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Land area (sq. km) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Land area (sq. km) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008) Rank Country Value 1 Low & middle income 96,057,303 2 Middle income 77,325,413 3 Upper middle income 46,143,254 4 High income 33,554,019 5 Lower middle income 31,182,159 6 High income: OECD 30,453,050 7 Sub-Saharan Africa 23,585,374 8 Europe & Central Asia 23,054,006 9 Least developed countries: UN classification 20,163,374 10 Latin America & Caribbean 20,147,570 11 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 19,938,930 12 Low income 18,731,890 13 Russia 16,377,740 14 East Asia & Pacific 15,853,629 15 China 9,327,489 16 United States 9,161,920 17 Canada 9,093,510 18 Middle East & North Africa 8,643,580 19 Brazil 8,459,420 20 Australia 7,682,300 21 South Asia 4,773,144 22 High income: nonOECD 3,100,969 23 India 2,973,190 24 Argentina 2,736,690 25 Kazakhstan 2,699,700 26 Euro area 2,509,810 27 Algeria 2,381,740 28 Sudan 2,376,000 29 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,267,050 30 Saudi Arabia 2,000,000 31 Mexico 1,943,950 32 Indonesia 1,811,570 33 Libya 1,759,540 34 Iran 1,628,550 35 Mongolia 1,553,560 36 Peru 1,280,000 37 Niger 1,266,700 38 Chad 1,259,200 39 Angola 1,246,700 40 Mali 1,220,190 41 South Africa 1,214,470 42 Colombia 1,109,500 43 Bolivia 1,083,300 44 Mauritania 1,030,700 45 Ethiopia 1,000,000 46 Egypt 995,450 47 Nigeria 910,770 48 Tanzania 885,800 49 Venezuela 882,050 50 Namibia 823,290 51 Mozambique 786,380 52 Pakistan 770,880 53 Turkey 769,630 54 Chile 743,800 55 Zambia 743,390 56 Burma 653,520 57 Afghanistan 652,230 58 Somalia 627,340 59 Central African Republic 623,000 60 Madagascar 581,540 61 Ukraine 579,330 62 Kenya 569,140 63 Botswana 566,730 64 France 547,660 65 Yemen 527,970 66 Thailand 510,890 67 Spain 498,980 68 Cameroon 472,710 69 Turkmenistan 469,930 70 Papua New Guinea 452,860 71 Morocco 446,300 72 Iraq 437,370 73 Uzbekistan 425,400 74 Greenland 410,450 75 Sweden 410,330 76 Paraguay 397,300 77 Zimbabwe 386,850 78 Japan 364,500 79 Germany 348,770 80 Republic of the Congo 341,500 81 Malaysia 328,550 82 Ivory Coast 318,000 83 Vietnam 310,070 84 Oman 309,500 85 Norway 304,280 86 Poland 304,250 87 Finland 304,090 88 Philippines 298,170 89 Italy 294,140 90 Ecuador 276,840 91 Burkina Faso 273,600 92 New Zealand 267,710 93 Gabon 257,670 94 Guinea 245,720 95 United Kingdom 241,930 96 Laos 230,800 97 Romania 229,890 98 Ghana 227,540 99 Belarus 202,900 100 Uganda 197,100 101 Guyana 196,850 102 Senegal 192,530 103 Kyrgyzstan 191,800 104 Syria 183,630 105 Cambodia 176,520 106 Uruguay 175,020 107 Suriname 156,000 108 Tunisia 155,360 109 Nepal 143,350 110 Tajikistan 139,960 111 Bangladesh 130,170 112 Greece 128,900 113 Nicaragua 119,990 114 Honduras 111,890 115 Benin 110,620 116 Cuba 109,820 117 Bulgaria 108,610 118 Guatemala 107,160 119 Eritrea 101,000 120 Iceland 100,250 121 South Korea 96,920 122 North Korea 96,920 123 Liberia 96,320 124 Malawi 94,080 125 Portugal 91,500 126 Hungary 89,610 127 Serbia 88,360 128 Jordan 88,240 129 United Arab Emirates 83,600 130 Azerbaijan 82,629 131 Austria 82,450 132 Czech Republic 77,250 133 Panama 74,340 134 Sierra Leone 71,620 135 Georgia 69,490 136 Ireland 68,890 137 Sri Lanka 64,630 138 Lithuania 62,680 139 Latvia 62,250 140 Togo 54,390 141 Croatia 53,910 142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,200 143 Costa Rica 51,060 144 Dominican Republic 48,320 145 Slovakia 48,100 146 Denmark 42,430 147 Estonia 42,390 148 Switzerland 40,000 149 Bhutan 38,394 150 Netherlands 33,760 151 Moldova 32,890 152 Lesotho 30,350 153 Belgium 30,280 154 Armenia 28,200 155 Guinea-Bissau 28,120 156 Equatorial Guinea 28,050 157 Solomon Islands 27,990 158 Haiti 27,560 159 Albania 27,400 160 Burundi 25,680 161 Macedonia 25,430 162 Rwanda 24,670 163 Djibouti 23,180 164 Belize 22,810 165 Israel 21,640 166 El Salvador 20,720 167 Slovenia 20,140 168 New Caledonia 18,280 169 Fiji 18,270 170 Kuwait 17,820 171 Swaziland 17,200 172 Timor-Leste 14,870 173 Montenegro 13,450 174 Vanuatu 12,190 175 Qatar 11,590 176 Kosovo 10,887 177 Jamaica 10,830 178 Lebanon 10,230 179 Bahamas 10,010 180 Gambia 10,000 181 Cyprus 9,240 182 Puerto Rico 8,870 183 West Bank and Gaza 6,020 184 Brunei Darussalam 5,270 185 Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 186 Cape Verde 4,030 187 French Polynesia 3,660 188 Samoa 2,830 189 Luxembourg 2,590 190 Mauritius 2,030 191 Comoros 1,860 192 Faroe Islands 1,400 193 Hong Kong 1,042 194 Sao Tome and Principe 960 195 Kiribati 810 196 Netherlands Antilles 800 197 Dominica 750 198 Tonga 720 199 Bahrain 710 200 Micronesia 700 201 Singapore 697 202 St. Lucia 610 203 Isle of Man 570 204 Guam 540 205 Andorra 470 206 Palau 460 207 Seychelles 460 208 Northern Mariana Islands 460 209 Antigua and Barbuda 440 210 Barbados 430 211 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 390 212 Mayotte 374 213 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 350 214 Grenada 340 215 Malta 320 216 Maldives 300 217 Cayman Islands 260 218 St. Kitts and Nevis 260 219 American Samoa 200 220 Channel Islands 190 221 Marshall Islands 180 222 Aruba 180 223 Liechtenstein 160 224 San Marino 60 225 Bermuda 50 226 Macau 28.20 227 Monaco 2

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