Land area

A country's total area excluding inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes.

Unit: Square kilometres Frequency: Annual Coverage: 216 countries and 11 groups 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT))
Highest in 2024 16,376,870 km² Russia Lowest in 2024 2 km² Monaco
Countries ranked for 2024 214 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

214 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period LiechtensteinLithuania
2024 160 km² 62,590 km²
2023 160 km² 62,600 km²
2022 160 km² 62,604 km²
2021 160 km² 62,610 km²
2020 160 km² 62,620 km²
2019 160 km² 62,620 km²
2018 160 km² 62,630 km²
2017 160 km² 62,641 km²
2016 160 km² 62,642 km²
2015 160 km² 62,650 km²
2014 160 km² 62,650 km²
2013 160 km² 62,675 km²
2012 160 km² 62,674 km²
2011 160 km² 62,674 km²
2010 160 km² 62,675 km²
2009 160 km² 62,675 km²
2008 160 km² 62,675 km²
2007 160 km² 62,680 km²
2006 160 km² 62,680 km²
2005 160 km² 62,680 km²
2004 160 km² 62,680 km²
2003 160 km² 62,680 km²
2002 160 km² 62,680 km²
2001 160 km² 62,680 km²
2000 160 km² 62,680 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 214 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Russia (16,376,870 km²) and the lowest Monaco (2 km²).
  • Half of the countries are above 92,943 km² and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 12 countries and fell in 13.

About this measure

Definition
A country's total area excluding inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes.
Population covered
National territory
Unit
Square kilometres
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Russia 16,376,870 km²
  2. 2 China 9,388,210 km²
  3. 3 United States 9,147,420 km²
  4. 4 Canada 8,788,700 km²
  5. 5 Brazil 8,358,140 km²
  6. 6 Australia 7,688,287 km²
  7. 7 India 2,973,190 km²
  8. 8 Argentina 2,736,690 km²
  9. 9 Kazakhstan 2,699,700 km²
  10. 10 Algeria 2,381,740 km²
  11. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,267,050 km²
  12. 12 Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 km²
  13. 13 Mexico 1,943,950 km²
  14. 14 Indonesia 1,892,410 km²
  15. 15 Sudan 1,868,000 km²
  16. 16 Libya 1,759,540 km²
  17. 17 Iran 1,622,500 km²
  18. 18 Mongolia 1,558,501 km²
  19. 19 Peru 1,280,000 km²
  20. 20 Niger 1,266,700 km²
  21. 21 Chad 1,259,200 km²
  22. 22 Angola 1,246,700 km²
  23. 23 Mali 1,220,190 km²
  24. 24 South Africa 1,213,090 km²
  25. 25 Ethiopia 1,122,135 km²
  26. 26 Colombia 1,109,500 km²
  27. 27 Bolivia 1,087,959 km²
  28. 28 Mauritania 1,030,700 km²
  29. 29 Egypt 995,450 km²
  30. 30 Nigeria 910,770 km²
  31. 31 Tanzania 884,000 km²
  32. 32 Venezuela 882,050 km²
  33. 33 Namibia 823,290 km²
  34. 34 Mozambique 786,380 km²
  35. 35 Pakistan 770,880 km²
  36. 36 Türkiye 769,630 km²
  37. 37 Zambia 743,390 km²
  38. 38 Chile 742,032 km²
  39. 39 Myanmar 652,670 km²
  40. 40 Afghanistan 652,230 km²
  41. 41 South Sudan 631,930 km²
  42. 42 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 627,340 km²
  43. 43 Central African Republic 622,980 km²
  44. 44 Madagascar 581,800 km²
  45. 45 Kenya 580,880 km²
  46. 46 Ukraine 579,400 km²
  47. 47 Botswana 566,730 km²
  48. 48 France 538,950 km²
  49. 49 Yemen 527,968 km²
  50. 50 Thailand 510,890 km²
  51. 51 Spain 499,686 km²
  52. 52 Cameroon 472,710 km²
  53. 53 Turkmenistan 469,930 km²
  54. 54 Papua New Guinea 452,860 km²
  55. 55 Morocco 446,300 km²
  56. 56 Uzbekistan 438,510 km²
  57. 57 Iraq 434,130 km²
  58. 58 Greenland 410,449 km²
  59. 59 Sweden 407,270 km²
  60. 60 Paraguay 396,012 km²
  61. 61 Zimbabwe 386,850 km²
  62. 62 Japan 364,500 km²
  63. 63 Norway 364,270 km²
  64. 64 Germany 349,430 km²
  65. 65 Republic of the Congo 341,500 km²
  66. 66 Malaysia 328,550 km²
  67. 67 Côte d'Ivoire 318,000 km²
  68. 68 Viet Nam 313,429 km²
  69. 69 Oman 309,500 km²
  70. 70 Poland 306,070 km²
  71. 71 Finland 304,000 km²
  72. 72 Philippines 298,170 km²
  73. 73 Italy 295,720 km²
  74. 74 Burkina Faso 273,600 km²
  75. 75 New Zealand 263,310 km²
  76. 76 Gabon 257,670 km²
  77. 77 Ecuador 248,360 km²
  78. 78 Guinea 245,720 km²
  79. 79 United Kingdom 241,930 km²
  80. 80 Laos 230,800 km²
  81. 81 Romania 230,080 km²
  82. 82 Ghana 227,533 km²
  83. 83 Guyana 211,140 km²
  84. 84 Belarus 202,976 km²
  85. 85 Uganda 200,520 km²
  86. 86 Senegal 192,530 km²
  87. 87 Kyrgyzstan 191,800 km²
  88. 88 Syria 183,630 km²
  89. 89 Cambodia 176,520 km²
  90. 90 Uruguay 175,016 km²
  91. 91 Suriname 160,508 km²
  92. 92 Tunisia 155,360 km²
  93. 93 Nepal 143,350 km²
  94. 94 Tajikistan 138,790 km²
  95. 95 Bangladesh 130,170 km²
  96. 96 Greece 128,900 km²
  97. 97 Eritrea 120,800 km²
  98. 98 North Korea 120,410 km²
  99. 99 Benin 112,760 km²
  100. 100 Honduras 111,890 km²
  101. 101 Bulgaria 108,560 km²
  102. 102 Guatemala 107,160 km²
  103. 103 Cuba 103,800 km²
  104. 104 Iceland 100,830 km²
  105. 105 South Korea 97,600 km²
  106. 106 Liberia 96,320 km²
  107. 107 Malawi 94,280 km²
  108. 108 Portugal 91,606 km²
  109. 109 Hungary 91,260 km²
  110. 110 Jordan 88,794 km²
  111. 111 Serbia 87,589 km²
  112. 112 Azerbaijan 82,650 km²
  113. 113 Austria 82,520 km²
  114. 114 Czechia 77,156 km²
  115. 115 Panama 74,180 km²
  116. 116 Sierra Leone 72,180 km²
  117. 117 United Arab Emirates 71,020 km²
  118. 118 Georgia 69,490 km²
  119. 119 Ireland 68,890 km²
  120. 120 Lithuania 62,590 km²
  121. 121 Latvia 62,230 km²
  122. 122 Sri Lanka 61,860 km²
  123. 123 Croatia 55,960 km²
  124. 124 Togo 54,390 km²
  125. 125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,200 km²
  126. 126 Costa Rica 50,560 km²
  127. 127 Dominican Republic 48,198 km²
  128. 128 Slovakia 48,080 km²
  129. 129 Estonia 42,730 km²
  130. 130 Denmark 40,000 km²
  131. 131 Switzerland 39,510 km²
  132. 132 Bhutan 38,140 km²
  133. 133 Netherlands 33,670 km²
  134. 134 Moldova 32,930 km²
  135. 135 Belgium 30,494 km²
  136. 136 Lesotho 30,360 km²
  137. 137 Armenia 28,199 km²
  138. 138 Guinea-Bissau 28,120 km²
  139. 139 Equatorial Guinea 28,052 km²
  140. 140 Solomon Islands 27,990 km²
  141. 141 Haiti 27,560 km²
  142. 142 Albania 27,400 km²
  143. 143 Burundi 25,680 km²
  144. 144 North Macedonia 25,220 km²
  145. 145 Rwanda 23,763 km²
  146. 146 Djibouti 23,180 km²
  147. 147 Belize 22,810 km²
  148. 148 Israel 21,640 km²
  149. 149 El Salvador 20,720 km²
  150. 150 Slovenia 20,135 km²
  151. 151 New Caledonia 18,576 km²
  152. 152 Fiji 18,333 km²
  153. 153 Kuwait 17,820 km²
  154. 154 Eswatini 17,200 km²
  155. 155 Timor-Leste 14,870 km²
  156. 156 Montenegro 13,450 km²
  157. 157 Vanuatu 12,189 km²
  158. 158 Qatar 11,490 km²
  159. 159 Jamaica 10,830 km²
  160. 160 Lebanon 10,230 km²
  161. 161 Gambia 10,120 km²
  162. 162 Bahamas 10,010 km²
  163. 163 Cyprus 9,240 km²
  164. 164 Puerto Rico (US) 8,870 km²
  165. 165 West Bank and Gaza 6,025 km²
  166. 166 Brunei 5,270 km²
  167. 167 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 km²
  168. 168 Cabo Verde 4,030 km²
  169. 169 French Polynesia 3,521 km²
  170. 170 Samoa 2,780 km²
  171. 171 Luxembourg 2,574 km²
  172. 172 Mauritius 2,000 km²
  173. 173 Comoros 1,870 km²
  174. 174 Faroe Islands 1,370 km²
  175. 175 Hong Kong SAR, China 1,050 km²
  176. 176 São Tomé and Príncipe 960 km²
  177. 177 Turks and Caicos Islands 948 km²
  178. 178 Kiribati 811 km²
  179. 179 Bahrain 800 km²
  180. 180 Dominica 751 km²
  181. 181 Singapore 725 km²
  182. 182 Tonga 720 km²
  183. 183 Micronesia 701 km²
  184. 184 Saint Lucia 610 km²
  185. 185 Isle of Man 572 km²
  186. 186 Guam 541 km²
  187. 187 Andorra 468 km²
  188. 188 Palau 460 km²
  189. 189 Northern Mariana Islands 457 km²
  190. 190 Seychelles 457 km²
  191. 191 Curaçao 444 km²
  192. 192 Antigua and Barbuda 440 km²
  193. 193 Barbados 431 km²
  194. 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 km²
  195. 195 US Virgin Islands 348 km²
  196. 196 Grenada 344 km²
  197. 197 Malta 315 km²
  198. 198 Maldives 298 km²
  199. 199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 km²
  200. 200 Cayman Islands 240 km²
  201. 201 American Samoa 199 km²
  202. 202 Marshall Islands 181 km²
  203. 203 Aruba 180 km²
  204. 204 Liechtenstein 160 km²
  205. 205 British Virgin Islands 151 km²
  206. 206 San Marino 61 km²
  207. 207 Bermuda 54 km²
  208. 208 Saint Martin (French part) 53 km²
  209. 209 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 34 km²
  210. 210 Macao SAR, China 33 km²
  211. 211 Tuvalu 26 km²
  212. 212 Naoero 21 km²
  213. 213 Gibraltar 10 km²
  214. 214 Monaco 2 km²

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