World’s largest countries by size revealed [See list]

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By John Owen Nwachukwu

The largest countries in the world by size have been ranked.

Russia is the largest country in the world with 17.1 million km². Russia is followed by Canada with 9.9 million, while China comes third with 9.5 million km².

According to the World of Statistics ranking, Algeria, DR Congo, Sudan and Libya are the top four largest countries in Africa.

Nigeria has an area of 923,768 km² according to worldometer.

See the ranking below:

Russia: 17.1 million km²
Canada: 9.9 million km²
China: 9.5 million km²
US: 9.5 million km²
Brazil: 8.5 million km²
Australia: 7.6 million km²
India: 3.2 million km²
Argentina: 2.7 million km²
Kazakhstan: 2.7 million km²
Algeria: 2.3 million km²
DR Congo: 2.3 million km²
Saudi Arabia: 2.1 million km²
Mexico: 1.9 million km²
Indonesia: 1.9 million km²
Sudan: 1.8 million km²
Libya: 1.7 million km²
Iran: 1.6 million km²
Mongolia: 1.5 million km²
Peru: 1.2 million km²
Chile: 1.2 million km²

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