| Rank | Country | total | Area |
5 | Russia | 17,098,242 | total: 17,098,242 sq km
land: 16,377,742 sq km
water: 720,500 sq km |
6 | Arctic Ocean | 14,056,000 | total: 14.056 million sq km
note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies |
7 | Antarctica | 14,000,000 | total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe |
8 | Canada | 9,984,670 | total: 9,984,670 sq km
land: 9,093,507 sq km
water: 891,163 sq km |
9 | United States | 9,826,675 | total: 9,826,675 sq km
land: 9,161,966 sq km
water: 664,709 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia |
10 | China | 9,596,961 | total: 9,596,961 sq km
land: 9,569,901 sq km
water: 27,060 sq km |
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