Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface
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There are over 510 million square kilometers of area on the surface of Earth, but less than 30% of this is covered by land. The rest is water, in the form of vast oceans.
This visualization uses data primarily from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) to rank the world’s countries by their share of Earth’s surface.
Breakdown of Countries Share of Earth’s Surface
The largest countries by surface area are Russia (3.35%), Canada (1.96%), and China (1.88%). Together they occupy roughly 7.2% of Earth’s surface.
Russia is so big that even if we divided the country between its Asian and European sections, those new regions would still be the largest in their respective continents.
Antarctica, although not a country, covers the second largest amount of land overall at 2.75%. Meanwhile, the other nations that surpass the 1% mark for surface area include the United States (1.87%), Brazil (1.67%), and Australia (1.51%).
The remaining 195 countries and regions below 1%, combined, account for the other half of Earth’s land surface. Among the world’s smallest countries are the island nations of the Caribbean and the South Pacific Ocean. However, the tiniest of the tiny are Vatican City and Monaco, which combine for a total area of just 2.51 km².
The remaining 70% of Earth’s surface is water: 27% territorial waters and 43% international waters or areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Dataset
Country / Dependency | Total in km2 (mi2) | Percentage of Earth's Surface |
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Russia | 17098246 (6601670) | 3.35% |
Antarctica | 14000000 (5400000) | 2.75% |
Canada | 9984670 (3855100) | 1.96% |
China | 9596961 (3705407) | 1.88% |
United States | 9525067 (3677649) | 1.87% |
Brazil | 8515767 (3287956) | 1.67% |
Australia | 7692024 (2969907) | 1.51% |
India | 3287263 (1269219) | 0.64% |
Argentina | 2780400 (1073500) | 0.55% |
Kazakhstan | 2724900 (1052100) | 0.53% |
Algeria | 2381741 (919595) | 0.47% |
D.R. Congo | 2344858 (905355) | 0.46% |
Greenland (Denmark) | 2166086 (836330) | 0.43% |
Saudi Arabia | 2149690 (830000) | 0.42% |
Mexico | 1964375 (758449) | 0.39% |
Indonesia | 1910931 (737815) | 0.38% |
Sudan | 1861484 (718723) | 0.37% |
Libya | 1759540 (679360) | 0.35% |
Iran | 1648195 (636372) | 0.32% |
Mongolia | 1564110 (603910) | 0.31% |
Peru | 1285216 (496225) | 0.25% |
Chad | 1284000 (496000) | 0.25% |
Niger | 1267000 (489000) | 0.25% |
Angola | 1246700 (481400) | 0.24% |
Mali | 1240192 (478841) | 0.24% |
South Africa | 1221037 (471445) | 0.24% |
Colombia | 1141748 (440831) | 0.22% |
Ethiopia | 1104300 (426400) | 0.22% |
Bolivia | 1098581 (424164) | 0.22% |
Mauritania | 1030700 (398000) | 0.20% |
Egypt | 1002450 (387050) | 0.20% |
Tanzania | 945087 (364900) | 0.19% |
Nigeria | 923768 (356669) | 0.18% |
Venezuela | 916445 (353841) | 0.18% |
Pakistan | 907843 (350520) | 0.18% |
Namibia | 825615 (318772) | 0.16% |
Mozambique | 801590 (309500) | 0.16% |
Turkey | 783562 (302535) | 0.15% |
Chile | 756102 (291933) | 0.15% |
Zambia | 752612 (290585) | 0.15% |
Myanmar | 676578 (261228) | 0.13% |
Afghanistan | 652230 (251830) | 0.13% |
South Sudan | 644329 (248777) | 0.13% |
Somalia | 637657 (246201) | 0.13% |
Central African Republic | 622984 (240535) | 0.12% |
Ukraine | 603500 (233000) | 0.12% |
Madagascar | 587041 (226658) | 0.12% |
Botswana | 581730 (224610) | 0.11% |
Kenya | 580367 (224081) | 0.11% |
France | 543940 (210020) | 0.11% |
Yemen | 527968 (203850) | 0.10% |
Thailand | 513120 (198120) | 0.10% |
Spain | 505992 (195365) | 0.10% |
Turkmenistan | 488100 (188500) | 0.10% |
Cameroon | 475442 (183569) | 0.09% |
Papua New Guinea | 462840 (178700) | 0.09% |
Sweden | 450295 (173860) | 0.09% |
Uzbekistan | 447400 (172700) | 0.09% |
Morocco | 446550 (172410) | 0.09% |
Iraq | 438317 (169235) | 0.09% |
Paraguay | 406752 (157048) | 0.08% |
Zimbabwe | 390757 (150872) | 0.08% |
Norway | 385207 (148729) | 0.08% |
Japan | 377976 (145937) | 0.07% |
Germany | 357114 (137882) | 0.07% |
Republic of the Congo | 342000 (132000) | 0.07% |
Finland | 338424 (130666) | 0.07% |
Vietnam | 331212 (127882) | 0.07% |
Malaysia | 330803 (127724) | 0.07% |
Ivory Coast | 322463 (124504) | 0.06% |
Poland | 312696 (120733) | 0.06% |
Oman | 309500 (119500) | 0.06% |
Italy | 301339 (116348) | 0.06% |
Philippines | 300000 (120000) | 0.06% |
Ecuador | 276841 (106889) | 0.05% |
Burkina Faso | 274222 (105878) | 0.05% |
New Zealand | 270467 (104428) | 0.05% |
Gabon | 267668 (103347) | 0.05% |
Guinea | 245857 (94926) | 0.05% |
United Kingdom | 242495 (93628) | 0.05% |
Uganda | 241550 (93260) | 0.05% |
Ghana | 238533 (92098) | 0.05% |
Romania | 238397 (92046) | 0.05% |
Laos | 236800 (91400) | 0.05% |
Guyana | 214969 (83000) | 0.04% |
Belarus | 207600 (80200) | 0.04% |
Kyrgyzstan | 199951 (77202) | 0.04% |
Senegal | 196722 (75955) | 0.04% |
Syria | 185180 (71500) | 0.04% |
Cambodia | 181035 (69898) | 0.04% |
Uruguay | 176215 (68037) | 0.04% |
Somaliland | 176120 (68000) | 0.04% |
Suriname | 163820 (63250) | 0.03% |
Tunisia | 163610 (63170) | 0.03% |
Bangladesh | 148460 (57320) | 0.03% |
Nepal | 147181 (56827) | 0.03% |
Tajikistan | 143100 (55300) | 0.03% |
Greece | 131957 (50949) | 0.03% |
Nicaragua | 130373 (50337) | 0.03% |
North Korea | 120540 (46540) | 0.02% |
Malawi | 118484 (45747) | 0.02% |
Eritrea | 117600 (45400) | 0.02% |
Benin | 114763 (44310) | 0.02% |
Honduras | 112492 (43433) | 0.02% |
Liberia | 111369 (43000) | 0.02% |
Bulgaria | 111002 (42858) | 0.02% |
Cuba | 109884 (42426) | 0.02% |
Guatemala | 108889 (42042) | 0.02% |
Iceland | 103000 (40000) | 0.02% |
South Korea | 100210 (38690) | 0.02% |
Hungary | 93028 (35918) | 0.02% |
Portugal | 92226 (35609) | 0.02% |
Jordan | 89342 (34495) | 0.02% |
Serbia | 88361 (34116) | 0.02% |
Azerbaijan | 86600 (33400) | 0.02% |
Austria | 83871 (32383) | 0.02% |
United Arab Emirates | 83600 (32300) | 0.02% |
Czech Republic | 78865 (30450) | 0.02% |
Panama | 75417 (29119) | 0.02% |
Sierra Leone | 71740 (27700) | 0.01% |
Ireland | 70273 (27133) | 0.01% |
Georgia | 69700 (26900) | 0.01% |
Sri Lanka | 65610 (25330) | 0.01% |
Lithuania | 65300 (25200) | 0.01% |
Latvia | 64559 (24926) | 0.01% |
Togo | 56785 (21925) | 0.01% |
Croatia | 56594 (21851) | 0.01% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51209 (19772) | 0.01% |
Costa Rica | 51100 (19700) | 0.01% |
Slovakia | 49037 (18933) | 0.01% |
Dominican Republic | 48671 (18792) | 0.01% |
Estonia | 45227 (17462) | 0.01% |
Denmark | 43094 (16639) | 0.01% |
Netherlands | 41850 (16160) | 0.01% |
Switzerland | 41284 (15940) | 0.01% |
Bhutan | 38394 (14824) | 0.01% |
Taiwan | 36193 (13974) | 0.01% |
Guinea-Bissau | 36125 (13948) | 0.01% |
Moldova | 33846 (13068) | 0.01% |
Belgium | 30528 (11787) | 0.01% |
Lesotho | 30355 (11720) | 0.01% |
Armenia | 29743 (11484) | 0.01% |
Solomon Islands | 28896 (11157) | 0.01% |
Albania | 28748 (11100) | 0.01% |
Equatorial Guinea | 28051 (10831) | 0.01% |
Burundi | 27834 (10747) | 0.01% |
Haiti | 27750 (10710) | 0.01% |
Rwanda | 26338 (10169) | 0.01% |
North Macedonia | 25713 (9928) | 0.01% |
Djibouti | 23200 (9000) | 0.01% |
Belize | 22966 (8867) | 0.01% |
El Salvador | 21041 (8124) | 0.00% |
Israel | 20770 (8020) | 0.00% |
Slovenia | 20273 (7827) | 0.00% |
Fiji | 18272 (7055) | 0.00% |
Kuwait | 17818 (6880) | 0.00% |
Eswatini | 17364 (6704) | 0.00% |
East Timor | 14919 (5760) | 0.00% |
The Bahamas | 13943 (5383) | 0.00% |
Montenegro | 13812 (5333) | 0.00% |
Vanuatu | 12189 (4706) | 0.00% |
Qatar | 11586 (4473) | 0.00% |
The Gambia | 11295 (4361) | 0.00% |
Jamaica | 10991 (4244) | 0.00% |
Kosovo | 10887 (4203) | 0.00% |
Lebanon | 10452 (4036) | 0.00% |
Cyprus | 9251 (3572) | 0.00% |
State of Palestine | 6020 (2320) | 0.00% |
Brunei | 5765 (2226) | 0.00% |
Trinidad and Tobago | 5130 (1980) | 0.00% |
Cape Verde | 4033 (1557) | 0.00% |
Samoa | 2842 (1097) | 0.00% |
Luxembourg | 2586 (998) | 0.00% |
Mauritius | 2040 (790) | 0.00% |
Comoros | 1862 (719) | 0.00% |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 964 (372) | 0.00% |
Kiribati | 811 (313) | 0.00% |
Bahrain | 778 (300) | 0.00% |
Dominica | 751 (290) | 0.00% |
Tonga | 747 (288) | 0.00% |
Singapore | 728 (281) | 0.00% |
Federated States of Micronesia | 702 (271) | 0.00% |
Saint Lucia | 616 (238) | 0.00% |
Andorra | 468 (181) | 0.00% |
Palau | 459 (177) | 0.00% |
Seychelles | 452 (175) | 0.00% |
Antigua and Barbuda | 442 (171) | 0.00% |
Barbados | 430 (170) | 0.00% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 (150) | 0.00% |
Grenada | 344 (133) | 0.00% |
Malta | 316 (122) | 0.00% |
Maldives | 300 (120) | 0.00% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 (101) | 0.00% |
Marshall Islands | 181 (70) | 0.00% |
Liechtenstein | 160 (62) | 0.00% |
San Marino | 61 (24) | 0.00% |
Tuvalu | 26 (10) | 0.00% |
Nauru | 21 (8.1) | 0.00% |
Monaco | 2.02 (0.78) | 0.00% |