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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Pacific Ocean: 155,557,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 2   Atlantic Ocean: 76,762,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 3   Indian Ocean: 68,556,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 4   Southern Ocean: 20,327,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 5   Russia: 17,075,200 sq km  2008 Time series
# 6   Arctic Ocean: 14,056,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 8   Canada: 9,984,670 sq km  2008 Time series
# 9   United States: 9,826,630 sq km  2008 Time series
# 10   China: 9,596,960 sq km  2008 Time series
# 11   Brazil: 8,511,965 sq km  2008 Time series
# 12   Australia: 7,686,850 sq km  2008 Time series
# 14   India: 3,287,590 sq km  2008 Time series
# 15   Argentina: 2,766,890 sq km  2008 Time series
# 16   Kazakhstan: 2,717,300 sq km  2008 Time series
# 17   Sudan: 2,505,810 sq km  2008 Time series
# 18   Algeria: 2,381,740 sq km  2008 Time series
# 19   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2,345,410 sq km  2008 Time series
# 20   Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 sq km  2008 Time series
# 21   Mexico: 1,972,550 sq km  2008 Time series
# 22   Indonesia: 1,919,440 sq km  2008 Time series
# 23   Libya: 1,759,540 sq km  2008 Time series
# 24   Iran: 1,648,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 25   Mongolia: 1,564,116 sq km  2008 Time series
# 26   Peru: 1,285,220 sq km  2008 Time series
# 27   Chad: 1,284,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 28   Niger: 1,267,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 29   Angola: 1,246,700 sq km  2008 Time series
# 30   Mali: 1,240,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 31   South Africa: 1,219,912 sq km  2008 Time series
# 32   Colombia: 1,138,910 sq km  2008 Time series
# 33   Ethiopia: 1,127,127 sq km  2008 Time series
# 34   Bolivia: 1,098,580 sq km  2008 Time series
# 35   Mauritania: 1,030,700 sq km  2008 Time series
# 36   Egypt: 1,001,450 sq km  2008 Time series
# 37   Tanzania: 945,087 sq km  2008 Time series
# 38   Nigeria: 923,768 sq km  2008 Time series
# 39   Venezuela: 912,050 sq km  2008 Time series
# 40   Namibia: 825,418 sq km  2008 Time series
# 41   Pakistan: 803,940 sq km  2008 Time series
# 42   Mozambique: 801,590 sq km  2008 Time series
# 43   Turkey: 780,580 sq km  2008 Time series
# 44   Chile: 756,950 sq km  2008 Time series
# 45   Zambia: 752,614 sq km  2008 Time series
# 46   Burma: 678,500 sq km  2008 Time series
# 47   Afghanistan: 647,500 sq km  2008 Time series
# 48   Somalia: 637,657 sq km  2008 Time series
# 49   Central African Republic: 622,984 sq km  2008 Time series
# 50   Ukraine: 603,700 sq km  2008 Time series
# 51   Botswana: 600,370 sq km  2008 Time series
# 52   Madagascar: 587,040 sq km  2008 Time series
# 53   Kenya: 582,650 sq km  2008 Time series
# 54   France: 547,030 sq km  2006 Time series
# 55   Yemen: 527,970 sq km  2008 Time series
# 56   Thailand: 514,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 57   Spain: 504,782 sq km  2008 Time series
# 58   Turkmenistan: 488,100 sq km  2008 Time series
# 59   Cameroon: 475,440 sq km  2008 Time series
# 60   Papua New Guinea: 462,840 sq km  2008 Time series
# 61   Sweden: 449,964 sq km  2008 Time series
# 62   Uzbekistan: 447,400 sq km  2008 Time series
# 63   Morocco: 446,550 sq km  2008 Time series
# 64   Iraq: 437,072 sq km  2008 Time series
# 65   Paraguay: 406,750 sq km  2008 Time series
# 66   Zimbabwe: 390,580 sq km  2008 Time series
# 67   Japan: 377,835 sq km  2008 Time series
# 68   Germany: 357,021 sq km  2008 Time series
# 69   Congo, Republic of the: 342,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 70   Finland: 338,145 sq km  2008 Time series
# 71   Malaysia: 329,750 sq km  2008 Time series
# 72   Vietnam: 329,560 sq km  2008 Time series
# 73   Norway: 323,802 sq km  2008 Time series
# 74   Côte d'Ivoire: 322,460 sq km  2008 Time series
# 75   Poland: 312,679 sq km  2008 Time series
# 76   Italy: 301,230 sq km  2008 Time series
# 77   Philippines: 300,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 78   Ecuador: 283,560 sq km  2008 Time series
# 79   Burkina Faso: 274,200 sq km  2008 Time series
# 80   New Zealand: 268,680 sq km  2008 Time series
# 81   Gabon: 267,667 sq km  2008 Time series
# 82   Western Sahara: 266,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 83   Guinea: 245,857 sq km  2008 Time series
# 84   United Kingdom: 244,820 sq km  2008 Time series
# 85   Ghana: 239,460 sq km  2008 Time series
# 86   Romania: 237,500 sq km  2008 Time series
# 87   Laos: 236,800 sq km  2008 Time series
# 88   Uganda: 236,040 sq km  2008 Time series
# 89   Guyana: 214,970 sq km  2008 Time series
# 90   Oman: 212,460 sq km  2008 Time series
# 91   Belarus: 207,600 sq km  2008 Time series
# 92   Kyrgyzstan: 198,500 sq km  2008 Time series
# 93   Senegal: 196,190 sq km  2008 Time series
# 94   Syria: 185,180 sq km  2008 Time series
# 95   Cambodia: 181,040 sq km  2008 Time series
# 96   Uruguay: 176,220 sq km  2008 Time series
# 97   Tunisia: 163,610 sq km  2008 Time series
# 98   Suriname: 163,270 sq km  2008 Time series
# 99   Nepal: 147,181 sq km  2008 Time series
# 100   Bangladesh: 144,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 101   Tajikistan: 143,100 sq km  2008 Time series
# 102   Greece: 131,940 sq km  2008 Time series
# 103   Nicaragua: 129,494 sq km  2008 Time series
# 104   Eritrea: 121,320 sq km  2008 Time series
# 105   Korea, North: 120,540 sq km  2008 Time series
# 106   Malawi: 118,480 sq km  2008 Time series
# 107   Benin: 112,620 sq km  2008 Time series
# 108   Honduras: 112,090 sq km  2008 Time series
# 109   Liberia: 111,370 sq km  2008 Time series
# 110   Bulgaria: 110,910 sq km  2008 Time series
# 111   Cuba: 110,860 sq km  2008 Time series
# 112   Guatemala: 108,890 sq km  2008 Time series
# 113   Iceland: 103,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 114   Korea, South: 98,480 sq km  2008 Time series
# 115   Hungary: 93,030 sq km  2008 Time series
# 116   Portugal: 92,391 sq km  2008 Time series
# 117   Jordan: 92,300 sq km  2008 Time series
# 118   French Guiana: 91,000 sq km  2006 Time series
# 119   Azerbaijan: 86,600 sq km  2008 Time series
# 120   Austria: 83,870 sq km  2008 Time series
# 121   United Arab Emirates: 83,600 sq km  2008 Time series
# 122   Czech Republic: 78,866 sq km  2008 Time series
# 123   Panama: 78,200 sq km  2008 Time series
# 124   Serbia and Montenegro: 77,474 sq km  2008 Time series
# 125   Sierra Leone: 71,740 sq km  2008 Time series
# 126   Ireland: 70,280 sq km  2008 Time series
# 127   Georgia: 69,700 sq km  2008 Time series
# 128   Sri Lanka: 65,610 sq km  2008 Time series
# 129   Lithuania: 65,300 sq km  2008 Time series
# 130   Latvia: 64,589 sq km  2008 Time series
# 131   Svalbard: 61,020 sq km  2008 Time series
# 132   Togo: 56,785 sq km  2008 Time series
# 133   Croatia: 56,542 sq km  2008 Time series
# 134   British Indian Ocean Territory: 54,400 sq km  2008 Time series
# 135   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 51,209.2 sq km  2008 Time series
# 136   Costa Rica: 51,100 sq km  2008 Time series
# 137   Slovakia: 48,845 sq km  2008 Time series
# 138   Dominican Republic: 48,730 sq km  2008 Time series
# 139   Bhutan: 47,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 140   Estonia: 45,226 sq km  2008 Time series
# 141   Denmark: 43,094 sq km  2008 Time series
# 142   Netherlands: 41,526 sq km  2008 Time series
# 143   Switzerland: 41,290 sq km  2008 Time series
# 144   Guinea-Bissau: 36,120 sq km  2008 Time series
# 145   Taiwan: 35,980 sq km  2008 Time series
# 146   Moldova: 33,843 sq km  2008 Time series
# 147   Belgium: 30,528 sq km  2008 Time series
# 148   Lesotho: 30,355 sq km  2008 Time series
# 149   Armenia: 29,743 sq km  2008 Time series
# 150   Albania: 28,748 sq km  2008 Time series
# 151   Solomon Islands: 28,450 sq km  2008 Time series
# 152   Equatorial Guinea: 28,051 sq km  2008 Time series
# 153   Burundi: 27,830 sq km  2008 Time series
# 154   Haiti: 27,750 sq km  2008 Time series
# 155   Rwanda: 26,338 sq km  2008 Time series
# 156   Macedonia, Republic of: 25,333 sq km  2008 Time series
# 157   Djibouti: 23,000 sq km  2008 Time series
# 158   Belize: 22,966 sq km  2008 Time series
# 159   El Salvador: 21,040 sq km  2008 Time series
# 160   Israel: 20,770 sq km  2008 Time series
# 161   Slovenia: 20,273 sq km  2008 Time series
# 162   New Caledonia: 19,060 sq km  2008 Time series
# 163   Fiji: 18,270 sq km  2008 Time series
# 164   Kuwait: 17,820 sq km  2008 Time series
# 165   Swaziland: 17,363 sq km  2008 Time series
# 166   East Timor: 15,007 sq km  2008 Time series
# 167   Montenegro: 14,026 sq km  2008 Time series
# 168   Bahamas, The: 13,940 sq km  2008 Time series
# 169   Puerto Rico: 13,790 sq km  2008 Time series
# 170   Vanuatu: 12,200 sq km  2008 Time series
# 171   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 12,173 sq km  2008 Time series
# 172   Qatar: 11,437 sq km  2008 Time series
# 173   Gambia, The: 11,300 sq km  2008 Time series
# 174   Jamaica: 10,991 sq km  2008 Time series
# 175   Lebanon: 10,400 sq km  2008 Time series
# 176   Cyprus: 9,250 sq km  2008 Time series
# 177   West Bank: 5,860 sq km  2008 Time series
# 178   Brunei: 5,770 sq km  2008 Time series
# 179   Trinidad and Tobago: 5,128 sq km  2008 Time series
# 180   French Polynesia: 4,167 sq km  2008 Time series
# 181   Cape Verde: 4,033 sq km  2008 Time series
# 182   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 3,903 sq km  2008 Time series
# 183   Samoa: 2,944 sq km  2008 Time series
# 184   Luxembourg: 2,586 sq km  2008 Time series
# 185   Réunion: 2,517 sq km  2006 Time series
# 186   Comoros: 2,170 sq km  2008 Time series
# 187   Mauritius: 2,040 sq km  2008 Time series
# 188   Virgin Islands: 1,910 sq km  2008 Time series
# 189   Guadeloupe: 1,780 sq km  2006 Time series
# 190   Faroe Islands: 1,399 sq km  2008 Time series
# 191   Martinique: 1,100 sq km  2006 Time series
# 192   Hong Kong: 1,092 sq km  2008 Time series
# 193   São Tomé and Príncipe: 1,001 sq km  2008 Time series
# 194   Netherlands Antilles: 960 sq km  2008 Time series
# 195   Kiribati: 811 sq km  2008 Time series
# 196   Dominica: 754 sq km  2008 Time series
# 197   Tonga: 748 sq km  2008 Time series
# 198   Micronesia, Federated States of: 702 sq km  2008 Time series
# 199   Singapore: 692.7 sq km  2008 Time series
# 200   Bahrain: 665 sq km  2008 Time series
# 201   Saint Lucia: 616 sq km  2008 Time series
# 202   Man, Isle of: 572 sq km  2008 Time series
# 203   Guam: 541.3 sq km  2008 Time series
# 204   Northern Mariana Islands: 477 sq km  2008 Time series
# 205   Andorra: 468 sq km  2008 Time series
# 206   Palau: 458 sq km  2008 Time series
# 207   Seychelles: 455 sq km  2008 Time series
# 208   Antigua and Barbuda: 442.6 sq km  2008 Time series
# 209   Barbados: 431 sq km  2008 Time series
# 210   Turks and Caicos Islands: 430 sq km  2008 Time series
# 211   Saint Helena: 413 sq km  2008 Time series
# 212   Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 412 sq km  2008 Time series
# 213   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 389 sq km  2008 Time series
# 214   Jan Mayen: 377 sq km  2008 Time series
# 215   Mayotte: 374 sq km  2008 Time series
# 216   Gaza Strip: 360 sq km  2008 Time series
# 217   Grenada: 344 sq km  2008 Time series
# 218   Malta: 316 sq km  2008 Time series
# 219   Maldives: 300 sq km  2008 Time series
# 220   Wallis and Futuna: 274 sq km  2008 Time series
# 221   Cayman Islands: 262 sq km  2008 Time series
# 222   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 261 sq km  2008 Time series
# 223   Niue: 260 sq km  2008 Time series
# 224   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 242 sq km  2008 Time series
# 225   Cook Islands: 236.7 sq km  2008 Time series
# 226   American Samoa: 199 sq km  2008 Time series
# 227   Aruba: 193 sq km  2008 Time series
# 228   Marshall Islands: 181.3 sq km  2008 Time series
# 229   Liechtenstein: 160 sq km  2008 Time series
# 230   British Virgin Islands: 153 sq km  2008 Time series
# 231   Christmas Island: 135 sq km  2008 Time series
# 232   Dhekelia: 130.8 sq km  2008 Time series
# 233   Akrotiri: 123 sq km  2008 Time series
# 234   Jersey: 116 sq km  2008 Time series
= 235   Anguilla: 102 sq km  2008 Time series
= 235   Montserrat: 102 sq km  2008 Time series
# 237   Guernsey: 78 sq km  2008 Time series
# 238   San Marino: 61.2 sq km  2008 Time series
# 239   Saint Martin: 54.4 sq km  2008 Time series
# 240   Bermuda: 53.3 sq km  2008 Time series
# 241   Bouvet Island: 49 sq km  2008 Time series
# 242   Pitcairn Islands: 47 sq km  2008 Time series
# 243   Norfolk Island: 34.6 sq km  2008 Time series
# 244   Macau: 28.2 sq km  2008 Time series
# 245   Europa Island: 28 sq km  2006 Time series
# 246   Tuvalu: 26 sq km  2008 Time series
# 247   Nauru: 21 sq km  2008 Time series
# 248   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 14 sq km  2008 Time series
# 249   Palmyra Atoll: 11.9 sq km  2006 Time series
# 250   Tokelau: 10 sq km  2008 Time series
= 251   Wake Island: 6.5 sq km  2008 Time series
= 251   Gibraltar: 6.5 sq km  2008 Time series
# 253   Midway Islands: 6.2 sq km  2006 Time series
# 254   Clipperton Island: 6 sq km  2008 Time series
# 255   Navassa Island: 5.4 sq km  2008 Time series
= 256   Glorioso Islands: 5 sq km  2006 Time series
= 256   Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 5 sq km  2008 Time series
# 258   Jarvis Island: 4.5 sq km  2006 Time series
# 259   Juan de Nova Island: 4.4 sq km  2006 Time series
# 260   Johnston Atoll: 2.63 sq km  2006 Time series
# 261   Monaco: 1.95 sq km  2008 Time series
# 262   Howland Island: 1.6 sq km  2006 Time series
# 263   Baker Island: 1.4 sq km  2006 Time series
= 264   Tromelin Island: 1 sq km  2006 Time series
= 264   Kingman Reef: 1 sq km  2006 Time series
# 266   Holy See (Vatican City): 0.44 sq km  2008 Time series
# 267   Bassas da India: 0.2 sq km  2006 Time series
Total: 469,399,284.92 sq km  
Weighted average: 1,758,049.8 sq km  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
Antarctica 14,000,000 sq km  
European Union 4,324,782 sq km  



DEFINITION: Total area in square kilometers

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

galafron
1st August 2009 		Missing are Lesotho, Andorra, Channels Islands and Greenland.
Ian Graham
Staff Editor
17th March 2005 		The four largest countries in the world cover about nine percent of the earth’s surface. In total area (land and water), Russia (17,075,200 square kilometers) is the largest country in the world, followed by Canada (9,984,670 sq km), the United States (9,629,091 sq km) and China (9,596,960 sq km).

China has the longest land borders, sharing 22,147.34 kilometers of borders with 16 countries. Russia is second, at 19,900 kilometers shared with 14 countries. The United States is fifth, with 12,034 kilometers of borders with Canada and Mexico. Canada, ninth, has 8,893 kilometers of land borders, all shared with the United States.

Canada is tops in coastline length, with 202,080 kilometers, more than Russia (37,653 km), the United States (19,924 km) and China (14,500) combined.

Edria Murray
Staff editor
15th March 2005 		In response to Julie:

Total area includes area of internal waterways such as lakes and rivers. In some countries, e.g. Canada, these areas make up a significant proportion of the total area. Land area is the total national area with the waterways subtracted. To investigate the area of land which is useful for farming see arable land.
Thomas
2nd December 2004 		Because geographic entities are being compared here and not countries
Mike
29th November 2004 		Why are you comparing sizes of oceans and countries?
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