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Area - comparative (Country profile category: Geography)

Afghanistan:
slightly smaller than Texas

Albania:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Algeria:
slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

American Samoa:
slightly larger than Washington, DC

Andorra:
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Angola:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Anguilla:
about half the size of Washington, DC

Antarctica:
slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US

Antigua and Barbuda:
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Arctic Ocean:
slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US

Argentina:
slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US

Armenia:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Aruba:
slightly larger than Washington, DC

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:
about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Atlantic Ocean:
slightly less than 6.5 times the size of the US

Australia:
slightly smaller than the US

Austria:
slightly smaller than Maine

Azerbaijan:
slightly smaller than Maine

Bahamas, The:
slightly smaller than Connecticut

Bahrain:
3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Baker Island:
about 2.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Bangladesh:
slightly smaller than Wisconsin

Barbados:
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Bassas da India:
about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Belarus:
slightly smaller than Kansas

Belgium:
about the size of Maryland

Belize:
slightly smaller than Massachusetts

Benin:
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

Bermuda:
about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Bhutan:
about half the size of Indiana

Bolivia:
slightly less than three times the size of Montana

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
slightly smaller than West Virginia

Botswana:
slightly smaller than Texas

Bouvet Island:
about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Brazil:
slightly smaller than the US

British Indian Ocean Territory:
about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

British Virgin Islands:
about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC

Brunei:
slightly smaller than Delaware

Bulgaria:
slightly larger than Tennessee

Burkina Faso:
slightly larger than Colorado

Burma:
slightly smaller than Texas

Burundi:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Cambodia:
slightly smaller than Oklahoma

Cameroon:
slightly larger than California

Canada:
slightly larger than the US

Cape Verde:
slightly larger than Rhode Island

Cayman Islands:
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Central African Republic:
slightly smaller than Texas

Chad:
slightly more than three times the size of California

Chile:
slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana

China:
slightly smaller than the US

Christmas Island:
about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC

Clipperton Island:
about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Colombia:
slightly less than three times the size of Montana

Comoros:
slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US

Congo, Republic of the:
slightly smaller than Montana

Cook Islands:
1.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Coral Sea Islands:
NA

Costa Rica:
slightly smaller than West Virginia

Cote d'Ivoire:
slightly larger than New Mexico

Croatia:
slightly smaller than West Virginia

Cuba:
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

Cyprus:
about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut

Czech Republic:
slightly smaller than South Carolina

Denmark:
slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts

Djibouti:
slightly smaller than Massachusetts

Dominica:
slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC

Dominican Republic:
slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire

Ecuador:
slightly smaller than Nevada

Egypt:
slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico

El Salvador:
slightly smaller than Massachusetts

Equatorial Guinea:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Eritrea:
slightly larger than Pennsylvania

Estonia:
slightly smaller than New Hampshire and Vermont combined

Ethiopia:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Europa Island:
about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
slightly smaller than Connecticut

Faroe Islands:
eight times the size of Washington, DC

Fiji:
slightly smaller than New Jersey

Finland:
slightly smaller than Montana

France:
slightly less than twice the size of Colorado

French Guiana:
slightly smaller than Indiana

French Polynesia:
slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Delaware

Gabon:
slightly smaller than Colorado

Gambia, The:
slightly less than twice the size of Delaware

Gaza Strip:
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC

Georgia:
slightly smaller than South Carolina

Germany:
slightly smaller than Montana

Ghana:
slightly smaller than Oregon

Gibraltar:
about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Glorioso Islands:
about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Greece:
slightly smaller than Alabama

Greenland:
slightly more than three times the size of Texas

Grenada:
twice the size of Washington, DC

Guadeloupe:
10 times the size of Washington, DC

Guam:
three times the size of Washington, DC

Guatemala:
slightly smaller than Tennessee

Guernsey:
slightly larger than Washington, DC

Guinea:
slightly smaller than Oregon

Guinea-Bissau:
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut

Guyana:
slightly smaller than Idaho

Haiti:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
slightly more than 2 times the size of Washington, DC

Holy See (Vatican City):
about 0.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Honduras:
slightly larger than Tennessee

Hong Kong:
six times the size of Washington, DC

Howland Island:
about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Hungary:
slightly smaller than Indiana

Iceland:
slightly smaller than Kentucky

India:
slightly more than one-third the size of the US

Indian Ocean:
about 5.5 times the size of the US

Indonesia:
slightly less than three times the size of Texas

Iran:
slightly larger than Alaska

Iraq:
slightly more than twice the size of Idaho

Ireland:
slightly larger than West Virginia

Israel:
slightly smaller than New Jersey

Italy:
slightly larger than Arizona

Jamaica:
slightly smaller than Connecticut

Jan Mayen:
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC

Japan:
slightly smaller than California

Jarvis Island:
about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Jersey:
about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC

Johnston Atoll:
about 4.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Jordan:
slightly smaller than Indiana

Juan de Nova Island:
about seven times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Kazakhstan:
slightly less than four times the size of Texas

Kenya:
slightly more than twice the size of Nevada

Kingman Reef:
about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Kiribati:
four times the size of Washington, DC

Korea, North:
slightly smaller than Mississippi

Korea, South:
slightly larger than Indiana

Kuwait:
slightly smaller than New Jersey

Kyrgyzstan:
slightly smaller than South Dakota

Laos:
slightly larger than Utah

Latvia:
slightly larger than West Virginia

Lebanon:
about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut

Lesotho:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Liberia:
slightly larger than Tennessee

Libya:
slightly larger than Alaska

Liechtenstein:
about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC

Lithuania:
slightly larger than West Virginia

Luxembourg:
slightly smaller than Rhode Island

Macau:
about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
slightly larger than Vermont

Madagascar:
slightly less than twice the size of Arizona

Malawi:
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

Malaysia:
slightly larger than New Mexico

Maldives:
about 1.7 times the size of Washington, DC

Mali:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Malta:
slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC

Man, Isle of:
slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC

Marshall Islands:
about the size of Washington, DC

Martinique:
slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC

Mauritania:
slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico

Mauritius:
almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC

Mayotte:
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC

Mexico:
slightly less than three times the size of Texas

Micronesia, Federated States of:
four times the size of Washington, DC

Midway Islands:
about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Moldova:
slightly larger than Maryland

Monaco:
about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Mongolia:
slightly smaller than Alaska

Montserrat:
about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC

Morocco:
slightly larger than California

Mozambique:
slightly less than twice the size of California

Namibia:
slightly more than half the size of Alaska

Nauru:
about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC

Navassa Island:
about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Nepal:
slightly larger than Arkansas

Netherlands:
slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey

Netherlands Antilles:
more than five times the size of Washington, DC

New Caledonia:
slightly smaller than New Jersey

New Zealand:
about the size of Colorado

Nicaragua:
slightly smaller than the state of New York

Niger:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Nigeria:
slightly more than twice the size of California

Niue:
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Norfolk Island:
about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC

Northern Mariana Islands:
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Norway:
slightly larger than New Mexico

Oman:
slightly smaller than Kansas

Pacific Ocean:
about 15 times the size of the US; covers about 28% of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world

Pakistan:
slightly less than twice the size of California

Palau:
slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Palmyra Atoll:
about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Panama:
slightly smaller than South Carolina

Papua New Guinea:
slightly larger than California

Paracel Islands:
NA

Paraguay:
slightly smaller than California

Peru:
slightly smaller than Alaska

Philippines:
slightly larger than Arizona

Pitcairn Islands:
about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Poland:
slightly smaller than New Mexico

Portugal:
slightly smaller than Indiana

Puerto Rico:
slightly less than three times the size of Rhode Island

Qatar:
slightly smaller than Connecticut

Reunion:
slightly smaller than Rhode Island

Romania:
slightly smaller than Oregon

Russia:
slightly less than 1.8 times the size of the US

Rwanda:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Saint Helena:
slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Saint Lucia:
3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
twice the size of Washington, DC

Samoa:
slightly smaller than Rhode Island

San Marino:
about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Sao Tome and Principe:
more than five times the size of Washington, DC

Saudi Arabia:
slightly more than one-fifth the size of the US

Senegal:
slightly smaller than South Dakota

Serbia and Montenegro:
slightly smaller than Kentucky (Serbia is slightly larger than Maine; Montenegro is slightly smaller than Connecticut)

Seychelles:
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Sierra Leone:
slightly smaller than South Carolina

Singapore:
slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Slovakia:
about twice the size of New Hampshire

Slovenia:
slightly smaller than New Jersey

Solomon Islands:
slightly smaller than Maryland

Somalia:
slightly smaller than Texas

South Africa:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
slightly larger than Rhode Island

Southern Ocean:
slightly more than twice the size of the US

Spain:
slightly more than twice the size of Oregon

Spratly Islands:
NA

Sri Lanka:
slightly larger than West Virginia

Sudan:
slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US

Suriname:
slightly larger than Georgia

Svalbard:
slightly smaller than West Virginia

Swaziland:
slightly smaller than New Jersey

Sweden:
slightly larger than California

Switzerland:
slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey

Syria:
slightly larger than North Dakota

Tajikistan:
slightly smaller than Wisconsin

Tanzania:
slightly larger than twice the size of California

Thailand:
slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming

Togo:
slightly smaller than West Virginia

Tokelau:
about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Tonga:
four times the size of Washington, DC

Trinidad and Tobago:
slightly smaller than Delaware

Tromelin Island:
about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Tunisia:
slightly larger than Georgia

Turkey:
slightly larger than Texas

Turkmenistan:
slightly larger than California

Turks and Caicos Islands:
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Tuvalu:
0.1 times the size of Washington, DC

Uganda:
slightly smaller than Oregon

Ukraine:
slightly smaller than Texas

United Arab Emirates:
slightly smaller than Maine

United Kingdom:
slightly smaller than Oregon

United States:
about one-half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about one-half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and one-half times the size of Western Europe

Uruguay:
slightly smaller than the state of Washington

Uzbekistan:
slightly larger than California

Vanuatu:
slightly larger than Connecticut

Venezuela:
slightly more than twice the size of California

Vietnam:
slightly larger than New Mexico

Virgin Islands:
twice the size of Washington, DC

Wake Island:
about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Wallis and Futuna:
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

West Bank:
slightly smaller than Delaware

Western Sahara:
about the size of Colorado

World:
land area about 16 times the size of the US

Yemen:
slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming

Zambia:
slightly larger than Texas

Zimbabwe:
slightly larger than Montana

Taiwan:
slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined

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