The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 Geography
Area In 35 editions of 36.
Area was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 266 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 1990
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World
1 entryWorld
- total area:
- 510.072 million km2
- land area:
- 148.94 million km2
- water area:
- 361.132 million km2
- comparative area:
- land area about 16 times the size of the US
note: 70.8% of the world is water, 29.2% is land
Africa
62 entriesAlgeria
- total area:
- 2,381,740 km2
- land area:
- 2,381,740 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas
Angola
- total area:
- 1,246,700 km2
- land area:
- 1,246,700 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Benin
- total area:
- 112,620 km2
- land area:
- 110,620 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Burkina now Burkina Faso
- total area:
- 274,200 km2
- land area:
- 273,800 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Colorado
Cape Verde now Cabo Verde
- total area:
- 4,030 km2
- land area:
- 4,030 km2 comparative area: slightly larger than Rhode Island
Cameroon
- total area:
- 475,440 km2
- land area:
- 469,440 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than California
Central African Republic
- total area:
- 622,980 km2
- land area:
- 622,980 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Texas
Chad
- total area:
- 1.284 million km2
- land area:
- 1,259,200 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than three times the size of California
Comoros
- total area:
- 2,170 km2
- land area:
- 2,170 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC
Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total area:
- 2,345,410 km2
- land area:
- 2,267,600 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than one-quarter the size of US
Congo now Republic of the Congo
- total area:
- 342,000 km2
- land area:
- 341,500 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Montana
Cote d'Ivoire
- total area:
- 322,460 km2
- land area:
- 318,000 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New Mexico
Djibouti
- total area:
- 22,000 km2
- land area:
- 21,980 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Massachusetts
Egypt
- total area:
- 1,001,450 km2
- land area:
- 995,450 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico
Equatorial Guinea
- total area:
- 28,050 km2
- land area:
- 28,050 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Maryland
Eritrea
- total area:
- 121,320 km2
- land area:
- 121,320 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Pennsylvania
Swaziland now Eswatini
- total area:
- 17,360 km2
- land area:
- 17,200 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than New Jersey
Ethiopia
- total area:
- 1,127,127 km2
- land area:
- 1,119,683 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Europa Island
- total area:
- 28 km2
- land area:
- 28 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
The Gambia
- total area:
- 11,300 km2
- land area:
- 10,000 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Delaware
Glorioso Islands
- total area:
- 5 km2
- land area:
- 5 km2
- comparative area:
- about 8.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock
Guinea-Bissau
- total area:
- 36,120 km2
- land area:
- 28,000 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
Juan de Nova Island
- total area:
- 4.4 km2
- land area:
- 4.4 km2
- comparative area:
- about 7.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Kenya
- total area:
- 582,650 km2
- land area:
- 569,250 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Nevada
Liberia
- total area:
- 111,370 km2
- land area:
- 96,320 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Tennessee
Libya
- total area:
- 1,759,540 km2
- land area:
- 1,759,540 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Alaska
Madagascar
- total area:
- 587,040 km2
- land area:
- 581,540 km2 comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Arizona
Malawi
- total area:
- 118,480 km2
- land area:
- 94,080 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Pennsylvania
Mali
- total area:
- 1.24 million km2
- land area:
- 1.22 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Mauritania
- total area:
- 1,030,700 km2
- land area:
- 1,030,400 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico
Mauritius
- total area:
- 1,860 km2
- land area:
- 1,850 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 10.5 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
Mayotte
- total area:
- 375 km2
- land area:
- 375 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Morocco
- total area:
- 446,550 km2
- land area:
- 446,300 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than California
Mozambique
- total area:
- 801,590 km2
- land area:
- 784,090 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of California
Namibia
- total area:
- 824,290 km2
- land area:
- 823,290 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than half the size of Alaska
Niger
- total area:
- 1.267 million km2
- land area:
- 1,266,700 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Nigeria
- total area:
- 923,770 km2
- land area:
- 910,770 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of California
Reunion
- total area:
- 2,510 km2
- land area:
- 2,500 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- total area:
- 410 km2
- land area:
- 410 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 2.3 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha
Sao Tome and Principe
- total area:
- 960 km2
- land area:
- 960 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 5.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Senegal
- total area:
- 196,190 km2
- land area:
- 192,000 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than South Dakota
Seychelles
- total area:
- 455 km2
- land area:
- 455 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Sierra Leone
- total area:
- 71,740 km2
- land area:
- 71,620 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than South Carolina
South Africa
- total area:
- 1,221,040 km2
- land area:
- 1,221,040 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Texas
note: includes Walvis Bay, Marion Island, and Prince Edward Island
Sudan
- total area:
- 2,505,810 km2
- land area:
- 2.376 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US
Tanzania
- total area:
- 945,090 km2
- land area:
- 886,040 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than twice the size of California
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Togo
- total area:
- 56,790 km2
- land area:
- 54,390 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than West Virginia
Tromelin Island
- total area:
- 1 km2
- land area:
- 1 km2
- comparative area:
- about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Western Sahara
- total area:
- 266,000 km2
- land area:
- 266,000 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Colorado
Zimbabwe
- total area:
- 390,580 km2
- land area:
- 386,670 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Montana
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
- total area:
- 14 million km2 (est.)
- land area:
- 14 million km2 (est.)
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
note: second-smallest continent (after Australia)
Bouvet Island
- total area:
- 58 km2
- land area:
- 58 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- total area:
- 7,781 km2
- land area:
- 7,781 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Delaware
note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles Crozet; excludes Terre Adelie claim of about 500,000 km2 in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- total area:
- 412 km2
- land area:
- 412 km2 comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- total area:
- 4,066 km2
- land area:
- 4,066 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Rhode Island
note: includes Shag Rocks, Clerke Rocks, Bird Island
Arctic Region
4 entriesGreenland
- total area:
- 2,175,600 km2
- land area:
- 341,700 km2 (ice free)
- comparative area:
- slightly more than three times the size of Texas
Iceland
- total area:
- 103,000 km2
- land area:
- 100,250 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Kentucky
Jan Mayen
- total area:
- 373 km2
- land area:
- 373 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Svalbard
- total area:
- 62,049 km2
- land area:
- 62,049 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than West Virginia
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Asia
23 entriesAfghanistan
- total area:
- 647,500 km2
- land area:
- 647,500 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Texas
Azerbaijan
- total area:
- 86,600 km2
- land area:
- 86,100 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Maine
note: includes the Nakhichevan' Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast; region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijan Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
Bangladesh
- total area:
- 144,000 km2
- land area:
- 133,910 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Bhutan
- total area:
- 47,000 km2
- land area:
- 47,000 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than half the size of Indiana
British Indian Ocean Territory
- total area:
- 60 km2
- land area:
- 60 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes the island of Diego Garcia
China
- total area:
- 9,596,960 km2
- land area:
- 9,326,410 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than the US
Georgia
- total area:
- 69,700 km2
- land area:
- 69,700 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than South Carolina
India
- total area:
- 3,287,590 km2
- land area:
- 2,973,190 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Japan
- total area:
- 377,835 km2
- land area:
- 374,744 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than California
note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okinotori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
Kazakhstan
- total area:
- 2,717,300 km2
- land area:
- 2,669,800 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than four times the size of Texas
Korea, North now North Korea
- total area:
- 120,540 km2
- land area:
- 120,410 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Mississippi
Korea, South now South Korea
- total area:
- 98,480 km2
- land area:
- 98,190 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Indiana
Kyrgyzstan
- total area:
- 198,500 km2
- land area:
- 191,300 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than South Dakota
Maldives
- total area:
- 300 km2
- land area:
- 300 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Mongolia
- total area:
- 1.565 million km2
- land area:
- 1.565 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Alaska
Pakistan
- total area:
- 803,940 km2
- land area:
- 778,720 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of California
Russia
- total area:
- 17,075,200 km2
- land area:
- 16,995,800 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 1.8 times the size of the US
Sri Lanka
- total area:
- 65,610 km2
- land area:
- 64,740 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than West Virginia
Tajikistan
- total area:
- 143,100 km2
- land area:
- 142,700 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Turkmenistan
- total area:
- 488,100 km2
- land area:
- 488,100 km2 comparative area: slightly larger than California
Uzbekistan
- total area:
- 447,400 km2
- land area:
- 425,400 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than California
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total area:
- 440 km2
- land area:
- 440 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Redonda
The Bahamas
- total area:
- 13,940 km2
- land area:
- 10,070 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Connecticut
Barbados
- total area:
- 430 km2
- land area:
- 430 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Belize
- total area:
- 22,960 km2
- land area:
- 22,800 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Massachusetts
British Virgin Islands
- total area:
- 150 km2
- land area:
- 150 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.8 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes the island of Anegada
Cayman Islands
- total area:
- 260 km2
- land area:
- 260 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Costa Rica
- total area:
- 51,100 km2
- land area:
- 50,660 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than West Virginia
note: includes Isla del Coco
Cuba
- total area:
- 110,860 km2
- land area:
- 110,860 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Dominica
- total area:
- 750 km2
- land area:
- 750 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC
Dominican Republic
- total area:
- 48,730 km2
- land area:
- 48,380 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire
El Salvador
- total area:
- 21,040 km2
- land area:
- 20,720 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Grenada
- total area:
- 340 km2
- land area:
- 340 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC
Guadeloupe
- total area:
- 1,780 km2 land area: 1,760 km2
- comparative area:
- 10 times the size of Washington, DC
Guatemala
- total area:
- 108,890 km2
- land area:
- 108,430 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Tennessee
Honduras
- total area:
- 112,090 km2
- land area:
- 111,890 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Tennessee
Jamaica
- total area:
- 10,990 km2
- land area:
- 10,830 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Connecticut
Martinique
- total area:
- 1,100 km2
- land area:
- 1,060 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC
Montserrat
- total area:
- 100 km2
- land area:
- 100 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC
Netherlands Antilles
- total area:
- 960 km2
- land area:
- 960 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 5.5 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)
Nicaragua
- total area:
- 129,494 km2
- land area:
- 120,254 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New York State
Panama
- total area:
- 78,200 km2
- land area:
- 75,990 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than South Carolina
Puerto Rico
- total area:
- 9,104 km2
- land area:
- 8,959 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than three times the size of Rhode Island
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total area:
- 269 km2
- land area:
- 269 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Saint Lucia
- total area:
- 620 km2
- land area:
- 610 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total area:
- 340 km2
- land area:
- 340 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC
Trinidad and Tobago
- total area:
- 5,130 km2
- land area:
- 5,130 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Delaware
Turks and Caicos Islands
- total area:
- 430 km2
- land area:
- 430 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Virgin Islands
- total area:
- 352 km2
- land area:
- 349 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC
Europe
46 entriesAndorra
- total area:
- 450 km2
- land area:
- 450 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- total area:
- 51,233 km2
- land area:
- 51,233 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Tennessee
Bulgaria
- total area:
- 110,910 km2
- land area:
- 110,550 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Tennessee
Croatia
- total area:
- 56,538 km2
- land area:
- 56,410 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than West Virginia
Czech Republic now Czechia
- total area:
- 78,703 km2
- land area:
- 78,645 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than South Carolina
Denmark
- total area:
- 43,070 km2
- land area:
- 42,370 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Massachusetts
note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Estonia
- total area:
- 45,100 km2
- land area:
- 43,200 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New Hampshire and Vermont combined
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
Faroe Islands
- total area:
- 1,400 km2
- land area:
- 1,400 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than eight times the size of Washington, DC
Finland
- total area:
- 337,030 km2
- land area:
- 305,470 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Montana
France
- total area:
- 547,030 km2
- land area:
- 545,630 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Colorado
note: includes Corsica and the rest of metropolitan France, but excludes the overseas administrative divisions
Germany
- total area:
- 356,910 km2
- land area:
- 349,520 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Montana
note: includes the formerly separate Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, and Berlin following formal unification on 3 October 1990
Gibraltar
- total area:
- 6.5 km2
- land area:
- 6.5 km2
- comparative area:
- about 11 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Guernsey
- total area:
- 194 km2
- land area:
- 194 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Washington, DC
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Holy See (Vatican City)
- total area:
- 0.44 km2
- land area:
- 0.44 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Ireland
- total area:
- 70,280 km2
- land area:
- 68,890 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than West Virginia
Man, Isle of now Isle of Man
- total area:
- 588 km2
- land area:
- 588 km2
- comparative area:
- nearly 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Italy
- total area:
- 301,230 km2
- land area:
- 294,020 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Arizona
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily
Jersey
- total area:
- 117 km2
- land area:
- 117 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Latvia
- total area:
- 64,100 km2
- land area:
- 64,100 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than West Virginia
Liechtenstein
- total area:
- 160 km2
- land area:
- 160 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC
Lithuania
- total area:
- 65,200 km2
- land area:
- 65,200 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than West Virginia
Luxembourg
- total area:
- 2,586 km2
- land area:
- 2,586 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Malta
- total area:
- 320 km2
- land area:
- 320 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC
Moldova
- total area:
- 33,700 km2
- land area:
- 33,700 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Hawaii
Monaco
- total area:
- 1.9 km2
- land area:
- 1.9 km2
- comparative area:
- about three times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Netherlands
- total area:
- 37,330 km2
- land area:
- 33,920 km2 comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Macedonia now North Macedonia
- total area:
- 25,333 km2
- land area:
- 24,856 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Vermont
Norway
- total area:
- 324,220 km2
- land area:
- 307,860 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New Mexico
Poland
- total area:
- 312,680 km2
- land area:
- 304,510 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than New Mexico
Portugal
- total area:
- 92,080 km2
- land area:
- 91,640 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Indiana
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
San Marino
- total area:
- 60 km2
- land area:
- 60 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Serbia and Montenegro
- total area:
- 102,350 km2
- land area:
- 102,136 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Kentucky
note: Serbia has a total area and a land area of 88,412 km2 making it slightly larger than Maine; Montenegro has a total area of 13,938 km2 and a land area of 13,724 km2 making it slightly larger than Connecticut
Slovakia
- total area:
- 48,845 km2
- land area:
- 48,800 km2
- comparative area:
- about twice the size of New Hampshire
Slovenia
- total area:
- 20,296 km2 land area: 20,296 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New Jersey
Spain
- total area:
- 504,750 km2
- land area:
- 499,400 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Oregon
note: includes Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and five places of sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco - Ceuta, Mellila, Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
Sweden
- total area:
- 449,964 km2
- land area:
- 410,928 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than California
Switzerland
- total area:
- 41,290 km2
- land area:
- 39,770 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey
United Kingdom
- total area:
- 244,820 km2
- land area:
- 241,590 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Oregon
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
Middle East
17 entriesBahrain
- total area:
- 620 km2
- land area:
- 620 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Cyprus
- total area:
- 9,250 km2
- land area:
- 9,240 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut
Gaza Strip
- total area:
- 380 km2
- land area:
- 380 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Iran
- total area:
- 1.648 million km2
- land area:
- 1.636 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Alaska
Iraq
- total area:
- 437,072 km2 land area: 432,162 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Idaho
Kuwait
- total area:
- 17,820 km2
- land area:
- 17,820 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than New Jersey
Lebanon
- total area:
- 10,400 km2
- land area:
- 10,230 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.8 times the size of Connecticut
Qatar
- total area:
- 11,000 km2
- land area:
- 11,000 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Connecticut
Saudi Arabia
- total area:
- 1,960,582 km2
- land area:
- 1,960,582 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US
Syria
- total area:
- 185,180 km2
- land area:
- 184,050 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than North Dakota
note: includes 1,295 km2 of Israeli-occupied territory
Turkey now Turkiye
- total area:
- 780,580 km2
- land area:
- 770,760 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Texas
United Arab Emirates
- total area:
- 75,581 km2
- land area:
- 75,581 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Maine
West Bank
- total area:
- 5,860 km2
- land area:
- 5,640 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Delaware
note: includes West Bank, East Jerusalem, Latrun Salient, Jerusalem No Man's Land, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus
Yemen
- total area:
- 527,970 km2
- land area:
- 527,970 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen)
North America
6 entriesBermuda
- total area:
- 50 km2
- land area:
- 50 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Clipperton Island
- total area:
- 7 km2
- land area:
- 7 km2
- comparative area:
- about 12 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Mexico
- total area:
- 1,972,550 km2
- land area:
- 1,923,040 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than three times the size of Texas
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- total area:
- 242 km2
- land area:
- 242 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
United States
- total area:
- 9,372,610 km2
- land area:
- 9,166,600 km2
- comparative area:
- about half the size of Russia;
- about three-tenths the size of Africa;
- about one-half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil);
- slightly smaller than China;
- about two and one-half times the size of Western Europe
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
Oceania
34 entriesAmerican Samoa
- total area:
- 199 km2
- land area:
- 199 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Washington, DC
note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island
Australia
- total area:
- 7,686,850 km2
- land area:
- 7,617,930 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than the US
note: includes Macquarie Island
Baker Island
- total area:
- 1.4 km2
- land area:
- 1.4 km2
- comparative area:
- about 2.3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Cook Islands
- total area:
- 240 km2
- land area:
- 240 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Coral Sea Islands
- total area:
- less than 3 km2
- land area:
- less than 3 km2
- comparative area:
- NA
note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 1 million km2, with Willis Islets the most important
French Polynesia
- total area:
- 3,941 km2
- land area:
- 3,660 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Guam
- total area:
- 541.3 km2
- land area:
- 541.3 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC
Howland Island
- total area:
- 1.6 km2
- land area:
- 1.6 km2
- comparative area:
- about 2.7 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Jarvis Island
- total area:
- 4.5 km2
- land area:
- 4.5 km2
- comparative area:
- about 7.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Johnston Atoll
- total area:
- 2.8 km2
- land area:
- 2.8 km2
- comparative area:
- about 4.7 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Kingman Reef
- total area:
- 1 km2
- land area:
- 1 km2
- comparative area:
- about 1.7 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Kiribati
- total area:
- 717 km2
- land area:
- 717 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands
Marshall Islands
- total area:
- 181.3 km2
- land area:
- 181.3 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Washington, DC
note: includes the atolls of Bikini, Eniwetok, and Kwajalein
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total area:
- 702 km2
- land area:
- 702 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than four times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Truk (Chuuk), Yap, and Kosrae
Midway Islands
- total area:
- 5.2 km2
- land area:
- 5.2 km2
- comparative area:
- about nine times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
note: includes Eastern Island and Sand Island
Nauru
- total area:
- 21 km2
- land area:
- 21 km2
- comparative area:
- about one-tenth the size of Washington, DC
New Caledonia
- total area:
- 19,060 km2
- land area:
- 18,760 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than New Jersey
New Zealand
- total area:
- 268,680 km2
- land area:
- 268,670 km2
- comparative area:
- about the size of Colorado
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
Niue
- total area:
- 260 km2
- land area:
- 260 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Norfolk Island
- total area:
- 34.6 km2
- land area:
- 34.6 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Northern Mariana Islands
- total area:
- 477 km2
- land area:
- 477 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) now Palau
- total area:
- 458 km2
- land area:
- 458 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Palmyra Atoll
- total area:
- 11.9 km2
- land area:
- 11.9 km2
- comparative area:
- about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Papua New Guinea
- total area:
- 461,690 km2
- land area:
- 451,710 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than California
Pitcairn Islands
- total area:
- 47 km2
- land area:
- 47 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Western Samoa now Samoa
- total area:
- 2,860 km2 land area: 2,850 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Solomon Islands
- total area:
- 28,450 km2
- land area:
- 27,540 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Maryland
Tokelau
- total area:
- 10 km2
- land area:
- 10 km2 comparative area: about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Tonga
- total area:
- 748 km2
- land area:
- 718 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC
Tuvalu
- total area:
- 26 km2
- land area:
- 26 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Vanuatu
- total area:
- 14,760 km2
- land area:
- 14,760 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Connecticut
note: includes more than 80 islands
Wake Island
- total area:
- 6.5 km2
- land area:
- 6.5 km2 comparative area: about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Wallis and Futuna
- total area:
- 274 km2
- land area:
- 274 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Washington, DC
note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets
South America
14 entriesArgentina
- total area:
- 2,766,890 km2
- land area:
- 2,736,690 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US
Bolivia
- total area:
- 1,098,580 km2
- land area:
- 1,084,390 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Brazil
- total area:
- 8,511,965 km2
- land area:
- 8,456,510 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than the US
note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
Chile
- total area:
- 756,950 km2
- land area:
- 748,800 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana
note: includes Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) and Isla Sala y Gomez
Colombia
- total area:
- 1,138,910 km2
- land area:
- 1,038,700 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than three times the size of Montana
note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank
Ecuador
- total area:
- 283,560 km2
- land area:
- 276,840 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Nevada
note: includes Galapagos Islands
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- total area:
- 12,170 km2
- land area:
- 12,170 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Connecticut
note: includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands
French Guiana
- total area:
- 91,000 km2
- land area:
- 89,150 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Indiana
Paraguay
- total area:
- 406,750 km2
- land area:
- 397,300 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than California
Peru
- total area:
- 1,285,220 km2
- land area:
- 1.28 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Alaska
Suriname
- total area:
- 163,270 km2
- land area:
- 161,470 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Georgia
Uruguay
- total area:
- 176,220 km2
- land area:
- 173,620 km2 comparative area: slightly smaller than Washington State
Venezuela
- total area:
- 912,050 km2
- land area:
- 882,050 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of California
Southeast Asia
18 entriesAshmore and Cartier Islands
- total area:
- 5 km2
- land area:
- 5 km2
- comparative area:
- about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
Burma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total area:
- 678,500 km2
- land area:
- 657,740 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Texas
Cambodia
- total area:
- 181,040 km2
- land area:
- 176,520 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly smaller than Oklahoma
Christmas Island
- total area:
- 135 km2
- land area:
- 135 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.8 times the size of Washington, DC
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- total area:
- 14 km2
- land area:
- 14 km2
- comparative area:
- about 24 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
Hong Kong
- total area:
- 1,040 km2
- land area:
- 990 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than six times the size of Washington, DC
Indonesia
- total area:
- 1,919,440 km2
- land area:
- 1,826,440 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than three times the size of Texas
Macau
- total area:
- 16 km2
- land area:
- 16 km2
- comparative area:
- about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Malaysia
- total area:
- 329,750 km2
- land area:
- 328,550 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New Mexico
Philippines
- total area:
- 300,000 km2
- land area:
- 298,170 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Arizona
Singapore
- total area:
- 632.6 km2
- land area:
- 622.6 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Spratly Islands
- total area:
- NA km2 but less than 5 km2
- land area:
- less than 5 km2
- comparative area:
- NA
note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over the South China Sea
Taiwan
- total area:
- 35,980 km2
- land area:
- 32,260 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Maryland and Delaware combined
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy
Thailand
- total area:
- 514,000 km2
- land area:
- 511,770 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming
Vietnam
- total area:
- 329,560 km2
- land area:
- 325,360 km2
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New Mexico
Oceans
4 entriesArctic Ocean
- total area:
- 14.056 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly more than 1.5 times the size of the US; smallest of the world's four oceans (after Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean)
note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Atlantic Ocean
- total area:
- 82.217 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than nine times the size of the US;
- second-largest of the world's four oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than Indian Ocean or Arctic Ocean)
note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Indian Ocean
- total area:
- 73.6 million km2
- comparative area:
- slightly less than eight times the size of the US; third-largest ocean (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Arctic Ocean)
note: includes Arabian Sea, Bass Straight, Bay of Bengal, Java Sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Straight of Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Pacific Ocean
- total area:
- 165.384 million km2
- comparative area:
- about 18 times the size of the US;
- the largest ocean (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean);
- covers about one-third of the global surface;
- larger than the total land area of the world
note: includes Arafura Sea, Banda Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Makassar Strait, Philippine Sea, Ross Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Area”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/area/1993.