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Country
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Irrigated land ( sq km)
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Afghanistan
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23,860 sq km (1998 est.)
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Albania
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3,400 sq km (1998 est.)
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Algeria
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5,600 sq km (1998 est.)
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American Samoa
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NA sq km
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Andorra
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NA sq km
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Angola
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750 sq km (1998 est.)
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Anguilla
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NA sq km
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Antarctica
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Antigua and Barbuda
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NA sq km
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Argentina
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15,610 sq km (1998 est.)
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Armenia
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2,870 sq km (1998 est.)
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Aruba
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0.01 sq km (1998 est.)
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Australia
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24,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Austria
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457 sq km (2000 est.)
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Azerbaijan
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14,550 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bahamas, The
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NA sq km
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Bahrain
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50 sq km (1998 est.)
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Baker Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bangladesh
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38,440 sq km (1998 est.)
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Barbados
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10 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bassas da India
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Belarus
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1,150 sq km (1998 est.)
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Belgium
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40 sq km (includes Luxembourg) (1998 est.)
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Belize
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30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Benin
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120 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bermuda
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NA sq km
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Bhutan
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400 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bolivia
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1,280 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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20 sq km (1998 est.)
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Botswana
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10 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bouvet Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Brazil
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26,560 sq km (1998 est.)
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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British Virgin Islands
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NA sq km
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Brunei
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10 sq km (1998 est.)
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Bulgaria
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8,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Burkina Faso
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250 sq km (1998 est.)
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Burma
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15,920 sq km (1998 est.)
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Burundi
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740 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cambodia
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2,700 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cameroon
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330 sq km (1998 est.)
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Canada
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7,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cape Verde
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30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cayman Islands
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NA sq km
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Central African Republic
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NA sq km
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Chad
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200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Chile
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18,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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China
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525,800 sq km (1998 est.)
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Christmas Island
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NA sq km
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Clipperton Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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NA sq km
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Colombia
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8,500 sq km (1998 est.)
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Comoros
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NA sq km
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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110 sq km (1998 est.)
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Congo, Republic of the
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10 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cook Islands
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NA sq km
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Coral Sea Islands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Costa Rica
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1,260 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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730 sq km (1998 est.)
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Croatia
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30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cuba
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870 sq km (1998 est.)
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Cyprus
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400 sq km (1998 est.)
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Czech Republic
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240 sq km (1998 est.)
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Denmark
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4,760 sq km (1998 est.)
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Djibouti
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10 sq km (1998 est.)
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Dominica
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NA sq km
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Dominican Republic
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2,590 sq km (1998 est.)
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East Timor
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1,065 sq km (est.)
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Ecuador
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8,650 sq km (1998 est.)
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Egypt
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33,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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El Salvador
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360 sq km (1998 est.)
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Equatorial Guinea
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NA sq km
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Eritrea
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220 sq km (1998 est.)
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Estonia
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40 sq km (1998 est.)
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Ethiopia
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1,900 sq km (1998 est.)
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Europa Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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NA sq km
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Faroe Islands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Fiji
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30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Finland
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640 sq km (1998 est.)
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France
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20,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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French Guiana
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20 sq km (1998 est.)
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French Polynesia
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NA sq km
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Gabon
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150 sq km (1998 est.)
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Gambia, The
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20 sq km (1998 est.)
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Gaza Strip
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120 sq km (1998 est.)
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Georgia
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4,700 sq km (1998 est.)
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Germany
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4,850 sq km (1998 est.)
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Ghana
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110 sq km (1998 est.)
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Gibraltar
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NA sq km
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Glorioso Islands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Greece
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14,220 sq km (1998 est.)
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Greenland
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NA sq km
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Grenada
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NA sq km
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Guadeloupe
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20 sq km (1998 est.)
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Guam
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NA sq km
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Guatemala
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1,250 sq km (1998 est.)
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Guernsey
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NA sq km
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Guinea
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950 sq km (1998 est.)
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Guinea-Bissau
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170 sq km (1998 est.)
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Guyana
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1,500 sq km (1998 est.)
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Haiti
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750 sq km (1998 est.)
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Holy See (Vatican City)
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Honduras
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760 sq km (1998 est.)
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Hong Kong
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20 sq km (1998 est.)
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Howland Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Hungary
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2,100 sq km (1998 est.)
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Iceland
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NA sq km
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India
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590,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Indonesia
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48,150 sq km (1998 est.)
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Iran
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75,620 sq km (1998 est.)
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Iraq
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35,250 sq km (1998 est.)
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Ireland
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NA sq km
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Israel
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1,990 sq km (1998 est.)
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Italy
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26,980 sq km (1998 est.)
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Jamaica
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250 sq km (1998 est.)
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Jan Mayen
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Japan
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26,790 sq km (1998 est.)
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Jarvis Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Jersey
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NA sq km
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Johnston Atoll
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Jordan
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750 sq km (1998 est.)
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Juan de Nova Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Kazakhstan
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23,320 sq km (1998 est.)
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Kenya
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670 sq km (1998 est.)
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Kingman Reef
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Kiribati
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NA sq km
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Korea, North
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14,600 sq km (1998 est.)
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Korea, South
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11,590 sq km (1998 est.)
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Kuwait
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60 sq km (1998 est.)
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Kyrgyzstan
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10,740 sq km (1998 est.)
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Laos
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1,640 sq km
note: rainy season irrigation - 2,169 sq km; dry season irrigation - 750 sq km (1998 est.)
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Latvia
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200 sq km
note: land in Latvia is often too wet, and in need of drainage, not irrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural land has been improved by drainage (1998 est.)
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Lebanon
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1,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Lesotho
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10 sq km (1998 est.)
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Liberia
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30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Libya
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4,700 sq km (1998 est.)
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Liechtenstein
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NA sq km
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Lithuania
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90 sq km (1998 est.)
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Luxembourg
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40 sq km (includes Belgium) (1998 est.)
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Macau
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NA sq km
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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550 sq km (1998 est.)
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Madagascar
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10,900 sq km (1998 est.)
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Malawi
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280 sq km (1998 est.)
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Malaysia
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3,650 sq km (1998 est.)
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Maldives
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NA sq km
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Mali
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1,380 sq km (1998 est.)
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Malta
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20 sq km (1998 est.)
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Man, Isle of
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Marshall Islands
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0 sq km
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Martinique
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30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Mauritania
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490 sq km (1998 est.)
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Mauritius
|
200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Mayotte
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NA sq km
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Mexico
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65,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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NA sq km
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Midway Islands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Moldova
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3,070 sq km (1998 est.)
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Monaco
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NA sq km
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Mongolia
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840 sq km (1998 est.)
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Montserrat
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NA sq km
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Morocco
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12,910 sq km (1998 est.)
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Mozambique
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1,070 sq km (1998 est.)
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Namibia
|
70 sq km (1998 est.)
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Nauru
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NA sq km
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Navassa Island
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Nepal
|
11,350 sq km (1998 est.)
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Netherlands
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5,650 sq km (1998 est.)
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Netherlands Antilles
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NA sq km
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New Caledonia
|
160 sq km (1991)
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New Zealand
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2,850 sq km (1998 est.)
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Nicaragua
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880 sq km (1998 est.)
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Niger
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660 sq km (1998 est.)
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Nigeria
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2,330 sq km (1998 est.)
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Niue
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NA sq km
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Norfolk Island
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NA sq km
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Northern Mariana Islands
|
NA sq km
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Norway
|
1,270 sq km (1998 est.)
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Oman
|
620 sq km (1998 est.)
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Pakistan
|
180,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Palau
|
NA sq km
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Palmyra Atoll
|
0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Panama
|
320 sq km (1998 est.)
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Papua New Guinea
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NA sq km
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Paracel Islands
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0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Paraguay
|
670 sq km (1998 est.)
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Peru
|
11,950 sq km (1998 est.)
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Philippines
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15,500 sq km (1998 est.)
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Pitcairn Islands
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NA sq km
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Poland
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1,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Portugal
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6,320 sq km (1998 est.)
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Puerto Rico
|
400 sq km (1998 est.)
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Qatar
|
130 sq km (1998 est.)
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Reunion
|
120 sq km (1998 est.)
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Romania
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28,800 sq km (1998 est.)
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Russia
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46,630 sq km (1998 est.)
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Rwanda
|
40 sq km (1998 est.)
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Saint Helena
|
NA sq km
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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NA sq km
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Saint Lucia
|
30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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NA sq km
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
10 sq km (1998 est.)
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Samoa
|
NA sq km
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San Marino
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NA sq km
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Sao Tome and Principe
|
100 sq km (1998 est.)
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Saudi Arabia
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16,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Senegal
|
710 sq km (1998 est.)
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Seychelles
|
NA sq km
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Sierra Leone
|
290 sq km (1998 est.)
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Singapore
|
NA sq km
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Slovakia
|
1,740 sq km (1998 est.)
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Slovenia
|
20 sq km (1998 est.)
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Solomon Islands
|
NA sq km
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Somalia
|
2,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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South Africa
|
13,500 sq km (1998 est.)
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|
0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Spain
|
36,400 sq km (1998 est.)
|
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Spratly Islands
|
0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Sri Lanka
|
6,510 sq km (1998 est.)
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Sudan
|
19,500 sq km (1998 est.)
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Suriname
|
490 sq km (1998 est.)
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Svalbard
|
NA sq km
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Swaziland
|
690 sq km (1998 est.)
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Sweden
|
1,150 sq km (1998 est.)
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Switzerland
|
250 sq km (1998 est.)
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Syria
|
12,130 sq km (1998 est.)
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Taiwan
|
NA sq km
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Tajikistan
|
7,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Tanzania
|
1,550 sq km (1998 est.)
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Thailand
|
47,490 sq km (1998 est.)
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Togo
|
70 sq km (1998 est.)
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Tokelau
|
NA sq km
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Tonga
|
NA sq km
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Trinidad and Tobago
|
30 sq km (1998 est.)
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Tromelin Island
|
0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Tunisia
|
3,800 sq km (1998 est.)
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Turkey
|
42,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Turkmenistan
|
18,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
|
NA sq km
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Tuvalu
|
NA sq km
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Uganda
|
90 sq km (1998 est.)
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Ukraine
|
24,540 sq km (1998 est.)
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United Arab Emirates
|
720 sq km (1998 est.)
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United Kingdom
|
1,080 sq km (1998 est.)
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United States
|
214,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Uruguay
|
1,800 sq km (1998 est.)
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Uzbekistan
|
42,810 sq km (1998 est.)
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Vanuatu
|
NA sq km
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Venezuela
|
540 sq km (1998 est.)
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Vietnam
|
30,000 sq km (1998 est.)
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Virgin Islands
|
NA sq km
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Wake Island
|
0 sq km (1998 est.)
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Wallis and Futuna
|
NA sq km
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West Bank
|
NA sq km
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Western Sahara
|
NA sq km
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World
|
2,714,320 sq km (1998 est.)
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Yemen
|
4,900 sq km (1998 est.)
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Yugoslavia
|
570 sq km
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Zambia
|
460 sq km (1998 est.)
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Zimbabwe
|
1,170 sq km (1998 est.)
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This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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