Some countries in the world cover large portions of the earth as compared to others. Whereas there are smaller countries than cities in other countries, others are so huge that they have different time zones just in one country. Take for instance, Russia, which is the largest country in the world; covers about 11.5% of all the land in the entire world.
Here is the list of the top 50 largest countries in the world.
Rank | Country | Area |
1. | Russia | 17,098,242 km2 |
2. | Canada | 9,984,670 km2 |
3. | United States | 9,826,675 km2 |
4. | China | 9,596,960 km2 |
5. | Brazil | 8,514,877 km2 |
6. | Australia | 7,741,220 km2 |
7. | India | 3,287,263 km2 |
8. | Argentina | 2,780,400 km2 |
9. | Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 km2 |
10. | Algeria | 2,381,741 km2 |
11. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 km2 |
12. | Greenland (Denmark) | 2,166,086 km2 |
13. | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km2 |
14. | Mexico | 1,964,375 km2 |
15. | Indonesia | 1,904,569 km2 |
16. | Sudan | 1,861,484 km2 |
17. | Libya | 1,759,540 km2 |
18. | Iran | 1,648,195 km2 |
19. | Mongolia | 1,564,116 km2 |
20. | Peru | 1,285,216 km2 |
21. | Chad | 1,284,000 km2 |
22. | Niger | 1,267,000 km2 |
23. | Angola | 1,246,700 km2 |
24. | Mali | 1,240,192 km2 |
25. | South Africa | 1,219,090 km2 |
26. | Colombia | 1,138,910 km2 |
27. | Ethiopia | 1,104,300 km2 |
28. | Bolivia | 1,098,581 km2 |
29. | Mauritania | 1,030,700 km2 |
30. | Egypt | 1,001,450 km2 |
31. | Tanzania | 947,300 km2 |
32. | Nigeria | 923,768 km2 |
33. | Venezuela | 912,050 km2 |
34. | Namibia | 824,292 km2 |
35. | Mozambique | 799,380 km2 |
36. | Pakistan | 796,095 km2 |
37. | Turkey | 783,562 km2 |
38. | Chile | 756,102 km2 |
39. | Zambia | 752,618 km2 |
40. | Burma | 676,578 km2 |
41. | Afghanistan | 652,230 km2 |
42. | South Sudan | 644,329 km2 |
43. | France | 643,801 km2 |
44. | Somalia | 637,657 km2 |
45. | Central African Republic | 622,984 km2 |
46. | Ukraine | 603,550 km2 |
47. | Madagascar | 587,041 km2 |
48. | Botswana | 581,730 km2 |
49. | Kenya | 580,367 km2 |
50. | Yemen | 527,968 km2 |
