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DEFINITION:
Total water area in square kilometers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 26.75 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Guyana | 23.36 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 3 | The Bahamas | 11.11 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Iceland | 8.66 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Botswana | 7.76 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Gabon | 6.74 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 7 | Finland | 6.34 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.35 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 4.87 sq km | 2008 | |||
| 9 | Sweden | 4.23 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Liberia | 4.1 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 11 | Turkmenistan | 3.83 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Sudan | 3.81 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Mongolia | 3.56 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Suriname | 3.49 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Norway | 3.43 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Eritrea | 3.42 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Australia | 3.22 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 3.03 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 2.96 sq km | 2008 | |||
| 19 | Chad | 2.25 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Colombia | 2.22 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 21 | United States | 2.19 sq km | 2008 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 2.11 sq km | 2008 | |||
| 22 | New Caledonia | 1.99 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 23 | French Polynesia | 1.93 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 1.89 sq km | 2005 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 1.87 sq km | 2005 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 1.81 sq km | 2008 | |||
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 1.81 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1.8 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 25 | Malawi | 1.73 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Nicaragua | 1.63 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Papua New Guinea | 1.52 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Mali | 1.52 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Paraguay | 1.52 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Estonia | 1.5 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Bolivia | 1.44 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Tanzania | 1.39 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.35 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.32 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 1.31 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1.3 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 36 | Brunei | 1.29 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 1.27 sq km | 2005 | |||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 1.25 sq km | 2005 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 1.21 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 37 | Uganda | 1.14 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 38 | Somalia | 1.13 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 1.12 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 39 | Venezuela | 1.07 sq km | 2008 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 1.05 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 40 | Laos | 0.977 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 0.959 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 41 | Zambia | 0.955 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 0.889 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 42 | The Gambia | 0.824 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 0.82 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 0.806 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Tunisia | 0.799 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 45 | Uruguay | 0.776 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 46 | Mozambique | 0.769 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Lithuania | 0.767 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Argentina | 0.761 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.705 sq km | 2008 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 0.694 sq km | 2005 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 0.659 sq km | 2008 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 0.654 sq km | 2008 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 0.628 sq km | 2008 | |||
| 49 | Panama | 0.622 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 50 | Russia | 0.559 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 0.559 sq km | 2005 | |||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 0.549 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 51 | Belize | 0.545 sq km | 2008 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 0.541 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 52 | Ukraine | 0.514 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Namibia | 0.494 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Belarus | 0.486 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Chile | 0.484 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 56 | Netherlands | 0.465 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Ecuador | 0.463 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.448 sq km | 2008 | |||
| 58 | Latvia | 0.441 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 59 | Armenia | 0.433 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 60 | Mexico | 0.431 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 61 | Albania | 0.428 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 0.412 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 62 | Burma | 0.406 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 63 | Togo | 0.401 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Indonesia | 0.397 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Ghana | 0.369 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 0.355 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 66 | Kenya | 0.346 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Senegal | 0.342 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Romania | 0.333 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Cambodia | 0.324 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Ireland | 0.314 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 71 | Cameroon | 0.306 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 0.306 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 73 | Tonga | 0.291 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Brazil | 0.289 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 75 | Madagascar | 0.276 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 76 | India | 0.268 sq km | 2008 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.265 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 77 | Burundi | 0.253 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.244 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Benin | 0.223 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Poland | 0.216 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 81 | China | 0.204 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Switzerland | 0.199 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 83 | Peru | 0.182 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 84 | Austria | 0.171 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Iraq | 0.167 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Iran | 0.165 sq km | 2008 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.161 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 87 | Czech Republic | 0.153 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 88 | Nepal | 0.152 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 89 | Pakistan | 0.151 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Turkey | 0.14 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 91 | Swaziland | 0.139 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 92 | Rwanda | 0.136 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Moldova | 0.132 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Denmark | 0.127 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 95 | Italy | 0.121 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 96 | Spain | 0.115 sq km | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 0.107 sq km | 2005 | |||
| 97 | Greece | 0.101 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 98 | South Africa | 0.0979 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Costa Rica | 0.0971 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Germany | 0.095 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 101 | Cuba | 0.0921 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Ethiopia | 0.0901 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 103 | Mauritania | 0.0876 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 104 | Nigeria | 0.086 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 105 | Egypt | 0.0795 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 106 | Hungary | 0.0687 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 107 | Bangladesh | 0.0682 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 108 | Slovenia | 0.0604 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 109 | Israel | 0.0602 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 110 | Jamaica | 0.0595 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 0.0579 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0.0571 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Jordan | 0.0569 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 114 | Syria | 0.0555 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.055 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 116 | Samoa | 0.0545 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 117 | United Kingdom | 0.0526 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 118 | El Salvador | 0.052 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 119 | Vietnam | 0.0493 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 120 | Bulgaria | 0.0472 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 121 | Malaysia | 0.044 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0.043 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 123 | Portugal | 0.0414 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 124 | Lebanon | 0.0406 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 0.0359 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 126 | Guatemala | 0.0337 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 127 | Thailand | 0.0337 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 128 | Croatia | 0.0289 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 129 | Honduras | 0.0273 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 0.0273 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 131 | Djibouti | 0.0247 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 132 | Japan | 0.0242 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 133 | Belgium | 0.0233 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 134 | France | 0.022 sq km | 2006 | ||
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 0.0217 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 136 | Niger | 0.0204 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Philippines | 0.0202 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 138 | Haiti | 0.0197 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 139 | Guinea | 0.0146 sq km | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Cyprus | 0.00928 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 141 | Slovakia | 0.00832 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 142 | Morocco | 0.00808 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 143 | Mauritius | 0.00788 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 144 | Hong Kong | 0.00719 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 145 | South Korea | 0.00592 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 146 | North Korea | 0.00536 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00316 sq km | 2008 | ||
| 148 | Singapore | 0.00207 sq km | 2008 | ||
| =149 | East Timor | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Dominica | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Monaco | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Bahrain | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Libya | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Barbados | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Luxembourg | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | American Samoa | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Andorra | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Palau | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Tuvalu | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Georgia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Fiji | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Qatar | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Maldives | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Aruba | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Cape Verde | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Oman | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Yemen | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Macau | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Guam | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | San Marino | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Angola | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Algeria | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Marshall Islands | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Kiribati | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Grenada | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Malta | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Kuwait | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =149 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2005 |