The true dimensions of the world's countries may come as a surprise to some, as popular map projections, like the Mercator projection, don't accurately represent the relative size of different regions. Created in 1569, the Mercator projection was groundbreaking for its time. However, due to the spherical shape of the Earth and the flat design of the map, countries closer to the poles appear stretched and distorted. To address these discrepancies and offer a more accurate view of the Earth's countries, we present the following data, listing countries by their true land area in square kilometers. Our exploration unveils some fascinating patterns and brings some intriguing differences among regions to light. Key findings from the data include:
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
652.9K Km²
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
27.4K Km²
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.4M Km²
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
200 Km²
#206
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
470 Km²
#190
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.2M Km²
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
90 Km²
#212
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
440 Km²
#195
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.7M Km²
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
28.5K Km²
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
180 Km²
#208
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
7.7M Km²
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
82.4K Km²
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
82.7K Km²
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
10.0K Km²
#166
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
760 Km²
#182
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
130.2K Km²
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
430 Km²
#196
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
202.9K Km²
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
30.3K Km²
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
22.8K Km²
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
112.8K Km²
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
50 Km²
#215
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
38.1K Km²
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.1M Km²
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
51.0K Km²
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
566.7K Km²
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
8.4M Km²
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
150 Km²
#210
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
5.3K Km²
#169
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
108.6K Km²
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
273.6K Km²
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
25.7K Km²
#147
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
176.5K Km²
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
472.7K Km²
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
9.1M Km²
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
4.0K Km²
#171
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
240 Km²
#203
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
623.0K Km²
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.3M Km²
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
743.5K Km²
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
9.4M Km²
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.1M Km²
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.9K Km²
#176
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
240 Km²
#204
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
51.1K Km²
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
56.0K Km²
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
106.4K Km²
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
444 Km²
#194
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
9.2K Km²
#167
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
77.2K Km²
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.3M Km²
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
42.4K Km²
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
23.2K Km²
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
750 Km²
#183
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
48.3K Km²
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
248.4K Km²
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
995.5K Km²
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
20.7K Km²
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
28.1K Km²
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
101.0K Km²
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
42.4K Km²
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
17.2K Km²
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.0M Km²
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
18.3K Km²
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
303.9K Km²
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
547.6K Km²
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
82.2K Km²
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
3.7K Km²
#172
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
257.7K Km²
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
10.1K Km²
#165
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
69.5K Km²
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
348.6K Km²
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
227.5K Km²
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
10 Km²
#220
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
128.9K Km²
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
410.5K Km²
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
340 Km²
#199
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.7K Km²
#177
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
540 Km²
#189
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
107.2K Km²
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
245.7K Km²
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
28.1K Km²
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
196.9K Km²
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
27.6K Km²
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
111.9K Km²
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
90.5K Km²
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
100.3K Km²
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
3.0M Km²
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.8M Km²
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.6M Km²
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
434.3K Km²
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
68.9K Km²
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
570 Km²
#188
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
21.6K Km²
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
294.1K Km²
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
318.0K Km²
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
10.8K Km²
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
364.6K Km²
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
88.8K Km²
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.7M Km²
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
569.1K Km²
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
810 Km²
#181
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
17.8K Km²
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
191.8K Km²
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
230.8K Km²
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
62.2K Km²
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
10.2K Km²
#164
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
30.4K Km²
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
96.3K Km²
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.8M Km²
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
160 Km²
#209
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
62.7K Km²
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.6K Km²
#174
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
581.8K Km²
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
94.3K Km²
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
328.6K Km²
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
300 Km²
#201
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.2M Km²
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
320 Km²
#200
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
180 Km²
#207
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.1K Km²
#178
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.0M Km²
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.0K Km²
#175
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
375 Km²
#198
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.9M Km²
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
700 Km²
#186
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
32.9K Km²
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1 Km²
#221
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.6M Km²
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
13.5K Km²
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
100 Km²
#211
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
446.3K Km²
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
786.4K Km²
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
653.3K Km²
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
823.3K Km²
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
20 Km²
#219
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
143.4K Km²
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
33.7K Km²
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
18.3K Km²
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
263.3K Km²
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
120.3K Km²
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.3M Km²
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
910.8K Km²
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
120.4K Km²
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
25.2K Km²
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
460 Km²
#191
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
365.3K Km²
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
309.5K Km²
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
770.9K Km²
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
460 Km²
#192
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
74.3K Km²
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
452.9K Km²
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
397.3K Km²
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.3M Km²
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
298.2K Km²
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
306.2K Km²
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
91.6K Km²
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
8.9K Km²
#168
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
11.6K Km²
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
341.5K Km²
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
230.2K Km²
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
16.4M Km²
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
24.7K Km²
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
34 Km²
#216
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
34 Km²
#216
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
260 Km²
#202
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
610 Km²
#187
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
53 Km²
#214
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
230 Km²
#205
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
390 Km²
#197
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.8K Km²
#173
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
60 Km²
#213
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.0K Km²
#179
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
2.1M Km²
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
192.5K Km²
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
87.5K Km²
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
460 Km²
#193
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
72.2K Km²
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
700 Km²
#185
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
48.1K Km²
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
20.1K Km²
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
28.0K Km²
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
627.3K Km²
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.2M Km²
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
97.2K Km²
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
611.0K Km²
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
498.8K Km²
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
62.7K Km²
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.8M Km²
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
156.0K Km²
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
410.3K Km²
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
39.5K Km²
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
183.6K Km²
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
35.4K Km²
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
140.0K Km²
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
885.8K Km²
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
510.9K Km²
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
14.9K Km²
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
54.4K Km²
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
720 Km²
#184
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
5.1K Km²
#170
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
155.4K Km²
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
769.6K Km²
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
469.9K Km²
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
1.0K Km²
#180
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
30 Km²
#217
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
199.8K Km²
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
579.3K Km²
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
83.6K Km²
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
241.9K Km²
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
9.1M Km²
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
175.0K Km²
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
425.4K Km²
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
12.2K Km²
#161
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
0.44 Km²
#222
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
882.1K Km²
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
310.1K Km²
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
266.0K Km²
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
528.0K Km²
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
743.4K Km²
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Land Area
386.9K Km²
#61
Region ↕ | Land Area ↕ |
---|---|
Afghanistan | 652.9K Km² |
Albania | 27.4K Km² |
Algeria | 2.4M Km² |
American Samoa | 200 Km² |
Andorra | 470 Km² |
Angola | 1.2M Km² |
Anguilla | 90 Km² |
Antigua and Barbuda | 440 Km² |
Argentina | 2.7M Km² |
Armenia | 28.5K Km² |
Aruba | 180 Km² |
Australia | 7.7M Km² |
Austria | 82.4K Km² |
Azerbaijan | 82.7K Km² |
Bahamas | 10.0K Km² |
Bahrain | 760 Km² |
Bangladesh | 130.2K Km² |
Barbados | 430 Km² |
Belarus | 202.9K Km² |
Belgium | 30.3K Km² |
Belize | 22.8K Km² |
Benin | 112.8K Km² |
Bermuda | 50 Km² |
Bhutan | 38.1K Km² |
Bolivia | 1.1M Km² |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.0K Km² |
Botswana | 566.7K Km² |
Brazil | 8.4M Km² |
British Virgin Islands | 150 Km² |
Brunei | 5.3K Km² |
Bulgaria | 108.6K Km² |
Burkina Faso | 273.6K Km² |
Burundi | 25.7K Km² |
Cambodia | 176.5K Km² |
Cameroon | 472.7K Km² |
Canada | 9.1M Km² |
Cape Verde | 4.0K Km² |
Cayman Islands | 240 Km² |
Central African Republic | 623.0K Km² |
Chad | 1.3M Km² |
Chile | 743.5K Km² |
China | 9.4M Km² |
Colombia | 1.1M Km² |
Comoros | 1.9K Km² |
Cook Islands | 240 Km² |
Costa Rica | 51.1K Km² |
Croatia | 56.0K Km² |
Cuba | 106.4K Km² |
Curacao | 444 Km² |
Cyprus | 9.2K Km² |
Czech Republic | 77.2K Km² |
DR Congo | 2.3M Km² |
Denmark | 42.4K Km² |
Djibouti | 23.2K Km² |
Dominica | 750 Km² |
Dominican Republic | 48.3K Km² |
Ecuador | 248.4K Km² |
Egypt | 995.5K Km² |
El Salvador | 20.7K Km² |
Equatorial Guinea | 28.1K Km² |
Eritrea | 101.0K Km² |
Estonia | 42.4K Km² |
Eswatini | 17.2K Km² |
Ethiopia | 1.0M Km² |
Fiji | 18.3K Km² |
Finland | 303.9K Km² |
France | 547.6K Km² |
French Guiana | 82.2K Km² |
French Polynesia | 3.7K Km² |
Gabon | 257.7K Km² |
Gambia | 10.1K Km² |
Georgia | 69.5K Km² |
Germany | 348.6K Km² |
Ghana | 227.5K Km² |
Gibraltar | 10 Km² |
Greece | 128.9K Km² |
Greenland | 410.5K Km² |
Grenada | 340 Km² |
Guadeloupe | 1.7K Km² |
Guam | 540 Km² |
Guatemala | 107.2K Km² |
Guinea | 245.7K Km² |
Guinea Bissau | 28.1K Km² |
Guyana | 196.9K Km² |
Haiti | 27.6K Km² |
Honduras | 111.9K Km² |
Hungary | 90.5K Km² |
Iceland | 100.3K Km² |
India | 3.0M Km² |
Indonesia | 1.8M Km² |
Iran | 1.6M Km² |
Iraq | 434.3K Km² |
Ireland | 68.9K Km² |
Isle Of Man | 570 Km² |
Israel | 21.6K Km² |
Italy | 294.1K Km² |
Ivory Coast | 318.0K Km² |
Jamaica | 10.8K Km² |
Japan | 364.6K Km² |
Jordan | 88.8K Km² |
Kazakhstan | 2.7M Km² |
Kenya | 569.1K Km² |
Kiribati | 810 Km² |
Kuwait | 17.8K Km² |
Kyrgyzstan | 191.8K Km² |
Laos | 230.8K Km² |
Latvia | 62.2K Km² |
Lebanon | 10.2K Km² |
Lesotho | 30.4K Km² |
Liberia | 96.3K Km² |
Libya | 1.8M Km² |
Liechtenstein | 160 Km² |
Lithuania | 62.7K Km² |
Luxembourg | 2.6K Km² |
Madagascar | 581.8K Km² |
Malawi | 94.3K Km² |
Malaysia | 328.6K Km² |
Maldives | 300 Km² |
Mali | 1.2M Km² |
Malta | 320 Km² |
Marshall Islands | 180 Km² |
Martinique | 1.1K Km² |
Mauritania | 1.0M Km² |
Mauritius | 2.0K Km² |
Mayotte | 375 Km² |
Mexico | 1.9M Km² |
Micronesia | 700 Km² |
Moldova | 32.9K Km² |
Monaco | 1 Km² |
Mongolia | 1.6M Km² |
Montenegro | 13.5K Km² |
Montserrat | 100 Km² |
Morocco | 446.3K Km² |
Mozambique | 786.4K Km² |
Myanmar | 653.3K Km² |
Namibia | 823.3K Km² |
Nauru | 20 Km² |
Nepal | 143.4K Km² |
Netherlands | 33.7K Km² |
New Caledonia | 18.3K Km² |
New Zealand | 263.3K Km² |
Nicaragua | 120.3K Km² |
Niger | 1.3M Km² |
Nigeria | 910.8K Km² |
North Korea | 120.4K Km² |
North Macedonia | 25.2K Km² |
Northern Mariana Islands | 460 Km² |
Norway | 365.3K Km² |
Oman | 309.5K Km² |
Pakistan | 770.9K Km² |
Palau | 460 Km² |
Panama | 74.3K Km² |
Papua New Guinea | 452.9K Km² |
Paraguay | 397.3K Km² |
Peru | 1.3M Km² |
Philippines | 298.2K Km² |
Poland | 306.2K Km² |
Portugal | 91.6K Km² |
Puerto Rico | 8.9K Km² |
Qatar | 11.6K Km² |
Republic of the Congo | 341.5K Km² |
Romania | 230.2K Km² |
Russia | 16.4M Km² |
Rwanda | 24.7K Km² |
Saint Barthelemy | 34 Km² |
Saint Barthelemy | 34 Km² |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 260 Km² |
Saint Lucia | 610 Km² |
Saint Martin | 53 Km² |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 230 Km² |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 390 Km² |
Samoa | 2.8K Km² |
San Marino | 60 Km² |
Sao Tome and Principe | 1.0K Km² |
Saudi Arabia | 2.1M Km² |
Senegal | 192.5K Km² |
Serbia | 87.5K Km² |
Seychelles | 460 Km² |
Sierra Leone | 72.2K Km² |
Singapore | 700 Km² |
Slovakia | 48.1K Km² |
Slovenia | 20.1K Km² |
Solomon Islands | 28.0K Km² |
Somalia | 627.3K Km² |
South Africa | 1.2M Km² |
South Korea | 97.2K Km² |
South Sudan | 611.0K Km² |
Spain | 498.8K Km² |
Sri Lanka | 62.7K Km² |
Sudan | 1.8M Km² |
Suriname | 156.0K Km² |
Sweden | 410.3K Km² |
Switzerland | 39.5K Km² |
Syria | 183.6K Km² |
Taiwan | 35.4K Km² |
Tajikistan | 140.0K Km² |
Tanzania | 885.8K Km² |
Thailand | 510.9K Km² |
Timor Leste | 14.9K Km² |
Togo | 54.4K Km² |
Tonga | 720 Km² |
Trinidad and Tobago | 5.1K Km² |
Tunisia | 155.4K Km² |
Turkey | 769.6K Km² |
Turkmenistan | 469.9K Km² |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.0K Km² |
Tuvalu | 30 Km² |
Uganda | 199.8K Km² |
Ukraine | 579.3K Km² |
United Arab Emirates | 83.6K Km² |
United Kingdom | 241.9K Km² |
United States | 9.1M Km² |
Uruguay | 175.0K Km² |
Uzbekistan | 425.4K Km² |
Vanuatu | 12.2K Km² |
Vatican City | 0.44 Km² |
Venezuela | 882.1K Km² |
Vietnam | 310.1K Km² |
Western Sahara | 266.0K Km² |
Yemen | 528.0K Km² |
Zambia | 743.4K Km² |
Zimbabwe | 386.9K Km² |