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List of countries and dependencies by area (view source)
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This is a list of the world's countries and their [wikipedia:Dependent territories] by area, ranked by total area.
This is a list of the world's countries and their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 {{Cl|Countries_on_Kerbin|sovereign states}} and dependent territories. 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 [wikipedia:ISO_3166-1] standard, which includes {{Cl|Countries_on_Kerbin|sovereign states}} and dependent territories. More widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "notes" column for each country for clarification.
This list includes three measurements of area:
This list includes three measurements of area:
*'''Total area:''' the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines.
*'''Total area:''' the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines.
*'''Land area:''' the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.
*'''Land area:''' the aggregate of all land within international boundaries and coastlines, excluding water area.
*'''Water area:''' the sum of the surface areas of all inland water bodies (lakes, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir reservoir]s, and rivers) within international boundaries and coastlines.<ref>{{cite web|author=Central Intelligence Agency|title=Definitions and notes: Location|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#2144|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Government of the United States|access-date=30 November 2011}}</ref> Coastal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_waters internal waters] (some small [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay bay]s) may be included. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters#Territorial_sea Territorial waters]s are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone exclusive economic zone]s are not included.
*'''Water area:''' the sum of the surface areas of all inland water bodies (lakes, [[wikipedia:Reservoir|reservoir]]s, and rivers) within international boundaries and coastlines.<ref>{{cite web|author=Central Intelligence Agency|title=Definitions and notes: Location|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#2144|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Government of the United States|access-date=30 November 2011}}</ref> Coastal [[wikipedia:internal waters|internal waters]] (some small [[wikipedia:bay|bays]]s) may be included. [[wikipedia:Territorial waters|Territorial waters]]s are not included unless otherwise noted. Contiguous zones and [[wikipedia:Exclusive economic zone| exclusive economic zone]]s are not included.
Data is taken from the Factbooks of nations, Discord questionaries and official nation pages.
Data is taken from the Factbooks of nations, Discord questionaries and official nation pages.