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What is the largest country in the world?

Russia records the world’s highest land area: 17,098,242 km². The five highest are Russia, Canada, United States, China, Brazil. All figures come from the Magna Factbook’s 195-country dataset; every country ranked with Magna Power scores and country files below. Each linked country file adds population, GDP, leaders, resources and full history.

The data

CountryRussia
Value17,098,242 km²

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