Siehe auch: Liste unabhängiger Staaten, Liste unabhängiger Staaten nach Einwohnerzahl, Liste unabhängiger Staaten nach Bevölkerungsdichte, Liste abhängiger Gebiete, Inselstaaten,

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor="#efefef" | Nr. || Landesname || Fläche in km² |---- | 1 || Russland || align="right" | 17.075.200 |---- | 2 || Kanada || align="right" | 9.976.140 |---- | 3 || USA || align="right" | 9.629.091 |---- | || Amerikanische Jungferninseln || align="right" | 352 |---- | || Amerikanisch-Samoa || align="right" | 199 |---- | || Bakerinsel || align="right" | 1 |---- | || Guam || align="right" | 549 |---- | || Howlandinsel || align="right" | 1 |---- | || Jarvis || align="right" | 4 |---- | || Johnstoninsel || align="right" | 3 |---- | || Kingmanriff || align="right" | 1 |---- | || Midwayinsel || align="right" | 6 |---- | || Navassa || align="right" | 5 |---- | || Nördliche Marianen || align="right" | 477 |---- | || Palmyra || align="right" | 12 |---- | || Puerto Rico || align="right" | 9.104 |---- | || Wake || align="right" | 6 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 9.639.810 |---- | 4 || China || align="right" | 9.596.960 |---- | || Hongkong || align="right" | 1.092 |---- | || Macao || align="right" | 25 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 9.598.077 |---- | 5 || Brasilien || align="right" | 8.511.965 |---- | 6 || Australien || align="right" | 7.686.850 |---- | || Ashmore- und Cartierinseln || align="right" | 5 |---- | || Kokosinseln || align="right" | 14 |---- | || Korallenmeerinseln || align="right" | 3 |---- | || Heard und McDonaldinseln || align="right" | 412 |---- | || Norfolkinsel || align="right" | 34 |---- | || Weihnachtsinsel || align="right" | 135 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 7.687.453 |---- | 7 || Indien || align="right" | 3.287.590 |---- | 8 || Argentinien || align="right" | 2.766.890 |---- | 9 || Kasachstan || align="right" | 2.727.300 |---- | 10 || Sudan || align="right" | 2.505.810 |---- | 11 || Algerien || align="right" | 2.381.740 |---- | 12 || Demokratische Republik Kongo || align="right" | 2.345.410 |---- | 13 || Mexiko || align="right" | 1.972.550 |---- | 14 || Saudi-Arabien || align="right" | 1.960.582 |---- | 15 || Indonesien || align="right" | 1.904.556 |---- | 16 || Libyen || align="right" | 1.759.540 |---- | 17 || Iran || align="right" | 1.648.000 |---- | 18 || Mongolei || align="right" | 1.565.000 |---- | 19 || Peru || align="right" | 1.285.220 |---- | 20 || Tschad || align="right" | 1.284.000 |---- | 21 || Niger || align="right" | 1.267.000 |---- | 22 || Angola || align="right" | 1.246.700 |---- | 23 || Mali || align="right" | 1.240.000 |---- | 24 || Südafrika || align="right" | 1.219.912 |---- | 25 || Kolumbien || align="right" | 1.138.910 |---- | 26 || Äthiopien || align="right" | 1.127.127 |---- | 27 || Bolivien || align="right" | 1.098.580 |---- | 28 || Mauretanien || align="right" | 1.030.700 |---- | 29 || Ägypten || align="right" | 1.001.450 |---- | 30 || Tansania || align="right" | 948.087 |---- | 31 || Nigeria || align="right" | 923.768 |---- | 32 || Venezuela || align="right" | 912.050 |---- | 33 || Namibia || align="right" | 825.418 |---- | 34 || Pakistan || align="right" | 803.940 |---- | 35 || Mosambik || align="right" | 801.590 |---- | 36 || Türkei || align="right" | 780.580 |---- | 37 || Chile || align="right" | 756.950 |---- | 38 || Sambia || align="right" | 752.614 |---- | 39 || Myanmar || align="right" | 678.500 |---- | 40 || Afghanistan || align="right" | 647.500 |---- | 41 || Somalia || align="right" | 637.657 |---- | 42 || Zentralafrikanische Republik || align="right" | 622.984 |---- | 43 || Ukraine || align="right" | 603.700 |---- | 44 || Botswana || align="right" | 600.370 |---- | 45 || Madagaskar || align="right" | 587.040 |---- | 46 || Kenia || align="right" | 582.650 |---- | 47 || Frankreich || align="right" | 547.030 |---- | || Bassas da India || align="right" | 0 |---- | || Clippertoninsel || align="right" | 6 |---- | || Europainsel || align="right" | 28 |---- | || Französische Süd- und Antarktisgebiete || align="right" | 7.829 |---- | || Französisch-Guyana || align="right" | 91.000 |---- | || Französisch-Polynesien || align="right" | 4.167 |---- | || Gloriosoinseln || align="right" | 5 |---- | || Guadeloupe || align="right" | 1.780 |---- | || Juan-de-Nova-Insel || align="right" | 4 |---- | || Martinique || align="right" | 1.100 |---- | || Mayotte || align="right" | 374 |---- | || Neukaledonien || align="right" | 19.060 |---- | || Réunion || align="right" | 2.517 |---- | || St. Pierre und Miquelon || align="right" | 242 |---- | || Tromelin || align="right" | 1 |---- | || Wallis und Futuna || align="right" | 274 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 675.417 |---- | 48 || Jemen || align="right" | 527.970 |---- | 49 || Thailand || align="right" | 514.000 |---- | 50 || Spanien || align="right" | 504.782 |---- | 51 || Turkmenistan || align="right" | 488.100 |---- | 52 || Kamerun || align="right" | 475.440 |---- | 53 || Papua-Neuguinea || align="right" | 462.840 |---- | 54 || Schweden || align="right" | 449.964 |---- | 55 || Usbekistan || align="right" | 447.400 |---- | 56 || Marokko || align="right" | 446.550 |---- | || Westsahara || align="right" | 266.000 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 712.550 |---- | 57 || Irak || align="right" | 437.072 |---- | 58 || Paraguay || align="right" | 406.750 |---- | 59 || Simbabwe || align="right" | 390.580 |---- | 60 || Japan || align="right" | 377.835 |---- | 61 || Deutschland || align="right" | 357.021 |---- | 62 || Republik Kongo || align="right" | 342.000 |---- | 63 || Finnland || align="right" | 337.030 |---- | 64 || Malaysia || align="right" | 329.750 |---- | 65 || Vietnam || align="right" | 329.560 |---- | 66 || Norwegen || align="right" | 324.220 |---- | || Bouvetinsel || align="right" | 58 |---- | || Jan Mayen || align="right" | 373 |---- | || Svalbard || align="right" | 62.049 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 386.700 |---- | 67 || Cote d'Ivoire || align="right" | 322.460 |---- | 68 || Polen || align="right" | 312.685 |---- | 69 || Italien || align="right" | 301.230 |---- | 70 || Philippinen || align="right" | 300.000 |---- | 71 || Ecuador || align="right" | 283.560 |---- | 72 || Burkina Faso || align="right" | 274.200 |---- | 73 || Neuseeland || align="right" | 268.680 |---- | || Cookinseln || align="right" | 240 |---- | || Niue || align="right" | 260 |---- | || Tokelau || align="right" | 10 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 269.190 |---- | 74 || Gabun || align="right" | 267.667 |---- | 75 || Guinea || align="right" | 245.857 |---- | 76 || Vereinigtes Königreich || align="right" | 244.820 |---- | || Anguilla || align="right" | 102 |---- | || Britisches Territorium im Indischen Ozean || align="right" | 60 |---- | || Britische Jungferninseln || align="right" | 153 |---- | || Bermuda || align="right" | 53 |---- | || Falklandinseln || align="right" | 12.173 |---- | || Gibraltar || align="right" | 6 |---- | || Guernsey || align="right" | 78 |---- | || Jersey || align="right" | 116 |---- | || Kaimaninseln || align="right" | 262 |---- | || Man || align="right" | 572 |---- | || Montserrat || align="right" | 102 |---- | || Pitcairninseln || align="right" | 47 |---- | || St. Helena || align="right" | 410 |---- | || Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln || align="right" | 3.903 |---- | || Turks- und Caicosinseln || align="right" | 430 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 263.287 |---- | 77 || Ghana || align="right" | 238.540 |---- | 78 || Rumänien || align="right" | 237.500 |---- | 79 || Laos || align="right" | 236.800 |---- | 80 || Uganda || align="right" | 236.040 |---- | 81 || Guyana || align="right" | 214.970 |---- | 82 || Oman || align="right" | 212.460 |---- | 83 || Weißrussland || align="right" | 207.600 |---- | 84 || Kirgisien || align="right" | 198.500 |---- | 85 || Senegal || align="right" | 196.190 |---- | 86 || Syrien || align="right" | 185.180 |---- | 87 || Kambodscha || align="right" | 181.040 |---- | 88 || Uruguay || align="right" | 176.220 |---- | 89 || Tunesien || align="right" | 163.610 |---- | 90 || Surinam || align="right" | 163.270 |---- | 91 || Bangladesch || align="right" | 144.000 |---- | 92 || Tadschikistan || align="right" | 143.100 |---- | 93 || Nepal || align="right" | 140.800 |---- | 94 || Griechenland || align="right" | 131.940 |---- | 95 || Nicaragua || align="right" | 129.494 |---- | 96 || Eritrea || align="right" | 121.320 |---- | 97 || Nordkorea || align="right" | 120.540 |---- | 98 || Malawi || align="right" | 118.480 |---- | 99 || Benin || align="right" | 112.620 |---- | 100 || Honduras || align="right" | 112.090 |---- | 101 || Liberia || align="right" | 111.370 |---- | 102 || Bulgarien || align="right" | 110.910 |---- | 103 || Guatemala || align="right" | 108.890 |---- | 104 || Island || align="right" | 103.000 |---- | 105 || Serbien und Montenegro || align="right" | 102.173 |---- | 106 || Kuba || align="right" | 100.860 |---- | 107 || Südkorea || align="right" | 98.480 |---- | 108 || Ungarn || align="right" | 93.030 |---- | 109 || Portugal || align="right" | 92.391 |---- | 110 || Jordanien || align="right" | 92.300 |---- | 111 || Aserbaidschan || align="right" | 86.600 |---- | 112 || Österreich || align="right" | 83.858 |---- | 113 || Vereinigte Arabische Emirate || align="right" | 82.880 |---- | 114 || Tschechien || align="right" | 78.866 |---- | 115 || Panama || align="right" | 78.200 |---- | 116 || Sierra Leone || align="right" | 71.740 |---- | 117 || Republik Irland || align="right" | 70.280 |---- | 118 || Georgien || align="right" | 69.700 |---- | 119 || Sri Lanka || align="right" | 65.610 |---- | 120 || Litauen || align="right" | 65.200 |---- | 121 || Lettland || align="right" | 64.589 |---- | 122 || Togo || align="right" | 56.785 |---- | 123 || Kroatien || align="right" | 56.542 |---- | 124 || Bosnien-Herzegowina || align="right" | 51.129 |---- | 125 || Costa Rica || align="right" | 51.100 |---- | 126 || Slowakei || align="right" | 48.845 |---- | 127 || Dominikanische Republik || align="right" | 48.730 |---- | 128 || Bhutan || align="right" | 47.000 |---- | 129 || Estland || align="right" | 45.226 |---- | 130 || Dänemark || align="right" | 43.094 |---- | || Färöer || align="right" | 1.399 |---- | || Grönland || align="right" | 2.166.086 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 2.210.579 |---- | 131 || Niederlande || align="right" | 41.526 |---- | || Aruba || align="right" | 193 |---- | || Niederländische Antillen || align="right" | 960 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 42.679 |---- | 132 || Schweiz || align="right" | 41.290 |---- | 133 || Guinea-Bissau || align="right" | 36.120 |---- | 134 || Taiwan || align="right" | 35.980 |---- | 135 || Moldawien || align="right" | 33.843 |---- | 136 || Belgien || align="right" | 32.545 |---- | 137 || Lesotho || align="right" | 30.355 |---- | 138 || Armenien || align="right" | 29.800 |---- | 139 || Albanien || align="right" | 28.748 |---- | 140 || Salomonen || align="right" | 28.450 |---- | 141 || Äquatorialguinea || align="right" | 28.051 |---- | 142 || Burundi || align="right" | 27.830 |---- | 143 || Haiti || align="right" | 27.750 |---- | 144 || Ruanda || align="right" | 26.338 |---- | 145 || Ehemalige Jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien || align="right" | 25.333 |---- | 146 || Belize || align="right" | 22.966 |---- | 147 || Dschibuti || align="right" | 22.000 |---- | 148 || El Salvador || align="right" | 21.040 |---- | 149 || Israel || align="right" | 20.770 |---- | || Gazastreifen || align="right" | 360 |---- | || Westjordanland || align="right" | 5.860 |---- | || Total || align="right" | 26.990 |---- | 150 || Slowenien || align="right" | 20.253 |---- | 151 || Fidschi || align="right" | 18.270 |---- | 152 || Kuwait || align="right" | 17.820 |---- | 153 || Swasiland || align="right" | 17.363 |---- | 154 || Timor-Leste || align="right" | 14.874 |---- | 155 || Bahamas || align="right" | 13.940 |---- | 156 || Vanuatu || align="right" | 12.200 |---- | 157 || Katar || align="right" | 11.437 |---- | 158 || Gambia || align="right" | 11.300 |---- | 159 || Jamaika || align="right" | 10.990 |---- | 160 || Libanon || align="right" | 10.400 |---- | 161 || Zypern || align="right" | 9.250 |---- | 162 || Brunei || align="right" | 5.770 |---- | 163 || Trinidad und Tobago || align="right" | 5.128 |---- | 164 || Kap Verde || align="right" | 4.033 |---- | 165 || Samoa || align="right" | 2.860 |---- | 166 || Luxemburg || align="right" | 2.586 |---- | 167 || Komoren || align="right" | 2.170 |---- | 168 || Mauritius || align="right" | 1.860 |---- | 169 || São Tomé und Príncipe || align="right" | 1.001 |---- | 170 || Dominica || align="right" | 754 |---- | 171 || Tonga || align="right" | 748 |---- | 172 || Kiribati || align="right" | 717 |---- | 173 || Mikronesien || align="right" | 702 |---- | 174 || Singapur || align="right" | 692,7 |---- | 175 || Bahrain || align="right" | 620 |---- | 176 || St. Lucia || align="right" | 620 |---- | 177 || Palau || align="right" | 508 |---- | 178 || Seychellen || align="right" | 455 |---- | 179 || Andorra || align="right" | 468 |---- | 180 || Antigua und Barbuda || align="right" | 442 |---- | 181 || Barbados || align="right" | 430 |---- | 182 || St. Vincent und die Grenadinen || align="right" | 389 |---- | 183 || Grenada || align="right" | 340 |---- | 184 || Malta || align="right" | 316 |---- | 185 || Malediven || align="right" | 300 |---- | 186 || St. Kitts und Nevis || align="right" | 261 |---- | 187 || Marshallinseln || align="right" | 181 |---- | 188 || Liechtenstein || align="right" | 160 |---- | 189 || San Marino || align="right" | 61,2 |---- | 190 || Tuvalu || align="right" | 26 |---- | 191 || Nauru || align="right" | 21 |---- | 192 || Monaco || align="right" | 1,95 |---- | 193 || Vatikanstadt || align="right" | 0,44 |---- |}\n