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Ranked by total land and water area. Russia is nearly twice the size of the next-largest country.
See it on the interactive map →| # | Country | Area | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 17,098,242 km² (6,601,665 mi²) | 144.5 million |
| 2 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 9,984,670 km² (3,855,101 mi²) | 37.1 million |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | 9,706,961 km² (3,747,877 mi²) | 1.39 billion |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 United States | 9,372,610 km² (3,618,783 mi²) | 326.7 million |
| 5 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 8,515,767 km² (3,287,955 mi²) | 209.5 million |
| 6 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 7,692,024 km² (2,969,906 mi²) | 25.0 million |
| 7 | 🇮🇳 India | 3,287,590 km² (1,269,345 mi²) | 1.35 billion |
| 8 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2,780,400 km² (1,073,518 mi²) | 44.5 million |
| 9 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 km² (1,052,089 mi²) | 18.3 million |
| 10 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 2,381,741 km² (919,595 mi²) | 42.2 million |
| 11 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 2,344,858 km² (905,354 mi²) | — |
| 12 | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 2,166,086 km² (836,330 mi²) | 56,025 |
| 13 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² (830,000 mi²) | 33.7 million |
| 14 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1,964,375 km² (758,449 mi²) | 126.2 million |
| 15 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² (735,358 mi²) | 267.7 million |
| 16 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 1,886,068 km² (728,215 mi²) | 41.8 million |
| 17 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 1,759,540 km² (679,362 mi²) | 6.7 million |
| 18 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 1,648,195 km² (636,371 mi²) | 81.8 million |
| 19 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 1,564,110 km² (603,906 mi²) | 3.2 million |
| 20 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 1,285,216 km² (496,224 mi²) | 32.0 million |
| 21 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 1,284,000 km² (495,755 mi²) | 15.5 million |
| 22 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 1,267,000 km² (489,191 mi²) | 22.4 million |
| 23 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 1,246,700 km² (481,353 mi²) | 30.8 million |
| 24 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 1,240,192 km² (478,841 mi²) | 19.1 million |
| 25 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1,221,037 km² (471,445 mi²) | 57.8 million |
| 26 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 1,141,748 km² (440,831 mi²) | 49.6 million |
| 27 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 1,104,300 km² (426,372 mi²) | 109.2 million |
| 28 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 1,098,581 km² (424,164 mi²) | 11.4 million |
| 29 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² (397,955 mi²) | 4.4 million |
| 30 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 1,002,450 km² (387,048 mi²) | 98.4 million |
Figures from the Diaries of Travel country dataset. Explore any country for its full profile — capital, government, geography and history.