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  Rank Order - Area


Countries, for which no information is available, are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Area
(sq km)
Date of Information
1
World 510,072,000 NA
2
Pacific Ocean 155,557,000 NA
3
Atlantic Ocean 76,762,000 NA
4
Indian Ocean 68,556,000 NA
5
Southern Ocean 20,327,000 NA
6
Russia 17,075,200 NA
7
Arctic Ocean 14,056,000 NA
8
Antarctica 14,000,000 NA
9
Canada 9,976,140 NA
10
United States 9,629,091 NA
11
China 9,596,960 NA
12
Brazil 8,511,965 NA
13
Australia 7,686,850 NA
14
India 3,287,590 NA
15
Argentina 2,766,890 NA
16
Kazakhstan 2,717,300 NA
17
Sudan 2,505,810 NA
18
Algeria 2,381,740 NA
19
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,345,410 NA
20
Greenland 2,166,086 NA
21
Mexico 1,972,550 NA
22
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 NA
23
Indonesia 1,919,440 NA
24
Libya 1,759,540 NA
25
Iran 1,648,000 NA
26
Mongolia 1,565,000 NA
27
Peru 1,285,220 NA
28
Chad 1,284,000 NA
29
Niger 1,267,000 NA
30
Angola 1,246,700 NA
31
Mali 1,240,000 NA
32
South Africa 1,219,912 NA
33
Colombia 1,138,910 NA
34
Ethiopia 1,127,127 NA
35
Bolivia 1,098,580 NA
36
Mauritania 1,030,700 NA
37
Egypt 1,001,450 NA
38
Tanzania 945,087 NA
39
Nigeria 923,768 NA
40
Venezuela 912,050 NA
41
Namibia 825,418 NA
42
Pakistan 803,940 NA
43
Mozambique 801,590 NA
44
Turkey 780,580 NA
45
Chile 756,950 NA
46
Zambia 752,614 NA
47
Burma 678,500 NA
48
Afghanistan 647,500 NA
49
Somalia 637,657 NA
50
Central African Republic 622,984 NA
51
Ukraine 603,700 NA
52
Botswana 600,370 NA
53
Madagascar 587,040 NA
54
Kenya 582,650 NA
55
France 547,030 NA
56
Yemen 527,970 NA
57
Thailand 514,000 NA
58
Spain 504,782 NA
59
Turkmenistan 488,100 NA
60
Cameroon 475,440 NA
61
Papua New Guinea 462,840 NA
62
Sweden 449,964 NA
63
Uzbekistan 447,400 NA
64
Morocco 446,550 NA
65
Iraq 437,072 NA
66
Paraguay 406,750 NA
67
Zimbabwe 390,580 NA
68
Japan 377,835 NA
69
Germany 357,021 NA
70
Congo, Republic of the 342,000 NA
71
Finland 337,030 NA
72
Malaysia 329,750 NA
73
Vietnam 329,560 NA
74
Norway 324,220 NA
75
Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 NA
76
Poland 312,685 NA
77
Italy 301,230 NA
78
Philippines 300,000 NA
79
Ecuador 283,560 NA
80
Burkina Faso 274,200 NA
81
New Zealand 268,680 NA
82
Gabon 267,667 NA
83
Western Sahara 266,000 NA
84
Guinea 245,857 NA
85
United Kingdom 244,820 NA
86
Ghana 239,460 NA
87
Romania 237,500 NA
88
Laos 236,800 NA
89
Uganda 236,040 NA
90
Guyana 214,970 NA
91
Oman 212,460 NA
92
Belarus 207,600 NA
93
Kyrgyzstan 198,500 NA
94
Senegal 196,190 NA
95
Syria 185,180 NA
96
Cambodia 181,040 NA
97
Uruguay 176,220 NA
98
Tunisia 163,610 NA
99
Suriname 163,270 NA
100
Bangladesh 144,000 NA
101
Tajikistan 143,100 NA
102
Nepal 140,800 NA
103
Greece 131,940 NA
104
Nicaragua 129,494 NA
105
Eritrea 121,320 NA
106
Korea, North 120,540 NA
107
Malawi 118,480 NA
108
Benin 112,620 NA
109
Honduras 112,090 NA
110
Liberia 111,370 NA
111
Bulgaria 110,910 NA
112
Cuba 110,860 NA
113
Guatemala 108,890 NA
114
Iceland 103,000 NA
115
Serbia and Montenegro 102,350 NA
116
Korea, South 98,480 NA
117
Hungary 93,030 NA
118
Portugal 92,391 NA
119
Jordan 92,300 NA
120
French Guiana 91,000 NA
121
Azerbaijan 86,600 NA
122
Austria 83,858 NA
123
United Arab Emirates 82,880 NA
124
Czech Republic 78,866 NA
125
Panama 78,200 NA
126
Sierra Leone 71,740 NA
127
Ireland 70,280 NA
128
Georgia 69,700 NA
129
Sri Lanka 65,610 NA
130
Lithuania 65,200 NA
131
Latvia 64,589 NA
132
Svalbard 62,049 NA
133
Togo 56,785 NA
134
Croatia 56,542 NA
135
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 NA
136
Costa Rica 51,100 NA
137
Slovakia 48,845 NA
138
Dominican Republic 48,730 NA
139
Bhutan 47,000 NA
140
Estonia 45,226 NA
141
Denmark 43,094 NA
142
Netherlands 41,526 NA
143
Switzerland 41,290 NA
144
Guinea-Bissau 36,120 NA
145
Taiwan 35,980 NA
146
Moldova 33,843 NA
147
Belgium 30,510 NA
148
Lesotho 30,355 NA
149
Armenia 29,800 NA
150
Albania 28,748 NA
151
Solomon Islands 28,450 NA
152
Equatorial Guinea 28,051 NA
153
Burundi 27,830 NA
154
Haiti 27,750 NA
155
Rwanda 26,338 NA
156
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 25,333 NA
157
Djibouti 23,000 NA
158
Belize 22,966 NA
159
El Salvador 21,040 NA
160
Israel 20,770 NA
161
Slovenia 20,273 NA
162
New Caledonia 19,060 NA
163
Fiji 18,270 NA
164
Kuwait 17,820 NA
165
Swaziland 17,363 NA
166
East Timor 15,007 NA
167
Bahamas, The 13,940 NA
168
Vanuatu 12,200 NA
169
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 NA
170
Qatar 11,437 NA
171
Gambia, The 11,300 NA
172
Jamaica 10,991 NA
173
Lebanon 10,400 NA
174
Cyprus 9,250 NA
175
Puerto Rico 9,104 NA
176
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829 NA
177
West Bank 5,860 NA
178
Brunei 5,770 NA
179
Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 NA
180
French Polynesia 4,167 NA
181
Cape Verde 4,033 NA
182
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903 NA
183
Samoa 2,944 NA
184
Luxembourg 2,586 NA
185
Reunion 2,517 NA
186
Comoros 2,170 NA
187
Mauritius 2,040 NA
188
Guadeloupe 1,780 NA
189
Faroe Islands 1,399 NA
190
Martinique 1,100 NA
191
Hong Kong 1,092 NA
192
Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 NA
193
Netherlands Antilles 960 NA
194
Kiribati 811 NA
195
Dominica 754 NA
196
Tonga 748 NA
197
Micronesia, Federated States of 702 NA
198
Singapore 693 NA
199
Bahrain 665 NA
200
Saint Lucia 616 NA
201
Man, Isle of 572 NA
202
Guam 549 NA
203
Northern Mariana Islands 477 NA
204
Andorra 468 NA
205
Palau 458 NA
206
Seychelles 455 NA
207
Antigua and Barbuda 443 NA
208
Barbados 431 NA
209
Turks and Caicos Islands 430 NA
210
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 NA
211
Saint Helena 410 NA
212
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 NA
213
Mayotte 374 NA
214
Jan Mayen 373 NA
215
Gaza Strip 360 NA
216
Virgin Islands 352 NA
217
Grenada 344 NA
218
Malta 316 NA
219
Maldives 300 NA
220
Wallis and Futuna 274 NA
221
Cayman Islands 262 NA
222
Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 NA
223
Niue 260 NA
224
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 NA
225
Cook Islands 240 NA
226
American Samoa 199 NA
227
Aruba 193 NA
228
Marshall Islands 181 NA
229
Liechtenstein 160 NA
230
British Virgin Islands 153 NA
231
Christmas Island 135 NA
232
Jersey 116 NA
233
Anguilla 102 NA
234
Montserrat 102 NA
235
Guernsey 78 NA
236
San Marino 61 NA
237
British Indian Ocean Territory 60 NA
238
Bouvet Island 59 NA
239
Bermuda 53 NA
240
Pitcairn Islands 47 NA
241
Norfolk Island 35 NA
242
Europa Island 28 NA
243
Tuvalu 26 NA
244
Macau 25 NA
245
Nauru 21 NA
246
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 NA
247
Palmyra Atoll 12 NA
248
Tokelau 10 NA
249
Gibraltar 7 NA
250
Wake Island 7 NA
251
Midway Islands 6 NA
252
Clipperton Island 6 NA
253
Navassa Island 5 NA
254
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 NA
255
Glorioso Islands 5 NA
256
Spratly Islands 5 NA
257
Jarvis Island 5 NA
258
Juan de Nova Island 4 NA
259
Coral Sea Islands 3 NA
260
Johnston Atoll 3 NA
261
Monaco 2 NA
262
Howland Island 2 NA
263
Baker Island 1 NA
264
Kingman Reef 1 NA
265
Tromelin Island 1 NA
266
Holy See (Vatican City) 0 NA
267
Bassas da India 0 NA

This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003

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