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Smallest & Largest Nations by Land
TOP 10 LARGEST NATIONS BY LAND:
Russia: Approximately 17,098,242 square kilometers. It's the largest country in the world, spanning Eastern Europe and northern Asia.
Canada: Approximately 9,984,670 square kilometers. Canada is the second-largest country, located in North America.
China: Approximately 9,596,961 square kilometers. China is the third-largest country and the largest in Asia.
United States: Approximately 9,525,067 square kilometers (including inland water bodies). The contiguous USA is smaller but including Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, it ranks fourth.
Brazil: Approximately 8,515,767 square kilometers. Brazil is the largest country in South America.
Australia: Approximately 7,692,024 square kilometers. Australia is the smallest continent and the largest country in Oceania.
India: Approximately 3,287,263 square kilometers. India is the seventh-largest country, located in South Asia.
Argentina: Approximately 2,780,400 square kilometers. Argentina is the eighth-largest country, located in southern South America.
Kazakhstan: Approximately 2,724,900 square kilometers. Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world and the ninth largest overall.
Algeria: Approximately 2,381,741 square kilometers. Algeria is the largest country in Africa and the tenth largest in the world.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Approximately 2,344,858 sq km - The eleventh largest country, located in central Africa.
Saudi Arabia: Approximately 2,149,690 sq km - The twelfth largest country, covering most of the Arabian Peninsula.
TOP 10 SMALLEST NATIONS BY LAND: (Excluding Overseas Territories)
Vatican City: Approximately 0.44 square kilometers - The smallest independent state in the world, located entirely within the city of Rome, Italy.
Monaco: Approximately 2.02 square kilometers - A tiny city-state on the French Riviera.
Nauru: Approximately 21 square kilometers - A small island country in Micronesia, in the Central Pacific.
Tuvalu: Approximately 26 square kilometers - A Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia.
San Marino: Approximately 61 square kilometers - An enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy, situated on the Italian Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains.
Liechtenstein: Approximately 160 square kilometers - A doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north.
Marshall Islands: Approximately 181 square kilometers - An island country near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Approximately 261 square kilometers - A dual-island nation situated between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Maldives: Approximately 298 square kilometers - A tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean composed of 26 ring-shaped atolls, which are made up of more than 1,000 coral islands.
Malta: Approximately 316 square kilometers - An island country in the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of an archipelago located south of Italy.
Grenada: Approximately 344 square kilometers - A country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Approximately 389 square kilometers - A nation in the southern Caribbean, known for its major sailing destinations such as Bequia Island, lying in the Grenadines.
These are approximate figures and might vary slightly based on different data sources.