The World's Largest Countries by Area 2023

Source: World Bank

The World's Largest Countries by Area 2023

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Key Findings

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Russia leads in Surface Area (Million km2) with 17.13 in 2023.

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Average Surface Area (Million km2) in 2023: 4.87 · median: 2.36.

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Gap in 2023: Russia is 13.4× larger than Chad.

About This Dataset

The World's Largest Countries by Area 2023

Countries ranked by surface area (million km2) in 2023, using World Bank figures for the 215 countries that reported that year. Russia leads on 17.13, ahead of Canada (15.63) and United States (9.83). Total surface area, including inland water bodies and, where claimed, coastal waterways. It is larger than the land area often quoted for the same country.

Analysis

Russia (17.13), Canada (15.63) and United States (9.83) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 17.13 down to 1.28, a spread of 15.85. Only 1.50 separates Russia from Canada in second, 8.8% of the leading figure. 4 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 8.57 or more. The chart shows the twenty highest of 215 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.

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Data Points

20 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

17.13

Russia

Surface Area (Million km2) · 2023

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Surface Area (Million km2)

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Period

2023

Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source: World Bank
Coverage: 20 entities · 2023 · 20 observations
Measure: Surface Area (Million km2)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Surface Area (Million km2) · ranked by 2023

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#	Category	2023
🥇	Russia	17.13
🥈	Canada	15.63
🥉	United States	9.83
4	China	9.56
5	Brazil	8.51
6	Australia	7.74
7	India	3.29
8	Argentina	2.78
9	Kazakhstan	2.72
10	Algeria	2.38
11	DR Congo	2.34
12	Saudi Arabia	2.15
13	Mexico	1.96
14	Indonesia	1.92
15	Sudan	1.88
16	Libya	1.76
17	Iran	1.75
18	Mongolia	1.56
19	Peru	1.29
20	Chad	1.28

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.SRF.TOTL.K2 Visit ↗

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