Giants by area
The thirty countries with the greatest area in the World Bank figures, shown on the whole world map. Number of countries: 30.
Quizzes for this region
The 30 largest countries on the map
A country is named; put your finger on it. A miss shows how far off you were.
Name the 30 largest countries
One country is shaded on the map. Which of the four names is it?
Capitals of the 30 largest countries
Match each country with its capital city, one way round or the other, four choices per question.
Flags of the 30 largest countries
Name the country of a flag, or pick the right flag of four.
Giants by area on the scales
Put two countries on the scales: more people, or more land?
Name the 30 largest countries
Type a region’s countries from memory and watch the map fill in.
The selection in numbers
- Countries
- 30
- Largest by area
- Russia · 17,125,190 km²
- Smallest by area
- Tanzania · 945,500 km²
- Most people
- India · 1.46 billion
- Fewest people
- Mongolia · 3.6 million
- People in total
- 5.08 billion
- Area in total
- 108,784,835 km²
World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.
Countries in this selection
Sorted by area, largest first. Each name leads to the country’s own page.
Russia17,125,190 km²
Canada15,634,410 km²
United States9,831,510 km²
China9,562,910 km²
Brazil8,510,420 km²
Australia7,741,220 km²
India3,287,263 km²
Argentina2,780,400 km²
Kazakhstan2,724,902 km²
Algeria2,381,740 km²
DR Congo2,345,410 km²
Saudi Arabia2,149,690 km²
Mexico1,957,194 km²
Indonesia1,916,907 km²
Sudan1,878,000 km²
Libya1,759,540 km²
Iran1,745,150 km²
Mongolia1,564,116 km²
Peru1,285,216 km²
Chad1,284,000 km²
Niger1,267,000 km²
Angola1,246,700 km²
Mali1,240,190 km²
South Africa1,219,090 km²
Colombia1,140,619 km²
Ethiopia1,129,819 km²
Bolivia1,098,580 km²
Mauritania1,030,700 km²
Egypt1,001,450 km²
Tanzania945,500 km²