This file was last updated on 19 December, 2006
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Rank code: @2147
Rank Country Area(sq km) Date of Information
1 World 510,072,000 2 Pacific Ocean 155,557,000 3 Atlantic Ocean 76,762,000 4 Indian Ocean 68,556,000 5 Southern Ocean 20,327,000 6 Russia 17,075,200 7 Arctic Ocean 14,056,000 8 Antarctica 14,000,000 9 Canada 9,984,670 10 United States 9,631,420 11 China 9,596,960 12 Brazil 8,511,965 13 Australia 7,686,850 14 European Union 3,976,372 15 India 3,287,590 16 Argentina 2,766,890 17 Kazakhstan 2,717,300 18 Sudan 2,505,810 19 Algeria 2,381,740 20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,345,410 21 Greenland 2,166,086 22 Mexico 1,972,550 23 Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 24 Indonesia 1,919,440 25 Libya 1,759,540 26 Iran 1,648,000 27 Mongolia 1,564,116 28 Peru 1,285,220 29 Chad 1,284,000 30 Niger 1,267,000 31 Angola 1,246,700 32 Mali 1,240,000 33 South Africa 1,219,912 34 Colombia 1,138,910 35 Ethiopia 1,127,127 36 Bolivia 1,098,580 37 Mauritania 1,030,700 38 Egypt 1,001,450 39 Tanzania 945,087 40 Nigeria 923,768 41 Venezuela 912,050 42 Namibia 825,418 43 Pakistan 803,940 44 Mozambique 801,590 45 Turkey 780,580 46 Chile 756,950 47 Zambia 752,614 48 Burma 678,500 49 Afghanistan 647,500 50 Somalia 637,657 51 Central African Republic 622,984 52 Ukraine 603,700 53 Botswana 600,370 54 Madagascar 587,040 55 Kenya 582,650 56 France 547,030 57 Yemen 527,970 58 Thailand 514,000 59 Spain 504,782 60 Turkmenistan 488,100 61 Cameroon 475,440 62 Papua New Guinea 462,840 63 Sweden 449,964 64 Uzbekistan 447,400 65 Morocco 446,550 66 Iraq 437,072 67 Paraguay 406,750 68 Zimbabwe 390,580 69 Japan 377,835 70 Germany 357,021 71 Congo, Republic of the 342,000 72 Finland 338,145 73 Malaysia 329,750 74 Vietnam 329,560 75 Norway 323,802 76 Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 77 Poland 312,685 78 Italy 301,230 79 Philippines 300,000 80 Ecuador 283,560 81 Burkina Faso 274,200 82 New Zealand 268,680 83 Gabon 267,667 84 Western Sahara 266,000 85 Guinea 245,857 86 United Kingdom 244,820 87 Ghana 239,460 88 Romania 237,500 89 Laos 236,800 90 Uganda 236,040 91 Guyana 214,970 92 Oman 212,460 93 Belarus 207,600 94 Kyrgyzstan 198,500 95 Senegal 196,190 96 Syria 185,180 97 Cambodia 181,040 98 Uruguay 176,220 99 Tunisia 163,610 100 Suriname 163,270 101 Nepal 147,181 102 Bangladesh 144,000 103 Tajikistan 143,100 104 Greece 131,940 105 Nicaragua 129,494 106 Eritrea 121,320 107 Korea, North 120,540 108 Malawi 118,480 109 Benin 112,620 110 Honduras 112,090 111 Liberia 111,370 112 Bulgaria 110,910 113 Cuba 110,860 114 Guatemala 108,890 115 Iceland 103,000 116 Korea, South 98,480 117 Hungary 93,030 118 Portugal 92,391 119 Jordan 92,300 120 French Guiana 91,000 121 Serbia 88,361 122 Azerbaijan 86,600 123 Austria 83,870 124 United Arab Emirates 82,880 125 Czech Republic 78,866 126 Panama 78,200 127 Sierra Leone 71,740 128 Ireland 70,280 129 Georgia 69,700 130 Sri Lanka 65,610 131 Lithuania 65,200 132 Latvia 64,589 133 Svalbard 61,020 134 Togo 56,785 135 Croatia 56,542 136 British Indian Ocean Territory 54,400 137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 138 Costa Rica 51,100 139 Slovakia 48,845 140 Dominican Republic 48,730 141 Bhutan 47,000 142 Estonia 45,226 143 Denmark 43,094 144 Netherlands 41,526 145 Switzerland 41,290 146 Guinea-Bissau 36,120 147 Taiwan 35,980 148 Moldova 33,843 149 Belgium 30,528 150 Lesotho 30,355 151 Armenia 29,800 152 Albania 28,748 153 Solomon Islands 28,450 154 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 155 Burundi 27,830 156 Haiti 27,750 157 Rwanda 26,338 158 Macedonia 25,333 159 Djibouti 23,000 160 Belize 22,966 161 El Salvador 21,040 162 Israel 20,770 163 Slovenia 20,273 164 New Caledonia 19,060 165 Fiji 18,270 166 Kuwait 17,820 167 Swaziland 17,363 168 East Timor 15,007 169 Montenegro 14,026 170 Bahamas, The 13,940 171 Puerto Rico 13,790 172 Vanuatu 12,200 173 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 174 Marshall Islands 11,854 175 Qatar 11,437 176 Gambia, The 11,300 177 Jamaica 10,991 178 Lebanon 10,400 179 Cyprus 9,250 180 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829 181 West Bank 5,860 182 Brunei 5,770 183 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 184 French Polynesia 4,167 185 Cape Verde 4,033 186 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903 187 Samoa 2,944 188 Luxembourg 2,586 189 Reunion 2,517 190 Comoros 2,170 191 Mauritius 2,040 192 Virgin Islands 1,910 193 Guadeloupe 1,780 194 Faroe Islands 1,399 195 Martinique 1,100 196 Hong Kong 1,092 197 Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 198 Netherlands Antilles 960 199 Kiribati 811 200 Dominica 754 201 Tonga 748 202 Micronesia, Federated States of 702 203 Singapore 693 204 Bahrain 665 205 Saint Lucia 616 206 Isle of Man 572 207 Guam 541 208 Northern Mariana Islands 477 209 Andorra 468 210 Palau 458 211 Seychelles 455 212 Antigua and Barbuda 443 213 Barbados 431 214 Turks and Caicos Islands 430 215 Saint Helena 413 216 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 217 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 218 Jan Mayen 377 219 Mayotte 374 220 Gaza Strip 360 221 Grenada 344 222 Malta 316 223 Maldives 300 224 Wallis and Futuna 274 225 Cayman Islands 262 226 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 227 Niue 260 228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 229 Cook Islands 237 230 American Samoa 199 231 Aruba 193 232 Liechtenstein 160 233 British Virgin Islands 153 234 Christmas Island 135 235 Dhekelia 131 236 Akrotiri 123 237 Jersey 116 238 Anguilla 102 239 Montserrat 102 240 Iles Eparses 80 241 Guernsey 78 242 San Marino 61 243 Bermuda 53 244 Bouvet Island 49 245 Pitcairn Islands 47 246 Norfolk Island 35 247 Macau 28 248 Europa Island 28 249 Tuvalu 26 250 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges 22 251 Nauru 21 252 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 253 Palmyra Atoll 12 254 Tokelau 10 255 Gibraltar 7 256 Wake Island 7 257 Midway Islands 6 258 Clipperton Island 6 259 Navassa Island 5 260 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 261 Glorioso Islands 5 262 Spratly Islands 5 263 Jarvis Island 5 264 Juan de Nova Island 4 265 Coral Sea Islands 3 266 Johnston Atoll 3 267 Monaco 2 268 Howland Island 2 269 Baker Island 1 270 Kingman Reef 1 271 Tromelin Island 1 272 Holy See (Vatican City) 0 273 Bassas da India 0
This file was last updated on 19 December, 2006
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Rank code: @2150
Rank Country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information
1 World 1,263,367,600 2005 2 China 350,433,000 2005 3 United States 268,000,000 2003 4 European Union 238,763,162 2002 5 Japan 58,780,000 2005 6 Germany 55,046,000 2005 7 India 49,750,000 2005 8 Brazil 42,382,000 2004 9 Russia 40,100,000 2005 10 France 35,700,000 2005 11 United Kingdom 32,943,000 2005 12 Italy 25,049,000 2005 13 Korea, South 23,745,000 2005 14 Mexico 19,512,000 2005 15 Iran 18,986,000 2005 16 Turkey 18,978,000 2005 17 Spain 18,322,000 2005 18 Canada 18,276,000 2005 19 Vietnam 15,845,000 2005 20 Taiwan 13,615,000 2005 21 Indonesia 12,772,000 2005 22 Ukraine 12,142,000 2004 23 Poland 11,803,000 2005 24 Australia 11,460,000 2005 25 Egypt 10,396,100 2005 26 Argentina 8,800,000 2005 27 Colombia 7,678,800 2005 28 Netherlands 7,600,000 2005 29 Thailand 7,035,000 2005 30 Sweden 6,447,000 2004 31 Greece 6,303,000 2005 32 Pakistan 5,277,500 2005 33 Switzerland 5,123,000 2005 34 Belgium 4,801,000 2004 35 South Africa 4,729,000 2005 36 Romania 4,391,000 2005 37 Malaysia 4,366,000 2005 38 Portugal 4,234,000 2005 39 Saudi Arabia 3,800,000 2005 40 Hong Kong 3,794,600 2005 41 Austria 3,705,000 2005 42 Venezuela 3,605,500 2005 43 Philippines 3,437,500 2004 44 Chile 3,435,900 2005 45 Hungary 3,356,000 2005 46 Denmark 3,350,000 2005 47 Belarus 3,284,300 2005 48 Czech Republic 3,217,300 2005 49 Israel 2,936,300 2005 50 Syria 2,903,000 2005 51 Serbia 2,685,400 2004 52 Algeria 2,572,000 2005 53 Kazakhstan 2,500,000 2004 54 Bulgaria 2,483,500 2005 55 Peru 2,250,500 2005 56 Norway 2,129,000 2005 57 Finland 2,120,000 2005 58 Ireland 2,033,000 2005 59 Croatia 1,889,500 2005 60 Singapore 1,848,000 2005 61 New Zealand 1,800,500 2004 62 Uzbekistan 1,717,100 2003 63 Ecuador 1,701,500 2005 64 Costa Rica 1,388,500 2005 65 Morocco 1,341,200 2005 66 Tunisia 1,257,500 2005 67 Sri Lanka 1,244,000 2005 68 United Arab Emirates 1,237,000 2005 69 Nigeria 1,223,300 2005 70 Slovakia 1,197,000 2005 71 Guatemala 1,132,100 2004 72 Puerto Rico 1,111,900 2004 73 Azerbaijan 1,091,400 2005 74 Bangladesh 1,070,000 2005 75 Iraq 1,034,200 2004 76 Uruguay 1,000,000 2004 77 Lebanon 990,000 2005 78 Korea, North 980,000 2003 79 El Salvador 971,500 2005 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 968,900 2005 81 Moldova 929,400 2005 82 Dominican Republic 894,500 2005 83 Cuba 849,900 2005 84 Slovenia 816,400 2005 85 Lithuania 801,100 2005 86 Yemen 798,100 2004 87 Libya 750,000 2003 88 Latvia 731,000 2005 89 Georgia 683,200 2004 90 Sudan 670,000 2005 91 Bolivia 646,300 2005 92 Jordan 617,300 2004 93 Ethiopia 610,300 2005 94 Armenia 582,500 2004 95 Macedonia 533,200 2005 96 Kuwait 510,300 2005 97 Honduras 494,400 2005 98 Burma 476,200 2005 99 Nepal 448,600 2005 100 Estonia 442,000 2005 101 Panama 440,100 2005 102 Kyrgyzstan 438,200 2005 103 Cyprus 420,000 104 Turkmenistan 376,100 2003 105 Mauritius 359,000 2005 106 West Bank 357,300 2004 107 Gaza Strip 349,000 2005 108 Jamaica 342,000 2005 109 Zimbabwe 328,000 2005 110 Trinidad and Tobago 323,500 2005 111 Ghana 321,500 2005 112 Paraguay 320,300 2005 113 Reunion 300,000 2001 114 Kenya 281,800 2005 115 Senegal 266,600 2005 116 Oman 265,200 2005 117 Cote d'Ivoire 257,900 2004 118 Albania 255,000 2003 119 Tajikistan 245,200 2004 120 Luxembourg 244,500 2005 121 Nicaragua 220,900 2005 122 Guadeloupe 210,000 2001 123 Qatar 205,400 2005 124 Malta 202,100 2005 125 Bahrain 196,500 2005 126 Iceland 193,900 2005 127 Montenegro 177,663 2005 128 Macau 174,400 2005 129 Martinique 172,000 2001 130 Mongolia 156,000 2005 131 Tanzania 148,400 2004 132 Haiti 140,000 2004 133 Bahamas, The 139,900 2004 134 Barbados 134,900 2005 135 Botswana 132,000 2005 136 Namibia 127,900 2004 137 Guyana 110,100 2005 138 Malawi 102,700 2005 139 Fiji 102,000 2003 140 Uganda 100,800 2005 141 Afghanistan 100,000 2005 142 Somalia 100,000 2005 143 Cameroon 99,400 2004 144 Burkina Faso 97,400 2005 145 Zambia 94,700 2005 146 Angola 94,300 2005 147 Laos 90,067 2006 148 Brunei 90,000 2002 149 Cyprus 86,228 150 Guam 84,134 2001 151 Suriname 81,100 2004 152 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001 153 Benin 76,300 2005 154 Mali 75,000 2005 155 Jersey 73,900 2001 156 Cape Verde 71,400 2005 157 Virgin Islands 70,900 2004 158 Mozambique 69,700 2004 159 Madagascar 66,900 2005 160 Papua New Guinea 62,000 2002 161 Togo 58,600 2005 162 Bermuda 56,000 2002 163 New Caledonia 55,300 2005 164 Guernsey 55,100 2004 165 French Polynesia 53,400 2005 166 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002 167 French Guiana 51,000 2001 168 Isle of Man 51,000 1999 169 Lesotho 48,000 2005 170 Gambia, The 44,000 2005 171 Mauritania 41,000 2005 172 Gabon 39,100 2005 173 Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2004 174 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002 175 Eritrea 37,700 2005 176 Aruba 37,100 2002 177 Cambodia 36,400 2003 178 Andorra 35,400 2005 179 Swaziland 35,000 2005 180 Monaco 33,700 2002 181 Belize 33,300 2005 182 Bhutan 32,700 2005 183 Grenada 32,700 2004 184 Maldives 32,300 2005 185 Burundi 27,700 2004 186 Guinea 26,200 2003 187 Greenland 25,300 2002 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004 189 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 190 Niger 24,000 2005 191 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 192 Faroe Islands 23,800 2005 193 Rwanda 23,000 2004 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,500 2005 195 Seychelles 21,400 2005 196 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000 197 Dominica 21,000 2004 198 San Marino 20,600 2002 199 Liechtenstein 19,900 2002 200 Comoros 16,900 2005 201 American Samoa 15,000 2001 202 Congo, Republic of the 13,800 2004 203 Samoa 13,300 2003 204 Chad 13,000 2004 205 Micronesia, Federated States of 12,400 2005 206 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002 207 Tonga 11,200 2002 208 Djibouti 11,100 2004 209 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,600 2005 210 Guinea-Bissau 10,600 2003 211 Central African Republic 10,000 2004 212 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005 213 Mayotte 10,000 2002 214 Solomon Islands 7,400 2005 215 Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 2004 216 Liberia 6,900 2002 217 Vanuatu 6,800 2004 218 Palau 6,700 2002 219 Anguilla 6,200 2002 220 Cook Islands 6,200 2002 221 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002 222 Marshall Islands 5,510 2004 223 Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005 224 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002 225 Kiribati 4,500 2002 226 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004 227 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002 228 Saint Helena 2,200 2002 229 Nauru 1,900 2002 230 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002 231 Niue 1,100 2002 232 Tuvalu 700 2002 233 Tokelau 300 2002 234 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992 235 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004 236 Antarctica 0 2001