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21Russia17098246.016376870.0721380.04.2The largest country in the world, which spans two continents, and most of northern Eurasia; with about 1/9th of the world's total landmass. Russia's European portion is roughly 4,000,000 , which is around 40% of the total landmass of Europe, making Russia the largest country in Europe; and its Asian portion, which covers all of Northern Asia, is around 13,100,000 , making Russia the largest country in Asia.
32Antarctica14200000.014200000.0098% of the land area is covered by ice and snow. The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Argentina (969,000 ), Australia (5,896,500 ), Chile (1,250,000 ), France (432,000 ), New Zealand (450,000 ), Norway (including Peter I Island) (2,500,000 ) and United Kingdom (1,395,000 ), which to some extent overlap. The area from to (2,100,000 ) is unclaimed territory. These areas normally have no human inhabitants except scientists.
43Canada9984670.09093507.0891163.08.9Largest country completely in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second-largest by land area after the United States); with the largest surface area of water; largest contiguous country in North America. Total area and water area figures include area covered by freshwater only and do not include internal waters (non-freshwater) of about 1,600,000 , nor territorial waters of 200,000 .
549326410.0270550.0Largest country entirely in Asia, and second-largest country in the world by land area. Excludes Taiwan, disputed territories with India, and disputed islands in the South China Sea. Figures for total area and water area also exclude all coastal and territorial waters. less than the figure given for China's area by any of the three sources. Therefore, while it can be determined that China has a larger area excluding coastal and territorial waters, it is unclear which country has a larger area including coastal and territorial waters.
659147593.0377424.0Figures are from the U.S. Census and include "inland" water and "Great Lakes" water, but exclude coastal and territorial water. The NOAA cites the Great Lakes as an example of internal water, but the federal government sometimes treats the Great Lakes as "high seas".
76Brazil8510346.08460415.055352.00.6Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Largest country in South America, and largest country in the Southern Hemisphere, even discounting its territory north of the Equator.
87Australia7741220.07682300.058920.00.8Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Geoscience Australia gives an official total of 7,668,287 . Largest country in Oceania. Figures exclude external territories. and the Australian Antarctic Territory (5,896,500 ).
98Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)5896500.00.00.00.0Claimed between 160°E–142°E and 136°E–44°38′E
109India3287263.02973190.0314070.09.6Includes disputed territories claimed by India but not under Indian control.
1110Argentina2780400.02736690.043710.01.6Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Largest Spanish-speaking country and second-largest country in South America. Excludes claims on Argentine Antarctica (969,000 ), on Malvinas/Falkland Islands (12,173 ) and on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (3,903 ).
1211Kazakhstan2724910.02699700.025202.00.9Largest landlocked country. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
1312(Norway)2700000.00.00.00.0
1413Algeria2381741.02381741.00Largest country in Africa; also largest in the Arab world and the Mediterranean Basin. The area of internal waters is officially reported as 0 even though several seasonal lakes and permanent reservoirs exist in the country.
1514Democratic Republic of the Congo2344858.02267048.077810.03.3Second-largest French-speaking country. Largest country in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa. Second-largest country in Africa, has the largest French-speaking city (Kinshasa). Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
1615Kingdom of Denmark2210573.02209913.0660.00.0Comprising the total areas of Greenland, the Faroes and mainland Denmark. Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
1716(Denmark)2166086.02166086.00Largest island in the world, largest territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, and the largest inhabited non-sovereign territory in the world. A total of 1,755,636 (81%) of the land area is covered by ice; the ice-free area amounts to 410,450 . Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
1817Saudi Arabia2149690.02149690.00Data are from the CIA World Factbook.|name="ciadata"
1918Mexico1964375.01943950.020425.01.0
2019Indonesia1904569.01811569.093000.04.9Transcontinental country located in Asia and Oceania. Largest country in Southeast Asia. Largest island country and archipelagic state in the world by area and population. Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
2120Sudan1878000.01868000.010010.00.6
2221Libya1759540.01759540.00name="ciadata"
2322(UK)1709400.00.00.00.0
2423Iran1648195.01622500.025695.01.6Data are from the CIA The UN lists a figure of 1,628,750 , which refers to land area only.
2524Marie Byrd Land (Unclaimed)1610400.00.00.00.0
2625Mongolia1564116.01557507.06609.00.4
2726(Argentina)1461597.00.00.00.0Department of Tierra del Fuego
2827Peru1285216.01279996.05220.00.4
2928Chad1284000.01259200.024800.01.9Largest landlocked country in Africa.
3029Niger1267000.01266700.0300.00
3130Chilean Antarctic Territory (Chile)1250268.00.00.00Commune of Antártica, in the Magallanes Region
3231Angola1246700.01246700.00
3332Mali1240192.01220190.020000.01.6
3433South Africa1219090.01214470.04620.00.4name="ciadata"
3534Colombia1138910.01038700.0100210.08.8name="ciadata"
3635Ethiopia1104300.01096570.07730.00.7Excludes the Ilemi Triangle (14,000 ). Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
3736Bolivia1098581.01083300.015280.01.4
3837Mauritania1030700.01030700.00
3938Egypt1001450.0995450.06000.00.6Transcontinental country located in Asia and Africa. Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
4039Tanzania947303.0885800.061500.06.5
4140Nigeria923768.0910770.013000.01.4
4241Venezuela912050.0882050.030000.03.3Excludes claims in Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute (160,000 ). Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
4342Pakistan882363.0857143.025220.02.9Data from the CIA and Gilgit-Baltistan (72,971 ), assumed to be land.
4443Namibia824292.0823290.01002.00.1name="ciadata"
4544Mozambique799380.0786380.013000.01.6
4645Turkey783562.0769632.013930.01.8Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
4746Chile756102.0743812.012290.01.6Excludes claims in Antarctica. Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
4847Zambia752612.0743390.09220.01.2
4948Myanmar676578.0653508.023070.03.4
5049Afghanistan652864.0652230.0630.00.1
5150South Sudan644329.0Figure is from the CIA The UN Statistics division gives a figure of 658,841, while the UN FAO gives a water area of 1,980 and a land area of only 631,930 . Academic articles give varying totals between 619,000 and 658,842 .
5251France643801.0640427.03374.00.5Figures include metropolitan France (in Europe) as well as the five overseas regions. This does not include New Caledonia, the five autonomous overseas collectivities, and the two uninhabited territories (the French Southern Territories and Clipperton Island). The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies), gives an area figure of 632,702 . Largest country in the European Union.
5352Somalia637657.0627340.010320.01.6Includes Somaliland.
5453Central African Republic622984.0622984.00
5554Ukraine603550.0579330.024220.04.0Includes Crimea (26,945 ) and other territories annexed by Russia but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. 115,440 or 19% occupied by the Russian Federation as of 22 July 2025.
5655Madagascar587041.0581540.05501.00.9
5756Botswana582000.0566730.015000.02.6name="ciadata"
5857Kenya580367.0569140.011227.01.9
5958(metropolitan)551500.0549970.01530.00.3Metropolitan France (the part of France located in Europe). Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
6059Thailand513120.0510890.02230.00.4
6160Spain505370.0498980.06390.01.3
6261Turkmenistan488100.0469930.018170.03.7
6362Cameroon475650.0472710.02730.00.6name="ciadata"
6463Papua New Guinea462840.0452860.09980.02.2
6564Yemen455503.0455503.00Figure is from Yemen's Ministry of Water and Environment. May not include territory ceded by Saudi Arabia in the Jeddah Treaty due to the Saudi–Yemen barrier. The CIA World Factbook gives a much larger figure of 527,968 .
6665Sweden450295.0407284.040142.09.0Data by the World Factbook.
6766Ross Dependency flag (unofficial)|23px|border Ross Dependency (New Zealand)450000.00.00.00.0
6867Uzbekistan447400.0425400.022000.04.9
6968Morocco446550.0446300.0250.00.1Does not include the disputed Western Sahara, shown separately. If the whole of Western Sahara is included (which Morocco controls approximately two-thirds of), the area would be 710,800 and the rank would be #39.
7069Iraq438317.0437367.0950.00.2Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The UN figure of 435,052 excludes the three autonomous provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
7170Paraguay406752.0397300.09452.02.3
7271Zimbabwe390757.0386850.03910.01.0
7372Norway386224.0366704.019520.05.1Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The Kingdom of Norway, including Jan Mayen and Svalbard, but excluding Bouvet Island and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.
7473Japan377915.0364485.013430.03.6Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan gives a total of 377,975 .
7574Germany357581.0349390.07860.02.2Before the 1990 German reunification, West Germany was 248,577 and East Germany was 108,333 .
7675(France)351000.00.00.00Province of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
7776Republic of the Congo342000.0341500.0500.00.1
7877Finland338145.0303815.034330.010.2Includes Åland (1,552 ). Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
7978Vietnam331340.0313429.017801.05.4
8079Malaysia330621.0329432.01190.00.4
8180(mainland)323802.0304282.019520.06.0Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Excluding Bouvet Island (49 ), Jan Mayen (377 ), and Svalbard (62,045 ), shown separately, and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island (154 ) and Queen Maud Land (2,700,000 ).
8281Ivory Coast322462.0318000.04460.01.4
8382Poland312685.0304255.08430.03.7
8483Oman309500.0309500.00name="ciadata"
8584Italy302068.0295717.06350.02.1
8685Philippines300000.0298170.01830.00.6The UN and CIA agree on the figure of exactly 300 thousand , but some academic sources give a much higher total of 343,448 .
8786Ecuador283561.0276841.06720.02.4Data are from the CIA World Factbook, which includes the Galápagos Islands (7,880 ). UN figures give a total of 257,215 .
8887Burkina Faso274200.0273800.0400.00.2name="ciadata"
8988New Zealand268838.0264537.04301.01.6Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Figures exclude the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, shown separately, as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency.
9089Gabon267668.0257670.010000.03.7
9190(disputed)266000.0266000.00
9291Guinea245857.0245717.0140.00.1name="ciadata"
9392United Kingdom244376.0242741.01635.00.7Data is from the UK Office for National Statistics as supplied to the UN. Excludes the three Crown Dependencies (768 ) and the 14 British Overseas Territories (1,742,857 ), each shown separately.
9493Uganda241550.0200520.041030.017.0
9594Ghana238537.0227533.011000.04.6
9695Romania238398.0230080.08320.03.5
9796Laos236800.0230800.06000.02.5Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
9897Guyana214969.0196850.018120.08.4
9998Belarus207600.0202900.04700.02.3Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Largest landlocked country in Europe.
10099Kyrgyzstan199949.0191800.08150.04.1
101100Senegal196712.0192530.04180.02.1
102101Syria185180.0183630.01550.00.8Includes the parts of the Golan Heights (1,295 ) occupied by Israel.
103102Cambodia181035.0176520.04520.02.5
104103Somaliland177000.0Somaliland is claimed in whole by Somalia.
105104Uruguay176215.0175015.01200.00.7
106105Suriname163820.0156000.07820.04.8Smallest country in South America.
107106Tunisia163610.0155360.08250.05.0
108107Bangladesh148460.0130170.018290.012.3Area according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is 147,570 .
109108Nepal147181.0143350.03830.02.6The Government of Nepal gives its area as 147,516 , which includes an additional 335 square kilometers of disputed territory under Indian administration.
110109Tajikistan144100.0141510.02590.01.8
111110England132932.0130310.02622.02.0England is a constituent country of the UK.
112111Greece131957.0128900.01310.02.3
113112Nicaragua130373.0120340.010030.07.7Largest country in Central America.
114113North Korea120538.0120410.0130.00.1Excludes claim on South Korea.
115114Malawi118484.094080.024404.020.6Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The UN Statistics division gives an area of 94,552 which may exclude parts of Lake Malawi considered integral by some definitions.
116115Eritrea117600.0101000.016600.014.1Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The UN FAO gives land and water figures of 121041 and 589 , respectively.
117116Benin114763.0112760.02000.01.7
118117Honduras112492.0111890.0600.00.5
119118Liberia111369.096320.015049.013.5name="ciadata"
120119Bulgaria110879.0108489.02390.02.2Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Largest country in the Balkans by continental area within the Balkans.
121120Cuba109884.0109884.00Largest country in the West Indies. Official area.
122121Guatemala108889.0107160.01730.01.6
123122Iceland103000.0100830.02170.02.1
124123South Korea100432.097600.02800.02.8Excludes claim on North Korea.
125124Hungary93025.091260.01770.01.9
126125Portugal92090.091470.0620.00.45
127126Jordan89318.088794.0524.00.6
128127Serbia88499.088499.00Figures are official and include Serbia's claim on Kosovo. The 2023 Statistical Yearbook describes its figure as "provisional" and "land area". The UN FAO estimates some 900 of water area. The CIA World Factbook gives separate figures for Serbia (77,474 ) and Kosovo (10,877 ).
129128Azerbaijan86600.082650.03950.04.6Largest country in the Caucasus. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
130129Austria83878.082520.01359.01.6
131130United Arab Emirates83600.082880.0720.00.9Total figure is official sum of provinces, land area is official and water area is implied, excluding some of the reported 27,625 of "territorial water". The UN replicates the land-only figure while the CIA reports 83,600 of land and no water.
132131Scotland80231.077901.02330.02.9Scotland is a constituent country of the UK.
133132Czech Republic78871.077187.01684.02.1
134133Panama75320.074180.01143.01.5
135134Sierra Leone72300.072180.0120.00.2
136135Ireland70273.068883.01390.02.0The figure shown is for the Republic of Ireland; the island of Ireland is 84,421 .
137136Georgia69700.069490.0210.00.3Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe. The figure shown includes Abkhazia (8,665 ) and South Ossetia (3,900 ), both de facto independent from Georgia.
138137Sri Lanka67240.061860.03750.05.7
139138Lithuania65286.062610.02680.04.1
140139Latvia64594.062230.02370.03.7
141140(Norway)62045.062045.00The UN gives a combined area for Svalbard and Jan Mayen as 62,422 . The separate figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook.
142141Togo56785.054390.02400.04.2
143142Croatia56594.055974.0620.01.1name="ciadata"
144143Bosnia and Herzegovina51209.051200.010.00.0
145144Costa Rica51180.051140.040.00.1
146145Slovakia49035.048080.0950.01.9
147146Dominican Republic48670.048320.0350.00.7
148147Estonia45339.042388.02840.06.3
149148Denmark42947.042434.0660.01.5Includes Denmark proper only, but excludes the autonomous territories in the Kingdom of Denmark, shown separately.
150149Netherlands41865.033893.07650.019.0Data are from the CIA World Factbook and are for Netherlands proper, which includes the Caribbean Netherlands. May include coastal water. Excludes Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The Kingdom of the Netherlands totals to 42,201 .
151150Switzerland41291.039510.01781.04.3
152151Bhutan38394.038140.0250.00.7
153152Guinea-Bissau36125.028120.08010.022.2
154153Taiwan35980.032260.03720.010.3Data are from the CIA World Factbook. Excludes claim on mainland China. Taiwan's official figure is 36,197 of land area.
155154Moldova33847.032970.0880.02.6The figure shown includes the area of Transnistria (4,163 ), which is de facto independent from Moldova.
156155Belgium30528.030280.0250.00.8
157156Lesotho30355.030355.00
158157Armenia29743.028470.01270.04.3
159158Solomon Islands28896.027990.0910.03.1
160159Albania28748.027400.0330.01.1
161160Equatorial Guinea28051.028051.00
162161Burundi27834.025680.02150.07.7
163162Haiti27750.027560.0190.00.7
164163Rwanda26338.024670.01670.06.3
165164North Macedonia25713.025220.0490.01.9
166165Djibouti23200.023180.020.00.1name="ciadata"
167166Belize22965.022810.0160.00.7
168167Israel21937.021497.0440.02.1Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The UN/Israel Central Bureau of Statistics figure of 22,072 includes the Golan Heights (1,200 ) and East Jerusalem (70 ), which are not internationally recognised as part of Israel.
169168Wales21218.020737.0481.02.3Wales is a constituent country of the UK.
170169El Salvador21041.020720.0320.01.5Smallest country on the American continent.
171170Slovenia20273.020151.0122.00.6name="ciadata"
172171(France)18575.018275.0300.01.6name="ciadata"
173172Fiji18272.018272.00
174173Kuwait17818.017818.00
175174Eswatini17363.017200.0160.00.9
176175Timor-Leste14874.014874.00name="ciadata"
177176Northern Ireland14330.013547.0783.05.5Northern Ireland is a constituent country of the UK.
178177Montenegro13888.013450.0438.03.2
179178Bahamas13880.010010.03870.027.8
180179Vanuatu12189.012189.00
181180(UK)12173.012173.00
182181Qatar11586.011586.00name="ciadata"
183182data-sort-value=Gambia|11295.010120.01180.010.4Smallest country in continental Africa.
184183Jamaica10991.010830.0160.01.5
185184Kosovo10887.010887.00name="ciadata"
186185Lebanon10452.010230.0220.02.1
187186Cyprus9251.09241.010.00.1Includes the largely unrecognized but de facto independent Northern Cyprus (3,355 ), the UN buffer zone (346 ) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (254 ).
188187(US)9100.08868.02.5
189188Abkhazia8665.0Abkhazia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition.
190189(France)7747.07668.080.01.0Excludes claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica. Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
191190Palestine6020.06025.00The CIA World Factbook gives the areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip separately as 5,860 and 360 respectively. The figure for the West Bank includes East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land, but excludes Mount Scopus. The UN source differs by 200 and may exclude the area of the Dead Sea pertaining to the West Bank.
192191Brunei5765.05270.0500.08.7
193192Trinidad and Tobago5127.05131.00
194193(France)4167.03827.0340.08.2name="ciadata"
195194Transnistria4163.0Transnistria is claimed in whole by Moldova, and has limited international recognition
196195Cape Verde4033.04033.00
197196(UK)}}3903.03903.00name="ciadata"
198197South Ossetia3900.0South Ossetia is claimed in whole by Georgia.
199198Northern Cyprus3355.0Academic articles most frequently give the figure shown, while an official brochure gives 3,248 . Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a self-declared state recognised only by Turkey.
200199Samoa2842.02780.010.00.4
201200Luxembourg2586.02574.016.00.6
202201Mauritius2096.02086.010.00.5Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The UN figure of 1,969 excludes the Agaléga Islands and Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos).
203202Comoros1861.01861.00All figures are from the UN FAO. The CIA and the UN Statistics department give an area of 2,235 , which includes Mayotte (374 ), an overseas department and region of France.
204203(Finland)1581.01553.028.01.8Åland is an autonomous region of Finland, and thus is a part of the European Union.
205204(Denmark)1393.01393.00name="ciadata"
206205(China)1114.01050.060.05.4UN figures are given, including only land and internal water. Official figures include "sea area" of 1,640 .
207206São Tomé and Príncipe964.0964.00
208207(UK)948.0948.00
209208Kiribati811.0811.00Data are from the CIA World Factbook. The UN figure of 726 excludes 84 of uninhabited islands.
210209Bahrain778.0778.00Due to ongoing extensive land reclamation, Bahrain's total land area is variable and depends on the source and year of publication, typically ranging from 740 to 780 during the 2010s and 2020s. The CIA World Factbook reports a figure of 760 excluding territorial waters,
211210Dominica750.0750.00
212211Tonga747.0720.030.04.0
213212Singapore745.0735.010.01.4Due to ongoing extensive land reclamation, Singapore's total land area is variable and depends on the source and year of publication, typically ranging from 740 to 770 during the 2010s and 2020s. The most recent figures are sourced from the Singapore Department of Statistics, which operates under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Singapore.
214213Micronesia702.00
215214Saint Lucia616.0610.010.01.6
216215(UK)572.0570.00
217216(US)541.0540.00
218217Andorra468.0468.00European microstate.
219218Palau459.0459.00
220219(US)457.0457.00
221220Seychelles457.0457.00Smallest country in Africa.
222221(Netherlands)444.0444.00Data are from official statistics. |name="neth"
223222Antigua and Barbuda442.0442.00
224223Barbados431.0431.00
225224(Australia)412.0412.00name="ciadata"
226225(UK)394.0394.00Comprising Saint Helena (122 ), Ascension Island (88 ), and Tristan da Cunha (184 ). Data are from the CIA World Factbook.
227226Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389.0389.00
228227(Norway)377.0377.00name="ciadata"
229228(US)347.0347.00
230229Grenada345.0340.00
231230Malta315.0315.00European microstate. Smallest European Union member state.
232231Maldives0Smallest country in Asia.
233232(Netherlands)288.0288.00name="neth"
234233(UK)264.0264.00
235234Saint Kitts and Nevis261.0261.00Smallest country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere.
236235Niue260.0260.00Niue, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
237236(UK)254.0Comprises Akrotiri ( ) and Dhekelia ( ), together making up 3% of the island of Cyprus.
238237(France)242.0230.010.04.2
239238Cook Islands236.0236.00The Cook Islands, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
240239(US)199.0199.00
241240Marshall Islands181.0180.00
242241(Netherlands)180.0180.00name="neth"
243242(Chile)163.0163.00Various sources give figures between 161 and 166 .
244243Liechtenstein160.0160.00European microstate.
245244(Norway)154.00.00.00.0
246245(UK)151.0151.00
247246(France)142.0142.00
248247(Australia)135.0135.00name="ciadata"
249248(UK)116.0116.00name="ciadata"
250249(UK)103.0100.00
251250(UK)91.091.00
252251(UK)78.078.00name="ciadata"
253252San Marino61.061.00European microstate.
254253(UK)0name="ciadata"
255254(UK)54.054.00
256255Saint Martin (France)53.053.00
257256(Norway)49.049.00name="ciadata"
258257(UK)47.047.00The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook, and includes Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Island. The UN figure is 5 , and only includes area for Pitcairn island itself, the only inhabited island in the group.
259258(Australia)36.036.00name="ciadata"
260259(Netherlands)34.034.00name="neth"
261260(US)34.034.00Includes CIA figures of Wake Island, Navassa Island and all of the United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges. May exclude some lagoon water or classify lagoon water as land.
262261(China)33.033.00
263262Tuvalu26.026.00
264263(France)22.020.00
265264Nauru21.020.00Smallest island country, and smallest country that is not a city-state.
266265(Netherlands)21.0name="neth"
267266Cocos (Keeling) Islands flag|23px|border Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)14.014.00name="ciadata"
268267(Netherlands)13.0name="neth"
269268(New Zealand)12.012.00
270269(UK)0Land figure is official while the CIA states zero water area.
271270(France)66.7The CIA World Factbook gives a total area of 6 and no water, but Britannica gives a land area of 2 and Coral Reefs has given a water area of 4 .
272271(Australia)0name="ciadata"
273272(Australia)0The CIA World Factbook gives an estimate of less than 3 . The territory comprises many low atolls and reefs, spanning some 780,000 of territorial water.
274273Spratly Islands (disputed)0
275274Monaco0European microstate. Smallest United Nations member state.
276275Vatican City0European microstate. Smallest country in the world. The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 in its 1930 edition but corrected it to 0.49 in its 1945–46 edition. However, the figure of 0.44  is widely cited by many sources (e.g. Encyclopedia Britannica) and it is the official figure.