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All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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galafron 1st August 2009 |
Missing are Lesotho, Andorra, Channels Islands and Greenland. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Thomas 2nd December 2004 |
Because geographic entities are being compared here and not countries |
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Mike 29th November 2004 |
Why are you comparing sizes of oceans and countries? |
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