Asian countries: Area ranking

38 Asia-Pacific countries and territories ranked by land area, highest first. The top three are China, Australia, India. Each number has its source (public statistics from the UN, the World Bank and others) and year.

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Rank	Country/territory	Land area of the country	Year	Source
1	China	9.39 million km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
2	Australia	7.69 million km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
3	India	2.97 million km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
4	Indonesia	1.89 million km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
5	Mongolia	1.56 million km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
6	Pakistan	770,880 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
7	Myanmar	652,670 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
8	Thailand	510,890 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
9	Papua New Guinea	452,860 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
10	Japan	364,569 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
11	Malaysia	328,550 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
12	Vietnam	313,429 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
13	Philippines	298,170 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
14	New Zealand	263,310 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
15	Laos	230,800 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
16	Cambodia	176,520 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
17	Nepal	143,350 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
18	Bangladesh	129,980 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
19	North Korea	120,410 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
20	South Korea	97,600 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
21	Sri Lanka	61,860 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
22	Bhutan	38,140 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
23	Taiwan	36,197 km²	2025	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
24	Solomon Islands	27,990 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
25	Fiji	18,270 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
26	Timor-Leste	14,870 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
27	Vanuatu	12,190 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
28	Brunei	5,270 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
29	Hong Kong	1,050 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
30	Kiribati	810.0 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
31	Singapore	718.0 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
32	Federated States of Micronesia	700.0 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
33	Palau	460.0 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
34	Maldives	298.0 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
35	Marshall Islands	180.0 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
36	Macau	33 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
37	Tuvalu	30 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments
38	Nauru	20 km²	2023	Tables from national statistics offices and governments

The latest year available differs by country (2023–2025). Check the Year column.

Source

Tables from national statistics offices and governments (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan; Forest Survey of India and the governments of Jammu and Kashmir / Ladakh; Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore; Department of Statistics Malaysia; Office of Agricultural Economics of Thailand (Royal Thai Survey Department values); Ministry of Home Affairs of Indonesia; General Statistics Office of Vietnam; Philippine Statistics Authority; Ministry of Civil Affairs of China; Census and Statistics Department / Lands Department of Hong Kong; Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea; Statistics Korea (North Korea); National Statistics Office of Mongolia; Department of Economic Planning and Statistics of Brunei; National Institute of Statistics of Cambodia; Lao Statistics Bureau; Department of Population of Myanmar and MIMU; Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan; National Statistics Office of Nepal; Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and the governments of AJK and GB; Department of Census and Statistics of Sri Lanka; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Stats NZ; statistics offices of Fiji / Solomon Islands / Vanuatu / Kiribati / Micronesia / Marshall Islands / Palau / Tuvalu, etc.) + areas from OCHA COD-AB tables (measured from boundary shapes; only where no official table exists) + Wikidata (Nauru only) + World Bank WDI (country rows). The OECD regional database is used for cross-checking

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