What are the largest countries in the world?

Here is a list of the top ten largest countries by area in

square miles:

1. Russia (6,599,921 square miles)

2. Canada (3,854,083 square miles)
3. China (3,746,887 square miles)
4. United States (3,617,827 square miles)
5. Brazil (3,287,086 square miles)
6. Australia (2,969,121 square miles)
7. India (1,269,010 square miles)
8. Argentina (1,073,234 square miles)
9. Kazakhstan (1,051,811 square miles)
10. Algeria (919,352 square miles)

Not surprisingly, the largest country in the world by area is Russia, spanning a huge 17,098,242 km²
across Eastern Europe and Asia. This is followed by Canada (9,984,670 km²) and China (9,706,961
km²), both much smaller although still very large, while the United States and Brazil complete the top
five at 9,372,610 km² and 8,515,767 km² respectively, putting a total of three countries in the Americas
in the world's top five largest.