Latin American and Caribbean Countries Ranked by Size

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May 19, 2009, 12:43 am
Source: CIA

This article ranks countries by area, defined as the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.

Rank

South America Rank

Central America Rank

Caribbean Rank

World
Rank

Country

Area
(sq km)
1 1

5

Brazil

8,511,965

2 2

7

Argentina

2,766,890

3

14

Mexico

1,972,550

4 3

19

Peru

1,285,220

5 4

25

Colombia

1,138,910

6 5

27

Bolivia

1,098,580

7 6

32

Venezuela

912,050

8 7

37

Chile

756,950

9 8

58

Paraguay

406,750

10 9

71

Ecuador

283,560

11 10

89

Uruguay

176,220

12 11

91

Suriname

163,270

13 1

96

Nicaragua

129,494

14 2

101

Honduras

112,090

15 1

104

Cuba

110,860

16 3

105

Guatemala

108,890

17 4

115

Panama

78,200

18 5

128

Costa Rica

51,100

19 2

130

Dominican Republic

48,730

20 3

146

Haiti

27,750

21 6

150

Belize

22,966

22 7

151

El Salvador

21,040

23 4

160

Bahamas, The

13,940

24 5

161

Puerto Rico

13,790

25 6

166

Jamaica

10,991

25 7

172

Trinidad and Tobago

5,128

27 8

180

United States Virgin Islands

1,910

28 9

184

Netherlands Antilles

960

29 10

186

Dominica

754

30 11

191

Saint Lucia

616

31 12

198

Antigua and Barbuda

443

32 13

199

Barbados

431

33 14

200

Turks and Caicos Islands

430

34 15

203

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

389

35 16

207

Grenada

344

36 17

211

Cayman Islands

262

37 18

212

Saint Kitts and Nevis

261

38 19

217

Aruba

193

39 20

220

British Virgin Islands

153

40 21

225

Anguilla

102

41 22

226

Montserrat

102

43 23

230

Saint Martin

54

44 24

231

Bermuda

53

Citation

(2009). Latin American and Caribbean Countries Ranked by Size. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Latin_American_and_Caribbean_Countries_Ranked_by_Size