List of countries and outlying territories by total area
This is a list of the sovereign states and dependent territories of the world, sorted by total area, including all entities on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
For statistical purposes, dependent territories are listed separately from their sovereign states and are set off in italics. The figures represent total areas, covering land and inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Marine internal waters (coastal waters), territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zones are not included.
Also not included in the list are uninhabited dependent territories – including various countries' claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica[1] (14,400,000 km2 (5,600,000 sq mi)*) – and entities such as the European Union[2] (4,324,782 km2 (1,669,808 sq mi)* total area) that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories. The total land area of the world is 148,940,000 km2 (57,510,000 sq mi)[3] (about 29.1% of the Earth's surface area).
Robbie is a Fat Gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2010!!!!!!!!!!==Countries by total area==
Rank | Country | Area (km2)[a] | Area (sq mi) | % of Total | Notes |
1 | Russia | 17,098,242 | 6,601,668 | 11.5% | Largest country in the world. |
2 | Canada | 9,984,670 | 3,855,100 | 6.7% | Largest country in the Americas. |
3 / 4 (depending on definition) |
United States | 9,629,091 | 3,717,813 | 6.5% | Includes only the 50 states and the District of Columbia. UN figure includes Great Lakes and coastal water areas. The total area is claimed as 9,826,630 km2 (3,794,080 sq mi) by the CIA World Factbook,[4] which additionally includes territorial waters.[5] The total area is listed as 9,522,055 km2 (3,676,486 sq mi) by the Encyclopædia Britannica,[6] and excludes coastal and territorial waters. |
3 / 4 (depending on definition) |
People's Republic of China | 9,596,961–9,639,688 | 3,705,407–3,721,904 | 6.4% 6.5% |
Largest all-Asian country. This entry uses the UN figure for mainland China (9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi)*), excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, for which the UN has separate figures. Both values exclude all the territorial waters and the island of Taiwan and other ROC-controlled territories, all of which are claimed by the PRC. The smaller figure excludes all territories disputed with India, whereas the larger figure includes PRC-administered areas of Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract, both territories claimed by India, but excludes Arunachal Pradesh which is administered by India but claimed by the PRC. See: Territorial changes and Land reclamations of P.R. China |
5 | Brazil | 8,514,877 | 3,287,612 | 5.7% | Includes Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martim Vaz, and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo. All islands together make 365 km2 (141 sq mi) (less than 0.003% of all continental territory). Largest country in South America. |
6 | Australia | 7,692,024 | 2,969,907 | 5.2% | Includes Cocos (Keeling) Islands (14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)*), Christmas Island (135 km2 (52 sq mi)*), Macquarie Island (128 km2 (49 sq mi)*), and Lord Howe Island (56 km2 (22 sq mi)*).[7] Excludes external territories of Norfolk Island (36 km2 (14 sq mi)*), Ashmore and Cartier Islands (5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)*), Coral Sea Islands Territory (0.91 km2 (0.35 sq mi)*), and Heard and McDonald Islands (372 km2 (144 sq mi)*). Excludes claims on Australian Antarctic Territory (5,896,500 km2 (2,276,700 sq mi)*). Largest country in Oceania. |
7 | India | 3,201,446–3,287,263 | 1,236,085–1,269,219 | 2.3% | Smaller Figure excludes Indian occupied Kashmir and Arunachel Pradesh which is claimed by China. Larger Figure includes 120,849 km2 (46,660 sq mi) of disputed territories with Pakistan and China.[8] |
8 | Argentina | 2,780,400 | 1,073,500 | 2% | Does not include claims on the Falkland Islands (12,200 km2 (4,700 sq mi)*), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and on Antarctica (969,000 km2 (374,000 sq mi)*). |
9 | Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 | 1,052,100 | 1.8% | Largest landlocked country in the world.[9][10] |
10 | Sudan | 2,505,813 | 967,500 | 1.7% | Largest country in Africa and in the Arab World. |
11 | Algeria | 2,381,741 | 919,595 | 1.6% | |
12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 | 905,355 | 1.6% | |
13 | Greenland | 2,166,086 | 836,330 | 1.5% | A constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Largest island that is not a continent. |
14 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 | 830,000 | 1.4% | Largest country in the Middle East. |
15 | Mexico | 1,964,375 | 758,449 | 1.3% | Includes 1,959,248 km2 (756,470 sq mi)* on the mainland and 244 islands located in the Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea which cover a combined area of 5,127 km2 (1,980 sq mi)*.[11] It does not include claims on Clipperton Island (Spanish: Isla de la Pasión) 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)*. |
16 | Indonesia | 1,860,360 | 718,290 | 1.3% | Largest country in Southeast Asia. |
17 | Libya | 1,759,540 | 679,360 | 1.2% | |
18 | Iran | 1,628,750 | 628,860 | 1.1% | |
19 | Mongolia | 1,564,100 | 603,900 | 1.1% | |
20 | Peru | 1,285,216 | 496,225 | 0.86% | |
21 | Chad | 1,284,000 | 496,000 | 0.86% | |
22 | Niger | 1,267,000 | 489,000 | 0.85% | |
23 | Angola | 1,246,700 | 481,400 | 0.85% | |
24 | Mali | 1,240,192 | 478,841 | 0.83% | |
25 | South Africa | 1,221,037 | 471,445 | 0.82% | Includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island). |
26 | Colombia | 1,141,748 | 440,831 | 0.76% | |
27 | Ethiopia | 1,104,300 | 426,400 | 0.74% | Excluding the Ilemi Triangle. |
28 | Bolivia | 1,098,581 | 424,164 | 0.74% | |
29 | Mauritania | 1,025,520 | 395,960 | 0.69% | |
30 | Egypt | 1,002,000 | 387,000 | 0.67% | Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle. |
31 | Tanzania | 945,087 | 364,900 | 0.63% | Includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar. |
32 | Nigeria | 923,768 | 356,669 | 0.62% | |
33 | Venezuela | 912,050 | 352,140 | 0.61% | |
34 | Namibia | 824,116 | 318,193 | 0.55% | |
35 | Mozambique | 801,590 | 309,500 | 0.54% | |
36 | Pakistan | 796,095–881,912 | 307,374–340,508 | 0.53% 0.59% |
Smaller figure excludes data for disputed territories of Jammu and Kashmir that are disputed with India. This region consists of the territories of Azad Kashmir (13,297 km2 (5,134 sq mi)*) and the Northern Areas (72,520 km2 (28,000 sq mi)*).[12] Larger figure includes Indian occupied Kashmir. |
37 | Turkey | 783,562 | 302,535 | 0.53% | |
38 | Chile | 756,102 | 291,933 | 0.51% | Includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez, excludes claims on Antarctica (1,250,000 km2 (480,000 sq mi)*). |
39 | Zambia | 752,612 | 290,585 | 0.51% | |
40 | Myanmar | 676,578 | 261,228 | 0.45% | |
41 | Afghanistan | 652,090 | 251,770 | 0.44% | |
42 | Somalia | 637,657 | 246,201 | 0.43% | |
43 | France | 632,834 | 244,339 | 0.43% | Largest country within the European Union and largest West European country. Includes the overseas departments of French Guiana (83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi)*), Guadeloupe (1,703 km2 (658 sq mi) excluding Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin), Martinique (1,128 km2 (436 sq mi)*) and Réunion (2,504 km2 (967 sq mi)*), which the UN lists as separate entries. Metropolitan France covers 543,965 km2 (210,026 sq mi).[13] The French Republic includes French overseas territories and covers 674,843 km2 (260,558 sq mi), excluding claims on Antarctica (432,000 km2 (167,000 sq mi)*). |
44 | Central African Republic | 622,984 | 240,535 | 0.42% | |
45 | Ukraine | 603,500 | 233,000 | 0.41% | Largest country wholly in Europe. |
46 | Madagascar | 587,041 | 226,658 | 0.39% | |
47 | Botswana | 582,000 | 225,000 | 0.39% | |
48 | Kenya | 580,367 | 224,081 | 0.39% | |
49 | Yemen | 527,968 | 203,850 | 0.35% | Includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen). |
50 | Thailand | 513,120 | 198,120 | 0.34% | |
51 | Spain | 505,992 | 195,365 | 0.34% | Includes mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, as well as the Spanish possessions (Plazas de Soberanía) off the coast of Morocco (Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), and Isla de Alborán almost midway between Morocco and Spain, all the latter being claimed by Morocco. |
52 | Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 188,500 | 0.33% | |
53 | Cameroon | 475,442 | 183,569 | 0.32% | |
54 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 178,700 | 0.31% | |
55 | Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 172,700 | 0.30% | |
56 | Morocco | 446,550 | 172,410 | 0.30% | Excluding Western Sahara. |
57 | Sweden | 441,370 | 170,410 | 0.30% | Includes Gotland and Öland. The Country Facts page for the Kingdom of Sweden gives the total area as 449,964 square kilometres (173,732 sq mi).[14] |
58 | Iraq | 438,317 | 169,235 | 0.29% | |
59 | Paraguay | 406,752 | 157,048 | 0.27% | |
60 | Zimbabwe | 390,757 | 150,872 | 0.26% | |
61 | Japan | 377,930 | 145,920 | 0.25% | Includes the 47 prefectures of Japan; excludes the disputed southern Kuril Islands. |
62 | Germany | 357,114 | 137,882 | 0.24% | Before the German reunification took place on 3 October 1990, Germany consisted of the former Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) with 248,689 km2 (96,019 sq mi) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) with 108,333 km2 (41,828 sq mi). |
63 | Republic of the Congo | 342,000 | 132,000 | 0.23% | |
64 | Finland | 338,419 | 130,664 | 0.23% | Includes Åland Islands (1,552 km2 (599 sq mi)*). |
65 | Vietnam | 331,212 | 127,882 | 0.22% | |
66 | Malaysia | 330,803 | 127,724 | 0.22% | |
67 | Norway | 323,802 | 125,021 | 0.22% | Includes mainland Norway only; excludes the integral overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (62,422 km2 (24,101 sq mi)*) and the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km2 (19 sq mi)*) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land (2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi)*) and Peter I Island (243 km2 (94 sq mi)*). |
68 | Côte d'Ivoire | 322,463 | 124,504 | 0.22% | |
69 | Poland | 312,685 | 120,728 | 0.21% | |
70 | Oman | 309,500 | 119,500 | 0.21% | |
71 | Italy | 301,336 | 116,346 | 0.20% | Includes Sicily and Sardinia. |
72 | Philippines | 300,000 | 120,000 | 0.20% | The figure given on a Philippine Government website is 299,764 km2 (115,740 sq mi).[15] |
73 | Burkina Faso | 274,222 | 105,878 | 0.18% | |
74 | New Zealand | 270,467 | 104,428 | 0.18% | Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Excludes Niue (260 km2 (100 sq mi)*), the Cook Islands (236 km2 (91 sq mi)*) and Tokelau (12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)*), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency (450,000 km2 (170,000 sq mi)*). |
75 | Gabon | 267,668 | 103,347 | 0.18% | |
76 | Western Sahara | 266,000 | 103,000 | 0.18% | Administration is split between Morocco and the largely unrecognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory (see Legal status of Western Sahara). |
77 | Ecuador | 256,369 | 98,985 | 0.20% | Includes Galápagos Islands. |
78 | Guinea | 245,857 | 94,926 | 0.17% | |
79 | United Kingdom | 242,900 | 93,800 | 0.16% | Comprises the four countries of England (130,422 km2 (50,356 sq mi)*), Scotland (78,133 km2 (30,167 sq mi)*), Wales (20,779 km2 (8,023 sq mi)*), and Northern Ireland (13,576 km2 (5,242 sq mi)*).[16] Excludes the three Crown dependencies (768 km2 (297 sq mi)*) and British Overseas Territories (1,742,857 km2 (672,921 sq mi)*) |
80 | Uganda | 241,038 | 93,065 | 0.16% | |
81 | Ghana | 238,539 | 92,100 | 0.16% | |
82 | Romania | 238,391 | 92,043 | 0.16% | Largest country in Southeastern Europe. |
83 | Laos | 236,800 | 91,400 | 0.16% | |
84 | Guyana | 214,969 | 83,000 | 0.14% | |
85 | Belarus | 207,600 | 80,200 | 0.14% | |
86 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 | 77,202 | 0.13% | |
87 | Senegal | 196,722 | 75,955 | 0.13% | |
88 | Syria | 185,180 | 71,500 | 0.12% | Including the Golan Heights which is currently administered by Israel. |
89 | Cambodia | 181,035 | 69,898 | 0.12% | |
90 | Uruguay | 176,215 | 68,037 | 0.12% | |
91 | Suriname | 163,820 | 63,250 | 0.11% | Smallest country in South America. |
92 | Tunisia | 163,610 | 63,170 | 0.11% | |
93 | Nepal | 147,181 | 56,827 | 0.10% | |
94 | Bangladesh | 143,998 | 55,598 | 0.10% | |
95 | Tajikistan | 143,100 | 55,300* | 0.10% | |
96 | Greece | 131,957 | 50,949 | 0.09% | |
97 | Nicaragua | 130,373 | 50,337 | 0.09% | Largest country in Central America. |
98 | North Korea | 120,538 | 46,540 | 0.08% | |
99 | Malawi | 118,484 | 45,747 | 0.08% | |
100 | Eritrea | 117,600 | 45,400 | 0.08% | Includes Badme region. |
101 | Benin | 112,622 | 43,484 | 0.08% | |
102 | Honduras | 112,492 | 43,433 | 0.08% | |
103 | Liberia | 111,369 | 43,000 | 0.07% | |
104 | Bulgaria | 110,879 | 42,811 | 0.07% | |
105 | Cuba | 109,886 | 42,427 | 0.07% | Largest country in the Caribbean |
106 | Guatemala | 108,889 | 42,042 | 0.07% | |
107 | Iceland | 103,000 | 40,000 | 0.07% | |
108 | South Korea | 99,678 | 38,486 | 0.07% | Official figure as of September 2008 is 100,032 km2 (38,623 sq mi) [17] |
109 | Hungary | 93,028 | 35,918 | 0.06% | |
110 | Portugal | 92,090 | 35,560 | 0.06% | Includes Azores and Madeira Islands. |
111 | Jordan | 89,342 | 34,495 | 0.06% | |
112 | Serbia | 88,361 | 34,116 | 0.05% | UN area figure includes Kosovo, which has a total area of 10,887 km2 (4,203 sq mi).[18] Kosovo recently unilaterally declared itself independent to partial recognition; Serbia, Russia, China and others object. The area of Serbia without Kosovo is 77,474 km2 (29,913 sq mi).[19] |
113 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 33,400 | 0.06% | Includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. UN area figure includes the disputed territories of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which is de facto independent from Azerbaijan, but whose independence remains internationally unrecognised. |
114 | Austria | 83,871 | 32,383 | 0.06% | |
115 | United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 32,300 | 0.06% | |
116 | Czech Republic | 78,867 | 30,451 | 0.05% | |
117 | Panama | 75,517 | 29,157 | 0.05% | |
118 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 27,700 | 0.05% | |
119 | Ireland | 70,273 | 27,133 | 0.05% | |
120 | Georgia | 69,700 | 26,900 | 0.05% | UN area figure includes the disputed territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are de facto independent from Georgia but whose independence has only been recognized by a small number of other states. The area of Abkhazia is 8,640 km2 (3,340 sq mi) and that of South Ossetia is 3,900 km2 (1,500 sq mi).[citation needed] |
121 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 | 25,330 | 0.04% | |
122 | Lithuania | 65,300 | 25,200 | 0.04% | |
123 | Latvia | 64,559 | 24,926 | 0.04% | |
124 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 62,422 | 24,101 | 0.04% | Integral overseas areas of the Kingdom of Norway |
125 | Togo | 56,785 | 21,925 | 0.04% | |
126 | Croatia | 56,594 | 21,851 | 0.04% | |
127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,209 | 19,772 | 0.03% | |
128 | Costa Rica | 51,100 | 19,700 | 0.03% | Includes Isla del Coco. |
129 | Slovakia | 49,035 | 18,933 | 0.03% | |
130 | Dominican Republic | 48,671 | 18,792 | 0.03% | |
131 | Estonia | 45,227 | 17,462 | 0.03% | Includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea. |
132 | Denmark | 43,094 | 16,639 | 0.03% | Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km2 (857,183 sq mi) and would be 13th. |
133 | Switzerland | 41,284 | 15,940 | 0.03% | Includes state forests and communanzas (7.15 km2 (2.76 sq mi)*) – note that these are excluded by the UN Demographic Yearbook. |
134 | Bhutan | 38,394 | 14,824 | 0.03% | |
135 | Netherlands | 37,354 | 14,422 | 0.03% | Includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km2 (16,385 sq mi). |
136 | Taiwan (Republic of China) | 36,188 | 13,972[20] | 0.02% | Includes only the territories under the control of the ROC, namely Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu. |
137 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 | 13,948 | 0.02% | |
138 | Moldova | 33,846 | 13,068 | 0.02% | Includes the disputed region of Transnistria (Pridnestrovie), which declared its independence in 1990 and remains internationally unrecognised. |
139 | Belgium | 30,528 | 11,787 | 0.02% | |
140 | Lesotho | 30,355 | 11,720 | 0.02% | |
141 | Armenia | 29,743 | 11,484 | 0.02% | |
142 | Solomon Islands | 28,896 | 11,157 | 0.02% | |
143 | Albania | 28,748 | 11,100 | 0.02% | |
144 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 10,831 | 0.02% | |
145 | Burundi | 27,834 | 10,747 | 0.02% | |
146 | Haiti | 27,750 | 10,710 | 0.02% | |
147 | Rwanda | 26,338 | 10,169 | 0.02% | |
148 | Republic of Macedonia | 25,713 | 9,928 | 0.02% | |
149 | Djibouti | 23,200 | 9,000 | 0.02% | |
150 | Belize | 22,966 | 8,867 | 0.02% | |
151 | Israel | 22,072 | 8,522 | 0.01% | Excluding the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip; including the Golan Heights. |
152 | El Salvador | 21,041 | 8,124 | 0.01% | |
153 | Slovenia | 20,273 | 7,827 | 0.01% | |
154 | New Caledonia | 18,575 | 7,172 | 0.01% | French dependency. |
155 | Fiji | 18,272 | 7,055 | 0.01% | Fourth largest country in Oceania (excluding French dependency New Caledonia). |
156 | Kuwait | 17,818 | 6,880 | 0.01% | |
157 | Swaziland | 17,364 | 6,704 | 0.01% | |
158 | East Timor | 14,874 | 5,743 | >0.01% | |
159 | The Bahamas | 13,943 | 5,383 | >0.01% | |
160 | Montenegro | 13,812 | 5,333 | >0.01% | |
161 | Vanuatu | 12,189 | 4,706 | >0.01% | |
162 | Falkland Islands | 12,173 | 4,700 | >0.01% | British Overseas Territory. Claimed by Argentina. Excludes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. |
163 | Qatar | 11,586 | 4,473 | >0.01% | |
164 | The Gambia | 11,295 | 4,361 | >0.01% | Smallest country on continental Africa. |
165 | Jamaica | 10,991 | 4,244 | >0.01% | |
166 | Lebanon | 10,452 | 4,036 | <0.01% | |
167 | Cyprus | 9,251 | 3,572 | <0.01% | Includes Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Sovereign Base Areas). |
168 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 | 3,420 | <0.01% | Commonwealth of the United States. |
169 | Palestinian territories | 6,020 | 2,320 | <0.01% | The figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. |
170 | Brunei | 5,765 | 2,226 | <0.01% | |
171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 | 1,980 | <0.01% | |
172 | Cape Verde | 4,033 | 1,557 | <0.01% | |
173 | French Polynesia | 4,000 | 1,500 | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity. |
174 | Samoa | 2,831 | 1,093 | <0.01% | |
175 | Luxembourg | 2,586 | 998 | <0.01% | |
176 | Comoros | 2,235 | 863 | <0.01% | Listed figure includes Mayotte (373 km²). Mayotte is de facto an overseas collectivity of France and is not under the sovereignty of Comoros. |
177 | Mauritius | 2,040 | 790 | <0.01% | Includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues. |
178 | Faroe Islands | 1,393 | 538 | <0.01% | A dependent overseas territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. |
179 | Hong Kong | 1,104 | 426 | <0.01% | A Special Administrative Region of China. |
180 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 964 | 372 | <0.01% | |
181 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 948 | 366 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. Area includes protected waters. |
182 | Netherlands Antilles | 800 | 310 | <0.01% | Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin). |
183 | Dominica | 751 | 290 | <0.01% | |
184 | Bahrain | 750 | 290 | <0.01% | |
185 | Tonga | 747 | 288 | <0.01% | |
186 | Kiribati | 726 | 280 | <0.01% | Includes three island groups – Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands. |
187 | Singapore | 705 | 272 | <0.01% | Official area in 2007 is 707.1 km2 (273.0 sq mi).[21] |
188 | Federated States of Micronesia | 702 | 271 | <0.01% | Includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie). |
189 | Isle of Man | 572 | 221 | <0.01% | British Crown dependency. |
190 | Guam | 541 | 209 | <0.01% | Organized unincorporated territory of the USA. |
191 | Saint Lucia | 539 | 208 | <0.01% | |
192 | Andorra | 468 | 181 | <0.01% | |
193 | Northern Mariana Islands | 464 | 179 | <0.01% | Commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian. |
194 | Palau | 459 | 177 | <0.01% | |
195 | Seychelles | 455 | 176 | <0.01% | Smallest country in Africa. |
196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 442 | 171 | <0.01% | Includes Redonda, 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi). |
197 | Barbados | 430 | 170 | <0.01% | |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 | 150 | <0.01% | |
199 | United States Virgin Islands | 347 | 134 | <0.01% | Unincorporated, organized territory of the USA. |
200 | Grenada | 344 | 133 | <0.01% | |
201 | Malta | 316 | 122 | <0.01% | Made up of Comino, Gozo and Malta Island is the smallest country of the European Union. |
202 | Maldives | 300 | 120 | <0.01% | Smallest country in Asia. |
203 | Cayman Islands | 264 | 102 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 | 101 | <0.01% | Smallest nation in North America, in Americas and in the Western Hemisphere. |
205 | Niue | 260 | 100 | <0.01% | Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand. |
206 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 242 | 93 | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups. |
207 | Cook Islands | 236 | 91 | <0.01% | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. |
208 | American Samoa | 199 | 77 | <0.01% | Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island. |
209 | Marshall Islands | 181 | 70 | <0.01% | Includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik. |
210 | Aruba | 180 | 69 | <0.01% | Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
211 | Liechtenstein | 160 | 62 | <0.01% | |
212 | British Virgin Islands | 151 | 58 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory; comprising 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada. |
213 | Wallis and Futuna | 142 | 55 | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets. |
214 | Saint Helena | 122 | 47 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory; excluding dependencies. |
215 | Jersey | 116 | 45 | <0.01% | British Crown dependency. |
216 | Montserrat | 102 | 39 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
217 | Tristan da Cunha | 98 | 38 | <0.01% | Dependency of St Helena (UK). Area refers to the main island only (the only inhabited island). Total area is 201 km2 (78 sq mi).[22] |
218 | Anguilla | 91 | 35 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
219 | Ascension Island | 88 | 34 | <0.01% | Dependency of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. |
220 | Guernsey | 78 | 30 | <0.01% | British Crown dependency; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands. |
221 | San Marino | 61 | 24 | <0.01% | |
222 | Saint Martin | 56 | 22[13] | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity |
223 | Bermuda | 54 | 21 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
224 | Norfolk Island | 36 | 14 | <0.01% | Self-governing area of Australia. |
225 | Macau | 29 | 11 | <0.01% | A Special Administrative Region of China. |
226 | Tuvalu | 26 | 10 | <0.01% | |
227 | Saint Barthélemy | 24 | 9.3[13] | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity |
228 | Nauru | 21 | 8.1 | <0.01% | Smallest island nation in the world |
229 | Tokelau | 12 | 4.6 | <0.01% | Territory of New Zealand. |
230 | Gibraltar | 6 | 2.3 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
231 | Pitcairn Islands | 5 | 1.9 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory Figure refers to Pitcairn Island only. Including Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno, the total area is 44.7 km². |
232 | Monaco | 1.95 | 0.75[23] | <0.01% | |
233 | Vatican City | 0.44 | 0.17 | <0.01% | Smallest country in the world. Home of the Pope and the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church. |
- a Source, unless otherwise specified:
- Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density (pdf), United Nations Statistics Division, 2007, retrieved 2009-08-26
See also
- List of countries by area (graphical)
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
- List of major geographic bodies by area
- List of islands by area
- Orders of magnitude (area)
- List of island countries by area
References
- ^ The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Argentina (969,000 km2 (374,000 sq mi)*), Australia (5,896,500 km2 (2,276,700 sq mi)*), Chile (1,250,000 km2 (480,000 sq mi)*), France (432,000 km2 (167,000 sq mi)*), New Zealand (450,000 km2 (170,000 sq mi)*), Norway (2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi)*) and United Kingdom (1,395,000 km2 (539,000 sq mi)*), which to some extent overlap. The area from to (2,100,000 km2 (810,000 sq mi)*) is currently unclaimed territory. These areas usually have no human inhabitants, excluding scientists.
- ^ The European Union is a sui generis supranational union. It covers a total area of 4,324,782 km2 (1,669,808 sq mi)[citation needed] and would be ranked 7th if it were included (3.0% of world's total land area).
- ^ CIA - The World Factbook
- ^ "United States". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ From the initial publishing of the CIA World Factbook in 1989 through 1996, the total area of the US was listed as 9,372,610 km2 (3,618,780 sq mi) (land + inland water only). The listed total area changed to 9,629,091 km2 (3,717,813 sq mi) in 1997 (Great Lakes area and coastal waters added), to 9,631,418 km2 (3,718,711 sq mi) in 2004, to 9,631,420 km2 (3,718,710 sq mi) in 2006, and to 9,826,630 km2 (3,794,080 sq mi) in 2007 (territorial waters added). See Countries of the World: 20 Years of World Facts, geographic.org, retrieved 2008-08-17 for details.
- ^ "Encyclopedia Britannica - Geography Note". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the figure of 7,692,024 km2 (2,969,907 sq mi) includes the statistical entity known as "Other territories", which is defined in the Census Dictionary as consisting of Jervis Bay Territory, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Christmas Island. Macquarie Island is part of the state of Tasmania while Lord Howe Island is part of the state of New South Wales.
- ^ Census of India - Area and Population (archive.org page)
- ^ Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (ASRK). 2005. Main Demographic Indicators. Available at http://www.stat.kz
- ^ United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 2007. “Kazakhstan” in The World Factbook. Book on-line. Available at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html
- ^ http://www.cejamericas.org/reporte/muestra_pais3.php?idioma=INGLES&pais=MEXICO&tipreport=REPORTE3&seccion=0
- ^ Area figures are from Geohive - Pakistan statistics
- ^ a b c Subdivisions, superficie et population des régions et départements de France et d'outre-mer, accessed 2 December 2008. Template:Fr
- ^ Country Facts, Kingdom of Sweden.
- ^ Republic of the Philippines, Philippine Government.
- ^ Office of National Statistics - Official Yearbook (2002) (Table 1.1)
- ^ "Korea's total land area exceeds 100000 square kilometers". korea.net, citing Ministry of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs. September 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
^ "행정구역(구시군)별 국토적". Korea Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 2006-03-27. - ^ "Kosovo". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Serbia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Area, cultivated land area and forest land area" (pdf). National Statistics - Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ^ "Key Annual Indicators". Statistics Singapore. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-31..
- ^ xist.org - Saint Helena
- ^ Monaco government