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Largest countries by area

The world's biggest sovereign states ranked by total land area in square kilometres, drawn from the same dataset that powers our country profiles.

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Russia tops every credible ranking of national land area, with Canada, the United States, China, and Brazil completing the top five. Together those five countries cover well over a third of all habitable land. The list below extends to the top sixty largest sovereign nations on Earth — sort by any column to compare populations, regions, and capitals across the world's largest countries.

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1	Russia	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe	146,028,325
2	Antarctica	14,000,000	—	Antarctic	1,300
3	Canada	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas	41,651,653
4	China	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia	1,408,280,000
5	United States	9,525,067	Washington, D.C.	Americas	340,110,988
6	Brazil	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas	213,421,037
7	Australia	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania	27,536,874
8	India	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia	1,417,492,000
9	Argentina	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas	46,735,004
10	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	Astana	Asia	20,426,568
11	Algeria	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa	47,400,000
12	DR Congo	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa	112,832,000
13	Greenland	2,166,086	Nuuk	Americas	56,542
14	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia	35,300,280
15	Mexico	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas	130,575,786
16	Indonesia	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia	284,438,782
17	Sudan	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa	51,662,000
18	Libya	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa	7,459,000
19	Iran	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia	85,961,000
20	Mongolia	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia	3,544,835
21	Peru	1,285,216	Lima	Americas	34,350,244
22	Chad	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa	19,340,757
23	Niger	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa	26,312,034
24	Angola	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa	36,170,961
25	Mali	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa	22,395,489
26	South Africa	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa	63,100,945
27	Colombia	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas	53,057,212
28	Ethiopia	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa	111,652,998
29	Bolivia	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas	11,365,333
30	Mauritania	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa	4,927,532
31	Egypt	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa	107,271,260
32	Tanzania	947,303	Dodoma	Africa	68,153,004
33	Nigeria	923,768	Abuja	Africa	223,800,000
34	Venezuela	916,445	Caracas	Americas	28,517,000
35	Namibia	825,615	Windhoek	Africa	3,022,401
36	Mozambique	801,590	Maputo	Africa	34,090,466
37	Pakistan	796,095	Islamabad	Asia	241,499,431
38	Turkey	783,562	Ankara	Asia	85,664,944
39	Chile	756,102	Santiago	Americas	20,206,953
40	Zambia	752,612	Lusaka	Africa	19,693,423
41	Myanmar	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia	51,316,756
42	Afghanistan	652,230	Kabul	Asia	43,844,000
43	Somalia	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa	19,655,000
44	Central African Republic	622,984	Bangui	Africa	6,470,307
45	South Sudan	619,745	Juba	Africa	15,786,898
46	Ukraine	603,550	Kyiv	Europe	32,862,000
47	Madagascar	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa	31,727,042
48	Botswana	582,000	Gaborone	Africa	2,359,609
49	Kenya	580,367	Nairobi	Africa	53,330,978
50	France	543,908	Paris	Europe	66,351,959
51	Yemen	527,968	Sana'a	Asia	32,684,503
52	Thailand	513,120	Bangkok	Asia	65,859,640
53	Spain	505,992	Madrid	Europe	49,315,949
54	Turkmenistan	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia	7,057,841
55	Cameroon	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa	29,442,327
56	Papua New Guinea	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania	11,781,559
57	Sweden	450,295	Stockholm	Europe	10,605,098
58	Uzbekistan	447,400	Tashkent	Asia	37,859,698
59	Morocco	446,550	Rabat	Africa	36,828,330
60	Iraq	438,317	Baghdad	Asia	46,118,793