List of countries by area

The list of countries by area is the list of the world's countries and their territories by total area.

Overview

The inputs are realized according to the ISO 3166 standard which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. The 193 Members of the United Nations and the two observer states are numbered. 

Countries which enjoy limited recognition forming part of the international community and not found in ISO 3166 are also included in the list, but their areas also generally count with the areas of other widely recognized states which claim the following territory.

Areas

The areas claimed by individual countries, such as the areas of Antarctica, are not realized as well. The list doesn't include supranational entities such as the European Union. The entry includes three subfields:

 Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and 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. Coastal internal waters may be included. Territorial seas are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and Exclusive Economic Zones are not included.

Make sure that there are many country size comparisons which would not match all these countries area. The areas that appear in the table for each country are taken from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise noted.

 Map 

Countries and territories by area

 Country / dependency Total in km² (mi²) Land in km² (mi²) Water in km² (mi²) % of water    20px|border Earth         50.0   20px|border Water        100.0   20px|border Land        0.0           2.0    Antarctica        0.0          4.0 /          2.5          1.5            1.0           1.0           2.5           1.0          0.5           0.0           1.0           0.0    (Denmark)        0.0           0.0           0.5           0.5           1.5          1.0           0.0           1.0   20px|border Marie Byrd Land (terra nullius)       0.0          0.5           1.0           0.5           0.0           0.0            0.5           0.5           0.5          0.5           0.5           0.5           0.0           0.5           1.5           1.0           1.0           1.0           0.5          1.0           1.0           0.5           1.0           0.0           0.0          0.5           0.0           1.0           0.5           1.0          0.3    (metropolitan)        0.5           0.0                    0           3.0           2.0          3.5          4.0           4.0           1.5    (France)       0.0           1.5           1.5           0.4          0.7           0.7           0.6           0           0.9           0.8           0    (mainland)        1.2           0.2 70     71     72     73     74     75               0.4           0.5 78     79          0 80     81     82          0.7 83     84               0.8 86    87     88     89              91     92     93     94     95               0.8 97               0.1 99          0.9 100               1.3 102     103     104     105     106             0.1 108          0.2 109     110     –    111     112               0 114     115     116     117     –   (France)             0.3 119     120     121             0  0 123     124     125     –   (Norway)   126               128               0  130     131     132              2.4 136     137                    0.6           0.3 142     143     144     145     146     147     148     149     150               0.1 152     153     154     155     156        (France)               0  0  158     159     160     161                0.2        0  0    (United Kingdom)      0  0 164     165                0.2 167     168               0 –   (United States)   170     171     –     172     173     174     –   (France)   175     176     –   (United Kingdom)   177     178     179     –   (China)   180     –   (France)   –  Bir Tawil (Terra nullius)   181     182     –   (France)   –   (Finland)   –   (Denmark)   –   (France)   –   (New Zealand)   183     –   (United Kingdom)   184     185     186     187     188     189     190     –   (New Zealand)   –   (United Kingdom)   –   (United States)   191     –   (United States)   192     193     –   (Netherlands)   193     194     –   (Australia)   195     –   (Norway)   –   (France)   –   (United States)   196     –   (South Africa)   197     –   (United Kingdom)   198     –   (Netherlands)   –   (United Kingdom)   199     200     –   (United Kingdom)   –   (France)   201     –   (United States)   202     –   (Netherlands)   –   (Chile)   203     –   (Norway)   –   (United States)   –   (France)   –   (Australia)   –   (Australia)   –   (United Kingdom)   –   (New Zealand)   –   (United Kingdom)   –   (United Kingdom)   –   (United Kingdom)   204     –   (United Kingdom)   –   (France)   –   (United Kingdom)   –   (Colombia)    –   (Norway)   –   (United Kingdom)   –   (Australia)   –   (Netherlands)   –   (New Zealand)   –   (China)   205     –   (New Zealand)   206    –   (France)   –   (Netherlands)   –   (Spain)  –   (Australia)   –   (Netherlands)   –   (Spain)  –   (New Zealand)   –   (disputed)   –   (United Kingdom)   –   (United Kingdom)  –   (France)   –   (Australia)   –   (disputed)   –   (New Zealand)   –   (terra nullius)   –   (New Zealand)   –   (Australia)   207    –   (New Zealand)   208   

 Graphical charts 

The following charts are based on the CIA World Factbook, of which these charts will show how big is the area. For the love of god, sovereign states are green while territories are grey. Territorial claims in Antarctica are not shown.

 Countries greater than 1.5 million km² 

Related pages
 List of countries and dependencies by population
 List of countries and dependencies by population density

Notes

References

Other websites
CIA World Factbook

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