This is a list of the sovereign countries of the world sorted by total area. For statistical purposes, dependent territories are listed separately from their sovereign state 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. Uninhabited dependent territories as well as various countries' claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica are also not included in the list.[1] For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by area (graphical).
For geographic entities other than countries, including supranational unions, see List of geographic bodies by area. For lists including first-level administrative divisions, see List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area.
- The European Union is a sui generis supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total area of the territories of the 27 member states is 4,422,773 km² , and would be ranked 7th if it were included (3.0% of world's total land area).
Countries and territories
Rank | Country / Territory | Area (km²)[a] | % of Total | Notes |
— | Template:Country data World World | 148,939,063 | 100% | Total land coverage (29.2% of Earth's surface) |
1 | Russia | 17,098,242 | 11.5% | Largest country in the world. |
2 | Canada | 9,984,670 | 6.7% | Largest country in the Western Hemisphere. Longest coastline. |
3 / 4 (disputed) |
People's Republic of China | 9,598,0941 9,640,8212[citation needed] | 6.4% 6.5% |
Largest all-Asian country, second largest Asian country (after Asian part of Russia). Total of separate UN figures for mainland China (9,596,961) and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong (1,104 km²) and Macau (29 km²). Both values exclude all the territorial waters and the island of Taiwan and other ROC-controlled territories. 1 Excludes disputed territories with India. 2 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. The ROC-controlled island of Taiwan is not included. |
3 / 4 (disputed) |
United States | 9,629,091 | 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 listed as 9,826,630 km² by the CIA World Factbook,[2] which additionally includes territorial waters.[3] The total area is listed as 9,522,055 km² by the Encyclopædia Britannica,[4] and excludes coastal and territorial waters. Second-largest country in Western Hemisphere. |
5 | Brazil | 8,514,877 | 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 (less than 0.003% of all continental territory). Largest country in South America, and in the Southern Hemisphere. |
6 | Australia | 7,692,024 | 5.2% | Includes Jervis Bay Territory (73km²) , Cocos (Keeling) Islands (14 km²), Christmas Island (135 km²) and Lord Howe Island (56 km²). Also includes the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands (5 km²), Coral Sea Islands Territory (0.91 km²), Heard and McDonald Islands (372 km²) and Macquarie Island (231 km²). Excludes claims on Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Territory, 6,119,818 km²). Australia is the only country that contains an entire continent. Largest country without a land-border to neighbours. Largest country in Oceania. Largest country wholly in the Southern Hemisphere. |
7 | India | 3,287,263 | 2.3% | Figure includes 120,849 km² of disputed territories with Pakistan and China.[5] Third-largest country in Asia (after Russia and China). |
8 | Argentina | 2,780,400 | 2% | Does not include claims on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and on Antarctica (969,000 km²). Second largest country in South America. |
9 | Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 | 1.8% | Largest landlocked country in the world.[6][7] Second-largest among countries with part of territory in Europe (after Russia) |
10 | Sudan | 2,505,813 | 1.7% | Largest country in Africa and in Arab World |
11 | Algeria | 2,381,741 | 1.6% | Second-largest country in Africa |
12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 | 1.6% | Third-largest country in Africa |
13 | Greenland | 2,166,086 | 1.5% | A self-governing territory of Denmark. Largest island in the world. (Assuming continents are not counted as islands) |
14 | Saudi Arabia | 2,000,000 | 1.4% | Exact size unknown, due to undefined borders with some of its neighbors. Largest country in the Middle East |
15 | Mexico | 1,964,375 | 1.3% | Third-largest country in North America. |
16 | Indonesia | 1,904,569 | 1.3% | Largest and most populous country situated only on islands. Also the largest country in South East Asia. |
17 | Libya | 1,759,540 | 1.2% | |
18 | Iran | 1,648,195 | 1.1% | |
19 | Mongolia | 1,564,100 | 1.1% | Second largest landlocked country in the world; previously first, before the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . |
20 | Peru | 1,285,216 | 0.86% | Third-largest country in South America |
21 | Chad | 1,284,000 | 0.86% | |
22 | Niger | 1,267,000 | 0.85% | |
23 | Angola | 1,246,700 | 0.85% | |
24 | Mali | 1,240,192 | 0.83% | |
25 | South Africa | 1,221,037 | 0.82% | Includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island). |
26 | Colombia | 1,138,914 | 0.76% | Colombian census figure is 1,141,748[8] which includes three special districts and San Andrés and Providencia islands (52 km²) (disputed territories with Nicaragua). |
27 | Ethiopia | 1,104,300 | 0.74% | |
28 | Bolivia | 1,098,581 | 0.74% | Largest landlocked country wholly in the Western Hemisphere and in the Southern Hemisphere. |
29 | Mauritania | 1,025,520 | 0.69% | |
30 | Egypt | 1,002,000 | 0.67% | Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle. |
31 | Tanzania | 945,087 | 0.63% | Includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar. |
32 | Nigeria | 923,768 | 0.62% | |
33 | Venezuela | 912,050 | 0.61% | |
34 | Namibia | 824,292 | 0.55% | |
35 | Mozambique | 801,590 | 0.54% | |
36 | Pakistan | 796,0951 881,9122 |
0.53% 0.59% |
1 Excluding data for the Pakistan-held part of Jammu and Kashmir that are disputed with India. This region consists of the territories of Azad Kashmir (13,297 km²) and the Northern Areas (72,520 km²).[9] 2Includes Pakistani-administered disputed territories. |
37 | Turkey | 783,562 | 0.53% | Third-largest among countries with part of territory in Europe (after Russia and Kazakhstan) |
38 | Chile | 756,102 | 0.51% | Includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) and Isla Sala y Gómez, excludes claims on Antarctica (1,250,000 km²). |
39 | Zambia | 752,618 | 0.51% | |
40 | Myanmar | 676,578 | 0.45% | |
41 | Afghanistan | 652,090 | 0.44% | |
42 | Somalia | 637,657 | 0.43% | |
43 | France | 632,760 | 0.43% | Largest country within the European Union and largest West European country. Includes the overseas departments of French Guiana (83,534 km²), Guadeloupe (1,629 km² excluding Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin), Martinique (1,128 km²) and Réunion (2,504 km²), which the UN lists as separate entries. Metropolitan France covers 543,965 km².[10] The French Republic includes French overseas territories and covers 674,843 km², excluding claims on Antarctica (432,000 km²). |
44 | Central African Republic | 622,984 | 0.42% | |
45 | Ukraine | 603,500 | 0.41% | Largest all-European country |
46 | Madagascar | 587,041 | 0.39% | |
47 | Botswana | 582,000 | 0.39% | |
48 | Kenya | 580,367 | 0.39% | |
49 | Yemen | 527,968 | 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 | 0.34% | |
51 | Spain | 505,992 | 0.34% | Third largest in Europe, second largest in western Europe. 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 | 0.33% | |
53 | Cameroon | 475,442 | 0.32% | |
54 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 0.31% | Second largest country in Oceania. |
55 | Sweden | 450,295[11] | 0.30% | Figure from Statistics Sweden. The UN figure (531,794 km²) includes territorial seawater. Includes Gotland and Öland. Fourth largest all-European country, after Ukraine, France and Spain. |
56 | Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 0.30% | The larger of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world. |
57 | Morocco | 446,550 | 0.30% | Excluding Western Sahara. |
58 | Iraq | 438,317 | 0.29% | |
59 | Paraguay | 406,752 | 0.27% | |
60 | Zimbabwe | 390,757 | 0.26% | |
61 | Japan | 377,915 | 0.25% | Includes Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Islands), Daito Islands, Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands), Minami-Torishima (Marcus Island), Okino-Torishima and Volcano Islands (Kazan Islands); excludes the southern Kuril Islands. |
62 | Germany | 357,022 | 0.24% | Fourth largest country within the European Union after France, Sweden and Spain. 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 and the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) with 108,333 km². |
63 | Republic of the Congo | 342,000 | 0.23% | |
64 | Finland | 338,145 | 0.23% | Includes Åland Islands (1,552 km²). |
65 | Vietnam | 331,689 | 0.22% | |
66 | Malaysia | 329,847 | 0.22% | |
67 | Norway | 323,802 | 0.22% | Includes mainland Norway only; excludes the integral overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (62,422 km²) and the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km²) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land (2,500,000 km²) and Peter I Island (243 km²). |
68 | Côte d'Ivoire | 322,463 | 0.22% | |
69 | Poland | 312,685 | 0.21% | |
70 | Oman | 309,500 | 0.21% | |
71 | Italy | 301,318 | 0.20% | Includes Sicily and Sardinia. |
72 | Philippines | 300,000 | 0.20% | |
73 | Ecuador | 283,561 | 0.20% | Includes Galápagos Islands. |
74 | Burkina Faso | 274,222 | 0.18% | |
75 | New Zealand | 270,467 | 0.18% | Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Excludes Niue (260 km²), the Cook Islands (236 km²) and Tokelau (12 km²), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency (450,000 km²). Third largest country in Oceania |
76 | Gabon | 267,668 | 0.18% | |
77 | Western Sahara | 266,000 | 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). |
78 | Guinea | 245,857 | 0.17% | |
79 | United Kingdom | 242,900 | 0.16% | Comprises the four countries of England (130,422 km²), Scotland (78,133 km²), Wales (20,779 km²), and Northern Ireland (13,576 km²).[12] Excludes the three Crown dependencies (768 km²) and British Overseas Territories (1,742,857 km²) |
80 | Uganda | 241,038 | 0.16% | |
81 | Ghana | 238,533 | 0.16% | |
82 | Romania | 238,391 | 0.16% | |
83 | Laos | 236,800 | 0.16% | |
84 | Guyana | 214,969 | 0.14% | |
85 | Belarus | 208,000 | 0.14% | Second-largest landlocked country in Europe (after Kazakhstan). |
86 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 | 0.13% | |
87 | Senegal | 196,722 | 0.13% | |
88 | Syria | 185,180 183,885 |
0.12% 0.12% |
The higher figure includes the Golan Heights. |
89 | Cambodia | 181,035 | 0.12% | |
90 | Uruguay | 176,215 | 0.12% | Second smallest country in South America. |
91 | Suriname | 163,820 | 0.11% | Smallest country in South America. |
92 | Tunisia | 163,610 | 0.11% | |
93 | Nepal | 147,181 | 0.10% | |
94 | Bangladesh | 143,998 | 0.10% | |
95 | Tajikistan | 143,100 | 0.10% | |
96 | Greece | 131,957 | 0.09% | |
97 | North Korea | 120,538 | 0.08% | |
98 | Nicaragua | 120,340 | 0.09% | Excludes San Andrés y Providencia islands (disputed territories with Colombia). Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. |
99 | Malawi | 118,484 | 0.08% | |
100 | Eritrea | 117,600 | 0.08% | Includes Badme region. |
101 | Benin | 112,622 | 0.08% | |
102 | Honduras | 112,492 | 0.08% | |
103 | Liberia | 111,369 | 0.07% | |
104 | Bulgaria | 110,879 | 0.07% | |
105 | Cuba | 109,886 | 0.07% | Largest and most populous country in the Caribbean |
106 | Guatemala | 108,889 | 0.07% | |
107 | Iceland | 103,000 | 0.07% | |
108 | South Korea | 99,678 | 0.07% | Official figure as of September 2008 is 100,032 km² [13] |
109 | Hungary | 93,028 | 0.06% | |
110 | Portugal | 92,090 | 0.06% | Includes Azores and Madeira Islands. |
111 | Jordan | 89,342 | 0.06% | |
112 | Serbia | 88,361 | 0.05% | UN area figure includes Kosovo, which has a total area of 10,887 km².[14] 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.[15] |
113 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 0.06% | Includes the exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
114 | Austria | 83,871 | 0.06% | |
115 | United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 0.06% | |
116 | Czech Republic | 78,867 | 0.05% | |
117 | Panama | 75,517 | 0.05% | |
118 | Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 0.05% | |
119 | Ireland | 70,273 | 0.05% | |
120 | Georgia | 69,700 | 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 Russia and Nicaragua. The area of Abkhazia is 8,640 km² and that of South Ossetia is 3,900 km².[citation needed] |
121 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 | 0.04% | |
122 | Lithuania | 65,300 | 0.04% | |
123 | Latvia | 64,589 | 0.04% | |
124 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 62,422 | 0.04% | |
125 | Togo | 56,785 | 0.04% | |
126 | Croatia | 56,594 | 0.04% | |
127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,197 | 0.03% | |
128 | Costa Rica | 51,100 | 0.03% | Includes Isla del Coco. |
129 | Slovakia | 49,035 | 0.03% | |
130 | Dominican Republic | 48,310 | 0.03% | |
131 | Estonia | 45,228 | 0.03% | Includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea. |
132 | Denmark | 43,094 | 0.03% | Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km² and would be 13th. |
133 | Netherlands | 41,543 | 0.03% | Includes the Netherlands proper only; the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km². |
134 | Switzerland | 41,284 | 0.03% | Includes state forests and communanzas (7.15 km²) - note that these are excluded by the UN Demographic Yearbook. |
135 | Bhutan | 38,394 | 0.03% | |
136 | Taiwan (Republic of China) | 36,188[16] | 0.02% | Includes only the territories under the control of the ROC, namely Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu. |
137 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 | 0.02% | |
138 | Moldova | 33,851 | 0.02% | Includes Transnistria (Pridnestrovie). |
139 | Belgium | 30,528 | 0.02% | |
140 | Lesotho | 30,355 | 0.02% | |
141 | Armenia | 29,743 | 0.02% | |
142 | Solomon Islands | 28,896 | 0.02% | |
143 | Albania | 28,748 | 0.02% | |
144 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 0.02% | |
145 | Burundi | 27,834 | 0.02% | |
146 | Haiti | 27,750 | 0.02% | |
147 | Rwanda | 26,338 | 0.02% | |
148 | Republic of Macedonia | 25,713 | 0.02% | |
149 | Djibouti | 23,200 | 0.02% | |
150 | Belize | 22,966 | 0.02% | |
151 | El Salvador | 21,041 | 0.01% | |
152 | Israel | 22,072 | 0.01% | Including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights; excluding the West Bank and Gaza Strip. |
153 | Slovenia | 20,273 | 0.01% | |
154 | New Caledonia | 18,575 | 0.01% | French dependency. |
155 | Fiji | 18,274 | 0.01% | Fourth largest country in Oceania (excluding French dependency New Caledonia). |
156 | Kuwait | 17,818 | 0.01% | |
157 | Swaziland | 17,364 | 0.01% | |
158 | East Timor | 14,874 | >0.01% | |
159 | The Bahamas | 13,943 | >0.01% | |
160 | Montenegro | 13,812 | >0.01% | |
161 | Vanuatu | 12,189 | >0.01% | Fifth largest country in Oceania (excluding French dependency New Caledonia). |
162 | Falkland Islands | 12,173 | >0.01% | British Overseas Territory. Claimed by Argentina. Excludes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. |
163 | Qatar | 11,586 | >0.01% | |
164 | The Gambia | 11,295 | >0.01% | Smallest country on continental Africa. |
165 | Jamaica | 10,991 | >0.01% | |
166 | Lebanon | 10,400 | <0.01% | |
167 | Cyprus | 9,251 | <0.01% | Includes Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Sovereign Base Areas). |
168 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 | <0.01% | Commonwealth of the United States. |
169 | Palestinian territories | 6,020 | <0.01% | The figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. |
170 | Brunei | 5,765 | <0.01% | |
171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 | <0.01% | |
172 | Cape Verde | 4,033 | <0.01% | |
173 | French Polynesia | 4,000 | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity. |
174 | Samoa | 2,831 | <0.01% | |
175 | Luxembourg | 2,586 | <0.01% | |
176 | Comoros | 2,235 | <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 | <0.01% | Includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues. |
178 | Faroe Islands | 1,393 | <0.01% | A self-governing territory of Denmark. |
179 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 964 | <0.01% | Second smallest country in Africa. |
180 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 948 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. Area includes protected waters. |
181 | Netherlands Antilles | 800 | <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). |
182 | Dominica | 751 | <0.01% | Largest island in the OECS |
183 | Tonga | 747 | <0.01% | |
184 | Bahrain | 741 | <0.01% | |
185 | Kiribati | 726 | <0.01% | Includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands. |
186 | Federated States of Micronesia | 702 | <0.01% | Includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie). |
187 | Singapore | 699 | <0.01% | UN figure is as of 2005. Official area in 2007 is 707.1 km². Second smallest country in Asia.[17] |
188 | Isle of Man | 572 | <0.01% | British Crown dependency. |
189 | Guam | 549 | <0.01% | Organized unincorporated territory of the USA. |
190 | Saint Lucia | 539 | <0.01% | |
191 | Andorra | 468 | <0.01% | Biggest country lacking an (international) airport. |
192 | Northern Mariana Islands | 464 | <0.01% | Commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian. |
193 | Palau | 459 | <0.01% | |
194 | Seychelles | 455 | <0.01% | Smallest country in Africa. |
195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 442 | <0.01% | Includes Redonda, 1.6 km². |
196 | Barbados | 430 | <0.01% | |
197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 | <0.01% | |
198 | United States Virgin Islands | 347 | <0.01% | Unincorporated, organized territory of the USA. |
199 | Grenada | 344 | <0.01% | Second smallest nation in North America. |
200 | Malta | 316 | <0.01% | Made up of Comino,Gozo and Malta Island is the smallest country of the European Union. |
201 | Maldives | 298 | <0.01% | Smallest country in Asia. |
202 | Cayman Islands | 264 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 | <0.01% | Smallest nation in North America and in the Western Hemisphere. |
204 | Niue | 260 | <0.01% | Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand. |
205 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 242 | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity; includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups. |
206 | Cook Islands | 236 | <0.01% | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. |
207 | American Samoa | 199 | <0.01% | Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island. |
208 | Marshall Islands | 181 | <0.01% | Includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik. |
209 | Aruba | 180 | <0.01% | Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
210 | Liechtenstein | 160 | <0.01% | The smaller of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world. Smallest country in the world that borders more than one other country. |
211 | British Virgin Islands | 151 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory; comprising 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada. |
212 | Wallis and Futuna | 142 | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets. |
213 | Saint Helena | 122 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory; excluding dependencies. |
214 | Jersey | 116 | <0.01% | British Crown dependency. |
215 | Montserrat | 102 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
216 | Tristan da Cunha | 98 | <0.01% | Dependency of St Helena (UK). Area refers to the main island only (the only inhabited island). Total area is 201 km².[18] |
217 | Anguilla | 91 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
218 | Ascension Island | 88 | <0.01% | Dependency of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. |
219 | Guernsey | 78 | <0.01% | British Crown dependency; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands. |
220 | San Marino | 61 | <0.01% | |
221 | Bermuda | 54 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory. |
222 | Saint Martin | 53[19] | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity |
223 | Norfolk Island | 36 | <0.01% | Self-governing area of Australia. |
224 | Tuvalu | 26 | <0.01% | Smallest independent Commonwealth state, smallest country in the world that consists of two or more loose parts and second smallest country in Oceania. |
225 | Nauru | 21 | <0.01% | Smallest republic in the world, smallest country outside Europe, smallest country with an (international) airport in the world, only country in Oceania that consists of only one island, smallest island nation in the world, and third smallest country in the world. |
225 | Saint Barthélemy | 21[20] | <0.01% | French overseas collectivity |
227 | Tokelau | 12 | <0.01% | Territory of New Zealand. |
228 | Gibraltar | 6 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory claimed by Spain. Smallest country or territory with an (international) airport in the world. |
229 | Pitcairn Islands | 5 | <0.01% | British Overseas Territory and smallest dependent territory of the world. |
230 | Monaco | 1.95[21] | <0.01% | Smallest UN member state, second smallest country of the world and in Europe. Smallest country in the world that borders both sea and another country. Most densely populated sovereign country. |
231 | Vatican City | 0.44 | <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, 2006, retrieved 2008-08-13
Notes and other references
- ^ The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Argentina (969,000 km²), Australia (6,120,000 km²), Chile (1,250,000 km²), France (432,000 km²), New Zealand (450,000 km²), Norway (2,500,000 km²) and United Kingdom (1,395,000 km²), which to some extent overlap. The area from to (2,100,000 km²) is currently unclaimed territory. According to the Antarctic Treaty, national claims are frozen, and thus Antarctica is not strictly considered official property of these countries, though they do hold territorial claims to parts of it. These areas usually have no human inhabitants, excluding scientists.
- ^ "United States". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
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(help) - ^ 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 (land + inland water only). The listed total area changed to 9,629,091 km² in 1997 (Great Lakes area and coastal waters added), to 9,631,418 km² in 2004, to 9,631,420 km² in 2006, and to 9,826,630 km² 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.
- ^ 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.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/perfiles/perfil_nal.pdf
- ^ Area figures are from Geohive - Pakistan statistics
- ^ Subdivisions, superficie et population des régions et départements de France et d'outre-mer, accessed 2 December 2008. Template:Fr
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