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CanadaNorthern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean onthe east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean onthe north, north of the conterminous US

Cape VerdeWestern Africa, group of islands in the North AtlanticOcean, west of Senegal

Cayman IslandsCaribbean, three-island group (Grand Cayman, CaymanBrac, Little Cayman) in Caribbean Sea, 240 km south of Cuba and 268km northwest of Jamaica

Central African RepublicCentral Africa, north of DemocraticRepublic of the Congo

ChadCentral Africa, south of Libya

ChileSouthern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean,between Argentina and Peru

ChinaEastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, YellowSea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam

Christmas IslandSoutheastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean,south of Indonesia

Clipperton IslandMiddle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean,1,120 km southwest of Mexico

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsSoutheastern Asia, group of islands in theIndian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australiato Sri Lanka

ColombiaNorthern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea,between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean,between Ecuador and Panama

ComorosSouthern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth ofthe Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northernMadagascar and northern Mozambique

Congo, Democratic Republic of theCentral Africa, northeast of Angola

Congo, Republic of theWestern Africa, bordering the South AtlanticOcean, between Angola and Gabon

Cook IslandsOceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean,about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand

Coral Sea IslandsOceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast ofAustralia

Costa RicaCentral America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and theNorth Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama

Cote d'IvoireWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,between Ghana and Liberia

CroatiaSoutheastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, betweenBosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

CubaCaribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the NorthAtlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida

CyprusMiddle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey

Czech RepublicCentral Europe, southeast of Germany

DenmarkNorthern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea,on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two majorislands (Sjaelland and Fyn)

DhekeliaEastern Mediterranean, on the southeast coast of Cyprusnear Famagusta

DjiboutiEastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea,between Eritrea and Somalia

DominicaCaribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the NorthAtlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad andTobago

Dominican RepublicCaribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island ofHispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean,east of Haiti

EcuadorWestern South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at theEquator, between Colombia and Peru

EgyptNorthern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, betweenLibya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, andincludes the Asian Sinai Peninsula

El SalvadorCentral America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean,between Guatemala and Honduras

Equatorial GuineaWestern Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra,between Cameroon and Gabon

EritreaEastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti andSudan

EstoniaEastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf ofFinland, between Latvia and Russia

EthiopiaEastern Africa, west of Somalia

European UnionEurope between the North Atlantic Ocean in the westand Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the east

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Southern South America, islands inthe South Atlantic Ocean, east of southern Argentina

Faroe IslandsNorthern Europe, island group between the NorwegianSea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Iceland andNorway

FijiOceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, abouttwo-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

FinlandNorthern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia,and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia

Francemetropolitan France: Western Europe, bordering the Bay ofBiscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast ofthe UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and SpainFrench Guiana: Northern South America, bordering the North AtlanticOcean, between Brazil and SurinameGuadeloupe: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and theNorth Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto RicoMartinique: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and NorthAtlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and TobagoReunion: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east ofMadagascar

French PolynesiaOceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Oceanabout half way between South America and Australia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands southeast and east of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, some near Madagascar and others about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands include Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"

GabonWestern Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator,between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea

Gambia, TheWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean andSenegal

Gaza StripMiddle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, betweenEgypt and Israel

GeorgiaSouthwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkeyand Russia

GermanyCentral Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea,between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark

GhanaWestern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Coted'Ivoire and Togo

GibraltarSouthwestern Europe, bordering the Strait of Gibraltar,which links the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, onthe southern coast of Spain

GreeceSouthern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, andthe Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey

GreenlandNorthern North America, island between the Arctic Oceanand the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

GrenadaCaribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and AtlanticOcean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

GuamOceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, aboutthree-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines

GuatemalaCentral America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean,between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras(Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize

GuernseyWestern Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwestof France

GuineaWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, betweenGuinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone

Guinea-BissauWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,between Guinea and Senegal

GuyanaNorthern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,between Suriname and Venezuela

HaitiCaribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola,between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of theDominican Republic

Heard Island and McDonald Islandsislands in the Indian Ocean, abouttwo-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica

Holy See (Vatican City)Southern Europe, an enclave of Rome (Italy)

HondurasCentral America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, betweenGuatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (NorthPacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua

Hong KongEastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

HungaryCentral Europe, northwest of Romania

IcelandNorthern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and theNorth Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK

IndiaSouthern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Indian Oceanbody of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia,and Australia

IndonesiaSoutheastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Oceanand the Pacific Ocean

IranMiddle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, andthe Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan

IraqMiddle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait

IrelandWestern Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island ofIreland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain

Isle of ManWestern Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between GreatBritain and Ireland

IsraelMiddle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egyptand Lebanon

ItalySouthern Europe, a peninsula extending into the centralMediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia

JamaicaCaribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba

Jan MayenNorthern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and theNorwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland

JapanEastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean andthe Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula

JerseyWestern Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest ofFrance

JordanMiddle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia

KazakhstanCentral Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west ofthe Ural River in eastern-most Europe

KenyaEastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somaliaand Tanzania

KiribatiOceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean,straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about half way betweenHawaii and Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimedthat all of its territory lies in the same time zone as its GilbertIslands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the LineIslands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of theInternational Date Line

Korea, NorthEastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsulabordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China andSouth Korea

Korea, SouthEastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsulabordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea

KosovoSoutheast Europe, between Serbia and Macedonia

KuwaitMiddle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq andSaudi Arabia

KyrgyzstanCentral Asia, west of China

LaosSoutheastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam

LatviaEastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia andLithuania

LebanonMiddle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israeland Syria

LesothoSouthern Africa, an enclave of South Africa

LiberiaWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, betweenCote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

LibyaNorthern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, betweenEgypt and Tunisia

LiechtensteinCentral Europe, between Austria and Switzerland

LithuaniaEastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latviaand Russia

LuxembourgWestern Europe, between France and Germany

MacauEastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

MacedoniaSoutheastern Europe, north of Greece

MadagascarSouthern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east ofMozambique

MalawiSouthern Africa, east of Zambia

MalaysiaSoutheastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand andnorthern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia,Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam

MaldivesSouthern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean,south-southwest of India

MaliWestern Africa, southwest of Algeria

MaltaSouthern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south ofSicily (Italy)

Marshall IslandsOceania, two archipelagic island chains of 29atolls, each made up of many small islets, and five single islandsin the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii andAustralia

MauritaniaNorthern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,between Senegal and Western Sahara

MauritiusSouthern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east ofMadagascar

MayotteSouthern Indian Ocean, island in the Mozambique Channel,about half way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique

MexicoMiddle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf ofMexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North PacificOcean, between Guatemala and the US

Micronesia, Federated States ofOceania, island group in the NorthPacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii toIndonesia

MoldovaEastern Europe, northeast of Romania

MonacoWestern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on thesouthern coast of France, near the border with Italy

MongoliaNorthern Asia, between China and Russia

MontenegroSoutheastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia

MontserratCaribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast ofPuerto Rico

MoroccoNorthern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and theMediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara

MozambiqueSoutheastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel,between South Africa and Tanzania

NamibiaSouthern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, betweenAngola and South Africa

NauruOceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of theMarshall Islands

Navassa IslandCaribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 35 miles westof Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti

NepalSouthern Asia, between China and India

NetherlandsWestern Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgiumand Germany

Netherlands AntillesCaribbean, two island groups in the CaribbeanSea - composed of five islands, Curacao and Bonaire located off thecoast of Venezuela, and Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius lieeast of the US Virgin Islands

New CaledoniaOceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east ofAustralia

New ZealandOceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeastof Australia

NicaraguaCentral America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and theNorth Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras

NigerWestern Africa, southeast of Algeria

NigeriaWestern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Beninand Cameroon

NiueOceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga

Norfolk IslandOceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east ofAustralia

Northern Mariana IslandsOceania, islands in the North PacificOcean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines

NorwayNorthern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the NorthAtlantic Ocean, west of Sweden

OmanMiddle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, andPersian Gulf, between Yemen and UAE

Pacific Oceanbody of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia,Australia, and the Western Hemisphere

PakistanSouthern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India onthe east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north

PalauOceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean,southeast of the Philippines

PanamaCentral America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and theNorth Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica

Papua New GuineaOceania, group of islands including the easternhalf of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the SouthPacific Ocean, east of Indonesia

Paracel IslandsSoutheastern Asia, group of small islands and reefsin the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from centralVietnam to the northern Philippines

ParaguayCentral South America, northeast of Argentina

PeruWestern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean,between Chile and Ecuador

PhilippinesSoutheastern Asia, archipelago between the PhilippineSea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam

Pitcairn IslandsOceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, aboutmidway between Peru and New Zealand

PolandCentral Europe, east of Germany

PortugalSouthwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,west of Spain

Puerto RicoCaribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and theNorth Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic

QatarMiddle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and SaudiArabia

RomaniaSoutheastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, betweenBulgaria and Ukraine

RussiaNorthern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered partof Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the NorthPacific Ocean

RwandaCentral Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Saint Barthelemylocated approximately 125 miles northwest ofGuadeloupe

Saint Helenaislands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midwaybetween South America and Africa; Ascension Island lies 700 nmnorthwest of Saint Helena; Tristan da Cunha lies 2300 nm southwestof Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and NevisCaribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, aboutone-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Saint LuciaCaribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and NorthAtlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Martinisland 300 km southeast of Puerto Rico

Saint Pierre and MiquelonNorthern North America, islands in theNorth Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland (Canada)

Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean, islands between theCaribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

SamoaOceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, abouthalf way between Hawaii and New Zealand

San MarinoSouthern Europe, an enclave in central Italy

Sao Tome and PrincipeWestern Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea,straddling the Equator, west of Gabon

Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the RedSea, north of Yemen

SenegalWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, betweenGuinea-Bissau and Mauritania

SerbiaSoutheastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary

Seychellesarchipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar

Sierra LeoneWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,between Guinea and Liberia

SingaporeSoutheastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia

SlovakiaCentral Europe, south of Poland

SloveniaCentral Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea,between Austria and Croatia

Solomon IslandsOceania, group of islands in the South PacificOcean, east of Papua New Guinea

SomaliaEastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the IndianOcean, east of Ethiopia

South AfricaSouthern Africa, at the southern tip of the continentof Africa

South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouthern South America,islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America

Southern Oceanbody of water between 60 degrees south latitude andAntarctica

SpainSouthwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay,Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains,southwest of France

Spratly IslandsSoutheastern Asia, group of reefs and islands in theSouth China Sea, about two-thirds of the way from southern Vietnamto the southern Philippines

Sri LankaSouthern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India

SudanNorthern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt andEritrea

SurinameNorthern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,between French Guiana and Guyana

SvalbardNorthern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, BarentsSea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway

SwazilandSouthern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa

SwedenNorthern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia,Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway

SwitzerlandCentral Europe, east of France, north of Italy

SyriaMiddle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanonand Turkey

TaiwanEastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea,Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of thePhilippines, off the southeastern coast of China

TajikistanCentral Asia, west of China

TanzaniaEastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenyaand Mozambique

ThailandSoutheastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulfof Thailand, southeast of Burma

Timor-LesteSoutheastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the LesserSunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note- Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, theOecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island ofTimor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco

TogoWestern Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin andGhana

TokelauOceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean,about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

TongaOceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, abouttwo-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Trinidad and TobagoCaribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea andthe North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela

TunisiaNorthern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, betweenAlgeria and Libya

TurkeySoutheastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion ofTurkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe),bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and borderingthe Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

TurkmenistanCentral Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iranand Kazakhstan

Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbean, two island groups in the NorthAtlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti

TuvaluOceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in theSouth Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii toAustralia

UgandaEastern Africa, west of Kenya

UkraineEastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland,Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east

United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and thePersian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia

United KingdomWestern Europe, islands including the northernone-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Oceanand the North Sea, northwest of France

United StatesNorth America, bordering both the North Atlantic Oceanand the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico

United States Pacific Island Wildlife RefugesOceaniaBaker Island: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 1,830 nm (3,389 km)southwest of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and AustraliaHowland Island: island in the North Pacific Ocean 1,815 nm (3,361km) southwest of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii andAustraliaJarvis Island: island in the South Pacific Ocean 1,305 nm (2,417 km)south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and Cook IslandsJohnston Atoll: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 nm (1,328 km)southwest of Honolulu, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to theMarshall IslandsKingman Reef: reef in the North Pacific Ocean 930 nm (1,722 km)south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and American SamoaMidway Islands: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 1,260 nm (2,334 km)northwest of Honolulu near the end of the Hawaiian Archipelago,about one-third of the way from Honolulu to TokyoPalmyra Atoll: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 960 nm (1,778 km)south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa

UruguaySouthern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,between Argentina and Brazil

UzbekistanCentral Asia, north of Afghanistan

VanuatuOceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, aboutthree-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia

VenezuelaNorthern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea andthe North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana

VietnamSoutheastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf ofTonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia

Virgin IslandsCaribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and theNorth Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico

Wake IslandOceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, abouttwo-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands

Wallis and FutunaOceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, abouttwo-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

West BankMiddle East, west of Jordan

Western SaharaNorthern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,between Mauritania and Morocco

YemenMiddle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and RedSea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia

ZambiaSouthern Africa, east of Angola

ZimbabweSouthern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia

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@2145 Map references

AfghanistanAsia

AkrotiriMiddle East

AlbaniaEurope

AlgeriaAfrica

American SamoaOceania

AndorraEurope

AngolaAfrica

AnguillaCentral America and the Caribbean

AntarcticaAntarctic Region

Antigua and BarbudaCentral America and the Caribbean

Arctic OceanArctic Region

ArgentinaSouth America

ArmeniaAsia

ArubaCentral America and the Caribbean

Ashmore and Cartier IslandsSoutheast Asia

Atlantic OceanPolitical Map of the World

AustraliaOceania

AustriaEurope

AzerbaijanAsia

Bahamas, TheCentral America and the Caribbean

BahrainMiddle East

BangladeshAsia

BarbadosCentral America and the Caribbean

BelarusEurope

BelgiumEurope

BelizeCentral America and the Caribbean

BeninAfrica

BermudaNorth America

BhutanAsia

BoliviaSouth America

Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope

BotswanaAfrica

Bouvet IslandAntarctic Region

BrazilSouth America

British Indian Ocean TerritoryPolitical Map of the World

British Virgin IslandsCentral America and the Caribbean

BruneiSoutheast Asia

BulgariaEurope

Burkina FasoAfrica

BurmaSoutheast Asia

BurundiAfrica

CambodiaSoutheast Asia

CameroonAfrica

CanadaNorth America

Cape VerdePolitical Map of the World

Cayman IslandsCentral America and the Caribbean

Central African RepublicAfrica

ChadAfrica

ChileSouth America

ChinaAsia

Christmas IslandSoutheast Asia

Clipperton IslandPolitical Map of the World

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsSoutheast Asia

ColombiaSouth America

ComorosAfrica

Congo, Democratic Republic of theAfrica

Congo, Republic of theAfrica

Cook IslandsOceania

Coral Sea IslandsOceania

Costa RicaCentral America and the Caribbean

Cote d'IvoireAfrica

CroatiaEurope

CubaCentral America and the Caribbean

CyprusMiddle East

Czech RepublicEurope

DenmarkEurope

DhekeliaMiddle East

DjiboutiAfrica

DominicaCentral America and the Caribbean

Dominican RepublicCentral America and the Caribbean

EcuadorSouth America

EgyptAfrica

El SalvadorCentral America and the Caribbean

Equatorial GuineaAfrica

EritreaAfrica

EstoniaEurope

EthiopiaAfrica

European UnionEurope

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)South America

Faroe IslandsEurope

FijiOceania

FinlandEurope

Francemetropolitan France: EuropeFrench Guiana: South AmericaGuadeloupe: Central America and the CaribbeanMartinique: Central America and the CaribbeanReunion: World

French PolynesiaOceania

French Southern and Antarctic LandsAntarctic Region, Africa

GabonAfrica

Gambia, TheAfrica

Gaza StripMiddle East

GeorgiaAsia

GermanyEurope

GhanaAfrica

GibraltarEurope

GreeceEurope

GreenlandArctic Region

GrenadaCentral America and the Caribbean

GuamOceania

GuatemalaCentral America and the Caribbean

GuernseyEurope

GuineaAfrica

Guinea-BissauAfrica

GuyanaSouth America

HaitiCentral America and the Caribbean

Heard Island and McDonald IslandsAntarctic Region

Holy See (Vatican City)Europe

HondurasCentral America and the Caribbean

Hong KongSoutheast Asia

HungaryEurope

IcelandArctic Region

IndiaAsia

Indian OceanPolitical Map of the World

IndonesiaSoutheast Asia

IranMiddle East

IraqMiddle East

IrelandEurope

Isle of ManEurope

IsraelMiddle East

ItalyEurope

JamaicaCentral America and the Caribbean

Jan MayenArctic Region

JapanAsia

JerseyEurope

JordanMiddle East

KazakhstanAsia

KenyaAfrica

KiribatiOceania

Korea, NorthAsia

Korea, SouthAsia

KosovoEurope

KuwaitMiddle East

KyrgyzstanAsia

LaosSoutheast Asia

LatviaEurope

LebanonMiddle East

LesothoAfrica

LiberiaAfrica

LibyaAfrica

LiechtensteinEurope

LithuaniaEurope

LuxembourgEurope

MacauSoutheast Asia

MacedoniaEurope

MadagascarAfrica

MalawiAfrica

MalaysiaSoutheast Asia

MaldivesAsia

MaliAfrica

MaltaEurope

Marshall IslandsOceania

MauritaniaAfrica

MauritiusPolitical Map of the World

MayotteAfrica

MexicoNorth America

Micronesia, Federated States ofOceania

MoldovaEurope

MonacoEurope

MongoliaAsia

MontenegroEurope

MontserratCentral America and the Caribbean

MoroccoAfrica

MozambiqueAfrica

NamibiaAfrica

NauruOceania

Navassa IslandCentral America and the Caribbean

NepalAsia

NetherlandsEurope

Netherlands AntillesCentral America and the Caribbean

New CaledoniaOceania

New ZealandOceania

NicaraguaCentral America and the Caribbean

NigerAfrica

NigeriaAfrica

NiueOceania

Norfolk IslandOceania

Northern Mariana IslandsOceania

NorwayEurope

OmanMiddle East

Pacific OceanPolitical Map of the World

PakistanAsia

PalauOceania

PanamaCentral America and the Caribbean

Papua New GuineaOceania

Paracel IslandsSoutheast Asia

ParaguaySouth America

PeruSouth America

PhilippinesSoutheast Asia

Pitcairn IslandsOceania

PolandEurope

PortugalEurope

Puerto RicoCentral America and the Caribbean

QatarMiddle East

RomaniaEurope

RussiaAsia

RwandaAfrica

Saint BarthelemyCentral America and the Caribbean

Saint HelenaAfrica

Saint Kitts and NevisCentral America and the Caribbean

Saint LuciaCentral America and the Caribbean

Saint MartinCentral America and the Caribbean

Saint Pierre and MiquelonNorth America

Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCentral America and the Caribbean

SamoaOceania

San MarinoEurope

Sao Tome and PrincipeAfrica

Saudi ArabiaMiddle East

SenegalAfrica

SerbiaEurope

SeychellesAfrica

Sierra LeoneAfrica

SingaporeSoutheast Asia

SlovakiaEurope

SloveniaEurope

Solomon IslandsOceania

SomaliaAfrica

South AfricaAfrica

South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsAntarctic Region

Southern OceanAntarctic Region

SpainEurope

Spratly IslandsSoutheast Asia

Sri LankaAsia

SudanAfrica

SurinameSouth America

SvalbardArctic Region

SwazilandAfrica

SwedenEurope

SwitzerlandEurope

SyriaMiddle East

TaiwanSoutheast Asia

TajikistanAsia

TanzaniaAfrica

ThailandSoutheast Asia

Timor-LesteSoutheast Asia

TogoAfrica

TokelauOceania

TongaOceania

Trinidad and TobagoCentral America and the Caribbean

TunisiaAfrica

TurkeyMiddle East

TurkmenistanAsia

Turks and Caicos IslandsCentral America and the Caribbean

TuvaluOceania

UgandaAfrica

UkraineAsia, Europe

United Arab EmiratesMiddle East

United KingdomEurope

United StatesNorth America

United States Pacific Island Wildlife RefugesOceania

UruguaySouth America

UzbekistanAsia

VanuatuOceania

VenezuelaSouth America

VietnamSoutheast Asia

Virgin IslandsCentral America and the Caribbean

Wake IslandOceania

Wallis and FutunaOceania

West BankMiddle East

Western SaharaAfrica

WorldPhysical Map of the World, Political Map of the World,Standard Time Zones of the World

YemenMiddle East

ZambiaAfrica

ZimbabweAfrica

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@2146 Irrigated land (sq km)

Afghanistan27,200 sq km (2003)

Albania3,530 sq km (2003)

Algeria5,690 sq km (2003)

American SamoaNA

AndorraNA

Angola800 sq km (2003)

AnguillaNA

Antigua and BarbudaNA

Argentina15,500 sq km (2003)

Armenia2,860 sq km (2003)

Aruba0.01 sq km (1998 est.)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands0 sq km

Australia25,450 sq km (2003)

Austria40 sq km (2003)

Azerbaijan14,550 sq km (2003)

Bahamas, The10 sq km (2003)

Bahrain40 sq km (2003)

Bangladesh47,250 sq km (2003)

Barbados50 sq km (2003)

Belarus1,310 sq km (2003)

Belgium400 sq km (2003)

Belize30 sq km (2003)

Benin120 sq km (2003)

BermudaNA

Bhutan400 sq km (2003)

Bolivia1,320 sq km (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina30 sq km (2003)

Botswana10 sq km (2003)

Bouvet Island0 sq km

Brazil29,200 sq km (2003)

British Indian Ocean Territory0 sq km

British Virgin IslandsNA

Brunei10 sq km (2003)

Bulgaria5,880 sq km (2003)

Burkina Faso250 sq km (2003)

Burma18,700 sq km (2003)

Burundi210 sq km (2003)

Cambodia2,700 sq km (2003)

Cameroon260 sq km (2003)

Canada7,850 sq km (2003)

Cape Verde30 sq km (2003)

Cayman IslandsNA

Central African Republic20 sq km (2003)

Chad300 sq km (2003)

Chile19,000 sq km (2003)

China545,960 sq km (2003)

Christmas IslandNA

Clipperton Island0 sq km

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNA

Colombia9,000 sq km (2003)

ComorosNA

Congo, Democratic Republic of the110 sq km (2003)

Congo, Republic of the20 sq km (2003)

Cook IslandsNA

Coral Sea Islands0 sq km

Costa Rica1,080 sq km (2003)

Cote d'Ivoire730 sq km (2003)

Croatia110 sq km (2003)

Cuba8,700 sq km (2003)

Cyprus400 sq km (2003)

Czech Republic240 sq km (2003)

Denmark4,490 sq km (2003)

Djibouti10 sq km (2003)

DominicaNA

Dominican Republic2,750 sq km (2003)

Ecuador8,650 sq km (2003)

Egypt34,220 sq km (2003)

El Salvador450 sq km (2003)

Equatorial GuineaNA

Eritrea210 sq km (2003)

Estonia40 sq km (2003)

Ethiopia2,900 sq km (2003)

European Union168,050 sq km (2003 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)NA

Faroe Islands0 sq km

Fiji30 sq km (2003)

Finland640 sq km (2003)

Francetotal: 26,190 sq km;metropolitan France: 26,000 sq km (2003)

French Polynesia10 sq km (2003)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands0 sq km

Gabon70 sq km (2003)

Gambia, The20 sq km (2003)

Gaza Strip150 sq km; note - includes West Bank (2003)

Georgia4,690 sq km (2003)

Germany4,850 sq km (2003)

Ghana310 sq km (2003)

GibraltarNA

Greece14,530 sq km (2003)

GreenlandNA

GrenadaNA

GuamNA

Guatemala1,300 sq km (2003)

GuernseyNA

Guinea950 sq km (2003)

Guinea-Bissau250 sq km (2003)

Guyana1,500 sq km (2003)

Haiti920 sq km (2003)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands0 sq km

Holy See (Vatican City)0 sq km

Honduras800 sq km (2003)

Hong Kong20 sq km (1998 est.)

Hungary2,300 sq km (2003)

IcelandNA

India558,080 sq km (2003)

Indonesia45,000 sq km (2003)

Iran76,500 sq km (2003)

Iraq35,250 sq km (2003)

IrelandNA

Isle of Man0 sq km

Israel1,940 sq km (2003)

Italy27,500 sq km (2003)

Jamaica250 sq km (2002)

Jan Mayen0 sq km

Japan25,920 sq km (2003)

JerseyNA

Jordan750 sq km (2003)

Kazakhstan35,560 sq km (2003)

Kenya1,030 sq km (2003)

KiribatiNA

Korea, North14,600 sq km (2003)

Korea, South8,780 sq km (2003)

Kuwait130 sq km (2003)

Kyrgyzstan10,720 sq km (2003)

Laos1,750 sq km (2003)

Latvia200 sq kmnote: land in Latvia is often too wet, and in need of drainage, notirrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural landhas been improved by drainage (2003)

Lebanon1,040 sq km (2003)

Lesotho30 sq km (2003)

Liberia30 sq km (2003)

Libya4,700 sq km (2003)


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