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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.
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.
For each country or territory, the total length of the land borders and the total surface area are listed, as well as the ratio between these two parameters. A high border/area ratio means that the country or territory has a long border compared to its surface area. A border/area ratio of zero indicates that the country has no land borders.
There is an area of raised land near the northeastern coast, the Antrim Plateau, which contains the Glens of Antrim; this area is sometimes called the Mountains of Antrim. [17] The highest peak Carrauntoohil , at 1,038.6 m (3,407 ft) high, [ 21 ] is in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, a range of glacier-carved sandstone mountains.
Ireland has a total area of 84,421 km 2 (32,595 sq mi), [1] [2] [112] of which the Republic of Ireland occupies 83 percent. [113] Ireland and Great Britain, together with many nearby smaller islands, are known collectively as the British Isles . [ 114 ]
Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) ... Ireland: 72 190: 5,056,935: ... List of countries by arable land density; List of countries and dependencies by area;
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in North America by area. [1] The region includes Canada , the Caribbean , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Central America , Greenland , Mexico , and the United States .
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]