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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. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories .
This is a list of the world's countries and their territories by total, land and water area, ranked by total area. The entries in the list include, but those not limited to, those in the ISO 3166 standard of which includes all sovereign states, dependent territories and other territories.
Country / DependencyTotal In Km² (mi²)Land In Km² (mi²)Water In Km² (mi²)117,098,246 (6,601,670)16,377,742 (6,323,482)end –14,200,000 (5,500,000)14,200,000 (5,500,000)29,984,670 (3,855,100)9,093,507 (3,511,023)39,883,517 (3,816,047)9,147,593 (3,531,905)Most Populous Countries. List of countries (and dependencies) ranked by area. Total Area = land area + water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers) Km² = square kilometers | mi² = square miles.
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- Contents
- 10 Largest Countries in The World
- Some Sources Consider China Larger Than The Us
- How Big Is Antarctica Compared to The World's Largest Countries?
- The Five Smallest Countries in The World
- Biggest Countries and Empires of The Past
- Territories and Dependencies
The world's ten largest countries cover a total area of approximately 85.74 million km2or 16.8% of the Earth's total surface area or 49.7% of the total land area of the planet. Russia is the largest country in the world with a total area of approximately 17.1 million km2. Of Russia’s total surface area, water accounts for 720,500 km2. Russia is app...
Countries worldwide can be ranked using different indices, including total surface area, land area, population, population density, size of the economy, and so much more. It is not a secret that China and the US have always competed for leadership in world affairs, with each aiming to outdo the other. One of the areas that will remain a topic of de...
Antarctica is the coldest, brightest, windiest, driest, and highest continent in the world. It is located mostly to the south of the Antarctic Circle and has a coastline of approximately 18,000 km. Antarctica is almost entirely covered by a thick ice sheet and accounts for about 90% of the Earth’s ice. If the ice covering the region were to melt ri...
The world's five smallest countries have a combined total area of approximately 110.44 km2, about 36 times smaller than the US’ smallest state (Rhode Island). Vatican City, an enclave within Rome, Italy, is the smallest country in the world with a total area of approximately 0.44 km2. It is interesting to note that Vatican City is only about 0.7 ti...
Some of the countries existing today as individual states once existed as one large sovereign state or empire. However, due to war, conflicts, uprising, rebellion, and annexation, these sovereign states dissolved into individual states. Some of these previously large countries or empires that no longer exist are;
The following table shows the area of territories and dependencies. These geographic entities are not strictly considered to be countries, but rather are related to other countries. Source: United Nations Statistics
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List of all countries and regions of the world by total area in square kilometers. The list is sorted by countries in order of the size of their area, from the largest countries to the smallest nations, including dependencies and territories.
Every country actually has two different measurements of area: land area, which is the area of all the land—and only land —in a given country and total area, sometimes referred to as Country area, which includes a country's land area as well as all the area taken up by lakes, reservoirs, inland rivers, and sometimes coastal and territorial waters.
Area (km 2) Area (mi 2) Continent Bordering countries by land; 1: Russia: 17,098,242: 6,601,668: Asia / Europe: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Ukraine: 2: Canada: 9,984,670: 3,855,100: North America: United States: 3: United States * 9,857,348: ...
