List of South American countries by area explained

Below is a list of countries and dependencies in South America by area.^[1] Brazil is the largest country in South America while Suriname is the smallest.

Panama is not regarded as a transcontinental country but the country is sometimes included in South America due to being part of Colombia prior to its secession in 1903. The island of Trinidad is sometimes included in South America, which then makes Trinidad and Tobago a transcontinental country.

	Country / dependency	% total	style=width:10em	South America area in km^2 (mi^2) !
1		48%	8,510,346km^2 (3,285,863 square miles)
2		16%	2,796,427km^2 (1,079,707 square miles)
3		7%	1,285,216km^2 (496,225 square miles)
4		6%	1,141,748km^2 (440,831 square miles)
5		6%	1,098,581km^2 (424,164 square miles)
6		5%	929,690km^2 (358,960 square miles)
7		4%	756,102km^2 (291,933 square miles)
8		2%	406,752km^2 (157,048 square miles)
9		1%	257,215km^2 (99,311 square miles)
10		1%	214,969km^2 (83,000 square miles)
11		1%	173,626km^2 (67,037 square miles)
12		1%	163,820km^2 (63,250 square miles)
	French Guiana (France)	0.5%	83,534km^2 (32,253 square miles)
	(UK)	0.1%	12,173km^2 (4,700 square miles)
	Total	100%	17,830,199km^2 (6,884,278 square miles)

See also

• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of South American countries by population

Notes and References

1. Source unless otherwise specified: Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density . 2021 . United Nations Statistics Division . 16 Jul 2023. Entries in this table giving figures other than the figures given in this source are explained in the associated Note.