Over 1 Million km²?
Countries Over 1 Million km²
The world’s geographic giants, measured by total country area.
Data as of Sep 2026
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The answer
Is the country larger than one million square kilometres?
30 countries: Over 1,000,000 km². 171 countries: 1,000,000 km² or smaller.
Where they are
Over 1,000,000 km²
The biggest by population: India, China, United States and Indonesia.
By population
How many people is that?
Sized by population, India stands out on the yes side.
Fair shares
Every country, the same size
As equal tiles, small island nations count as much as continents.
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India
India: Over 1,000,000 km² · 3,287,263 km².
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Countries Over 1 Million km²
The world’s geographic giants, measured by total country area.
Total territory area, including inland water. Values were checked against World Bank/FAO data; Greenland follows its conventional full geographic area including the ice sheet.
Data as of Sep 2026 · Sources: World Bank / FAO surface area indicator · Encyclopaedia Britannica: Greenland
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