Largest countries in the world

Countries ranked by total area. Russia is larger than the next two combined and covers about an eighth of the world's inhabited land — it alone spans eleven time zones.

#	Flag	Country	Area (km²)	Population	Continent
1	🇷🇺	Russia	17,098,246	144,400,000	Europe
2	🇨🇦	Canada	9,984,670	40,100,000	North America
3	🇺🇸	United States	9,833,517	339,900,000	North America
4	🇨🇳	China	9,596,961	1,425,700,000	Asia
5	🇧🇷	Brazil	8,515,767	216,400,000	South America
6	🇦🇺	Australia	7,692,024	26,400,000	Oceania
7	🇮🇳	India	3,287,263	1,428,600,000	Asia
8	🇦🇷	Argentina	2,780,400	45,800,000	South America
9	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	19,600,000	Asia
10	🇩🇿	Algeria	2,381,741	45,600,000	Africa
11	🇨🇩	DR Congo	2,344,858	102,300,000	Africa
12	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	36,900,000	Asia
13	🇲🇽	Mexico	1,964,375	128,500,000	North America
14	🇮🇩	Indonesia	1,904,569	277,500,000	Asia
15	🇸🇩	Sudan	1,861,484	48,100,000	Africa
16	🇱🇾	Libya	1,759,540	6,900,000	Africa
17	🇮🇷	Iran	1,648,195	89,200,000	Asia
18	🇲🇳	Mongolia	1,564,110	3,400,000	Asia
19	🇵🇪	Peru	1,285,216	34,400,000	South America
20	🇹🇩	Chad	1,284,000	18,300,000	Africa
21	🇳🇪	Niger	1,267,000	26,200,000	Africa
22	🇦🇴	Angola	1,246,700	36,700,000	Africa
23	🇲🇱	Mali	1,240,192	23,300,000	Africa
24	🇿🇦	South Africa	1,221,037	60,400,000	Africa
25	🇨🇴	Colombia	1,141,748	52,100,000	South America
26	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	1,104,300	126,500,000	Africa
27	🇧🇴	Bolivia	1,098,581	12,400,000	South America
28	🇲🇷	Mauritania	1,030,700	4,900,000	Africa
29	🇪🇬	Egypt	1,001,450	112,700,000	Africa
30	🇹🇿	Tanzania	947,303	67,400,000	Africa
31	🇳🇬	Nigeria	923,768	223,800,000	Africa
32	🇻🇪	Venezuela	916,445	28,800,000	South America
33	🇵🇰	Pakistan	881,913	240,500,000	Asia
34	🇳🇦	Namibia	825,615	2,600,000	Africa
35	🇲🇿	Mozambique	801,590	33,900,000	Africa
36	🇹🇷	Turkey	783,562	85,800,000	Asia
37	🇨🇱	Chile	756,102	19,600,000	South America
38	🇿🇲	Zambia	752,612	20,600,000	Africa
39	🇲🇲	Myanmar	676,578	54,600,000	Asia
40	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	652,230	42,200,000	Asia
41	🇸🇸	South Sudan	644,329	11,100,000	Africa
42	🇸🇴	Somalia	637,657	18,100,000	Africa
43	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	622,984	5,700,000	Africa
44	🇺🇦	Ukraine	603,500	36,700,000	Europe
45	🇲🇬	Madagascar	587,041	30,300,000	Africa
46	🇧🇼	Botswana	581,730	2,700,000	Africa
47	🇰🇪	Kenya	580,367	55,100,000	Africa
48	🇫🇷	France	551,695	64,800,000	Europe
49	🇾🇪	Yemen	527,968	34,400,000	Asia
50	🇹🇭	Thailand	513,120	71,800,000	Asia
51	🇪🇸	Spain	505,992	47,500,000	Europe
52	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	488,100	6,500,000	Asia
53	🇨🇲	Cameroon	475,442	28,600,000	Africa
54	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	462,840	10,300,000	Oceania
55	🇸🇪	Sweden	450,295	10,600,000	Europe
56	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	447,400	35,600,000	Asia
57	🇲🇦	Morocco	446,550	37,800,000	Africa
58	🇮🇶	Iraq	438,317	45,500,000	Asia
59	🇵🇾	Paraguay	406,752	6,900,000	South America
60	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	390,757	16,700,000	Africa
61	🇳🇴	Norway	385,207	5,500,000	Europe
62	🇯🇵	Japan	377,975	123,300,000	Asia
63	🇩🇪	Germany	357,022	83,300,000	Europe
64	🇨🇬	Congo	342,000	6,100,000	Africa
65	🇫🇮	Finland	338,455	5,500,000	Europe
66	🇻🇳	Vietnam	331,212	98,900,000	Asia
67	🇲🇾	Malaysia	330,803	34,300,000	Asia
68	🇨🇮	Ivory Coast	322,463	29,400,000	Africa
69	🇵🇱	Poland	312,696	36,700,000	Europe
70	🇴🇲	Oman	309,500	4,600,000	Asia
71	🇮🇹	Italy	301,340	58,900,000	Europe
72	🇵🇭	Philippines	300,000	117,300,000	Asia
73	🇪🇨	Ecuador	283,561	18,200,000	South America
74	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	274,200	23,300,000	Africa
75	🇳🇿	New Zealand	270,467	5,200,000	Oceania
76	🇬🇦	Gabon	267,668	2,400,000	Africa
77	🇬🇳	Guinea	245,857	14,200,000	Africa
78	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	242,495	67,700,000	Europe
79	🇺🇬	Uganda	241,550	48,600,000	Africa
80	🇬🇭	Ghana	238,533	34,100,000	Africa
81	🇷🇴	Romania	238,398	19,100,000	Europe
82	🇱🇦	Laos	236,800	7,600,000	Asia
83	🇬🇾	Guyana	214,969	810,000	South America
84	🇧🇾	Belarus	207,600	9,500,000	Europe
85	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	6,700,000	Asia
86	🇸🇳	Senegal	196,722	17,800,000	Africa
87	🇸🇾	Syria	185,180	23,200,000	Asia
88	🇰🇭	Cambodia	181,035	16,900,000	Asia
89	🇺🇾	Uruguay	176,215	3,400,000	South America
90	🇸🇷	Suriname	163,820	620,000	South America
91	🇹🇳	Tunisia	163,610	12,500,000	Africa
92	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	147,570	173,000,000	Asia
93	🇳🇵	Nepal	147,181	30,900,000	Asia
94	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	143,100	10,100,000	Asia
95	🇬🇷	Greece	131,957	10,300,000	Europe
96	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	130,373	7,000,000	North America
97	🇰🇵	North Korea	120,540	26,200,000	Asia
98	🇲🇼	Malawi	118,484	20,900,000	Africa
99	🇪🇷	Eritrea	117,600	3,700,000	Africa
100	🇧🇯	Benin	112,622	13,700,000	Africa
101	🇭🇳	Honduras	112,492	10,600,000	North America
102	🇱🇷	Liberia	111,369	5,400,000	Africa
103	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	110,879	6,500,000	Europe
104	🇨🇺	Cuba	109,884	11,200,000	North America
105	🇬🇹	Guatemala	108,889	18,100,000	North America
106	🇮🇸	Iceland	103,000	380,000	Europe
107	🇰🇷	South Korea	100,210	51,700,000	Asia
108	🇭🇺	Hungary	93,028	9,600,000	Europe
109	🇵🇹	Portugal	92,212	10,200,000	Europe
110	🇯🇴	Jordan	89,342	11,300,000	Asia
111	🇷🇸	Serbia	88,361	6,700,000	Europe
112	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	86,600	10,400,000	Asia
113	🇦🇹	Austria	83,879	9,100,000	Europe
114	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	83,600	9,500,000	Asia
115	🇨🇿	Czechia	78,867	10,500,000	Europe
116	🇵🇦	Panama	75,417	4,500,000	North America
117	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	71,740	8,800,000	Africa
118	🇮🇪	Ireland	70,273	5,100,000	Europe
119	🇬🇪	Georgia	69,700	3,700,000	Asia
120	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	65,610	21,900,000	Asia
121	🇱🇹	Lithuania	65,300	2,700,000	Europe
122	🇱🇻	Latvia	64,589	1,900,000	Europe
123	🇹🇬	Togo	56,785	9,100,000	Africa
124	🇭🇷	Croatia	56,594	3,900,000	Europe
125	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	3,200,000	Europe
126	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	51,100	5,200,000	North America
127	🇸🇰	Slovakia	49,035	5,400,000	Europe
128	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	48,671	11,300,000	North America
129	🇪🇪	Estonia	45,227	1,300,000	Europe
130	🇩🇰	Denmark	43,094	5,900,000	Europe
131	🇳🇱	Netherlands	41,850	17,700,000	Europe
132	🇨🇭	Switzerland	41,285	8,800,000	Europe
133	🇧🇹	Bhutan	38,394	790,000	Asia
134	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	2,200,000	Africa
135	🇲🇩	Moldova	33,846	3,400,000	Europe
136	🇧🇪	Belgium	30,528	11,700,000	Europe
137	🇱🇸	Lesotho	30,355	2,300,000	Africa
138	🇦🇲	Armenia	29,743	2,800,000	Asia
139	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	28,896	740,000	Oceania
140	🇦🇱	Albania	28,748	2,800,000	Europe
141	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	1,700,000	Africa
142	🇧🇮	Burundi	27,834	13,200,000	Africa
143	🇭🇹	Haiti	27,750	11,700,000	North America
144	🇷🇼	Rwanda	26,338	14,100,000	Africa
145	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	25,713	2,100,000	Europe
146	🇩🇯	Djibouti	23,200	1,100,000	Africa
147	🇧🇿	Belize	22,966	410,000	North America
148	🇮🇱	Israel	22,072	9,800,000	Asia
149	🇸🇻	El Salvador	21,041	6,400,000	North America
150	🇸🇮	Slovenia	20,273	2,100,000	Europe
151	🇫🇯	Fiji	18,274	930,000	Oceania
152	🇰🇼	Kuwait	17,818	4,300,000	Asia
153	🇸🇿	Eswatini	17,364	1,200,000	Africa
154	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	14,874	1,400,000	Asia
155	🇧🇸	Bahamas	13,943	410,000	North America
156	🇲🇪	Montenegro	13,812	620,000	Europe
157	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	12,189	330,000	Oceania
158	🇶🇦	Qatar	11,586	2,700,000	Asia
159	🇬🇲	Gambia	11,295	2,800,000	Africa
160	🇯🇲	Jamaica	10,991	2,800,000	North America
161	🇱🇧	Lebanon	10,452	5,400,000	Asia
162	🇨🇾	Cyprus	9,251	1,300,000	Asia
163	🇵🇸	Palestine	6,020	5,400,000	Asia
164	🇧🇳	Brunei	5,765	450,000	Asia
165	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	1,500,000	North America
166	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	4,033	600,000	Africa
167	🇼🇸	Samoa	2,842	220,000	Oceania
168	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	2,586	660,000	Europe
169	🇲🇺	Mauritius	2,040	1,300,000	Africa
170	🇰🇲	Comoros	1,862	850,000	Africa
171	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	964	230,000	Africa
172	🇰🇮	Kiribati	811	133,000	Oceania
173	🇧🇭	Bahrain	765	1,500,000	Asia
174	🇩🇲	Dominica	751	73,000	North America
175	🇹🇴	Tonga	747	107,000	Oceania
176	🇸🇬	Singapore	728	6,000,000	Asia
177	🇫🇲	Micronesia	702	115,000	Oceania
178	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	617	180,000	North America
179	🇦🇩	Andorra	468	80,000	Europe
180	🇵🇼	Palau	459	18,000	Oceania
181	🇸🇨	Seychelles	452	110,000	Africa
182	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	442	94,000	North America
183	🇧🇧	Barbados	430	280,000	North America
184	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	104,000	North America
185	🇬🇩	Grenada	344	126,000	North America
186	🇲🇹	Malta	316	540,000	Europe
187	🇲🇻	Maldives	300	520,000	Asia
188	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	47,000	North America
189	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	181	42,000	Oceania
190	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	160	40,000	Europe
191	🇸🇲	San Marino	61	34,000	Europe
192	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	26	11,400	Oceania
193	🇳🇷	Nauru	21	12,800	Oceania
194	🇲🇨	Monaco	2	36,000	Europe
195	🇻🇦	Vatican City	0.49	800	Europe

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Canada is the second largest country on Earth and has fewer people than Poland. Bangladesh is smaller than Nepal and has more than five times its population. If you learn area rankings and population rankings as one list, you will get both wrong; the country quiz keeps them separate on purpose.

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