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ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS |
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Land Use |
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Total surface area as of 19 January 2007 |
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Total area |
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km2 |
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| Afghanistan |
652090 |
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| Albania |
28748 |
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| Algeria |
2381741 |
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| American Samoa |
199 |
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| Andorra |
468 |
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| Angola |
1246700 |
1 |
| Anguilla |
91 |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
442 |
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| Argentina |
2780400 |
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| Armenia |
29800 |
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| Aruba |
180 |
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| Australia |
7741220 |
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| Austria |
83858 |
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| Azerbaijan |
86600 |
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| Bahamas |
13878 |
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| Bahrain |
694 |
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| Bangladesh |
143998 |
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| Barbados |
430 |
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| Belarus |
207600 |
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| Belgium |
30528 |
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| Belize |
22966 |
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| Benin |
112622 |
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| Bermuda |
53 |
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| Bhutan |
47000 |
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| Bolivia |
1098581 |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
51197 |
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| Botswana |
581730 |
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| Brazil |
8514877 |
2 |
| British Virgin Islands |
151 |
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| Brunei Darussalam |
5765 |
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| Bulgaria |
110912 |
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| Burkina Faso |
274000 |
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| Burundi |
27834 |
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| Cambodia |
181035 |
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| Cameroon |
475442 |
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| Canada |
9970610 |
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| Cape Verde |
4033 |
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| Cayman Islands |
264 |
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| Central African Republic |
622984 |
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| Chad |
1284000 |
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| Channel Islands |
195 |
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| Chile |
756096 |
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| China |
9596961 |
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| China: Hong Kong SAR |
1099 |
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| China: Macao SAR |
26 |
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| Christmas Islands |
135 |
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| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
14 |
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| Colombia |
1138914 |
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| Comoros |
2235 |
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| Congo |
342000 |
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| Cook Islands |
236 |
3 |
| Costa Rica |
51100 |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
322463 |
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| Croatia |
56538 |
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| Cuba |
110861 |
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| Cyprus |
9251 |
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| Czech Republic |
78866 |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2344858 |
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| Denmark |
43094 |
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| Djibouti |
23200 |
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| Dominica |
751 |
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| Dominican Republic |
48671 |
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| Ecuador |
283561 |
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| Egypt |
1001449 |
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| El Salvador |
21041 |
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| Equatorial Guinea |
28051 |
4 |
| Eritrea |
117600 |
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| Estonia |
45100 |
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| Ethiopia |
1104300 |
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| Faeroe Islands |
1393 |
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| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
12173 |
5,6 |
| Fiji |
18274 |
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| Finland |
338145 |
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| France |
551500 |
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| French Guiana |
90000 |
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| French Polynesia |
4000 |
7 |
| Gabon |
267668 |
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| Gambia |
11295 |
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| Georgia |
69700 |
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| Germany |
357022 |
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| Ghana |
238533 |
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| Gibraltar |
6 |
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| Greece |
131957 |
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| Greenland |
2175600 |
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| Grenada |
344 |
8 |
| Guadeloupe |
1705 |
9 |
| Guam |
549 |
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| Guatemala |
108889 |
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| Guinea |
245857 |
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| Guinea-Bissau |
36125 |
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| Guyana |
214969 |
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| Haiti |
27750 |
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| Holy See |
0 |
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| Honduras |
112088 |
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| Hungary |
93032 |
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| Iceland |
103000 |
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| India |
3287263 |
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| Indonesia |
1904569 |
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| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
1648195 |
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| Iraq |
438317 |
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| Ireland |
70273 |
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| Isle of Man |
572 |
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| Israel |
22145 |
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| Italy |
301318 |
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| Jamaica |
10991 |
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| Japan |
377873 |
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| Jordan |
89342 |
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| Kazakhstan |
2724900 |
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| Kenya |
580367 |
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| Kiribati |
726 |
10 |
| Korea (Dem. People's Republic of) |
120538 |
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| Korea (Republic of) |
99538 |
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| Kuwait |
17818 |
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| Kyrgyzstan |
199900 |
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| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
236800 |
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| Latvia |
64600 |
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| Lebanon |
10400 |
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| Lesotho |
30355 |
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| Liberia |
111369 |
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| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
1759540 |
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| Liechtenstein |
160 |
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| Lithuania |
65300 |
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| Luxembourg |
2586 |
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| Madagascar |
587041 |
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| Malawi |
118484 |
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| Malaysia |
329847 |
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| Maldives |
298 |
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| Mali |
1240192 |
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| Malta |
316 |
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| Marshall Islands |
181 |
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| Martinique |
1102 |
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| Mauritania |
1025520 |
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| Mauritius |
2040 |
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| Mexico |
1958201 |
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| Micronesia Federated States of |
702 |
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| Monaco |
2 |
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| Mongolia |
1564116 |
2 |
| Montserrat |
102 |
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| Morocco |
446550 |
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| Mozambique |
801590 |
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| Myanmar |
676578 |
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| Namibia |
824292 |
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| Nauru |
21 |
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| Nepal |
147181 |
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| Netherlands |
41528 |
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| Netherlands Antilles |
800 |
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| New Caledonia |
18575 |
11 |
| New Zealand |
270534 |
12 |
| Nicaragua |
130000 |
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| Niger |
1267000 |
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| Nigeria |
923768 |
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| Niue |
260 |
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| Norfolk Island |
36 |
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| Northern Mariana Islands |
464 |
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| Norway |
385155 |
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| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
6020 |
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| Oman |
309500 |
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| Pakistan |
796095 |
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| Palau |
459 |
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| Panama |
75517 |
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| Papua New Guinea |
462840 |
13 |
| Paraguay |
406752 |
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| Peru |
1285216 |
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| Philippines |
300000 |
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| Pitcairn |
5 |
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| Poland |
312685 |
14 |
| Portugal |
91982 |
15 |
| Puerto Rico |
8875 |
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| Qatar |
11000 |
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| Republic of Moldova |
33851 |
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| Réunion |
2510 |
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| Romania |
238391 |
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| Russian Federation |
17098242 |
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| Rwanda |
26338 |
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| Saint Helena |
308 |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
261 |
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| Saint Lucia |
539 |
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| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
242 |
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
388 |
16 |
| Samoa |
2831 |
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| San Marino |
61 |
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| Sao Tome and Principe |
964 |
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| Saudi Arabia |
2149690 |
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| Senegal |
196722 |
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| Serbia and Montenegro |
102173 |
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| Seychelles |
455 |
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| Sierra Leone |
71740 |
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| Singapore |
683 |
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| Slovakia |
49033 |
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| Slovenia |
20256 |
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| Solomon Islands |
28896 |
17 |
| Somalia |
637657 |
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| South Africa |
1221037 |
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| Spain |
505992 |
18 |
| Sri Lanka |
65610 |
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| Sudan |
2505813 |
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| Suriname |
163820 |
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| Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
62422 |
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| Swaziland |
17364 |
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| Sweden |
449964 |
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| Switzerland |
41284 |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
185180 |
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| Tajikistan |
143100 |
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| Thailand |
513115 |
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| The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia |
25713 |
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| Timor-Leste |
14874 |
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| Togo |
56785 |
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| Tokelau |
12 |
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| Tonga |
747 |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
5130 |
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| Tunisia |
163610 |
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| Turkey |
783562 |
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| Turkmenistan |
488100 |
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| Turks Caicos Islands |
948 |
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| Tuvalu |
26 |
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| Uganda |
241038 |
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| Ukraine |
603700 |
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| United Arab Emirates |
83600 |
19 |
| United Kingdom |
242900 |
20 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
945087 |
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| United States |
9629091 |
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| United States Virgin Islands |
347 |
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| Uruguay |
175016 |
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| Uzbekistan |
447400 |
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| Vanuatu |
12189 |
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| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
912050 |
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| Viet Nam |
331689 |
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| Wallis and Futuna Islands |
200 |
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| Western Sahara |
266000 |
21 |
| Yemen |
527968 |
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| Zambia |
752618 |
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| Zimbabwe |
390757 |
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Source:
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Footnotes:
- Including the enclave of Cabinda.
- Exact reference date unknown.
- Excluding Niue, shown separately, which is part of Cook Islands, but because of remoteness is administered separately.
- Comprising Bioko (which includes Pagalu) and Rio Muni (which includes Corisco and Elobeys).
- Excluding dependencies, of which South Georgia (area 3 755 km2) had an estimated population of 499 in 1964 (494 males, 5 females). The other dependencies namely, the South Sandwich group (surface area 337 km2) and a number of smaller islands, are presumed to be uninhabited.
- A dispute exists between the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
- Comprising Austral, Gambier, Marquesas, Rapa, Society and Tuamotu Islands.
- Including Carriacou and other dependencies in the Grenadines.
- Including dependencies: Marie-Galante, la Désirade, les Saintes, Petite-Terre, St. Barthélemy and French part of St. Martin.
- Including Christmas, Fanning, Ocean and Washington Islands.
- Including the islands of Huon, Chesterfield, Loyalty, Walpole and Belep Archipelago.
- Including Campbell and Kermadec Islands (population 20 in 1961, surface area 148 km2) as well as Antipodes, Auckland, Bounty, Snares, Solander and Three Kings island, all of which are uninhabited.
- Comprising eastern part of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville and Buka of Solomon Islands group and about 600 smaller islands.
- Includes inland waters as well as part of internal waters.
- Including the Azores and Madeira Islands.
- Including Bequia and other islands in the Grenadines.
- Comprising the Solomon Islands group (except Bougainville and Buka which are included with Papua New Guinea shown separately), Ontong, Java, Rennel and Santa Cruz Islands.
- Including the Balearic and Canary Islands, and Alhucemas, Ceuta, Chafarinas, Melilla and Penon de Vélez de la Gomera.
- Comprising 7 sheikdoms of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajaman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah, and the area lying within the modified Riyadh line as announced in October 1955.
- Excluding Channel Islands and Isle of Man, shown separately.
- Comprising the Northern Region (former Saguia el Hamra) and Southern Region (former Rio de Oro).
Definitions & Technical notes:
Total surface area refers to the total area of the country which comprises land area and inland waters.
0 - magnitude not zero, but less than half of unit employed
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