This is a list of the world's countries and their dependent territories by area, ranked by total area.. Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories.
RankCountry / DependencyTotal in km2 (mi2)Land in km2 (mi2)–510,072,000 (196,940,000)148,940,000 (57,510,000)117,098,246 (6,601,670)16,377,742 (6,323,482)–14,000,000 (5,400,000)14,000,000 (5,400,000)29,984,670 (3,855,100)9,093,507 (3,511,023)This is a list of countries by total area. The total area is the sum of all land and Inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division.
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Largest country in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second largest by land area, after United States), with the largest surface area of water. 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 , or territorial waters of 200,000 km 2 [1] [2]
For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see North America: countries and territories. Geologically, North America is joined with South America by the Isthmus of Panama to form the Americas .
Common and formal namesMembership within the UN SystemSovereignty disputeFurther information on status and recognition of sovereigntyComoros – Union of the ComorosUN member stateNoneComoros is a federation of three islands.Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaUN member stateNoneEthiopia is a federation of nine regions and two chartered cities.Mauritius – Republic of MauritiusUN member stateNoneMauritius has an autonomous island, Rodrigues.Morocco – Kingdom of MoroccoUN member stateNonePart of the Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara is controlled by the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.Since the three articles List of countries and outlying territories by total area, List of countries and outlying territories by land area, and List of countries by percentage of water area have overlapping information, it would make sense to merge them into one. This would also eliminate some contradiction that currently exists between the ...
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population.It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
RankCountry (or dependent territory)Population% of world11,406,836,28017.9%21,373,862,73717.5%3331,238,7354.22%4270,203,9173.44%Countries with the most people are at the top of the list. Countries with the fewest people are at the bottom. This list comes from a book called CIA World Factbook 2005. Also see: List of countries, List of countries by area, List of countries by population density. Sovereign states and dependencies by population
This is a list of the world's sovereign states and their dependent territories by area, ranked by its total area.. Entries in this list, include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO standard 3166-1, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories.
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states.