Top 10, 20, 50, 100 largest country in the world by area

Top 10, 20, 50, 100 largest country in the world by area : Russia remains the obvious champion for landmass, although on the list of largest countries by area the top 10 includes all inhabited continents. These ten countries represent almost 50% of the entire land mass of the Earth.

Top 10 Largest Countries by Area (2026)

Russia continues to lead the pack in terms of land area, but the list of the top 10 largest nations stretches across every inhabited continent. Collectively, these countries comprise almost half of the planet’s total land area.

Quick Observations

Combined, today they’re bigger than the entire continent of Africa: they are the “Big Three”: Russia, Canada and China.

Continental Leaders: Algeria has been Africa’s largest since the division of Sudan in 2011. Brazil occupies almost half of the continent of South America.

Landlocked Giant: Kazakhstan is also the only country here that doesn’t have direct access to an ocean, though it does touch the Caspian Sea.

Top 20 Largest Countries by Total Area

*Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

THE TOP 20: KEY TAKEAWAYS

Regional Giants: Each and every continent has colossuses. By area, Russia (Europe/Asia), Canada (North America), Brazil (South America), Australia (Oceania) and Algeria (Africa) come top in their regions.

The African continent, for instance—yes, while its biggest countries are elsewhere, it still claims 10th-11th and 16th-17th place.

Size ≠ Population → there is often a big mismatch To take one example, India ranks #1 in population (as of April 2023) but #7 in area. Russia is the largest country on Earth by a margin, yet its population only has a world ranking of about #9. Mongolia (#19) is among the sparsest countries in the world population-wise.

Top 50 Largest Countries by Total Area

Top 100 largest countries and territories in the world by total area.

Top 100 Largest Countries by Total Area

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