Top 50 Countries by Area

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Last updated: April 18, 2014
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Rank
Area
Answer
#1
17,075,200
Russia
#2
9,984,670
Canada
#3
9,826,630
United States
#4
9,596,961
China
#5
8,514,877
Brazil
#6
7,741,220
Australia
#7
3,287,263
India
#8
2,780,400
Argentina
#9
2,724,900
Kazakhstan
#10
2,381,741
Algeria
#11
2,344,858
Democratic Republic of Congo
#12
2,149,690
Saudi Arabia
#13
1,964,375
Mexico
#14
1,904,569
Indonesia
#15
1,861,484
Sudan
#16
1,759,540
Libya
#17
1,648,195
Iran
#18
1,564,116
Mongolia
#19
1,285,216
Peru
#20
1,284,000
Chad
#21
1,267,000
Niger
#22
1,246,700
Angola
#23
1,240,192
Mali
#24
1,219,090
South Africa
#25
1,138,910
Colombia
#26
1,104,300
Ethiopia
#27
1,098,581
Bolivia
#28
1,030,700
Mauritania
#29
1,001,450
Egypt
#30
947,300
Tanzania
#31
923,768
Nigeria
#32
912,050
Venezuela
#33
824,292
Namibia
#34
799,380
Mozambique
#35
796,095
Pakistan
#36
783,562
Turkey
#37
756,102
Chile
#38
752,618
Zambia
#39
676,578
Myanmar
#40
652,230
Afghanistan
#41
643,801
France
#42
637,657
Somalia
#43
622,984
Central African Republic
#44
603,550
Ukraine
#45
587,041
Madagascar
#46
581,730
Botswana
#47
580,367
Kenya
#48
527,968
Yemen
#49
513,120
Thailand
#50
505,370
Spain
+1
Level 71
Dec 7, 2014
How is Spain bigger than Sweden?
+4
Level 46
Apr 11, 2018
Because it has a larger area.
+3
Level 25
Mar 5, 2019
Due to the Mercator Projection, things in the north and south are larger than those on the Equator. Sweden is actually smaller than Madagascar.
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Level 52
Apr 10, 2015
The US isn't bigger than China. The UN counted coastal waters for the US but not for other countries.
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Level 76
Apr 24, 2018
is it coastal waters, or is it because they count the great lakes?
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Level 35
Jan 25, 2022
They count the territories
+1
Level 25
Mar 5, 2019
Great Quiz, wish it was featured.
+1
Level 16
Dec 10, 2020
Cool
+2
Level 46
Jan 8, 2021
The only one I missed was Mauritania because I wrote it as 'Mauretania', which is the correct term in many languages... Would you mind adding this option?
+1
Level 45
Jul 1, 2021
I had it similar, and with Kazakhstan too, which I wrote "Kazachstan" ;)
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Level 36
Jul 13, 2021
same