List of countries by area

"List of largest countries" redirects here. For the largest countries by population, see List of countries and dependencies by population.

The list of countries by area is the list of the world's countries and their territories by total area.

Dymaxion world map^{[lower-alpha 1]} with the 30 largest countries and territories by area^{[lower-alpha 2]}.

The top 10 largest countries occupy more than half of the world's pure land.

  Russia (12.6%)

  China (7.07%)

  United States (7.22%)

  Canada (7.36%)

  Brazil (6.28%)

  Australia (5.60%)

  India (2.42%)

  Argentina (2.05%)

  Kazakhstan (2.01%)

  Algeria (1.76%)

  Other (47.39%)

The inputs are realized according to the ISO 3166 standard which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. The 193 Members of the United Nations and the two observer states are numbered. Countries which enjoy limited recognition forming part of the international community and not found in ISO 3166 are also included in the list, but their areas also generally count with the areas of other widely recognized states which claim the following territory.

The areas claimed by individual countries, such as the areas of Antarctica, are not realized as well. The list doesn't include supranational entities such as the European Union.

The entry includes three subfields:

• Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and coastlines.
• Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers)
• Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Coastal internal waters may be included. Territorial seas are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and Exclusive Economic Zones are not included.

Make sure that there are many country size comparisons which would not match all these countries area. The areas that appear in the table for each country are taken from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise noted.

Map

World map except Antarctica, with all countries and territories based on its respective area

Countries and territories by area

	Country / dependency	Total in km² (mi²)	Land in km² (mi²)	Water in km² (mi²)	% of water
1vend	Earth	510,720,000 (197,190,000)	150,386,640 (58,064,610)	359,685,360 (138,875,290)	50.0
1vend	Water	359,685,360 (138,875,290)	0 (0)	359,685,360 (138,875,290)	100.0
1vend	Land	150,386,640 (58,064,610)	150,386,640 (58,064,610)	0 (0)	0.0
1	Russia[lower-alpha 3]	17,098,246 (6,601,670)	16,377,742 (6,323,482)	720,500 (278,200)	2.0
1vend	Antarctica[lower-alpha 4]	14,200,000 (5,500,000)	14,200,000 (5,500,000)	0 (0)	0.0
2	Canada[lower-alpha 5]	9,984,670 (3,855,100)	9,093,507 (3,511,023)	891,163 (344,080)	4.0
3/4	United States[lower-alpha 6]	9,833,517 (3,796,742)	9,147,593 (3,531,905)	685,924 (264,837)	2.5
	China[lower-alpha 7]	9,596,960 (3,705,410)	9,326,410 (3,600,950)	270,550 (104,460)	1.5
5	Brazil[lower-alpha 8]	8,515,767 (3,287,956)	8,358,140 (3,227,100)	157,030 (60,630)	1.0
6	Australia[lower-alpha 9]	7,741,220 (2,988,900)	7,682,300 (2,966,200)	58,920 (22,750)	1.0
7	Argentina[lower-alpha 10]	3,745,997 (1,446,338)	3,701,913 (1,429,317)	43,710 (16,880)	2.5
8	India[lower-alpha 11]	3,287,263 (1,269,219)	2,973,193 (1,147,956)	314,070 (121,260)	1.0
9	Kazakhstan[lower-alpha 12]	2,724,900 (1,052,100)	2,699,700 (1,042,400)	25,200 (9,700)	0.5
10	Algeria[lower-alpha 13]	2,381,740 (919,590)	2,381,740 (919,590)	0 (0)	0.0
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo[lower-alpha 14]	2,344,858 (905,355)	2,267,048 (875,312)	77,810 (30,040)	1.0
12	Denmark[lower-alpha 15]	2,210,573 (853,507)	2,209,923 (853,256)	660 (250)	0.0
end	Greenland (Denmark)[lower-alpha 16]	2,166,086 (836,330)	2,166,086 (836,330)	0 (0)	0.0
13	Saudi Arabia[lower-alpha 17]	2,149,690 (830,000)	2,149,690 (830,000)	0 (0)	0.0
14	Chile[lower-alpha 18]	2,006,106 (774,562)	2,003,896 (773,709)	12,290 (4,750)	0.5
15	Mexico[lower-alpha 19]	1,964,375 (758,449)	1,943,945 (750,561)	20,430 (7,890)	0.5
16	Indonesia[lower-alpha 20]	1,904,569 (735,358)	1,811,569 (699,451)	93,000 (36,000)	1.5
17	Sudan[lower-alpha 21]	1,861,484 (718,723)	1,731,671 (668,602)	129,813 (50,121)	1.0
18	Libya	1,759,540 (679,360)	1,759,540 (679,360)	0 (0)	0.0
19	Iran	1,648,195 (636,372)	1,531,595 (591,352)	116,600 (45,000)	1.0
end	Marie Byrd Land (terra nullius)[lower-alpha 22]	1,600,000 (620,000)	1,600,000 (620,000)	0 (0)	0.0
20	Mongolia[lower-alpha 23]	1,564,110 (603,910)	1,553,556 (599,831)	10,560 (4,080)	0.5
21	Peru	1,285,216 (496,225)	1,279,996 (494,209)	5,220 (2,020)	1.0
22	Chad[lower-alpha 24]	1,284,000 (496,000)	1,259,200 (486,200)	24,800 (9,600)	0.5
23	Niger	1,267,000 (489,000)	1,266,700 (489,100)	300 (120)	0.0
24	Angola[lower-alpha 25]	1,246,700 (481,400)	1,246,700 (481,400)	0 (0)	0.0
25	Mali	1,240,192 (478,841)	1,220,190 (471,120)	20,002 (7,723)	0.5
26	South Africa[lower-alpha 26]	1,221,037 (471,445)	1,214,470 (468,910)	4,620 (1,780)	0.5
27	Colombia	1,141,748 (440,831)	1,038,700 (401,000)	100,210 (38,690)	0.5
28	France[lower-alpha 27]	1,106,756 (427,321)	1,103,382 (426,018)	3,374 (1,303)	0.5
29	Ethiopia[lower-alpha 28]	1,104,300 (426,400)	1,096,570 (423,390)	7,730 (2,980)	0.5
30	Bolivia	1,098,581 (424,164)	1,083,301 (418,265)	15,280 (5,900)	0.5
31	Mauritania	1,030,700 (398,000)	1,030,700 (398,000)	0 (0)	0.0
32	Egypt	1,002,450 (387,050)	995,450 (384,350)	6,000 (2,300)	0.5
33	Tanzania	947,300 (365,800)	885,800 (342,000)	61,500 (23,700)	1.5
34	Nigeria	923,768 (356,669)	910,768 (351,649)	13,000 (5,000)	1.0
35	Venezuela	912,050 (352,140)	882,050 (340,560)	30,000 (12,000)	1.0
36	Pakistan	907,132 (350,246)	770,875 (297,637)	25,220 (9,740)	1.0
37	Namibia	824,292 (318,261)	825,290 (318,650)	1,002 (387)	0.5
	Mozambique[lower-alpha 29]	799,380 (308,640)	786,380 (303,620)	13,000 (5,000)	1.0
39	Turkey	783,562 (302,535)	769,632 (297,157)	13,930 (5,380)	1.0
40	Zambia	752,612 (290,585)	743,398 (287,028)	9,220 (3,560)	0.5
41	Myanmar	676,578 (261,228)	653,508 (252,321)	23,070 (8,910)	1.0
42	Afghanistan	652,230 (251,830)	652,230 (251,830)	0 (0)	0.0
43	South Sudan	644,239 (248,742)	644,239 (248,742)	0 (0)	0.0
44	Somalia	637,657 (246,201)	627,337 (242,216)	10,320 (3,980)	0.5
45	Central African Republic	622,984 (240,535)	622,984 (240,535)	0 (0)	0.0
46	Ukraine[lower-alpha 30]	603,500 (233,000)	579,330 (223,680)	24,220 (9,350)	1.0
47	Madagascar[lower-alpha 31]	587,041 (226,658)	581,540 (224,530)	5,501 (2,124)	0.5
48	Botswana	581,730 (224,610)	566,730 (218,820)	15,000 (5,800)	1.0
49	Kenya[lower-alpha 32]	580,367 (224,081)	569,140 (219,750)	11,227 (4,335)	0.3
end	France (metropolitan)[lower-alpha 33]	551,500 (212,900)	549,970 (212,340)	1,530 (590)	0.5
50	Yemen	527,968 (203,850)	527,968 (203,850)	0 (0)	0.0
51	Thailand	513,120 (198,120)	510,890 (197,260)	2,230 (860)
52	Spain	505,370 (195,120)	498,980 (192,660)	6,390 (2,470)	0
53	Turkmenistan	488,100 (188,500)	469,930 (181,440)	13,930 (5,380)	3.0
54	Cameroon	475,442 (183,569)	472,710 (182,510)	2,730 (1,050)	2.0
55	Papua New Guinea[lower-alpha 34]	462,840 (178,700)	452,860 (174,850)	9,980 (3,850)	3.5
56	Sweden[lower-alpha 35]	450,295 (173,860)	410,335 (158,431)	39,960 (15,430)	4.0
57	Uzbekistan	447,400 (172,700)	425,400 (164,200)	22,000 (8,500)	4.0
58	Morocco	446,550 (172,410)	446,300 (172,300)	250 (97)	1.5
end	French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)[lower-alpha 36]	439,781 (169,800)	439,781 (169,800)	0 (0)	0.0
59	Iraq	438,317 (169,235)	437,367 (168,868)	950 (370)	1.5
60	Paraguay	406,752 (157,048)	406,752 (157,048)	9,430 (3,640)	1.5
61	Zimbabwe	390,757 (150,872)	386,847 (149,362)	9,220 (3,560)	0.4
62	Norway[lower-alpha 37]	386,224 (149,122)	366,698 (141,583)	19,520 (7,540)	0.7
63	Japan	377,915 (145,914)	364,485 (140,728)	13,430 (5,190)	0.7
64	Germany	357,022 (137,847)	348,672 (134,623)	8,350 (3,220)	0.6
65	Republic of the Congo	342,000 (132,000)	341,500 (131,900)	500 (190)	0
66	Finland	338,424 (130,666)	303,815 (117,304)	34,330 (13,250)	0.9
67	Vietnam	331,212 (127,882)	310,070 (119,720)	21,140 (8,160)	0.8
68	Malaysia	329,847 (127,355)	328,657 (126,895)	1,190 (460)	0
end	Norway (mainland)[lower-alpha 38]	323,802 (125,021)	304,282 (117,484)	19,520 (7,540)	1.2
69	Ivory Coast	322,463 (124,504)	318,003 (122,782)	4,460 (1,720)	0.2
70	Poland	312,696 (120,733)
71	Oman	309,500 (119,500)
72	Italy	301,339 (116,348)
73	Philippines	300,000 (120,000)
74	Ecuador	276,841 (106,889)
75	Burkina Faso	274,222 (105,878)
76	New Zealand	268,838 (103,799)	264,537 (102,138)	4,301 (1,661)	0.4
77	Gabon	267,667 (103,347)	257,667 (99,486)	10,000 (3,900)	0.5
78	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	266,000 (103,000)
79	Guinea	245,857 (94,926)	245,717 (94,872)	140 (54)	0
80	United Kingdom	242,495 (93,628)
81	Uganda	241,550 (93,260)
82	Ghana	238,533 (92,098)	227,533 (87,851)	11,000 (4,200)	0.7
83	Romania	238,397 (92,046)
84	Laos	236,800 (91,400)
84	Guyana	214,969 (83,000)	196,849 (76,004)	18,120 (7,000)	0.8
86	Belarus	207,600 (80,200)
87	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 (77,202)
88	Senegal	196,722 (75,955)
89	Syria	185,180 (71,500)
90	Cambodia	181,035 (69,898)	176,515 (68,153)	4,520 (1,750)
91	Uruguay	176,215 (68,037)
92	Somaliland	176,120 (68,000)
93	Suriname[lower-alpha 39]	163,820 (63,250)
94	Tunisia	163,610 (63,170)
95	Bangladesh	147,570 (56,980)
96	Nepal	147,181 (56,827)	143,351 (55,348)	3,830 (1,480)	0.8
97	Tajikistan	143,100 (55,300)
98	Greece	131,957 (50,949)	130,617 (50,432)	1,310 (510)	0.1
99	Nicaragua	130,370 (50,340)	119,990 (46,330)	10,830 (4,180)	0.9
100	North Korea	120,540 (46,540)
99	Malawi	118,484 (45,747)	94,080 (36,320)	24,404 (9,422)	1.3
102	Eritrea	117,600 (45,400)
103	Benin	114,763 (44,310)
104	Honduras	112,492 (43,433)
105	Liberia	111,369 (43,000)
106	Bulgaria	111,002 (42,858)
105	Cuba	110,860 (42,800)	109,820 (42,400)1,040 (400)	0.1
108	Guatemala	108,889 (42,042)	107,159 (41,374)	1,730 (670)	0.2
109	Iceland	103,000 (40,000)
110	South Korea	100,210 (38,690)
–	Puntland	97,757 (37,744)
111	Hungary	93,028 (35,918)
112	Portugal	92,090 (35,560)
113	Jordan	89,342 (34,495)	88,802 (34,287)	540 (210)	0
114	Serbia	88,361 (34,116)
115	Azerbaijan	86,600 (33,400)
116	Austria	83,871 (32,383)
117	United Arab Emirates	83,600 (32,300)
–	French Guiana (France)	83,534 (32,253)
118	Czech Republic	78,867 (30,451)	77,247 (29,825)	1,620 (630)	0.3
119	Panama	75,417 (29,119)
120	Sierra Leone	71,740 (27,700)
121	Ireland	70,273 (27,133)
122	Georgia	69,700 (26,900)	69,700 (26,900)	0	0
123	Sri Lanka	65,610 (25,330)
124	Lithuania	65,300 (25,200)
125	Latvia	64,559 (24,926)
–	Svalbard (Norway)	62,045 (23,956)
126	Togo	56,785 (21,925)
125	Croatia	56,594 (21,851)	55,974 (21,612)	620 (240)
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 (19,772)
127	Costa Rica	51,100 (19,700)	51,060 (19,710)	40 (15)	0
130	Slovakia	49,037 (18,933)
131	Dominican Republic	48,671 (18,792)
132	Estonia	45,227 (17,462)
135	Netherlands	41,850 (16,160)	34,100 (13,200)	7,650 (2,950)	2.4
136	Switzerland	41,284 (15,940)
137	Bhutan	38,394 (14,824)
end	Taiwan	36,193 (13,974)
134	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 (13,948)	28,120 (10,860)	8,005 (3,091)	0.6
135	Moldova	33,851 (13,070)	32,891 (12,699)	960 (370)	0.3
142	Belgium	30,528 (11,787)
143	Lesotho	30,355 (11,720)
144	Armenia	29,743 (11,484)
145	Solomon Islands	28,896 (11,157)
146	Albania	28,748 (11,100)
147	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 (10,831)
148	Burundi	27,834 (10,747)
149	Haiti	27,750 (10,710)
150	Rwanda	26,338 (10,169)
145	North Macedonia	25,713 (9,928)	25,433 (9,820)	280 (110)	0.1
152	Djibouti	23,200 (9,000)
153	Belize	22,966 (8,867)
154	Israel	22,072 (8,522)
155	El Salvador	21,041 (8,124)
156	Slovenia	20,273 (7,827)
end	New Caledonia (France)	18,575 (7,172)	18,275 (7,056)	300 (120)
151	Fiji	18,274 (7,056)	18,274 (7,056)	0	0
158	Kuwait	17,818 (6,880)
159	Eswatini	17,364 (6,704)
160	East Timor	14,919 (5,760)
161	The Bahamas	13,943 (5,383)
156	Montenegro	13,812 (5,333)	13,452 (5,194)	360 (140)	0.2
157	Vanuatu	12,189 (4,706)	12,189 (4,706)	0	0
end	Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	12,173 (4,700)	12,173 (4,700)	0	0
164	Qatar	11,586 (4,473)
165	The Gambia	11,295 (4,361)
166	Jamaica	10,991 (4,244)	10,831 (4,182)	160 (62)	0.2
167	Kosovo	10,887 (4,203)
168	Lebanon	10,452 (4,036)
169	Cyprus	9,251 (3,572)	9,241 (3,568)	10 (3.9)	0
–	Puerto Rico (United States)	9,104 (3,515)
170	Bougainville	8,800 (3,400)
171	Abkhazia	8,660 (3,340)
–	United States Minor Outlying Islands	6,959.41 (2,687.04)
172	Palestine	6,020 (2,320)
173	Brunei	5,765 (2,226)
174	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 (1,980)
–	French Polynesia (France)	4,167 (1,609)
175	Transnistria	4,163 (1,607)
176	Cape Verde	4,033 (1,557)
–	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)	3,903 (1,507)
177	South Ossetia	3,900 (1,500)
178	Northern Cyprus	3,355 (1,295)
179	Samoa	2,842 (1,097)
–	Hong Kong (China)	2,746 (1,060)
180	Luxembourg	2,586 (998)
–	Réunion (France)	2,512 (970)
–	Bir Tawil (Terra nullius)	2,060 (800)
181	Mauritius	2,040 (790)
182	Comoros	1,862 (719)
–	Guadeloupe (France)	1,628 (629)
–	Åland Islands (Finland)	1,552 (599)
–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	1,393 (538)
–	Martinique (France)	1,128 (436)
–	Chatham Islands (New Zealand)	976 (377)
183	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 (372)
–	Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	948 (366)
184	Kiribati	811 (313)
185	Bahrain	778 (300)
186	Dominica	751 (290)
187	Tonga	747 (288)
188	Singapore	716 (276)
189	Federated States of Micronesia	702 (271)
190	Saint Lucia	606 (234)
–	Auckland Islands (New Zealand)	602 (232)
–	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	572 (221)
–	Guam (United States)	544 (210)
191	Andorra	468 (181)
–	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	465 (180)
192	Palau	460 (180)
193	Seychelles	452 (175)
–	Curaçao (Netherlands)	444 (171)
193	Antigua and Barbuda	442 (171)
194	Barbados	430 (170)
–	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)	412 (159)
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 (150)
–	Jan Mayen (Norway)	377 (146)
–	Mayotte (France)	374 (144)
–	United States Virgin Islands (United States)	347 (134)
196	Grenada	344 (133)
–	Prince Edward Islands (South Africa)	339 (131)
197	Malta	316 (122)
–	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	308 (119)
198	Maldives	300 (120)
–	Bonaire (Netherlands)	288 (111)
–	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	264 (102)
199	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 (101)
200	Niue	260 (100)
–	Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom)	253.8 (98.0)
–	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	242 (93)
201	Cook Islands	236 (91)
–	American Samoa (United States)	199 (77)
202	Marshall Islands	181 (70)
–	Aruba (Netherlands)	180 (69)
–	Easter Island (Chile)	163 (63)
203	Liechtenstein	160 (62)
–	Peter I Island (Norway)	154 (59)
–	British Virgin Islands (United States)	151 (58)
–	Wallis and Futuna (France)	142 (55)
–	[[File:{{{flag alias}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Macquarie Island (Australia)	140 (54)
–	Christmas Island (Australia)	135 (52)
–	Jersey (United Kingdom)	116 (45)
–	[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Campbell Islands (New Zealand)	112 (43)
–	Montserrat (United Kingdom)	102 (39)
–	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	91 (35)
–	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	78 (30)
204	San Marino	61 (24)
–	British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)	60 (23)
–	Saint Martin (France)	54 (21)
–	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	54 (21)
–	San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia)	52 (20)
–	Bouvet Island (Norway)	50 (19)
–	Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	47 (18)
–	Norfolk Island (Australia)	40 (15)
–	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	34 (13)
–	Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)	32 (12)
–	Macau (China)	30 (12)
205	Tuvalu	26 (10)
–	Antipodes Islands (New Zealand)	23 (8.9)
206	Nauru[lower-alpha 40]	21 (8.1)
–	Saint Barthélemy (France)	21 (8.1)
–	Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)	21 (8.1)
–	Ceuta (Spain)	19 (7.3)
–	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	14 (5.4)
–	Saba (Netherlands)	13 (5.0)
–	Melilla (Spain)	12 (4.6)
–	Tokelau (New Zealand)	12 (4.6)
–	Paracel Islands (disputed)	7 (2.7)
–	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	7 (2.7)
–	Alderney (United Kingdom)	6 (2.3)
–	Clipperton (France)	6 (2.3)
–	Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia)	5 (1.9)
–	Spratly Islands (disputed)	5 (1.9)
–	[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Snares Islands (New Zealand)	4 (1.5)
–	Gornja Siga (terra nullius)	4 (1.5)
–	Three Kings Islands (New Zealand)	3 (1.2)
–	Coral Sea Islands (Australia)	3 (1.2)
207	Monaco[lower-alpha 41]	2.02 (0.78)
–	[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Bounty Islands[lower-alpha 42] (New Zealand)	1 (0.39)
208	Vatican City[lower-alpha 43]	0.44 (0.17)

Graphical charts

The following charts are based on the CIA World Factbook, of which these charts will show how big is the area. For the love of god, sovereign states are green while territories are grey. Territorial claims in Antarctica are not shown.

Countries greater than 1.5 million km²

Related pages

• List of countries and dependencies by population
• List of countries and dependencies by population density

Notes

1. Excluding Antarctica
2. Excluding overseas territories
3. The largest country in the world, which spams into 2 continents, the largest Russian-speaking country by area, the largest country in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere, and occupied most of Eurasia. The European part in in Europe which makes it the largest country in Europe while the Asian part is in Asia which makes it the largest country in Asia.
4. 13,920,000 km² (98%) of the land area is covered by ice and snow. Although it is not a country ifsetf, the region is claimed by various countries. The following countries have claims on Antarctica: Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom.
5. Largest English and French-speaking country, largest country in the Western Hemisphere, in North America and the Americas. Figures include only freshwater areas.
6. Largest English-speaking country by land area, largest Spanish-speaking country and largest country in the Western Hemisphere by land area (second largest after (Canada). Figures include territorial waters only but exclude the US territories and the 2 dependency claims (Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank)
7. Largest country fully on Asia and second largest country in Asia. Excludes Taiwan, the two dependency claims (the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands)and the 2 special administrative regions.
8. The largest Portuguese-speaking country and largest country in South America, in Latin America.
9. Third-largest English-speaking country and largest country in Oceania and the Australian continent, largest island country in the world and the largest country fully in the Southern Hemisphere. Excluding external territories and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
10. Includes Argentine Antarctica, but excludes the disputed territories of the Falkland Islands and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The second-largest Spanish-speaking country by area and the largest country in the Southern Cone.
11. Includes the India-administered Kashmir. Largest country in South Asia.
12. Largest landlocked country, second-largest Russian-speaking country after Russia and the largest country in Central Asia.
13. Largest Arabic- and Berber-speaking country and largest country in Africa, the Arab world and the Arab League.
14. Second-largest French-speaking country, largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Africa. Second-largest country in Africa, has the largest French speaking city (Kinshasa).
15. Largest Nordic-speaking country. Figures include Metropolitan Denmark, as well as the 2 self-governing territories. Second-largest generally European country, has the largest non-continental island (Greenland).
16. Largest non-continental island in the world, largest administrative division in Denmark and the largest inhabited overseas territory in the world. A total of 1,755,086 km² (81%) of the land area is covered by ice. The ice-free areas totals to 410,000 km². 81% of people requested a referendum for independence.
17. Largest country in the Middle East and Western Asia and second-largest Arabic-speaking country after Algeria.
18. Includes the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The third-largest Spanish-speaking in the world by area.
19. It has the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world, Mexico City.
20. Largest country in Southeast Asia and the largest island country in the world that is not a continent. Made up only of islands.
21. Third-largest Arabic-speaking country.
22. Largest unclaimed territory in the world. 1,600,000 (99%) of the land area is covered by ice.
23. Second-largest landlocked country.
24. Largest landlocked country in Africa.
25. Second-largest Portuguese-speaking country.
26. Largest country in Southern Africa
27. Figures include Metropolitan France, as well as the 5 overseas regions, New Caledonia, the 5 autonomous collectivities and the 2 other overseas territories (the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Clipperton Island.)
28. Including Tigray.
29. The third-largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world by area.
30. Largest country fully on Europe. Includes Crimea and the Russian-controlled areas.
31. Largest island country in Africa.
32. Including borders though Lake Victoria.
33. Excluding the 5 overseas regions, New Caledonia, the 5 overseas collectivities and the 2 overseas territories.
34. Second-largest country in Oceania and the Australian continent.
35. Largest country fully on the Nordic region and Scandinavia.
36. Includes Adelié Land.
37. The Kingdom of Norway includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen, but excludes Bouvet Island and the 2 dependency claims (Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land).
38. Excluding Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Bouvet Island and the 2 dependency claims (Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land).
39. Smallest country located entirely in South America
40. Smallest island country in the world.
41. Smallest country in the world with a coastline.
42. A part of New Zealand
43. Smallest country in the world and smallest country in Europe.

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