List of the countries of the world sorted by total area

Countries by area.

This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. The list ranks sovereign states, as well as self-governing dependent territories. Total areas are included, covering land and inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Marine internal waters, territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zones are not included, nor are various countries' claims to parts of Antarctica. For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by area (graphical). For geographic entities other than countries, see List of major geographic bodies by area.

Đây là danh sách các nước trên thế giới được xếp loại theo tổng diện tích. Bảng phân loại này bao gồm các nước thống nhất và các nước tuyên bố độc lập. Tổng diện tích bao gồm đất và vùng ngập nước (ao, hồ, sông). Vùng ngập biển, ngập nước và khu vực phi kinh tế không đươct tính vào cũng như khu vực có nhiều nước cùng tuyên bố thuộc quốc gia đó cũng không tính vào như khu vực Bắc Cực.

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  The Earth's total surface area is 510,065,284 km² (196,936,553 mi²) — 70.8% of the world's surface (361,126,221 km² or 139,431,079 mi²) is covered by water, while 29.2% (148,939,063 km² or 57,505,474 mi²) is covered by land.
  

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  Self-governing dependent territories (as classified by the UN) are listed and ranked separately from their sovereign state and are set off in italics.
  

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  Antarctica is the 5th largest continent and comprises some 14,200,000 km², of which 98% is permanently covered with ice. It has no indigenous population, but a number of nations maintain permanent or seasonal research stations. The following countries have territorial claims in the continent: Argentina (969,000 km²), Australia (6,120,000 km²), Chile (1,250,000 km²), France (432,000 km²), New Zealand (450,000 km²), Norway (2,500,000 km²) and United Kingdom (2,500,000 km²), which to some extent overlap. The area from 90°W to 150°W (2,100,000 km²) is currently unclaimed territory. According to the Antarctic Treaty national claims are frozen, and these areas are not included for the respective countries below.
  

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  The European Union is a sui generis supranational and intergovernmental political body. The entity is composed of 27 member states. The total area of the territories of the 27 member states is 4,422,773 km² (1,707,636 mi²), and would be ranked seventh if it were a country (3.0% of world's total land area).
  

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   ^ Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Microsoft Encarta. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
   
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   ^ Canada. Statistics Canada.
   
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   ^ United States. The World Factbook. CIA (2007-05-31). Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
   
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   ^ The change of U.S. figure is disputedly unexplained as until 1996 CIA still officially regarded China's totally area as "slightly larger than the US"
   
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   ^ Census Data Online. source: Census of India 1991. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
   
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   ^ http://www.dane.gov.co/dane_censo/mapa/censo2005/Ficha/2004.htm ^{[dead link – history]}
   
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   ^ Republic of Serbia without Kosovo and Metohia. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
   
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   ^ Area, cultivated land area and forest land area (pdf). National Statistics - Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
   
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   ^ General Data. Statistical Office of the Republic of Montenegro. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
   
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    ^ Comoros. UNEP Country Profile Information System. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
    
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    ^ Key Annual Indicators. Statistics Singapore (2006). Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
    
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    ^ xist.org - Saint Helena
    
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    ^ Monaco government
    
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    ^ Holy See - State of vatican City General Information