As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, the top ten largest countries in the world by land area are as follows:
- Russia: 17,098,242 square kilometers
- Canada: 9,984,670 square kilometers
- China: 9,596,961 square kilometers
- United States: 9,525,067 square kilometers
- Brazil: 8,515,767 square kilometers
- Australia: 7,692,024 square kilometers
- India: 3,287,263 square kilometers
- Argentina: 2,780,400 square kilometers
- Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 square kilometers
- Algeria: 2,381,741 square kilometers
Please note that these rankings are based on land area and do not take into account factors such as population or total area (including water bodies). The rankings may have changed since my knowledge cutoff date.