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2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 65

914 to 1,523 m: 212

under 914 m: 800 (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: total: 19

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 11 (2000 est.)

Botswana: total: 81

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 56

under 914 m: 22 (2000 est.)

Brazil: total: 2,694

1,524 to 2,437 m: 68

914 to 1,523 m: 1,279

under 914 m: 1,347 (2000 est.)

British Virgin Islands: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Brunei: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Bulgaria: total: 87

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 10

under 914 m: 75 (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso: total: 31

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 16 (2000 est.)

Burma: total: 71

over 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 15

914 to 1,523 m: 22

under 914 m: 32 (2000 est.)

Burundi: total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Cambodia: total: 13

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 11 (2000 est.)

Cameroon: total: 38

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 21

under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

Canada: total: 900

1,524 to 2,437 m: 74

914 to 1,523 m: 362

under 914 m: 464 (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Central African Republic: total: 49

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 23

under 914 m: 15 (2000 est.)

Chad: total: 43

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 20

under 914 m: 11 (2000 est.)

Chile: total: 297

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

914 to 1,523 m: 62

under 914 m: 219 (2000 est.)

China: total: 165

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 29

914 to 1,523 m: 56

under 914 m: 78 (2000 est.)

Colombia: total: 999

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 64

914 to 1,523 m: 321

under 914 m: 613 (2000 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: total: 208

1,524 to 2,437 m: 20

914 to 1,523 m: 96

under 914 m: 92 (2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the: total: 29

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

Cook Islands: total: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Costa Rica: total: 123

914 to 1,523 m: 28

under 914 m: 95 (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire: total: 29

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 9 (2000 est.)

Croatia: total: 45

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 8

under 914 m: 36 (2000 est.)

Cuba: total: 94

914 to 1,523 m: 31

under 914 m: 63 (2000 est.)

Cyprus: total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Czech Republic: total: 71

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 28

under 914 m: 42 (2000 est.)

Denmark: total: 91

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 83 (2000 est.)

Djibouti: total: 10

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic: total: 16

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

Ecuador: total: 121

914 to 1,523 m: 32

under 914 m: 89 (2000 est.)

Egypt: total: 21

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

El Salvador: total: 79

914 to 1,523 m: 17

under 914 m: 62 (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Eritrea: total: 18

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Estonia: total: 24

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 6 (2000 est.)

Ethiopia: total: 74

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 35

under 914 m: 20 (2000 est.)

Europa Island: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): total: 3

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Fiji: total: 24

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 19 (2000 est.)

Finland: total: 90

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 84 (2000 est.)

France: total: 207

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 73

under 914 m: 130 (2000 est.)

French Guiana: total: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 5 (2000 est.)

French Polynesia: total: 13

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

Gabon: total: 49

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8

914 to 1,523 m: 17

under 914 m: 24 (2000 est.)

Gaza Strip: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Georgia: total: 15

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 6 (2000 est.)

Germany: total: 291

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 53

under 914 m: 225 (2000 est.)

Ghana: total: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Glorioso Islands: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Greece: total: 16

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

Greenland: total: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Guadeloupe: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Guam: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Guatemala: total: 466

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9

914 to 1,523 m: 124

under 914 m: 332 (2000 est.)

Guinea: total: 10

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau: total: 26

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 21 (2000 est.)

Guyana: total: 45

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 8

under 914 m: 36 (2000 est.)

Haiti: total: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 8 (2000 est.)

Honduras: total: 107

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 21

under 914 m: 84 (2000 est.)

Hungary: total: 27

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 8 (2000 est.)

Iceland: total: 75

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 20

under 914 m: 52 (2000 est.)

India: total: 102

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

914 to 1,523 m: 40

under 914 m: 55 (2000 est.)

Indonesia: total: 317

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

914 to 1,523 m: 28

under 914 m: 283 (2000 est.)

Iran: total: 200

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 13

914 to 1,523 m: 122

under 914 m: 60 (2000 est.)

Iraq: total: 34

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 10

under 914 m: 12 (2000 est.)

Ireland: total: 27

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.)

Israel: total: 25

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 20 (2000 est.)

Italy: total: 38

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 18

under 914 m: 18 (2000 est.)

Jamaica: total: 24

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 22 (2000 est.)

Jan Mayen: total: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Japan: total: 31

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 27 (2000 est.)

Jordan: total: 3

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Juan de Nova Island: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Kazakhstan: total: 421

over 3,047 m: 11

2,438 to 3,047 m: 18

1,524 to 2,437 m: 45

914 to 1,523 m: 101

under 914 m: 246 (2000 est.)

Kenya: total: 208

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 14

914 to 1,523 m: 109

under 914 m: 84 (2000 est.)

Kiribati: total: 17

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 5 (2000 est.)

Korea, North: total: 48

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 24

914 to 1,523 m: 13

under 914 m: 8 (2000 est.)

Korea, South: total: 34

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 32 (2000 est.)

Kuwait: total: 4

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Kyrgyzstan: total: 46

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 32 (2000 est.)

Laos: total: 43

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 17

under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.)

Latvia: total: 12

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 7 (2000 est.)

Lebanon: total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Lesotho: total: 25

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 21 (2000 est.)

Liberia: total: 44

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 36 (2000 est.)

Libya: total: 78

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 14

914 to 1,523 m: 40

under 914 m: 18 (2000 est.)

Lithuania: total: 63

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 55 (2000 est.)

Luxembourg: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: total: 6

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Madagascar: total: 101

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 56

under 914 m: 43 (2000 est.)

Malawi: total: 38

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 14

under 914 m: 23 (2000 est.)

Malaysia: total: 82

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 8

under 914 m: 73 (2000 est.)

Maldives: total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Mali: total: 20

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 9 (2000 est.)

Marshall Islands: total: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 9

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Martinique: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Mauritania: total: 18

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 9

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Mauritius: total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Mexico: total: 1,610

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 65

914 to 1,523 m: 470

under 914 m: 1,073 (2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Midway Islands: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Moldova: total: 23

2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 14 (2000 est.)

Mongolia: total: 26

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 5 (2000 est.)

Morocco: total: 43

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

914 to 1,523 m: 20

under 914 m: 11 (2000 est.)

Mozambique: total: 146

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 16

914 to 1,523 m: 37

under 914 m: 92 (2000 est.)

Namibia: total: 110

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 21

914 to 1,523 m: 69

under 914 m: 18 (2000 est.)

Nepal: total: 37

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 29 (2000 est.)

Netherlands: total: 9

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 6 (2000 est.)

New Caledonia: total: 23

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 11 (2000 est.)

New Zealand: total: 67

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 24

under 914 m: 42 (2000 est.)

Nicaragua: total: 171

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 25

under 914 m: 145 (2000 est.)

Niger: total: 18

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 15

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Nigeria: total: 34

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 14

under 914 m: 18 (2000 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands: total: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Norway: total: 36

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 31 (2000 est.)

Oman: total: 137

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 56

914 to 1,523 m: 37

under 914 m: 36 (2000 est.)

Pakistan: total: 35

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 11

under 914 m: 17 (2000 est.)

Palau: total: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Palmyra Atoll: total: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Panama: total: 65

914 to 1,523 m: 13

under 914 m: 52 (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea: total: 472

1,524 to 2,437 m: 13

914 to 1,523 m: 57

under 914 m: 402 (2000 est.)

Paraguay: total: 904

1,524 to 2,437 m: 29

914 to 1,523 m: 340

under 914 m: 535 (2000 est.)

Peru: total: 187

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 25

914 to 1,523 m: 65

under 914 m: 95 (2000 est.)

Philippines: total: 212

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 81

under 914 m: 129 (2000 est.)

Poland: total: 39

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 13

under 914 m: 21 (2000 est.)

Portugal: total: 26

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico: total: 9

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 7 (2000 est.)

Qatar: total: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Romania: total: 37

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 23 (2000 est.)

Russia: total: 2,272

over 3,047 m: 28

2,438 to 3,047 m: 118

1,524 to 2,437 m: 204

914 to 1,523 m: 324

under 914 m: 1,598 (2000 est.)

Rwanda: total: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Samoa: total: 2

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia: total: 136

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 77

914 to 1,523 m: 39

under 914 m: 15 (2000 est.)

Senegal: total: 10

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Seychelles: total: 8

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 4 (2000 est.)

Sierra Leone: total: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Slovakia: total: 17

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 9

under 914 m: 7 (2000 est.)

Slovenia: total: 8

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 4 (2000 est.)

Solomon Islands: total: 29

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 10

under 914 m: 18 (2000 est.)

Somalia: total: 57

2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

1,524 to 2,437 m: 13

914 to 1,523 m: 29

under 914 m: 11 (2000 est.)

South Africa: total: 599

1,524 to 2,437 m: 33

914 to 1,523 m: 304

under 914 m: 262 (2000 est.)

Spain: total: 35

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 9

under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.)

Spratly Islands: total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka: total: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Sudan: total: 49

1,524 to 2,437 m: 15

914 to 1,523 m: 25

under 914 m: 9 (2000 est.)

Suriname: total: 41

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 35 (2000 est.)

Svalbard: total: 3

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Swaziland: total: 17

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

Sweden: total: 108

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 103 (2000 est.)

Switzerland: total: 25

under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.)

Syria: total: 76

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 11

under 914 m: 63 (2000 est.)

Tajikistan: total: 51

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 36 (2000 est.)

Tanzania: total: 115

1,524 to 2,437 m: 17

914 to 1,523 m: 63

under 914 m: 35 (2000 est.)

Thailand: total: 51

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 16

under 914 m: 34 (2000 est.)

Togo: total: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Tonga: total: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago: total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Tromelin Island: total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Tunisia: total: 17

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 8

under 914 m: 7 (2000 est.)

Turkey: total: 35

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 8

under 914 m: 26 (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan: total: 63

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 10

under 914 m: 41 (2000 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands: total: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Tuvalu: total: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Uganda: total: 24

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

914 to 1,523 m: 9

under 914 m: 8 (2000 est.)

Ukraine: total: 604

over 3,047 m: 13

2,438 to 3,047 m: 37

1,524 to 2,437 m: 52

914 to 1,523 m: 45

under 914 m: 457 (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates: total: 18

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 9

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

United Kingdom: total: 140

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 23

under 914 m: 116 (2000 est.)

United States: total: 9,546

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 164

914 to 1,523 m: 1,675

under 914 m: 7,698 (2000 est.)

Uruguay: total: 49

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 16

under 914 m: 31 (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan: total: 257

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 8

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

914 to 1,523 m: 13

under 914 m: 222

Vanuatu: total: 30

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 11

under 914 m: 17 (2000 est.)

Venezuela: total: 247

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 97

under 914 m: 140 (2000 est.)

Vietnam: total: 17

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 8 (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna: total: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Western Sahara: total: 8

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Yemen: total: 37

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 9

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8

914 to 1,523 m: 13

under 914 m: 5 (2000 est.)

Yugoslavia: total: 28

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 14 (2000 est.)

Zambia: total: 99

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 65

under 914 m: 31 (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe: total: 437

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 209

under 914 m: 224 (2000 est.)

Taiwan: total: 4

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

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@Area

Afghanistan: total: 647,500 sq km

land: 647,500 sq km

water: 0 sq km

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: 91 sq km

land: 91 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 sq km (Antigua 281 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km)

land: 442 sq km

water: 0 sq km

note: includes Redonda

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) andCartier 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,Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of theScotia 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: 83,858 sq km

land: 82,738 sq km

water: 1,120 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: 620 sq km

land: 620 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Baker Island: total: 1.4 sq km

land: 1.4 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Bangladesh: total: 144,000 sq km

land: 133,910 sq km

water: 10,090 sq km

Barbados: total: 430 sq km

land: 430 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Bassas da India: total: 0.2 sq km

land: 0.2 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Belarus: total: 207,600 sq km

land: 207,600 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Belgium: total: 30,510 sq km

land: 30,230 sq km

water: 280 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: 58.8 sq km

land: 58.8 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: 58.5 sq km

land: 58.5 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: 60 sq km

land: 60 sq km

water: 0 sq km

note: includes the entire Chagos Archipelago

British Virgin Islands: total: 150 sq km

land: 150 sq km

water: 0 sq km

note: includes the island of Anegada

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: 9,976,140 sq km

land: 9,220,970 sq km

water: 755,170 sq km

Cape Verde: total: 4,033 sq km

land: 4,033 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Cayman Islands: total: 259 sq km

land: 259 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Central African Republic: total: 622,984 sq km

land: 622,984 sq km


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