{"id":830493,"date":"2024-06-14T18:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/discover\/?p=830493"},"modified":"2024-06-14T18:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:35:24","slug":"largest-country-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/discover\/general-knowledge\/largest-country-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Largest Country In The World By Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our planet Earth is vast and is an estimated 130,094,010 square kilometres in the world, further divided into 196 countries. Out of all these countries, Russia holds the largest landmass with 9,985,000 square kilometres, followed by Canada, the United States, China, Brazil, etc.\u00a0 Do you want to know which are the top 15 largest countries in the world by area? Let us dive right into the details.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Area in sq km<\/strong><\/td>Country<\/strong><\/td>Continent<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
17,098,242<\/td>Russia<\/td>Northern Asia and Eastern Europe<\/td><\/tr>
9,984,670<\/td>Canada<\/td>North America<\/td><\/tr>
9,596,960<\/td>China<\/td>Eastern Asia<\/td><\/tr>
9,525,067<\/td>United States<\/td>North America<\/td><\/tr>
8,510,346<\/td>Brazil<\/td>South America<\/td><\/tr>
7,741,220<\/td>Australia<\/td>Australia<\/td><\/tr>
3,287,263<\/td>India<\/td>South Central Asia<\/td><\/tr>
2,780,400<\/td>Argentina<\/td>South America<\/td><\/tr>
2,724,910<\/td>Kazakhstan<\/td>South Central Asia<\/td><\/tr>
2,381,741<\/td>Algeria<\/td>North Africa<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1. Russia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Russia takes the crown as the world\u2019s largest country spread across two continents – Asia and Europe and in terms of size covering an expansive area of 17,098,246 square kilometres, which represents 13% of the planet Earth’s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n