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Afghanistan:
total: 652,000 sq km
land: 652,000 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Albania:
total: 28,748 sq km
land: 27,398 sq km
water: 1,350 sq km

Algeria:
total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km

American Samoa:
total: 199 sq km
land: 199 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island

Andorra:
total: 468 sq km
land: 468 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Angola:
total: 1,246,700 sq km
land: 1,246,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Anguilla:
total: 91 sq km
land: 91 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Antarctica:
total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe

Antigua and Barbuda:
total: 442 sq km (Antigua 281 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km)
land: 442 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Redonda

Arctic Ocean:
total: 14.056 million sq km
note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies

Argentina:
total: 2,766,890 sq km
land: 2,736,690 sq km
water: 30,200 sq km

Armenia:
total: 29,800 sq km
land: 28,400 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km

Aruba:
total: 193 sq km
land: 193 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:
total: 5 sq km
land: 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island

Atlantic Ocean:
total: 76.762 million sq km
note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies

Australia:
total: 7,686,850 sq km
land: 7,617,930 sq km
water: 68,920 sq km
note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island

Austria:
total: 83,858 sq km
land: 82,738 sq km
water: 1,120 sq km

Azerbaijan:
total: 86,600 sq km
land: 86,100 sq km
water: 500 sq km
note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991

Bahamas, The:
total: 13,940 sq km
land: 10,070 sq km
water: 3,870 sq km

Bahrain:
total: 620 sq km
land: 620 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Baker Island:
total: 1.4 sq km
land: 1.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Bangladesh:
total: 144,000 sq km
land: 133,910 sq km
water: 10,090 sq km

Barbados:
total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Bassas da India:
total: 0.2 sq km
land: 0.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Belarus:
total: 207,600 sq km
land: 207,600 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Belgium:
total: 30,510 sq km
land: 30,230 sq km
water: 280 sq km

Belize:
total: 22,960 sq km
land: 22,800 sq km
water: 160 sq km

Benin:
total: 112,620 sq km
land: 110,620 sq km
water: 2,000 sq km

Bermuda:
total: 58.8 sq km
land: 58.8 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Bhutan:
total: 47,000 sq km
land: 47,000 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Bolivia:
total: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
total: 51,129 sq km
land: 51,129 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Botswana:
total: 600,370 sq km
land: 585,370 sq km
water: 15,000 sq km

Bouvet Island:
total: 58.5 sq km
land: 58.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Brazil:
total: 8,511,965 sq km
land: 8,456,510 sq km
water: 55,455 sq km
note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo

British Indian Ocean Territory:
total: 60 sq km
land: 60 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the entire Chagos Archipelago

British Virgin Islands:
total: 150 sq km
land: 150 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the island of Anegada

Brunei:
total: 5,770 sq km
land: 5,270 sq km
water: 500 sq km

Bulgaria:
total: 110,910 sq km
land: 110,550 sq km
water: 360 sq km

Burkina Faso:
total: 274,200 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 sq km

Burma:
total: 678,500 sq km
land: 657,740 sq km
water: 20,760 sq km

Burundi:
total: 27,830 sq km
land: 25,650 sq km
water: 2,180 sq km

Cambodia:
total: 181,040 sq km
land: 176,520 sq km
water: 4,520 sq km

Cameroon:
total: 475,440 sq km
land: 469,440 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

Canada:
total: 9,976,140 sq km
land: 9,220,970 sq km
water: 755,170 sq km

Cape Verde:
total: 4,033 sq km
land: 4,033 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Cayman Islands:
total: 259 sq km
land: 259 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Central African Republic:
total: 622,984 sq km
land: 622,984 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Chad:
total: 1.284 million sq km
land: 1,259,200 sq km
water: 24,800 sq km

Chile:
total: 756,950 sq km
land: 748,800 sq km
water: 8,150 sq km
note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez

China:
total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km

Christmas Island:
total: 135 sq km
land: 135 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Clipperton Island:
total: 7 sq km
land: 7 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
total: 14 sq km
land: 14 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island

Colombia:
total: 1,138,910 sq km
land: 1,038,700 sq km
water: 100,210 sq km
note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank

Comoros:
total: 2,170 sq km
land: 2,170 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
total: 2,345,410 sq km
land: 2,267,600 sq km
water: 77,810 sq km

Congo, Republic of the:
total: 342,000 sq km
land: 341,500 sq km
water: 500 sq km

Cook Islands:
total: 240 sq km
land: 240 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Coral Sea Islands:
total: less than 3 sq km
land: less than 3 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 1 million sq km, with the Willis Islets the most important

Costa Rica:
total: 51,100 sq km
land: 50,660 sq km
water: 440 sq km
note: includes Isla del Coco

Cote d'Ivoire:
total: 322,460 sq km
land: 318,000 sq km
water: 4,460 sq km

Croatia:
total: 56,538 sq km
land: 56,410 sq km
water: 128 sq km

Cuba:
total: 110,860 sq km
land: 110,860 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Cyprus:
total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in the Turkish Cypriot area)
land: 9,240 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Czech Republic:
total: 78,866 sq km
land: 77,276 sq km
water: 1,590 sq km

Denmark:
total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

Djibouti:
total: 22,000 sq km
land: 21,980 sq km
water: 20 sq km

Dominica:
total: 754 sq km
land: 754 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Dominican Republic:
total: 48,730 sq km
land: 48,380 sq km
water: 350 sq km

Ecuador:
total: 283,560 sq km
land: 276,840 sq km
water: 6,720 sq km
note: includes Galapagos Islands

Egypt:
total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

El Salvador:
total: 21,040 sq km
land: 20,720 sq km
water: 320 sq km

Equatorial Guinea:
total: 28,051 sq km
land: 28,051 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Eritrea:
total: 121,320 sq km
land: 121,320 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Estonia:
total: 45,226 sq km
land: 43,211 sq km
water: 2,015 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea

Ethiopia:
total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km

Europa Island:
total: 28 sq km
land: 28 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
total: 12,173 sq km
land: 12,173 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands

Faroe Islands:
total: 1,399 sq km
land: 1,399 sq km
water: 0 sq km (some lakes and streams)

Fiji:
total: 18,270 sq km
land: 18,270 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Finland:
total: 337,030 sq km
land: 305,470 sq km
water: 31,560 sq km

France:
total: 547,030 sq km
land: 545,630 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km
note: includes only metropolitan France, but excludes the overseas administrative divisions

French Guiana:
total: 91,000 sq km
land: 89,150 sq km
water: 1,850 sq km

French Polynesia:
total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
land: 3,660 sq km
water: 507 sq km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
total: 7,781 sq km
land: 7,781 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US

Gabon:
total: 267,667 sq km
land: 257,667 sq km
water: 10,000 sq km

Gambia, The:
total: 11,300 sq km
land: 10,000 sq km
water: 1,300 sq km

Gaza Strip:
total: 360 sq km
land: 360 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Georgia:
total: 69,700 sq km
land: 69,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Germany:
total: 357,021 sq km
land: 349,223 sq km
water: 7,798 sq km

Ghana:
total: 238,540 sq km
land: 230,020 sq km
water: 8,520 sq km

Gibraltar:
total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Glorioso Islands:
total: 5 sq km
land: 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock

Greece:
total: 131,940 sq km
land: 130,800 sq km
water: 1,140 sq km

Greenland:
total: 2,175,600 sq km
land: 2,175,600 sq km (341,700 sq km ice-free, 1,833,900 sq km ice-covered) (est.)

Grenada:
total: 340 sq km
land: 340 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Guadeloupe:
total: 1,780 sq km
land: 1,706 sq km
water: 74 sq km
note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin

Guam:
total: 541.3 sq km
land: 541.3 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Guatemala:
total: 108,890 sq km
land: 108,430 sq km
water: 460 sq km

Guernsey:
total: 194 sq km
land: 194 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands

Guinea:
total: 245,857 sq km
land: 245,857 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Guinea-Bissau:
total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km
water: 8,120 sq km

Guyana:
total: 214,970 sq km
land: 196,850 sq km
water: 18,120 sq km

Haiti:
total: 27,750 sq km
land: 27,560 sq km
water: 190 sq km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
total: 412 sq km
land: 412 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Holy See (Vatican City):
total: 0.44 sq km
land: 0.44 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Honduras:
total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km

Hong Kong:
total: 1,092 sq km
land: 1,042 sq km
water: 50 sq km

Howland Island:
total: 1.6 sq km
land: 1.6 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Hungary:
total: 93,030 sq km
land: 92,340 sq km
water: 690 sq km

Iceland:
total: 103,000 sq km
land: 100,250 sq km
water: 2,750 sq km

India:
total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km

Indian Ocean:
total: 68.556 million sq km
note: includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Strait of Malacca, and other tributary water bodies

Indonesia:
total: 1,919,440 sq km
land: 1,826,440 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km

Iran:
total: 1.648 million sq km
land: 1.636 million sq km
water: 12,000 sq km

Iraq:
total: 437,072 sq km
land: 432,162 sq km
water: 4,910 sq km

Ireland:
total: 70,280 sq km
land: 68,890 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km

Israel:
total: 20,770 sq km
land: 20,330 sq km
water: 440 sq km

Italy:
total: 301,230 sq km
land: 294,020 sq km
water: 7,210 sq km
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily

Jamaica:
total: 10,990 sq km
land: 10,830 sq km
water: 160 sq km

Jan Mayen:
total: 373 sq km
land: 373 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Japan:
total: 377,835 sq km
land: 374,744 sq km
water: 3,091 sq km
note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)

Jarvis Island:
total: 4.5 sq km
land: 4.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Jersey:
total: 116 sq km
land: 116 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Johnston Atoll:
total: 2.8 sq km
land: 2.8 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Jordan:
total: 89,213 sq km
land: 88,884 sq km
water: 329 sq km

Juan de Nova Island:
total: 4.4 sq km
land: 4.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Kazakhstan:
total: 2,717,300 sq km
land: 2,669,800 sq km
water: 47,500 sq km

Kenya:
total: 582,650 sq km
land: 569,250 sq km
water: 13,400 sq km

Kingman Reef:
total: 1 sq km
land: 1 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Kiribati:
total: 717 sq km
land: 717 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands

Korea, North:
total: 120,540 sq km
land: 120,410 sq km
water: 130 sq km

Korea, South:
total: 98,480 sq km
land: 98,190 sq km
water: 290 sq km

Kuwait:
total: 17,820 sq km
land: 17,820 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Kyrgyzstan:
total: 198,500 sq km
land: 191,300 sq km
water: 7,200 sq km

Laos:
total: 236,800 sq km
land: 230,800 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

Latvia:
total: 64,589 sq km
land: 64,589 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Lebanon:
total: 10,400 sq km
land: 10,230 sq km
water: 170 sq km

Lesotho:
total: 30,355 sq km
land: 30,355 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Liberia:
total: 111,370 sq km
land: 96,320 sq km
water: 15,050 sq km

Libya:
total: 1,759,540 sq km
land: 1,759,540 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Liechtenstein:
total: 160 sq km
land: 160 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Lithuania:
total: 65,200 sq km
land: 65,200 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Luxembourg:
total: 2,586 sq km
land: 2,586 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Macau:
total: 21 sq km
land: 21 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
total: 25,333 sq km
land: 24,856 sq km
water: 477 sq km

Madagascar:
total: 587,040 sq km
land: 581,540 sq km
water: 5,500 sq km

Malawi:
total: 118,480 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km
water: 24,400 sq km

Malaysia:
total: 329,750 sq km
land: 328,550 sq km
water: 1,200 sq km

Maldives:
total: 300 sq km
land: 300 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Mali:
total: 1.24 million sq km
land: 1.22 million sq km
water: 20,000 sq km

Malta:
total: 316 sq km
land: 316 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Man, Isle of:
total: 572 sq km
land: 572 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Marshall Islands:
total: 181.3 sq km
land: 181.3 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, and Kwajalein

Martinique:
total: 1,100 sq km
land: 1,060 sq km
water: 40 sq km

Mauritania:
total: 1,030,700 sq km
land: 1,030,400 sq km
water: 300 sq km

Mauritius:
total: 1,860 sq km
land: 1,850 sq km
water: 10 sq km
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues

Mayotte:
total: 374 sq km
land: 374 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Mexico:
total: 1,972,550 sq km
land: 1,923,040 sq km
water: 49,510 sq km

Micronesia, Federated States of:
total: 702 sq km
land: 702 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Truk (Chuuk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae

Midway Islands:
total: 6.2 sq km
land: 6.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island

Moldova:
total: 33,843 sq km
land: 33,371 sq km
water: 472 sq km

Monaco:
total: 1.95 sq km
land: 1.95 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Mongolia:
total: 1.565 million sq km
land: 1.565 million sq km
water: 0 sq km

Montserrat:
total: 100 sq km
land: 100 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Morocco:
total: 446,550 sq km
land: 446,300 sq km
water: 250 sq km

Mozambique:
total: 801,590 sq km
land: 784,090 sq km
water: 17,500 sq km

Namibia:
total: 825,418 sq km
land: 825,418 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Nauru:
total: 21 sq km
land: 21 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Navassa Island:
total: 5.2 sq km
land: 5.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Nepal:
total: 140,800 sq km
land: 136,800 sq km
water: 4,000 sq km

Netherlands:
total: 41,532 sq km
land: 33,889 sq km
water: 7,643 sq km

Netherlands Antilles:
total: 960 sq km
land: 960 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)

New Caledonia:
total: 19,060 sq km
land: 18,575 sq km
water: 485 sq km

New Zealand:
total: 268,680 sq km
land: 268,670 sq km
water: 10 sq km
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands

Nicaragua:
total: 129,494 sq km
land: 120,254 sq km
water: 9,240 sq km

Niger:
total: 1.267 million sq km
land: 1,266,700 sq km
water: 300 sq km

Nigeria:
total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km

Niue:
total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Norfolk Island:
total: 34.6 sq km
land: 34.6 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Northern Mariana Islands:
total: 477 sq km
land: 477 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian

Norway:
total: 324,220 sq km
land: 307,860 sq km
water: 16,360 sq km

Oman:
total: 212,460 sq km
land: 212,460 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Pacific Ocean:
total: 155.557 million sq km
note: includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Flores Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Savu Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies

Pakistan:
total: 803,940 sq km
land: 778,720 sq km
water: 25,220 sq km

Palau:
total: 458 sq km
land: 458 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Palmyra Atoll:
total: 11.9 sq km
land: 11.9 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Panama:
total: 78,200 sq km
land: 75,990 sq km
water: 2,210 sq km

Papua New Guinea:
total: 462,840 sq km
land: 452,860 sq km
water: 9,980 sq km

Paracel Islands:
total: NA sq km
land: NA sq km
water: 0 sq km

Paraguay:
total: 406,750 sq km
land: 397,300 sq km
water: 9,450 sq km

Peru:
total: 1,285,220 sq km
land: 1.28 million sq km
water: 5,220 sq km

Philippines:
total: 300,000 sq km
land: 298,170 sq km
water: 1,830 sq km

Pitcairn Islands:
total: 47 sq km
land: 47 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Poland:
total: 312,685 sq km
land: 304,465 sq km
water: 8,220 sq km

Portugal:
total: 92,391 sq km
land: 91,951 sq km
water: 440 sq km
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands

Puerto Rico:
total: 9,104 sq km
land: 8,959 sq km
water: 145 sq km

Qatar:
total: 11,437 sq km
land: 11,437 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Reunion:
total: 2,512 sq km
land: 2,502 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Romania:
total: 237,500 sq km
land: 230,340 sq km
water: 7,160 sq km

Russia:
total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km

Rwanda:
total: 26,338 sq km
land: 24,948 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km

Saint Helena:
total: 410 sq km
land: 410 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha Island

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
total: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)
land: 261 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Saint Lucia:
total: 620 sq km
land: 610 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
total: 242 sq km
land: 242 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
land: 389 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Samoa:
total: 2,860 sq km
land: 2,850 sq km
water: 10 sq km

San Marino:
total: 60.5 sq km
land: 60.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Sao Tome and Principe:
total: 1,001 sq km
land: 1,001 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Saudi Arabia:
total: 1,960,582 sq km
land: 1,960,582 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Senegal:
total: 196,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km

Serbia and Montenegro:
total: 102,350 sq km (Serbia 88,412 sq km; Montenegro 13,938 sq km)
land: 102,136 sq km (Serbia 88,412 sq km; Montenegro 13,724 sq km)
water: 214 sq km (Serbia 0 sq km; Montenegro 214 sq km)

Seychelles:
total: 455 sq km
land: 455 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Sierra Leone:
total: 71,740 sq km
land: 71,620 sq km
water: 120 sq km

Singapore:
total: 647.5 sq km
land: 637.5 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Slovakia:
total: 48,845 sq km
land: 48,800 sq km
water: 45 sq km

Slovenia:
total: 20,253 sq km
land: 20,253 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Solomon Islands:
total: 28,450 sq km
land: 27,540 sq km
water: 910 sq km

Somalia:
total: 637,657 sq km
land: 627,337 sq km
water: 10,320 sq km

South Africa:
total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
total: 4,066 sq km
land: 4,066 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Shag Rocks, Clerke Rocks, Bird Island

Southern Ocean:
total: 20.327 million sq km
note: includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies

Spain:
total: 504,782 sq km
land: 499,542 sq km
water: 5,240 sq km
note: includes Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and five places of sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco - Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera

Spratly Islands:
total: less than 5 sq km
land: less than 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central South China Sea

Sri Lanka:
total: 65,610 sq km
land: 64,740 sq km
water: 870 sq km

Sudan:
total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km

Suriname:
total: 163,270 sq km
land: 161,470 sq km
water: 1,800 sq km

Svalbard:
total: 62,049 sq km
land: 62,049 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)

Swaziland:
total: 17,363 sq km
land: 17,203 sq km
water: 160 sq km

Sweden:
total: 449,964 sq km
land: 410,934 sq km
water: 39,030 sq km

Switzerland:
total: 41,290 sq km
land: 39,770 sq km
water: 1,520 sq km

Syria:
total: 185,180 sq km
land: 184,050 sq km
water: 1,130 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory

Tajikistan:
total: 143,100 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km
water: 400 sq km

Tanzania:
total: 945,087 sq km
land: 886,037 sq km
water: 59,050 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar

Thailand:
total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km

Togo:
total: 56,785 sq km
land: 54,385 sq km
water: 2,400 sq km

Tokelau:
total: 10 sq km
land: 10 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Tonga:
total: 748 sq km
land: 718 sq km
water: 30 sq km

Trinidad and Tobago:
total: 5,128 sq km
land: 5,128 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Tromelin Island:
total: 1 sq km
land: 1 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Tunisia:
total: 163,610 sq km
land: 155,360 sq km
water: 8,250 sq km

Turkey:
total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km

Turkmenistan:
total: 488,100 sq km
land: 488,100 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Turks and Caicos Islands:
total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Tuvalu:
total: 26 sq km
land: 26 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Uganda:
total: 236,040 sq km
land: 199,710 sq km
water: 36,330 sq km

Ukraine:
total: 603,700 sq km
land: 603,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

United Arab Emirates:
total: 82,880 sq km
land: 82,880 sq km
water: 0 sq km

United Kingdom:
total: 244,820 sq km
land: 241,590 sq km
water: 3,230 sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands

United States:
total: 9,629,091 sq km
land: 9,158,960 sq km
water: 470,131 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia

Uruguay:
total: 176,220 sq km
land: 173,620 sq km
water: 2,600 sq km

Uzbekistan:
total: 447,400 sq km
land: 425,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km

Vanuatu:
total: 14,760 sq km
land: 14,760 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes more than 80 islands

Venezuela:
total: 912,050 sq km
land: 882,050 sq km
water: 30,000 sq km

Vietnam:
total: 329,560 sq km
land: 325,360 sq km
water: 4,200 sq km

Virgin Islands:
total: 352 sq km
land: 349 sq km
water: 3 sq km

Wake Island:
total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Wallis and Futuna:
total: 274 sq km
land: 274 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets

West Bank:
total: 5,860 sq km
land: 5,640 sq km
water: 220 sq km
note: includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967

Western Sahara:
total: 266,000 sq km
land: 266,000 sq km
water: 0 sq km

World:
total: 510.072 million sq km
land: 148.94 million sq km
water: 361.132 million sq km
note: 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land

Yemen:
total: 527,970 sq km
land: 527,970 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: 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)

Zambia:
total: 752,614 sq km
land: 740,724 sq km
water: 11,890 sq km

Zimbabwe:
total: 390,580 sq km
land: 386,670 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km

Taiwan:
total: 35,980 sq km
land: 32,260 sq km
water: 3,720 sq km
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy

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