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This is a list of the world's countries and their [[dependent territory|dependent territories]] by area, ranked by total area.

This is a list of the world's countries and their [[dependent territory|dependent territories]] by area, ranked by total area.

Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 ISO_3166-1] standard, which includes [[list of sovereign states|sovereign states]] and dependent territories. All 193 [[member states of the United Nations]] plus the [[Vatican City]] are given a rank number. [[List of states with limited recognition|Largely unrecognised states]] not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity) state]s are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "notes" column for each country for clarification.

Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 ISO_3166-1] standard, which includes [[Countries_on_Kerbin|sovereign states]] and dependent territories. [[List of states with limited recognition|Largely unrecognised states]] not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. More widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "notes" column for each country for clarification.

 

Not included in the list are [[territorial claims in Antarctica|individual country claims]] to parts of the continent of [[Antarctica]], entities such as the [[European Union]]{{#tag:ref|The [[European Union]] is a unique [[supranational union]]. It covers a total area of {{convert|4479968|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},<ref name="ciastats"/> and would be ranked 7th if it were included (3.0% of world's total land area).|group="Note"}} that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign countries or dependent territories.

This list includes three measurements of area:

This list includes three measurements of area: