This is a graphical list of the countries of the world sorted by area. All sovereign states with areas greater than 100,000 km² are shown in green. In addition, non-sovereign territories are also included for purposes of comparison, and are shown as gray. Areas include inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Claims of parts of Antarctica by various countries are not included. For a non-graphical version of this list, see List of countries by area. This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by area. ...

Regions greater than 1.5 million km²

Regions less than 1.5 million km²

Source

• CIA World Factbook [1] accessed February 15, 2005.

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See also

• List of countries
• List of countries by population (graphical)
• List of countries by population density
• Orders of magnitude (area)