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Country | Area (sq km)
Afghanistan | total: 647,500 sq km land: 647,500 sq km water: 0 sq km
Akrotiri | total: 123 sq km note: includes a salt lake and wetlands
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: 102 sq km land: 102 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: 442.6 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km) land: 442.6 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Redonda, 1.6 sq km
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, Labrador Sea, 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: 83,870 sq km land: 82,444 sq km water: 1,426 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: 665 sq km land: 665 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: 431 sq km land: 431 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: 30,528 sq km land: 30,278 sq km water: 250 sq km
Belize | total: 22,966 sq km land: 22,806 sq km water: 160 sq km
Benin | total: 112,620 sq km land: 110,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km
Bermuda | total: 53.3 sq km land: 53.3 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: 49 sq km land: 49 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: 54,400 sq km land: 60 sq km; Diego Garcia 44 sq km water: 54,340 sq km note: includes the entire Chagos Archipelago of 55 islands
British Virgin Islands | total: 153 sq km land: 153 sq km water: 0 sq km note: comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the islands of Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke
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: 9,984,670 sq km land: 9,093,507 sq km water: 891,163 sq km
Cape Verde | total: 4,033 sq km land: 4,033 sq km water: 0 sq km
Cayman Islands | total: 262 sq km land: 262 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: 6 sq km land: 6 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, and Serrana 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: 236.7 sq km land: 236.7 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 780,000 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: 56,542 sq km land: 56,414 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 north Cyprus) 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 (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Dhekelia | total: 130.8 sq km note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves
Djibouti | total: 23,000 sq km land: 22,980 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
East Timor | total: 15,007 sq km land: NA sq km water: NA 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
European Union | total: 3,976,372 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: 338,145 sq km land: 304,473 sq km water: 33,672 sq km
France | total: 547,030 sq km land: 545,630 sq km water: 1,400 sq km note: includes only metropolitan France; 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: 7,829 sq km land: 7,829 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: 239,460 sq km land: 230,940 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: 2,166,086 sq km land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.)
Grenada | total: 344 sq km land: 344 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: 78 sq km land: 78 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
Iles Eparses | Bassas da India: total - 80 sq km; land - 0.2 sq km; water - 79.8 sq km (lagoon) Europa Island: total - 28 sq km; land - 28 sq km; water - 0 sq km Glorioso Islands: total - 5 sq km; land - 5 sq km; water - 0 sq km Juan de Nova Island: total - 4.4 sq km; land - 4.4 sq km; water - 0 sq km Tromelin Island: total - 1 sq km; land - 1 sq km; water - 0 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, Flores Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Java Sea, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Savu Sea, Strait of Malacca, Timor Sea, 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
Isle of Man | total: 572 sq km land: 572 sq km water: 0 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: 10,991 sq km land: 10,831 sq km water: 160 sq km
Jan Mayen | total: 377 sq km land: 377 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: 2.63 sq km land: 2.63 sq km water: 0 sq km
Jordan | total: 92,300 sq km land: 91,971 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: 811 sq km land: 811 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: 63,589 sq km water: 1,000 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: NA sq km water: NA sq km
Luxembourg | total: 2,586 sq km land: 2,586 sq km water: 0 sq km
Macau | total: 28.2 sq km land: 28.2 sq km water: 0 sq km
Macedonia | 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
Marshall Islands | total: 11,854.3 sq km land: 181.3 sq km water: 11,673 sq km (note - lagoon waters) note: includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik
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: 2,040 sq km land: 2,030 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 (fresh water only) note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)
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: 1,564,116 sq km
Montenegro | total: 14,026 sq km land: 13,812 sq km water: 214 sq km
Montserrat | total: 102 sq km land: 102 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: 5.4 sq km land: 5.4 sq km water: 0 sq km
Nepal | total: 147,181 sq km land: 143,181 sq km water: 4,000 sq km
Netherlands | total: 41,526 sq km land: 33,883 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: 268,021 sq km water: NA 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: 323,802 sq km land: 307,442 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, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman 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: 13,790 sq km land: 8,870 sq km water: 4,921 sq km
Qatar | total: 11,437 sq km land: 11,437 sq km water: 0 sq km
Reunion | total: 2,517 sq km land: 2,507 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: 413 sq km land: Saint Helena Island 122 sq km; Ascension Island 90 sq km; Tristan da Cunha island group 201 sq km water: 0 sq km
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: 616 sq km land: 606 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: 2,944 sq km land: 2,934 sq km water: 10 sq km
San Marino | total: 61.2 sq km land: 61.2 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 | total: 88,361 sq km land: 88,361 sq km water: 0 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: 692.7 sq km land: 682.7 sq km water: 10 sq km
Slovakia | total: 48,845 sq km land: 48,800 sq km water: 45 sq km
Slovenia | total: 20,273 sq km land: 20,151 sq km water: 122 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: 3,903 sq km land: 3,903 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of eleven islands
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: there are 2 autonomous cities - Ceuta and Melilla - and 17 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - 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: 61,020 sq km land: 61,020 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
Taiwan | total: 35,980 sq km land: 32,260 sq km water: 3,720 sq km note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy
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: NEGL
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: 9,631,420 sq km land: 9,161,923 sq km water: 469,497 sq km note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | total - 6,959.41 sq km; emergent land - 22.41 sq km; submerged - 6,937 sq km Baker Island: total - 129 sq km; emergent land - 2.1 sq km; submerged - 127 sq km Howland Island: total - 139 sq km; emergent land - 2.6 sq km; submerged - 136 sq km Jarvis Island: total - 152 sq km; emergent land - 5 sq km; submerged - 147 sq km Johnston Atoll: total - 276.6 sq km; emergent land - 2.6 sq km; submerged - 274 sq km Kingman Reef: total - 1,958.01 sq km; emergent land - 0.01 sq km; submerged - 1,958 sq km Midway Islands: total - 2,355.2 sq km; emergent land - 6.2 sq km; submerged - 2,349 sq km Palmyra Atoll: total - 1,949.9 sq km; emergent land - 3.9 sq km; submerged - 1,946 sq km
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: 12,200 sq km land: 12,200 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited
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: 1,910 sq km land: 346 sq km water: 1,564 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
This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006