The World Factbook. 2008.
Area
| Country | Area |
| Afghanistan | total: 647,500 sq km land: 647,500 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Akrotiri | total: 123 sq km note: includes a salt lake and wetlands |
| Albania | total: 28,748 sq km land: 27,398 sq km water: 1,350 sq km |
| Algeria | total: 2,381,740 sq km land: 2,381,740 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| American Samoa | total: 199 sq km land: 199 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island |
| Andorra | total: 468 sq km land: 468 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Angola | total: 1,246,700 sq km land: 1,246,700 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Anguilla | total: 102 sq km land: 102 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Antarctica | 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 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | total: 442.6 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 |
| Arctic 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 |
| Argentina | total: 2,766,890 sq km land: 2,736,690 sq km water: 30,200 sq km |
| Armenia | total: 29,800 sq km land: 28,400 sq km water: 1,400 sq km |
| Aruba | total: 193 sq km land: 193 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Ashmore 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 |
| 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 |
| Australia | total: 7,686,850 sq km land: 7,617,930 sq km water: 68,920 sq km note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island |
| Austria | total: 83,870 sq km land: 82,444 sq km water: 1,426 sq km |
| Azerbaijan | total: 86,600 sq km land: 86,100 sq km water: 500 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 |
| Bahamas, The | total: 13,940 sq km land: 10,070 sq km water: 3,870 sq km |
| Bahrain | total: 665 sq km land: 665 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Bangladesh | total: 144,000 sq km land: 133,910 sq km water: 10,090 sq km |
| Barbados | total: 431 sq km land: 431 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Belarus | total: 207,600 sq km land: 207,600 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Belgium | total: 30,528 sq km land: 30,278 sq km water: 250 sq km |
| Belize | total: 22,966 sq km land: 22,806 sq km water: 160 sq km |
| Benin | total: 112,620 sq km land: 110,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km |
| Bermuda | total: 53.3 sq km land: 53.3 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Bhutan | total: 47,000 sq km land: 47,000 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Bolivia | total: 1,098,580 sq km land: 1,084,390 sq km water: 14,190 sq km |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 51,129 sq km land: 51,129 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Botswana | total: 600,370 sq km land: 585,370 sq km water: 15,000 sq km |
| Bouvet Island | total: 49 sq km land: 49 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Brazil | total: 8,511,965 sq km land: 8,456,510 sq km water: 55,455 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 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | total: 54,400 sq km land: 60 sq km; Diego Garcia 44 sq km water: 54,340 sq km note: includes the entire Chagos Archipelago of 55 islands |
| British Virgin Islands | total: 153 sq km land: 153 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 |
| Brunei | total: 5,770 sq km land: 5,270 sq km water: 500 sq km |
| Bulgaria | total: 110,910 sq km land: 110,550 sq km water: 360 sq km |
| Burkina Faso | total: 274,200 sq km land: 273,800 sq km water: 400 sq km |
| Burma | total: 678,500 sq km land: 657,740 sq km water: 20,760 sq km |
| Burundi | total: 27,830 sq km land: 25,650 sq km water: 2,180 sq km |
| Cambodia | total: 181,040 sq km land: 176,520 sq km water: 4,520 sq km |
| Cameroon | total: 475,440 sq km land: 469,440 sq km water: 6,000 sq km |
| Canada | total: 9,984,670 sq km land: 9,093,507 sq km water: 891,163 sq km |
| Cape Verde | total: 4,033 sq km land: 4,033 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Cayman Islands | total: 262 sq km land: 262 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Central African Republic | total: 622,984 sq km land: 622,984 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Chad | total: 1.284 million sq km land: 1,259,200 sq km water: 24,800 sq km |
| Chile | total: 756,950 sq km land: 748,800 sq km water: 8,150 sq km note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez |
| China | total: 9,596,960 sq km land: 9,326,410 sq km water: 270,550 sq km |
| Christmas Island | total: 135 sq km land: 135 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Clipperton Island | total: 6 sq km land: 6 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Comoros | total: 2,170 sq km land: 2,170 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 2,345,410 sq km land: 2,267,600 sq km water: 77,810 sq km |
| Congo, Republic of the | total: 342,000 sq km land: 341,500 sq km water: 500 sq km |
| Cook Islands | total: 236.7 sq km land: 236.7 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Coral Sea Islands | total: less than 3 sq km 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, with the Willis Islets the most important |
| Costa Rica | total: 51,100 sq km land: 50,660 sq km water: 440 sq km note: includes Isla del Coco |
| Cote d’Ivoire | total: 322,460 sq km land: 318,000 sq km water: 4,460 sq km |
| Croatia | total: 56,542 sq km land: 56,414 sq km water: 128 sq km |
| Cuba | total: 110,860 sq km land: 110,860 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Cyprus | total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus) land: 9,240 sq km water: 10 sq km |
| Czech Republic | total: 78,866 sq km land: 77,276 sq km water: 1,590 sq km |
| Denmark | total: 43,094 sq km land: 42,394 sq km water: 700 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 |
| Dhekelia | total: 130.8 sq km note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves |
| Djibouti | total: 23,000 sq km land: 22,980 sq km water: 20 sq km |
| Dominica | total: 754 sq km land: 754 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Dominican Republic | total: 48,730 sq km land: 48,380 sq km water: 350 sq km |
| Ecuador | total: 283,560 sq km land: 276,840 sq km water: 6,720 sq km note: includes Galapagos Islands |
| Egypt | total: 1,001,450 sq km land: 995,450 sq km water: 6,000 sq km |
| El Salvador | total: 21,040 sq km land: 20,720 sq km water: 320 sq km |
| Equatorial Guinea | total: 28,051 sq km land: 28,051 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Eritrea | total: 121,320 sq km land: 121,320 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Estonia | total: 45,226 sq km land: 43,211 sq km water: 2,015 sq km note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea |
| Ethiopia | total: 1,127,127 sq km land: 1,119,683 sq km water: 7,444 sq km |
| European Union | total: 4,324,782 sq km |
| 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 |
| Faroe Islands | total: 1,399 sq km land: 1,399 sq km water: 0 sq km (some lakes and streams) |
| Fiji | total: 18,270 sq km land: 18,270 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Finland | total: 338,145 sq km land: 304,473 sq km water: 33,672 sq km |
| France | total: 643,427 sq km; 547,030 sq km (metropolitan France) land: 640,053 sq km; 545,630 sq km (metropolitan France) water: 3,374 sq km; 1,400 sq km (metropolitan France) note: the first numbers include the overseas regions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion |
| French Polynesia | total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls) land: 3,660 sq km water: 507 sq km |
| 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 Gloriosos 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 |
| Gabon | total: 267,667 sq km land: 257,667 sq km water: 10,000 sq km |
| Gambia, The | total: 11,300 sq km land: 10,000 sq km water: 1,300 sq km |
| Gaza Strip | total: 360 sq km land: 360 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Georgia | total: 69,700 sq km land: 69,700 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Germany | total: 357,021 sq km land: 349,223 sq km water: 7,798 sq km |
| Ghana | total: 239,460 sq km land: 230,940 sq km water: 8,520 sq km |
| Gibraltar | total: 6.5 sq km land: 6.5 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Greece | total: 131,940 sq km land: 130,800 sq km water: 1,140 sq km |
| Greenland | total: 2,166,086 sq km land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.) |
| Grenada | total: 344 sq km land: 344 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Guam | total: 541.3 sq km land: 541.3 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Guatemala | total: 108,890 sq km land: 108,430 sq km water: 460 sq km |
| Guernsey | total: 78 sq km land: 78 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands |
| Guinea | total: 245,857 sq km land: 245,857 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Guinea-Bissau | total: 36,120 sq km land: 28,000 sq km water: 8,120 sq km |
| Guyana | total: 214,970 sq km land: 196,850 sq km water: 18,120 sq km |
| Haiti | total: 27,750 sq km land: 27,560 sq km water: 190 sq km |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | total: 412 sq km land: 412 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | total: 0.44 sq km land: 0.44 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Honduras | total: 112,090 sq km land: 111,890 sq km water: 200 sq km |
| Hong Kong | total: 1,092 sq km land: 1,042 sq km water: 50 sq km |
| Hungary | total: 93,030 sq km land: 92,340 sq km water: 690 sq km |
| Iceland | total: 103,000 sq km land: 100,250 sq km water: 2,750 sq km |
| India | total: 3,287,590 sq km land: 2,973,190 sq km water: 314,400 sq km |
| 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 |
| Indonesia | total: 1,919,440 sq km land: 1,826,440 sq km water: 93,000 sq km |
| Iran | total: 1.648 million sq km land: 1.636 million sq km water: 12,000 sq km |
| Iraq | total: 437,072 sq km land: 432,162 sq km water: 4,910 sq km |
| Ireland | total: 70,280 sq km land: 68,890 sq km water: 1,390 sq km |
| Isle of Man | total: 572 sq km land: 572 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Israel | total: 20,770 sq km land: 20,330 sq km water: 440 sq km |
| Italy | total: 301,230 sq km land: 294,020 sq km water: 7,210 sq km note: includes Sardinia and Sicily |
| Jamaica | total: 10,991 sq km land: 10,831 sq km water: 160 sq km |
| Jan Mayen | total: 377 sq km land: 377 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Japan | total: 377,835 sq km land: 374,744 sq km water: 3,091 sq km note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto) |
| Jersey | total: 116 sq km land: 116 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Jordan | total: 92,300 sq km land: 91,971 sq km water: 329 sq km |
| Kazakhstan | total: 2,717,300 sq km land: 2,669,800 sq km water: 47,500 sq km |
| Kenya | total: 582,650 sq km land: 569,250 sq km water: 13,400 sq km |
| Kiribati | total: 811 sq km land: 811 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes three island groups – Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands |
| Korea, North | total: 120,540 sq km land: 120,410 sq km water: 130 sq km |
| Korea, South | total: 98,480 sq km land: 98,190 sq km water: 290 sq km |
| Kosovo | total: 10,887 sq km land: 10,887 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Kosovo | total: 10,887 sq km land: 10,887 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Kuwait | total: 17,820 sq km land: 17,820 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Kyrgyzstan | total: 198,500 sq km land: 191,300 sq km water: 7,200 sq km |
| Laos | total: 236,800 sq km land: 230,800 sq km water: 6,000 sq km |
| Latvia | total: 64,589 sq km land: 63,589 sq km water: 1,000 sq km |
| Lebanon | total: 10,400 sq km land: 10,230 sq km water: 170 sq km |
| Lesotho | total: 30,355 sq km land: 30,355 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Liberia | total: 111,370 sq km land: 96,320 sq km water: 15,050 sq km |
| Libya | total: 1,759,540 sq km land: 1,759,540 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Liechtenstein | total: 160 sq km land: 160 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Lithuania | total: 65,200 sq km land: NA sq km water: NA sq km |
| Luxembourg | total: 2,586 sq km land: 2,586 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Macau | total: 28.2 sq km land: 28.2 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Macedonia | total: 25,333 sq km land: 24,856 sq km water: 477 sq km |
| Madagascar | total: 587,040 sq km land: 581,540 sq km water: 5,500 sq km |
| Malawi | total: 118,480 sq km land: 94,080 sq km water: 24,400 sq km |
| Malaysia | total: 329,750 sq km land: 328,550 sq km water: 1,200 sq km |
| Maldives | total: 300 sq km land: 300 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Mali | total: 1.24 million sq km land: 1.22 million sq km water: 20,000 sq km |
| Malta | total: 316 sq km land: 316 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Marshall Islands | total: 181.3 sq km land: 181.3 sq km water: 0 sq km note: the archipelago includes 11,673 sq km of lagoon waters and includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik |
| Mauritania | total: 1,030,700 sq km land: 1,030,400 sq km water: 300 sq km |
| 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 |
| Mayotte | total: 374 sq km land: 374 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Mexico | total: 1,972,550 sq km land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 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) |
| Moldova | total: 33,843 sq km land: 33,371 sq km water: 472 sq km |
| Monaco | total: 1.95 sq km land: 1.95 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Mongolia | total: 1,564,116 sq km |
| Montenegro | total: 14,026 sq km land: 13,812 sq km water: 214 sq km |
| Montserrat | total: 102 sq km land: 102 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Morocco | total: 446,550 sq km land: 446,300 sq km water: 250 sq km |
| Mozambique | total: 801,590 sq km land: 784,090 sq km water: 17,500 sq km |
| Namibia | total: 825,418 sq km land: 825,418 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Nauru | total: 21 sq km land: 21 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Navassa Island | total: 5.4 sq km land: 5.4 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Nepal | total: 147,181 sq km land: 143,181 sq km water: 4,000 sq km |
| Netherlands | total: 41,526 sq km land: 33,883 sq km water: 7,643 sq km |
| Netherlands Antilles | total: 960 sq km land: 960 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin) |
| New Caledonia | total: 19,060 sq km land: 18,575 sq km water: 485 sq km |
| New Zealand | total: 268,680 sq km land: 268,021 sq km water: NA note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands |
| Nicaragua | total: 129,494 sq km land: 120,254 sq km water: 9,240 sq km |
| Niger | total: 1.267 million sq km land: 1,266,700 sq km water: 300 sq km |
| Nigeria | total: 923,768 sq km land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km |
| Niue | total: 260 sq km land: 260 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Norfolk Island | total: 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Northern Mariana Islands | total: 477 sq km land: 477 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian |
| Norway | total: 323,802 sq km land: 307,442 sq km water: 16,360 sq km |
| Oman | total: 212,460 sq km land: 212,460 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| 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 |
| Pakistan | total: 803,940 sq km land: 778,720 sq km water: 25,220 sq km |
| Palau | total: 458 sq km land: 458 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Panama | total: 78,200 sq km land: 75,990 sq km water: 2,210 sq km |
| Papua New Guinea | total: 462,840 sq km land: 452,860 sq km water: 9,980 sq km |
| Paracel Islands | total: NA sq km land: NA sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Paraguay | total: 406,750 sq km land: 397,300 sq km water: 9,450 sq km |
| Peru | total: 1,285,220 sq km land: 1.28 million sq km water: 5,220 sq km |
| Philippines | total: 300,000 sq km land: 298,170 sq km water: 1,830 sq km |
| Pitcairn Islands | total: 47 sq km land: 47 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Poland | total: 312,685 sq km land: 304,465 sq km water: 8,220 sq km |
| Portugal | total: 92,391 sq km land: 91,951 sq km water: 440 sq km note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands |
| Puerto Rico | total: 13,790 sq km land: 8,870 sq km water: 4,921 sq km |
| Qatar | total: 11,437 sq km land: 11,437 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Romania | total: 237,500 sq km land: 230,340 sq km water: 7,160 sq km |
| Russia | total: 17,075,200 sq km land: 16,995,800 sq km water: 79,400 sq km |
| Rwanda | total: 26,338 sq km land: 24,948 sq km water: 1,390 sq km |
| Saint Barthelemy | 21 sq km |
| Saint Helena | total: 413 sq km land: Saint Helena Island 122 sq km; Ascension Island 90 sq km; Tristan da Cunha island group 201 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| 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 Lucia | total: 616 sq km land: 606 sq km water: 10 sq km |
| Saint Martin | total: 54.4 sq km land: 54.4 sq km water: NEGL |
| Saint 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 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km) land: 389 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Samoa | total: 2,944 sq km land: 2,934 sq km water: 10 sq km |
| San Marino | total: 61.2 sq km land: 61.2 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Sao Tome and Principe | total: 1,001 sq km land: 1,001 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Saudi Arabia | total: 2,149,690 sq km land: 2,149,690 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Senegal | total: 196,190 sq km land: 192,000 sq km water: 4,190 sq km |
| Serbia | total: 77,474 sq km land: 77,474 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Seychelles | total: 455 sq km land: 455 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Sierra Leone | total: 71,740 sq km land: 71,620 sq km water: 120 sq km |
| Singapore | total: 692.7 sq km land: 682.7 sq km water: 10 sq km |
| Slovakia | total: 48,845 sq km land: 48,800 sq km water: 45 sq km |
| Slovenia | total: 20,273 sq km land: 20,151 sq km water: 122 sq km |
| Solomon Islands | total: 28,450 sq km land: 27,540 sq km water: 910 sq km |
| Somalia | total: 637,657 sq km land: 627,337 sq km water: 10,320 sq km |
| South Africa | total: 1,219,912 sq km land: 1,219,912 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spain | total: 504,782 sq km land: 499,542 sq km water: 5,240 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 |
| Spratly Islands | total: less than 5 sq km 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 of the central South China Sea |
| Sri Lanka | total: 65,610 sq km land: 64,740 sq km water: 870 sq km |
| Sudan | total: 2,505,810 sq km land: 2.376 million sq km water: 129,810 sq km |
| Suriname | total: 163,270 sq km land: 161,470 sq km water: 1,800 sq km |
| Svalbard | total: 61,020 sq km land: 61,020 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island) |
| Swaziland | total: 17,363 sq km land: 17,203 sq km water: 160 sq km |
| Sweden | total: 449,964 sq km land: 410,934 sq km water: 39,030 sq km |
| Switzerland | total: 41,290 sq km land: 39,770 sq km water: 1,520 sq km |
| Syria | total: 185,180 sq km land: 184,050 sq km water: 1,130 sq km note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory |
| Taiwan | total: 35,980 sq km land: 32,260 sq km water: 3,720 sq km note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands |
| Tajikistan | total: 143,100 sq km land: 142,700 sq km water: 400 sq km |
| Tanzania | total: 945,087 sq km land: 886,037 sq km water: 59,050 sq km note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar |
| Thailand | total: 514,000 sq km land: 511,770 sq km water: 2,230 sq km |
| Timor-Leste | total: 15,007 sq km land: NA sq km water: NA sq km |
| Togo | total: 56,785 sq km land: 54,385 sq km water: 2,400 sq km |
| Tokelau | total: 10 sq km land: 10 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Tonga | total: 748 sq km land: 718 sq km water: 30 sq km |
| Trinidad and Tobago | total: 5,128 sq km land: 5,128 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Tunisia | total: 163,610 sq km land: 155,360 sq km water: 8,250 sq km |
| Turkey | total: 780,580 sq km land: 770,760 sq km water: 9,820 sq km |
| Turkmenistan | total: 488,100 sq km land: 488,100 sq km water: NEGL |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 430 sq km land: 430 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Tuvalu | total: 26 sq km land: 26 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Uganda | total: 236,040 sq km land: 199,710 sq km water: 36,330 sq km |
| Ukraine | total: 603,700 sq km land: 603,700 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| United Arab Emirates | total: 83,600 sq km land: 83,600 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| United Kingdom | total: 244,820 sq km land: 241,590 sq km water: 3,230 sq km note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands |
| United States | total: 9,826,630 sq km land: 9,161,923 sq km water: 664,707 sq km note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia |
| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | total – 6,959.41 sq km; emergent land – 22.41 sq km; submerged – 6,937 sq km Baker Island: total – 129 sq km; emergent land – 2.1 sq km; submerged – 127 sq km Howland Island: total – 139 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 |
| Uruguay | total: 176,220 sq km land: 173,620 sq km water: 2,600 sq km |
| Uzbekistan | total: 447,400 sq km land: 425,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km |
| Vanuatu | total: 12,200 sq km land: 12,200 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited |
| Venezuela | total: 912,050 sq km land: 882,050 sq km water: 30,000 sq km |
| Vietnam | total: 329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km |
| Virgin Islands | total: 1,910 sq km land: 346 sq km water: 1,564 sq km |
| Wake Island | total: 6.5 sq km land: 6.5 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Wallis and Futuna | total: 274 sq km land: 274 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets |
| 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 |
| Western Sahara | total: 266,000 sq km land: 266,000 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| World | total: 510.072 million sq km land: 148.94 million sq km water: 361.132 million sq km note: 70.8% of the world’s surface is water, 29.2% is land |
| Yemen | total: 527,970 sq km land: 527,970 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) |
| Zambia | total: 752,614 sq km land: 740,724 sq km water: 11,890 sq km |
| Zimbabwe | total: 390,580 sq km land: 386,670 sq km water: 3,910 sq km |