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Australia
Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South
Pacific Ocean

Austria
Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia

Azerbaijan
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between
Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus
range

Bahamas, The
Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic
Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba

Bahrain
Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi
Arabia

Baker Island
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half
way between Hawaii and Australia

Bangladesh
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma
and India

Barbados
Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of
Venezuela

Bassas da India
Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique
Channel, about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique

Belarus
Eastern Europe, east of Poland

Belgium
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and
the Netherlands

Belize
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between
Guatemala and Mexico

Benin
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria
and Togo

Bermuda
North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean,
east of South Carolina (US)

Bhutan
Southern Asia, between China and India

Bolivia
Central South America, southwest of Brazil

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic
Sea and Croatia

Botswana
Southern Africa, north of South Africa

Bouvet Island
island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

Brazil
Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean

British Indian Ocean Territory
archipelago in the Indian Ocean,
south of India, about one-half the way from Africa to Indonesia

British Virgin Islands
Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the
North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico

Brunei
Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia

Bulgaria
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between
Romania and Turkey

Burkina Faso
Western Africa, north of Ghana

Burma
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of
Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand

Burundi
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cambodia
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between
Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos

Cameroon
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between
Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

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

Cape Verde
Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic
Ocean, west of Senegal

Cayman Islands
Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly
one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras

Central African Republic
Central Africa, north of Democratic
Republic of the Congo

Chad
Central Africa, south of Libya

Chile
Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean,
between Argentina and Peru

China
Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow
Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam

Christmas Island
Southeastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean,
south of Indonesia

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

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the
Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia
to Sri Lanka

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

Comoros
Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of
the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern
Madagascar and northern Mozambique

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Central Africa, northeast of Angola

Congo, Republic of the
Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic
Ocean, between Angola and Gabon

Cook Islands
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean,
about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Coral Sea Islands
Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of
Australia

Costa Rica
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the
North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama

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

Croatia
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

Cuba
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida

Cyprus
Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey

Czech Republic
Central Europe, southeast of Germany

Denmark
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea,
on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major
islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)

Dhekelia
on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta

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

Dominica
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to
Trinidad and Tobago

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

East Timor
Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser
Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note
- East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the
Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of
Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco

Ecuador
Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the
Equator, between Colombia and Peru

Egypt
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between
Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and
includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula

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

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

Eritrea
Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and
Sudan

Estonia
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of
Finland, between Latvia and Russia

Ethiopia
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia

Europa Island
Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel,
about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern
Mozambique

European Union
Europe between Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic
Ocean

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

Faroe Islands
Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian
Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from
Iceland to Norway

Fiji
Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about
two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

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

France
Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English
Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering
the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain

French Guiana
Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic
Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname

French Polynesia
Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean,
about one-half of the way from South America to Australia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
southeast of Africa, islands in
the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa,
Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic
Lands include Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles
Kerguelen 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"

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

Gambia, The
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and
Senegal

Gaza Strip
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between
Egypt and Israel

Georgia
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey
and Russia

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

Ghana
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote
d'Ivoire and Togo

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

Glorioso Islands
Southern Africa, group of islands in the Indian
Ocean, northwest of Madagascar

Greece
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and
the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey

Greenland
Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean
and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

Grenada
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic
Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Guadeloupe
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the
North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico

Guam
Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about
three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines

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

Guernsey
Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest
of France

Guinea
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone

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

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

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

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
islands in the Indian Ocean, about
two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica

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

Honduras
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between
Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North
Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua

Hong Kong
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Howland Island
Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about
half way between Hawaii and Australia

Hungary
Central Europe, northwest of Romania

Iceland
Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the
North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK

India
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of
Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

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

Indonesia
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean
and the Pacific Ocean

Iran
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and
the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan

Iraq
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait

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

Israel
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt
and Lebanon

Italy
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central
Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia

Jamaica
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba

Jan Mayen
Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the
Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland

Japan
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and
the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula

Jarvis Island
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about half
way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands

Jersey
Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of
France

Johnston Atoll
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 nm
(1328 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, about one-third of the way
from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands

Jordan
Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia

Juan de Nova Island
Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique
Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique

Kazakhstan
Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of
the Ural River in eastern-most Europe

Kenya
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia
and Tanzania

Kingman Reef
Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about half
way between Hawaii and American Samoa

Kiribati
Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean,
straddling the equator; the capital Tarawa is about one-half of the
way from Hawaii to Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati
proclaimed that all of its territory lies in the same time zone as
its Gilbert Islands group (GMT +12) even though the Phoenix Islands
and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of
the International Date Line

Korea, North
Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula
bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and
South Korea

Korea, South
Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula
bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea

Kuwait
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and
Saudi Arabia

Kyrgyzstan
Central Asia, west of China

Laos
Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam

Latvia
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and
Lithuania

Lebanon
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel
and Syria

Lesotho
Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa

Liberia
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

Libya
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between
Egypt and Tunisia

Liechtenstein
Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland

Lithuania
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia
and Russia

Luxembourg
Western Europe, between France and Germany

Macau
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Macedonia
Southeastern Europe, north of Greece

Madagascar
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Mozambique

Malawi
Southern Africa, east of Zambia

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

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

Mali
Western Africa, southwest of Algeria

Malta
Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of
Sicily (Italy)

Man, Isle of
Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great
Britain and Ireland

Marshall Islands
Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North
Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia

Martinique
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North
Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

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

Mauritius
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar

Mayotte
Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about
one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique

Mexico
Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of
Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific
Ocean, between Guatemala and the US

Micronesia, Federated States of
Oceania, island group in the North
Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to
Indonesia

Midway Islands
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about
one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo

Moldova
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania

Monaco
Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the
southern coast of France, near the border with Italy

Mongolia
Northern Asia, between China and Russia

Montserrat
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of
Puerto Rico

Morocco
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the
Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara

Mozambique
South-eastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel,
between South Africa and Tanzania

Namibia
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between
Angola and South Africa

Nauru
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the
Marshall Islands

Navassa Island
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 35 miles west
of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti

Nepal
Southern Asia, between China and India

Netherlands
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium
and Germany

Netherlands Antilles
Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean
Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other
is east of the Virgin Islands

New Caledonia
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of
Australia

New Zealand
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast
of Australia

Nicaragua
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the
North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras

Niger
Western Africa, southeast of Algeria

Nigeria
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin
and Cameroon

Niue
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga

Norfolk Island
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of
Australia

Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania, islands in the North Pacific
Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines

Norway
Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden

Oman
Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and
Persian Gulf, between Yemen and UAE

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

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

Palau
Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean,
southeast of the Philippines

Palmyra Atoll
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half
way between Hawaii and American Samoa

Panama
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the
North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica

Papua New Guinea
Oceania, group of islands including the eastern
half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South
Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia

Paracel Islands
Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs
in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central
Vietnam to the northern Philippines

Paraguay
Central South America, northeast of Argentina

Peru
Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean,
between Chile and Ecuador

Philippines
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine
Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam

Pitcairn Islands
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about
midway between Peru and New Zealand

Poland
Central Europe, east of Germany

Portugal
Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,
west of Spain

Puerto Rico
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the
North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic

Qatar
Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi
Arabia

Reunion
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar

Romania
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between
Bulgaria and Ukraine

Russia
Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is included with
Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North
Pacific Ocean

Rwanda
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Saint Helena
islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway
between South America and Africa

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about
one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Lucia
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North
Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Northern North America, islands in the
North Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland (Canada)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Caribbean, islands between the
Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Samoa
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about
one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

San Marino
Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy

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

Saudi Arabia
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red
Sea, north of Yemen

Senegal
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania

Serbia and Montenegro
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic
Sea, between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Seychelles
Eastern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean,
northeast of Madagascar

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

Singapore
Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia

Slovakia
Central Europe, south of Poland

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

Solomon Islands
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific
Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea

Somalia
Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian
Ocean, east of Ethiopia

South Africa
Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent
of Africa

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

Southern Ocean
body of water between 60 degrees south latitude and
Antarctica

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

Spratly Islands
Southeastern Asia, group of reefs and islands in the
South China Sea, about two-thirds of the way from southern Vietnam
to the southern Philippines

Sri Lanka
Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India

Sudan
Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and
Eritrea

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

Svalbard
Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents
Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway

Swaziland
Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa

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

Switzerland
Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy

Syria
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon
and Turkey

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

Tajikistan
Central Asia, west of China

Tanzania
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya
and Mozambique

Thailand
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf
of Thailand, southeast of Burma

Togo
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and
Ghana

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

Tonga
Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about
two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

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

Tromelin Island
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar

Tunisia
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between
Algeria and Libya

Turkey
southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of
Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe),
bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering
the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

Turkmenistan
Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran
and Kazakhstan

Turks and Caicos Islands
Caribbean, two island groups in the North
Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti

Tuvalu
Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the
South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to
Australia

Uganda
Eastern Africa, west of Kenya

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

United Arab Emirates
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the
Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom
Western Europe, islands including the northern
one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean
and the North Sea, northwest of France

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

Uruguay
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,
between Argentina and Brazil

Uzbekistan
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan

Vanuatu
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about
three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia

Venezuela
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and
the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana

Vietnam
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of
Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia

Virgin Islands
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the
North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico

Wake Island
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about
two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands

Wallis and Futuna
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about
two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

West Bank
Middle East, west of Jordan

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

Yemen
Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red
Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia

Zambia
Southern Africa, east of Angola

Zimbabwe
Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia

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Southeast Asia

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Europe

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Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia

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South America

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Oceania

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Oceania

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Central America and the Caribbean

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Africa

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Europe

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Central America and the Caribbean

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Middle East

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Europe

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Europe

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Middle East

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Africa

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Central America and the Caribbean

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Central America and the Caribbean

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Southeast Asia

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South America

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Africa

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Central America and the Caribbean

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Africa

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Africa

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Europe

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Africa

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Africa

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Europe

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South America

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Europe

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Oceania

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Europe

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Europe

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French Polynesia
Oceania

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Antarctic Region

Gabon
Africa

Gambia, The
Africa

Gaza Strip
Middle East

Georgia
Asia

Germany
Europe

Ghana
Africa

Gibraltar
Europe

Glorioso Islands
Africa

Greece
Europe

Greenland
Arctic Region

Grenada
Central America and the Caribbean

Guadeloupe
Central America and the Caribbean

Guam
Oceania

Guatemala
Central America and the Caribbean

Guernsey
Europe

Guinea
Africa

Guinea-Bissau
Africa

Guyana
South America

Haiti
Central America and the Caribbean

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Antarctic Region

Holy See (Vatican City)
Europe

Honduras
Central America and the Caribbean

Hong Kong
Southeast Asia

Howland Island
Oceania

Hungary
Europe

Iceland
Arctic Region

India
Asia

Indian Ocean
Political Map of the World

Indonesia
Southeast Asia

Iran
Middle East

Iraq
Middle East

Ireland
Europe

Israel
Middle East

Italy
Europe

Jamaica
Central America and the Caribbean

Jan Mayen
Arctic Region

Japan
Asia

Jarvis Island
Oceania

Jersey
Europe

Johnston Atoll
Oceania

Jordan
Middle East

Juan de Nova Island
Africa

Kazakhstan
Asia

Kenya
Africa

Kingman Reef
Oceania

Kiribati
Oceania

Korea, North
Asia

Korea, South
Asia

Kuwait
Middle East

Kyrgyzstan
Asia

Laos
Southeast Asia

Latvia
Europe

Lebanon
Middle East

Lesotho
Africa

Liberia
Africa

Libya
Africa

Liechtenstein
Europe

Lithuania
Europe

Luxembourg
Europe

Macau
Southeast Asia

Macedonia
Europe

Madagascar
Africa

Malawi
Africa

Malaysia
Southeast Asia

Maldives
Asia

Mali
Africa

Malta
Europe

Man, Isle of
Europe

Marshall Islands
Oceania

Martinique
Central America and the Caribbean

Mauritania
Africa

Mauritius
Political Map of the World

Mayotte
Africa

Mexico
North America

Micronesia, Federated States of
Oceania

Midway Islands
Oceania

Moldova
Europe

Monaco
Europe

Mongolia
Asia

Montserrat
Central America and the Caribbean

Morocco
Africa

Mozambique
Africa

Namibia
Africa

Nauru
Oceania

Navassa Island
Central America and the Caribbean

Nepal
Asia

Netherlands
Europe

Netherlands Antilles
Central America and the Caribbean

New Caledonia
Oceania

New Zealand
Oceania

Nicaragua
Central America and the Caribbean

Niger
Africa

Nigeria
Africa

Niue
Oceania

Norfolk Island
Oceania

Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania

Norway
Europe

Oman
Middle East

Pacific Ocean
Political Map of the World

Pakistan
Asia

Palau
Oceania

Palmyra Atoll
Oceania

Panama
Central America and the Caribbean

Papua New Guinea
Oceania

Paracel Islands
Southeast Asia

Paraguay
South America

Peru
South America

Philippines
Southeast Asia

Pitcairn Islands
Oceania

Poland
Europe

Portugal
Europe

Puerto Rico
Central America and the Caribbean

Qatar
Middle East

Reunion
World

Romania
Europe

Russia
Asia

Rwanda
Africa

Saint Helena
Africa

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central America and the Caribbean

Saint Lucia
Central America and the Caribbean

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
North America

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Central America and the Caribbean

Samoa
Oceania

San Marino
Europe

Sao Tome and Principe
Africa

Saudi Arabia
Middle East

Senegal
Africa

Serbia and Montenegro
Europe

Seychelles
Africa

Sierra Leone
Africa

Singapore
Southeast Asia

Slovakia
Europe

Slovenia
Europe

Solomon Islands
Oceania

Somalia
Africa

South Africa
Africa

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Antarctic Region

Southern Ocean
Antarctic Region

Spain
Europe

Spratly Islands
Southeast Asia

Sri Lanka
Asia

Sudan
Africa

Suriname
South America

Svalbard
Arctic Region

Swaziland
Africa

Sweden
Europe

Switzerland
Europe

Syria
Middle East

Taiwan
Southeast Asia

Tajikistan
Asia

Tanzania
Africa

Thailand
Southeast Asia

Togo
Africa

Tokelau
Oceania

Tonga
Oceania

Trinidad and Tobago
Central America and the Caribbean

Tromelin Island
Africa

Tunisia
Africa

Turkey
Middle East

Turkmenistan
Asia

Turks and Caicos Islands
Central America and the Caribbean

Tuvalu
Oceania

Uganda
Africa

Ukraine
Asia, Europe

United Arab Emirates
Middle East

United Kingdom
Europe

United States
North America

Uruguay
South America

Uzbekistan
Asia

Vanuatu
Oceania

Venezuela
South America

Vietnam
Southeast Asia

Virgin Islands
Central America and the Caribbean

Wake Island
Oceania

Wallis and Futuna
Oceania

West Bank
Middle East

Western Sahara
Africa

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

Yemen
Middle East

Zambia
Africa

Zimbabwe
Africa

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@2146 Irrigated land (sq km)

Afghanistan
23,860 sq km (1998 est.)

Albania
3,400 sq km (1998 est.)

Algeria
5,600 sq km (1998 est.)

American Samoa
NA sq km

Andorra
NA sq km

Angola
750 sq km (1998 est.)

Anguilla
NA sq km

Antarctica
0 sq km

Antigua and Barbuda
NA sq km

Argentina
15,610 sq km (1998 est.)

Armenia
2,870 sq km (1998 est.)

Aruba
0.01 sq km (1998 est.)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Australia
24,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Austria
457 sq km (2000 est.)

Azerbaijan
14,550 sq km (1998 est.)

Bahamas, The
NA sq km

Bahrain
50 sq km (1998 est.)

Baker Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Bangladesh
38,440 sq km (1998 est.)

Barbados
10 sq km (1998 est.)

Bassas da India
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Belarus
1,150 sq km (1998 est.)

Belgium
40 sq km (includes Luxembourg) (1998 est.)

Belize
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Benin
120 sq km (1998 est.)

Bermuda
NA sq km

Bhutan
400 sq km (1998 est.)

Bolivia
1,280 sq km (1998 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
20 sq km (1998 est.)

Botswana
10 sq km (1998 est.)

Bouvet Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Brazil
26,560 sq km (1998 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory
0 sq km (1998 est.)

British Virgin Islands
NA sq km

Brunei
10 sq km (1998 est.)

Bulgaria
8,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Burkina Faso
250 sq km (1998 est.)

Burma
15,920 sq km (1998 est.)

Burundi
740 sq km (1998 est.)

Cambodia
2,700 sq km (1998 est.)

Cameroon
330 sq km (1998 est.)

Canada
7,200 sq km (1998 est.)

Cape Verde
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Cayman Islands
NA sq km

Central African Republic
NA sq km

Chad
200 sq km (1998 est.)

Chile
18,000 sq km (1998 est.)

China
525,800 sq km (1998 est.)

Christmas Island
NA sq km

Clipperton Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA sq km

Colombia
8,500 sq km (1998 est.)

Comoros
NA sq km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
110 sq km (1998 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
10 sq km (1998 est.)

Cook Islands
NA sq km

Coral Sea Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Costa Rica
1,260 sq km (1998 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
730 sq km (1998 est.)

Croatia
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Cuba
870 sq km (1998 est.)

Cyprus
382 sq km (2001 est.)

Czech Republic
240 sq km (1998 est.)

Denmark
4,760 sq km (1998 est.)

Djibouti
10 sq km (1998 est.)

Dominica
NA sq km

Dominican Republic
2,590 sq km (1998 est.)

East Timor
1,065 sq km (est.)

Ecuador
8,650 sq km (1998 est.)

Egypt
33,000 sq km (1998 est.)

El Salvador
360 sq km (1998 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
NA sq km

Eritrea
220 sq km (1998 est.)

Estonia
40 sq km (1998 est.)

Ethiopia
1,900 sq km (1998 est.)

Europa Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

European Union
115,807 sq km

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA sq km

Faroe Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Fiji
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Finland
640 sq km (1998 est.)

France
20,000 sq km (1998 est.)

French Guiana
20 sq km (1998 est.)

French Polynesia
NA sq km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Gabon
150 sq km (1998 est.)

Gambia, The
20 sq km (1998 est.)

Gaza Strip
120 sq km (1998 est.)

Georgia
4,700 sq km (1998 est.)

Germany
4,850 sq km (1998 est.)

Ghana
110 sq km (1998 est.)

Gibraltar
NA sq km

Glorioso Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Greece
14,220 sq km (1998 est.)

Greenland
NA sq km

Grenada
NA sq km

Guadeloupe
20 sq km (1998 est.)

Guam
NA sq km

Guatemala
1,250 sq km (1998 est.)

Guernsey
NA sq km

Guinea
950 sq km (1998 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
170 sq km (1998 est.)

Guyana
1,500 sq km (1998 est.)

Haiti
750 sq km (1998 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Honduras
760 sq km (1998 est.)

Hong Kong
20 sq km (1998 est.)

Howland Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Hungary
2,100 sq km (1998 est.)

Iceland
NA sq km

India
590,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Indonesia
48,150 sq km (1998 est.)

Iran
75,620 sq km (1998 est.)

Iraq
35,250 sq km (1998 est.)

Ireland
NA sq km

Israel
1,990 sq km (1998 est.)

Italy
26,980 sq km (1998 est.)

Jamaica
250 sq km (1998 est.)

Jan Mayen
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Japan
26,790 sq km (1998 est.)

Jarvis Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Jersey
NA sq km

Johnston Atoll
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Jordan
750 sq km (1998 est.)

Juan de Nova Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Kazakhstan
23,320 sq km (1998 est.)

Kenya
670 sq km (1998 est.)

Kingman Reef
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Kiribati
NA sq km

Korea, North
14,600 sq km (1998 est.)

Korea, South
11,590 sq km (1998 est.)

Kuwait
60 sq km (1998 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
10,740 sq km (1998 est.)

Laos
1,640 sq km
note: rainy season irrigation - 2,169 sq km; dry season irrigation -
750 sq km (1998 est.)

Latvia
200 sq km
note: land in Latvia is often too wet, and in need of drainage, not
irrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural land
has been improved by drainage (1998 est.)

Lebanon
1,200 sq km (1998 est.)

Lesotho
10 sq km (1998 est.)

Liberia
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Libya
4,700 sq km (1998 est.)

Liechtenstein
NA sq km

Lithuania
90 sq km (1998 est.)

Luxembourg
40 sq km (includes Belgium) (1998 est.)

Macau
NA sq km

Macedonia
550 sq km (1998 est.)

Madagascar
10,900 sq km (2000 est.)

Malawi
280 sq km (1998 est.)

Malaysia
3,650 sq km (1998 est.)

Maldives
NA sq km

Mali
1,380 sq km (1998 est.)

Malta
20 sq km (1998 est.)

Man, Isle of
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Marshall Islands
0 sq km

Martinique
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Mauritania
490 sq km (1998 est.)

Mauritius
200 sq km (2000 est.)

Mayotte
NA sq km

Mexico
65,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
NA sq km

Midway Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Moldova
3,070 sq km (1998 est.)

Monaco
NA sq km

Mongolia
840 sq km (1998 est.)

Montserrat
NA sq km

Morocco
12,910 sq km (1998 est.)

Mozambique
1,070 sq km (1998 est.)

Namibia
70 sq km (1998 est.)

Nauru
NA sq km

Navassa Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Nepal
11,350 sq km (1998 est.)

Netherlands
5,650 sq km (1998 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
NA sq km

New Caledonia
160 sq km (1991)

New Zealand
2,850 sq km (1998 est.)

Nicaragua
880 sq km (1998 est.)

Niger
660 sq km (1998 est.)

Nigeria
2,330 sq km (1998 est.)

Niue
NA sq km

Norfolk Island
NA sq km

Northern Mariana Islands
NA sq km

Norway
1,270 sq km (1998 est.)

Oman
620 sq km (1998 est.)

Pakistan
180,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Palau
NA sq km

Palmyra Atoll
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Panama
320 sq km (1998 est.)

Papua New Guinea
NA sq km

Paracel Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Paraguay
670 sq km (1998 est.)

Peru
11,950 sq km (1998 est.)

Philippines
15,500 sq km (1998 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
NA sq km

Poland
1,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Portugal
6,320 sq km (1998 est.)

Puerto Rico
400 sq km (1998 est.)

Qatar
130 sq km (1998 est.)

Reunion
120 sq km (1998 est.)

Romania
28,800 sq km (1998 est.)

Russia
46,630 sq km (1998 est.)

Rwanda
40 sq km (1998 est.)

Saint Helena
NA sq km

Saint Kitts and Nevis
NA sq km

Saint Lucia
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA sq km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10 sq km (1998 est.)

Samoa
NA sq km

San Marino
NA sq km

Sao Tome and Principe
100 sq km (1998 est.)

Saudi Arabia
16,200 sq km (1998 est.)

Senegal
710 sq km (1998 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
570 sq km

Seychelles
NA sq km

Sierra Leone
290 sq km (1998 est.)

Singapore
NA sq km

Slovakia
1,740 sq km (1998 est.)

Slovenia
20 sq km (1998 est.)

Solomon Islands
NA sq km

Somalia
2,000 sq km (1998 est.)

South Africa
13,500 sq km (1998 est.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Spain
36,400 sq km (1998 est.)

Spratly Islands
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Sri Lanka
6,510 sq km (1998 est.)

Sudan
19,500 sq km (1998 est.)

Suriname
490 sq km (1998 est.)

Svalbard
NA sq km

Swaziland
690 sq km (1998 est.)

Sweden
1,150 sq km (1998 est.)

Switzerland
250 sq km (1998 est.)

Syria
12,130 sq km (1998 est.)

Taiwan
NA sq km

Tajikistan
7,200 sq km (1998 est.)

Tanzania
1,550 sq km (1998 est.)

Thailand
47,490 sq km (1998 est.)

Togo
70 sq km (1998 est.)

Tokelau
NA sq km

Tonga
NA sq km

Trinidad and Tobago
30 sq km (1998 est.)

Tromelin Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Tunisia
3,800 sq km (1998 est.)

Turkey
42,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Turkmenistan
17,500 sq km (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
NA sq km

Tuvalu
NA sq km

Uganda
90 sq km (1998 est.)

Ukraine
24,540 sq km (1998 est.)

United Arab Emirates
720 sq km (1998 est.)

United Kingdom
1,080 sq km (1998 est.)

United States
214,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Uruguay
1,800 sq km (1998 est.)

Uzbekistan
42,810 sq km (1998 est.)

Vanuatu
NA sq km

Venezuela
540 sq km (1998 est.)

Vietnam
30,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Virgin Islands
NA sq km

Wake Island
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
NA sq km

West Bank
NA sq km

Western Sahara
NA sq km

World
2,714,320 sq km (1998 est.)

Yemen
4,900 sq km (1998 est.)

Zambia
460 sq km (1998 est.)

Zimbabwe
1,170 sq km (1998 est.)

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@2147 Area (sq km)

Afghanistan
total: 647,500 sq km
land: 647,500 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Akrotiri
total: 123 sq km
note: includes a salt lake and wetlands

Albania
total: 28,748 sq km
land: 27,398 sq km
water: 1,350 sq km

Algeria
total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km

American Samoa
total: 199 sq km
land: 199 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island

Andorra
total: 468 sq km
land: 468 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Angola
total: 1,246,700 sq km
land: 1,246,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Anguilla
total: 102 sq km
land: 102 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Antarctica
total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km
ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North
America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the
subcontinent of Europe

Antigua and Barbuda
total: 443 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161
sq km)
land: 443 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Redonda, 1.6 sq km

Arctic Ocean
total: 14.056 million sq km
note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea,
East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara
Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies

Argentina
total: 2,766,890 sq km
land: 2,736,690 sq km
water: 30,200 sq km

Armenia
total: 29,800 sq km
land: 28,400 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km

Aruba
total: 193 sq km
land: 193 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
total: 5 sq km
land: 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and
Cartier Island

Atlantic Ocean
total: 76.762 million sq km
note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait,
Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador
Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the
Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies

Australia
total: 7,686,850 sq km
land: 7,617,930 sq km
water: 68,920 sq km
note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island

Austria
total: 83,870 sq km
land: 82,444 sq km
water: 1,426 sq km

Azerbaijan
total: 86,600 sq km
land: 86,100 sq km
water: 500 sq km
note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the
Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by
Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991

Bahamas, The
total: 13,940 sq km
land: 10,070 sq km
water: 3,870 sq km

Bahrain
total: 665 sq km
land: 665 sq km
water: 0 sq km

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: 431 sq km
land: 431 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: 30,528 sq km
land: 30,278 sq km
water: 250 sq km

Belize
total: 22,966 sq km
land: 22,806 sq km
water: 160 sq km

Benin
total: 112,620 sq km
land: 110,620 sq km
water: 2,000 sq km

Bermuda
total: 53.3 sq km
land: 53.3 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Bhutan
total: 47,000 sq km
land: 47,000 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Bolivia
total: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km

Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 51,129 sq km
land: 51,129 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Botswana
total: 600,370 sq km
land: 585,370 sq km
water: 15,000 sq km

Bouvet Island
total: 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: 153 sq km
land: 153 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited
islands; 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: 9,984,670 sq km
land: 9,093,507 sq km
water: 891,163 sq km

Cape Verde
total: 4,033 sq km
land: 4,033 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Cayman Islands
total: 262 sq km
land: 262 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Central African Republic
total: 622,984 sq km
land: 622,984 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Chad
total: 1.284 million sq km
land: 1,259,200 sq km
water: 24,800 sq km

Chile
total: 756,950 sq km
land: 748,800 sq km
water: 8,150 sq km
note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez

China
total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km

Christmas Island
total: 135 sq km
land: 135 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Clipperton Island
total: 6 sq km
land: 6 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
total: 14 sq km
land: 14 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island

Colombia
total: 1,138,910 sq km
land: 1,038,700 sq km
water: 100,210 sq km
note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and
Serranilla Bank

Comoros
total: 2,170 sq km
land: 2,170 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 2,345,410 sq km
land: 2,267,600 sq km
water: 77,810 sq km

Congo, Republic of the
total: 342,000 sq km
land: 341,500 sq km
water: 500 sq km

Cook Islands
total: 240 sq km
land: 240 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Coral Sea Islands
total: less than 3 sq km
land: less than 3 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea
area of about 780,000 sq km, with the Willis Islets the most
important

Costa Rica
total: 51,100 sq km
land: 50,660 sq km
water: 440 sq km
note: includes Isla del Coco

Cote d'Ivoire
total: 322,460 sq km
land: 318,000 sq km
water: 4,460 sq km

Croatia
total: 56,542 sq km
land: 56,414 sq km
water: 128 sq km

Cuba
total: 110,860 sq km
land: 110,860 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Cyprus
total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)
land: 9,240 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Czech Republic
total: 78,866 sq km
land: 77,276 sq km
water: 1,590 sq km

Denmark
total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest
of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major
islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and
Greenland

Dhekelia
total: 130.8 sq km
note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves

Djibouti
total: 23,000 sq km
land: 22,980 sq km
water: 20 sq km

Dominica
total: 754 sq km
land: 754 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Dominican Republic
total: 48,730 sq km
land: 48,380 sq km
water: 350 sq km

East Timor
total: 15,007 sq km
land: NA sq km
water: NA sq km

Ecuador
total: 283,560 sq km
land: 276,840 sq km
water: 6,720 sq km
note: includes Galapagos Islands

Egypt
total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

El Salvador
total: 21,040 sq km
land: 20,720 sq km
water: 320 sq km

Equatorial Guinea
total: 28,051 sq km
land: 28,051 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Eritrea
total: 121,320 sq km
land: 121,320 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Estonia
total: 45,226 sq km
land: 43,211 sq km
water: 2,015 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea

Ethiopia
total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km

Europa Island
total: 28 sq km
land: 28 sq km
water: 0 sq km

European Union
total: 3,976,372 sq km

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total: 12,173 sq km
land: 12,173 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and
about 200 small islands

Faroe Islands
total: 1,399 sq km
land: 1,399 sq km
water: 0 sq km (some lakes and streams)

Fiji
total: 18,270 sq km
land: 18,270 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Finland
total: 338,145 sq km
land: 304,473 sq km
water: 33,672 sq km

France
total: 547,030 sq km
land: 545,630 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km
note: includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas
administrative divisions

French Guiana
total: 91,000 sq km
land: 89,150 sq km
water: 1,850 sq km

French Polynesia
total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
land: 3,660 sq km
water: 507 sq km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
total: 7,829 sq km
land: 7,829 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet and Iles
Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in
Antarctica that is not recognized by the US

Gabon
total: 267,667 sq km
land: 257,667 sq km
water: 10,000 sq km

Gambia, The
total: 11,300 sq km
land: 10,000 sq km
water: 1,300 sq km

Gaza Strip
total: 360 sq km
land: 360 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Georgia
total: 69,700 sq km
land: 69,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Germany
total: 357,021 sq km
land: 349,223 sq km
water: 7,798 sq km

Ghana
total: 239,460 sq km
land: 230,940 sq km
water: 8,520 sq km

Gibraltar
total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Glorioso Islands
total: 5 sq km
land: 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock,
and South Rock

Greece
total: 131,940 sq km
land: 130,800 sq km
water: 1,140 sq km

Greenland
total: 2,166,086 sq km
land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km
ice-covered) (2000 est.)

Grenada
total: 344 sq km
land: 344 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Guadeloupe
total: 1,780 sq km
land: 1,706 sq km
water: 74 sq km
note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands,
including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade,
Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and
Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin)

Guam
total: 549 sq km
land: 549 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Guatemala
total: 108,890 sq km
land: 108,430 sq km
water: 460 sq km

Guernsey
total: 78 sq km
land: 78 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other
smaller islands

Guinea
total: 245,857 sq km
land: 245,857 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Guinea-Bissau
total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km
water: 8,120 sq km

Guyana
total: 214,970 sq km
land: 196,850 sq km
water: 18,120 sq km

Haiti
total: 27,750 sq km
land: 27,560 sq km
water: 190 sq km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
total: 412 sq km
land: 412 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Holy See (Vatican City)
total: 0.44 sq km
land: 0.44 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Honduras
total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km

Hong Kong
total: 1,092 sq km
land: 1,042 sq km
water: 50 sq km

Howland Island
total: 1.6 sq km
land: 1.6 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Hungary
total: 93,030 sq km
land: 92,340 sq km
water: 690 sq km

Iceland
total: 103,000 sq km
land: 100,250 sq km
water: 2,750 sq km

India
total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km

Indian Ocean
total: 68.556 million sq km
note: includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Flores Sea,
Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Java Sea,
Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Savu Sea, Strait of
Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies

Indonesia
total: 1,919,440 sq km
land: 1,826,440 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km

Iran
total: 1.648 million sq km
land: 1.636 million sq km
water: 12,000 sq km

Iraq
total: 437,072 sq km
land: 432,162 sq km
water: 4,910 sq km

Ireland
total: 70,280 sq km
land: 68,890 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km

Israel
total: 20,770 sq km
land: 20,330 sq km
water: 440 sq km

Italy
total: 301,230 sq km
land: 294,020 sq km
water: 7,210 sq km
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily

Jamaica
total: 10,991 sq km
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km

Jan Mayen
total: 373 sq km
land: 373 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Japan
total: 377,835 sq km
land: 374,744 sq km
water: 3,091 sq km
note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto,
Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and
Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)

Jarvis Island
total: 4.5 sq km
land: 4.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Jersey
total: 116 sq km
land: 116 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Johnston Atoll
total: 2.8 sq km
land: 2.8 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Jordan
total: 92,300 sq km
land: 91,971 sq km
water: 329 sq km

Juan de Nova Island
total: 4.4 sq km
land: 4.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Kazakhstan
total: 2,717,300 sq km
land: 2,669,800 sq km
water: 47,500 sq km

Kenya
total: 582,650 sq km
land: 569,250 sq km
water: 13,400 sq km

Kingman Reef
total: 1 sq km
land: 1 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Kiribati
total: 811 sq km
land: 811 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands,
Phoenix Islands

Korea, North
total: 120,540 sq km
land: 120,410 sq km
water: 130 sq km

Korea, South
total: 98,480 sq km
land: 98,190 sq km
water: 290 sq km

Kuwait
total: 17,820 sq km
land: 17,820 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Kyrgyzstan
total: 198,500 sq km
land: 191,300 sq km
water: 7,200 sq km

Laos
total: 236,800 sq km
land: 230,800 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km

Latvia
total: 64,589 sq km
land: 63,589 sq km
water: 1,000 sq km

Lebanon
total: 10,400 sq km
land: 10,230 sq km
water: 170 sq km