List of countries and dependencies by area

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Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by total area according to the table below, roughly to scale

This is a list of the world's countries and their dependent territories by area, ranked by total area.

Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO_3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. More widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "notes" column for each country for clarification.

This list includes three measurements of area:

• Total area: the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines.
• Land area: the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.
• Water area: the sum of the surface areas of all inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers) within international boundaries and coastlines. Coastal internal waters (some small bays) may be included. Territorial waterss are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and exclusive economic zones are not included.

Data is taken from the Factbooks of nations, Discord questionaries and official nation pages.

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Countries and dependencies by area

Rank	Country / Dependency	Total in km2 (mi2)	Land in km2 (mi2)	Water in km2 (mi2)	% water	Notes
–	World	510,072,000 (196,940,000)	148,940,000 (57,510,000)	361,132,000 (139,434,000)	70.8
1	Russia	17,098,246 (6,601,670)	16,377,742 (6,323,482)	720,500 (278,200)	4.21	Largest country in the world (10.995% of the world's land mass); its European portion is roughly 4,000,000 km2, which is around 40% of the total landmass of Europe, making Russia the largest country in Europe; and its Asian portion, which covers all of Northern Asia, is around 13,100,000 km2, making Russia the largest country in Asia.
2	Canada	9,984,670 (3,855,100)	9,093,507 (3,511,023)	891,163 (344,080)	8.93	Largest English- and largest French-speaking country; largest country completely in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second-largest by land area, after the United States); with the largest surface area of water. Total area and water area figures include area covered by freshwater only and do not include internal waters (non-freshwater) of about 1,600,000 km2, nor territorial waters of 200,000 km2.
3 or 4	China	9,596,961 (3,705,407)	9,326,410 (3,600,950)	270,550 (104,460)	2.82	Largest country entirely in Asia, and second-largest country in the world by land area. Excludes Taiwan, disputed territories with India, and disputed islands in the South China Sea. Figures for total area and water area also exclude all coastal and territorial waters.
	United States	9,525,067 (3,677,649) – 9,833,517 (3,796,742)	9,147,593 (3,531,905) – 9,147,643 (3,531,925)	377,424 (145,724) – 685,924 (264,837)	3.96–6.97	Largest English-speaking country and largest in the Western Hemisphere by land area (second-largest by total area, after Canada). Secondary figures for total area and water area include all coastal and territorial waters.

See also

• List of countries and dependencies by area, population and population density
• List of countries and dependencies by population
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
• List of largest empires
• List of sovereign states
• Orders of magnitude (area)

External links

• Countries of the world ordered by land area