Largest countries by area

Largest countries by area

#	Country	Continent	Area
1	RussiaEurope	Europe	17,075,400 km²
2	CanadaNorth America	North America	9,984,670 km²
3	United StatesNorth America	North America	9,826,675 km²
4	People's Republic of ChinaAsia	Asia	9,596,961 km²
5	BrazilSouth America	South America	8,515,767 km²
6	AustraliaOceania	Oceania	7,692,024 km²
7	IndiaAsia	Asia	3,287,263 km²
8	ArgentinaSouth America	South America	2,780,400 km²
9	KazakhstanAsia	Asia	2,724,900 km²
10	AlgeriaAfrica	Africa	2,381,741 km²
11	Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica	Africa	2,344,858 km²
12	Saudi ArabiaAsia	Asia	2,250,000 km²
13	GreenlandNorth America	North America	2,166,086 km²
14	MexicoNorth America	North America	1,972,550 km²
15	IndonesiaAsia	Asia	1,904,570 km²
16	SudanAfrica	Africa	1,886,068 km²
17	LibyaAfrica	Africa	1,759,541 km²
18	IranAsia	Asia	1,648,195 km²
19	MongoliaAsia	Asia	1,564,116 km²
20	PeruSouth America	South America	1,285,216 km²
21	ChadAfrica	Africa	1,284,000 km²
22	NigerAfrica	Africa	1,267,000 km²
23	AngolaAfrica	Africa	1,246,700 km²
24	MaliAfrica	Africa	1,240,192 km²
25	South AfricaAfrica	Africa	1,221,037 km²
26	ColombiaSouth America	South America	1,141,748 km²
27	EthiopiaAfrica	Africa	1,104,300 km²
28	BoliviaSouth America	South America	1,098,581 km²
29	MauritaniaAfrica	Africa	1,030,700 km²
30	EgyptAfrica	Africa	1,010,407 km²
31	TanzaniaAfrica	Africa	947,303 km²
32	NigeriaAfrica	Africa	923,768 km²
33	VenezuelaSouth America	South America	912,050 km²
34	PakistanAsia	Asia	881,913 km²
35	NamibiaAfrica	Africa	825,615 km²
36	MozambiqueAfrica	Africa	801,590 km²
37	TurkeyAsia	Asia	783,562 km²
38	ChileSouth America	South America	756,102 km²
39	ZambiaAfrica	Africa	752,618 km²
40	MyanmarAsia	Asia	676,577 km²
41	AfghanistanAsia	Asia	652,230 km²
42	South SudanAfrica	Africa	644,329 km²
43	FranceEurope	Europe	643,801 km²
44	SomaliaAfrica	Africa	637,657 km²
45	Central African RepublicAfrica	Africa	622,984 km²
46	UkraineEurope	Europe	603,550 km²
47	MadagascarAfrica	Africa	587,295 km²
48	BotswanaAfrica	Africa	581,737 km²
49	KenyaAfrica	Africa	581,309 km²
50	YemenAsia	Asia	555,000 km²

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The top 50 of 206. Facts come from Hookito’s country data, largely based on Wikidata; city populations are from GeoNames. Spotted a mistake? Write to submissions@hookito.com.

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