The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 Geography
Area - comparative In 32 editions of 36.
Area - comparative was published in 32 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2006 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2006 edition
- 262
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Area - comparative” (1997 to 2025), “Comparative area” (1990 to 1992), “Area--comparative” (1999) and “Area-comparative” (1998).
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World
1 entryAfrica
58 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US
Iles Eparses
- Bassas da India:
- land area about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Europa Island:
- about one-sixth the size of Washington, DC
- Glorioso Islands:
- about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Juan de Nova Island:
- about seven times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Tromelin Island:
- about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Antarctic Region
5 entriesArctic Region
4 entriesAsia
23 entriesCentral America and the Caribbean
32 entriesEurope
48 entriesMiddle East
19 entriesNorth America
6 entriesUnited States
- about half the size of Russia;
- about three-tenths the size of Africa;
- about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil);
- slightly larger than China;
- almost two and a half times the size of the European Union
Oceania
28 entriesMicronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
- Baker Island:
- about two and a half times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Howland Island:
- about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Jarvis Island:
- about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Johnston Atoll:
- about four and a half times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Kingman Reef:
- a little more than one and a half times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Midway Islands:
- about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Palmyra Atoll:
- about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
19 entriesOceans
5 entriesPacific Ocean
- about 15 times the size of the US;
- covers about 28% of the global surface;
- larger than the total land area of the world
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Area - comparative”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/area-comparative/2006.