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  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Land use > Permanent crops: The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Area > Water > Per capita: Total water area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Norfolk Island Philippines HISTORY
Area > Comparative about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Comparative to US places about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land 34.6 sq km
Ranked 223th.
298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 8618 times more than Norfolk Island

Area > Land > Per capita 16.26 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th. 5 times more than Philippines
3.1 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 183th.

Area > Total 36 sq km
Ranked 233th.
300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 8333 times more than Norfolk Island

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 209th.
1,830 sq km
Ranked 92nd.

Climate subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Coastline 32 km
Ranked 186th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 1134 times more than Norfolk Island

Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Bates 319 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Geographic coordinates 29 02 S, 167 57 E 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Land use > Arable land 0.0
Ranked 233th.
18%
Ranked 59th.

Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Natural hazards typhoons (especially May to July) astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Natural resources fish timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Terrain volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Pacific Ocean 0 m Philippine Sea 0 m
Population density 55.06 people per sqkm
Ranked 134th.
266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd. 5 times more than Norfolk Island
Map references Oceania Southeast Asia
Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 17th. 55% more than Philippines
64.67%
Ranked 214th.

Land boundaries 0 0
Land use > Permanent crops 0.0
Ranked 230th.
17.33%
Ranked 13th.

Note most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait
Marine Coastline 32 km
Ranked 186th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 1134 times more than Norfolk Island
Area > Water > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 190th.
19.05 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 133th.

Area > Total > Per capita 16.26 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th. 5 times more than Philippines
3.12 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 189th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Heal The World Foundation.; CIA Factbook: List of countries by coastline size

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