This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by area. Only sovereign states are listed. Total areas are included, i.e., land and inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Claims of parts of Antarctica by various countries are not included. For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by area (graphical). Look up country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. ... -1... This is a graphical list of the countries of the world sorted by area. ...

Earth, also known as Terra, and Tellus mostly in the 19th century, is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ... Aerial view of the island from the north east Image:Orthographic projection centred over Fernando de Noronha Fernando de Noronha is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, midway from South America to Africa, around 220 miles (354 km) away from the Brazilian coast. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The Trindade Island is located more than 1000 km east of Vitória, Brazil. ... Martin Vaz The group of the Martin Vaz Islands is located about 47 km east of Ilha do Trindade and adminstered by the Brasilian Atlantic Ocean Devision, under the judicative of the Brasilian Military. ... Lord Howe Island showing Mts Lidgbird and Gower. ... Orthographic projection over Macquarie Island Macquarie Island is located in the Southern Ocean, about halfway between Australia and Antarctica. ... Motto: Leo Terram Propriam Protegat Official language English Capital Grytviken Civil Commissioner Howard Pearce Area  - Total  - % water not ranked 3,093 km² - Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density not ranked ~100 n/a; Currency Falkland pound (FKP; fixed to GBP) Time zone UTC -4 (DST -3) National anthem God Save the... Orthographic projection centered on the Prince Edward Islands The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa. ... This article is about a small sub-antarctic island. ... Orthographic projection centered on the Prince Edward Islands The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa. ... Malpelo Island (Spanish: Isla de Malpelo) is an island located 314 miles off Colombias Pacific coast at 4°08′N 81°30′W. The island consists of a sheer and barren rock with three high peaks. ... The Serrana Bank is a mostly underwater reef about 50km long and 13 km wide upon which lie cays and islets, the most prominent of which is Southwest Cay. ... Serranilla Bank is a western Caribbean island located about 210 miles north-northeast of Nicaragua. ... The Halaib Triangle is an area of land measuring 20,580 km&sup2 located on the Red Seas African coast, between the borders of Egypt and Sudan. ... Mafia Island (Chole Shamba) is part of the Tanzanian Spice Islands, which consists also of Zanzibar and Pemba. ... Map of Pemba Island Pemba is an island about 50 kilometres to the north of the island of Zanzibar. ... Map of Zanzibars main island Zanzibar, Tanzania, comprises a pair of islands off the east coast of Africa called Zanzibar (Unguja) (1994 est. ... Location of Easter Island. ... Map of Sala-y-Gómez Isla Sala y Gómez is a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to Chile. ... Perim (Arabic: [BarÄ«m]) is a volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb off the southwestern coast of Yemen. ... Map of the Socotra archipelago Socotra or Soqotra (Arabic سقطرة Suquá¹­rah) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa some 350 km south of the Republic of Yemen, which administers Socotra for the Banu Afrar Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and... National motto: None Image:Chile. ... National motto: none Official language Arabic Capital Aden Area 287,680 km² Population  - Total (1973)  - Density 1,590,275 5. ... Capital Palma de Mallorca Official languages Catalan and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 17th  4 992 km²  1,0% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 14th  916 968  2,2%  183,69/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Catalan  â€“ Spanish Balearic balear balear Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO 3166... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Islas Chafarinas is a group of three small islands located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Morocco, 48 km (30 mi) to the east of Melilla and 3. ... 19th-century Spanish map showing the Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Alhucemas, or Lavender Rock, is one of the Spanish territories in North Africa off the Moroccan coast, along with the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the island of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera... 19th-century Spanish map showing the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera is one of the Spanish territories on North Africa off the Moroccan coast (Plazas de soberanía), along with the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the island... Dronning Maud Land (or Queen Maud Land) is the part of Antarctica lying between 20°W and 45°E, with a land area of approximately 2,500,000 km². This territory was claimed by Norway on January 14, 1939, but this claim, like all others in the Antarctic, is not... The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島) are an Japan. ... Daito Islands (大東諸島 Daitō Shotō) are three eastern islands of Okinawa Islands. ... Okino Torishima (沖ノ鳥島), formerly called Parece Vela (Spanish for it looks like a sail) is the southernmost island of Japan, at 22°49′ N 136°07′ E, 1 740 km south of Tokyo. ... Location of Ryukyu Islands Ryukyuan flag The Ryukyu Islands or Nansei Islands (南西諸島 Nansei-shotō; southwest islands), are an island chain stretching southwestward from the island of Kyushu in Japan. ... The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島) are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical islands some 1000 km directly south of central Tokyo, Japan. ... For the political history of the sovereignty conflict, see Kuril Islands dispute. ... Orthographic projection centred over the Galapagos For the novel Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, see: Galápagos (book) The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of 13 volcanic islands, and associated islets and rocks located in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 kilometers west of the coast of South America. ... The Antipodes Islands are an inhospitable uninhabited island group to the south of—and territorially part of—New Zealand. ... The Auckland Islands (50°42′ S 166°5′ E) form a sub-antarctic archipelago of New Zealand. ... The Bounty Islands (47°42′ S 179°04′ E) are a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand. ... Campbell Island is a remote, sub-antarctic island of New Zealand and the main island of the Campbell Island group. ... The Chatham Islands from space. ... The Kermadec Islands are an island arc in the Pacific Ocean. ... Belligerent military occupation, occurs when one nations military garrisons occupy all or part of the territory of another nation or recognized belligerent during an invasion (during or after a war). ... The Free Zone is in yellow on the map. ... The Saharawi (or Sahrawi) Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is the long-form English translation of the government of Western Sahara (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الدمقرطية, Spanish: República Arabe Saharaui Democrática). ... Rockall, a small, isolated rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean Rockall is a small, rocky islet in the North Atlantic but is probably better known as one of the British Sea Areas named in the Shipping Forecast broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ... The Crown is a term which is used to separate the government authority and property of the state in a kingdom from any personal influence and private assets held by the current Monarch. ... Badme is a town on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. ... Kosovo (Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija, Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova) is a province of Serbia. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese: To die free rather than to be subjugated in peace) Official language Portuguese Capitals Ponta Delgada (Presidency of the autonomous government), Angra do Heroísmo (Supreme Court), Horta (Legislative Assembly) Other towns Praia da Vitória... Location |Detail Motto of the autonomous region: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Portuguese: Of the islands, the most beautiful and free) Official language Portuguese Capital Funchal Other towns Porto Santo, Machico, Santa Cruz, Câmara de Lobos, Santana, Ribeira Brava, Caniço Area 797 km² Population  - Total (1991... National motto: none Official language Azerbaijani Capital Nakhichevan (city) Head of State Ilham Aliyev Parliamentary Chairman Vagif Talybov Area  - Total  - % water 5,500 km² negligible Population  - Total 310,000 Establishment  - Declared  - Recognition 1991 recognized internationally only as part of Azerbaijan Currency Azerbaijani Manat Time zone  - in summer EET (UTC+4... Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally mountainous black garden or upper black garden; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. ... For the Australian islands, see Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos Island is an offshore island of the Republic of Costa Rica, called Isla del Coco in Spanish. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... The Pescadores Islands (Chinese: 澎湖群島; Wade-Giles: Peng-hu; Pinyin: Pénghú, from Portuguese, fishermen) are an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait. ... Quemoy, Kinmen, or Chinmen (金門, pinyin: Jīnmén, POJ: Kim-mn̂g) (pop. ... The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: MÇŽzÇ”) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: Liánjiāng), Fukien Province of the Republic of China (ROC, now based on Taiwan). ... Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally mountainous black garden or upper black garden; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. ... Official languages Macedonian Capital Skopje President Branko Crvenkovski Prime Minister Vlado Bučkovski Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water Ranked 146th  25,333 km²  1. ... Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ... The city of Gaza is the principal city in the Gaza Strip. ... Map of the Agalega Islands The Agalega Islands are two islands in the Indian Ocean, lying 1,100 km (700 miles) north of Mauritius. ... Map of the Cargados Carajos Islands Cargados Carajos Shoals (also known as the Saint Brandon Rocks) are a group of about 16 small islands and islets on an extended reef in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mauritius. ... Map of Rodrigues Rodrigues (or Rodriguez) is one of the Mascarene Islands and a dependency of Mauritius. ... The Gilbert Islands are a chain of 16 atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the nation Kiribati. ... The Line Islands are a group of mostly atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawaiian Islands. ... The Phoenix Islands are a sparsely populated island chain in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands. ... District center of Pohnpei Diagram of Pohnpei Pohnpei (also spelled Ponape and earlier Bonabee) is one of the islands in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and is one of the Senyavin Islands. ... A view of Chuuk Chuuk is an island group that comprises one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), along with Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. ... Kosrae (pronounced ko SHRIGH) is an island in Micronesia. ... Redonda is an uninhabited island dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. ... A woman wearing a bikini This article is about the womens bathing suit. ... Enewetak (or Eniwetok) is an atoll in the Marshall Islands of the central Pacific Ocean. ... Kwajalein Atoll - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Kwajalein Atoll is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). ... Lagoon shoreline on Majuro, February 1973 Majuro, population 25,400 (as of 2004), is the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. ...

Source

• CIA World Factbook, unless specified [3] accessed February 15, 2005.

World Factbook 2004 cover The World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac-style information about the various countries of the world. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of countries
• List of countries by continent
• List of major geographic bodies, ordered according to area
• Orders of magnitude (area).

This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, displayed with their national flags and capitals. ... List of major geographic bodies, ordered according to area The list includes the world and the oceans (rank nrs. ... Categories: Orders of magnitude (area) ...

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Geography	Area, Highest point, Compactness. Image File history File links Physical_world. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level. ... This is a list of countries by compactness. ...
Demographics	Population (graphical), Population density, Life expectancy, Infant mortality rate, Fertility rate, Birth rate, Death rate, Human Development Index, Income equality, Literacy rate, HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate, People living with HIV/AIDS, Unemployment rate, Percentage of population living in poverty. Demographics is a shorthand term for population characteristics. Demographics include age, income, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... This is a list of countries by life expectancy, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates. ... This is a list of countries and territories by fertility rate in terms of children born per woman (2004 estimates). ... List of countries/dependencies by Income inequality metrics ; based on Gini coefficient. ... List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2005. ... This is a list of countries and territories by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate, based on The World Factbook, accessed in September 2005. ... This is a list of countries and territories by people living with HIV/AIDS, based on The World Factbook, accessed in September 2005. ... This is a list of countries by percentage of the population living below poverty line. ...
Economy	GDP (nominal), GDP (nominal) per capita, GDP (PPP), GDP (PPP) per capita, Current account balance, Imports, Exports, External debt, Public debt, Economic Freedom. This article includes two lists of countries of the world sorted by their Gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ... This is a list of countries of the world sorted by their Gross Domestic Product (nominal) per capita for the year 2004, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, divided by the average population for the same year. ... This is a list of countries by public debt as percentage of Gross domestic product, mostly based on The World Factbook [1], as of October 2005. ...
Politics	Date of nationhood, Military expenditures, Number of active troops, Perception of corruption. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Politics Look up Politics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Progressivism Progressive Logic Political corruption Political economy Political movement... The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed. ... This is a list of countries by military expenditures for the year 2004. ... This is a list of countries ranked in order of active troops in each state. ... Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Index of perception of corruption ordering the countries of the world according to the level of public perception of corruption of public and political functionaries. ...
Others	Carbon dioxide emissions, Carbon dioxide emissions per capita. This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. ... This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita. ...