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DEFINITION
Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways."
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Canada :
9,984,670
1979
Geography of Canada
# 2
United States :
9,629,090
1979
Geography of United States
# 3
China :
9,598,050
1979
Geography of China
# 4
Brazil :
8,514,880
1979
Geography of Brazil
# 5
Australia :
7,741,220
1979
Geography of Australia
# 6
India :
3,287,260
1979
Geography of India
# 7
Argentina :
2,780,400
1979
Geography of Argentina
# 8
Sudan :
2,505,810
1979
Geography of Sudan
# 9
Algeria :
2,381,740
1979
Geography of Algeria
# 10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2,344,860
1979
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 11
Saudi Arabia :
2,000,000
1979
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 12
Mexico :
1,964,380
1979
Geography of Mexico
# 13
Indonesia :
1,904,570
1979
Geography of Indonesia
# 14
Libya :
1,759,540
1979
Geography of Libya
# 15
Mongolia :
1,564,120
1979
Geography of Mongolia
# 16
Peru :
1,285,220
1979
Geography of Peru
# 17
Chad :
1,284,000
1979
Geography of Chad
# 18
Niger :
1,267,000
1979
Geography of Niger
# 19
Angola :
1,246,700
1979
Geography of Angola
# 20
Mali :
1,240,190
1979
Geography of Mali
# 21
South Africa :
1,219,090
1979
Geography of South Africa
# 22
Colombia :
1,141,750
1979
Geography of Colombia
# 23
Bolivia :
1,098,580
1979
Geography of Bolivia
# 24
Mauritania :
1,030,700
1979
Geography of Mauritania
# 25
Tanzania :
947,300
1979
Geography of Tanzania
# 26
Nigeria :
923,770
1979
Geography of Nigeria
# 27
Venezuela :
912,050
1979
Geography of Venezuela
# 28
Namibia :
824,290
1979
Geography of Namibia
# 29
Mozambique :
799,380
1979
Geography of Mozambique
# 30
Pakistan :
796,100
1979
Geography of Pakistan
# 31
Turkey :
783,560
1979
Geography of Turkey
# 32
Chile :
756,090
1979
Geography of Chile
# 33
Zambia :
752,610
1979
Geography of Zambia
# 34
Burma :
676,590
1979
Geography of Burma
# 35
Afghanistan :
652,230
1979
Geography of Afghanistan
# 36
Somalia :
637,660
1979
Geography of Somalia
# 37
Central African Republic :
623,000
1979
Geography of Central African Republic
# 38
Madagascar :
587,040
1979
Geography of Madagascar
# 39
Botswana :
581,730
1979
Geography of Botswana
# 40
Kenya :
580,370
1979
Geography of Kenya
# 41
France :
549,190
1979
Geography of France
# 42
Thailand :
513,120
1979
Geography of Thailand
# 43
Spain :
505,990
1979
Geography of Spain
# 44
Cameroon :
475,440
1979
Geography of Cameroon
# 45
Papua New Guinea :
462,840
1979
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 46
Sweden :
450,290
1979
Geography of Sweden
# 47
Morocco :
446,550
1979
Geography of Morocco
# 48
Iraq :
438,320
1979
Geography of Iraq
# 49
Paraguay :
406,750
1979
Geography of Paraguay
# 50
Zimbabwe :
390,760
1979
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 51
Japan :
377,800
1979
Geography of Japan
# 52
Germany :
357,050
1979
Geography of Germany
# 53
Congo, Republic of the :
342,000
1979
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 54
Greenland :
341,700
1979
Geography of Greenland
# 55
Finland :
338,150
1979
Geography of Finland
# 56
Vietnam :
331,610
1979
Geography of Vietnam
# 57
Malaysia :
329,740
1979
Geography of Malaysia
# 58
Norway :
323,800
1979
Geography of Norway
# 59
Côte d'Ivoire :
322,460
1979
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 60
Poland :
312,690
1979
Geography of Poland
# 61
Oman :
309,500
1979
Geography of Oman
# 62
Italy :
301,340
1979
Geography of Italy
# 63
Philippines :
300,000
1979
Geography of Philippines
# 64
Ecuador :
283,560
1979
Geography of Ecuador
# 65
Burkina Faso :
274,000
1979
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 66
New Zealand :
267,710
1979
Geography of New Zealand
# 67
Gabon :
267,670
1979
Geography of Gabon
# 68
Guinea :
245,860
1979
Geography of Guinea
# 69
United Kingdom :
243,610
1979
Geography of United Kingdom
# 70
Uganda :
241,040
1979
Geography of Uganda
# 71
Ghana :
238,540
1979
Geography of Ghana
# 72
Romania :
238,390
1979
Geography of Romania
# 73
Laos :
236,800
1979
Geography of Laos
# 74
Guyana :
214,970
1979
Geography of Guyana
# 75
Senegal :
196,720
1979
Geography of Senegal
# 76
Syria :
185,180
1979
Geography of Syria
# 77
Cambodia :
181,040
1979
Geography of Cambodia
# 78
Uruguay :
176,220
1979
Geography of Uruguay
# 79
Tunisia :
163,610
1979
Geography of Tunisia
# 80
Suriname :
163,270
1979
Geography of Suriname
# 81
Nepal :
147,180
1979
Geography of Nepal
# 82
Bangladesh :
144,000
1979
Geography of Bangladesh
# 83
Greece :
131,960
1979
Geography of Greece
# 84
Nicaragua :
130,370
1979
Geography of Nicaragua
# 85
Malawi :
118,480
1979
Geography of Malawi
# 86
Benin :
112,620
1979
Geography of Benin
# 87
Honduras :
112,090
1979
Geography of Honduras
# 88
Liberia :
111,370
1979
Geography of Liberia
# 89
Bulgaria :
110,990
1979
Geography of Bulgaria
# 90
Cuba :
110,860
1979
Geography of Cuba
# 91
Guatemala :
108,890
1979
Geography of Guatemala
# 92
Iceland :
103,000
1979
Geography of Iceland
# 93
Hungary :
93,030
1979
Geography of Hungary
# 94
Portugal :
92,120
1979
Geography of Portugal
# 95
Jordan :
88,780
1979
Geography of Jordan
# 96
Austria :
83,870
1979
Geography of Austria
# 97
United Arab Emirates :
83,600
1979
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 98
Panama :
75,420
1979
Geography of Panama
# 99
Sierra Leone :
71,740
1979
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 100
Ireland :
70,280
1979
Geography of Ireland
# 101
Sri Lanka :
65,610
1979
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 102
Togo :
56,790
1979
Geography of Togo
# 103
Costa Rica :
51,100
1979
Geography of Costa Rica
# 104
Dominican Republic :
48,670
1979
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 105
Bhutan :
47,000
1979
Geography of Bhutan
# 106
Denmark :
43,090
1979
Geography of Denmark
# 107
Netherlands :
41,530
1979
Geography of Netherlands
# 108
Switzerland :
41,280
1979
Geography of Switzerland
# 109
Guinea-Bissau :
36,120
1979
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
# 110
Lesotho :
30,350
1979
Geography of Lesotho
# 111
Solomon Islands :
28,900
1979
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 112
Albania :
28,750
1979
Geography of Albania
# 113
Equatorial Guinea :
28,050
1979
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 114
Burundi :
27,830
1979
Geography of Burundi
# 115
Haiti :
27,750
1979
Geography of Haiti
# 116
Rwanda :
26,340
1979
Geography of Rwanda
# 117
Djibouti :
23,200
1979
Geography of Djibouti
# 118
Belize :
22,970
1979
Geography of Belize
# 119
Israel :
22,070
1979
Geography of Israel
# 120
El Salvador :
21,040
1979
Geography of El Salvador
# 121
New Caledonia :
18,580
1979
Geography of New Caledonia
# 122
Fiji :
18,270
1979
Geography of Fiji
# 123
Kuwait :
17,820
1979
Geography of Kuwait
# 124
Swaziland :
17,360
1979
Geography of Swaziland
# 125
East Timor :
14,870
1979
Geography of East Timor
# 126
Bahamas, The :
13,880
1979
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 127
Vanuatu :
12,190
1979
Geography of Vanuatu
# 128
Qatar :
11,590
1979
Geography of Qatar
# 129
Gambia, The :
11,300
1979
Geography of Gambia, The
# 130
Jamaica :
10,990
1979
Geography of Jamaica
# 131
Lebanon :
10,400
1979
Geography of Lebanon
# 132
Cyprus :
9,250
1979
Geography of Cyprus
# 133
Puerto Rico :
8,950
1979
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 134
Brunei :
5,770
1979
Geography of Brunei
# 135
Trinidad and Tobago :
5,130
1979
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 136
Cape Verde :
4,030
1979
Geography of Cape Verde
# 137
French Polynesia :
4,000
1979
Geography of French Polynesia
# 138
Samoa :
2,840
1979
Geography of Samoa
# 139
Mauritius :
2,040
1979
Geography of Mauritius
# 140
Comoros :
1,861
1979
Geography of Comoros
# 141
Faroe Islands :
1,400
1979
Geography of Faroe Islands
# 142
São Tomé and Príncipe :
960
1979
Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
# 143
Turks and Caicos Islands :
950
1979
Geography of Turks and Caicos Islands
# 144
Kiribati :
810
1979
Geography of Kiribati
# 145
Netherlands Antilles :
800
1979
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 146
Dominica :
750
1979
Geography of Dominica
# 147
Tonga :
750
1979
Geography of Tonga
# 148
Bahrain :
690
1979
Geography of Bahrain
# 149
Singapore :
680
1979
Geography of Singapore
# 150
Saint Lucia :
620
1979
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 151
Man, Isle of :
570
1979
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 152
Guam :
540
1979
Geography of Guam
# 153
Seychelles :
460
1979
Geography of Seychelles
# 154
Antigua and Barbuda :
440
1979
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 155
Barbados :
430
1979
Geography of Barbados
# 156
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
390
1979
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 157
Mayotte :
374
1979
Geography of Mayotte
# 158
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
350
1979
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 159
Virgin Islands :
350
1979
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 160
Grenada :
340
1979
Geography of Grenada
# 161
Malta :
320
1979
Geography of Malta
# 162
Maldives :
300
1979
Geography of Maldives
# 163
Cayman Islands :
260
1979
Geography of Cayman Islands
# 164
American Samoa :
200
1979
Geography of American Samoa
# 165
Aruba :
180
1979
Geography of Aruba
# 166
Liechtenstein :
160
1979
Geography of Liechtenstein
# 167
San Marino :
60
1979
Geography of San Marino
# 168
Bermuda :
50
1979
Geography of Bermuda
# 169
Tuvalu :
30
1979
Geography of Tuvalu
# 170
Gibraltar :
10
1979
Geography of Gibraltar
# 171
Monaco :
2
1979
Geography of Monaco
Weighted average:
618,530.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
4,329,550
DEFINITION: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways."
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.
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