The list of the top 10 largest countries in the world by surface area
Which country in the world is the largest? Find out here from our list of the top 10 largest countries in the world by surface area.
Despite its status as a world economic and military power, France is not part of the top thirty of this ranking, after comparing the different areas.
The list of the 10 largest countries in the world by area is by far dominated by Russia. The former Soviet Union, despite its split a few years ago, still retains an impressive area. For those who still don’t know, Russia is nearly 30 times larger than France in terms of area. It is therefore no coincidence that the former Soviet Union is by far at the top of the list of the 10 largest countries in the world by area. To date, the total area of Russia is estimated at 17,125,191 km².
As a reminder, the area of Russia also takes into account that of the Republic of Crimea, a territory that has been claiming its independence from the former Soviet power for years. But the withdrawal of the Crimean area does not change much in the ranking, since Russia is the only country on the planet to have exceeded the bar of 10 million km². To give you a more precise idea, know that Russia alone represents a little more than half of the area of Africa which is estimated at 30 million km².
In second place in our ranking, after comparing the different areas, we find Canada. As surprising as it may seem, Canada is much larger than the United States of America. Canada comes second on the list of the 30 largest countries in the world by area, with an estimated total area of 9,984,670 km². The United States of America follows closely in the ranking with an estimated area of 9,629,091 km². As a reminder, there are several African countries on this list of the largest countries on the planet in terms of area.
Classification of countries by geographical area
• 1st Russia with an estimated total area of 17,125,191 km2
• 2nd Canada with an estimated total area of 9,984,670 km2
• 3rd United States with an estimated total area of 9,629,091 km2
• 4th People’s Republic of China with a total area estimated at 9,601,134 km2
• 5th Brazil with a total area estimated at 8,515,767 km2
• 6th Australia with a total area estimated at 7,692,060 km2
• 7th India with a total area estimated at 3,287,263 km2
• 8th Argentina with an estimated total area of 2,780,400 km2
• 9th in Kazakhstan with an estimated total area of 2,724,910 km2
• 10th in Algeria with an estimated total area of 2,381,741 km2
Other large countries in the world
• 11th in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with an estimated total area of 2,345,409 km2
• 12th in Denmark with an estimated total area of 2,345,409 km2 at 2,210,573 km2
• 13th in Saudi Arabia with an estimated total area of 2,149,680 km2
• 14th in Mexico with an estimated total area of 1,964,375 km2
• 15th in Indonesia with an estimated total area of 1,910,931 km2
• 16th Sudan with an estimated total area of 1,861,484 km2
• 17th Libya with an estimated total area of 1,759,540 km2
• 18th Iran with an estimated total area of 1,648,195 km2
• 19th Mongolia with an estimated total area of 1,564 100 km2
• 20th Peru with an estimated total area of 1,285,216 km2
• 21st Chad with an estimated total area of 1,284,000 km2
• 22nd Niger with an estimated total area of 1,267,000 km2
• 23rd Angola with an estimated total area of 1,246,700 km2
• 24th Mali with an estimated total area of 1,241,238 km2
• 25th South Africa with an estimated total area of 1,221,037 km2
• 26th Colombia with an estimated total area of 1,141,748 km2
• 27th Ethiopia with an estimated total area of 1,104,300 km2
• 28th Bolivia with a total area estimated at 1,098,581 km2
• 29th Mauritania with a total area estimated at 1,025,520 km2
• 30th Egypt with a total area estimated at 1,002,450 km2.
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