Country and territory sizes in this map
Search 241 mapped places by name and compare their boundary-derived areas. The order below is within this map dataset: it includes countries and territories, and excludes Antarctica because it is a continent.
Area index
Showing 241 mapped places.
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| Position | Mapped place | Area | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 16,879,675 km² | Read profile |
| 2 | Canada | 9,872,085 km² | Read profile |
| 3 | United States of America | 9,439,416 km² | View on map |
| 4 | People's Republic of China | 9,371,215 km² | View on map |
| 5 | Brazil | 8,499,361 km² | Read profile |
| 6 | Australia | 7,705,990 km² | Read profile |
| 7 | India | 3,155,830 km² | Read profile |
| 8 | Argentina | 2,782,678 km² | View on map |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2,712,778 km² | View on map |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,334,626 km² | View on map |
| 11 | Algeria | 2,322,755 km² | View on map |
| 12 | Greenland | 2,154,808 km² | Read profile |
| 13 | Mexico | 1,962,277 km² | Read profile |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 1,925,841 km² | View on map |
| 15 | Indonesia | 1,872,160 km² | Read profile |
| 16 | Sudan | 1,863,052 km² | View on map |
| 17 | Libya | 1,626,511 km² | View on map |
| 18 | Iran | 1,622,819 km² | View on map |
| 19 | Mongolia | 1,560,411 km² | View on map |
| 20 | Peru | 1,296,283 km² | View on map |
| 21 | Chad | 1,270,988 km² | View on map |
| 22 | Mali | 1,258,205 km² | View on map |
| 23 | Angola | 1,249,457 km² | View on map |
| 24 | South Africa | 1,221,652 km² | View on map |
| 25 | Niger | 1,185,044 km² | View on map |
| 26 | Colombia | 1,139,431 km² | View on map |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 1,131,785 km² | View on map |
| 28 | Bolivia | 1,090,269 km² | View on map |
| 29 | Mauritania | 1,038,343 km² | View on map |
| 30 | Egypt | 1,003,584 km² | View on map |
| 31 | Tanzania | 945,786 km² | View on map |
| 32 | Venezuela | 914,317 km² | View on map |
| 33 | Nigeria | 911,553 km² | View on map |
| 34 | Pakistan | 873,773 km² | View on map |
| 35 | Namibia | 824,633 km² | View on map |
| 36 | Mozambique | 790,668 km² | View on map |
| 37 | Turkey | 779,809 km² | View on map |
| 38 | Zambia | 755,592 km² | View on map |
| 39 | Chile | 737,448 km² | View on map |
| 40 | Myanmar | 662,766 km² | View on map |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 642,054 km² | View on map |
| 42 | France | 635,045 km² | View on map |
| 43 | South Sudan | 623,965 km² | View on map |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 620,984 km² | View on map |
| 45 | Kenya | 594,835 km² | View on map |
| 46 | Madagascar | 594,597 km² | Read profile |
| 47 | Morocco | 582,388 km² | View on map |
| 48 | Botswana | 580,623 km² | View on map |
| 49 | Ukraine | 570,157 km² | View on map |
| 50 | Thailand | 515,729 km² | View on map |
| 51 | Spain | 506,174 km² | View on map |
| 52 | Somalia | 473,607 km² | View on map |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 470,628 km² | View on map |
| 54 | Cameroon | 465,882 km² | View on map |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 464,292 km² | View on map |
| 56 | Yemen | 454,138 km² | View on map |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 447,371 km² | View on map |
| 58 | Sweden | 442,977 km² | View on map |
| 59 | Iraq | 437,457 km² | View on map |
| 60 | Paraguay | 400,905 km² | View on map |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 390,184 km² | View on map |
| 62 | Norway | 384,251 km² | View on map |
| 63 | Japan | 370,099 km² | Read profile |
| 64 | Germany | 356,163 km² | View on map |
| 65 | Republic of the Congo | 346,876 km² | View on map |
| 66 | Finland | 330,494 km² | View on map |
| 67 | Vietnam | 328,941 km² | View on map |
| 68 | Malaysia | 327,644 km² | View on map |
| 69 | Ivory Coast | 322,297 km² | View on map |
| 70 | Poland | 312,544 km² | View on map |
| 71 | Oman | 312,072 km² | View on map |
| 72 | Italy | 300,288 km² | View on map |
| 73 | Philippines | 290,305 km² | View on map |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 273,684 km² | View on map |
| 75 | New Zealand | 266,855 km² | View on map |
| 76 | Gabon | 260,662 km² | View on map |
| 77 | Ecuador | 255,667 km² | View on map |
| 78 | Guinea | 244,926 km² | View on map |
| 79 | Uganda | 242,555 km² | View on map |
| 80 | United Kingdom | 239,611 km² | Read profile |
| 81 | Ghana | 239,566 km² | View on map |
| 82 | Romania | 235,772 km² | View on map |
| 83 | Laos | 228,945 km² | View on map |
| 84 | Guyana | 211,947 km² | View on map |
| 85 | Belarus | 206,693 km² | View on map |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 198,650 km² | View on map |
| 87 | Senegal | 197,327 km² | View on map |
| 88 | Syria | 185,974 km² | View on map |
| 89 | Cambodia | 181,363 km² | View on map |
| 90 | Uruguay | 177,561 km² | View on map |
| 91 | Somaliland | 168,492 km² | View on map |
| 92 | Tunisia | 156,658 km² | View on map |
| 93 | Nepal | 147,194 km² | View on map |
| 94 | Suriname | 145,574 km² | View on map |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 142,294 km² | View on map |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 135,650 km² | View on map |
| 97 | Greece | 130,167 km² | View on map |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 129,244 km² | View on map |
| 99 | Eritrea | 123,679 km² | View on map |
| 100 | North Korea | 122,494 km² | View on map |
| 101 | Malawi | 119,795 km² | View on map |
| 102 | Benin | 116,582 km² | View on map |
| 103 | Honduras | 113,514 km² | View on map |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 112,419 km² | View on map |
| 105 | Cuba | 109,296 km² | View on map |
| 106 | Guatemala | 108,481 km² | View on map |
| 107 | Iceland | 101,161 km² | View on map |
| 108 | South Korea | 97,150 km² | View on map |
| 109 | Liberia | 95,667 km² | View on map |
| 110 | Hungary | 92,959 km² | View on map |
| 111 | Western Sahara | 90,794 km² | View on map |
| 112 | Portugal | 90,758 km² | View on map |
| 113 | Jordan | 88,859 km² | View on map |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 86,404 km² | View on map |
| 115 | Austria | 83,911 km² | View on map |
| 116 | Czech Republic | 78,482 km² | View on map |
| 117 | Serbia | 77,490 km² | View on map |
| 118 | Panama | 74,245 km² | View on map |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 71,876 km² | View on map |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 71,276 km² | View on map |
| 121 | Georgia | 69,305 km² | View on map |
| 122 | Ireland | 68,700 km² | View on map |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 66,043 km² | View on map |
| 124 | Lithuania | 64,518 km² | View on map |
| 125 | Latvia | 64,260 km² | View on map |
| 126 | Togo | 57,139 km² | View on map |
| 127 | Croatia | 54,422 km² | View on map |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,685 km² | View on map |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 51,513 km² | View on map |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 48,589 km² | View on map |
| 131 | Slovakia | 48,340 km² | View on map |
| 132 | Estonia | 45,452 km² | View on map |
| 133 | Denmark | 42,417 km² | View on map |
| 134 | Switzerland | 41,207 km² | View on map |
| 135 | Bhutan | 39,877 km² | View on map |
| 136 | Netherlands | 37,132 km² | View on map |
| 137 | Taiwan | 35,992 km² | View on map |
| 138 | Moldova | 33,117 km² | View on map |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 32,056 km² | View on map |
| 140 | Belgium | 30,631 km² | View on map |
| 141 | Lesotho | 30,028 km² | View on map |
| 142 | Armenia | 29,558 km² | View on map |
| 143 | Albania | 28,336 km² | View on map |
| 144 | Burundi | 27,207 km² | View on map |
| 145 | Haiti | 26,805 km² | View on map |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 26,644 km² | View on map |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 25,740 km² | View on map |
| 148 | Rwanda | 25,386 km² | View on map |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 25,364 km² | View on map |
| 150 | Belize | 22,781 km² | View on map |
| 151 | Israel | 22,050 km² | View on map |
| 152 | Djibouti | 21,704 km² | View on map |
| 153 | El Salvador | 20,392 km² | View on map |
| 154 | Slovenia | 20,194 km² | View on map |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 18,667 km² | View on map |
| 156 | Fiji | 18,407 km² | View on map |
| 157 | Kuwait | 17,329 km² | View on map |
| 158 | Eswatini | 16,992 km² | View on map |
| 159 | East Timor | 15,021 km² | View on map |
| 160 | Montenegro | 13,667 km² | View on map |
| 161 | The Bahamas | 12,668 km² | View on map |
| 162 | Falkland Islands | 11,386 km² | View on map |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 11,292 km² | View on map |
| 164 | Qatar | 11,074 km² | View on map |
| 165 | Jamaica | 10,932 km² | View on map |
| 166 | Kosovo | 10,912 km² | View on map |
| 167 | The Gambia | 10,314 km² | View on map |
| 168 | Lebanon | 10,011 km² | View on map |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 8,943 km² | View on map |
| 170 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 6,972 km² | View on map |
| 171 | Palestine | 6,333 km² | View on map |
| 172 | Cyprus | 5,708 km² | View on map |
| 173 | Brunei | 5,672 km² | View on map |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,102 km² | View on map |
| 175 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 3,668 km² | View on map |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 3,585 km² | View on map |
| 177 | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 3,472 km² | View on map |
| 178 | Samoa | 2,702 km² | View on map |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 2,615 km² | View on map |
| 180 | Luxembourg | 2,612 km² | View on map |
| 181 | Siachen Glacier | 2,118 km² | View on map |
| 182 | Mauritius | 1,879 km² | View on map |
| 183 | Comoros | 1,586 km² | View on map |
| 184 | Faroe Islands | 1,036 km² | View on map |
| 185 | Hong Kong | 1,029 km² | View on map |
| 186 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 986 km² | View on map |
| 187 | Kiribati | 938 km² | View on map |
| 188 | Åland | 760 km² | View on map |
| 189 | Dominica | 698 km² | View on map |
| 190 | Isle of Man | 557 km² | View on map |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 551 km² | View on map |
| 192 | Bahrain | 542 km² | View on map |
| 193 | Federated States of Micronesia | 524 km² | View on map |
| 194 | Singapore | 485 km² | View on map |
| 195 | Guam | 482 km² | View on map |
| 196 | Andorra | 442 km² | View on map |
| 197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 433 km² | View on map |
| 198 | Tonga | 432 km² | View on map |
| 199 | Curaçao | 430 km² | View on map |
| 200 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 419 km² | View on map |
| 201 | Northern Mariana Islands | 394 km² | View on map |
| 202 | Barbados | 389 km² | View on map |
| 203 | Palau | 341 km² | View on map |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 330 km² | View on map |
| 205 | United States Virgin Islands | 316 km² | View on map |
| 206 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 311 km² | View on map |
| 207 | Cayman Islands | 301 km² | View on map |
| 208 | Grenada | 286 km² | View on map |
| 209 | Malta | 274 km² | View on map |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 237 km² | View on map |
| 211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 233 km² | View on map |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 205 km² | View on map |
| 213 | Niue | 197 km² | View on map |
| 214 | Saint Helena | 186 km² | View on map |
| 215 | Seychelles | 174 km² | View on map |
| 216 | Aruba | 155 km² | View on map |
| 217 | Australian Indian Ocean Territories | 144 km² | View on map |
| 218 | Liechtenstein | 138 km² | View on map |
| 219 | British Virgin Islands | 135 km² | View on map |
| 220 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 132 km² | View on map |
| 221 | Wallis and Futuna | 132 km² | View on map |
| 222 | Jersey | 126 km² | View on map |
| 223 | American Samoa | 120 km² | View on map |
| 224 | Anguilla | 83 km² | View on map |
| 225 | Montserrat | 80 km² | View on map |
| 226 | San Marino | 68 km² | View on map |
| 227 | Bermuda | 66 km² | View on map |
| 228 | Maldives | 66 km² | View on map |
| 229 | Cook Islands | 61 km² | View on map |
| 230 | Saint Martin | 49 km² | View on map |
| 231 | Guernsey | 48 km² | View on map |
| 232 | Sint Maarten | 42 km² | View on map |
| 233 | Norfolk Island | 41 km² | View on map |
| 234 | Pitcairn Islands | 39 km² | View on map |
| 235 | Nauru | 28 km² | View on map |
| 236 | Saint Barthélemy | 25 km² | View on map |
| 237 | Macau | 23 km² | View on map |
| 238 | Monaco | 12 km² | View on map |
| 239 | Tuvalu | 10 km² | View on map |
| 240 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 3 km² | View on map |
| 241 | Vatican City | 1 km² | View on map |
What the order means
Every number is calculated from the original Natural Earth 1:50m polygon for that mapped feature, before the display outline is simplified. The source contains places with different political status. A position here therefore means “position among the 241 entries in this map,” not an official rank of sovereign states. Some small islands are missing or simplified at this map scale.
The table excludes Antarctica from the order; it remains available on the interactive map. A different ranking based on official land or total-area statistics may have different figures and a different order. The area guide explains the definitions.
Places with a closer look
These profiles connect the area figure to the map projection, a useful comparison and a note about the source boundary.
- GreenlandGreenland is a large Arctic island whose outline becomes exceptionally prominent on Mercator maps. Its boundary-derived area is substantial, but the familiar world-map image is a poor way to compare it with lower-latitude places.
- IndiaIndia is a useful reference for high-latitude comparisons because much of its outline lies closer to the equator than Greenland, Canada or Russia. Its area estimate comes from the same polygon calculation used for every entry in this atlas.
- RussiaRussia is the largest country feature in this atlas. It spans many longitudes and latitudes, which makes a single projected outline particularly sensitive to where and how a flat world map is cut.
- CanadaCanada follows Russia in the area order of the mapped country and territory features. Its many northern islands and extensive inland waters make the meaning of an “area” figure especially important.
- BrazilBrazil is one of the largest country features in the dataset. Its shape crosses low latitudes, so its apparent area on Mercator is less inflated than similarly large places farther north.
- AustraliaAustralia is a country and a major landmass; this entry measures the country feature in our map, including the parts represented in Natural Earth’s polygon. It does not stand for all of Oceania.
- JapanJapan’s outline is an archipelago, so its size is easier to understand through area than through the width of its bounding box. Compare it with the United Kingdom or Germany using the same calculation.
- United KingdomThe United Kingdom is smaller than Japan in this boundary dataset. Their island shapes and different latitudes make them a useful test of visual intuition.
- MadagascarMadagascar is a single large island whose area is easy to underestimate beside familiar European countries. In this map dataset, its polygon is more than twice the area of the United Kingdom’s.
- MexicoMexico and Indonesia are close in area in this dataset despite their very different shapes. It is a good pair for seeing why length across a map does not tell you how much surface a boundary encloses.
- IndonesiaIndonesia extends across a wide island chain near the equator. Its east–west span is striking on a map, yet the gaps between islands are not part of the country’s surface area.