This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area.[1] Some divisions are listed twice, with one listing including territory that is excluded in the other for various reasons, including territorial disputes. There is intentional overlap among the lists in order to maximize ease of use.
| Geographic entity | Area (km2) | Notes |
 Cornwallis Island |
6,995 | Island in the Arctic Archipelago. |
 Vienne |
6,990 | Department of France. |
 Uppsala County |
6,989 | County of Sweden. |
 Päijät-Häme |
6,941.71 | Region of Finland. |
| South Karelia |
6,872.13 | Region of Finland. |
 Prince of Wales Island |
6,675 | Island part of the U.S. state of Alaska. |
 Chumphon Province |
6,947 | Province of Thailand. |
 Giresun Province |
6,934 | Province of Turkey. |
 Argyll and Bute |
6,930 | Second largest unitary district of Scotland. |
 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
6,925 | Department of France. |
 Yên Bái Province |
6,899.50 | Province of Vietnam. |
| Burdur Province |
6,887 | Province of Turkey. |
| Bình Phước Province |
6,883.40 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Côtes-d'Armor |
6,878 | Department of France. |
 Charente-Maritime |
6,864 | Department of France. |
 Argeș County |
6,862 | County of Romania. |
 Cumbria |
6,824 | Second largest administrative county of England. |
 Morbihan |
6,823 | Department of France. |
 Nièvre |
6,817 | Department of France. |
 Loire-Atlantique |
6,815 | Department of France. |
 Matagalpa |
6,804 | Region of Nicaragua. |
 Fergana Region |
6,800 | Region of Uzbekistan. |
 Vysočina Region |
6,795.56 | Region of the Czech Republic. |
 Indre |
6,791 | Department of France. |
 Akwa Ibom State |
6,788 | State of Nigeria. |
 Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
6,786 | Third largest region of Georgia. |
 Loiret |
6,775 | Department of France. |
 Ille-et-Vilaine |
6,775 | Department of France. |
 Saida Province |
6,764 | Province of Algeria. |
 Santarém |
6,747 | District of Portugal. |
 Sancti Spíritus Province |
6,737 | Province of Cuba. |
 Finistère |
6,733 | Department of France. |
 Uthai Thani Province |
6,730 | Province of Thailand. |
| Cao Bằng Province |
6,724.60 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Vendée |
6,720 | Department of France. |
| Mureș County |
6,714 | County of Romania. |
 Shimane |
6,708.24 | Prefecture of Japan. |
| Bitlis Province |
6,707 | Province of Turkey. |
 Banteay Meanchey Province |
6,679 | Province of Cambodia. |
| Castelo Branco |
6,675 | District of Portugal. |
| Cluj County |
6,674 | County of Romania. |
 Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca |
6,673 | Province of Panama. |
 Pas-de-Calais |
6,671 | Department of France. |
 Davao del Sur |
6,667.06 | Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Davao. |
 Negeri Sembilan |
6,645 | State of Malaysia. |
| Harghita County |
6,639 | County of Romania. |
| Bacău County |
6,621 | County of Romania. |
| Bragança |
6,608 | District of Portugal. |
 Thiès Region |
6,601 | Region of Senegal. |
 Sukhothai Province |
6,596 | Province of Thailand. |
| Gümüşhane Province |
6,575 | Province of Turkey. |
| Kırşehir Province |
6,570 | Province of Turkey. |
 Devon |
6,561 | Third largest administrative county of England. |
| Kırklareli Province |
6,550 | Province of Turkey. |
 Phitsanulok Province |
6,539 | Province of Thailand. |
 Drôme |
6,530 | Department of France. |
| Smallwood Reservoir | 6,527 | Lake in Canada. |
| Đắk Nông Province |
6,516.90 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Leyte |
6,515.05 | Province of the Philippines; includes the independent cities of Ormoc and Tacloban. |
| Sétif Province |
6,504 | Province of Algeria. |
 Stockholm County |
6,488 | County of Sweden. |
| Chontales |
6,481 | Region of Nicaragua. |
 Blagoevgrad Province |
6,478 | Third largest province of Bulgaria. |
 Chiriquí Province |
6,477 | Province of Panama. |
| Imereti |
6,448 | Region of Georgia. |
 Delaware |
6,447 | State of the United States. |
| Dumfries and Galloway |
6,439 | Third largest unitary district of Scotland. |
 Paktia Province |
6,432 | Province of Afghanistan. |
| Samtskhe-Javakheti |
6,412 | Region of Georgia. |
 Tochigi |
6,408.09 | Prefecture of Japan. |
| Lake Turkana | 6,405 | Lake in Kenya. |
 Pest |
6,393 | Third largest county of Hungary. |
 Siple Island |
6,390 | Island part of Antarctica. |
| Lào Cai Province |
6,383.90 | Province of Vietnam. |
| Las Tunas Province |
6,373 | Province of Cuba. |
 Prachuap Khiri Khan Province |
6,368 | Province of Thailand. |
| Guantánamo Province |
6,366 | Province of Cuba. |
 Gunma |
6,362.28 | Prefecture of Japan. |
| Graham Island |
6,361 | Island in the Haidwa Gwaii archipelago, part of Canada. |
| Kiên Giang Province |
6,348.30 | Province of Vietnam. |
| Santiago de Cuba Province |
6,343 | Province of Cuba. |
 Loir-et-Cher |
6,343 | Department of France. |
 Ebonyi State |
6,342 | State of Nigeria. |
 Shanghai |
6,341 | Largest city of China by Population. |
 Ōita |
6,340.71 | Prefecture of Japan. |
 Chaiyaphum Province |
6,338 | Province of Thailand. |
 Phatthalung Province |
6,335 | Province of Thailand. |
| Reindeer Lake | 6,330 | Lake in Canada. |
 Aberdeenshire |
6,318 | Unitary district of Scotland. |
 Haute-Garonne |
6,309 | Department of France. |
| Maramureș County |
6,304 | County of Romania. |
 Västmanland County |
6,302 | County of Sweden. |
| Xorazm Region |
6,300 | Region of Uzbekistan. |
 Seine-Maritime |
6,278 | Department of France. |
| Edirne Province |
6,276 | Province of Turkey. |
 Gers |
6,257 | Department of France. |
 Los Ríos |
6,254 | Province of Ecuador. |
| Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
6,242 | Region of Georgia. |
| Alba County |
6,242 | County of Romania. |
 Phetchabun Province |
6,225 | Province of Thailand. |
| Tekirdağ Province |
6,218 | Province of Turkey. |
 Moselle |
6,216 | Department of France. |
| Lake Eyre | 6,216 | Lake in South Australia. |
 Meuse |
6,211 | Department of France. |
 Haute-Marne |
6,211 | Department of France. |
 Hajdú-Bihar |
6,211 | County of Hungary. |
| Gaziantep Province |
6,207 | Province of Turkey. |
 Sarthe |
6,206 | Department of France. |
| Jackson Purchase | 6,202 | Eight Kentucky counties purchased from the Chickasaw Indians. |
 New Siberia |
6,201 | Island part of the New Siberian Islands archipelago, part of Russia. |
| Lake Issyk-Kul | 6,200 | Lake in Kyrgyzstan. |
 Loei Province |
6,200 | Province of Thailand. |
 Bokeo |
6,196 | Second smallest province of Laos. |
 Somme |
6,170 | Department of France. |
| Oddar Meancheay Province |
6,158 | Province of Cambodia. |
 County Galway |
6,151 | Second largest county in the Republic of Ireland, largest county in the province of Connacht. |
 Aude |
6,139 | Department of France. |
 Indre-et-Loire |
6,127 | Department of France. |
 Yamaguchi |
6,112.30 | Prefecture of Japan. |
 Chimbu Province |
6,112 | Province of Papua New Guinea. |
| Everglades National Park | 6,110 | Park in the U.S. state of Florida. |
 Colonia Department |
6,106 | Department of Uruguay. |
 Orne |
6,103 | Department of France. |
| Buzău County |
6,103 | County of Romania. |
 Hérault |
6,101 | Department of France. |
 Maritime |
6,100 | Smallest region of Togo. |
| Quảng Ninh Province |
6,099.00 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Ibaraki |
6,097.06 | Prefecture of Japan. |
 Idlib |
6,097 | Governorate of Syria. |
| Portalegre |
6,065 | District of Portugal. |
 Södermanland County |
6,061 | County of Sweden. |
 Auckland |
6,059 | Second smallest region of New Zealand. |
 Samar |
6,048.03 | Province of the Philippines. |
 Eure |
6,040 | Department of France. |
| Bình Định Province |
6,039.60 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Somogy |
6,036 | County of Hungary. |
 Savoie |
6,028 | Department of France. |
| Hà Tĩnh Province |
6,026.50 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Palestine |
6,020 | Territory in the Middle East; figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. |
 Mentawai Islands Regency |
6,011.35 | Chain of islands part of Indonesia. |
 Chon Buri Province |
6,009 | Province of Thailand. |
 Aube |
6,004 | Department of France. |
| Ordu Province |
6,001 | Province of Turkey. |
| Lake Urmia | 6,001 | Lake in Iran. |
| Dongting Lake | 6,000 | Lake in China. |
 Deux-Sèvres |
5,999 | Department of France. |
 El Oro Province |
5,988 | Province of Ecuador. |
| Parwan Province |
5,974 | Province of Afghanistan. |
| Plovdiv Province |
5,973 | Province of Bulgaria. |
 Var |
5,973 | Department of France. |
| Ciego de Ávila Province |
5,962 | Province of Cuba. |
 Canton of Bern |
5,959 | Second largest canton of Switzerland. |
 Andros Island |
5,957 | Archipelago of the Bahamas. |
 Charente |
5,956 | Department of France. |
| Mascara Province |
5,941 | Province of Algeria. |
 Manche |
5,938 | Department of France. |
 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
5,936 | County of Hungary. |
 Lincolnshire |
5,921 | Administrative county of England. |
 Seine-et-Marne |
5,915 | Department of France. |
 Zamboanga del Sur |
5,914.16 | Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Zamboanga. |
| Đồng Nai Province |
5,903.90 | Province of Vietnam. |
| Neamț County |
5,896 | County of Romania. |
 Eure-et-Loir |
5,880 | Department of France. |
 Vosges |
5,874 | Department of France. |
| Tuyên Quang Province |
5,870.40 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Occidental Mindoro |
5,865.71 | Province of the Philippines. |
| Sinop Province |
5,862 | Province of Turkey. |
 Oise |
5,860 | Department of France. |
 Corrèze |
5,857 | Department of France. |
 Gard |
5,853 | Department of France. |
 Distrito Federal |
5,802 | State of Brazil. |
 Ekiti State |
5,797 | State of Nigeria. |
| Teleorman County |
5,790 | County of Romania. |
 Mie |
5,774.40 | Prefecture of Japan. |
 Brunei |
5,765 | Country in Country in Southeast Asia. |
 Melville Island |
5,765 | Island part of Australia. |
| Vâlcea County |
5,765 | County of Romania. |
 Bolivar Republic |
5,762 | Micronation State lying on the Mississippi River. It Covers the Mississippi Counties of Bolivar, Coahoma, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Leflore, and Washington, as well covering the Arkansas counties of Desha and Philips |
 Ain |
5,762 | Department of France. |
 Tarn |
5,758 | Department of France. |
 Nueva Ecija |
5,751.33 | Province of the Philippines. |
 Nord |
5,743 | Department of France. |
 Cantal |
5,726 | Department of France. |
| Kanta-Häme |
5,707.63 | Region of Finland. |
| Lake Torrens | 5,698 | Lake in South Australia. |
 Ehime |
5,676.11 | Prefecture of Japan. |
 Davao Oriental |
5,670.07 | Province of the Philippines. |
 Havana Province |
5,669 | Province of Cuba. |
 Prince Edward Island |
5,660 | Province of Canada. |
 Chimborazo Province |
5,637 | Province of Ecuador. |
 Bali |
5,633 | Province of Indonesia. |
 Békés |
5,631 | County of Hungary. |
| Gorj County |
5,602 | County of Romania. |
 Rivercess |
5,594 | County of Liberia. |
 County Mayo |
5,588 | Third largest county in the Republic of Ireland, second largest county in the province of Connacht. |
 Vanua Levu |
5,587 | Second-largest island of Fiji. |
 Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
5,582 | County of Hungary. |
| Ardahan Province |
5,576 | Province of Turkey. |
 Creuse |
5,565 | Department of France. |
 Wellington Island |
5,556 | Island part of Chile. |
| As-Suwayda |
5,550 | Governorate of Syria. |
 Hautes-Alpes |
5,549 | Department of France. |
 Calvados |
5,548 | Department of France. |
| Vänern | 5,545 | Lake in Sweden. |
 Govisümber |
5,540 | Third smallest aimag of Mongolia. |
 Ardèche |
5,529 | Department of France. |
| Kampong Chhnang Province |
5,521 | Province of Cambodia. |
| Amasya Province |
5,520 | Province of Turkey. |
 Haute-Vienne |
5,520 | Department of France. |
| Guarda |
5,518 | District of Portugal. |
 Nakhon Pathom Province |
5,513 | Province of Thailand. |
| Coats Island |
5,498 | Island part of the Arctic Archipelago. |
| Olt County |
5,498 | County of Romania. |
| Iași County |
5,476 | County of Romania. |
 Western Province |
5,475 | Largest province of the Solomon Islands. |
 Aguascalientes |
5,471 | State of Mexico. |
| Nevşehir Province |
5,467 | Province of Turkey. |
 Camarines Sur |
5,465.26 | Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Naga. |
 Halland County |
5,454 | Third smallest county of Sweden. |
 Pangasinan |
5,451.08 | Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Dagupan. |
| Sibiu County |
5,432 | County of Romania. |
 Moravian-Silesian Region |
5,426.83 | Region of the Czech Republic. |
 Alytus County |
5,425 | County of Lithuania. |
 Liguria |
5,421 | Third smallest region of Italy. |
 Pärnu County |
5,419 | Largest county of Estonia. |
| Uinta County
|
5,410 | County in Wyoming |
| Siirt Province |
5,406 | Province of Turkey. |
| Hatay Province |
5,403 | Province of Turkey. |
| Lake Winnipegosis | 5,403 | Lake in Canada. |
| Chichagof Island |
5,388 | Island part of the U.S. state of Alaska. |
 Negros Oriental |
5,385.53 | Province of the Philippines. |
 Norfolk |
5,372 | Administrative county of England. |
| Brașov County |
5,363 | County of Romania. |
 Lot-et-Garonne |
5,361 | Department of France. |
 Haute-Saône |
5,360 | Department of France. |
 Suphanburi Province |
5,358 | Province of Thailand. |
| Bistrița-Năsăud County |
5,355 | County of Romania. |
| Guadalcanal |
5,353 | Largest island of the Solomon Islands. |
 Lika-Senj |
5,353 | Largest county of Croatia. |
 Buri Ram Province |
5,351 | Province of Thailand. |
 Ibb Governorate |
5,350 | Governorate of Yemen. |
 Gegharkunik Province |
5,348 | Largest province of Armenia. |
| Uşak Province |
5,341 | Province of Turkey. |
 Guadalcanal |
5,336 | Second largest province of the Solomon Islands. |
 Ústí nad Labem Region |
5,334.52 | Region of the Czech Republic. |
| Cà Mau Province |
5,331.70 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Cebu |
5,331.07 | Province of the Philippines; includes the independent cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue. |
 Cantabria |
5,321 | Third smallest autonomous community of Spain. |
| Vaslui County |
5,318 | County of Romania. |
| Perth and Kinross |
5,311 | Unitary district of Scotland. |
| Lake Albert | 5,299 | Lake in Africa between Uganda and Zaire. |
 Mae Hong Son Province |
5,292 | Province of Thailand. |
 Cotopaxi Province |
5,287 | Province of Ecuador. |
 South Aegean |
5,286 | Periphery of Greece. |
 Olomouc Region |
5,266.57 | Region of the Czech Republic. |
| Amund Ringnes Island |
5,255 | Island part of the Arctic Archipelago. |
 Sultan Kudarat |
5,251.34 | Province of the Philippines. |
 Meurthe-et-Moselle |
5,246 | Department of France. |
 Zou Department |
5,243 | Department of Benin. |
 Doubs |
5,234 | Department of France. |
 Ardennes |
5,229 | Department of France. |
 Valais |
5,224 | Third largest canton of Switzerland. |
| Istanbul Province |
5,220 | Province of Turkey. |
| Central Ostrobothnia |
5,219.58 | Region of Finland. |
| Khánh Hòa Province |
5,217.60 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Lot |
5,217 | Department of France. |
 Klaipėda County |
5,209 | County of Lithuania. |
 Powys |
5,204 | Largest unitary authority of Wales. |
 Ratchaburi Province |
5,197 | Province of Thailand. |
 Comayagua |
5,196 | Department of Honduras. |
 Colima |
5,191 | State of Mexico. |
 Mayenne |
5,175 | Department of France. |
 Aichi |
5,172.48 | Prefecture of Japan. |
 Lozère |
5,167 | Department of France. |
 Grand Cape Mount |
5,162 | County of Liberia. |
 Chiba |
5,157.65 | Prefecture of Japan. |
| Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island |
5,157 | Island in the New Siberian Islands archipelago, part of Russia. |
| Quảng Ngãi Province |
5,152.70 | Province of Vietnam. |
 Flores Department |
5,144 | Department of Uruguay. |
 León |
5,138 | Region of Nicaragua. |
 Imo State |
5,135 | State of Nigeria. |
| St. Lawrence Island |
5,135 | Island part of the U.S. state of Alaska. |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
5,130 | Country in the Caribbean. |
| Kvemo Kartli |
5,122 | Region of Georgia. |
| Lake Mweru | 5,120 | Lake in Africa between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. |
 North-East District |
5,120 | Second smallest district of Botswana. |
| Santa Bárbara |
5,115 | Department of Honduras. |
 River Gee |
5,113 | County of Liberia. |
| Riesco Island |
5,100 | Island part of Chile. |
| Sirdaryo Region |
5,100 | Third smallest region of Uzbekistan. |
| Călărași County |
5,088 | County of Romania. |
 Bouches-du-Rhône |
5,087 | Department of France. |
 Edgeøya |
5,073 | Third-largest island of Svalbard, Norway. |
| Nettilling Lake | 5,066 | Lake in Canada; largest lake entirely on an island. |
| Thừa Thiên–Huế Province |
5,065.30 | Province of Vietnam. |
| Setúbal |
5,064 | District of Portugal. |
| Phú Yên Province |
5,060.60 | Province of Vietnam. |
| Mackenzie King Island |
5,048 | Island part of the Arctic Archipelago. |
 La Rioja |
5,045 | Second smallest autonomous community of Spain. |
 Korçë County |
5,044 | Largest county of Albania. |
 Middlesex County |
5,041.9 | County of Jamaica. |
 Northumberland |
5,026 | Administrative county of England. |
| Trinidad |
5,009 | Largest of the two main islands of Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Viseu |
5,007 | District of Portugal. |
 Caviana |
5,000 | Island part of Brazil. |
See also[edit]
Other divisions
Smaller divisions
- 200,000+ square kilometers • 100,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers • 50,000 to 200,000 square kilometers • 20,000 to 50,000 square kilometers
- 5,000 to 20,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 1,000 square kilometers • 500,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers • 200,000 to 500,000 square kilometers • 100,000 to 200,000 square kilometers
- 50,000 to 100,000 square kilometers • 30,000 to 50,000 square kilometers • 20,000 to 30,000 square kilometers • 10,000 to 20,000 square kilometers
- 7,000 to 10,000 square kilometers • 5,000 to 7,000 square kilometers • 3,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 3,000 square kilometers
- 250 to 1,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 250 square kilometers
Other
- List of countries and dependencies by area
- List of largest empires
- List of administrative divisions by country
- Category:Ranked lists of country subdivisions
References[edit]
- ^ References for the information provided in this table may be found in the individual articles on each body listed herein.
Information about countries by area is generally derived from the CIA World Factbook.
Information about political subdivisions by area is generally derived from Statoids.com.