How the US states’ sizes rank with countries of the world

This morning, my older son and I were talking about how the state of Texas here in the United States is larger than the entire country of the United Kingdom which, naturally, led to wondering how the US states measured when compared to the countries of the world – so I decided to throw together this table.

Be aware, this is literally about 5 minutes of research and 10 minutes of copying, pasting, and formatting so the data may not be 100% accurate. If you see any discrepancies, please let me know by leaving a comment. Thanks!

Rank	Country/State Name	Total Area (sq.km)	Total Area (sq.mi)	Land Area (sq.km)	Land Area (sq.mi)
1	Russia	17,098,242	6,601,665	16,376,870	6,323,142
2	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,101	9,093,510	3,511,022
3	China	9,706,961	3,747,877	9,388,211	3,624,807
4	United States	9,372,610	3,618,783	9,147,420	3,531,837
5	Brazil	8,515,767	3,287,955	8,358,140	3,227,095
6	Australia	7,692,024	2,969,906	7,682,300	2,966,151
7	India	3,287,590	1,269,345	2,973,190	1,147,955
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,518	2,736,690	1,056,641
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,089	2,699,700	1,042,360
10	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	2,381,740	919,595
11	DR Congo	2,344,858	905,354	2,267,050	875,313
12	Greenland	2,166,086	836,330	410,450	158,476
13	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	2,149,690	830,000
14	Mexico	1,964,375	758,449	1,943,950	750,563
15	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	1,811,570	699,451
16	Sudan	1,886,068	728,215	1,765,048	681,489
17	Libya	1,759,540	679,362	1,759,540	679,362
18	Alaska	1,723,337	665,384	1,477,953	570,641
19	Iran	1,648,195	636,371	1,628,550	628,786
20	Mongolia	1,564,110	603,906	1,553,560	599,833
21	Peru	1,285,216	496,224	1,280,000	494,211
22	Chad	1,284,000	495,755	1,259,200	486,180
23	Niger	1,267,000	489,191	1,266,700	489,075
24	Angola	1,246,700	481,353	1,246,700	481,353
25	Mali	1,240,192	478,841	1,220,190	471,118
26	South Africa	1,221,037	471,445	1,213,090	468,376
27	Colombia	1,141,748	440,831	1,109,500	428,380
28	Ethiopia	1,104,300	426,372	1,000,000	386,102
29	Bolivia	1,098,581	424,164	1,083,300	418,264
30	Mauritania	1,030,700	397,955	1,030,700	397,955
31	Egypt	1,002,450	387,048	995,450	384,345
32	Tanzania	945,087	364,900	885,800	342,009
33	Nigeria	923,768	356,669	910,770	351,650
34	Venezuela	916,445	353,841	882,050	340,561
35	Pakistan	881,912	340,508	770,880	297,638
36	Namibia	825,615	318,772	823,290	317,874
37	Mozambique	801,590	309,496	786,380	303,623
38	Turkey	783,562	302,535	769,630	297,156
39	Chile	756,102	291,932	743,532	287,079
40	Zambia	752,612	290,585	743,390	287,024
41	Texas	695,660	268,596	676,588	261,232
42	Myanmar	676,578	261,228	653,290	252,237
43	Afghanistan	652,230	251,827	652,860	252,071
44	Somalia	637,657	246,201	627,340	242,217
45	Central African Republic	622,984	240,535	622,980	240,534
46	South Sudan	619,745	239,285	610,952	235,890
47	Ukraine	603,500	233,013	579,320	223,677
48	Madagascar	587,041	226,658	581,795	224,632
49	Botswana	582,000	224,711	566,730	218,816
50	Kenya	580,367	224,081	569,140	219,746
51	France	551,695	213,011	547,557	211,413
52	Yemen	527,968	203,850	527,970	203,850
53	Thailand	513,120	198,117	510,890	197,256
54	Spain	505,992	195,365	498,800	192,588
55	Turkmenistan	488,100	188,456	469,930	181,441
56	Cameroon	475,442	183,569	472,710	182,514
57	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,703	452,860	174,850
58	Sweden	450,295	173,860	410,340	158,433
59	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742	425,400	164,248
60	Morocco	446,550	172,414	446,300	172,317
61	Iraq	438,317	169,235	434,320	167,692
62	California	423,971	163,696	403,466	155,779
63	Paraguay	406,752	157,048	397,300	153,398
64	Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	386,850	149,364
65	Montana	380,832	147,040	376,962	145,546
66	Japan	377,930	145,920	364,555	140,755
67	Germany	357,114	137,882	348,560	134,580
68	Philippines	342,353	132,183	298,170	115,124
69	Congo	342,000	132,047	341,500	131,854
70	Finland	338,424	130,666	303,890	117,333
71	Vietnam	331,212	127,882	310,070	119,719
72	Malaysia	330,803	127,724	328,550	126,854
73	Norway	323,802	125,021	365,268	141,031
74	Côte d’Ivoire	322,463	124,504	318,000	122,780
75	New Mexico	314,917	121,590	314,160	121,298
76	Poland	312,679	120,726	306,230	118,236
77	Oman	309,500	119,499	309,500	119,499
78	Italy	301,336	116,346	294,140	113,568
79	Arizona	295,233	113,990	294,207	113,594
80	Nevada	286,380	110,572	284,331	109,781
81	Ecuador	276,841	106,889	248,360	95,892
82	Burkina Faso	272,967	105,393	273,600	105,638
83	New Zealand	270,467	104,428	263,310	101,665
84	Colorado	269,602	104,094	268,432	103,642
85	Gabon	267,668	103,347	257,670	99,487
86	Western Sahara	266,000	102,703	266,000	102,703
87	Oregon	254,800	98,379	248,608	95,988
88	Wyoming	253,335	97,813	251,470	97,093
89	Michigan	250,488	96,714	146,435	56,539
90	Guinea	245,857	94,926	245,720	94,873
91	United Kingdom	242,900	93,784	241,930	93,410
92	Uganda	241,550	93,263	199,810	77,147
93	Ghana	238,533	92,098	227,540	87,854
94	Romania	238,391	92,043	230,170	88,869
95	Laos	236,800	91,429	230,800	89,112
96	Minnesota	225,163	86,936	206,233	79,627
97	Utah	219,882	84,897	212,819	82,170
98	Idaho	216,443	83,569	214,044	82,643
99	Guyana	214,969	83,000	196,850	76,004
100	Kansas	213,099	82,278	211,755	81,759
101	Belarus	207,600	80,155	202,910	78,344
102	Nebraska	200,330	77,348	198,973	76,824
103	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	77,201	191,800	74,054
104	South Dakota	199,730	77,116	196,350	75,811
105	Senegal	196,722	75,955	192,530	74,336
106	Syria	185,180	71,498	183,630	70,900
107	Washington	184,661	71,298	172,120	66,456
108	North Dakota	183,107	70,698	178,712	69,001
109	Oklahoma	181,038	69,899	177,660	68,595
110	Cambodia	181,035	69,898	176,520	68,155
111	Uruguay	181,034	69,898	175,020	67,576
112	Missouri	180,540	69,707	178,041	68,742
113	Florida	170,312	65,758	138,888	53,625
114	Wisconsin	169,634	65,496	140,269	54,158
115	Suriname	163,820	63,251	156,000	60,232
116	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	155,360	59,985
117	Georgia	153,910	59,425	148,958	57,513
118	Illinois	149,997	57,914	143,794	55,519
119	Bangladesh	147,570	56,977	130,170	50,259
120	Nepal	147,181	56,827	143,350	55,348
121	Iowa	145,746	56,273	144,669	55,857
122	Tajikistan	143,100	55,251	139,960	54,039
123	New York	141,297	54,555	122,056	47,126
124	North Carolina	139,391	53,819	125,920	48,618
125	Arkansas	137,733	53,179	134,770	52,035
126	Alabama	135,767	52,420	131,170	50,645
127	Louisiana	135,658	52,378	111,898	43,204
128	Greece	131,990	50,962	128,900	49,769
129	Nicaragua	130,373	50,337	120,340	46,464
130	Mississippi	125,438	48,432	121,530	46,923
131	North Korea	120,538	46,540	120,410	46,491
132	Pennsylvania	119,279	46,054	115,884	44,743
133	Malawi	118,484	45,747	94,280	36,402
134	Eritrea	117,600	45,406	101,000	38,996
135	Ohio	116,099	44,826	105,830	40,861
136	Benin	112,622	43,484	112,760	43,537
137	Honduras	112,492	43,433	111,890	43,201
138	Liberia	111,369	43,000	96,320	37,189
139	Bulgaria	110,879	42,811	108,560	41,915
140	Virginia	110,787	42,775	102,279	39,490
141	Cuba	109,884	42,426	106,440	41,097
142	Tennessee	109,152	42,144	106,798	41,235
143	Guatemala	108,889	42,042	107,160	41,375
144	Kentucky	104,656	40,408	102,268	39,486
145	Iceland	103,000	39,769	100,250	38,707
146	South Korea	100,210	38,691	97,230	37,541
147	Indiana	94,327	36,420	92,789	35,826
148	Hungary	93,028	35,918	90,530	34,954
149	Portugal	92,090	35,556	91,590	35,363
150	Maine	91,634	35,380	79,883	30,843
151	Jordan	89,342	34,495	88,780	34,278
152	Serbia	88,361	34,116	87,460	33,768
153	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436	82,658	31,914
154	Austria	83,871	32,383	82,409	31,818
155	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,278	83,600	32,278
156	French Guiana	83,534	32,253	82,200	31,738
157	South Carolina	82,931	32,020	77,858	30,061
158	Czechia	78,865	30,450	77,240	29,823
159	Panama	75,417	29,119	74,340	28,703
160	Sierra Leone	71,740	27,699	72,180	27,869
161	Ireland	70,273	27,133	68,890	26,599
162	Georgia	69,700	26,911	69,490	26,830
163	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332	62,710	24,212
164	Lithuania	65,300	25,212	62,674	24,199
165	Latvia	64,559	24,926	62,200	24,016
166	West Virginia	62,755	24,230	62,258	24,038
167	Togo	56,785	21,925	54,390	21,000
168	Croatia	56,594	21,851	55,960	21,606
169	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209	19,772	51,000	19,691
170	Costa Rica	51,100	19,730	51,060	19,714
171	Slovakia	49,037	18,933	48,088	18,567
172	Dominican Republic	48,671	18,792	48,320	18,656
173	Estonia	45,227	17,462	42,390	16,367
174	Denmark	43,094	16,639	42,430	16,382
175	Netherlands	41,850	16,158	33,720	13,019
176	Switzerland	41,284	15,940	39,516	15,257
177	Bhutan	38,394	14,824	38,117	14,717
178	Taiwan	36,193	13,974	35,410	13,672
179	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	13,948	28,120	10,857
180	Moldova	33,846	13,068	32,850	12,683
181	Maryland	32,131	12,406	25,141	9,707
182	Belgium	30,528	11,787	30,280	11,691
183	Lesotho	30,355	11,720	30,360	11,722
184	Armenia	29,743	11,484	28,470	10,992
185	Solomon Islands	28,896	11,157	27,990	10,807
186	Albania	28,748	11,100	27,400	10,579
187	Hawaii	28,314	10,932	16,635	6,423
188	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,831	28,050	10,830
189	Burundi	27,834	10,747	25,680	9,915
190	Haiti	27,750	10,714	27,560	10,641
191	Massachusetts	27,335	10,554	20,202	7,800
192	Rwanda	26,338	10,169	24,670	9,525
193	Republic of North Macedonia	25,713	9,928	25,220	9,737
194	Vermont	24,905	9,616	23,872	9,217
195	New Hampshire	24,214	9,349	23,188	8,953
196	Djibouti	23,200	8,958	23,180	8,950
197	Belize	22,966	8,867	22,810	8,807
198	New Jersey	22,592	8,723	19,047	7,354
199	El Salvador	21,041	8,124	20,720	8,000
200	Israel	20,770	8,019	21,640	8,355
201	Slovenia	20,273	7,827	20,140	7,776
202	New Caledonia	18,575	7,172	18,280	7,058
203	Fiji	18,272	7,055	18,270	7,054
204	Kuwait	17,818	6,880	17,820	6,880
205	Eswatini	17,364	6,704	17,200	6,641
206	Timor-Leste	14,874	5,743	14,870	5,741
207	Connecticut	14,356	5,543	12,541	4,842
208	Bahamas	13,943	5,383	10,010	3,865
209	Montenegro	13,812	5,333	13,450	5,193
210	Vanuatu	12,189	4,706	12,190	4,707
211	Falkland Islands	12,173	4,700	12,170	4,699
212	Qatar	11,586	4,473	11,610	4,483
213	Jamaica	10,991	4,244	10,830	4,181
214	Gambia	10,689	4,127	10,120	3,907
215	Lebanon	10,452	4,036	10,230	3,950
216	Cyprus	9,251	3,572	9,240	3,568
217	Puerto Rico	8,870	3,425	8,870	3,425
218	Delaware	6,446	2,489	5,048	1,949
219	State of Palestine	6,220	2,402	6,020	2,324
220	Brunei Darussalam	5,765	2,226	5,270	2,035
221	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	1,981	5,130	1,981
222	French Polynesia	4,167	1,609	3,660	1,413
223	Cabo Verde	4,033	1,557	4,030	1,556
224	Rhode Island	4,002	1,545	2,678	1,034
225	Samoa	2,842	1,097	2,830	1,093
226	Luxembourg	2,586	998	2,590	1,000
227	Réunion	2,511	970	2,500	965
228	Mauritius	2,040	788	2,030	784
229	Comoros	1,862	719	1,861	719
230	Guadeloupe	1,628	629	1,690	653
231	Faeroe Islands	1,393	538	1,396	539
232	Martinique	1,128	436	1,060	409
233	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,104	426	1,050	405
234	Sao Tome and Principe	964	372	960	371
235	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	366	950	367
236	Kiribati	811	313	810	313
237	Bahrain	765	295	760	293
238	Dominica	751	290	750	290
239	Tonga	747	288	720	278
240	Singapore	710	274	700	270
241	Micronesia	702	271	700	270
242	Saint Lucia	616	238	610	236
243	Isle of Man	572	221	570	220
244	Guam	549	212	540	208
245	Andorra	468	181	470	181
246	Northern Mariana Islands	464	179	460	178
247	Palau	459	177	460	178
248	Seychelles	452	175	460	178
249	Curaçao	444	171	444	171
250	Antigua and Barbuda	442	171	440	170
251	Barbados	430	166	430	166
252	Saint Helena	394	152	390	151
253	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	150	390	151
254	Mayotte	374	144	375	145
255	United States Virgin Islands	347	134	350	135
256	Grenada	344	133	340	131
257	Caribbean Netherlands	328	127	328	127
258	Malta	316	122	320	124
259	Maldives	300	116	300	116
260	Cayman Islands	264	102	240	93
261	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	101	260	100
262	Niue	260	100	260	100
263	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	93	230	89
264	Cook Islands	236	91	240	93
265	American Samoa	199	77	200	77
266	Marshall Islands	181	70	180	69
267	Aruba	180	69	180	69
268	Liechtenstein	160	62	160	62
269	British Virgin Islands	151	58	150	58
270	Wallis and Futuna Islands	142	55	140	54
271	Montserrat	102	39	100	39
272	Anguilla	91	35	90	35
273	San Marino	61	24	60	23
274	Bermuda	54	21	50	19
275	Saint Martin	53	20	53	20
276	Sint Maarten	34	13	34	13
277	China, Macao SAR	30	12	30	12
278	Tuvalu	26	10	30	12
279	Nauru	21	8	20	8
280	Saint Barthélemy	21	8	21	8
281	Tokelau	12	5	10	4
282	Gibraltar	6	2	10	4
283	Monaco	2	1	1	1
284	Holy See	–	–	–	–
285	Channel Islands	–	–	190	73

Sources:
Countries: https://www.worldometers.info/geography/largest-countries-in-the-world/
US States: https://thefactfile.org/50-states-area/

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