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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 by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories.
Soil is crucial for land to be arable. Earth's total arable land is 10.7% of the land surface, with 1.3% being permanent cropland. [113] [114] Earth has an estimated 16.7 million km 2 (6.4 million sq mi) of cropland and 33.5 million km 2 (12.9 million sq mi) of pastureland. [115]
India (including disputed areas) 3,287,263: Third largest country in Asia (after Russia and China). Includes all disputed territories. Delhi Sultanate: 3,200,000 Size at greatest extent in 1312. German Colonial Empire: 3,199,015: Size at greatest extent in 1912. Arabian Peninsula: 3,189,612: A geographic region of the Middle East. India (non ...
Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook [1] as well as total land area figures [2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the ...
The home and colonial areas of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer. Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed.
List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 20,000 to 30,000 square kilometers. List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 10,000 to 20,000 square kilometers. List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 7,000 to 10,000 square kilometers.
Continent. Animated, colour-coded map showing some continents and the region of Oceania (purple), which includes the continent of Australia. Depending on the convention and model, some continents may be consolidated or subdivided. A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention rather ...
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...