List of countries in the Americas by area

This is a list of all the countries and dependencies in the Americas by area. The region includes North America, Greenland, Central America the Caribbean and South America. Canada is the largest country in the Americas with 9,98 million km². In second place, United States with 9,83 million km². Brazil with 8,51 million km² and Argentina with 2,78 million km² finish up the top 4 largest countries. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Parts of primarily non American countries partly lying in the North American Plate such as Siberia, Iceland and the Azores are not commonly associated with the Americas, and therefore excluded from the list

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   Country / dependency  Area (km²)  Land area (km²)  Water area (km²)  Official language(s)  Data 1    9,984,670 km²  9,044,004 km²  866,446 km²  EnglishFrench  Largest English- and French-speaking country in the world by area and the largest country in the Americas, in North America, Anglo-America, and the Western Hemisphere (second largest by land area after the United States.) Figures include freshwater. 2    9,836,517 km²  9,136,000 km²  700,517 km²  EnglishSpanish  The largest English-speaking country, the largest in the Western Hemisphere by land area and the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world by area (Second largest by total area after Canada) 3    8,515,770 km²  8,322,000 km²  218,770 km²  Portuguese  Largest country in South America and Latin America and largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world by area. 4    2,780,400 km²  2,730,000 km²  50,400 km²  Spanish  Second largest Spanish-speaking country in the world after the United States by area. Excludes the British-Argentine dispute (the Falkland Islands and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Argentine Antarctica –  (Denmark)  2,166,086 km²  2,166,086 km²  0 km²  Greenlandic  Integral part of Denmark. Largest country in Denmark, largest island in the world and the largest inhabited non-sovereign territory in the world. A total of 1,755,086 km² (81%) of the land area is covered by ice. The ice-free  areas sum to 410,000 km² 5   1,964,375 km²  1,924,000 km²  40,375 km²  Spanish  The third-largest Spanish-speaking country in the world after Argentina and the United States by area. Highest number of Spanish speakers in the world. 6    1,285,216 km²  1,255,000 km²  30,216 km²  SpanishAymara  7    1,138,910 km²  1,078,000 km²  40,910 km²  Spanish  8    1,098,581 km²  1,038,000 km²  60,581 km²  SpanishAymaraQuechua  9    912,050 km²  890,050 km²  32,000 km²  Spanish  Excludes Guayana Esequiba. 10    756,102 km²  Spanish  Excludes claims in Antarctica. 11    406,752 km²  SpanishGuarani  12    283,756 km²  Spanish  13 `   214,969 km²  English  Excludes the region of Tigri. 14    176,215 km²  Spanish  15    163,820 km²  Dutch  Smallest country located entirely in South America. 16    130,370 km²  Spanish  17    112,090 km²  Spanish  18    110,090 km²  Spanish  19    108,889 km²  Spanish  Excludes the Guatemalan-Belizean dispute. –   (France)  83,534 km²  French  Integral part of France. Excludes the Surinamese-French dispute. 20    75,420 km²  Spanish  Transcontinental country beetwen North America and South America.2151,100 km²Spanish2248,670 km²Spanish2327,750 km²Haitian Creole
French2422,966 km²English2521,041 km²Spanish2613,880 km²English–12,173 km²English2710,991 km²English–9,104 km²Spanish
English285,128 km²English–3,903 km²English–1,628 km²French–1,128 km²French–948 km²English29751 km²English30606 km²English–444 km²Dutch31442 km²English32430 km²English33389 km²English–346 km²English34344 km²English–288 km²Dutch–264 km²English35261 km²English –242 km²French–180 km²Dutch–151 km²English–102 km²English–91 km²English–54 km²French–54 km²English–34 km²Dutch–21 km²French–21 km²EnglishDutch–13 km²EnglishDutch

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