Land Area of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Land Area (square km)	per Capita (square m)	Date
1	Russia	16,995,792.0	120,793	July 2008
2	Antarctica	14,000,000.0	...	July 2008
3	China	9,326,408.0	7,012	July 2008
4	United States of America	9,161,920.0	30,155	July 2008
5	Canada	9,093,504.0	273,796	July 2008
6	Brazil	8,456,504.0	44,065	July 2008
7	Australia	7,617,930.0	369,787	July 2008
8	India	2,973,190.0	2,590	July 2008
9	Argentina	2,736,690.0	67,278	July 2008
10	Kazakhstan	2,669,800.0	174,036	July 2008
11	Algeria	2,381,740.0	70,529	July 2008
12	Sudan	2,376,000.0	59,077	July 2008
13	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	2,267,600.0	34,092	July 2008
14	Greenland	2,166,086.0	38,456,237	July 2008
15	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690.0	76,335	July 2008
16	Mexico	1,923,040.0	17,489	July 2008
17	Indonesia	1,826,440.0	7,690	July 2008
18	Libya	1,759,540.0	285,011	July 2008
19	Iran	1,636,000.0	24,835	July 2008
20	Mongolia	1,554,731.0	518,922	July 2008
21	Peru	1,280,000.0	43,864	July 2008
22	Niger	1,266,700.0	95,437	July 2008
23	Chad	1,259,200.0	124,533	July 2008
24	Angola	1,246,700.0	99,486	July 2008
25	Mali	1,220,000.0	98,994	July 2008
26	South Africa	1,219,912.0	27,861	July 2008
27	Ethiopia	1,119,683.0	14,308	July 2008
28	Bolivia	1,084,390.0	117,259	July 2008
29	Colombia	1,038,700.0	23,075	July 2008
30	Mauritania	1,030,400.0	306,216	July 2008
31	Egypt	995,450.0	12,182	July 2008
32	Nigeria	910,768.0	6,586	July 2008
33	Tanzania	886,037.0	22,034	July 2008
34	Venezuela	882,050.0	33,392	July 2008
35	Namibia	825,418.0	395,189	July 2008
36	Mozambique	784,090.0	36,838	July 2008
37	Pakistan	778,720.0	4,642	July 2008
38	Turkey	770,760.0	10,721	July 2008
39	Chile	748,800.0	45,508	July 2008
40	Zambia	740,724.0	63,475	July 2008
41	Myanmar	657,740.0	13,772	July 2008
42	Afghanistan	647,500.0	19,778	July 2008
43	Somalia	627,337.0	65,630	July 2008
44	Central African Republic	622,984.0	140,474	July 2008
45	Ukraine	603,700.0	13,126	July 2008
46	Botswana	585,370.0	317,735	July 2008
47	Madagascar	581,540.0	29,015	July 2008
48	Kenya	569,250.0	14,998	July 2008
49	France	545,630.0	8,786	July 2008
50	Yemen	527,970.0	22,942	July 2008
51	Thailand	511,770.0	7,814	July 2008
52	Spain	499,542.0	12,337	July 2008
53	Turkmenistan	488,100.0	94,236	July 2008
54	Cameroon	469,440.0	25,420	July 2008
55	Papua New Guinea	452,860.0	76,345	July 2008
56	Morocco	446,300.0	12,995	July 2008
57	Iraq	432,162.0	15,313	July 2008
58	Uzbekistan	425,400.0	15,049	July 2008
59	Sweden	410,934.0	45,430	July 2008
60	Paraguay	397,300.0	58,159	July 2008
61	Zimbabwe	386,670.0	31,226	July 2008
62	Japan	374,744.0	2,944	July 2008
63	Germany	349,223.0	4,240	July 2008
64	Congo (Republic)	341,500.0	87,490	July 2008
65	Malaysia	328,550.0	12,999	July 2008
66	Vietnam	325,360.0	3,778	July 2008
67	Cote d'Ivoire	318,000.0	17,308	July 2008
68	Norway	307,442.0	66,195	July 2008
69	Finland	304,473.0	58,053	July 2008
70	Poland	304,459.0	7,908	July 2008
71	Philippines	298,170.0	3,217	July 2008
72	Italy	294,020.0	5,057	July 2008
73	Ecuador	276,840.0	19,877	July 2008
74	Burkina Faso	273,800.0	17,937	July 2008
75	New Zealand	268,680.0	64,378	July 2008
76	Western Sahara	266,000.0	675,417	July 2008
77	Gabon	257,667.0	173,416	July 2008
78	Guinea	245,857.0	24,077	July 2008
79	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	241,590.0	3,964	July 2008
80	Ghana	230,940.0	9,876	July 2008
81	Laos	230,800.0	34,564	July 2008
82	Romania	230,340.0	10,354	July 2008
83	Oman	212,460.0	64,156	July 2008
84	Belarus	207,600.0	21,434	July 2008
85	Uganda	199,710.0	6,367	July 2008
86	Guyana	196,850.0	255,386	July 2008
87	Senegal	192,000.0	14,938	July 2008
88	Kyrgyzstan	191,300.0	35,711	July 2008
89	Syria	184,050.0	9,320	July 2008
90	Cambodia	176,520.0	12,395	July 2008
91	Uruguay	173,620.0	49,923	July 2008
92	Suriname	161,470.0	339,226	July 2008
93	Tunisia	155,360.0	14,962	July 2008
94	Nepal	143,181.0	4,850	July 2008
95	Tajikistan	142,700.0	19,787	July 2008
96	Bangladesh	133,910.0	872	July 2008
97	Greece	130,800.0	12,198	July 2008
98	Eritrea	121,320.0	24,127	July 2008
99	Korea (North)	120,410.0	5,128	July 2008
100	Nicaragua	120,254.0	20,784	July 2008
101	Honduras	111,890.0	14,647	July 2008
102	Cuba	110,860.0	9,704	July 2008
103	Benin	110,620.0	13,336	July 2008
104	Bulgaria	110,550.0	15,222	July 2008
105	Guatemala	108,430.0	8,339	July 2008
106	Iceland	100,250.0	329,372	July 2008
107	Korea (South)	98,190.0	1,994	July 2008
108	Liberia	96,320.0	28,885	July 2008
109	Malawi	94,080.0	6,753	July 2008
110	Hungary	92,340.0	9,298	July 2008
111	Jordan	91,971.0	14,837	July 2008
112	Portugal	91,951.0	8,612	July 2008
113	French Guiana	89,150.0	405,965	July 2008
114	Azerbaijan	86,100.0	10,529	July 2008
115	United Arab Emirates	83,600.0	18,090	July 2008
116	Austria	82,444.0	10,047	July 2008
117	Serbia	77,474.0	7,626	July 2008
118	Czech Republic	77,276.0	7,561	July 2008
119	Panama	75,990.0	23,078	July 2008
120	Sierra Leone	71,620.0	11,378	July 2008
121	Georgia	69,700.0	15,051	July 2008
122	Ireland	68,890.0	16,576	July 2008
123	Lithuania	65,300.0	18,316	July 2008
124	Sri Lanka	64,740.0	3,064	July 2008
125	Latvia	63,589.0	28,319	July 2008
126	Svalbard	61,020.0	28,184,758	July 2008
127	Croatia	56,414.0	12,560	July 2008
128	Togo	54,385.0	9,283	July 2008
129	Bosnia & Herzegovina	51,197.0	11,153	July 2008
130	Costa Rica	50,660.0	12,074	July 2008
131	Slovakia	48,800.0	8,945	July 2008
132	Dominican Republic	48,380.0	5,089	July 2008
133	Bhutan	47,000.0	68,883	July 2008
134	Estonia	43,211.0	33,046	July 2008
135	Denmark	42,394.0	7,729	July 2008
136	Switzerland	39,770.0	5,246	July 2008
137	Netherlands	33,883.0	2,036	July 2008
138	Moldova	33,371.0	7,717	July 2008
139	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	32,260.0	1,407	July 2008
140	Lesotho	30,355.0	14,263	July 2008
141	Belgium	30,278.0	2,910	July 2008
142	Armenia	28,454.0	9,585	July 2008
143	Equatorial Guinea	28,051.0	45,503	July 2008
144	Guinea-Bissau	28,000.0	18,627	July 2008
145	Haiti	27,560.0	3,088	July 2008
146	Solomon Islands	27,540.0	47,375	July 2008
147	Albania	27,398.0	7,569	July 2008
148	Burundi	25,650.0	2,951	July 2008
149	Rwanda	24,948.0	2,449	July 2008
150	Macedonia	24,856.0	12,058	July 2008
151	Djibouti	22,980.0	45,395	July 2008
152	Belize	22,806.0	75,700	July 2008
153	El Salvador	20,720.0	2,932	July 2008
154	Israel	20,330.0	2,858	July 2008
155	Slovenia	20,151.0	10,037	July 2008
156	New Caledonia	18,575.0	82,620	July 2008
157	Fiji Islands	18,270.0	19,608	July 2008
158	Kuwait	17,820.0	6,862	July 2008
159	Swaziland	17,203.0	15,240	July 2008
160	East Timor	15,007.0	13,535	July 2008
161	Montenegro	13,812.0	20,366	July 2008
162	Vanuatu	12,200.0	56,627	July 2008
163	Falkland Islands	12,173.0	3,876,752	July 2008
164	Qatar	11,437.0	12,316	July 2008
165	Kosovo	10,887.0	5,119	July 2008
166	Jamaica	10,831.0	3,862	July 2008
167	Lebanon	10,230.0	2,576	July 2008
168	Bahamas	10,070.0	32,753	July 2008
169	Gambia	10,000.0	5,762	July 2008
170	Cyprus	9,240.0	11,658	July 2008
171	Puerto Rico	8,870.0	2,241	July 2008
172	French Southern & Antarctic Lands	7,747.0	...	July 2008
173	Palestinian Territories	6,000.0	1,446	July 2008
174	Brunei	5,270.0	13,819	July 2008
175	Trinidad & Tobago	5,128.0	4,896	July 2008
176	Cape Verde	4,033.0	9,445	July 2008
177	South Georgia & South Sandwich Is.	3,903.0	...	July 2008
178	French Polynesia	3,660.0	12,932	July 2008
179	Samoa	2,934.0	13,516	July 2008
180	Luxembourg	2,586.0	5,321	July 2008
181	Reunion	2,507.0	3,108	July 2008
182	Comoros	2,170.0	2,965	July 2008
183	Mauritius	2,030.0	1,593	July 2008
184	Guadeloupe	1,631.0	3,568	July 2008
185	Faroe Islands	1,399.0	28,746	July 2008
186	Martinique	1,060.0	2,624	July 2008
187	Hong Kong	1,042.0	148	July 2008
188	Sao Tome and Principe	1,001.0	4,855	July 2008
189	Netherlands Antilles	960.0	4,260	July 2008
190	Kiribati	811.0	7,349	July 2008
191	Dominica	754.0	10,398	July 2008
192	Tonga	718.0	6,033	July 2008
193	Micronesia, Federated States of	702.0	6,520	July 2008
194	Singapore	682.7	148	July 2008
195	Bahrain	665.0	926	July 2008
196	Saint Lucia	606.0	3,505	July 2008
197	Man, Isle of	572.0	7,505	July 2008
198	Guam	541.0	3,076	July 2008
199	Northern Mariana Is.	477.0	5,507	July 2008
200	Andorra	468.0	6,463	July 2008
201	Palau	458.0	21,713	July 2008
202	Seychelles	455.0	5,532	July 2008
203	Antigua & Barbuda	443.0	6,343	July 2008
204	Barbados	431.0	1,529	July 2008
205	Turks & Caicos Islands	430.0	19,238	July 2008
206	Saint Helena	413.0	54,335	July 2008
207	Heard I. & McDonald Is.	412.0	...	July 2008
208	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	389.0	3,285	July 2008
209	Jan Mayen	377.0	...	July 2008
210	Mayotte	374.0	1,729	July 2008
211	Virgin Islands of the US	346.0	3,197	July 2008
212	Grenada	344.0	3,808	July 2008
213	Malta	316.0	783	July 2008
214	Maldives	300.0	791	July 2008
215	Wallis and Futuna	274.0	16,659	July 2008
216	Cayman Islands	262.0	5,474	July 2008
217	Saint Kitts & Nevis	261.0	6,588	July 2008
218	Niue	260.0	180,055	July 2008
219	Saint Pierre & Miquelon	242.0	34,355	July 2008
220	Cook Islands	236.7	10,797	July 2008
221	American Samoa	199.0	3,461	July 2008
222	Aruba	193.0	1,901	July 2008
223	Marshall Islands	181.0	2,865	July 2008
224	Liechtenstein	160.0	4,638	July 2008
225	British Virgin Islands	153.0	6,374	July 2008
226	Christmas Island	135.0	96,291	July 2008
227	Jersey	116.0	1,267	July 2008
228	Anguilla	102.0	7,230	July 2008
228	Montserrat	102.0	10,583	July 2008
230	Guernsey	78.0	1,187	July 2008
231	San Marino	61.2	2,042	July 2008
232	British Indian Ocean Territory	60.0	...	July 2008
233	Saint Martin	54.4	1,852	July 2008
234	Bermuda	53.3	801	July 2008
235	Bouvet Island	49.0	...	July 2008
236	Pitcairn	47.0	979,167	July 2008
237	Norfolk Island	34.6	16,259	July 2008
238	Macau	28.2	61	July 2008
239	Tuvalu	26.0	2,135	July 2008
240	US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	22.4	...	July 2008
241	Nauru	21.0	1,525	July 2008
241	Saint Barthelemy	21.0	2,803	July 2008
243	Cocos Islands	14.0	23,490	July 2008
244	Tokelau	10.0	6,978	July 2008
245	Gibraltar	6.5	232	July 2008
245	Wake Island	6.5	...	July 2008
247	Clipperton Island	6.0	...	July 2008
248	Navassa Island	5.4	...	July 2008
249	Ashmore & Cartier Is.	5.0	...	July 2008
249	Spratly Islands	5.0	...	July 2008
251	Coral Sea Islands	3.0	...	July 2008
252	Monaco	2.0	59	July 2008
253	Vatican City	0.4	534	July 2008
	World	148,940,000.0	22,305	July 2008

For non-listed countries is no information available.

The military bases Akrotiri, Dhekelia and Guantanamo Bay are not listed.
Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). 1 square kilometer corresponds to 0.3861 square miles. 1 square meter corresponds to 10.764 square feet.

Source: (mainly) CIA World Factbook (2008-07-24)

(c) Thomas Brinkhoff, 2008-07-27

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