List of countries and dependencies by area

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This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.

Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by total area according to the table below, roughly to scale.

The top 10 largest countries occupy nearly half of the world's dry land.

  Russia (11%)

  China (6.3%)

  United States (6.1%)

  Canada^{[Note 1]} (6.1%)

  Brazil (5.6%)

  Australia (5.2%)

  India (2.0%)

  Argentina (1.8%)

  Kazakhstan (1.8%)

  Algeria (1.6%)

  Other (52.5%)

Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank number. Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised states are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "notes" column for each country for clarification.

Not included in the list are individual country claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica or entities such as the European Union^{[Note 2]} that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories.

This list includes three measurements of area:

• Total area: the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines.
• Land area: the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.
• Water area: the sum of the surface areas of all inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers) within international boundaries and coastlines.^[2] Coastal internal waters may be included. Territorial seas are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and exclusive economic zones are not included.

Data is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise noted.^[3]

Map

World map, except Antarctica, colour-coded by areas of countries in square kilometres.

Countries and dependencies by area

Rank	Country / Dependency	Total in km^2 (mi^2)	Land in km^2 (mi^2)	Water in km^2 (mi^2)	% water	Notes
–	World	510,072,000 (196,940,000)	148,940,000 (57,510,000)	361,132,000 (139,434,000)	70.8
1	Russia	17,098,246 (6,601,670)	16,378,410 (6,323,740)	719,836 (277,930)	4.21	The largest country in the world, which spans two continents, and most of northern Eurasia; with about 10.995% (about 1/9th) of the world's total landmass. Russia's European portion is roughly 4,000,000 km^2, which is around 40% of the total landmass of Europe, making Russia the largest country in Europe; and its Asian portion, which covers all of Northern Asia, is around 13,100,000 km^2, making Russia the largest country in Asia.
–	Antarctica	14,200,000 (5,500,000)	14,200,000 (5,500,000)	0 (0)	0	13,916,000 km^2 (5,373,000 sq mi) (98%) of the land area is covered by ice and snow. Though not itself a country, areas of Antarctica are claimed by a number of countries.^[Note 3]
2	Canada^[Note 1]	9,984,670 (3,855,100)	9,093,507 (3,511,023)	891,163 (344,080)	8.93	Largest English- and largest French-speaking country; largest country completely in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second-largest by land area after the United States); with the largest surface area of water; largest contiguous country in North America; Total area and water area figures include area covered by freshwater only and do not include internal waters (non-freshwater) of about 1,600,000 km^2, nor territorial waters of 200,000 km^2.^[4]^[5]
3/4	China	9,596,961 (3,705,407)	9,326,410 (3,600,950)	270,550 (104,460)	2.82	Largest country entirely in Asia, and second-largest country in the world by land area. Excludes Taiwan, disputed territories with India, and disputed islands in the South China Sea. Figures for total area and water area also exclude all coastal and territorial waters.^[Note 4]
	United States	9,525,067 (3,677,649) – 9,833,517 (3,796,742)^[7]	9,147,593 (3,531,905) – 9,147,643 (3,531,925)^[7]	377,424 (145,724) – 685,924 (264,837)^[7]	3.96–6.97	Largest English-speaking country by land area and largest country in the Western Hemisphere by land area (second-largest by total area after Canada). Secondary figures for total area and water area include all coastal and territorial waters.^[Note 4]
5	Brazil	8,515,767 (3,287,956)	8,460,415 (3,266,584)	55,352 (21,372)	0.65	Largest Portuguese-speaking country, largest country in South America, largest country in the Southern Hemisphere,^[Note 5] and the largest contiguous territory outside Eurasia.^[11]
6	Australia	7,692,024 (2,969,907)	7,633,565 (2,947,336)	58,459 (22,571)	0.76	Third-largest English-speaking country and largest country in Oceania, and the largest country completely in the Southern Hemisphere.^[Note 6]
7	India	3,287,263 (1,269,219)	2,973,190 (1,147,960)	314,073 (121,264)	9.55	Second-largest country entirely in Asia and largest country in South Asia.^[Note 7]
8	Argentina	2,780,400 (1,073,500)	2,736,690 (1,056,640)	43,710 (16,880)	1.57	Largest Spanish-speaking country and second-largest country in South America.^[Note 8]
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 (1,052,100)	2,699,700 (1,042,400)	25,200 (9,700)	0.92	Largest landlocked country.^[16] The world's largest Muslim-majority country by land area (and the northernmost). Second-largest Russian-speaking country after Russia, and the largest country in Central Asia. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
10	Algeria	2,381,741 (919,595)	2,381,741 (919,595)	0 (0)	0	Largest country in Africa; also largest in the Arab world and the Mediterranean Basin.^[Note 9]
11	DR Congo	2,344,858 (905,355)	2,267,048 (875,312)	77,810 (30,040)	3.32	Second-largest French-speaking country. Largest country in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa. Second-largest country in Africa, has the largest French-speaking city (Kinshasa).
–	Kingdom of Denmark	2,220,093 (857,183)	2,220,072 (857,175)	21 (8.1)	0	UN figure does not include the entire Kingdom area.
–	Greenland (Denmark)	2,166,086 (836,330)	2,166,086 (836,330)^[Note 10]	0 (0)	0	Largest island in the world, largest territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, and the largest inhabited non-sovereign territory in the world.
12	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 (830,000)	2,149,690 (830,000)	0 (0)	0	Largest country in Western Asia. Second-largest in the Arab world after Algeria.
13	Mexico	1,964,375 (758,449)	1,943,945 (750,561)	20,430 (7,890)	1.04	Second-largest Spanish-speaking country by area after Argentina; largest Spanish-speaking country by number of speakers.
14	Indonesia	1,904,569 (735,358)	1,811,569 (699,451)	93,000 (36,000)	4.85	Transcontinental country located in Asia and Oceania. Largest country in Southeast Asia. Largest island country and archipelagic state in the world by area and population.^[18]
15	Sudan	1,861,484 (718,723)	1,731,671 (668,602)	129,813 (50,121)	6.97 ^[Note 11]	Third-largest country in Africa and third-largest in the Arab world.^[1]^[19]
16	Libya	1,759,540 (679,360)	1,759,540 (679,360)	0 (0)	0
17	Iran	1,648,195 (636,372)	1,531,595 (591,352)	116,600 (45,000)	7.07	Second-largest country in Western Asia and fourth-largest completely in Asia after China, India, and Saudi Arabia. ^[Note 12]
18	Mongolia	1,564,110 (603,910)	1,553,556 (599,831)	10,560 (4,080)	0.68	Second-largest landlocked country and largest that does not border a closed sea.
19	Peru	1,285,216 (496,225)	1,279,996 (494,209)	5,220 (2,020)	0.41	Third-largest Spanish-speaking country and third-largest country in South America.
20	Chad	1,284,000 (496,000)	1,259,200 (486,200)	24,800 (9,600)	1.93	Third-largest landlocked country and largest outside of Asia. Fifth-largest country in Africa.
21	Niger	1,267,000 (489,000)	1,266,700 (489,100)	300 (120)	0.02	Largest country in West Africa.
22	Angola	1,246,700 (481,400)	1,246,700 (481,400)	0 (0)	0
23	Mali	1,240,192 (478,841)	1,220,190 (471,120)	20,002 (7,723)	1.61
24	South Africa	1,221,037 (471,445)	1,214,470 (468,910)	4,620 (1,780)	0.38	Largest country in Southern Africa.
25	Colombia	1,141,748 (440,831)	1,038,700 (401,000)	100,210 (38,690)	8.8
26	Ethiopia	1,104,300 (426,400)	1,000,000 (390,000)	104,300 (40,300)	0.7	Largest country in East Africa.^[Note 13]
27	Bolivia	1,098,581 (424,164)	1,083,301 (418,265)	15,280 (5,900)	1.39
28	Mauritania	1,030,700 (398,000)	1,025,520 (395,960)	4,480 (1,730)	0.44
29	Egypt	1,002,450 (387,050)	995,450 (384,350)	6,000 (2,300)	0.6	Transcontinental country located in Asia and Africa.
30	Tanzania	945,087 (364,900)	885,800 (342,000)	61,500 (23,700)	6.49
31	Nigeria	923,768 (356,669)	910,768 (351,649)	13,000 (5,000)	1.41
32	Venezuela	916,445 (353,841)	882,050 (340,560)	30,000 (12,000)	3.29	^[Note 14]
33	Pakistan	881,913 (340,509)	856,690 (330,770)	25,223 (9,739)	2.86	^[Note 15]
34	Namibia	825,615 (318,772)	823,290 (317,870)	2,425 (936)	0.12
35	Mozambique	801,590 (309,500)	786,380 (303,620)	13,000 (5,000)	1.63
36	Turkey	783,562 (302,535)	769,632 (297,157)	13,930 (5,380)	1.78	Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe. Largest country in the Balkans with a part of its territory in the Balkans
37	Chile	756,102 (291,933)	743,812 (287,187)	12,290 (4,750)	1.63	^[Note 16]
38	Zambia	752,612 (290,585)	743,398 (287,028)	9,220 (3,560)	1.23
39	Myanmar	676,578 (261,228)	653,508 (252,321)	23,070 (8,910)	3.41	Second largest country in Southeast Asia.
40	Afghanistan	652,867 (252,073)	652,867 (252,073)	0 (0)	0
41	South Sudan	644,329 (248,777)	644,329 (248,777)	0 (0)	0 ^[Note 11]	^[Note 17]^[21]
42	France	640,679 (247,368)	640,427 (247,270)	3,374 (1,303)	0.52	Figures include metropolitan France (in Europe) as well as the five overseas regions. This does not include New Caledonia (an autonomous sui generis collectivity), the five autonomous overseas collectivities, and the two uninhabited territories (the French Southern Territories and Clipperton Island) which are listed individually, although also part of the French Republic.^[Note 18] Third-largest country in Europe after Russia and Ukraine, and the largest country in the European Union.
43	Somalia	637,657 (246,201)	627,337 (242,216)	10,320 (3,980)	1.62	Figures include Somaliland.
44	Central African Republic	622,984 (240,535)	622,984 (240,535)	0 (0)	0
45	Ukraine	603,550 (233,030)	579,300 (223,700)	24,250 (9,360)	4.01	Second-largest country in Europe after Russia. The largest country entirely within Europe.
46	Madagascar	587,041 (226,658)	581,540 (224,530)	5,501 (2,124)	0.94	Largest island country in Africa and 2nd largest island country in the world.
47	Botswana	581,730 (224,610)	566,730 (218,820)	15,000 (5,800)	2.58	^[Note 19]
48	Kenya	580,367 (224,081)	569,140 (219,750)	11,227 (4,335)	1.93
49	Yemen	555,000 (214,000)	555,000 (214,000)	0 (0)	0	The second largest country in the Arabian Peninsula.^[Note 20] The area before signing of the Jeddah Treaty was 527,968 square kilometers.
–	France (metropolitan)	543,940 (210,020)				Metropolitan France (the part of France located in Europe)
50	Thailand	513,120 (198,120)	510,890 (197,260)	2,230 (860)	0.43
51	Spain	505,992 (195,365)	498,980 (192,660)	6,390 (2,470)	1.26	Largest country in Southern Europe and second-largest member state of European Union.
52	Turkmenistan	488,100 (188,500)	469,930 (181,440)	18,170 (7,020)	3.72
53	Cameroon	475,442 (183,569)	472,710 (182,510)	2,730 (1,050)	0.57
54	Papua New Guinea	462,840 (178,700)	452,860 (174,850)	9,980 (3,850)	2.16	Third-largest island country in the world.
55	Sweden	447,425 (172,752)	407,284 (157,253)	40,142 (15,499)	8.97	Largest country in Northern Europe. Third-largest member state of European Union.^[Note 21]
56	Uzbekistan	447,400 (172,700)	425,400 (164,200)	22,000 (8,500)	4.92
57	Morocco	446,550 (172,410)	446,300 (172,300)	250 (97)	0.06	Does not include the disputed Western Sahara, shown separately.^[Note 22]
58	Iraq	438,317 (169,235)	437,367 (168,868)	950 (370)	0.22	^[Note 23]
59	Paraguay	406,752 (157,048)	397,302 (153,399)	9,450 (3,650)	2.32
60	Zimbabwe	390,757 (150,872)	386,847 (149,362)	3,910 (1,510)	1
61	Norway	385,207 (148,729)	365,957 (141,297)	19,520 (7,540)	5.00	The Kingdom of Norway, including Jan Mayen and Svalbard, but excluding Bouvet Island and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.^[Note 24]
62	Japan	377,976 (145,937)	364,546 (140,752)	13,430 (5,190)	3.55	Largest island country in East Asia and the world's 4th largest island country.^[Note 25]
63	Germany	357,114 (137,882)	348,672 (134,623)	8,350 (3,220)	2.34	Largest country in Central Europe. Before the 1990 German reunification, West Germany was 248,577 (95,976) and East Germany was 108,333 (41,828).
64	Congo	342,000 (132,000)	341,500 (131,900)	500 (190)	0.15
65	Finland	338,425 (130,667)	303,816 (117,304)	34,330 (13,250)	10.15	^[Note 26]
66	Vietnam	331,212 (127,882)	310,070 (119,720)	21,140 (8,160)	6.38
67	Malaysia	330,803 (127,724)	329,613 (127,264)	1,190 (460)	0.35
–	Norway (mainland)	323,802 (125,021)	304,282 (117,484)	19,520 (7,540)	6.03	Mainland Norway, excluding Jan Mayen, Svalbard, and the dependencies.^[Note 24]
68	Ivory Coast	322,463 (124,504)	318,003 (122,782)	4,460 (1,720)	1.38
69	Poland	312,696 (120,733)	311,888 (120,421)	791 (305)	3.07
70	Oman	309,500 (119,500)	309,500 (119,500)	0 (0)	0
71	Italy	301,339 (116,348)	294,140 (113,570)	7,200 (2,800)	2.39
72	Philippines	300,000 (120,000)	298,170 (115,120)	1,830 (710)	0.61
73	Ecuador	276,841 (106,889)	256,369 (98,985)	6,720 (2,590)	2.37	^[Note 27]
74	Burkina Faso	274,222 (105,878)	273,602 (105,638)	620 (240)	0.23	^[Note 28]
75	New Zealand	270,467 (104,428)	262,443 (101,330)	4,395 (1,697)	1.65	^[Note 29]
76	Gabon	267,668 (103,347)	257,667 (99,486)	10,001 (3,861)	3.74
–	Western Sahara	266,000 (103,000)	266,000 (103,000)	0 (0)	0	Disputed territory. Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco.
77	Guinea	245,857 (94,926)	245,717 (94,872)	140 (54)	0.06
78	United Kingdom	242,495 (93,628)	241,930 (93,410)	1,680 (650)	0.69	Largest island country in Europe and Western Hemisphere.^[Note 30]
79	Uganda	241,550 (93,260)	197,100 (76,100)	43,938 (16,965)	18.23
80	Ghana	238,533 (92,098)	227,533 (87,851)	11,000 (4,200)	4.61
81	Romania	238,397 (92,046)	231,291 (89,302)	7,100 (2,700)	2.97
82	Laos	236,800 (91,400)	230,800 (89,100)	6,000 (2,300)	2.53	Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
83	Guyana	214,969 (83,000)	196,849 (76,004)	18,120 (7,000)	8.43
84	Belarus	207,600 (80,200)	202,900 (78,300)	4,700 (1,800)	2.26	Largest landlocked country in Europe.
85	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 (77,202)	191,801 (74,055)	8,150 (3,150)	4.08
86	Senegal	196,722 (75,955)	192,530 (74,340)	4,192 (1,619)	2.13
87	Syria	185,180 (71,500)	183,630 (70,900)	1,550 (600)	0.84	^[Note 31]
88	Cambodia	181,035 (69,898)	176,515 (68,153)	4,520 (1,750)	2.5
89	Uruguay	176,215 (68,037)	175,015 (67,574)	1,200 (460)	0.68
–	Somaliland	176,120 (68,000)				^[Note 32]
90	Suriname	163,820 (63,250)	156,000 (60,000)	7,820 (3,020)	4.77	Smallest country in South America.
91	Tunisia	163,610 (63,170)	155,360 (59,980)	8,250 (3,190)	5.04
92	Bangladesh	148,460 (57,320)	134,208 (51,818)	14,252 (5,503)	9.6	^[Note 33]
93	Nepal	147,516 (56,956)	143,686 (55,477)	3,830 (1,480)	2.59	Largest country in the Himalayan range.^[Note 34]
94	Tajikistan	143,100 (55,300)	141,510 (54,640)	2,590 (1,000)	1.81
95	Greece	131,957 (50,949)	130,647 (50,443)	1,310 (510)	0.99	Largest country in the Balkans with a majority of its territory in the Balkans
96	Nicaragua	130,373 (50,337)	119,990 (46,330)	10,380 (4,010)	7.96	Largest country in Central America.
97	Eritrea	125,000 (48,000)	125,000 (48,000)	0 (0)	0
98	North Korea	120,540 (46,540)	120,538 (46,540)	2 (0.77)	0.11	Excludes claim on South Korea.
99	Malawi	118,484 (45,747)	94,080 (36,320)	24,404 (9,422)	20.6
100	Benin	114,763 (44,310)	114,305 (44,133)	457.569 (176.668)	0.40	^[Note 35]
101	Honduras	112,492 (43,433)	111,890 (43,200)	200 (77)	0.18
102	Liberia	111,369 (43,000)	96,320 (37,190)	15,049 (5,810)	13.51
103	Bulgaria	111,002 (42,858)	108,612 (41,935)	2,390 (920)	2.16	Largest country in the Balkans by continental area within the Balkans.
104	Cuba	109,884 (42,426)	109,884 (42,426)	0 (0)	0.00	Largest country in the West Indies.
105	Guatemala	108,889 (42,042)	107,159 (41,374)	1,730 (670)	1.59
106	Iceland	103,000 (40,000)	100,250 (38,710)	2,750 (1,060)	2.67
107	South Korea	100,210 (38,690)	99,909 (38,575)	301 (116)	0.3	Excludes claim on North Korea.
108	Hungary	93,028 (35,918)	89,608 (34,598)	3,420 (1,320)	3.68
109	Portugal	92,226 (35,609)	91,119 (35,181)	1,107 (427)	1.2
110	Jordan	89,342 (34,495)	88,802 (34,287)	540 (210)	0.6
111	Serbia	88,361 (34,116)	88,246 (34,072)	115 (44)	0.13	The largest former Yugoslav and Serbo-Croatian-speaking country. Includes Kosovo. ^[Note 36]
112	Azerbaijan	86,600 (33,400)	86,100 (33,200)	500 (190)	0.13	Largest country in Caucasus. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe. ^[Note 37]
113	Austria	83,871 (32,383)	82,445 (31,832)	1,426 (551)	1.7
114	United Arab Emirates	83,600 (32,300)	83,600 (32,300)	0 (0)	0
115	Czech Republic	78,871 (30,452)	77,187 (29,802)	1,684 (650)	2.14
116	Panama	75,417 (29,119)	74,340 (28,700)	1,080 (420)	1.43	Transcontinental country in North America and South America.
117	Sierra Leone	71,740 (27,700)	71,620 (27,650)	120 (46)	0.17
118	Ireland	70,273 (27,133)	68,883 (26,596)	1,390 (540)	1.98	The figure shown is for the Republic of Ireland; the island of Ireland is 84,421 km^2 or 32,595 sq mi.^[35]
119	Georgia	69,700 (26,900)	69,700 (26,900)	0 (0)	0	Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.^[Note 38]
120	Sri Lanka	65,610 (25,330)	62,732 (24,221)	2,878 (1,111)	4.4
121	Lithuania	65,300 (25,200)	62,680 (24,200)	2,620 (1,010)	4.01
122	Latvia	64,559 (24,926)	62,249 (24,034)	2,340 (900)	3.62
–	Svalbard (Norway)	62,045 (23,956)	62,045 (23,956)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 39]
123	Togo	56,785 (21,925)	54,385 (20,998)	2,400 (930)	4.23
124	Croatia	56,594 (21,851)	55,974 (21,612)	620 (240)	1.1
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 (19,772)	51,187 (19,763)	10 (3.9)	0.02
126	Costa Rica	51,100 (19,700)	51,060 (19,710)	40 (15)	0.08
127	Slovakia	49,037 (18,933)	48,105 (18,573)	930 (360)	1.9
128	Dominican Republic	48,671 (18,792)	48,320 (18,660)	350 (140)	0.72
129	Estonia	45,227 (17,462)	42,388 (16,366)	2,840 (1,100)	6.28
130	Denmark	43,094 (16,639)	42,434 (16,384)	660 (250)	1.53	Includes Denmark proper only, but excludes the autonomous territories in the Kingdom of Denmark, shown separately.
131	Netherlands	41,850 (16,160)	33,893 (13,086)	7,957 (3,072)	18.41	Includes the special municipalities, but excludes other countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, shown separately.^[Note 40]
132	Switzerland	41,284 (15,940)	39,997 (15,443)	1,280 (490)	3.1	^[Note 41]
133	Bhutan	38,394 (14,824)	38,394 (14,824)	0 (0)	0
–	Taiwan	36,193 (13,974)	32,260 (12,460)	3,720 (1,440)	10.34	Between 1945 and 1949, the Republic of China included Mainland China, Mongolia, Taiwan, and other areas, totaling 11,418,174 km^2 (4,408,582 sq mi).^[Note 42]
134	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 (13,948)	28,120 (10,860)	8,005 (3,091)	22.16
135	Moldova	33,846 (13,068)	32,891 (12,699)	960 (370)	2.84	^[Note 43]
136	Belgium	30,528 (11,787)	30,278 (11,690)	250 (97)	0.82
137	Lesotho	30,355 (11,720)	30,355 (11,720)	0 (0)	0
138	Armenia	29,743 (11,484)	28,342 (10,943)	1,401 (541)	4.71
139	Solomon Islands	28,896 (11,157)	27,986 (10,805)	910 (350)	3.15
140	Albania	28,748 (11,100)	27,398 (10,578)	1,350 (520)	4.7
141	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 (10,831)	28,051 (10,831)	0 (0)	0
142	Burundi	27,834 (10,747)	25,680 (9,920)	2,150 (830)	7.73
143	Haiti	27,750 (10,710)	27,560 (10,640)	190 (73)	0.68
144	Rwanda	26,338 (10,169)	24,668 (9,524)	1,670 (640)	6.34
145	North Macedonia	25,713 (9,928)	25,433 (9,820)	280 (110)	1.09
146	Djibouti	23,200 (9,000)	23,180 (8,950)	20 (7.7)	0.09
147	Belize	22,966 (8,867)	22,806 (8,805)	160 (62)	0.7
148	El Salvador	21,041 (8,124)	20,721 (8,000)	320 (120)	1.52	Smallest country on the American continent.
149	Israel	20,770 (8,020)	20,330 (7,850)	440 (170)	2.12	^[Note 44]
150	Slovenia	20,273 (7,827)	20,151 (7,780)	122 (47)	0.6
–	New Caledonia (France)	18,575 (7,172)	18,275 (7,056)	300 (120)	1.62
151	Fiji	18,272 (7,055)	18,274 (7,056)	0 (0)	0
152	Kuwait	17,818 (6,880)	17,818 (6,880)	0 (0)	0
153	Eswatini	17,364 (6,704)	17,204 (6,643)	160 (62)	0.92
154	East Timor	14,919 (5,760)	14,919 (5,760)	0 (0)	0
155	The Bahamas	13,943 (5,383)	10,010 (3,860)	3,870 (1,490)	27.88
156	Montenegro	13,812 (5,333)	13,452 (5,194)	360 (140)	2.61
157	Vanuatu	12,189 (4,706)	12,189 (4,706)	0 (0)	0
–	Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	12,173 (4,700)	12,173 (4,700)	0 (0)	0
158	Qatar	11,586 (4,473)	11,586 (4,473)	0 (0)	0
159	The Gambia	11,295 (4,361)	10,000 (3,900)	1,295 (500)	11.47	Smallest country in continental Africa.
160	Jamaica	10,991 (4,244)	10,831 (4,182)	160 (62)	1.46
–	Kosovo	10,887 (4,203)				^[Note 45]
161	Lebanon	10,452 (4,036)	10,230 (3,950)	170 (66)	1.63	Second smallest country in continental Asia.
162	Cyprus	9,251 (3,572)	9,241 (3,568)	10 (3.9)	0.11	^[Note 46]
–	Puerto Rico (United States)	9,104 (3,515)	9,104 (3,515)	3,054 (1,179)	35.2	An American territory, the third-largest island of the United States after the Big Island of Hawaii and Kodiak Island of Alaska. Also the smallest part of Hispanic America.
–	Abkhazia	8,660 (3,340)				^[Note 47]
–	French Southern Territories (France)	7,747 (2,991)	7,668 (2,961)	79.8 (30.8)	1.03	Excludes claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica.^[Note 48]
–	United States Minor Outlying Islands	6,959.41 (2,687.04)	34.2 (13.2)	6,937 (2,678)	99.68
163	Palestine	6,020 (2,320)	6,000 (2,300)	220 (85)	3.9	^[Note 49]
164	Brunei	5,765 (2,226)	5,265 (2,033)	500 (190)	8.67
165	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 (1,980)	5,128 (1,980)	0 (0)	0
–	French Polynesia (France)	4,167 (1,609)	3,827 (1,478)	340 (130)	8.16
–	Transnistria	4,163 (1,607)				^[Note 50]
166	Cape Verde	4,033 (1,557)	4,033 (1,557)	0 (0)	0
–	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)	3,903 (1,507)	3,903 (1,507)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 17]
–	South Ossetia	3,900 (1,500)				^[Note 51]
–	Northern Cyprus	3,355 (1,295)				^[Note 52]
–	Artsakh	3,170 (1,220)	3,170 (1,220)	-	-	Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan, and has no international recognition as a state^[42]
167	Samoa	2,842 (1,097)	2,821 (1,089)	10 (3.9)	0.35
–	Hong Kong (China)	2,755 (1,064)	1,106 (427)	1,649 (637) ^[43]	59.8
168	Luxembourg	2,586 (998)	2,586 (998)	0 (0)	0	The smallest country that is not a European microstate or island country.
–	Bir Tawil (terra nullius)	2,060 (800)	2,060 (800)	0 (0)	0
169	Mauritius	2,040 (790)	2,030 (780)	10 (3.9)	0.49	^[Note 53]
170	Comoros	1,862 (719)	1,862 (719)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 54]
–	Åland (Finland)	1,580 (610)				^[Note 55]
–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	1,399 (540)	1,393 (538)	Negligible	Negligible	^[Note 56]
171	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 (372)	964 (372)	0 (0)	0
–	Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	948 (366)	430 (170)	0 (0)	0	Disputed island group claimed by the Bahamas.
172	Kiribati	811 (313)	811 (313)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 57]
173	Bahrain	786 (303)	786 (303)	0 (0)	0
174	Dominica	751 (290)	751 (290)	0 (0)	0
175	Tonga	747 (288)	717 (277)	30 (12)	4.02
176	Singapore	728 (281)	716 (276)	10 (3.9)	1.43
177	Micronesia	702 (271)	702 (271)	Negligible	Negligible
178	Saint Lucia	616 (238)	606 (234)	10 (3.9)	1.62	^[Note 58]
–	Isle of Man (British Crown Dependency)	572 (221)	572 (221)	0 (0)	0
–	Guam (United States)	549 (212)	544 (210)	0 (0)	0
179	Andorra	468 (181)	468 (181)	0 (0)	0	European microstate.
–	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	464 (179)	464 (179)	0 (0)	0
180	Palau	459 (177)	459 (177)	0 (0)	0
181	Seychelles	452 (175)	455 (176)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in Africa.
–	Curaçao (Netherlands)	444 (171)	444 (171)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 40]
182	Antigua and Barbuda	442 (171)	442.6 (170.9)	0 (0)	0
183	Barbados	430 (170)	431 (166)	0 (0)	0
–	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)	412 (159)	412 (159)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 17]
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 (150)	389 (150)	0 (0)	0
–	Jan Mayen (Norway)	377 (146)	377 (146)	0 (0)	0
–	U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)	347 (134)	346 (134)	1,564 (604)	81.88
185	Grenada	344 (133)	344 (133)	0 (0)	0
186	Malta	316 (122)	316 (122)	0 (0)	0	European microstate. Smallest European Union member state.
–	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	308 (119)	308 (119)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 59]
187	Maldives	300 (120)	298 (115)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in Asia.
–	Bonaire (Netherlands)	294 (114)	294 (114)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 40]
–	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	264 (102)	264 (102)	0 (0)	0
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 (101)	261 (101)	0 (0)	0	Smallest country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere.
–	Niue	260 (100)	260 (100)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 60]
–	Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom)	253.8 (98.0)	not determined	not determined	not determined	There is a salt lake and some wetlands of unknown area.
–	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	242 (93)	242 (93)	0 (0)	0
–	Cook Islands	236 (91)	236 (91)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 61]
–	American Samoa (United States)	199 (77)	199 (77)	0 (0)	0
189	Marshall Islands	181 (70)	181 (70)	11,673 (4,507)^[clarification needed]	98.47
–	Aruba (Netherlands)	180 (69)	180 (69)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 40]
–	Easter Island (Chile)	163.6 (63.2)	163.6 (63.2)	0 (0)	0
190	Liechtenstein	160 (62)	160 (62)	0 (0)	0	European microstate.
–	British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	151 (58)	151 (58)	0 (0)	0
–	Wallis and Futuna (France)	142 (55)	142 (55)	0 (0)	0
–	Christmas Island (Australia)	135 (52)	135 (52)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 62]
–	Jersey (British Crown Dependency)	116 (45)	116 (45)	0 (0)	0
–	Montserrat (United Kingdom)	102 (39)	102 (39)	0 (0)	0
–	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	91 (35)	91 (35)	0 (0)	0
–	Guernsey (British Crown Dependency)	78 (30)	78 (30)	0 (0)	0
191	San Marino	61 (24)	61 (24)	0 (0)	0	European microstate.
–	British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)	60 (23)	60 (23)	54,340 (20,980)	99.89	^[Note 63]
–	Saint Martin (France)	54 (21)	54.4 (21.0)	Negligible	Negligible	^[Note 17]
–	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	54 (21)	54 (21)	0 (0)	0
–	Bouvet Island (Norway)	49 (19)	49 (19)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 17]
–	Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	47 (18)	47 (18)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 64]
–	Norfolk Island (Australia)	36 (14)	36 (14)	0 (0)	0
–	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	34 (13)	34 (13)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 40]
–	Macao (China)	31.3 (12.1)	28.2 (10.9)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 65]
192	Tuvalu	26 (10)	26 (10)	0 (0)	0	Smallest Commonwealth realm.
193	Nauru	21 (8.1)	21 (8.1)	0 (0)	0	Smallest island country, smallest republic and smallest country that is not a city-state
–	Saint Barthélemy (France)	21 (8.1)	not determined	not determined	not determined	^[Note 17]
–	Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)	21 (8.1)	not determined	not determined	not determined	^[Note 40]
–	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	14 (5.4)	14 (5.4)	0 (0)	0	^[Note 62]
–	Saba (Netherlands)	13 (5.0)	not determined	not determined	not determined	^[Note 40]
–	Tokelau (New Zealand)	12 (4.6)	12 (4.6)	0 (0)	0
–	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	6 (2.3)	6.5 (2.5)	0 (0)	0	British Overseas Territory
–	Clipperton Island (France)	6 (2.3)	2 (0.77)	4 (1.5)	66.67
–	Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia)	5 (1.9)	5 (1.9)	0 (0)	0
–	Spratly Islands (disputed)	< 5 (< 1.9)	< 5 (< 1.9)	0 (0)	0
–	Coral Sea Islands (Australia)	< 3 (< 1.2)	< 3 (< 1.2)	0 (0)	0
194	Monaco	2.02 (0.78)	2.02 (0.78)	0 (0)	0	European microstate. Smallest country with a coastline. Smallest United Nations member state and the smallest country that is not a landlocked country.
195	Vatican City	0.49 (0.19)	0.49 (0.19)	0 (0)	0	European microstate. Smallest country in the world.^[Note 66]

Charts

The charts below are based on the CIA World Factbook^[46] as of 15 February 2005.

Sovereign states with areas greater than 100,000 km² are shown in green. In addition, non-sovereign territories are included for purposes of comparison, and are shown in gray. Areas include inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Claims to parts of Antarctica by various countries are not included.

Countries larger than 1.5 million km²

Countries between 100,000 km² and 1.5 million km²

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Explanatory notes

1. With its surface area including all or parts of 17 of the world's 40 largest freshwater lakes, Canada is smaller than China and the United States in land area.
2. The European Union is a unique supranational union. It covers a total area of 4,236,351 km² (1,635,664 sq mi),^[1] and would be ranked 7th if it were included (3.0% of world's total land area).
3. The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Argentina (969,000 km² or 374,000 sq mi), Australia (5,896,500 km² or 2,276,700 sq mi), Chile (1,250,000 km² or 480,000 sq mi), France (432,000 km² or 167,000 sq mi), New Zealand (450,000 km² or 170,000 sq mi), Norway (including Peter I Island) (2,500,000 km² or 970,000 sq mi) and United Kingdom (1,395,000 km² or 539,000 sq mi), which to some extent overlap. The area from 90°W to 150°W (2,100,000 km² or 810,000 sq mi) is currently unclaimed territory. These areas usually have no human inhabitants, excluding scientists.
4. The following two primary sources (non-mirrored) represent the range (min./max.) of estimates of China's and the United States' total areas. Both sources (1) exclude Taiwan from the area of China; (2) exclude China's coastal and territorial waters. However, the CIA World Factbook includes the United States coastal and territorial waters, while Encyclopædia Britannica excludes the United States coastal and territorial waters.
   1. The Encyclopædia Britannica lists China as world's third-largest country (after Russia and Canada) with a total area of 9,572,900 km²,^[6] and the United States as fourth-largest at 9,525,067 km².^[7]
   2. The CIA World Factbook lists China as fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and the United States) with a total area of 9,596,960 km²,^[8] and the United States as the third-largest at 9,833,517 km².^[9]

   Notably, Encyclopædia Britannica specifies the United States' area (excluding coastal and territorial waters) as 9,525,067 km², which is less than either source's figure given for China's area.^[7] Therefore, while it can be determined that China has a larger area excluding coastal and territorial waters, it is unclear which country has a larger area including coastal and territorial waters.

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   The United Nations Statistics Division's figure for the United States is 9,833,517 km² and China is 9,596,961 km². These closely match the CIA World Factbook figures and similarly include coastal and territorial waters for the United States, but exclude coastal and territorial waters for China.

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   A discrepancy was deduced from comparing the CIA World Factbook and its previous iterations^[10] against the information for United States in Encyclopædia Britannica, particularly its footnote section.^[7] In sum, according to older versions of the CIA World Factbook (from 1982 to 1996), the U.S. was listed as the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and China) with a total area of 9,372,610 km². However, in the 1997 edition, the U.S. added coastal waters to its total area (increasing it to 9,629,091 km²). And then again in 2007, the U.S. added territorial water to its total area (increasing it to 9,833,517 km²). During this time, China's total area remained unchanged. In other words, no coastal or territorial water area was added to China's total area figure. The United States has a coastal water area of 109,362 km², and a territorial water area of 195,213 km², for a total of 304,575 km² of additional water space. This is larger than entire countries like Italy, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Adding this figure to the U.S. will boost it over China in ranking since China's coastal and territorial water figures are currently unknown (no official publication) and thus cannot be added into China's total area figure.

5. Approx. 7% of Brazil's land is located in the Northern Hemisphere. Its Southern Hemisphere portion (approx. 7,920,000 km²) is still significantly bigger than Australia. Although the U.S. has American Samoa, Jarvis Island, and a small portion of its territorial sea south of Baker Island in the Southern Hemisphere, it is not generally regarded as a Southern Hemisphere country.
6. Figures exclude the external territories of Norfolk Island, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands Territory, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands,^[12] each shown separately. Excludes the claim of the Australian Antarctic Territory (5,896,500 km² or 2,276,700 sq mi). The UN's previous data,^[13] as well as the current data shown by the World Bank and the CIA,^[1][14] give the figure as 7,741,220 km² (2,988,900 sq mi).
7. The total area given is from Encyclopædia Britannica and includes disputed territories not under Indian control but claimed by India. The total area claimed by India, according to the figure given by the United Nations and the Indian government, totals 3,287,263 km² (1,269,219 sq mi).^[15]
8. Excludes claims on Argentine Antarctica (969,000 km² or 374,000 sq mi), on Malvinas/Falkland Islands (12,173 km² or 4,700 sq mi) and on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (3,903 km² or 1,507 sq mi).
9. The area of internal waters is officially reported as 0^[17] even though several seasonal lakes and permanent reservoirs exist in the country.
10. A total of 1,755,636 km² (677,855 sq mi) (81%) of the land area is covered by ice; the ice-free area amounts to 410,450 km² (158,480 sq mi).^[14]
11. The water area percentage of Sudan prior to the secession of South Sudan was 5.18.
12. The area given is from the 2007 data and the CIA World Factbook.^[1][13] The UN Demographic Yearbook lists a figure of 1,628,750 km² (628,860 sq mi), which refers to land area only.
13. Excluding the Ilemi Triangle (14,000 km² or 5,400 sq mi).
14. Excludes claims on Guayana Esequiba (160,000 km² or 62,000 sq mi)
15. By default, internationally sourced and published statistics include data for the Pakistani-administered territories of Kashmir: Azad Kashmir (13,297 km² or 5,134 sq mi) and Gilgit-Baltistan (72,971 km² or 28,174 sq mi) in this area value.^[20] Further including Pakistani claims over the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir (42,241 km² or 16,309 sq mi) and Ladakh (59,146 km² or 22,836 sq mi) would produce a total land area figure of 984,010 km² (379,928 sq mi), and a total area figure of 1,009,230 km² (389,666 sq mi) for the country. Excluding all of these territories in the disputed Kashmir region (including Pakistani-administered territories) would produce a land area figure of 796,355 km² (307,473 sq mi) and a total area figure of 821,575 km² (317,212 sq mi). The total area figure is equal to Pakistan's land area added to its water area of 25,220 km² (9,740 sq mi).
16. Excludes claims in Antarctica.
17. Figures shown in this entry are taken from the CIA.^[1]
18. Source gives area of metropolitan France as 551,500 km² (212,900 sq mi) and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km² (34,432 sq mi). Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic. The CIA reports the total as 643,801 km² (248,573 sq mi).^[1] Another source, the French Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies), gives an area figure of 632,759 km² (244,310 sq mi).^[22] (The CIA gives a water area of metropolitan France as 1,530 km² (590 sq mi).)
19. All figures are those cited by the Food and Agriculture Organization.^[23]
20. All figures are those cited by the International Atomic Energy Agency.^[24]
21. All figures are cited by the Statistics Sweden (SCB) with data from 1 January 2022.^[25]
22. If the whole of Western Sahara is included (which Morocco controls approximately two-thirds of), the area would be 710,800 km² (274,460 sq mi) and the rank would be #39.
23. Figure shown is from the 2007 data and the CIA World Factbook.^[1][13] The UN figure of 435,244 km² (168,049 sq mi) excludes the three autonomous provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
24. Figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook; the UN data refers to mainland area only. All figures exclude Bouvet Island (49 km² or 19 sq mi), Jan Mayen (377 km² or 146 sq mi), and Svalbard (62,045 km² or 23,956 sq mi), shown separately, and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island (154 km² or 59 sq mi) and Queen Maud Land (2,700,000 km² or 1,000,000 sq mi).
25. Figure shown is from the 2020 (Reiwa 2) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.^[26][27]
26. Includes Åland (1,552 km² or 599 sq mi).
27. May or may not include the Galápagos Islands (7,880 km² or 3,040 sq mi). The 2007 data,^[13] as well as the current data given by the CIA, explicitly includes the Galápagos and gives the figure as 283,561 km² (109,484 sq mi).^[1]
28. The total area figure is that reported by the National Institute of Statistics and Demography of Burkina Faso (INSD).^[28] The water area is that reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization^[29] and the land area is taken to be the difference between these two figures.
29. The government gives the total figure as 266,838 square kilometres (103,027 sq mi).^[30] CIA World Factbook has total/land area of 267,710 km² (103,360 sq mi). All figures exclude the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, shown separately, as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency.
30. Does not include the three Crown Dependencies (768 km² or 297 sq mi) or the 14 overseas territories (1,742,857 km² or 672,921 sq mi), each shown separately.
31. Includes the parts of the Golan Heights (1,295 km² or 500 sq mi) occupied by Israel.
32. Somaliland is claimed in whole by Somalia, and has no international recognition
33. Area according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is 147,570 km² or 56,980 sq mi.^[31]
34. The Government of Nepal gives its area as 147,516 square kilometres (56,956 sq mi), which includes an additional 335 square kilometers of disputed territory under Indian administration.^[32]
35. Benin's official total area increased from 112,622 km² (43,484 sq mi) to 114,763 km² (44,310 sq mi) following the resolution of the Lete Island dispute in 2005.^[33] The water area is that reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization^[34] and the land area is the difference between these two figures, rounded to the nearest square kilometre.
36. The figure shown includes the area of Kosovo and Metohija 10,887 km² or 4,203 sq mi). The area of Serbia without Kosovo is 77,474 km² (29,913 sq mi).^[1]
37. The figure shown includes the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (3,000 km² or 1,200 sq mi), which is de facto independent from Azerbaijan.
38. The figure shown includes the areas of Abkhazia (8,660 km² or 3,340 sq mi)^[36] and South Ossetia (3,900 km² or 1,500 sq mi),^[37] both de facto independent from Georgia.
39. The UN gives a combined area for Svalbard and Jan Mayen as 62,422 km² (24,101 sq mi). The separate figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook.^[1]
40. Data for the Netherlands is from the Central Bureau of Statistics.^[38] Source gives area of European Netherlands as 41,528 km² (16,034 sq mi) and lists the three special municipalities separately, whose areas sum to 322 km² (124 sq mi). Adding these gives the total shown here for the entire country of the Netherlands.^[39] Adding the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, the total area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,508 km² (16,412 sq mi).
41. The figure from the UN demographic yearbook (41,277 km² or 15,937 sq mi) excludes the areas of state forests and communanzas,^{[further explanation needed]} which amount to 7.15 km² (2.76 sq mi). The figure here is from the 2007 data.^[13]
42. The UN source does not include data for the Republic of China on Taiwan. The figure shown is from the 2012 Statistical Data from the Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China. The CIA gives a total area of 35,980 km² (13,890 sq mi). The total constitutional land area of the Republic of China is 11,420,000 km² (4,410,000 sq mi), which includes modern-day Taiwan, Mongolia, and Mainland China.^[40]
43. The figure shown includes the area of Transnistria (4,163 km² or 1,607 sq mi), which is de facto independent from Moldova.
44. Figures shown are from the CIA.^[1] The UN/Israel Central Bureau of Statistics figure of 22,072 km² (8,522 sq mi) includes the Golan Heights (1,200 km² or 460 sq mi) and East Jerusalem (70 km² or 27 sq mi), which are not internationally recognised as part of Israel.
45. Kosovo is claimed in whole by Serbia, and has limited international recognition
46. Includes the largely unrecognized but de facto independent Northern Cyprus (3,355 km² or 1,295 sq mi), the UN buffer zone (346 km² or 134 sq mi) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (254 km² or 98 sq mi).^[1]
47. Abkhazia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
48. The UN source has no data for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The figure given here is the total of all areas listed separately in the CIA World Factbook.^[41]
49. The CIA gives the areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip separately as 5,860 km² (2,260 sq mi) and 360 km² (140 sq mi) respectively (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/west-bank/; https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gaza-strip/). The figure for the West Bank includes East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land, but excludes Mount Scopus.^[1]
50. Transnistria is claimed in whole by Moldova, and has limited international recognition
51. South Ossetia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
52. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a self-declared state recognised only by Turkey.
53. Figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook.^[1] The UN figure of 1,969 km² (760 sq mi) excludes the Agaléga Islands and Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos).^[13]
54. The CIA World Factbook^[1] and the UN give an area of 2,235 km² (863 sq mi), which includes Mayotte (374 km² (144 sq mi)), an overseas department and region of France.
55. Åland Islands is an Autonomous region of Finland. As an Autonomous region of Finland, part of the European Union.
56. There are some lakes and streams of unknown area.
57. The figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook,^[1] and refers to land area only. The UN figure excludes 84 km² (32 sq mi) of uninhabited islands.
58. The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook.^[1] The UN value of 539 km² (208 sq mi) refers to habitable area only and excludes the country's central forest reserve.
59. The total area of Saint Helena is 122 square kilometres (47 sq mi), Ascension Island is 88 square kilometres (34 sq mi), and Tristan da Cunha is 98 square kilometres (38 sq mi).
60. Niue, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
61. The Cook Islands, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
62. Data is from the 2007 statistics.^[13]
63. The UN gives no information for the British Indian Ocean Territory. The figure given here was taken from the CIA Factbook, and refers to land area only.^[1]
64. The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook, and includes Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Island.^[1] The UN figure is 5 km² or 1.9 sq mi, and only includes area for Pitcairn island itself, the only inhabited island in the group.
65. Current statistics: March 2014 – Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (Cartography and Cadastre Bureau) Including University of Macau's New Hengqin Campus
66. The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km² in its 1930 edition^[44] but corrected it to 0.49 km² in its 1945–46 edition.^[45] The figure of 0.44 km² is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.

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