The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 Geography
Area In 35 editions of 36.
Area was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2020 edition carries it in 267 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2020 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 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 2,344,858 sq km
- 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
- land:
- 341,500 sq km
- water:
- 500 sq km
Ethiopia
- total:
- 1,104,300 sq km
- land:
- 1,096,570 sq km
- water:
- 7,730 sq km
note: area numbers are approximate since a large portion of the Ethiopia-Somalia border is undefined
Mauritius
- total:
- 2,040 sq km
- land:
- 2,030 sq km
- water:
- 10 sq km
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- total:
- 394 sq km
- land:
- 122 sq km Saint Helena Island
- water:
0 sq km
88 sq km Ascension Island, 184 sq km Tristan da Cunha island group (includes Tristan (98 sq km), Inaccessible, Nightingale, and Gough islands)
South Africa
- total:
- 1,219,090 sq km
- 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
- land:
- 885,800 sq km
- water:
- 61,500 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
- total:
- 14.2 million sq km
- land:
- 14.2 million sq km (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.915 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
- 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
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- total:
- 3,903 sq km
- 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 entriesSvalbard
- total:
- 62,045 sq km
- land:
- 62,045 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Asia
23 entriesAzerbaijan
- total:
- 86,600 sq km
- 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
British Indian Ocean Territory
- total:
- 60 sq km
- land:
- 60 sq km (44 Diego Garcia)
- water:
- 54,340 sq km
note: includes the entire Chagos Archipelago of 55 islands
Georgia
- total:
- 69,700 sq km
- land:
- 69,700 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: approximately 12,560 sq km, or about 18% of Georgia's area, is Russian occupied; the seized area includes all of Abkhazia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia, which consists of the northern part of Shida Kartli, eastern slivers of the Imereti region and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, and part of western Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Japan
- total:
- 377,915 sq km
- 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)
Central America and the Caribbean
33 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 443 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km)
- land:
- 442.6 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Redonda, 1.6 sq km
British Virgin Islands
- total:
- 151 sq km
- 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
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)
- land:
- 261 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
- land:
- 389 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
Sint Maarten
- total:
- 34 sq km
- land:
- 34 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin
Europe
49 entriesDenmark
- total:
- 43,094 sq km
- 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
- land:
- 42,388 sq km
- water:
- 2,840 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
European Union
- total:
- 4,236,351 sq km
- rank by area (sq km):
1. France (includes five overseas regions) 643,801
2. Spain 505,370
3. Sweden 450,295
4. Germany 357,022
5. Finland 338,145
6. Poland 312,685
7. Italy 301,340
8. Romania 238,391
9. Greece 131,957
10. Bulgaria 110,879
11. Hungary 93,028
12. Portugal 92,090
13. Austria 83,871
14. Czechia 78,867
15. Ireland 70,273
16. Lithuania 65,300
17. Latvia 64,589
18. Croatia 56,594
19. Slovakia 49,035
20. Estonia 45,228
21. Denmark 43,094
22. Netherlands 41,543
23. Belgium 30,528
24. Slovenia 20,273
25. Cyprus 9,251
26. Luxembourg 2,586
27. Malta 316
France
- total:
- 643,801 sq km ; 551,500 sq km (metropolitan France)
- 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
Guernsey
- total:
- 78 sq km
- land:
- 78 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Portugal
- total:
- 92,090 sq km
- land:
- 91,470 sq km
- water:
- 620 sq km
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
Spain
- total:
- 505,370 sq km
- 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
Ukraine
- total:
- 603,550 sq km
- land:
- 579,330 sq km
- water:
- 24,220 sq km
note: approximately 43,133 sq km, or about 7.1% of Ukraine's area, is Russian occupied; the seized area includes all of Crimea and about one-third of both Luhans'k and Donets'k oblasts
United Kingdom
- total:
- 243,610 sq km
- land:
- 241,930 sq km
- water:
- 1,680 sq km
note 1: the percentage area breakdown of the four UK countries is: England 53%, Scotland 32%, Wales 9%, and Northern Ireland 6%
note 2: includes Rockall and the Shetland Islands, which are part of Scotland
Middle East
19 entriesCyprus
- total:
- 9,251 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)
- land:
- 9,241 sq km
- water:
- 10 sq km
Syria
- total:
- 187,437 sq km
- land:
- 185,887 sq km
- water:
- 1,550 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory
West Bank
- total:
- 5,860 sq km
- 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
- 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 entriesSaint Pierre and Miquelon
- total:
- 242 sq km
- land:
- 242 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
United States
- total:
- 9,833,517 sq km
- land:
- 9,147,593 sq km
- water:
- 685,924 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia, no overseas territories
Oceania
34 entriesAmerican Samoa
- total:
- 224 sq km
- land:
- 224 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island
Australia
- total:
- 7,741,220 sq km
- land:
- 7,682,300 sq km
- water:
- 58,920 sq km
note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
Coral Sea Islands
- total:
- 3 sq km less than
- land:
- 3 sq km less than
- 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; 67 are inhabited)
- land:
- 3,827 sq km
- water:
- 340 sq km
Kiribati
- total:
- 811 sq km
- 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
- 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
- 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 sq km
- land:
- 6.2 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island
New Zealand
- total:
- 268,838 sq km
- land:
- 264,537 sq km
- water:
- 4,301 sq km
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
- total:
- 464 sq km
- land:
- 464 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: consists of 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
- land:
- 6,959.41 sq km (emergent land - 22.41 sq km; submerged - 6,937 sq km)
- 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
- 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
- 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 entriesBrazil
- total:
- 8,515,770 sq km
- land:
- 8,358,140 sq km
- water:
- 157,630 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
- 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
- land:
- 1,038,700 sq km
- water:
- 100,210 sq km
note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, and Serrana Bank
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- total:
- 12,173 sq km
- 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
Southeast Asia
19 entriesAshmore and Cartier Islands
- total:
- 5 sq km
- land:
- 5 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- total:
- 14 sq km
- land:
- 14 sq km
- water:
- 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
Spratly Islands
- total:
- 5 sq km less than
- land:
- 5 sq km less than
- 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
- land:
- 32,260 sq km
- water:
- 3,720 sq km
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands
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
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Area”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/area/2020.