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This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. |
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Country Comparison to the World
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| Afghanistan
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total: 652,230 sq km
land: 652,230 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Akrotiri
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total: 123 sq km
note: includes a salt lake and wetlands
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| Albania
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total: 28,748 sq km
land: 27,398 sq km
water: 1,350 sq km
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| Algeria
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total: 2,381,741 sq km
land: 2,381,741 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| American Samoa
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total: 199 sq km
land: 199 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island
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| Andorra
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total: 468 sq km
land: 468 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Angola
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total: 1,246,700 sq km
land: 1,246,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Anguilla
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total: 91 sq km
land: 91 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Antarctica
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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
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| Antigua and Barbuda
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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
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| Arctic Ocean
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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
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| Argentina
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total: 2,780,400 sq km
land: 2,736,690 sq km
water: 43,710 sq km
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| Armenia
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total: 29,743 sq km
land: 28,203 sq km
water: 1,540 sq km
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| Aruba
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total: 180 sq km
land: 180 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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total: 5 sq km
land: 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
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| Atlantic Ocean
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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
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| Australia
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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
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| Austria
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total: 83,871 sq km
land: 82,445 sq km
water: 1,426 sq km
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| Azerbaijan
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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
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| Bahamas, The
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total: 13,880 sq km
land: 10,010 sq km
water: 3,870 sq km
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| Bahrain
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total: 760 sq km
land: 760 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Bangladesh
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total: 143,998 sq km
land: 130,168 sq km
water: 13,830 sq km
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| Barbados
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total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Belarus
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total: 207,600 sq km
land: 202,900 sq km
water: 4,700 sq km
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| Belgium
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total: 30,528 sq km
land: 30,278 sq km
water: 250 sq km
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| Belize
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total: 22,966 sq km
land: 22,806 sq km
water: 160 sq km
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| Benin
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total: 112,622 sq km
land: 110,622 sq km
water: 2,000 sq km
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| Bermuda
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total: 54 sq km
land: 54 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Bhutan
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total: 38,394 sq km
land: 38,394 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Bolivia
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total: 1,098,581 sq km
land: 1,083,301 sq km
water: 15,280 sq km
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| Botswana
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total: 581,730 sq km
land: 566,730 sq km
water: 15,000 sq km
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| Brazil
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total: 8,514,877 sq km
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
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| British Indian Ocean Territory
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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
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| British Virgin Islands
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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
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| Brunei
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total: 5,765 sq km
land: 5,265 sq km
water: 500 sq km
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| Bulgaria
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total: 110,879 sq km
land: 108,489 sq km
water: 2,390 sq km
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| Burkina Faso
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total: 274,200 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 sq km
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| Burma
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total: 676,578 sq km
land: 653,508 sq km
water: 23,070 sq km
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| Burundi
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total: 27,830 sq km
land: 25,680 sq km
water: 2,150 sq km
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| Cabo Verde
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total: 4,033 sq km
land: 4,033 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Cambodia
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total: 181,035 sq km
land: 176,515 sq km
water: 4,520 sq km
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| Cameroon
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total: 475,440 sq km
land: 472,710 sq km
water: 2,730 sq km
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| Canada
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total: 9,984,670 sq km
land: 9,093,507 sq km
water: 891,163 sq km
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| Chad
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total: 1.284 million sq km
land: 1,259,200 sq km
water: 24,800 sq km
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| Chile
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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
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| China
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total: 9,596,961 sq km
land: 9,569,901 sq km
water: 27,060 sq km
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| Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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total: 14 sq km
land: 14 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
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| Colombia
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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
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| Comoros
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total: 2,235 sq km
land: 2,235 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Cook Islands
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total: 236 sq km
land: 236 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Coral Sea Islands
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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
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| Costa Rica
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total: 51,100 sq km
land: 51,060 sq km
water: 40 sq km
note: includes Isla del Coco
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| Cote d'Ivoire
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total: 322,463 sq km
land: 318,003 sq km
water: 4,460 sq km
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| Croatia
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total: 56,594 sq km
land: 55,974 sq km
water: 620 sq km
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| Cuba
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total: 110,860 sq km
land: 109,820 sq km
water: 1,040 sq km
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| Curacao
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total: 444 sq km
land: 444 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Cyprus
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total: 9,251 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)
land: 9,241 sq km
water: 10 sq km
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| Czech Republic
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total: 78,867 sq km
land: 77,247 sq km
water: 1,620 sq km
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| Denmark
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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
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| Dhekelia
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total: 130.8 sq km
note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves
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| Djibouti
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total: 23,200 sq km
land: 23,180 sq km
water: 20 sq km
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| Dominica
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total: 751 sq km
land: 751 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Ecuador
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total: 283,561 sq km
land: 276,841 sq km
water: 6,720 sq km
note: includes Galapagos Islands
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| Egypt
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total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
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| El Salvador
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total: 21,041 sq km
land: 20,721 sq km
water: 320 sq km
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| Eritrea
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total: 117,600 sq km
land: 101,000 sq km
water: 16,600 sq km
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| Estonia
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total: 45,228 sq km
land: 42,388 sq km
water: 2,840 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
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| Ethiopia
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total: 1,104,300 sq km
land: 1 million sq km
water: 104,300 sq km
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| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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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
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| Faroe Islands
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total: 1,393 sq km
land: 1,393 sq km
water: 0 sq km (some lakes and streams)
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| Fiji
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total: 18,274 sq km
land: 18,274 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Finland
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total: 338,145 sq km
land: 303,815 sq km
water: 34,330 sq km
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| France
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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
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| French Polynesia
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total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
land: 3,827 sq km
water: 340 sq km
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| French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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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
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| Gabon
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total: 267,667 sq km
land: 257,667 sq km
water: 10,000 sq km
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| Gambia, The
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total: 11,295 sq km
land: 10,000 sq km
water: 1,295 sq km
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| Gaza Strip
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total: 360 sq km
land: 360 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Georgia
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total: 69,700 sq km
land: 69,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Germany
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total: 357,022 sq km
land: 348,672 sq km
water: 8,350 sq km
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| Ghana
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total: 238,533 sq km
land: 227,533 sq km
water: 11,000 sq km
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| Gibraltar
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total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Greece
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total: 131,957 sq km
land: 130,647 sq km
water: 1,310 sq km
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| Greenland
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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)
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| Grenada
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total: 344 sq km
land: 344 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Guam
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total: 544 sq km
land: 544 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Guatemala
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total: 108,889 sq km
land: 107,159 sq km
water: 1,730 sq km
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| Guernsey
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total: 78 sq km
land: 78 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
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| Guinea
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total: 245,857 sq km
land: 245,717 sq km
water: 140 sq km
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| Guinea-Bissau
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total: 36,125 sq km
land: 28,120 sq km
water: 8,005 sq km
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| Guyana
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total: 214,969 sq km
land: 196,849 sq km
water: 18,120 sq km
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| Haiti
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total: 27,750 sq km
land: 27,560 sq km
water: 190 sq km
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| Honduras
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total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km
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| Hong Kong
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total: 1,104 sq km
land: 1,054 sq km
water: 50 sq km
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| Hungary
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total: 93,028 sq km
land: 89,608 sq km
water: 3,420 sq km
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| Iceland
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total: 103,000 sq km
land: 100,250 sq km
water: 2,750 sq km
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| India
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total: 3,287,263 sq km
land: 2,973,193 sq km
water: 314,070 sq km
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| Indian Ocean
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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
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| Indonesia
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total: 1,904,569 sq km
land: 1,811,569 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km
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| Iran
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total: 1,648,195 sq km
land: 1,531,595 sq km
water: 116,600 sq km
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| Iraq
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total: 438,317 sq km
land: 437,367 sq km
water: 950 sq km
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| Ireland
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total: 70,273 sq km
land: 68,883 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km
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| Isle of Man
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total: 572 sq km
land: 572 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Israel
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total: 20,770 sq km
land: 20,330 sq km
water: 440 sq km
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| Italy
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total: 301,340 sq km
land: 294,140 sq km
water: 7,200 sq km
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily
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| Jamaica
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total: 10,991 sq km
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km
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| Jan Mayen
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total: 377 sq km
land: 377 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Japan
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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)
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| Jersey
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total: 116 sq km
land: 116 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Jordan
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total: 89,342 sq km
land: 88,802 sq km
water: 540 sq km
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| Kazakhstan
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total: 2,724,900 sq km
land: 2,699,700 sq km
water: 25,200 sq km
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| Kenya
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total: 580,367 sq km
land: 569,140 sq km
water: 11,227 sq km
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| Kiribati
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total: 811 sq km
land: 811 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands
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| Korea, North
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total: 120,538 sq km
land: 120,408 sq km
water: 130 sq km
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| Korea, South
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total: 99,720 sq km
land: 96,920 sq km
water: 2,800 sq km
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| Kosovo
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total: 10,887 sq km
land: 10,887 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Kuwait
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total: 17,818 sq km
land: 17,818 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Kyrgyzstan
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total: 199,951 sq km
land: 191,801 sq km
water: 8,150 sq km
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| Laos
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total: 236,800 sq km
land: 230,800 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
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| Latvia
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total: 64,589 sq km
land: 62,249 sq km
water: 2,340 sq km
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| Lebanon
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total: 10,400 sq km
land: 10,230 sq km
water: 170 sq km
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| Lesotho
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total: 30,355 sq km
land: 30,355 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Liberia
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total: 111,369 sq km
land: 96,320 sq km
water: 15,049 sq km
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| Libya
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total: 1,759,540 sq km
land: 1,759,540 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Lithuania
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total: 65,300 sq km
land: 62,680 sq km
water: 2,620 sq km
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| Luxembourg
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total: 2,586 sq km
land: 2,586 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Macau
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total: 28.2 sq km
land: 28.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Macedonia
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total: 25,713 sq km
land: 25,433 sq km
water: 280 sq km
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| Madagascar
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total: 587,041 sq km
land: 581,540 sq km
water: 5,501 sq km
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| Malawi
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total: 118,484 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km
water: 24,404 sq km
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| Malaysia
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total: 329,847 sq km
land: 328,657 sq km
water: 1,190 sq km
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| Maldives
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total: 298 sq km
land: 298 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Mali
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total: 1,240,192 sq km
land: 1,220,190 sq km
water: 20,002 sq km
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| Malta
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total: 316 sq km
land: 316 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Marshall Islands
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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
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| Mauritania
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total: 1,030,700 sq km
land: 1,030,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Mauritius
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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
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| Mexico
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total: 1,964,375 sq km
land: 1,943,945 sq km
water: 20,430 sq km
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| Micronesia, Federated States of
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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)
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| Midway Islands
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total: 6.2 sq km
land: 6.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island
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| Moldova
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total: 33,851 sq km
land: 32,891 sq km
water: 960 sq km
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| Monaco
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total: 2 sq km
land: 2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Mongolia
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total: 1,564,116 sq km
land: 1,553,556 sq km
water: 10,560 sq km
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| Montenegro
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total: 13,812 sq km
land: 13,452 sq km
water: 360 sq km
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| Montserrat
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total: 102 sq km
land: 102 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Morocco
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total: 446,550 sq km
land: 446,300 sq km
water: 250 sq km
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| Mozambique
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total: 799,380 sq km
land: 786,380 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km
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| Namibia
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total: 824,292 sq km
land: 823,290 sq km
water: 1,002 sq km
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| Nauru
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total: 21 sq km
land: 21 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Nepal
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total: 147,181 sq km
land: 143,351 sq km
water: 3,830 sq km
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| Netherlands
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total: 41,543 sq km
land: 33,893 sq km
water: 7,650 sq km
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| New Caledonia
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total: 18,575 sq km
land: 18,275 sq km
water: 300 sq km
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| New Zealand
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total: 267,710 sq km
land: 267,710 sq km
water: NA
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
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| Nicaragua
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total: 130,370 sq km
land: 119,990 sq km
water: 10,380 sq km
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| Niger
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total: 1.267 million sq km
land: 1,266,700 sq km
water: 300 sq km
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| Nigeria
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total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km
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| Niue
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total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Northern Mariana Islands
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total: 464 sq km
land: 464 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: consists of 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
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| Norway
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total: 323,802 sq km
land: 304,282 sq km
water: 19,520 sq km
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| Oman
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total: 309,500 sq km
land: 309,500 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Pacific Ocean
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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
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| Pakistan
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total: 796,095 sq km
land: 770,875 sq km
water: 25,220 sq km
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| Palau
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total: 459 sq km
land: 459 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Panama
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total: 75,420 sq km
land: 74,340 sq km
water: 1,080 sq km
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| Paraguay
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total: 406,752 sq km
land: 397,302 sq km
water: 9,450 sq km
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| Peru
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total: 1,285,216 sq km
land: 1,279,996 sq km
water: 5,220 sq km
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| Philippines
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total: 300,000 sq km
land: 298,170 sq km
water: 1,830 sq km
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| Poland
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total: 312,685 sq km
land: 304,255 sq km
water: 8,430 sq km
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| Portugal
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total: 92,090 sq km
land: 91,470 sq km
water: 620 sq km
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
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| Puerto Rico
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total: 13,790 sq km
land: 8,870 sq km
water: 4,921 sq km
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| Qatar
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total: 11,586 sq km
land: 11,586 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Romania
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total: 238,391 sq km
land: 229,891 sq km
water: 8,500 sq km
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| Russia
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total: 17,098,242 sq km
land: 16,377,742 sq km
water: 720,500 sq km
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| Rwanda
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total: 26,338 sq km
land: 24,668 sq km
water: 1,670 sq km
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis
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total: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)
land: 261 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Saint Lucia
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total: 616 sq km
land: 606 sq km
water: 10 sq km
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| Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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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
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| Samoa
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total: 2,831 sq km
land: 2,821 sq km
water: 10 sq km
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| San Marino
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total: 61 sq km
land: 61 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Saudi Arabia
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total: 2,149,690 sq km
land: 2,149,690 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Senegal
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total: 196,722 sq km
land: 192,530 sq km
water: 4,192 sq km
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| Serbia
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total: 77,474 sq km
land: 77,474 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Seychelles
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total: 455 sq km
land: 455 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Sierra Leone
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total: 71,740 sq km
land: 71,620 sq km
water: 120 sq km
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| Singapore
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total: 697 sq km
land: 687 sq km
water: 10 sq km
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| Sint Maarten
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total: 34 sq km
land: 34 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin
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| Slovakia
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total: 49,035 sq km
land: 48,105 sq km
water: 930 sq km
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| Slovenia
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total: 20,273 sq km
land: 20,151 sq km
water: 122 sq km
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| Somalia
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total: 637,657 sq km
land: 627,337 sq km
water: 10,320 sq km
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| South Africa
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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)
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| South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
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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
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| Southern Ocean
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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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| Spain
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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
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| Spratly Islands
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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
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| Sri Lanka
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total: 65,610 sq km
land: 64,630 sq km
water: 980 sq km
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| Sudan
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total: 1,861,484 sq km
land: NA
water: NA
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| Suriname
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total: 163,820 sq km
land: 156,000 sq km
water: 7,820 sq km
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| Svalbard
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total: 62,045 sq km
land: 62,045 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
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| Swaziland
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total: 17,364 sq km
land: 17,204 sq km
water: 160 sq km
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| Sweden
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total: 450,295 sq km
land: 410,335 sq km
water: 39,960 sq km
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| Switzerland
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total: 41,277 sq km
land: 39,997 sq km
water: 1,280 sq km
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| Syria
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total: 185,180 sq km
land: 183,630 sq km
water: 1,550 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory
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| Taiwan
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total: 35,980 sq km
land: 32,260 sq km
water: 3,720 sq km
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands
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| Tajikistan
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total: 143,100 sq km
land: 141,510 sq km
water: 2,590 sq km
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| Tanzania
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total: 947,300 sq km
land: 885,800 sq km
water: 61,500 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
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| Thailand
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total: 513,120 sq km
land: 510,890 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km
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| Timor-Leste
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total: 14,874 sq km
land: 14,874 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Togo
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total: 56,785 sq km
land: 54,385 sq km
water: 2,400 sq km
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| Tokelau
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total: 12 sq km
land: 12 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Tonga
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total: 747 sq km
land: 717 sq km
water: 30 sq km
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| Tunisia
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total: 163,610 sq km
land: 155,360 sq km
water: 8,250 sq km
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| Turkey
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total: 783,562 sq km
land: 769,632 sq km
water: 13,930 sq km
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| Turkmenistan
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total: 488,100 sq km
land: 469,930 sq km
water: 18,170 sq km
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| Tuvalu
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total: 26 sq km
land: 26 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Uganda
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total: 241,038 sq km
land: 197,100 sq km
water: 43,938 sq km
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| Ukraine
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total: 603,550 sq km
land: 579,330 sq km
water: 24,220 sq km
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| United Kingdom
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total: 243,610 sq km
land: 241,930 sq km
water: 1,680 sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
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| United States
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total: 9,826,675 sq km
land: 9,161,966 sq km
water: 664,709 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
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| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
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total - 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
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| Uruguay
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total: 176,215 sq km
land: 175,015 sq km
water: 1,200 sq km
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| Uzbekistan
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total: 447,400 sq km
land: 425,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km
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| Vanuatu
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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
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| Venezuela
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total: 912,050 sq km
land: 882,050 sq km
water: 30,000 sq km
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| Vietnam
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total: 331,210 sq km
land: 310,070 sq km
water: 21,140 sq km
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| Wake Island
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total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| Wallis and Futuna
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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
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| West Bank
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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
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| Western Sahara
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total: 266,000 sq km
land: 266,000 sq km
water: 0 sq km
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| World
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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
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| Yemen
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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)
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| Zambia
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total: 752,618 sq km
land: 743,398 sq km
water: 9,220 sq km
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| Zimbabwe
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total: 390,757 sq km
land: 386,847 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km
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