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The five largest countries in terms of area are:

  1. Russia - 6,592,768.87 square miles / 17,075,193 sq.km
  2. Canada - 3,851,807.61 square miles / 9,976,136 sq.km
  3. *United States - 3,717,811.29 square miles / 9,629,087 sq.km
  4. *China - 3,705,405.45 square miles / 9,596,961 sq.km
  5. Brazil - 3,286,486.71 square miles / 8,511,961 sq.km

*The People's Republic of China and the United States are disputed for 3rd largest based on the calculation of "water areas" within the country's borders. The Encyclopedia Britannica uses a different standard and lists China as 3rd with 9,640,011 square kilometers of total area.

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