourg	2,586 km²
168	Mauritius	2,040 km²
169	Comoros	1,862 km²
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 km²
171	Kiribati	811 km²
172	Bahrain	765 km²
173	Dominica	751 km²
174	Tonga	747 km²
175	Singapore	710 km²
176	Micronesia	702 km²
177	Saint Lucia	616 km²
178	Andorra	468 km²
179	Palau	459 km²
180	Seychelles	452 km²
181	Antigua and Barbuda	442 km²
182	Barbados	430 km²
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 km²
184	Grenada	344 km²
185	Malta	316 km²
186	Maldives	300 km²
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 km²
188	Marshall Islands	181 km²
189	Liechtenstein	160 km²
190	San Marino	61 km²
191	Tuvalu	26 km²
192	Nauru	21 km²
193	Monaco	2 km²
194	Vatican City	0 km²

FAQ

What is the largest country in the world?: Russia is by far the largest country by land area, roughly 17 million km² — nearly twice the size of the next largest, Canada, followed by China, the United States, and Brazil.
What is the smallest country in the world?: Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state at about 0.49 km², followed by Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, and San Marino.