GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: July 2012

Countries by Area

Rank	Country / Territory	Area (km²)	% of Total	Continent/Region	Notes
—	Earth	148,940,000	100%	Solar System
1	Russia	17,098,242	11.5%	Asia /Europe
2	Canada	9,984,670	6.7%	America, North
3	United States	9,629,091	6.5%	America, North
4	PR China	9,598,094	6.4%	Asia, Eastern
5	Brazil	8,514,877	5.7%	America, South
6	Australia	7,692,024	5.2%	Australia/Oceania
7	India	3,287,263	2.3%	Asia, South-Central
8	Argentina	2,780,400	2%	America, South
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1.8%	Asia, South-Central
10	Sudan (and South Sudan comined)	2,505,813	1.7%	Africa, Northern
11	Algeria	2,381,741	1.6%	Africa, Northern	Largest country in Africa
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo(Kinshasa)	2,344,858	1.6%	Africa, Central	Third-largest country in Africa
13	Greenland	2,166,086	1.5%	Europe, Northern	Self-governing territory of Denmark. Largest island in the world.
14	Saudi Arabia	2,000,000	1.4%	Middle East	Largest country in the Middle East
15	Mexico	1,964,375	1.3%	America, Northern	Third-largest country in North America.
16	Indonesia	1,904,569	1.3%	Asia, South-East	Largest and most populous country situated only on islands. Also the largest country in South East Asia.
17	Libya	1,759,540	1.2%	Africa, Northern
18	Iran	1,648,195	1.1%	Asia, South-Central
19	Mongolia	1,564,100	1.1%	Asia, Eastern
20	Peru	1,285,216	0.86%	America, South	Third-largest country in South America
21	Chad	1,284,000	0.86%	Africa, Central
22	Niger	1,267,000	0.85%	Africa, Western
23	Angola	1,246,700	0.85%	Africa, Central
24	Mali	1,240,192	0.83%	Africa, Western
25	South Africa	1,221,037	0.82%	Africa, Southern	Includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island).
26	Colombia	1,138,914	0.76%	America, South	Colombian census figure is 1,141,748 which includes three special districts and San Andrés and Providencia islands (52 km²) (disputed territories with Nicaragua).
27	Ethiopia	1,104,300	0.74%	Africa, Eastern
28	Bolivia	1,098,581	0.74%	America, South
29	Mauritania	1,030,000	0.69%	Africa, Western
30	Egypt	1,002,000	0.67%	Africa, Northern	Excluding the disputed region Hala'ib Triangle (20,580 km²).
31	Tanzania	945,087	0.63%	Africa, Eastern	Includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar.
32	Nigeria	923,768	0.62%	Africa, Western
33	Venezuela	912,050	0.61%	America, South
34	Namibia	824,292	0.55%	Africa, Southern
35	Mozambique	801,590	0.54%	Africa, Eastern
36	Pakistan	796,095	0.53%	Asia, South-Central	Excludes all disputed territories.
37	Turkey	783,562	0.53%	Western Asia, Southern Europe	Third-largest among countries with part of territory in Europe (after Russia and Kazakhstan)
38	Chile	756,102	0.51%	America, South	Includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez, excludes claims on Antarctica (1,250,000 km²).
39	Zambia	752,618	0.51%	Africa, Eastern
40	Myanmar	676,578	0.45%	Asia, South-East
41	Afghanistan	652,090	0.44%	Asia, South-Central
42	Somalia	637,657	0.43%	Africa, Eastern
43	Central African Republic	622,984	0.42%	Africa, Central
44	Ukraine	603,500	0.41%	Europe, Eastern	Largest all-European country, fourth largest among countries with part of territory in Europe (after Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey).
45	Madagascar	587,041	0.39%	Africa, Eastern
46	Botswana	582,000	0.39%	Africa, Southern
47	Kenya	580,000	0.39%	Africa, Eastern
48	France	551,500	0.37%	Europe, Western	Metropolitan France (European France including Corsica) only. The French Republic including French overseas territories covers 674,843 km².
49	Yemen	527,968	0.35%	Middle East	Includes the islands of Perim and Socotra.
50	Thailand	513,120	0.34%	Asia, South-East
51	Spain	505,992	0.34%	Europe, Southern	Sixth largest in Europe, second largest in western Europe. Includes mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, as well as the Spanish possessions (Plazas de Soberanía) off the coast of Morocco (Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), and Isla de Alborán almost midway between Morocco and Spain, all the latter being claimed by Morocco.
52	Turkmenistan	488,100	0.33%	Asia, South-Central
53	Cameroon	475,442	0.32%	Africa, Central
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840	0.31%	Oceania, Melanesia	Second largest country in Oceania.
55	Sweden	450,000	0.30%	Europe, Northern	Includes Gotland and Öland.
56	Uzbekistan	447,400	0.30%	Asia, South-Central	The larger of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world.
57	Morocco	446,550	0.30%	Africa, Northern	Excluding Western Sahara.
58	Iraq	438,317	0.29%	Middle East
59	Paraguay	406,752	0.27%	America, South
60	Zimbabwe	390,757	0.26%	Africa, Eastern
61	Japan	377,915	0.25%	Asia, Eastern	Includes Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Islands), Daito Islands, Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands), Minami-Torishima (Marcus Island), Okino-Torishima and Volcano Islands (Kazan Islands); excludes the southern Kuril Islands.
62	Germany	357,022	0.24%	Europe, Western	EB: 357,046
63	Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)	342,000	0.23%	Africa, Central
64	Finland	338,145	0.23%	Europe, Northern	Includes Åland Islands (1,552 km²).
65	Vietnam	331,689	0.22%	Asia, South-East
66	Malaysia	329,847	0.22%	Asia, South-East
67	Norway	323,802	0.22%	Europe, Northern	Mainland Norway only; not included the overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (62,422 km²) and the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km²) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land (2,500,000 km²) and Peter I Island (243 km²).
68	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463	0.22%	Africa, Western
69	Poland	312,685	0.21%	Europe, Eastern
70	Oman	309,500	0.21%	Middle East
71	Italy	301,318	0.20%	Europe, Southern	301,340 km² (CIA World Factbook.)
72	Philippines	300,000	0.20%	Asia, South-East
73	Ecuador	283,561	0.20%	America, South	Includes Galápagos Islands.
74	Burkina Faso	274,222	0.18%	Africa, Western
75	New Zealand	270,467	0.18%	Oceania;Australia	Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Excludes Niue (260 km²), the Cook Islands (236 km²) and Tokelau (12 km²), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency (450,000 km²). Third largest country in Oceania.
76	Gabon	267,668	0.18%	Africa, Central
77	Western Sahara	266,000	0.18%	Africa, Northern	Largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
78	Guinea	245,857	0.17%	Africa, Western
79	United Kingdom	242,900	0.16%	Europe, Northern	Not included are the three Crown dependencies (768 km²) of the islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man, and British Overseas Territories (1,742,857 km²)
80	Uganda	241,038	0.16%	Africa, Eastern
81	Ghana	238,533	0.16%	Africa, Western
82	Romania	238,391	0.16%	Europe, Eastern
83	Lao PDR	236,800	0.16%	Asia, South-East
84	Guyana	214,969	0.14%	South America, Northern
85	Belarus	208,000	0.14%	Europe, Eastern	Second-largest landlocked country in Europe (after Kazakhstan).
86	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	0.13%	Asia, South-Central
87	Senegal	196,722	0.13%	Africa, Western
88	Syria	185,180	0.12%	Middle East	Includes the Golan Heights.
89	Cambodia	181,035	0.12%	Asia, South-East
90	Uruguay	176,215	0.12%	America, South
91	Suriname	163,820	0.11%	America, South	Smallest country in South America.
92	Tunisia	163,610	0.11%	Africa, Northern
93	Nepal	147,181	0.10%	Asia, South-Central
94	Bangladesh	143,998	0.10%	Asia, South-Central
95	Tajikistan	143,100	0.10%	Asia, South-Central
96	Nicaragua	130,370	0.09%	America, Central	Excludes San Andrés y Providencia islands (disputed territories with Colombia). Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America.
97	Greece	131,957	0.09%	Europe, Southern
98	North Korea	120,538	0.08%	Asia, Eastern
99	Malawi	118,484	0.08%	Africa, Eastern
100	Eritrea	117,600	0.08%	Africa, Eastern	Includes Badme region.
101	Benin	112,622	0.08%	Africa, Western
102	Honduras	112,492	0.08%	America, Central
103	Liberia	111,369	0.07%	Africa, Western
104	Bulgaria	110,879	0.07%	Europe, Eastern
105	Cuba	109,886	0.07%	Caribbean	Cuba is the largest and most populous country/island in the Caribbean.
106	Guatemala	108,889	0.07%	America, Central
107	Iceland	103,000	0.07%	Europe, Northern
108	South Korea	99,678	0.07%	Asia, Eastern
109	Hungary	93,028	0.06%	Europe, Eastern
110	Portugal	92,090	0.06%	Europe, Southern	Includes Azores and Madeira Islands.
111	Jordan	89,342	0.06%	Middle East
112	Azerbaijan	86,600	0.06%	Asia, Western	Includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
113	French Guiana	83,534	0.06%	America, South	Former French overseas département. Became a French region and was made part of France proper.
114	Austria	83,871	0.06%	Europe, Western
115	United Arab Emirates	83,600	0.06%	Middle East
116	Czech Republic	78,867	0.05%	Europe, Eastern
117	Serbia	77,474	0.05%	Europe, Southern	This figure does not include Kosovo, which recently unilaterally declared itself independent to partial recognition; Serbia, Russia, China and others object. Including Kosovo, which is still claimed by Serbia, the total area is 88,361 km²,ranking Serbia at 113.
118	Panama	75,517	0.05%	America, Central
119	Sierra Leone	71,740	0.05%	Africa, Western
120	Ireland (Republic of)	70,273	0.05%	Europe, Northern	The island of Ireland has an area of 84,421 km².
121	Georgia	69,700	0.05%	Asia, Western	Includes Abkhazia (8,600 km²) and South Ossetia
122	Sri Lanka	65,610	0.04%	Asia, South-Central
123	Lithuania	65,300	0.04%	Europe, Northern
124	Latvia	64,589	0.04%	Europe, Northern
125	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	62,422	0.04%	Europe, Northern
126	Togo	56,785	0.04%	Africa, Western
127	Croatia	56,594	0.04%	Europe, Southern
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	0.03%	Europe, Southern
129	Costa Rica	51,100	0.03%	America, Central	Includes Isla del Coco.
130	Slovakia	49,035	0.03%	Europe, Eastern
131	Dominican Republic	48,310	0.03%	Caribbean
132	Estonia	45,227	0.03%	Europe, Northern	Includes Estonia's 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea.
133	Denmark	43,094	0.03%	Europe, Northern	Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km² and would be 13th.
134	Netherlands	41,543	0.03%	Europe, Western	Includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km².
135	Switzerland	41,285	0.03%	Europe, Western	source: swissworld.org
136	Bhutan	38,394	0.03%	Asia, South-Central
137	Taiwan (Republic of China)	36,188	0.02%	Asia, Eastern	Includes only the territories under the administration of the ROC, namely Taiwan, and the islands of Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
138	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	0.02%	Africa, Western
139	Moldova	33,850	0.02%	Europe, Eastern	Includes the de facto independent autonomous territory of Transnistria (Pridnestrovie).
140	Belgium	30,528	0.02%	Europe, Western
141	Lesotho	30,355	0.02%	Africa, Southern
142	Armenia	29,743	0.02%	Asia, Western
143	Solomon Islands	28,896	0.02%	Oceania, Melanesia
144	Albania	28,748	0.02%	Europe, Southern
145	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	0.02%	Africa, Central
146	Burundi	27,834	0.02%	Africa, Eastern
147	Haiti	27,750	0.02%	Caribbean
148	Rwanda	26,338	0.02%	Africa, Eastern
149	Macedonia	25,713	0.02%	Europe, Southern
150	Djibouti	23,200	0.02%	Africa, Eastern
151	Belize	22,966	0.02%	America, Central
152	Israel	22,072	0.01%	Middle East	Including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem.
153	El Salvador	21,041	0.01%	America, Central
154	Slovenia	20,273	0.01%	Europe, Southern
155	New Caledonia	18,575	0.01%	Oceania, Melanesia	French dependency.
156	Fiji	18,274	0.01%	Oceania, Melanesia
157	Kuwait	17,818	0.01%	Middle East
158	Swaziland	17,364	0.01%	Africa, Southern
159	East Timor	14,874	>0.01%	Asia, South-East
160	The Bahamas	13,943	>0.01%	Caribbean
161	Montenegro	13,812	>0.01%	Europe, Southern
162	Vanuatu	12,189	>0.01%	Oceania, Melanesia
163	Falkland Islands	12,173	>0.01%	America, Southern	British Overseas Territory. Claimed by Argentina. Excludes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
164	Qatar	11,586	>0.01%	Middle East
165	The Gambia	11,295	>0.01%	Africa, Western
166	Jamaica	10,991	>0.01%	Caribbean
167	Kosovo	10,887	>0.01%	Europe, Southern	Kosovo unilaterally declared itself independent to partial recognition, with objections from Serbia, Russia, China and others. Serbia still claims the territory.
168	Lebanon	10,400	<0.01%	Middle East
169	Cyprus	9,251	<0.01%	Asia, Western	Includes Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Sovereign Base Areas).
170	Puerto Rico	8,870	<0.01%	Caribbean	Commonwealth of the United States.
171	Palestinian territories	6,020	<0.01%	Middle East	The figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
172	Brunei	5,765	<0.01%	Asia, South-East
173	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	<0.01%	Caribbean
174	French Polynesia	4,167	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia	French overseas collectivity.
175	Cape Verde	4,033	<0.01%	Africa, Western
176	Samoa	2,831	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia
177	Luxembourg	2,586	<0.01%	Europe, Western
178	Réunion	2,510	<0.01%	Africa, Eastern	Former French overseas département. Became a French region and was made part of France proper.
179	Comoros	2,235	<0.01%	Africa, Eastern	Listed figure inccludes Mayotte (373 km²). Mayotte is officially an overseas collectivity of France and is not under the sovereignty of Comoros.
180	Mauritius	2,040	<0.01%	Africa, Eastern	Includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues.
181	Guadeloupe	1,705	<0.01%	Caribbean	Former French overseas département that included La Désirade, Marie Galante, Les Saintes, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part). Note that Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin became separate overseas collectvities in 2007 and are no longer politically part of Guadeloupe.
182	Faroe Islands	1,393	<0.01%	Europe, Northern	A self-governing territory of Denmark.
183	Martinique	1,102	<0.01%	Caribbean	Former French overseas département. Became a French region and was made part of France proper.
184	São Tomé and Príncipe	964	<0.01%	Africa, Central	Second smallest country in Africa.
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	<0.01%	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory. Area includes protected waters.
186	Netherlands Antilles	800	<0.01%	Caribbean	Self-governing part of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin).
187	Dominica	751	<0.01%	Caribbean
188	Tonga	747	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia
189	Bahrain	741	<0.01%	Middle East
190	Kiribati	726	<0.01%	Oceania, Micronesia	Includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands.
191	Micronesia, Federated States of	702	<0.01%	Oceania, Micronesia	Includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie).
192	Singapore	699	<0.01%	Asia, South-East	UN figure is as of 2005. Official area in 2007 is 707.1 km².
193	Isle of Man	572	<0.01%	Europe, Northern	Crown dependency of the UK.
194	Guam	549	<0.01%	Oceania, Micronesia	Organized unincorporated territory of the USA.
195	Saint Lucia	539	<0.01%	Caribbean
196	Northern Mariana Islands	477	<0.01%	Oceania, Micronesia	Commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
197	Andorra	468	<0.01%	Europe, Southern
198	Palau	459	<0.01%	Oceania, Micronesia
199	Seychelles	455	<0.01%	Africa, Eastern	Smallest country in Africa.
200	Antigua and Barbuda	442	<0.01%	Caribbean	Includes the island of Redonda, 1.6 km².
201	Barbados	431	<0.01%	Caribbean
202	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	<0.01%	Caribbean
203	Virgin Islands U.S.	347	<0.01%	Caribbean	Unincorporated, organized territory of the USA.
204	Grenada	344	<0.01%	Caribbean
205	Malta	316	<0.01%	Europe, Southern
206	Maldives	298	<0.01%	Asia, South-Central	Smallest country in Asia.
207	Cayman Islands	264	<0.01%	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory.
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	<0.01%	Caribbean	Smallest nation in North America and in the Western Hemisphere.
209	Niue	260	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia	Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand.
210	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	<0.01%	America, Northern	French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups.
211	Cook Islands	236	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
212	American Samoa	199	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia	Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island.
213	Marshall Islands	181	<0.01%	Oceania, Micronesia	Includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik.
214	Aruba	180	<0.01%	Caribbean	Self-governing part of the Netherlands.
215	Liechtenstein	160	<0.01%	Europe, Western	Smallest country in the world that borders more than one other country.
216	British Virgin Islands	151	<0.01%	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory; comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada.
217	Wallis and Futuna	142	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia	French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets.
218	Saint Helena	122	<0.01%	Africa, Western	British Overseas Territory; excluding dependencies.
219	Jersey	116	<0.01%	Europe, Northern	Crown dependency of the UK.
220	Montserrat	102	<0.01%	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory.
221	Tristan da Cunha	98	<0.01%	South Atlantic Ocean	Dependency of St Helena (UK). Area refers to the only inhabited island.
222	Anguilla	91	<0.01%	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory.
223	Ascension Island	88	<0.01%	South Atlantic Ocean	Dependency of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena.
224	Guernsey	78	<0.01%	Europe, Northern	Crown dependency of the UK; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands.
225	San Marino	61	<0.01%	Europe, Southern
226	Bermuda	53	<0.01%	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory.
227	Norfolk Island	36	<0.01%	Oceania, Australia	Self-governing area of Australia.
228	Tuvalu	26	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia
229	Nauru	21	<0.01%	Oceania, Micronesia	Smallest country in Oceania, smallest island nation in the world, and third smallest country in the world.
230	Tokelau	12	<0.01%	Oceania/Australia	Territory of New Zealand.
231	Gibraltar	6	<0.01%	Europe, Southern	British Overseas Territory.
232	Pitcairn Islands	5	<0.01%	Oceania, Polynesia	British Overseas Territory and smallest dependent territory of the world.
233	Monaco	1.95	<0.01%	Europe, Southern	Second smallest country of the world.
234	Vatican City	0.44	<0.01%	Europe, Southern	Smallest country in the world. Home of the Pope and the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church (Holy See).

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