THE GLOBAL INDEX #011

Surface area2020

Total surface area, including inland waters and some coastal waterways.

World Bank

Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024

Economies with data216 / 217No observation: 1

First-ranked country or territoryRussia17,125,190 km²

Top 10

km² · 2020

17,125,190

15,640,500

9,831,510

9,562,910

8,515,770

7,741,220

3,287,260

2,780,400

2,724,900

2,381,740

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Surface area · 2020 · km²
Rank	Country / territory	Value (km²)	Year
01	Russia	17,125,190	2020
02	Canada	15,640,500	2020
03	United States	9,831,510	2020
04	China	9,562,910	2020
05	Brazil	8,515,770	2020
06	Australia	7,741,220	2020
07	India	3,287,260	2020
08	Argentina	2,780,400	2020
09	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	2020
10	Algeria	2,381,740	2020
11	Congo - Kinshasa	2,344,860	2020
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	2020
13	Mexico	1,960,647	2020
14	Indonesia	1,916,907	2020
15	Sudan	1,878,000	2020
16	Libya	1,759,540	2020
17	Iran	1,745,150	2020
18	Mongolia	1,564,116	2020
19	Peru	1,285,220	2020
20	Chad	1,284,000	2020
21	Niger	1,267,000	2020
22	Angola	1,246,700	2020
23	Mali	1,240,190	2020
24	South Africa	1,219,090	2020
25	Colombia	1,140,619	2020
26	Ethiopia	1,136,240	2020
27	Bolivia	1,098,580	2020
28	Mauritania	1,030,700	2020
29	Egypt	1,001,450	2020
30	Tanzania	947,300	2020
31	Nigeria	923,770	2020
32	Venezuela	912,050	2020
33	Namibia	824,290	2020
34	Mozambique	799,380	2020
35	Pakistan	796,100	2020
36	Türkiye	785,350	2020
37	Chile	757,245	2020
38	Zambia	752,610	2020
39	Myanmar (Burma)	676,590	2020
40	Afghanistan	652,860	2020
41	South Sudan	646,883	2020
42	Somalia	637,660	2020
43	Norway	624,499	2020
44	Central African Republic	622,980	2020
45	France	606,410	2020
46	Ukraine	603,550	2020
47	Kenya	591,969	2020
48	Madagascar	587,295	2020
49	Botswana	581,730	2020
50	Sweden	528,860	2020
51	Yemen	527,970	2020
52	Thailand	513,120	2020
53	Spain	505,970	2020
54	Turkmenistan	491,209	2020
55	Cameroon	475,440	2020
56	Papua New Guinea	462,840	2020
57	Uzbekistan	448,924	2020
58	Morocco	446,550	2020
59	Iraq	435,050	2020
60	Greenland	410,450	2020
61	Paraguay	406,752	2020
62	Zimbabwe	390,760	2020
63	Japan	377,974	2020
64	Germany	357,590	2020
65	Congo - Brazzaville	342,000	2020
66	Finland	338,460	2020
67	Vietnam	331,340	2020
68	Malaysia	330,241	2020
69	Côte d’Ivoire	322,460	2020
70	Poland	312,710	2020
71	Oman	309,500	2020
72	Italy	302,068	2020
73	Philippines	300,000	2020
74	Burkina Faso	274,200	2020
75	New Zealand	267,710	2020
76	Gabon	267,670	2020
77	Ecuador	256,370	2020
78	Guinea	245,860	2020
79	United Kingdom	243,610	2020
80	Uganda	241,550	2020
81	Ghana	238,533	2020
82	Romania	238,400	2020
83	Laos	236,800	2020
84	Guyana	214,970	2020
85	Belarus	207,610	2020
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,950	2020
87	Senegal	196,710	2020
88	Syria	185,180	2020
89	Cambodia	181,040	2020
90	Uruguay	176,220	2020
91	Suriname	163,820	2020
92	Tunisia	163,610	2020
93	Bangladesh	147,570	2020
94	Nepal	147,180	2020
95	Dominican Republic	146,839	2020
96	Tajikistan	141,380	2020
97	Greece	131,960	2020
98	Nicaragua	130,370	2020
99	Eritrea	121,630	2020
100	North Korea	120,540	2020
101	Malawi	118,480	2020
102	Benin	114,760	2020
103	Honduras	112,490	2020
104	Liberia	111,370	2020
105	Bulgaria	111,000	2020
106	Cuba	109,880	2020
107	Guatemala	108,890	2020
108	Iceland	103,000	2020
109	South Korea	100,410	2020
110	United Arab Emirates	98,648	2020
111	Hungary	93,030	2020
112	Portugal	92,230	2020
113	Jordan	89,318	2020
114	Croatia	88,070	2020
115	Azerbaijan	86,600	2020
116	Serbia	84,990	2020
117	Austria	83,879	2020
118	Czechia	78,871	2020
119	Panama	75,320	2020
120	Sierra Leone	72,300	2020
121	Ireland	70,280	2020
122	Georgia	69,700	2020
123	Sri Lanka	65,610	2020
124	Lithuania	65,290	2020
125	Latvia	64,590	2020
126	Togo	56,790	2020
127	Bosnia & Herzegovina	51,210	2020
128	Costa Rica	51,100	2020
129	Slovakia	49,030	2020
130	Estonia	45,340	2020
131	Denmark	42,920	2020
132	Netherlands	41,540	2020
133	Switzerland	41,291	2020
134	Bhutan	38,390	2020
135	Guinea-Bissau	36,130	2020
136	Moldova	33,850	2020
137	Belgium	30,689	2020
138	Lesotho	30,360	2020
139	Armenia	29,740	2020
140	Solomon Islands	28,900	2020
141	Albania	28,750	2020
142	Equatorial Guinea	28,050	2020
143	Burundi	27,830	2020
144	Haiti	27,750	2020
145	Rwanda	26,340	2020
146	North Macedonia	25,710	2020
147	Djibouti	23,200	2020
148	Belize	22,970	2020
149	Israel	22,070	2020
150	El Salvador	21,040	2020
151	Slovenia	20,480	2020
152	New Caledonia	18,580	2020
153	Fiji	18,270	2020
154	Kuwait	17,820	2020
155	Eswatini	17,360	2020
156	Timor-Leste	14,870	2020
157	Bahamas	13,880	2020
158	Montenegro	13,810	2020
159	Faroe Islands	12,960	2020
160	Vanuatu	12,190	2020
161	Qatar	11,490	2020
162	Gambia	11,300	2020
163	Jamaica	10,990	2020
164	Lebanon	10,450	2020
165	Cyprus	9,250	2020
166	Puerto Rico	8,870	2020
167	Palestinian Territories	6,020	2020
168	Brunei	5,770	2020
169	Trinidad & Tobago	5,130	2020
170	Bermuda	4,290	2020
171	Cape Verde	4,030	2020
172	French Polynesia	3,471	2020
173	Samoa	2,840	2020
174	Luxembourg	2,590	2020
175	Mauritius	2,007	2020
176	Comoros	1,861	2020
177	Hong Kong SAR China	1,110	2020
178	São Tomé & Príncipe	960	2020
179	Turks & Caicos Islands	950	2020
180	Kiribati	810	2020
181	Bahrain	785	2020
182	Dominica	750	2020
182	Tonga	750	2020
184	Singapore	728	2020
185	Micronesia	700	2020
186	St. Lucia	620	2020
187	Isle of Man	570	2020
188	Guam	540	2020
189	Andorra	470	2020
190	Northern Mariana Islands	460	2020
190	Palau	460	2020
190	Seychelles	460	2020
193	Curaçao	444	2020
194	Antigua & Barbuda	440	2020
195	Barbados	430	2020
196	St. Vincent & Grenadines	390	2020
197	U.S. Virgin Islands	350	2020
198	Grenada	340	2020
199	Malta	320	2020
200	Maldives	300	2020
201	Cayman Islands	264	2020
202	St. Kitts & Nevis	260	2020
203	American Samoa	200	2020
204	Channel Islands	198	2020
205	Aruba	180	2020
205	Marshall Islands	180	2020
207	Liechtenstein	160	2020
208	British Virgin Islands	150	2020
209	Monaco	74.92	2020
210	San Marino	60	2020
211	St. Martin	50	2020
212	Sint Maarten	34	2020
213	Macao SAR China	32.9	2020
214	Tuvalu	30	2020
215	Nauru	20	2020
216	Gibraltar	10	2020

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Source & definition

Indicator definition: Total surface area, including inland waters and some coastal waterways.
Unit: km²
Source & definition: World Bank · AG.SRF.TOTL.K2

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Original metadata

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

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  "name": "Surface area (sq. km)",
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  },
  "sourceNote": "Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.",
  "sourceOrganization": "FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)",
  "topics": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "value": "Agriculture & Rural Development  "
    },
    {
      "id": "6",
      "value": "Environment "
    }
  ]
}

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