The CIA World Factbook Edition 2014 Geography
Area In 35 editions of 36.
Area was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2014 edition carries it in 267 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2014 edition
- 267
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
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World
1 entryWorld
- total:
- 510.072 million sq km
- land:
- 148.94 million sq km
- water:
- 361.132 million sq km
note: 70.9% of the world's surface is water, 29.1% is land
Africa
56 entriesAlgeria
- total:
- 2,381,741 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 10
- land:
- 2,381,741 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Botswana
- total:
- 581,730 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 48
- land:
- 566,730 sq km
- water:
- 15,000 sq km
Burkina Faso
- total:
- 274,200 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 75
- land:
- 273,800 sq km
- water:
- 400 sq km
Cameroon
- total:
- 475,440 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 54
- land:
- 472,710 sq km
- water:
- 2,730 sq km
Central African Republic
- total:
- 622,984 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 45
- land:
- 622,984 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Chad
- total:
- 1.284 million sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 21
- land:
- 1,259,200 sq km
- water:
- 24,800 sq km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 2,344,858 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 11
- land:
- 2,267,048 sq km
- water:
- 77,810 sq km
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 342,000 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 64
- land:
- 341,500 sq km
- water:
- 500 sq km
Cote d'Ivoire
- total:
- 322,463 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 69
- land:
- 318,003 sq km
- water:
- 4,460 sq km
Egypt
- total:
- 1,001,450 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 30
- land:
- 995,450 sq km
- water:
- 6,000 sq km
Equatorial Guinea
- total:
- 28,051 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 146
- land:
- 28,051 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Eritrea
- total:
- 117,600 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 101
- land:
- 101,000 sq km
- water:
- 16,600 sq km
Swaziland now Eswatini
- total:
- 17,364 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 159
- land:
- 17,204 sq km
- water:
- 160 sq km
Ethiopia
- total:
- 1,104,300 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 27
- land:
- 1 million sq km
- water:
- 104,300 sq km
Gambia, The now The Gambia
- total:
- 11,295 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 167
- land:
- 10,000 sq km
- water:
- 1,295 sq km
Guinea-Bissau
- total:
- 36,125 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 138
- land:
- 28,120 sq km
- water:
- 8,005 sq km
Liberia
- total:
- 111,369 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 104
- land:
- 96,320 sq km
- water:
- 15,049 sq km
Madagascar
- total:
- 587,041 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 47
- land:
- 581,540 sq km
- water:
- 5,501 sq km
Malawi
- total:
- 118,484 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 100
- land:
- 94,080 sq km
- water:
- 24,404 sq km
Mali
- total:
- 1,240,192 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 24
- land:
- 1,220,190 sq km
- water:
- 20,002 sq km
Mauritania
- total:
- 1,030,700 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 29
- land:
- 1,030,700 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Mauritius
- total:
- 2,040 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 181
- land:
- 2,030 sq km
- water:
- 10 sq km
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
Mozambique
- total:
- 799,380 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 35
- land:
- 786,380 sq km
- water:
- 13,000 sq km
Namibia
- total:
- 824,292 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 34
- land:
- 823,290 sq km
- water:
- 1,002 sq km
Niger
- total:
- 1.267 million sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 22
- land:
- 1,266,700 sq km
- water:
- 300 sq km
Nigeria
- total:
- 923,768 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 32
- land:
- 910,768 sq km
- water:
- 13,000 sq km
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- total:
- 308 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 209
- land:
- Saint Helena Island 122 sq km;
- Ascension Island 88 sq km;
- Tristan da Cunha island group 98 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Sao Tome and Principe
- total:
- 964 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 185
- land:
- 964 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Senegal
- total:
- 196,722 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 88
- land:
- 192,530 sq km
- water:
- 4,192 sq km
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 71,740 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 119
- land:
- 71,620 sq km
- water:
- 120 sq km
Somalia
- total:
- 637,657 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 44
- land:
- 627,337 sq km
- water:
- 10,320 sq km
South Africa
- total:
- 1,219,090 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 25
- land:
- 1,214,470 sq km
- water:
- 4,620 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island)
Tanzania
- total:
- 947,300 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 31
- land:
- 885,800 sq km
- water:
- 61,500 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Tunisia
- total:
- 163,610 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 93
- land:
- 155,360 sq km
- water:
- 8,250 sq km
Uganda
- total:
- 241,038 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 81
- land:
- 197,100 sq km
- water:
- 43,938 sq km
Western Sahara
- total:
- 266,000 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 78
- land:
- 266,000 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Zimbabwe
- total:
- 390,757 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 61
- land:
- 386,847 sq km
- water:
- 3,910 sq km
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
- total - 55 sq km;
- land - 55 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 230
- Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
- total - 7 sq km;
- land - 7 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
- Iles Crozet:
- total - 352 sq km;
- land - 352 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
- Iles Kerguelen:
- total - 7,215 sq km;
- land - 7,215 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
- Bassas da India (Iles Eparses):
- total - 80 sq km;
- land - 0.2 sq km;
- water - 79.8 sq km (lagoon)
- Europa Island (Iles Eparses):
- total - 28 sq km;
- land - 28 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
- Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses):
- total - 5 sq km;
- land - 5 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
- Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses):
- total - 4.4 sq km;
- land - 4.4 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
- Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses):
- total - 1 sq km;
- land - 1 sq km;
- water - 0 sq km
note: excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- total:
- 412 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 203
- land:
- 412 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- total:
- 3,903 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 177
- land:
- 3,903 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of 11 islands
Arctic Region
4 entriesGreenland
- total:
- 2,166,086 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 12
- land:
- 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered)
Iceland
- total:
- 103,000 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 108
- land:
- 100,250 sq km
- water:
- 2,750 sq km
Svalbard
- total:
- 62,045 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 125
- land:
- 62,045 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Asia
23 entriesAfghanistan
- total:
- 652,230 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 41
- land:
- 652,230 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Azerbaijan
- total:
- 86,600 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 113
- land:
- 82,629 sq km
- water:
- 3,971 sq km
note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
Bangladesh
- total:
- 143,998 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 95
- land:
- 130,168 sq km
- water:
- 13,830 sq km
British Indian Ocean Territory
- total:
- 54,400 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 128
- land:
- 60 sq km; Diego Garcia 44 sq km
- water:
- 54,340 sq km
note: includes the entire Chagos Archipelago of 55 islands
China
- total:
- 9,596,960 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 4
- land:
- 9,326,410 sq km
- water:
- 270,550 sq km
India
- total:
- 3,287,263 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 7
- land:
- 2,973,193 sq km
- water:
- 314,070 sq km
Japan
- total:
- 377,915 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 62
- land:
- 364,485 sq km
- water:
- 13,430 sq km
note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
Kazakhstan
- total:
- 2,724,900 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 9
- land:
- 2,699,700 sq km
- water:
- 25,200 sq km
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 120,538 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 99
- land:
- 120,408 sq km
- water:
- 130 sq km
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 99,720 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 109
- land:
- 96,920 sq km
- water:
- 2,800 sq km
Kyrgyzstan
- total:
- 199,951 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 87
- land:
- 191,801 sq km
- water:
- 8,150 sq km
Mongolia
- total:
- 1,564,116 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 19
- land:
- 1,553,556 sq km
- water:
- 10,560 sq km
Pakistan
- total:
- 796,095 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 36
- land:
- 770,875 sq km
- water:
- 25,220 sq km
Russia
- total:
- 17,098,242 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 1
- land:
- 16,377,742 sq km
- water:
- 720,500 sq km
Tajikistan
- total:
- 143,100 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 96
- land:
- 141,510 sq km
- water:
- 2,590 sq km
Turkmenistan
- total:
- 488,100 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 53
- land:
- 469,930 sq km
- water:
- 18,170 sq km
Uzbekistan
- total:
- 447,400 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 57
- land:
- 425,400 sq km
- water:
- 22,000 sq km
Central America and the Caribbean
33 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 442.6 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km)
- country comparison to the world:
- 201
- land:
- 442.6 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Redonda, 1.6 sq km
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total:
- 13,880 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 161
- land:
- 10,010 sq km
- water:
- 3,870 sq km
British Virgin Islands
- total:
- 151 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 220
- land:
- 151 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the islands of Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke
Costa Rica
- total:
- 51,100 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 130
- land:
- 51,060 sq km
- water:
- 40 sq km
note: includes Isla del Coco
Dominican Republic
- total:
- 48,670 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 132
- land:
- 48,320 sq km
- water:
- 350 sq km
El Salvador
- total:
- 21,041 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 153
- land:
- 20,721 sq km
- water:
- 320 sq km
Guatemala
- total:
- 108,889 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 107
- land:
- 107,159 sq km
- water:
- 1,730 sq km
Honduras
- total:
- 112,090 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 103
- land:
- 111,890 sq km
- water:
- 200 sq km
Nicaragua
- total:
- 130,370 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 98
- land:
- 119,990 sq km
- water:
- 10,380 sq km
Puerto Rico
- total:
- 13,790 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 163
- land:
- 8,870 sq km
- water:
- 4,921 sq km
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)
- country comparison to the world:
- 212
- land:
- 261 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
- country comparison to the world:
- 204
- land:
- 389 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Sint Maarten
- total:
- 34 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 236
- land:
- 34 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin
Trinidad and Tobago
- total:
- 5,128 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 174
- land:
- 5,128 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Turks and Caicos Islands
- total:
- 948 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 186
- land:
- 948 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Virgin Islands
- total:
- 1,910 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 182
- land:
- 346 sq km
- water:
- 1,564 sq km
Europe
49 entriesBelarus
- total:
- 207,600 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 86
- land:
- 202,900 sq km
- water:
- 4,700 sq km
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- total:
- 51,197 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 129
- land:
- 51,187 sq km
- water:
- 10 sq km
Bulgaria
- total:
- 110,879 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 105
- land:
- 108,489 sq km
- water:
- 2,390 sq km
Czech Republic now Czechia
- total:
- 78,867 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 116
- land:
- 77,247 sq km
- water:
- 1,620 sq km
Denmark
- total:
- 43,094 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 134
- land:
- 42,434 sq km
- water:
- 660 sq km
note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Estonia
- total:
- 45,228 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 133
- land:
- 42,388 sq km
- water:
- 2,840 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
Faroe Islands
- total:
- 1,393 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 183
- land:
- 1,393 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km (some lakes and streams)
Finland
- total:
- 338,145 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 65
- land:
- 303,815 sq km
- water:
- 34,330 sq km
France
- total:
- 643,801 sq km; 551,500 sq km (metropolitan France)
- country comparison to the world:
- 43
- land:
- 640,427 sq km; 549,970 sq km (metropolitan France)
- water:
- 3,374 sq km; 1,530 sq km (metropolitan France)
note: the first numbers include the overseas regions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Reunion
Germany
- total:
- 357,022 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 63
- land:
- 348,672 sq km
- water:
- 8,350 sq km
Guernsey
- total:
- 78 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 228
- land:
- 78 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Holy See (Vatican City)
- total:
- 0.44 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 252
- land:
- 0.44 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Italy
- total:
- 301,340 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 72
- land:
- 294,140 sq km
- water:
- 7,200 sq km
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily
Lithuania
- total:
- 65,300 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 123
- land:
- 62,680 sq km
- water:
- 2,620 sq km
Montenegro
- total:
- 13,812 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 162
- land:
- 13,452 sq km
- water:
- 360 sq km
Netherlands
- total:
- 41,543 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 135
- land:
- 33,893 sq km
- water:
- 7,650 sq km
Macedonia now North Macedonia
- total:
- 25,713 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 150
- land:
- 25,433 sq km
- water:
- 280 sq km
Norway
- total:
- 323,802 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 68
- land:
- 304,282 sq km
- water:
- 19,520 sq km
Portugal
- total:
- 92,090 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 111
- land:
- 91,470 sq km
- water:
- 620 sq km
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
Romania
- total:
- 238,391 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 83
- land:
- 229,891 sq km
- water:
- 8,500 sq km
Spain
- total:
- 505,370 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 52
- land:
- 498,980 sq km
- water:
- 6,390 sq km
note: there are two autonomous cities - Ceuta and Melilla - and 17 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
Sweden
- total:
- 450,295 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 56
- land:
- 410,335 sq km
- water:
- 39,960 sq km
Switzerland
- total:
- 41,277 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 136
- land:
- 39,997 sq km
- water:
- 1,280 sq km
Ukraine
- total:
- 603,550 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 46
- land:
- 579,330 sq km
- water:
- 24,220 sq km
United Kingdom
- total:
- 243,610 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 80
- land:
- 241,930 sq km
- water:
- 1,680 sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
Middle East
19 entriesAkrotiri
- total:
- 123 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 224
note: includes a salt lake and wetlands
Cyprus
- total:
- 9,251 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)
- country comparison to the world:
- 171
- land:
- 9,241 sq km
- water:
- 10 sq km
Dhekelia
- total:
- 130.8 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 223
note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves
Iran
- total:
- 1,648,195 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 18
- land:
- 1,531,595 sq km
- water:
- 116,600 sq km
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 2,149,690 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 13
- land:
- 2,149,690 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Syria
- total:
- 185,180 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 89
- land:
- 183,630 sq km
- water:
- 1,550 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 783,562 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 37
- land:
- 769,632 sq km
- water:
- 13,930 sq km
United Arab Emirates
- total:
- 83,600 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 115
- land:
- 83,600 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
West Bank
- total:
- 5,860 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 172
- land:
- 5,640 sq km
- water:
- 220 sq km
note: includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
Yemen
- total:
- 527,968 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 50
- land:
- 527,968 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
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 entriesCanada
- total:
- 9,984,670 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 2
- land:
- 9,093,507 sq km
- water:
- 891,163 sq km
Mexico
- total:
- 1,964,375 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 14
- land:
- 1,943,945 sq km
- water:
- 20,430 sq km
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- total:
- 242 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 214
- land:
- 242 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
United States
- total:
- 9,826,675 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 3
- land:
- 9,161,966 sq km
- water:
- 664,709 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia, no overseas territories
Oceania
34 entriesAmerican Samoa
- total:
- 199 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 216
- land:
- 199 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island
Australia
- total:
- 7,741,220 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 6
- land:
- 7,682,300 sq km
- water:
- 58,920 sq km
note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
Coral Sea Islands
- total:
- less than 3 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 249
- land:
- less than 3 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 sq km (300,000 sq mi) with the Willis Islets the most important
French Polynesia
- total:
- 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
- country comparison to the world:
- 175
- land:
- 3,827 sq km
- water:
- 340 sq km
Kiribati
- total:
- 811 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 187
- land:
- 811 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, and Phoenix Islands - dispersed over about 3.5 million sq km (1.35 million sq mi)
Marshall Islands
- total:
- 181 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 217
- land:
- 181 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: the archipelago includes 11,673 sq km of lagoon waters and encompasses the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 702 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 191
- land:
- 702 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km (fresh water only)
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)
Midway Islands
- total:
- 6.2 sq km
- land:
- 6.2 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island
New Caledonia
- total:
- 18,575 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 156
- land:
- 18,275 sq km
- water:
- 300 sq km
New Zealand
- total:
- 267,710 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 76
- land:
- 267,710 sq km
- water:
- NA
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
- total:
- 464 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 197
- land:
- 464 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: consists of 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
Papua New Guinea
- total:
- 462,840 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 55
- land:
- 452,860 sq km
- water:
- 9,980 sq km
Solomon Islands
- total:
- 28,896 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 144
- land:
- 27,986 sq km
- water:
- 910 sq km
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
- total - 6,959.41 sq km;
- emergent land - 22.41 sq km;
- submerged - 6,937 sq km
country comparison to the world: 239
- Baker Island:
- total - 129.1 sq km;
- emergent land - 2.1 sq km;
- submerged - 127 sq km
- Howland Island:
- total - 138.6 sq km;
- emergent land - 2.6 sq km;
- submerged - 136 sq km
- Jarvis Island:
- total - 152 sq km;
- emergent land - 5 sq km;
- submerged - 147 sq km
- Johnston Atoll:
- total - 276.6 sq km;
- emergent land - 2.6 sq km;
- submerged - 274 sq km
- Kingman Reef:
- total - 1,958.01 sq km;
- emergent land - 0.01 sq km;
- submerged - 1,958 sq km
- Midway Islands:
- total - 2,355.2 sq km;
- emergent land - 6.2 sq km;
- submerged - 2,349 sq km
- Palmyra Atoll:
- total - 1,949.9 sq km;
- emergent land - 3.9 sq km;
- submerged - 1,946 sq km
Vanuatu
- total:
- 12,189 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 164
- land:
- 12,189 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited
Wallis and Futuna
- total:
- 142 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 221
- land:
- 142 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets
South America
13 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 2,780,400 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 8
- land:
- 2,736,690 sq km
- water:
- 43,710 sq km
Bolivia
- total:
- 1,098,581 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 28
- land:
- 1,083,301 sq km
- water:
- 15,280 sq km
Brazil
- total:
- 8,514,877 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 5
- land:
- 8,459,417 sq km
- water:
- 55,460 sq km
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:
- 756,102 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 38
- land:
- 743,812 sq km
- water:
- 12,290 sq km
note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez
Colombia
- total:
- 1,138,910 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 26
- land:
- 1,038,700 sq km
- water:
- 100,210 sq km
note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, and Serrana Bank
Ecuador
- total:
- 283,561 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 74
- land:
- 276,841 sq km
- water:
- 6,720 sq km
note: includes Galapagos Islands
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- total:
- 12,173 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 165
- land:
- 12,173 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands
Guyana
- total:
- 214,969 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 85
- land:
- 196,849 sq km
- water:
- 18,120 sq km
Paraguay
- total:
- 406,752 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 60
- land:
- 397,302 sq km
- water:
- 9,450 sq km
Peru
- total:
- 1,285,216 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 20
- land:
- 1,279,996 sq km
- water:
- 5,220 sq km
Suriname
- total:
- 163,820 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 92
- land:
- 156,000 sq km
- water:
- 7,820 sq km
Uruguay
- total:
- 176,215 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 91
- land:
- 175,015 sq km
- water:
- 1,200 sq km
Venezuela
- total:
- 912,050 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 33
- land:
- 882,050 sq km
- water:
- 30,000 sq km
Southeast Asia
19 entriesAshmore and Cartier Islands
- total:
- 5 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 247
- land:
- 5 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
Burma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 676,578 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 40
- land:
- 653,508 sq km
- water:
- 23,070 sq km
Cambodia
- total:
- 181,035 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 90
- land:
- 176,515 sq km
- water:
- 4,520 sq km
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- total:
- 14 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 241
- land:
- 14 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
Indonesia
- total:
- 1,904,569 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 15
- land:
- 1,811,569 sq km
- water:
- 93,000 sq km
Malaysia
- total:
- 329,847 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 67
- land:
- 328,657 sq km
- water:
- 1,190 sq km
Philippines
- total:
- 300,000 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 73
- land:
- 298,170 sq km
- water:
- 1,830 sq km
Spratly Islands
- total:
- less than 5 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 248
- land:
- less than 5 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km (158,000 sq mi) of the central South China Sea
Taiwan
- total:
- 35,980 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 139
- land:
- 32,260 sq km
- water:
- 3,720 sq km
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands
Thailand
- total:
- 513,120 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 51
- land:
- 510,890 sq km
- water:
- 2,230 sq km
Vietnam
- total:
- 331,210 sq km
- country comparison to the world:
- 66
- land:
- 310,070 sq km
- water:
- 21,140 sq km
Oceans
5 entriesArctic Ocean
- total:
- 14.056 million sq km
note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies
Atlantic Ocean
- total:
- 76.762 million sq km
note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Indian Ocean
- total:
- 68.556 million sq km
note: includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Flores Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Java Sea, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Savu Sea, Strait of Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Pacific Ocean
- total:
- 155.557 million sq km
note: includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Southern Ocean
- total:
- 20.327 million sq km
note: includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2014, “Area”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/area/2014.