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4 days ago · 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 .
3 days ago · Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. Its medieval and Renaissance walls form its boundaries except on the southeast at St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 19, 2024 · When looking at the land area of the countries throughout the world, these 10 rank as the smallest of the bunch. But the views—from rugged Italian mountainsides to the clear-blue waters of...
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2 days ago · Vatican City - (Area: 0.44 sq km) Credit: iStock. Set within the heart of Rome, Vatican City is not only the smallest country in the world, but also the spiritual and administrative centre of the ...
May 1, 2024 · With a total area of 6,592,850 square miles (17,075,400 square km), Russia is the world’s largest country. A distant second is Canada, with 3,855,103 square miles (9,984,670 square km). At the opposite end is Vatican City, which is the world’s smallest country. It covers just 0.17 square mile (0.44 square km).
4 days ago · This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and Antarctica.
Apr 27, 2024 · The only continent that is its own country, Australia is also the smallest, with 3 million square miles (7.7 million square kilometers). Australia ranks surprisingly low in terms of population (around or below 50th in the world), likely in part because so much of its land is uninhabitable.
