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All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank number. Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised states are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory ...
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
The ROC claims an exclusive economic zone of 83,231 km 2 (32,136 sq mi) with 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) and a territorial sea of 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The island of Taiwan, the largest of the archipelago, was known in the West until after World War II as Formosa , from the Portuguese Ilha Formosa ( [ˌiʎɐ fuɾˈmɔzɐ ...
The FIPS standard includes both the codes for independent countries (similar but often incompatible with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard) and the codes for top-level subdivision of the countries (similar to but usually incompatible with the ISO 3166-2 standard). The ISO 3166 codes are used by the United Nations and for Internet top-level ...
Below is a list of countries in Asia by area. [1] Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia.
A successor state to the Seleucid Empire in what is now Afghanistan and Uzbekistan lasting from 256–125 BC. Size at greatest extent in 184 BC. Grand Duchy of Moscow: 2,500,000: A precursor to the Russian Empire, lasting from 1263–1547. Size in 1505. Central America: 2,486,445: United Nations geoscheme region.
Subnational flag [note 1] Coat of arms/seal [note 2] Common name [note 3] Capital Largest city Sovereign state Area Population Rank within sovereign state Population density Map 1 Sakha: Yakutsk Russia: 3,083,523 km 2: 996,243 [1] 1st 0.32/km 2: 2 Western Australia: Perth Australia: 2,527,013 km 2: 2,685,165 [2] 1st 1/km 2: 3 Krasnoyarsk Krai ...
Taiwan, Province of China [note 1] 13 counties 3 cities 6 special municipalities: TZ: Tanzania, United Republic of: 31 regions: UA: Ukraine: 24 regions 1 republic 2 cities: UG: Uganda: 4 geographical regions 134 districts 1 city: UM: United States Minor Outlying Islands: 9 islands, groups of islands: US: United States of America: 50 states 1 ...