The CIA World Factbook Edition 2011 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 2011 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2011 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 entryWorld
land area about 16 times the size of the US
- top fifteen World Factbook entities ranked by size:
- Pacific Ocean 155.557 million sq km;
- Atlantic Ocean 76.762 million sq km;
- Indian Ocean 68.556 million sq km;
- Southern Ocean 20.327 million sq km;
- Russia 17,098,242 sq km;
- Arctic Ocean 14.056 million sq km;
- Antarctica 14 million sq km;
- Canada 9,984,670 sq km;
- United States 9,826,675 sq km;
- China 9,596,961 sq km;
- Brazil 8,514,877 sq km;
- Australia 7,741,220 sq km;
- European Union 4,324,782 sq km;
- India 3,287,263 sq km;
- Argentina 2,780,400 sq km
- top ten largest islands:
- Greenland 2,166,086 sq km;
- New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) 785,753 sq km;
- Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia) 751,929 sq km;
- Madagascar 587,713 sq km;
- Baffin Island (Canada) 507,451 sq km;
- Sumatra (Indonesia) 472,784 sq km;
- Honshu (Japan) 227,963 sq km;
- Victoria Island (Canada) 217,291 sq km;
- Great Britain (United Kingdom) 209,331 sq km;
- Ellesmere Island (Canada) 196,236 sq km
Africa
57 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US
Antarctic Region
5 entriesFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
- less than one-half the size of Washington, DC
- Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
- more than 10 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Iles Crozet:
- about twice the size of Washington, DC
- Iles Kerguelen:
- slightly larger than Delaware
- Bassas da India (Iles Eparses):
- land area about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Europa Island (Iles Eparses):
- about one-sixth the size of Washington, DC
- Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses):
- about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses):
- about seven times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses):
- about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
slightly larger than Rhode Island
Arctic Region
4 entriesAsia
23 entriesCentral America and the Caribbean
33 entriesEurope
49 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;
- more than twice 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
13 entriesSoutheast Asia
19 entriesOceans
5 entriesPacific Ocean
- about 15 times the size of the US;
- covers about 28% of the global surface;
- almost equal to the total land area of the world
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2011, “Area - comparative”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/area-comparative/2011.