Countries · size
Largest Countries in the World by Area
Russia is the largest country on Earth — 17,098,242 km², about 12.7% of all land held by sovereign states and 1.7 times the size of Canada. Here is every country ranked by total area.
134.1m km²
Combined area of 199 countries
55%
Held by the 10 largest countries
112,622 km²
Median country (Benin)
0.44 km²
Smallest: Vatican City
Top 10 largest countries
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- Bottom 25%
All countries by area
| Rank | Country | Total area | Water | Population density | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
17,098,242 km² | 4.2% | 9 /km² | 12.75% |
| 2 |  Canada |
9,984,670 km² | 8.9% | 5 /km² | 7.45% |
| 3 |  United States |
9,833,517 km² | 7.0% | 37 /km² | 7.33% |
| 4 |  China |
9,596,960 km² | 2.8% | 151 /km² | 7.16% |
| 5 |  Brazil |
8,515,770 km² | 1.9% | 25 /km² | 6.35% |
| 6 |  Australia |
7,741,220 km² | 0.8% | 4 /km² | 5.77% |
| 7 |  India |
3,287,263 km² | 9.6% | 492 /km² | 2.45% |
| 8 |  Argentina |
2,780,400 km² | 1.6% | 17 /km² | 2.07% |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan |
2,724,900 km² | 0.9% | 8 /km² | 2.03% |
| 10 |  Algeria |
2,381,740 km² | 0.0% | 20 /km² | 1.78% |
| 11 |  DR Congo |
2,344,858 km² | 3.3% | 50 /km² | 1.75% |
| 12 |  Greenland |
2,166,086 km² | 0.0% | 0 /km² | 1.62% |
| 13 |  Saudi Arabia |
2,149,690 km² | 0.0% | 17 /km² | 1.60% |
| 14 |  Mexico |
1,964,375 km² | 1.0% | 68 /km² | 1.46% |
| 15 |  Indonesia |
1,904,569 km² | 4.9% | 158 /km² | 1.42% |
| 16 |  Sudan |
1,861,484 km² | 7.0% | 30 /km² | 1.39% |
| 17 |  Libya |
1,759,540 km² | 0.0% | 4 /km² | 1.31% |
| 18 |  Iran |
1,648,195 km² | 7.1% | 60 /km² | 1.23% |
| 19 |  Mongolia |
1,564,116 km² | 0.7% | 2 /km² | 1.17% |
| 20 |  Peru |
1,285,216 km² | 0.4% | 27 /km² | 0.96% |
| 21 |  Chad |
1,284,000 km² | 1.9% | 17 /km² | 0.96% |
| 22 |  Niger |
1,267,000 km² | 0.0% | 22 /km² | 0.94% |
| 23 |  Angola |
1,246,700 km² | 0.0% | 31 /km² | 0.93% |
| 24 |  Mali |
1,240,192 km² | 1.6% | 21 /km² | 0.92% |
| 25 |  South Africa |
1,219,090 km² | 0.4% | 53 /km² | 0.91% |
| 26 |  Colombia |
1,138,910 km² | 8.8% | 51 /km² | 0.85% |
| 27 |  Ethiopia |
1,104,300 km² | 0.7% | 124 /km² | 0.82% |
| 28 |  Bolivia |
1,098,581 km² | 1.4% | 12 /km² | 0.82% |
| 29 |  Mauritania |
1,030,700 km² | 0.0% | 5 /km² | 0.77% |
| 30 |  Egypt |
1,001,450 km² | 0.6% | 119 /km² | 0.75% |
| 31 |  Tanzania |
947,300 km² | 6.5% | 80 /km² | 0.71% |
| 32 |  Nigeria |
923,768 km² | 1.4% | 261 /km² | 0.69% |
| 33 |  Venezuela |
912,050 km² | 3.3% | 32 /km² | 0.68% |
| 34 |  Namibia |
824,292 km² | 0.1% | 4 /km² | 0.61% |
| 35 |  Mozambique |
799,380 km² | 1.6% | 45 /km² | 0.60% |
| 36 |  Pakistan |
796,095 km² | 3.2% | 331 /km² | 0.59% |
| 37 |  Türkiye |
783,562 km² | 1.8% | 112 /km² | 0.58% |
| 38 |  Chile |
756,102 km² | 1.6% | 27 /km² | 0.56% |
| 39 |  Zambia |
752,618 km² | 1.2% | 29 /km² | 0.56% |
| 40 |  Morocco |
716,550 km² | 0.0% | 54 /km² | 0.53% |
| 41 |  Myanmar |
676,578 km² | 3.4% | 84 /km² | 0.50% |
| 42 |  Afghanistan |
652,230 km² | 0.0% | 67 /km² | 0.49% |
| 43 |  South Sudan |
644,329 km² | 0.0% | 19 /km² | 0.48% |
| 44 |  France |
643,801 km² | 0.5% | 107 /km² | 0.48% |
| 45 |  Somalia |
637,657 km² | 1.6% | 31 /km² | 0.48% |
| 46 |  Central African Republic |
622,984 km² | 0.0% | 9 /km² | 0.46% |
| 47 |  Ukraine |
603,550 km² | 4.0% | 67 /km² | 0.45% |
| 48 |  Madagascar |
587,041 km² | 0.9% | 56 /km² | 0.44% |
| 49 |  Botswana |
581,730 km² | 2.6% | 5 /km² | 0.43% |
| 50 |  Kenya |
580,367 km² | 1.9% | 101 /km² | 0.43% |
| 51 |  Yemen |
527,968 km² | 0.0% | 79 /km² | 0.39% |
| 52 |  Thailand |
513,120 km² | 0.4% | 140 /km² | 0.38% |
| 53 |  Spain |
505,370 km² | 1.3% | 99 /km² | 0.38% |
| 54 |  Turkmenistan |
488,100 km² | 3.7% | 16 /km² | 0.36% |
| 55 |  Cameroon |
475,440 km² | 0.6% | 63 /km² | 0.35% |
| 56 |  Papua New Guinea |
462,840 km² | 2.2% | 24 /km² | 0.35% |
| 57 |  Sweden |
450,295 km² | 8.9% | 26 /km² | 0.34% |
| 58 |  Uzbekistan |
447,400 km² | 4.9% | 87 /km² | 0.33% |
| 59 |  Iraq |
438,317 km² | 0.2% | 108 /km² | 0.33% |
| 60 |  Paraguay |
406,752 km² | 2.3% | 18 /km² | 0.30% |
| 61 |  Zimbabwe |
390,757 km² | 1.0% | 44 /km² | 0.29% |
| 62 |  Japan |
377,915 km² | 3.6% | 338 /km² | 0.28% |
| 63 |  Germany |
357,022 km² | 2.3% | 239 /km² | 0.27% |
| 64 |  Republic of the Congo |
342,000 km² | 0.1% | 19 /km² | 0.26% |
| 65 |  Finland |
338,145 km² | 10.2% | 19 /km² | 0.25% |
| 66 |  Vietnam |
331,210 km² | 6.4% | 328 /km² | 0.25% |
| 67 |  Malaysia |
329,847 km² | 0.4% | 109 /km² | 0.25% |
| 68 |  Norway |
323,802 km² | 6.0% | 18 /km² | 0.24% |
| 69 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
322,463 km² | 1.4% | 103 /km² | 0.24% |
| 70 |  Poland |
312,685 km² | 2.7% | 120 /km² | 0.23% |
| 71 |  Oman |
309,500 km² | 0.0% | 18 /km² | 0.23% |
| 72 |  Italy |
301,340 km² | 2.4% | 200 /km² | 0.22% |
| 73 |  Philippines |
300,000 km² | 0.6% | 392 /km² | 0.22% |
| 74 |  Ecuador |
283,561 km² | 2.4% | 66 /km² | 0.21% |
| 75 |  Burkina Faso |
274,200 km² | 0.1% | 88 /km² | 0.20% |
| 76 |  New Zealand |
268,838 km² | 1.6% | 20 /km² | 0.20% |
| 77 |  Gabon |
267,667 km² | 3.7% | 10 /km² | 0.20% |
| 78 |  Western Sahara |
266,000 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.20% |
| 79 |  Guinea |
245,857 km² | 0.1% | 61 /km² | 0.18% |
| 80 |  United Kingdom |
243,610 km² | 0.7% | 287 /km² | 0.18% |
| 81 |  Uganda |
241,038 km² | 18.2% | 261 /km² | 0.18% |
| 82 |  Ghana |
238,533 km² | 4.6% | 154 /km² | 0.18% |
| 83 |  Romania |
238,391 km² | 3.6% | 83 /km² | 0.18% |
| 84 |  Laos |
236,800 km² | 2.5% | 34 /km² | 0.18% |
| 85 |  Guyana |
214,969 km² | 8.4% | 4 /km² | 0.16% |
| 86 |  Belarus |
207,600 km² | 2.3% | 45 /km² | 0.15% |
| 87 |  Kyrgyzstan |
199,951 km² | 4.1% | 38 /km² | 0.15% |
| 88 |  Senegal |
196,722 km² | 2.1% | 98 /km² | 0.15% |
| 89 |  Syria |
187,437 km² | 0.8% | 138 /km² | 0.14% |
| 90 |  Cambodia |
181,035 km² | 2.5% | 101 /km² | 0.13% |
| 91 |  Uruguay |
176,215 km² | 0.7% | 19 /km² | 0.13% |
| 92 |  Suriname |
163,820 km² | 4.8% | 4 /km² | 0.12% |
| 93 |  Tunisia |
163,610 km² | 5.0% | 79 /km² | 0.12% |
| 94 |  Bangladesh |
148,460 km² | 12.3% | 1,350 /km² | 0.11% |
| 95 |  Nepal |
147,181 km² | 2.6% | 207 /km² | 0.11% |
| 96 |  Tajikistan |
144,100 km² | 1.8% | 76 /km² | 0.11% |
| 97 |  Greece |
131,957 km² | 1.0% | 80 /km² | 0.10% |
| 98 |  Nicaragua |
130,370 km² | 8.0% | 58 /km² | 0.10% |
| 99 |  North Korea |
120,538 km² | 0.1% | 221 /km² | 0.09% |
| 100 |  Malawi |
118,484 km² | 20.6% | 236 /km² | 0.09% |
| 101 |  Eritrea |
117,600 km² | 14.1% | 36 /km² | 0.09% |
| 102 |  Benin |
112,622 km² | 1.8% | 134 /km² | 0.08% |
| 103 |  Honduras |
112,090 km² | 0.2% | 98 /km² | 0.08% |
| 104 |  Liberia |
111,369 km² | 13.5% | 60 /km² | 0.08% |
| 105 |  Bulgaria |
110,879 km² | 2.2% | 59 /km² | 0.08% |
| 106 |  Cuba |
110,860 km² | 0.9% | 100 /km² | 0.08% |
| 107 |  Guatemala |
108,889 km² | 1.6% | 174 /km² | 0.08% |
| 108 |  Iceland |
103,000 km² | 2.7% | 4 /km² | 0.08% |
| 109 |  South Korea |
99,720 km² | 2.8% | 533 /km² | 0.07% |
| 110 |  Hungary |
93,028 km² | 3.7% | 106 /km² | 0.07% |
| 111 |  Portugal |
92,090 km² | 0.7% | 118 /km² | 0.07% |
| 112 |  Jordan |
89,342 km² | 0.6% | 130 /km² | 0.07% |
| 113 |  Azerbaijan |
86,600 km² | 4.6% | 124 /km² | 0.06% |
| 114 |  Austria |
83,871 km² | 1.7% | 112 /km² | 0.06% |
| 115 |  United Arab Emirates |
83,600 km² | 0.0% | 138 /km² | 0.06% |
| 116 |  Czechia |
78,867 km² | 2.1% | 141 /km² | 0.06% |
| 117 |  Serbia |
77,474 km² | 0.0% | 85 /km² | 0.06% |
| 118 |  Panama |
75,420 km² | 1.4% | 61 /km² | 0.06% |
| 119 |  Sierra Leone |
71,740 km² | 0.2% | 123 /km² | 0.05% |
| 120 |  Ireland |
70,273 km² | 2.0% | 80 /km² | 0.05% |
| 121 |  Georgia |
69,700 km² | 0.0% | 56 /km² | 0.05% |
| 122 |  Sri Lanka |
65,610 km² | 1.5% | 337 /km² | 0.05% |
| 123 |  Lithuania |
65,300 km² | 4.0% | 46 /km² | 0.05% |
| 124 |  Latvia |
64,589 km² | 3.6% | 30 /km² | 0.05% |
| 125 |  Togo |
56,785 km² | 4.2% | 158 /km² | 0.04% |
| 126 |  Croatia |
56,594 km² | 1.1% | 69 /km² | 0.04% |
| 127 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
51,197 km² | 0.0% | 61 /km² | 0.04% |
| 128 |  Costa Rica |
51,100 km² | 0.1% | 101 /km² | 0.04% |
| 129 |  Slovakia |
49,035 km² | 1.9% | 113 /km² | 0.04% |
| 130 |  Dominican Republic |
48,670 km² | 0.7% | 238 /km² | 0.04% |
| 131 |  Estonia |
45,228 km² | 6.3% | 32 /km² | 0.03% |
| 132 |  Denmark |
43,094 km² | 1.5% | 142 /km² | 0.03% |
| 133 |  Netherlands |
41,543 km² | 18.4% | 534 /km² | 0.03% |
| 134 |  Switzerland |
41,277 km² | 3.1% | 227 /km² | 0.03% |
| 135 |  Bhutan |
38,394 km² | 0.0% | 21 /km² | 0.03% |
| 136 |  Guinea-Bissau |
36,125 km² | 22.2% | 80 /km² | 0.03% |
| 137 |  Taiwan |
35,980 km² | 10.3% | — | 0.03% |
| 138 |  Moldova |
33,851 km² | 2.8% | 72 /km² | 0.03% |
| 139 |  Belgium |
30,528 km² | 0.8% | 394 /km² | 0.02% |
| 140 |  Lesotho |
30,355 km² | 0.0% | 78 /km² | 0.02% |
| 141 |  Armenia |
29,743 km² | 5.2% | 109 /km² | 0.02% |
| 142 |  Solomon Islands |
28,896 km² | 3.1% | 30 /km² | 0.02% |
| 143 |  Albania |
28,748 km² | 4.7% | 86 /km² | 0.02% |
| 144 |  Equatorial Guinea |
28,051 km² | 0.0% | 69 /km² | 0.02% |
| 145 |  Burundi |
27,830 km² | 7.7% | 560 /km² | 0.02% |
| 146 |  Haiti |
27,750 km² | 0.7% | 432 /km² | 0.02% |
| 147 |  Rwanda |
26,338 km² | 6.3% | 591 /km² | 0.02% |
| 148 |  North Macedonia |
25,713 km² | 1.1% | 72 /km² | 0.02% |
| 149 |  Djibouti |
23,200 km² | 0.1% | 51 /km² | 0.02% |
| 150 |  Belize |
22,966 km² | 0.7% | 19 /km² | 0.02% |
| 151 |  Israel |
21,937 km² | 2.0% | 471 /km² | 0.02% |
| 152 |  El Salvador |
21,041 km² | 1.5% | 307 /km² | 0.02% |
| 153 |  Slovenia |
20,273 km² | 0.6% | 106 /km² | 0.02% |
| 154 |  New Caledonia |
18,575 km² | 1.6% | 16 /km² | 0.01% |
| 155 |  Fiji |
18,274 km² | 0.0% | 51 /km² | 0.01% |
| 156 |  Kuwait |
17,818 km² | 0.0% | 273 /km² | 0.01% |
| 157 |  Eswatini |
17,364 km² | 0.9% | 73 /km² | 0.01% |
| 158 |  Timor-Leste |
14,874 km² | 0.0% | 95 /km² | 0.01% |
| 159 |  Bahamas |
13,880 km² | 27.9% | 40 /km² | 0.01% |
| 160 |  Montenegro |
13,812 km² | 2.6% | 46 /km² | 0.01% |
| 161 |  Vanuatu |
12,189 km² | 0.0% | 27 /km² | 0.01% |
| 162 |  Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
12,173 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.01% |
| 163 |  Qatar |
11,586 km² | 0.0% | 257 /km² | 0.01% |
| 164 |  Gambia |
11,300 km² | 10.4% | 279 /km² | 0.01% |
| 165 |  Jamaica |
10,991 km² | 1.5% | 262 /km² | 0.01% |
| 166 |  Kosovo |
10,887 km² | 0.0% | 145 /km² | 0.01% |
| 167 |  Lebanon |
10,400 km² | 1.6% | 572 /km² | 0.01% |
| 168 |  Cyprus |
9,251 km² | 0.1% | 148 /km² | 0.01% |
| 169 |  Puerto Rico |
9,104 km² | 1.6% | 355 /km² | 0.01% |
| 170 |  Brunei |
5,765 km² | 8.7% | 89 /km² | 0.00% |
| 171 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
5,128 km² | 0.0% | 267 /km² | 0.00% |
| 172 |  French Polynesia |
4,167 km² | 8.2% | 74 /km² | 0.00% |
| 173 |  Cape Verde |
4,033 km² | 0.0% | 131 /km² | 0.00% |
| 174 |  Samoa |
2,831 km² | 0.4% | 78 /km² | 0.00% |
| 175 |  Luxembourg |
2,586 km² | 0.0% | 266 /km² | 0.00% |
| 176 |  Comoros |
2,235 km² | 0.0% | 395 /km² | 0.00% |
| 177 |  Mauritius |
2,040 km² | 0.5% | 613 /km² | 0.00% |
| 178 |  Virgin Islands |
1,910 km² | 81.9% | 300 /km² | 0.00% |
| 179 |  Faroe Islands |
1,393 km² | 0.0% | 39 /km² | 0.00% |
| 180 |  Hong Kong |
1,108 km² | 3.2% | 6,989 /km² | 0.00% |
| 181 |  Sao Tome and Principe |
964 km² | 0.0% | 249 /km² | 0.00% |
| 182 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
948 km² | 0.0% | 49 /km² | 0.00% |
| 183 |  Kiribati |
811 km² | 0.0% | 168 /km² | 0.00% |
| 184 |  Bahrain |
760 km² | 0.0% | 2,106 /km² | 0.00% |
| 185 |  Dominica |
751 km² | 0.0% | 88 /km² | 0.00% |
| 186 |  Tonga |
747 km² | 4.0% | 145 /km² | 0.00% |
| 187 |  Singapore |
719 km² | 1.4% | 8,619 /km² | 0.00% |
| 188 |  Micronesia |
702 km² | 0.0% | 162 /km² | 0.00% |
| 189 |  Saint Lucia |
616 km² | 1.6% | 297 /km² | 0.00% |
| 190 |  Isle of Man |
572 km² | 0.0% | 147 /km² | 0.00% |
| 191 |  Guam |
544 km² | 0.0% | 311 /km² | 0.00% |
| 192 |  Andorra |
468 km² | 0.0% | 177 /km² | 0.00% |
| 193 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
464 km² | 0.0% | 94 /km² | 0.00% |
| 194 |  Palau |
459 km² | 0.0% | 38 /km² | 0.00% |
| 195 |  Seychelles |
455 km² | 0.0% | 270 /km² | 0.00% |
| 196 |  Curacao |
444 km² | 0.0% | 352 /km² | 0.00% |
| 197 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
443 km² | 0.0% | 213 /km² | 0.00% |
| 198 |  Barbados |
430 km² | 0.0% | 657 /km² | 0.00% |
| 199 |  Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
394 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 200 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
389 km² | 0.0% | 257 /km² | 0.00% |
| 201 |  Palestine |
360 km² | 0.0% | 15,038 /km² | 0.00% |
| 202 |  Grenada |
344 km² | 0.0% | 341 /km² | 0.00% |
| 203 |  Malta |
316 km² | 0.0% | 1,835 /km² | 0.00% |
| 204 |  Maldives |
298 km² | 0.0% | 1,777 /km² | 0.00% |
| 205 |  Cayman Islands |
264 km² | 0.0% | 287 /km² | 0.00% |
| 206 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
261 km² | 0.0% | 180 /km² | 0.00% |
| 207 |  Niue |
260 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 208 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
242 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 209 |  Cook Islands |
236 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 210 |  American Samoa |
224 km² | 0.0% | 205 /km² | 0.00% |
| 211 |  Marshall Islands |
181 km² | 0.0% | 200 /km² | 0.00% |
| 212 |  Aruba |
180 km² | 0.0% | 604 /km² | 0.00% |
| 213 |  Liechtenstein |
160 km² | 0.0% | 256 /km² | 0.00% |
| 214 |  British Virgin Islands |
151 km² | 0.0% | 263 /km² | 0.00% |
| 215 |  Wallis and Futuna |
142 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 216 |  Christmas Island |
135 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 217 |  Jersey |
116 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 218 |  Montserrat |
102 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 219 |  Anguilla |
91 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 220 |  Guernsey |
78 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 221 |  San Marino |
61 km² | 0.0% | 559 /km² | 0.00% |
| 222 |  British Indian Ocean Territory |
60 km² | 90,566.7% | — | 0.00% |
| 223 |  Bermuda |
54 km² | 0.0% | 1,195 /km² | 0.00% |
| 224 |  Saint Martin |
50 km² | 0.0% | 499 /km² | 0.00% |
| 225 |  Pitcairn Islands |
47 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 226 |  Norfolk Island |
36 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 227 |  Sint Maarten |
34 km² | 0.0% | 1,292 /km² | 0.00% |
| 228 |  Macau |
28 km² | 0.0% | 24,323 /km² | 0.00% |
| 229 |  Tuvalu |
26 km² | 0.0% | 365 /km² | 0.00% |
| 230 |  Saint Barthelemy |
25 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 231 |  Nauru |
21 km² | 0.0% | 573 /km² | 0.00% |
| 232 |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
14 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 233 |  Tokelau |
12 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
| 234 |  Gibraltar |
7.00 km² | 0.0% | 6,173 /km² | 0.00% |
| 235 |  Monaco |
2.00 km² | 0.0% | 19,171 /km² | 0.00% |
| 236 |  Vatican City |
0.44 km² | 0.0% | — | 0.00% |
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Data: CIA World Factbook (public domain); population: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
The giants
The ten largest countries — Russia, Canada, United States, China, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan and Algeria — cover 55% of the land area of all sovereign states. Russia alone spans 11 time zones and is larger than the whole continent of Oceania.
Largest country on each continent
- Europe: Russia — 17,098,242 km²
- Americas: Canada — 9,984,670 km²
- Asia: China — 9,596,960 km²
- Oceania: Australia — 7,741,220 km²
- Africa: Algeria — 2,381,740 km²
The smallest countries
At the other end are microstates: Vatican City (0.44 km²), Monaco (2.00 km²), Nauru (21 km²), Tuvalu (26 km²), Macau (28 km²), San Marino (61 km²), Liechtenstein (160 km²), Marshall Islands (181 km²), Saint Kitts and Nevis (261 km²) and Maldives (298 km²). Vatican City, the smallest of all, would fit into Russia about 38,859,641 times.
Land and water
Total area includes inland water — lakes, reservoirs and rivers. The share of water is highest in Guinea-Bissau (22.2%), Malawi (20.6%), Netherlands (18.4%) and Uganda (18.2%). Population density in this table is measured against land area.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia, with 17,098,242 km².
What is the second-largest country?
Canada (9,984,670 km²), followed by United States and China.
What is the biggest country in the world?
Russia is the biggest country in the world by area (17,098,242 km²), almost twice the size of Canada.
What are the 10 smallest countries in the world?
Vatican City (0.44 km²), Monaco (2.00 km²), Nauru (21 km²), Tuvalu (26 km²), Macau (28 km²), San Marino (61 km²), Liechtenstein (160 km²), Marshall Islands (181 km²), Saint Kitts and Nevis (261 km²) and Maldives (298 km²).
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City — just 0.44 km².
How big is the average country?
The median country is about 112,622 km² (Benin).