10 Largest Countries In The World

1. Russia – Largest country in the world by far with a size of 17,098,242 square km (6,601,668 square mi)

St. Basil Cathedral near the Kremlin, Moscow (source: wiki)

2. Canada – Second largest in the world and largest in the Americas with 9,984,670 square km (3,855,100 sq ml). It is also the country with the most water in the world (8.93% of it’s total size is water)

The Skyline of Toronto, Canada (source: wiki)

3. China – Third in the world and the largest in Asia: 9,706,961 sq km (3,747,879 sq mi)

China is the third largest country in the world. Shanghai, China (source: wiki)Shanghai, China (source: wiki)

4. United States – Fourth largest in the world: 9,629,091 sq km (3,717,813 sq mi). It is only slightly smaller than China

The United States is the fourth largest country in the world (Skyline of Manhattan) (source: wiki)

5. Brazil – 5th largest in the world and the largest country in South America and in the Southern Hemisphere: 8,514,877 sq km (3,287,612 sq mi)

Corcovado statue in Rio, Brazil (source: wiki)

6. Australia – 6th largest in the world and the largest country in Oceania, as well as the largest country without land borders: 7,692,024 sq km (2,969,907 sq mi)

Sydney, Australia. Australia is the 6th largest country in the world (source: wiki)

7. India – 7th largest in the world but less than half the size of Australia: 3,166,414 sq km (1,222,559 sq mi)

The Taj Mahal – a symbol of India – 7th largest country (source: wiki)

8. Argentina – 8th in the world with a size of 2,780,400 sq km (1,073,500 sq mi)

The Casa Rosada (pink house) in Plaza de Mayo, known landmark in Buenos Aires (source: wiki)

9. Kazakhstan – In the 9th place and just slightly smaller than Argentina: 2,724,900 sq km (1,052,100 sq mi)

Downtown Astana – theCAPITAL of Kazakhstan (source: wiki)

10. Algeria – 10th largest in the world but the largest country in Africa: 2,381,741 sq km (919,595 sq mi)