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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 9,984,670 NA
10
United States 9,631,418 NA
11
China 9,596,960 NA
12
Brazil 8,511,965 NA
13
Australia 7,686,850 NA
14
European Union 3,976,372 NA
15
India 3,287,590 NA
16
Argentina 2,766,890 NA
17
Kazakhstan 2,717,300 NA
18
Sudan 2,505,810 NA
19
Algeria 2,381,740 NA
20
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,345,410 NA
21
Greenland 2,166,086 NA
22
Mexico 1,972,550 NA
23
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 NA
24
Indonesia 1,919,440 NA
25
Libya 1,759,540 NA
26
Iran 1,648,000 NA
27
Mongolia 1,564,116 NA
28
Peru 1,285,220 NA
29
Chad 1,284,000 NA
30
Niger 1,267,000 NA
31
Angola 1,246,700 NA
32
Mali 1,240,000 NA
33
South Africa 1,219,912 NA
34
Colombia 1,138,910 NA
35
Ethiopia 1,127,127 NA
36
Bolivia 1,098,580 NA
37
Mauritania 1,030,700 NA
38
Egypt 1,001,450 NA
39
Tanzania 945,087 NA
40
Nigeria 923,768 NA
41
Venezuela 912,050 NA
42
Namibia 825,418 NA
43
Pakistan 803,940 NA
44
Mozambique 801,590 NA
45
Turkey 780,580 NA
46
Chile 756,950 NA
47
Zambia 752,614 NA
48
Burma 678,500 NA
49
Afghanistan 647,500 NA
50
Somalia 637,657 NA
51
Central African Republic 622,984 NA
52
Ukraine 603,700 NA
53
Botswana 600,370 NA
54
Madagascar 587,040 NA
55
Kenya 582,650 NA
56
France 547,030 NA
57
Yemen 527,970 NA
58
Thailand 514,000 NA
59
Spain 504,782 NA
60
Turkmenistan 488,100 NA
61
Cameroon 475,440 NA
62
Papua New Guinea 462,840 NA
63
Sweden 449,964 NA
64
Uzbekistan 447,400 NA
65
Morocco 446,550 NA
66
Iraq 437,072 NA
67
Paraguay 406,750 NA
68
Zimbabwe 390,580 NA
69
Japan 377,835 NA
70
Germany 357,021 NA
71
Congo, Republic of the 342,000 NA
72
Finland 338,145 NA
73
Malaysia 329,750 NA
74
Vietnam 329,560 NA
75
Norway 324,220 NA
76
Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 NA
77
Poland 312,685 NA
78
Italy 301,230 NA
79
Philippines 300,000 NA
80
Ecuador 283,560 NA
81
Burkina Faso 274,200 NA
82
New Zealand 268,680 NA
83
Gabon 267,667 NA
84
Western Sahara 266,000 NA
85
Guinea 245,857 NA
86
United Kingdom 244,820 NA
87
Ghana 239,460 NA
88
Romania 237,500 NA
89
Laos 236,800 NA
90
Uganda 236,040 NA
91
Guyana 214,970 NA
92
Oman 212,460 NA
93
Belarus 207,600 NA
94
Kyrgyzstan 198,500 NA
95
Senegal 196,190 NA
96
Syria 185,180 NA
97
Cambodia 181,040 NA
98
Uruguay 176,220 NA
99
Tunisia 163,610 NA
100
Suriname 163,270 NA
101
Bangladesh 144,000 NA
102
Tajikistan 143,100 NA
103
Nepal 140,800 NA
104
Greece 131,940 NA
105
Nicaragua 129,494 NA
106
Eritrea 121,320 NA
107
Korea, North 120,540 NA
108
Malawi 118,480 NA
109
Benin 112,620 NA
110
Honduras 112,090 NA
111
Liberia 111,370 NA
112
Bulgaria 110,910 NA
113
Cuba 110,860 NA
114
Guatemala 108,890 NA
115
Iceland 103,000 NA
116
Serbia and Montenegro 102,350 NA
117
Korea, South 98,480 NA
118
Hungary 93,030 NA
119
Portugal 92,391 NA
120
Jordan 92,300 NA
121
French Guiana 91,000 NA
122
Azerbaijan 86,600 NA
123
Austria 83,870 NA
124
United Arab Emirates 82,880 NA
125
Czech Republic 78,866 NA
126
Panama 78,200 NA
127
Sierra Leone 71,740 NA
128
Ireland 70,280 NA
129
Georgia 69,700 NA
130
Sri Lanka 65,610 NA
131
Lithuania 65,200 NA
132
Latvia 64,589 NA
133
Svalbard 62,049 NA
134
Togo 56,785 NA
135
Croatia 56,542 NA
136
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 NA
137
Costa Rica 51,100 NA
138
Slovakia 48,845 NA
139
Dominican Republic 48,730 NA
140
Bhutan 47,000 NA
141
Estonia 45,226 NA
142
Denmark 43,094 NA
143
Netherlands 41,526 NA
144
Switzerland 41,290 NA
145
Guinea-Bissau 36,120 NA
146
Taiwan 35,980 NA
147
Moldova 33,843 NA
148
Belgium 30,528 NA
149
Lesotho 30,355 NA
150
Armenia 29,800 NA
151
Albania 28,748 NA
152
Solomon Islands 28,450 NA
153
Equatorial Guinea 28,051 NA
154
Burundi 27,830 NA
155
Haiti 27,750 NA
156
Rwanda 26,338 NA
157
Macedonia 25,333 NA
158
Djibouti 23,000 NA
159
Belize 22,966 NA
160
El Salvador 21,040 NA
161
Israel 20,770 NA
162
Slovenia 20,273 NA
163
New Caledonia 19,060 NA
164
Fiji 18,270 NA
165
Kuwait 17,820 NA
166
Swaziland 17,363 NA
167
East Timor 15,007 NA
168
Bahamas, The 13,940 NA
169
Vanuatu 12,200 NA
170
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 NA
171
Qatar 11,437 NA
172
Gambia, The 11,300 NA
173
Jamaica 10,991 NA
174
Lebanon 10,400 NA
175
Cyprus 9,250 NA
176
Puerto Rico 9,104 NA
177
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829 NA
178
West Bank 5,860 NA
179
Brunei 5,770 NA
180
Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 NA
181
French Polynesia 4,167 NA
182
Cape Verde 4,033 NA
183
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903 NA
184
Samoa 2,944 NA
185
Luxembourg 2,586 NA
186
Reunion 2,517 NA
187
Comoros 2,170 NA
188
Mauritius 2,040 NA
189
Guadeloupe 1,780 NA
190
Faroe Islands 1,399 NA
191
Martinique 1,100 NA
192
Hong Kong 1,092 NA
193
Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 NA
194
Netherlands Antilles 960 NA
195
Kiribati 811 NA
196
Dominica 754 NA
197
Tonga 748 NA
198
Micronesia, Federated States of 702 NA
199
Singapore 693 NA
200
Bahrain 665 NA
201
Saint Lucia 616 NA
202
Man, Isle of 572 NA
203
Guam 549 NA
204
Northern Mariana Islands 477 NA
205
Andorra 468 NA
206
Palau 458 NA
207
Seychelles 455 NA
208
Antigua and Barbuda 443 NA
209
Barbados 431 NA
210
Turks and Caicos Islands 430 NA
211
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 NA
212
Saint Helena 410 NA
213
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 NA
214
Mayotte 374 NA
215
Jan Mayen 373 NA
216
Gaza Strip 360 NA
217
Virgin Islands 352 NA
218
Grenada 344 NA
219
Malta 316 NA
220
Maldives 300 NA
221
Wallis and Futuna 274 NA
222
Cayman Islands 262 NA
223
Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 NA
224
Niue 260 NA
225
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 NA
226
Cook Islands 240 NA
227
American Samoa 199 NA
228
Aruba 193 NA
229
Marshall Islands 181 NA
230
Liechtenstein 160 NA
231
British Virgin Islands 153 NA
232
Christmas Island 135 NA
233
Dhekelia 131 NA
234
Akrotiri 123 NA
235
Jersey 116 NA
236
Anguilla 102 NA
237
Montserrat 102 NA
238
Guernsey 78 NA
239
San Marino 61 NA
240
British Indian Ocean Territory 60 NA
241
Bouvet Island 59 NA
242
Bermuda 53 NA
243
Pitcairn Islands 47 NA
244
Norfolk Island 35 NA
245
Europa Island 28 NA
246
Tuvalu 26 NA
247
Macau 25 NA
248
Nauru 21 NA
249
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 NA
250
Palmyra Atoll 12 NA
251
Tokelau 10 NA
252
Gibraltar 7 NA
253
Wake Island 7 NA
254
Midway Islands 6 NA
255
Clipperton Island 6 NA
256
Navassa Island 5 NA
257
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 NA
258
Glorioso Islands 5 NA
259
Spratly Islands 5 NA
260
Jarvis Island 5 NA
261
Juan de Nova Island 4 NA
262
Coral Sea Islands 3 NA
263
Johnston Atoll 3 NA
264
Monaco 2 NA
265
Howland Island 2 NA
266
Baker Island 1 NA
267
Kingman Reef 1 NA
268
Tromelin Island 1 NA
269
Holy See (Vatican City) 0 NA
270
Bassas da India 0 NA

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