List of countries and dependencies by area
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.
This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories. All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank number. Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised states are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "Notes" column for each country for clarification.
Not included in the list are individual country claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica or entities such as the European Union that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories.
This list includes three measurements of area:
- Total area: the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines.
- Land area: the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.
- Water area: the sum of the surface areas of all inland water bodies within international boundaries and coastlines. Coastal internal waters may be included. Territorial seas are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and exclusive economic zones are not included.
Countries and dependencies by area
| Country / dependency | Total in | Land in | Water in | % water | ||
| – | 70.8 | |||||
| 1 |  Russiakm2 mi2|17098246km2 mi2|16376870km2 mi2|721380efn|The largest country in the world, which spans two continents, and most of northern Eurasia; with about 1/9th of the world's total landmass. Russia's European portion is roughly 4,000,000, which is around 40% of the total landmass of Europe, making Russia the largest country in Europe; and its Asian portion, which covers all of Northern Asia, is around 13,100,000, making Russia the largest country in Asia.hs|1vendnoflag|Antarcticakm2 mi2|14200000km2 mi2|14200000efn|98% of the land area is covered by ice and snow. The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and United Kingdom, which to some extent overlap. The area from to is unclaimed territory. These areas normally have no human inhabitants except scientists.km2km2km2 |