Biggest Countries by Area

This is a list of the 20 countries with the largest surface area. How many can you name in 4 minutes?

Area in square kilometers. Includes land and inland water area.

Does not include overseas territories such as Greenland.

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First submitted	December 22, 2012
Times taken	732,926
Average score	80.0%
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Area	Country
17,098,242	Russia
9,984,670	Canada
9,640,821	China
9,526,468	United States
8,514,877	Brazil
7,692,024	Australia
3,287,590	India

Area	Country
2,780,400	Argentina
2,724,900	Kazakhstan
2,381,741	Algeria
2,344,858	D.R. Congo
2,149,690	Saudi Arabia
1,964,375	Mexico
1,904,569	Indonesia

Area	Country
1,886,068	Sudan
1,759,540	Libya
1,648,195	Iran
1,564,110	Mongolia
1,285,216	Peru
1,284,000	Chad

Level 50

Nov 23, 2014

Should Denmark count since Greenland is technically a part of it?

Level 84

Sep 9, 2016

If one quiz listing all of the countries of the world doesn't accept Greenland on the basis that it is part of Denmark, why does another quiz about the largest countries not count Greenland as part of Denmark? Kind of renders Greenland as terra non grata, no?

Level 20

Mar 29, 2021

Well, Greenland is an autonomous territory not ruled by the Denmark Government just has the land so that is why it is not official buy the UN that Greenland's 2+ Million Km2 areas!

Level 23

Dec 3, 2014

forgot congo

Level 14

Dec 23, 2014

...lots missed out on Australia.. that was my first one :P

Level 47

Dec 29, 2014

I pictured the middle east in my mind and didn't even think of saudi arabia

Level 40

Jan 7, 2015

I can't believe Peru is bigger than Chad

And Indonesia smaller than Mexico

Level 20

May 22, 2016

Indonesia has a lot of waters.

Level 67

Jan 25, 2015

Missed Mongolia (live so close to there and couldn't remember) and Sudan. I knew I was missing one in Africa, but couldn't think about which one!

Level 62

Jan 29, 2015

Oh god, I missed Mexico. How embarrassing.

Level 15

Jan 29, 2015

#100 out of 100 first try with 33 seconds to go, not bad for a nine year old kid who is in third grade.

Level 41

Mar 22, 2017

Jokes on you, I got this in my 1st time with 2;45 left. Oh, how kids brag nowadays

Level 67

Feb 19, 2015

Only on the 3rd try I could make it. For some reason I always forget about Sudan

Level 27

Mar 7, 2015

Forgot Peru and Libya i typed Lybia..

Level 28

Apr 3, 2015

100% with 2:16 remaining, all of this information is correct china is ahead because of its disputed territories with India though

Level 50

Apr 10, 2015

play my new quizzes and let me know what you think of them

Level 61

May 5, 2015

Can I ask for an explanation of why overseas territories are not counted as part of the nation's land area? Bringing up the Denmark and Greenland issue, Greenland is a piece of land on Earth. Therefore it makes up part of the earth's surface. What you are asking for is the nations on Earth with the largest land area, and whether it is physically connected to the mainland of the nation that owns it or not, Greenland is still a part of Earth, and is under the control of Denmark. I just don't see how water separating the two parts should prevent it from being counted. Can someone please explain?

Level 74

Nov 4, 2015

Greenland as part of Denmark should probably count; although there is a debate as to whether it "belongs" to Denmark, is a sovereign nation, or somewhere in between.

Not including territories is sensible in that overseas claims such as those on Antarctica are not universally accepted

Level 66

May 30, 2017

than it should include Greenladn alone. It's 13th biggest country in the world.

Level 56

May 30, 2023

grantdon makes a good point about Antarctic claims. Nobody would include Antarctic claims by themselves.

Level 72

May 7, 2017

most of the time it's because it'll be too much work to find all the areas of smaller islands and combine them, so people don't want to do it.

Level 32

May 6, 2015

Needs updating, Sudan has split into Sudan and South Sudan since this quiz was last updated and should no longer feature

Level 48

May 6, 2015

Well... it's already updated. Sudan's land area is without South Sudan

Level 38

May 20, 2015

I have just completed the quiz by typing the i ones i knew, then opening up the comments. bada bing! i finished with 49 seconds to go.

Level 71

Dec 7, 2015

Perhaps you should change your name to 'Maradona2'

Level 76

Dec 7, 2015

Or "Winsbycheating"?

Level 72

May 7, 2017

you sound almost proud.

Level 64

May 30, 2017

MagentaDog, or the ones who wrote the comments, because they should be proud.

Level 59

May 30, 2017

I completed the quiz by typing in the ones I knew and randomly guessing the rest.

Level 68

May 31, 2015

100%

Level 58

Sep 9, 2015

0:17 left, 100% So close to losing, ended up naming random countries ;)

Level 58

Oct 7, 2015

I didn't think Sudan would still be that big after South Sudan became a country.

Level 64

May 30, 2017

Then think again...

Level 56

May 30, 2017

Sudan is still the 3rd largest country in Africa, even without the small part that is now South Sudan. So yeah, it still beats out everything except for Algeria(which is number one) and DR Congo(which is number two).

Level 37

Oct 8, 2021

Yep, and South Sudan is still amost twice the size of Germany

Level 37

Oct 8, 2021

Yep, and South Sudan is still almost twice the size of Germany

Level 43

Nov 2, 2015

chad and saudi arabia. you eluded me

Level 28

Nov 15, 2015

done with 1:30 left!!!

Level 79

Dec 7, 2015

2:24 left.

Level 65

Dec 7, 2015

I got 100% and got each country pretty much in decreasing order of how many people got them.

Level 65

Dec 7, 2015

Really easy. Guess Australia, various North Asian countries, Indonesia, Middle East countries, large African countries, North and South American countries and you're through!

Level 60

Jan 13, 2016

Forgot Chad & Sudan :(

Level 17

Oct 17, 2017

I had it but i forgot mongolia

Level 23

Jan 18, 2016

if you included Denmark's overseas territories i.e. Greenland, it would be up there

Level 14

Jan 25, 2016

Take that, yo! Let me see yo do that! 100% 2:21 remaing!

P.S.- I'm only 13, yo.

Level 37

Nov 21, 2017

7 hours remaining, 720% I'm -203 years old

Level 46

Jan 12, 2018

Mr. Magorium?!?!?!? you're on here??? ;)

Level 55

Dec 12, 2017

I got 100% in 3:31 and I'm 10. I have no life...

Level 46

Jan 12, 2018

2:30 remaing!!! SECOND TRY WOOOO

Level 67

Jan 12, 2018

14 years old; 2:45 left

Level 33

Oct 25, 2022

I'm only 9 and I finished with 3:25 left

Level 22

Feb 17, 2016

i miss spelled Libya as Lybia... damn lol

Level 14

Jan 12, 2018

I do that all the time ha

Level 40

Jan 28, 2018

Me too :D I think this is worldwide.

Level 47

Mar 7, 2016

Took me ages to think of Peru. Finished with 1:01 remaining on my first go, still!

Level 5

Mar 27, 2016

I got 80% - I missed out Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Indonsia, and Peru, and got 16/20. Got the average and would like more but......meh...

Level 59

May 29, 2016

yeah 100% with a minute and fourteen seconds left. good thing I had a globe next me. :D

Level 56

Jul 2, 2016

100% with 1:07 remaining

Level 55

Jul 4, 2016

Is Sudan's size with South Sudan?

Level 83

Jul 27, 2016

Nope. With South Sudan the combined nation was the largest in Africa, surpassing Algeria and the DRC.

Level 38

Jan 28, 2018

No because South Sudan gained independance from Sudan.

Level 37

Sep 1, 2016

i forgot Mongolia

Level 20

Sep 9, 2016

Sudan Libya Chad Peru -forgot 4

Level 22

Nov 28, 2016

australia isn't a country it's a continent

Level 59

Dec 3, 2016

It's both.

Level 77

May 30, 2017

The pope isn't Catholic he's Argentinian.

Level 59

Oct 23, 2017

Someone ought to tell the Government of Australia that their country doesn't exist, then!

Level 38

Jan 28, 2018

Australia is a country in the continent Oceania...

Level 50

Dec 1, 2016

100% first try 2:07 left

Level 37

Dec 31, 2016

2:59 left :P

Level 73

Jan 4, 2017

OMG GREENLNAD!!!11

Level 64

May 30, 2017

Ah yes, that famous place, Greenlnad.

Level 30

Jan 10, 2017

got 18/20. missed DRC and mongolia

Level 17

Feb 24, 2017

I only forgot DRC

Level 25

Mar 5, 2017

Not bragging but...100%

Level 35

Mar 8, 2017

I did all, not bad for a 2 year old with no computer.

Level 37

Mar 13, 2017

So you're telling me that Peru has more land area than Afghanistan?

Level 59

Oct 23, 2017

Evidently. You could have just looked up their respective sizes (Peru is much larger than Afghanistan). Now, is there anything else you'd like us to do for you that you could do yourself?

Level 37

Jan 26, 2018

Yes. Shut up! I could have stopped and consulted Wikipedia or a map, but that would have defeated the purpose of the quiz which, I assume, is to test your knowledge, not troll.

Level 66

Dec 17, 2019

Pretty sure he meant before commenting, so áfter you had taken the quiz.

Level 60

Apr 10, 2017

Missed Libya :(

Level 16

May 5, 2017

How did I miss the DRC though?

Level 57

May 30, 2017

Wasn't this already featured a while back?

Level 43

May 30, 2017

Damn it Libya, I tried literally every neighbouring country but forgot you

Level 60

Jun 2, 2017

Completely blanked on Kazakhstan but I finished with 100%

Level 16

Jun 10, 2017

i did it

Level 26

Jun 27, 2017

3:19 Remaining first try :O

Level 60

Jul 7, 2017

Didn't Sudan got divided recently into Sudan and South Sudan ?

Level 48

Jul 15, 2017

Yes.

Level 48

Feb 22, 2018

the northern Sudan is just simply Sudan, and the southern Sudan is South Sudan

Level 15

Aug 31, 2020

yes but its still one of the largest african countries uits number 3 i think instead of number drc and algeria are bigger

Level 33

Aug 18, 2017

Got it with 1:06 remaining but I can't believe the last one I got was India.

Level 18

Sep 17, 2017

Scoring

You scored 20/20 = 100%.

This beats or equals 100% of test takers

The average score is 16

Your high score is 20

Your best time is 3:06 remaining

Level 58

Sep 25, 2017

why is saudi arabia not on here

Level 59

Oct 23, 2017

It is on here

Level 21

Sep 27, 2017

didn't read about the water thing. Indonesia...

Level 66

Dec 17, 2019

Indonesia isnton here because of all the water around the islands. Inland waters mean lakes and rivers (which technically isnt land but still part of the country's surface area)

Level 50

Nov 18, 2017

I didn;t get 6

Level 14

Dec 8, 2017

China is clearly bigger than the US, I live in China and I am a foreigner. Forgot Peru...

Level 38

Jan 28, 2018

Did you include Alaska and the small islands like Hawaii and Puerto Rico?

Level 67

Jun 13, 2019

@Alvar - your comment is one of the most amusing examples of attempting to establish oneself as credible I have ever seen. You say that you live in China to let us know you know what you are talking about (because you have obviously seen the entirety of the country) but say you are a foreigner so that we realise you aren't biased towards China.

Level 71

Oct 24, 2022

Have you walked around the outside of each, just to be sure?

Level 31

Dec 13, 2017

Damn you Peru!

Level 48

Jan 19, 2018

I typed Antarctica and nothing happened!

I kid

Level 41

May 26, 2019

😑 Antarctica is not a country. It's a continent with no counties

Level 66

Dec 17, 2019

Why the sad/disappointed face? He literally said he was joking..

Level 60

Nov 19, 2020

Maybe "I kid" was interpreted as "I'm a kid"...? I don't know though.

Level 40

Mar 9, 2018

100% and 2:29 remained :D

Level 15

Mar 21, 2018

canada! really! man, whats with this. ( :

i typed chad with 2 seconds left!

Level 15

Mar 22, 2018

100% 1:27 remaining! pretty good!

Level 16

Apr 4, 2018

Somehow I forgot about Sudan, otherwise would've been a perfect 100

Level 45

May 6, 2018

100% in 1 minute :)

Level 30

May 12, 2018

Got all except for Mongolia lol.

Level 28

Jul 23, 2018

I forgot Chad. How is Chad bigger than Bolivia or Colombia though?!

Level 54

Sep 20, 2018

forgot libya

Level 80

Nov 15, 2018

why is indonesia in if it is all islands? does that count as over seas territories?

Level 18

Dec 28, 2018

overseas territories means a country has control of islands. those islands are its overseas territories. an example is the uk and the falklands.

Level 66

Dec 17, 2019

All the islands are part of the country. The country is made up of islands.

Level 60

Nov 19, 2020

If Indonesia's islands don't count, Indonesia has an area of...

Drumroll please...

0 mi²

0 km²

Level 44

Jan 8, 2019

LIBYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Level 50

Jan 22, 2019

Great quiz! Got all but Libya.

Level 64

Feb 5, 2019

After taking it again following the update on August 28, 2018, I got them all again with 1:28 left at about 6:24:35 PM on February 5, 2019. Completing this quiz again increased my point total by 5, to 751 and my level from level 28 to level 29.

Level 56

Feb 5, 2019

should be updated because sudan split in two and it now has less area

Level 83

Feb 10, 2019

It used to be even bigger than what is stated here. The quiz was already updated.

Level 29

Apr 13, 2019

I only missed mongolia

Level 37

May 29, 2019

44 seconds left

Level 67

Nov 23, 2019

How?? HOW did I miss INDIA?!?!

Level 56

Nov 23, 2019

I used Google Maps and still missed three LOL.

Level 17

Dec 8, 2019

You would think it would be easy... They are the biggest countries! Although it took me like 6 tries to get them all correct.

Level 51

Jan 7, 2020

only missed Chad and Mongolia

Level 53

Feb 12, 2020

I think you should add Denmark because Greenland is a part of Denmark and It's like the biggest island ever.

Level 60

Apr 29, 2020

Does NOT include overseas territories like Greenland, so Denmark does not count.

Level 28

Apr 19, 2020

I missed Algeria

Level 50

Apr 28, 2020

Is Sudan really that big?

Level 83

Dec 17, 2021

Things that look kinda big on the map, and are at or near the Equator, are typically really big when you look in to the details.

Level 60

Apr 29, 2020

Can't Believe I missed Mongolia!

Level 36

May 5, 2020

Wow, Indonesia does not seem that large.

Level 20

May 8, 2020

Saudi Arabia should be on this list it’s 2.15 million km

Level 50

Sep 9, 2021

But it is in the list?

Level 25

Jun 4, 2020

Does any one know why Denmark isn't on the list?

Level 56

Jul 10, 2020

Because it says not including any overseas territories SUCH AS GREENLAND in the caveat

Level 35

Jul 20, 2020

Managed to get all.

Level 23

Aug 11, 2020

Wow!! Who knew how big some of these countries were? Still having trouble with this one lol. Might have to come back another time to see how well I can do. Great Quiz!

Level 30

Aug 13, 2020

Cant believe I forgot indonesia!!!!

Well I'm only 10....

Level 15

Aug 31, 2020

i got al of them first try even chad i just named large african countries. took me a while to get algeria lol

Level 22

Sep 4, 2020

Denmark should be there! it has greenland!

Level 53

Mar 14, 2021

Please read the description, especially the caveats. Overseas territories not included.

Level 16

Nov 3, 2020

great quiz

missed one

Level 33

Dec 3, 2020

who asked

Level 70

Mar 26, 2021

well done coolshehzaadi! :)

Level 54

Dec 12, 2020

Still wondering how China is bigger than the USA. Especially if we count Alaska.

Level 22

Jan 27, 2021

Dooood 34 secs. I thought that china and the US had a dispute over which one is bigger

Level 22

Jan 27, 2021

nice quiz tho

Level 41

Mar 16, 2021

If French Guiana counts towards France's land, then Greenland should count towards Denmark's land. Unless the UN doesn't recognize Greenland as an official territorial addition

Level 20

Mar 29, 2021

Well, is an Autonomous Territory so that is why they don't add it to its official Denmark's Landmass!

In some lists, they might have it as an HM(Honorable Mention)

Level 42

Nov 26, 2021

Well, it's debatable as they are not the same. French Guiana is just a region of France with equal status (with a few adjusted regulations, of course) as with other regions on Metropolitan France, with no special autonomy. However, Greenland is an autonomous territory under Denmark. But, constitutionally, both of them are integral parts of the respective countries, so, yeah, technically Greenland should be counted (or not, either).

Level 20

Mar 29, 2021

Got all of 20 Biggest Country's by Area with 1:20 to spare!

Level 17

Apr 26, 2021

United States Is Actually Bigger Then China Because Of Alaska Ya Know By The Country Lover Kittykatty:)

Level 17

Apr 26, 2021

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

Level 41

Jul 2, 2021

Kids have its own language.

Level 37

May 9, 2021

Wheres denmark?

Level 27

May 13, 2021

Denmark is small. Greenland is a territory, despite many people believe it is actually a country. Although I would include it, I understand why it is right.

Level 36

Oct 17, 2021

Well, I think Greenland was not a country and Denmark has it and If you are confused, go to Countries of the World Quiz.

If I type Denmark. Greenland joins so Denmark has Greenland

Level 58

Oct 24, 2022

y'all, just read the description of the quiz

Level 65

Jun 13, 2021

2:08 remaining but apparently I've done it faster

Level 41

Jul 2, 2021

I forgot iran *facepalm*

Level 28

Jul 26, 2021

USA IS BIGGER THAN CHINA 🇨🇳!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Level 58

Dec 14, 2021

not really

Level 54

Oct 23, 2022

Depends who you ask

Level 47

Aug 5, 2021

Got them all first try, phew

Level 36

Oct 17, 2021

How about Denmark? Denmark has Greenland so Denmark is the second biggest European country than all countries in Europe xd

Level 58

Oct 20, 2021

mate did you even read it

Level 30

Oct 25, 2021

Yeah it litteraly says "Does not include overseas territories such as Greenland"

Level 47

Nov 30, 2021

I should have gotten Saudi Arabia

Level 48

Dec 14, 2021

The actual list should do just land, that is what a country is

1. Russia

2. China

3. USA

4. Canada

5. Brazil

what the top 5 should actually look like

Level 74

Dec 14, 2021

Yeah... but what is the fresh water resting upon?

Level 58

Dec 14, 2021

it should be land + inland water, but not offshore water like some counts try to do to the US to make it seem bigger than china

Level 73

Dec 14, 2021

Finally--a largest area geography quiz that doesn't include Denmark.

Level 25

Dec 17, 2021

Add Denmark with its Greenland.

Level 55

Jan 10, 2022

It says "Does not include overseas territories such as Greenland" in the caveats

Level 43

Dec 17, 2021

never realized Peru was that big

Level 65

Feb 7, 2022

Same

Level 50

Apr 2, 2022

Same here too

Level 47

Dec 31, 2021

How the heck I can forget India... facepalm

Level 50

Apr 2, 2022

I almost forgot India too

Level 35

Apr 1, 2022

Where is Denmark?

Level 50

Apr 2, 2022

read the caveats

Level 50

Apr 2, 2022

giga chad

Level 17

May 24, 2022

these comments are sad

Level 18

Aug 30, 2022

got them all :)

Level 44

Oct 14, 2022

Kinda surprised people guessed Chad more than Peru by 6%

Level 54

Oct 23, 2022

Yeah, I was pretty surprised as well!

Level 48

Oct 24, 2022

It only took me 20 seconds lol

Level 27

Oct 29, 2022

Surely Sudan should be split to North and South

Level 63

Nov 9, 2022

It is. Sudan was larger than Algeria before the split.

Level 16

Nov 7, 2022

37 seconds!

Level 57

Nov 15, 2022

Easy! 3:37 remaining.

Level 40

Feb 22, 2023

Chad?!?!?!?!?

Level 36

Mar 28, 2023

19/20 I could have never thought about Peru 🤦🤦

Level 56

Mar 30, 2023

United States has a larger total area than China. If we are measuring by land area though, China is number 3

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