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Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
This is an index of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area. [1]
Rank Country (or dependent territory) July 1, 2015 projection [1] % of pop. Average relative annual growth (%) [2] Average absolute annual growth [3]Estimated doubling time
Largest plateau in the world by area. Roman Empire: 5,000,000: Multi-country empire in antiquity, under Trajan in AD 117. Maurya Empire: 5,000,000: Indian empire lasted from 321–185 BC, size is calculated to be the greatest extent reached in 250 BC. British Raj: 4,903,312: Unofficially called Indian Empire. First Mexican Empire: 4,874,683
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
The top three largest countries in the world are Russia, Canada and the United States of America, according to the World Atlas. The U.S. and China have been head-to-head for the position of the ...
Largest city Sovereign state Area Population Rank within sovereign state Population density Map 17 South Australia: Adelaide Australia: 984,321 km 2: 1,772,787 [2] 4th 1.7/km 2: 18 British Columbia: Victoria: Vancouver Canada: 944,735 km 2: 5,249,635 [4] 5th 5.41/km 2: 19 Mato Grosso: Cuiabá Brazil: 903,357 km 2: 3,567,234 [9] 3rd 3.94/km 2: ...
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...