10 – Algeria
Algeria, at 2.38 million square kilometers, is the tenth-largest country in the world by area and the only African country in the top 10.
Situated in Northern Africa, Algeria has a Mediterranean coastline 998 km long. 90 percent of the country is desert, and much of its desert regions are highly elevated. The Tell Atlas mountain range runs along the country’s northern border, while the interior, much of it hundreds of meters above sea level, contains the Algerian portion of the Sahara desert. The massive Algerian Sahara extends all the way to the south of the country past its borders with Niger and Mali.

9 – Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s 2.72 million square kilometers stretch over vast plains and highlands. A cool and dry, but not quite desert-like, climate prevails for most of the year. Kazakhstanis experience a great range of temperatures throughout the year, though it doesn’t get as cold in Kazakhstan as it does in parts of its northern neighbor, Russia.
Formerly part of the USSR, the largest nation in the world for most of the 20th century, Kazakhstan’s current main claim to fame is its status as the largest landlocked country in the world—and the only landlocked country in the top 10.

8 – Argentina
Argentina, the world’s 32nd most populous country, is the world’s eighth largest, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world by area. Its 2.78 million square kilometers include some of the most varied geography and climate in the world.
Swampy, tropical conditions in the very north give way to freezing glacial regions in the south. Patagonia, one of the most spectacular and dangerous places on the planet, stretches from the southern Andes in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east. The southern tip of Argentina , known as Cape Horn, is one of the stormiest locations on the globe.

7 – India
India’s boundaries have changed quite a few times over the past century, and even still, India claims that the northern region of Kashmir (an area disputed with Pakistan) belongs under Indian control completely. As it stands, without Kashmir, India’s territory stretches for 3.29 million square kilometers.
China, Pakistan , Bangladesh and Nepal each share a border with India, and its geography ranges from the majestic Himalayan Mountains to the tropical shores of the southern peninsula. Geologically, India is found on it’s own subcontinent, and geological studies show that this whole nation and it’s close neighbours were at one time separated from Asia by a sea.

6 – Australia
The approximately 4.4 million square kilometer difference between Australia and India represents the second-largest size difference between countries ranked consecutively in the top 10. Australia, at around 7.69 million square kilometers, is over twice the size of India.
It’s the largest country in Oceania by far. Technically it is so large that it doesn’t even qualify as an island, it is a continental landmass.
The vast majority of its population live in coastal cities like Sydney in the east and Perth in the west, and with good reason: the Australian Outback is one of the world’s driest and hottest regions. Along with extreme climate and geography, Australia is known for its spectacular—and often deadly—wildlife.

5 – Brazil
The largest country in South America at over 8.51 million square kilometers, Brazil plays home to much of the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon. The Amazon is so dense and vast that explorers and scientists have found human civilizations that had never made contact with the outside world.
Brazil also has a lengthy Atlantic coastline on the eastern side, which stretches approximately 8,000 km. Most of its major cities, including Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo exist near the coastline.

4 – People’s Republic of China
China, the United States of America , and Canada each occupy just under seven percent of the globe’s surface. Of these three, China is the smallest—just barely—at approximately 9.6 million square kilometers. It shares a border with 14 different countries, including Afghanistan to the east,
Russia to the north, and Vietnam to the south. It is the largest country entirely in Asia .
Its climate and its people vary dramatically. In the north, temperatures drop to subarctic levels, the center of the nation holds the Gobi, the world’s 4th largest desert, and in the south temperatures reach tropical levels regularly. With over 1.35 billion citizens, China is home to 56 recognized ethnic groups, has the world’s 18th largest Muslim population, the 19 th largest Christian population, and with 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, China has more doctors than the entire population of Qatar.

3 – United States of America
The United States, just bigger than China but slightly smaller than Canada , occupies 9.63 million square kilometers. Bordered by Mexico to the south, and Canada to the north, the United States is home to a diverse array of geography and wildlife.
Two North-South features split the nation into three distinct pieces. West of the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific states are known for year round temperate weather and long expanses of beach along the California coast. Sandwiched between the Rockies and the Mississippi River, the great plains stretch from Canada to Mexico, giving the United States one of the world's most fertile growing areas. Lastly, the third of the nation east of the Mississippi is the industrial and economic hub of America, with major cities spread all along the Eastern seaboard.

2 – Canada
Canada’s 9.984 million square kilometers make it the largest country in the western hemisphere, and its 202,080 kilometer coastline means that it has a longer shoreline than any other nation. With a population density of 4 people per square kilometer, this means that each of Canada's 35 million people could have 61 acres for themselves.
Positioned between the Arctic and the United States , Canada’s massive frozen tundra extends into the Arctic Circle. Split similar to the USA; in the western half of the country, the Rocky Mountains run north to south, and prairies provide huge grain and canola growing areas. Eastern Canada is the traditional heart of the nation, with Toronto, Montreal, and the national capital of Ottawa, all located in the East.

1 – Russia
Russia’s 17.1 million square kilometres easily make it the world’s largest by area. In fact, if Russia were to lop off 7 million square kilometers, it would still be the largest—and the lopped-off section would rank seventh overall!
Like China, Russia borders 14 different countries. Unlike China, none of Russia is tropical, though humid summers prevail in much of southern Russia. The Taiga, the world’s largest terrestrial biome, extends all the way from Eastern Canada throughout the vast majority of northern Russia. Massive oil reserves exist underneath Russia’s frozen forests and tundra; however, due to the expense and difficulty of extracting it, much of Russia’s oil wealth remains untapped.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-countries-in-the-world-the-biggest-nations-as-determined-by-total-land-area.html

Wow!

Russia is highly endowed.


Almost 8 of this countries with big landmass are doing fine who say mineral resources and land mass does not prosper country?

hisgrace090:
Wow!

Russia is highly endowed.

almost double the size of other countries in landmass.

China has more doctors than the entire population of Qatar

hisgrace090:
Wow!

Russia is highly endowed.

Most of the landmass is uninhabitable, to humans at least

Checking... But can't find my Village

Algeria such large!

Good lesson for my trip abroad

dominique:
China has more doctors than the entire population of Qatar



Most of the landmass is uninhabitable, to humans at least

that's not really true

Mother Russia

Russia is just too big

Russia is BIG. Yes. It is.

Now imagine if the former Soviet Union (U.S.S.R) didn't disintegrate...

Now imagine if the former Soviet Union (U.S.S.R) didn't sell Alaska to the U.S...

Now imagine if the former Soviet Union (U.S.S.R) were to be in the position of the U.S...

I can ONLY imagine!

Some of these countries have lands but less productive

Wow
Canada is quite big but most of the land is inhabitable!

Make the pack everyone for Nigeria there

Wow! Didn't know Canada was that big.

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South and north America gather space oo

China is just too populous.

Not surprised. Russia divides two continents.

It may interest u to know that Canada as a country is bigger than Europe as a continent.

Meanwhile Canada's population is just a little over 36m!

Nigeria can not make top 10 largest countries by land mass in Africa talk-less of the world.

we only have population

very educative, i never knew Russia is that large in landmass

Intel7:
Mother Russia

Father Russia

If those countries can develop such huge spaces and make them highly conducive for human living then why can't Nigerian leaders develop this tiny space we call Nigeria?

Even Alaska in the US has a bigger landmass than Nigeria.

Izuogu1:
It may interest u to know that Canada as a country is bigger than Europe as a continent.

Izuogu1:
It may interest u to know that Canada as a country is bigger than Europe as a continent.

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Izuogu1:
It may interest u to know that Canada as a country is bigger than Europe as a continent.

It isn't sir. Even if we subtract Russia's land mass from Europe, it still isn't.

bikassava:



is Russia not in Europe stop displaying ur ignorance

Hahaha... and the guy was feeling proud while spewing that trash

China is bigger than the United States in terms of landmass, but in terms of total area (land, water and air), USA is a little bit bigger, go check their Wikipedia page.

And Russia even sold Alaska to the United States, amazing....

Wrong statistics...



Where is Nigeria?