Largest Countries in the World by Area

The 50 largest countries on Earth ranked by total area in km². Russia tops the list at 17,098,246 km².

#	Country	Area	Capital
1	Russia	17,098,246 km²	Moscow
2	Canada	9,984,670 km²	Ottawa
3	China	9,706,961 km²	Beijing
4	United States	9,525,067 km²	Washington, D.C.
5	Brazil	8,515,767 km²	Brasília
6	Australia	7,692,024 km²	Canberra
7	India	3,287,263 km²	New Delhi
8	Argentina	2,780,400 km²	Buenos Aires
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 km²	Astana
10	Algeria	2,381,741 km²	Algiers
11	DR Congo	2,344,858 km²	Kinshasa
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 km²	Riyadh
13	Mexico	1,964,375 km²	Mexico City
14	Indonesia	1,904,569 km²	Jakarta
15	Sudan	1,886,068 km²	Khartoum
16	Libya	1,759,540 km²	Tripoli
17	Iran	1,648,195 km²	Tehran
18	Mongolia	1,564,110 km²	Ulan Bator
19	Peru	1,285,216 km²	Lima
20	Chad	1,284,000 km²	N'Djamena
21	Niger	1,267,000 km²	Niamey
22	Angola	1,246,700 km²	Luanda
23	Mali	1,240,192 km²	Bamako
24	South Africa	1,221,037 km²	Pretoria
25	Colombia	1,141,748 km²	Bogotá
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km²	Addis Ababa
27	Bolivia	1,098,581 km²	Sucre
28	Mauritania	1,030,700 km²	Nouakchott
29	Egypt	1,002,450 km²	Cairo
30	Tanzania	947,303 km²	Dodoma
31	Nigeria	923,768 km²	Abuja
32	Venezuela	916,445 km²	Caracas
33	Namibia	825,615 km²	Windhoek
34	Mozambique	801,590 km²	Maputo
35	Pakistan	796,095 km²	Islamabad
36	Turkey	783,562 km²	Ankara
37	Chile	756,102 km²	Santiago
38	Zambia	752,612 km²	Lusaka
39	Myanmar	676,578 km²	Naypyidaw
40	Afghanistan	652,230 km²	Kabul
41	Somalia	637,657 km²	Mogadishu
42	Central African Republic	622,984 km²	Bangui
43	South Sudan	619,745 km²	Juba
44	Ukraine	603,550 km²	Kyiv
45	Madagascar	587,041 km²	Antananarivo
46	Botswana	582,000 km²	Gaborone
47	Kenya	580,367 km²	Nairobi
48	France	543,908 km²	Paris
49	Yemen	527,968 km²	Sana'a
50	Thailand	513,120 km²	Bangkok