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Land area
Land area in square kilometres.
Darker = larger, by rank · 196 countries · UN / world-countries · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = larger, by rank · 51 states · US Census gazetteer
Countries
196 · UN / world-countries- 1stRussia17,098,242
- 2ndCanada9,984,670
- 3rdChina9,706,961
- 4thUnited States9,372,610
- 5thBrazil8,515,767
- 6thAustralia7,692,024
- 7thIndia3,287,590
- 8thArgentina2,780,400
- 9thKazakhstan2,724,900
- 10thAlgeria2,381,741
- 11thDR Congo2,344,858
- 12thSaudi Arabia2,149,690
- 13thMexico1,964,375
- 14thIndonesia1,904,569
- 15thSudan1,886,068
- 16thLibya1,759,540
- 17thIran1,648,195
- 18thMongolia1,564,110
- 19thPeru1,285,216
- 20thChad1,284,000
- 21stNiger1,267,000
- 22ndAngola1,246,700
- 23rdMali1,240,192
- 24thSouth Africa1,221,037
- 25thColombia1,141,748
- 26thEthiopia1,104,300
- 27thBolivia1,098,581
- 28thMauritania1,030,700
- 29thEgypt1,002,450
- 30thTanzania945,087
- 31stNigeria923,768
- 32ndVenezuela916,445
- 33rdPakistan881,912
- 34thNamibia825,615
- 35thMozambique801,590
- 36thTürkiye783,562
- 37thChile756,102
- 38thZambia752,612
- 39thMyanmar676,578
- 40thAfghanistan652,230
- 41stSomalia637,657
- 42ndCentral African Republic622,984
- 43rdSouth Sudan619,745
- 44thUkraine603,500
- 45thMadagascar587,041
- 46thBotswana582,000
- 47thKenya580,367
- 48thFrance551,695
- 49thYemen527,968
- 50thThailand513,120
- 51stSpain505,992
- 52ndTurkmenistan488,100
- 53rdCameroon475,442
- 54thPapua New Guinea462,840
- 55thSweden450,295
- 56thUzbekistan447,400
- 57thMorocco446,550
- 58thIraq438,317
- 59thParaguay406,752
- 60thZimbabwe390,757
- 61stJapan377,930
- 62ndGermany357,114
- 63rdPhilippines342,353
- 64thRepublic of the Congo342,000
- 65thFinland338,424
- 66thVietnam331,212
- 67thMalaysia330,803
- 68thNorway323,802
- 69thIvory Coast322,463
- 70thPoland312,679
- 71stOman309,500
- 72ndItaly301,336
- 73rdEcuador276,841
- 74thBurkina Faso272,967
- 75thNew Zealand270,467
- 76thGabon267,668
- 77thGuinea245,857
- 78thUnited Kingdom242,900
- 79thUganda241,550
- 80thGhana238,533
- 81stRomania238,391
- 82ndLaos236,800
- 83rdGuyana214,969
- 84thBelarus207,600
- 85thKyrgyzstan199,951
- 86thSenegal196,722
- 87thSyria185,180
- 88thCambodia181,035
- 89thUruguay181,034
- 90thSuriname163,820
- 91stTunisia163,610
- 92ndBangladesh147,570
- 93rdNepal147,181
- 94thTajikistan143,100
- 95thGreece131,990
- 96thNicaragua130,373
- 97thNorth Korea120,538
- 98thMalawi118,484
- 99thEritrea117,600
- 100thBenin112,622
- 101stHonduras112,492
- 102ndLiberia111,369
- 103rdBulgaria110,879
- 104thCuba109,884
- 105thGuatemala108,889
- 106thIceland103,000
- 107thSouth Korea100,210
- 108thHungary93,028
- 109thPortugal92,090
- 110thJordan89,342
- 111thSerbia88,361
- 112thAzerbaijan86,600
- 113thAustria83,871
- 114thUnited Arab Emirates83,600
- 115thCzechia78,865
- 116thPanama75,417
- 117thSierra Leone71,740
- 118thIreland70,273
- 119thGeorgia69,700
- 120thSri Lanka65,610
- 121stLithuania65,300
- 122ndLatvia64,559
- 123rdTogo56,785
- 124thCroatia56,594
- 125thBosnia and Herzegovina51,209
- 126thCosta Rica51,100
- 127thSlovakia49,037
- 128thDominican Republic48,671
- 129thEstonia45,227
- 130thDenmark43,094
- 131stNetherlands41,850
- 132ndSwitzerland41,284
- 133rdBhutan38,394
- 134thTaiwan36,193
- 135thGuinea-Bissau36,125
- 136thMoldova33,846
- 137thBelgium30,528
- 138thLesotho30,355
- 139thArmenia29,743
- 140thSolomon Islands28,896
- 141stAlbania28,748
- 142ndEquatorial Guinea28,051
- 143rdBurundi27,834
- 144thHaiti27,750
- 145thRwanda26,338
- 146thNorth Macedonia25,713
- 147thDjibouti23,200
- 148thBelize22,966
- 149thEl Salvador21,041
- 150thIsrael20,770
- 151stSlovenia20,273
- 152ndFiji18,272
- 153rdKuwait17,818
- 154thEswatini17,364
- 155thTimor-Leste14,874
- 156thBahamas13,943
- 157thMontenegro13,812
- 158thVanuatu12,189
- 159thQatar11,586
- 160thJamaica10,991
- 161stKosovo10,908
- 162ndGambia10,689
- 163rdLebanon10,452
- 164thCyprus9,251
- 165thBrunei5,765
- 166thTrinidad and Tobago5,130
- 167thCape Verde4,033
- 168thSamoa2,842
- 169thLuxembourg2,586
- 170thMauritius2,040
- 171stComoros1,862
- 172ndSão Tomé and Príncipe964
- 173rdKiribati811
- 174thBahrain765
- 175thDominica751
- 176thTonga747
- 177thSingapore710
- 178thMicronesia702
- 179thSaint Lucia616
- 180thAndorra468
- 181stPalau459
- 182ndSeychelles452
- 183rdAntigua and Barbuda442
- 184thBarbados430
- 185thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines389
- 186thGrenada344
- 187thMalta316
- 188thMaldives300
- 189thSaint Kitts and Nevis261
- 190thMarshall Islands181
- 191stLiechtenstein160
- 192ndSan Marino61
- 193rdTuvalu26
- 194thNauru21
- 195thMonaco2
- 196thVatican City0
US states
51 · US Census gazetteer- 1stAlaska1,479,895
- 2ndTexas676,660
- 3rdCalifornia403,676
- 4thMontana376,974
- 5thNew Mexico314,199
- 6thArizona294,366
- 7thNevada284,537
- 8thColorado268,419
- 9thWyoming251,458
- 10thOregon248,631
- 11thIdaho214,051
- 12thUtah213,922
- 13thKansas211,754
- 14thMinnesota206,245
- 15thNebraska198,951
- 16thSouth Dakota196,345
- 17thNorth Dakota178,694
- 18thMissouri178,053
- 19thOklahoma177,664
- 20thWashington172,122
- 21stGeorgia149,488
- 22ndMichigan146,626
- 23rdIowa144,660
- 24thIllinois143,779
- 25thWisconsin140,295
- 26thFlorida138,974
- 27thArkansas134,659
- 28thAlabama131,187
- 29thNorth Carolina125,936
- 30thNew York122,049
- 31stMississippi121,535
- 32ndPennsylvania115,882
- 33rdLouisiana111,943
- 34thTennessee106,772
- 35thOhio105,825
- 36thKentucky102,268
- 37thVirginia102,256
- 38thIndiana92,787
- 39thMaine79,889
- 40thSouth Carolina77,866
- 41stWest Virginia62,267
- 42ndMaryland25,151
- 43rdVermont23,873
- 44thNew Hampshire23,191
- 45thMassachusetts20,204
- 46thNew Jersey19,049
- 47thHawaii16,634
- 48thConnecticut12,542
- 49thDelaware5,047
- 50thRhode Island2,678
- 51stDistrict of Columbia158
196 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on economy
- Human development indexUNDP composite of health, education and income (0–1).
- GDP per capitaOutput per person, price-adjusted: states via BEA regional price parities, countries via PPP.
- Median income (after tax)Median equivalised household disposable income per person, USD PPP — what the middle household actually has to spend after taxes and transfers.
- PopulationResident population.
- Cost of livingOverall price level relative to the US average (100).
- Income inequalityGini index of income distribution (0 = perfect equality).
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