List of countries and dependencies by area
Countries and dependencies by area

List of countries and dependencies by area

Section Title: Countries and dependencies by area
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Sovereign state/dependency	Total in km2 (mi2)	Land in km2 (mi2)	Water in km2 (mi2)	% water	Notes

–	World	510,072,000 (196,940,000)	148,940,000 (57,510,000)	361,132,000 (139,434,000)	70.8

1	Russia	17,098,246 (6,601,670)	16,377,742 (6,323,482)	720,500 (278,200)	4.21	Largest country in the world (10.995% of the world's land mass); its Asian portion makes it the largest country in Asia, and its European portion of roughly 3,960,000 km2 (1,530,000 sq mi) makes it the largest country in Europe.

–	Antarctica	14,000,000 (5,400,000)	14,000,000 (5,400,000)	0 (0)	0	13,720,000 km2 (5,300,000 sq mi) (98%) of land area is covered by ice. Though not itself a country, areas are claimed by a number of countries.

2	Canada	9,984,670 (3,855,100)	9,093,507 (3,511,023)	891,163 (344,080)	8.93	Largest English and French-speaking country and the largest country completely in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second-largest by land area, after United States), with the largest surface area of water.

3	China	9,596,961 (3,705,407)	9,326,410 (3,600,950)	270,550 (104,460)	2.82	Second-largest country in Asia (though the largest located wholly within the continent), and second-largest country in the world by land area.

4	United States	9,525,067 (3,677,649) – 9,833,517 (3,796,742)	9,147,593 (3,531,905) – 9,147,643 (3,531,925)	377,424 (145,724) – 685,924 (264,837)	3.96–6.97	Second-largest English-speaking country and the largest country in the Western Hemisphere by land area (second-largest by total area, after Canada). Secondary figures for total area and water area denote the inclusion of all coastal and territorial waters into the statistical area.

5	Brazil	8,515,767 (3,287,956)	8,460,415 (3,266,584)	55,352 (21,372)	0.65	Largest Portuguese-speaking country, largest country in South America and in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest contiguous territory in the Americas.

6	Australia	7,692,024 (2,969,907)	7,633,565 (2,947,336)	58,459 (22,571)	0.76	Third-largest English-speaking country and largest country in Oceania, largest country without land borders, and the largest country completely in the Southern Hemisphere.

7	India	3,287,263 (1,269,219)	2,973,190 (1,147,960)	314,073 (121,264)	9.55	Third-largest country in Asia and largest country in South Asia.

8	Argentina	2,780,400 (1,073,500)	2,736,690 (1,056,640)	43,710 (16,880)	1.57	Largest Spanish-speaking country and second-largest country in South America.

9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 (1,052,100)	2,699,700 (1,042,400)	25,200 (9,700)	0.92	Largest landlocked country. Second-largest Russian-speaking country.

10	Algeria	2,381,741 (919,595)	2,381,741 (919,595)	0 (0)	0	Largest Arabic-speaking and Berber-speaking country, largest Islamic state, and largest country in Africa and the Mediterranean Basin.

11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858 (905,355)	2,267,048 (875,312)	77,810 (30,040)	3.32	Second-largest French-speaking country. Largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Second-largest country in Africa, has the largest French-speaking city i.e. Kinshasa.

–	Denmark	2,220,093 (857,183)	2,220,072 (857,175)	21 (8.1)	0	UN figure does not include entire Kingdom of Denmark area.

–	Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark)	2,166,086 (836,330)	2,166,086 (836,330)	0 (0)	0	Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Largest non-continental island in the world.

12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 (830,000)	2,149,690 (830,000)	0 (0)	0	Largest country in the Middle East.

13	Mexico	1,964,375 (758,449)	1,943,945 (750,561)	20,430 (7,890)	1.04	Country with the largest Spanish-speaking population; second-largest Spanish-speaking country by area; largest Spanish-speaking city (Mexico City).

14	Indonesia	1,910,931 (737,815)	1,811,569 (699,451)	93,000 (36,000)	4.87	Largest country in South-east Asia. Largest archipelagic state and island state in the world by area and population.

15	Sudan	1,861,484 (718,723)	not determined	not determined	not determined	Formerly the largest country in Africa. It is now the third-largest country in Africa.

16	Libya	1,759,540 (679,360)	1,759,540 (679,360)	0 (0)	0

17	Iran	1,648,195 (636,372)	1,531,595 (591,352)	116,600 (45,000)	7.07

18	Mongolia	1,564,110 (603,910)	1,553,556 (599,831)	10,560 (4,080)	0.68	Largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea.

19	Peru	1,285,216 (496,225)	1,279,996 (494,209)	5,220 (2,020)	0.41	Third-largest Spanish-speaking country and third-largest country in South America.

20	Chad	1,284,000 (496,000)	1,259,200 (486,200)	24,800 (9,600)	1.93	Third-largest landlocked country and largest outside of Asia.

21	Niger	1,267,000 (489,000)	1,266,700 (489,100)	300 (120)	0.02

22	Angola	1,246,700 (481,400)	1,246,700 (481,400)	0 (0)	0

23	Mali	1,240,192 (478,841)	1,220,190 (471,120)	20,002 (7,723)	1.61

24	South Africa	1,221,037 (471,445)	1,214,470 (468,910)	4,620 (1,780)	0.38

25	Colombia	1,141,748 (440,831)	1,038,700 (401,000)	100,210 (38,690)	8.8

26	Ethiopia	1,104,300 (426,400)	1,000,000 (390,000)	104,300 (40,300)	0.7

27	Bolivia	1,098,581 (424,164)	1,083,301 (418,265)	15,280 (5,900)	1.39

28	Mauritania	1,030,700 (398,000)	1,025,520 (395,960)	4,480 (1,730)	0.44

29	Egypt	1,002,450 (387,050)	995,450 (384,350)	6,000 (2,300)	0.6

30	Tanzania	945,087 (364,900)	885,800 (342,000)	61,500 (23,700)	6.49

31	Nigeria	923,768 (356,669)	910,768 (351,649)	13,000 (5,000)	1.41

32	Venezuela	916,445 (353,841)	882,050 (340,560)	30,000 (12,000)	3.29

33	Pakistan	881,912 (340,508)	881,912 (340,508)	25,220 (9,740)	2.86

34	Namibia	825,615 (318,772)	823,290 (317,870)	2,425 (936)	0.12

35	Mozambique	801,590 (309,500)	786,380 (303,620)	13,000 (5,000)	1.63

36	Turkey	783,562 (302,535)	769,632 (297,157)	13,930 (5,380)	1.78	Transcontinental country located between Asia and Europe.

37	Chile	756,102 (291,933)	743,812 (287,187)	12,290 (4,750)	1.63

38	Zambia	752,612 (290,585)	743,398 (287,028)	9,220 (3,560)	1.23

39	Myanmar	676,578 (261,228)	653,508 (252,321)	23,070 (8,910)	3.41

40	Afghanistan	652,230 (251,830)	652,230 (251,830)	0 (0)	0

41	South Sudan	644,329 (248,777)	not determined	not determined	not determined

42	France	640,679 (247,368)	640,427 (247,270)	3,374 (1,303)	0.52	Figures include metropolitan France (in Europe) as well as the five overseas regions. This does not include New Caledonia (an autonomous sui generis collectivity), the five autonomous overseas collectivities, and the two uninhabited territories (the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Clipperton Island) which are listed individually, although also part of the French Republic.

43	Somalia	637,657 (246,201)	627,337 (242,216)	10,320 (3,980)	1.62

44	Central African Republic	622,984 (240,535)	622,984 (240,535)	0 (0)	0

45	Ukraine	603,500 (233,000)	579,300 (223,700)	24,200 (9,300)	4.01	Second-largest country in Europe and largest country wholly in Europe.

46	Madagascar	587,041 (226,658)	581,540 (224,530)	5,501 (2,124)	0.94

47	Botswana	581,730 (224,610)	566,730 (218,820)	15,000 (5,800)	2.58

48	Kenya	580,367 (224,081)	569,140 (219,750)	11,227 (4,335)	1.93

49	Yemen	527,968 (203,850)	527,968 (203,850)	0 (0)	0

50	Thailand	513,120 (198,120)	510,890 (197,260)	2,230 (860)	0.43

51	Spain	505,992 (195,365)	498,980 (192,660)	6,390 (2,470)	1.26	Largest country in Southern Europe and second-largest member state of European Union.

52	Turkmenistan	488,100 (188,500)	469,930 (181,440)	18,170 (7,020)	3.72

53	Cameroon	475,442 (183,569)	472,710 (182,510)	2,730 (1,050)	0.57

54	Papua New Guinea	462,840 (178,700)	452,860 (174,850)	9,980 (3,850)	2.16

55	Sweden	450,295 (173,860)	410,335 (158,431)	39,960 (15,430)	8.87	Largest country in Northern Europe and the largest country completely in Western Europe. Third-largest member state of European Union.

56	Uzbekistan	447,400 (172,700)	425,400 (164,200)	22,000 (8,500)	4.92

57	Morocco	446,550 (172,410)	446,300 (172,300)	250 (97)	0.06

58	Iraq	438,317 (169,235)	437,367 (168,868)	950 (370)	0.22

59	Paraguay	406,752 (157,048)	397,302 (153,399)	9,450 (3,650)	2.32

60	Zimbabwe	390,757 (150,872)	386,847 (149,362)	3,910 (1,510)	1

61	Japan	377,973 (145,936)	364,543 (140,751)	13,430 (5,190)	3.55	Largest island country in East Asia.

62	Germany	357,114 (137,882)	348,672 (134,623)	8,350 (3,220)	2.34	Largest country in Central Europe. Before the 1990 German reunification, West Germany was 248,577 (95,976) and East Germany was 108,333 (41,828).

63	Republic of the Congo	342,000 (132,000)	341,500 (131,900)	500 (190)	0.15

64	Finland	338,424 (130,666)	303,815 (117,304)	34,330 (13,250)	10.15

65	Vietnam	331,212 (127,882)	310,070 (119,720)	21,140 (8,160)	6.38

66	Malaysia	330,803 (127,724)	329,613 (127,264)	1,190 (460)	0.35

67	Norway	323,802 (125,021)	304,282 (117,484)	19,520 (7,540)	6.03

68	Ivory Coast	322,463 (124,504)	318,003 (122,782)	4,460 (1,720)	1.38

69	Poland	312,696 (120,733)	311,888 (120,421)	791 (305)	3.07

70	Oman	309,500 (119,500)	309,500 (119,500)	0 (0)	0

71	Italy	301,339 (116,348)	294,140 (113,570)	7,200 (2,800)	2.39

72	Philippines	300,000 (120,000)	298,170 (115,120)	1,830 (710)	0.61

73	Ecuador	276,841 (106,889)	256,369 (98,985)	6,720 (2,590)	2.37

74	Burkina Faso	274,222 (105,878)	273,602 (105,638)	620 (240)	0.23

75	New Zealand	270,467 (104,428)	262,443 (101,330)	4,395 (1,697)	1.65

76	Gabon	267,668 (103,347)	257,667 (99,486)	10,000 (3,900)	3.74

–	Western Sahara	266,000 (103,000)	266,000 (103,000)	0 (0)	0	Disputed territory.

77	Guinea	245,857 (94,926)	245,717 (94,872)	140 (54)	0.06

78	United Kingdom	242,495 (93,628)	241,930 (93,410)	1,680 (650)	0.69	Largest island country in Europe and Western Hemisphere.

79	Uganda	241,550 (93,260)	197,100 (76,100)	43,938 (16,965)	18.23

80	Ghana	238,533 (92,098)	227,533 (87,851)	11,000 (4,200)	4.61

81	Romania	238,397 (92,046)	231,291 (89,302)	7,100 (2,700)	2.97

82	Laos	236,800 (91,400)	230,800 (89,100)	6,000 (2,300)	2.53

83	Guyana	214,969 (83,000)	196,849 (76,004)	18,120 (7,000)	8.43

84	Belarus	207,600 (80,200)	202,900 (78,300)	4,700 (1,800)	2.26	Largest landlocked country in Europe.

85	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 (77,202)	191,801 (74,055)	8,150 (3,150)	4.08

86	Senegal	196,722 (75,955)	192,530 (74,340)	4,192 (1,619)	2.13

87	Syria	185,180 (71,500)	183,630 (70,900)	1,550 (600)	0.84

88	Cambodia	181,035 (69,898)	176,515 (68,153)	4,520 (1,750)	2.5

89	Uruguay	176,215 (68,037)	175,015 (67,574)	1,200 (460)	0.68

–	Somaliland	176,120 (68,000)

90	Suriname	163,820 (63,250)	156,000 (60,000)	7,820 (3,020)	4.77	Smallest country in South America.

91	Tunisia	163,610 (63,170)	155,360 (59,980)	8,250 (3,190)	5.04

92	Bangladesh	147,570 (56,980)	130,168 (50,258)	13,830 (5,340)	9.6

93	Nepal	147,181 (56,827)	143,351 (55,348)	3,830 (1,480)	2.6	Largest country in the Himalayan range

94	Tajikistan	143,100 (55,300)	141,510 (54,640)	2,590 (1,000)	1.81

95	Greece	131,990 (50,960)	130,647 (50,443)	1,310 (510)	0.99

96	Nicaragua	130,373 (50,337)	119,990 (46,330)	10,380 (4,010)	7.96	Largest country in Central America.

97	North Korea	120,540 (46,540)	120,538 (46,540)	2 (0.77)	0.11

98	Malawi	118,484 (45,747)	94,080 (36,320)	24,404 (9,422)	20.6

99	Eritrea	117,600 (45,400)	101,000 (39,000)	16,600 (6,400)	14.12

100	Benin	114,763 (44,310)	114,305 (44,133)	457.569 (176.668)	0.40

101	Honduras	112,492 (43,433)	111,890 (43,200)	200 (77)	0.18

102	Liberia	111,369 (43,000)	96,320 (37,190)	15,049 (5,810)	13.51

103	Bulgaria	110,879 (42,811)	108,489 (41,888)	2,390 (920)	2.16

104	Cuba	109,884 (42,426)	109,820 (42,400)	1,040 (400)	0.94	Largest country in Caribbean

105	Guatemala	108,889 (42,042)	107,159 (41,374)	1,730 (670)	1.59

106	Iceland	103,000 (40,000)	100,250 (38,710)	2,750 (1,060)	2.67

107	South Korea	100,210 (38,690)	99,909 (38,575)	301 (116)	0.3

108	Hungary	93,028 (35,918)	89,608 (34,598)	3,420 (1,320)	3.68

109	Portugal	92,090 (35,560)	91,470 (35,320)	620 (240)	0.67

110	Jordan	89,342 (34,495)	88,802 (34,287)	540 (210)	0.6

111	Serbia	88,361 (34,116)	88,246 (34,072)	115 (44)	0.13	The largest Serbo-Croatian-speaking country.

112	Azerbaijan	86,600 (33,400)	86,100 (33,200)	500 (190)	0.13	Largest country in Caucasus.

113	Austria	83,871 (32,383)	82,445 (31,832)	1,426 (551)	1.7

114	United Arab Emirates	83,600 (32,300)	83,600 (32,300)	0 (0)	0

115	Czech Republic	78,865 (30,450)	77,247 (29,825)	1,620 (630)	2.05

116	Panama	75,417 (29,119)	74,340 (28,700)	1,080 (420)	1.43

117	Sierra Leone	71,740 (27,700)	71,620 (27,650)	120 (46)	0.17

118	Ireland	70,273 (27,133)	68,883 (26,596)	1,390 (540)	1.98	The figure shown is for the Republic of Ireland, the island of Ireland is 84,421 km2 or 32,595 sq mi

119	Georgia	69,700 (26,900)	69,700 (26,900)	0 (0)	0

120	Sri Lanka	65,610 (25,330)	62,732 (24,221)	2,878 (1,111)	4.4

121	Lithuania	65,300 (25,200)	62,680 (24,200)	2,620 (1,010)	4.01

122	Latvia	64,559 (24,926)	62,249 (24,034)	2,340 (900)	3.62

–	Svalbard (Norway)	62,045 (23,956)	62,045 (23,956)	0 (0)	0

123	Togo	56,785 (21,925)	54,385 (20,998)	2,400 (930)	4.23

124	Croatia	56,594 (21,851)	55,974 (21,612)	620 (240)	1.1

125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 (19,772)	51,187 (19,763)	10 (3.9)	0.02

126	Costa Rica	51,100 (19,700)	51,060 (19,710)	40 (15)	0.08

127	Slovakia	49,037 (18,933)	48,105 (18,573)	930 (360)	1.9

128	Dominican Republic	48,671 (18,792)	48,320 (18,660)	350 (140)	0.72

129	Estonia	45,227 (17,462)	42,388 (16,366)	2,840 (1,100)	6.28

130	Denmark	43,094 (16,639)	42,434 (16,384)	660 (250)	1.53	Metropolitan Denmark only, without Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

131	Netherlands	41,850 (16,160)	33,893 (13,086)	7,650 (2,950)	18.41	Includes the special municipalities, but excludes other countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, shown separately.

132	Switzerland	41,284 (15,940)	39,997 (15,443)	1,280 (490)	3.1

133	Bhutan	38,394 (14,824)	38,394 (14,824)	0 (0)	0

–	Taiwan	36,193 (13,974)	32,260 (12,460)	3,720 (1,440)	10.34	Between 1945 and 1949, the Republic of China included Mainland China, Mongolia, Taiwan and other areas, totaling 11,418,174 km2 (4,408,582 sq mi).

134	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 (13,948)	28,120 (10,860)	8,005 (3,091)	22.16

135	Moldova	33,846 (13,068)	32,891 (12,699)	960 (370)	2.84

136	Belgium	30,528 (11,787)	30,278 (11,690)	250 (97)	0.82

137	Lesotho	30,355 (11,720)	30,355 (11,720)	0 (0)	0

138	Armenia	29,743 (11,484)	28,342 (10,943)	1,401 (541)	4.71

139	Solomon Islands	28,896 (11,157)	27,986 (10,805)	910 (350)	3.15

140	Albania	28,748 (11,100)	27,398 (10,578)	1,350 (520)	4.7

141	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 (10,831)	28,051 (10,831)	0 (0)	0

142	Burundi	27,834 (10,747)	25,680 (9,920)	2,150 (830)	7.73

143	Haiti	27,750 (10,710)	27,560 (10,640)	190 (73)	0.68

144	Rwanda	26,338 (10,169)	24,668 (9,524)	1,670 (640)	6.34

145	North Macedonia	25,713 (9,928)	25,433 (9,820)	280 (110)	1.09

146	Djibouti	23,200 (9,000)	23,180 (8,950)	20 (7.7)	0.09

147	Belize	22,966 (8,867)	22,806 (8,805)	160 (62)	0.7

148	El Salvador	21,041 (8,124)	20,721 (8,000)	320 (120)	1.52	Smallest country in continental North America.

149	Israel	20,770 (8,020)	20,330 (7,850)	440 (170)	2.12

150	Slovenia	20,273 (7,827)	20,151 (7,780)	122 (47)	0.6

–	New Caledonia (France)	18,575 (7,172)	18,275 (7,056)	300 (120)	1.62

151	Fiji	18,272 (7,055)	18,274 (7,056)	0 (0)	0

152	Kuwait	17,818 (6,880)	17,818 (6,880)	0 (0)	0

153	eSwatini	17,364 (6,704)	17,204 (6,643)	160 (62)	0.92

154	East Timor	14,919 (5,760)	14,919 (5,760)	0 (0)	0

155	The Bahamas	13,943 (5,383)	10,010 (3,860)	3,870 (1,490)	27.88

156	Montenegro	13,812 (5,333)	13,452 (5,194)	360 (140)	2.61

157	Vanuatu	12,189 (4,706)	12,189 (4,706)	0 (0)	0

–	Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	12,173 (4,700)	12,173 (4,700)	0 (0)	0

158	Qatar	11,586 (4,473)	11,586 (4,473)	0 (0)	0

–	Artsakh	11,458 (4,424)	11,458 (4,424)	1,200 (460)	1	5.000 km2. Armenian-controlled territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh by regions 11,5 km2.

159	The Gambia	11,295 (4,361)	10,000 (3,900)	1,295 (500)	11.47	Smallest country in continental Africa.

160	Jamaica	10,991 (4,244)	10,831 (4,182)	160 (62)	1.46

–	Kosovo	10,887 (4,203)

161	Lebanon	10,452 (4,036)	10,230 (3,950)	170 (66)	1.63	Second smallest country in continental Asia.

162	Cyprus	9,251 (3,572)	9,241 (3,568)	10 (3.9)	0.11

–	Puerto Rico (United States)	9,104 (3,515)	9,104 (3,515)	3,054 (1,179)	35.2	An American territory, it is the third-largest island of the United States after the Big Island of Hawaii and Kodiak Island of Alaska.

–	Abkhazia	8,660 (3,340)

–	French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)	7,747 (2,991)	7,668 (2,961)	79.8 (30.8)	1.03	Excludes claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica.

–	United States Minor Outlying Islands	6,959.41 (2,687.04)	34.2 (13.2)	6,937 (2,678)	99.68

–	State of Palestine	6,020 (2,320)	5,640 (2,180)	220 (85)	3.9

163	Brunei	5,765 (2,226)	5,265 (2,033)	500 (190)	8.67

164	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 (1,980)	5,128 (1,980)	0 (0)	0

–	French Polynesia (France)	4,167 (1,609)	3,827 (1,478)	340 (130)	8.16

–	Transnistria	4,163 (1,607)

165	Cape Verde	4,033 (1,557)	4,033 (1,557)	0 (0)	0

–	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)	3,903 (1,507)	3,903 (1,507)	0 (0)	0

–	South Ossetia	3,900 (1,500)

–	Northern Cyprus	3,355 (1,295)

166	Samoa	2,842 (1,097)	2,821 (1,089)	10 (3.9)	0.35

–	Hong Kong (China)	2,755 (1,064)	1,106 (427)	1,649 (637)	59.8

167	Luxembourg	2,586 (998)	2,586 (998)	0 (0)	0	The smallest country that is not a European microstate or island country

–	Bir Tawil (Terra nullius)	2,060 (800)	2,060 (800)	0 (0)	0

168	Mauritius	2,040 (790)	2,030 (780)	10 (3.9)	0.49

169	Comoros	1,862 (719)	1,862 (719)	0 (0)	0

–	Åland Islands (Finland)	1,580 (610)

–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	1,393 (538)	1,393 (538)	Negligible	Negligible

170	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 (372)	964 (372)	0 (0)	0

–	Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	948 (366)	430 (170)	0 (0)	0

171	Kiribati	811 (313)	811 (313)	0 (0)	0

172	Bahrain	767 (296)	767 (296)	0 (0)	0

173	Dominica	751 (290)	751 (290)	0 (0)	0

174	Tonga	747 (288)	717 (277)	30 (12)	4.02

175	Singapore	716 (276)	687 (265)	10 (3.9)	1.43

176	Federated States of Micronesia	702 (271)	702 (271)	Negligible	Negligible

177	Saint Lucia	616 (238)	606 (234)	10 (3.9)	1.62

–	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	572 (221)	572 (221)	0 (0)	0

–	Guam (United States)	549 (212)	544 (210)	0 (0)	0

178	Andorra	468 (181)	468 (181)	0 (0)	0

–	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	464 (179)	464 (179)	0 (0)	0

179	Palau	459 (177)	459 (177)	0 (0)	0

180	Seychelles	452 (175)	455 (176)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in Africa.

–	Curaçao (Netherlands)	444 (171)	444 (171)	0 (0)	0

181	Antigua and Barbuda	442 (171)	442.6 (170.9)	0 (0)	0

182	Barbados	430 (170)	431 (166)	0 (0)	0

–	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)	412 (159)	412 (159)	0 (0)	0

183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 (150)	389 (150)	0 (0)	0

–	Jan Mayen (Norway)	377 (146)	377 (146)	0 (0)	0

–	U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)	347 (134)	346 (134)	1,564 (604)	81.88

184	Grenada	344 (133)	344 (133)	0 (0)	0

185	Malta	316 (122)	316 (122)	0 (0)	0

–	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	308 (119)	308 (119)	0 (0)	0

186	Maldives	300 (120)	298 (115)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in Asia.

–	Bonaire (Netherlands)	294 (114)	294 (114)	0 (0)	0

–	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	264 (102)	264 (102)	0 (0)	0

187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 (101)	261 (101)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere.

–	Niue (New Zealand)	260 (100)	260 (100)	0 (0)	0

–	Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom)	253.8 (98.0)	not determined	not determined	not determined	There is a salt lake and some wetlands of unknown area.

–	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	242 (93)	242 (93)	0 (0)	0

–	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	236 (91)	236 (91)	0 (0)	0

–	American Samoa (United States)	199 (77)	199 (77)	0 (0)	0

188	Marshall Islands	181 (70)	181 (70)	11,673 (4,507)	98.47

–	Aruba (Netherlands)	180 (69)	180 (69)	0 (0)	0

189	Liechtenstein	160 (62)	160 (62)	0 (0)	0

–	British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	151 (58)	151 (58)	0 (0)	0

–	Wallis and Futuna (France)	142 (55)	142 (55)	0 (0)	0

–	Christmas Island (Australia)	135 (52)	135 (52)	0 (0)	0

–	Jersey (United Kingdom)	116 (45)	116 (45)	0 (0)	0

–	Montserrat (United Kingdom)	102 (39)	102 (39)	0 (0)	0

–	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	91 (35)	91 (35)	0 (0)	0

–	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	78 (30)	78 (30)	0 (0)	0

190	San Marino	61 (24)	61 (24)	0 (0)	0

–	British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)	60 (23)	60 (23)	54,340 (20,980)	99.89

–	Saint Martin (France)	54 (21)	54.4 (21.0)	Negligible	Negligible

–	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	54 (21)	54 (21)	0 (0)	0

–	Bouvet Island (Norway)	49 (19)	49 (19)	0 (0)	0

–	Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	47 (18)	47 (18)	0 (0)	0

–	Norfolk Island (Australia)	36 (14)	36 (14)	0 (0)	0

–	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	34 (13)	34 (13)	0 (0)	0

–	Macau (China)	31.3 (12.1)	28.2 (10.9)	0 (0)	0

191	Tuvalu	26 (10)	26 (10)	0 (0)	0	Smallest Commonwealth realm.

192	Nauru	21 (8.1)	21 (8.1)	0 (0)	0	Smallest island country, smallest republic and smallest country that is not a city-state

–	Saint Barthélemy (France)	21 (8.1)	not determined	not determined	not determined

–	Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)	21 (8.1)	not determined	not determined	not determined

–	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	14 (5.4)	14 (5.4)	0 (0)	0

–	Saba (Netherlands)	13 (5.0)	not determined	not determined	not determined

–	Tokelau (New Zealand)	12 (4.6)	12 (4.6)	0 (0)	0

–	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	6 (2.3)	6.5 (2.5)	0 (0)	0	British Overseas territory

–	Clipperton Island (France)	6 (2.3)	2 (0.77)	4 (1.5)	66.67

–	Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia)	5 (1.9)	5 (1.9)	0 (0)	0

–	Spratly Islands (disputed)	< 5 (< 1.9)	< 5 (< 1.9)	0 (0)	0

–	Coral Sea Islands (Australia)	< 3 (< 1.2)	< 3 (< 1.2)	0 (0)	0

193	Monaco	2.02 (0.78)	2.02 (0.78)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country with a coastline.

194	Vatican City	0.44 (0.17)	0.44 (0.17)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in Europe and the world and smallest landlocked country.

Sentence(s)

With 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the third-smallest state on the list of countries and dependencies by area behind Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest island state, and the smallest republic.

final_sentence: With 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the third-smallest state on the list of countries and dependencies by area behind Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest island state, and the smallest republic.