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The following is a list of the 251 widest countries in 2011 as defined by the CIA World Factbook.<ref>The CIA World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html]</ref>.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Rank!!Country!! (sq km)!!Date of information!
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|1||[[Russia]]||17,098,242||NA
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|2||[[Canada]]||9,984,670||NA
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|3||[[United States]]||9,826,675||NA
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|4||[[China]]||9,596,961||NA
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|5||[[Brazil]]||8,514,877||NA
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|6||[[Australia]]||7,741,220||NA
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|7||[[India]]||3,287,263||NA
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|8||[[Argentina]]||2,780,400||NA
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|9||[[Kazakhstan]]||2,724,900||NA
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|10||[[Algeria]]||2,381,741||NA
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|11||[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]||2,344,858||NA
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|12||[[Greenland]]||2,166,086||NA
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|13||[[Saudi Arabia]]||2,149,690||NA
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|14||[[Mexico]]||1,964,375||NA
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|15||[[Indonesia]]||1,904,569||NA
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|16||[[Sudan]]||1,861,484||NA
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|17||[[Libya]]||1,759,540||NA
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|18||[[Iran]]||1,648,195||NA
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|19||[[Mongolia]]||1,564,116||NA
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|20||[[Peru]]||1,285,216||NA
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|21||[[Chad]]||1,284,000||NA
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|22||[[Niger]]||1,267,000||NA
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|23||[[Angola]]||1,246,700||NA
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|24||[[Mali]]||1,240,192||NA
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|25||[[South Africa]]||1,219,090||NA
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|26||[[Colombia]]||1,138,910||NA
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|27||[[Ethiopia]]||1,104,300||NA
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|28||[[Bolivia]]||1,098,581||NA
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|29||[[Mauritania]]||1,030,700||NA
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|30||[[Egypt]]||1,001,450||NA
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|31||[[Tanzania]]||947,300||NA
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|32||[[Nigeria]]||923,768||NA
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|33||[[Venezuela]]||912,050||NA
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|34||[[Namibia]]||824,292||NA
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|35||[[Mozambique]]||799,380||NA
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|36||[[Pakistan]]||796,095||NA
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|37||[[Turkey]]||783,562||NA
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|38||[[Chile]]||756,102||NA
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|39||[[Zambia]]||752,618||NA
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|40||[[Burma]]||676,578||NA
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|41||[[Afghanistan]]||652,230||NA
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|42||[[South Sudan]]||644,329||NA
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|43||[[France]]||643,801||NA
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|44||[[Somalia]]||637,657||NA
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|45||[[Central African Republic]]||622,984||NA
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|46||[[Ukraine]]||603,550||NA
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|47||[[Madagascar]]||587,041||NA
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|48||[[Botswana]]||581,730||NA
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|49||[[Kenya]]||580,367||NA
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|50||[[Yemen]]||527,968||NA
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|51||[[Thailand]]||513,120||NA
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|52||[[Spain]]||505,370||NA
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|53||[[Turkmenistan]]||488,100||NA
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|54||[[Cameroon]]||475,440||NA
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|55||[[Papua New Guinea]]||462,840||NA
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|56||[[Sweden]]||450,295||NA
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|57||[[Uzbekistan]]||447,400||NA
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|58||[[Morocco]]||446,550||NA
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|59||[[Iraq]]||438,317||NA
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|60||[[Paraguay]]||406,752||NA
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|61||[[Zimbabwe]]||390,757||NA
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|62||[[Japan]]||377,915||NA
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|63||[[Germany]]||357,022||NA
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|64||[[Republic of the Congo]]||342,000||NA
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|65||[[Finland]]||338,145||NA
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|66||[[Vietnam]]||331,210||NA
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|67||[[Malaysia]]||329,847||NA
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|68||[[Norway]]||323,802||NA
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|69||[[Cote d'Ivoire]]||322,463||NA
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|70||[[Poland]]||312,685||NA
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|71||[[Oman]]||309,500||NA
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|72||[[Italy]]||301,340||NA
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|73||[[Philippines]]||300,000||NA
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|74||[[Ecuador]]||283,561||NA
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|75||[[Burkina Faso]]||274,200||NA
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|76||[[New Zealand]]||267,710||NA
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|77||[[Gabon]]||267,667||NA
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|78||[[Western Sahara]]||266,000||NA
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|79||[[Guinea]]||245,857||NA
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|80||[[United Kingdom]]||243,610||NA
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|81||[[Uganda]]||241,038||NA
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|82||[[Ghana]]||238,533||NA
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|83||[[Romania]]||238,391||NA
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|84||[[Laos]]||236,800||NA
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|85||[[Guyana]]||214,969||NA
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|86||[[Belarus]]||207,600||NA
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|87||[[Kyrgyzstan]]||199,951||NA
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|88||[[Senegal]]||196,722||NA
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|89||[[Syria]]||185,180||NA
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|90||[[Cambodia]]||181,035||NA
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|91||[[Uruguay]]||176,215||NA
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|92||[[Suriname]]||163,820||NA
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|93||[[Tunisia]]||163,610||NA
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|94||[[Nepal]]||147,181||NA
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|95||[[Bangladesh]]||143,998||NA
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|96||[[Tajikistan]]||143,100||NA
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|97||[[Greece]]||131,957||NA
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|98||[[Nicaragua]]||130,370||NA
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|99||[[North Korea]]||120,538||NA
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|100||[[Malawi]]||118,484||NA
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|101||[[Eritrea]]||117,600||NA
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|102||[[Benin]]||112,622||NA
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|103||[[Honduras]]||112,090||NA
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|104||[[Liberia]]||111,369||NA
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|105||[[Bulgaria]]||110,879||NA
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|106||[[Cuba]]||110,860||NA
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|107||[[Guatemala]]||108,889||NA
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|108||[[Iceland]]||103,000||NA
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|109||[[South Korea]]||99,720||NA
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|110||[[Hungary]]||93,028||NA
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|111||[[Portugal]]||92,090||NA
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|112||[[Jordan]]||89,342||NA
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|113||[[Azerbaijan]]||86,600||NA
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|114||[[Austria]]||83,871||NA
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|115||[[United Arab Emirates]]||83,600||NA
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|116||[[Czech Republic]]||78,867||NA
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|117||[[Serbia]]||77,474||NA
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|118||[[Panama]]||75,420||NA
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|119||[[Sierra Leone]]||71,740||NA
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|120||[[Ireland]]||70,273||NA
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|121||[[Georgia]]||69,700||NA
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|122||[[Sri Lanka]]||65,610||NA
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|123||[[Lithuania]]||65,300||NA
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|124||[[Latvia]]||64,589||NA
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|125||[[Svalbard]]||62,045||NA
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|126||[[Togo]]||56,785||NA
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|127||[[Croatia]]||56,594||NA
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|128||[[British Indian Ocean Territory]]||54,400||NA
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|129||[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]||51,197||NA
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|130||[[Costa Rica]]||51,100||NA
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|131||[[Slovakia]]||49,035||NA
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|132||[[Dominican Republic]]||48,670||NA
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|133||[[Estonia]]||45,228||NA
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|134||[[Denmark]]||43,094||NA
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|135||[[Netherlands]]||41,543||NA
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|136||[[Switzerland]]||41,277||NA
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|137||[[Bhutan]]||38,394||NA
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|138||[[Guinea-Bissau]]||36,125||NA
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|139||[[Taiwan]]||35,980||NA
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|140||[[Moldova]]||33,851||NA
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|141||[[Belgium]]||30,528||NA
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|142||[[Lesotho]]||30,355||NA
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|143||[[Armenia]]||29,743||NA
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|144||[[Solomon Islands]]||28,896||NA
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|145||[[Albania]]||28,748||NA
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|146||[[Equatorial Guinea]]||28,051||NA
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|147||[[Burundi]]||27,830||NA
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|148||[[Haiti]]||27,750||NA
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|149||[[Rwanda]]||26,338||NA
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|150||[[Macedonia]]||25,713||NA
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|151||[[Djibouti]]||23,200||NA
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|152||[[Belize]]||22,966||NA
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|153||[[El Salvador]]||21,041||NA
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|154||[[Israel]]||20,770||NA
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|155||[[Slovenia]]||20,273||NA
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|156||[[New Caledonia]]||18,575||NA
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|157||[[Fiji]]||18,274||NA
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|158||[[Kuwait]]||17,818||NA
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|159||[[Swaziland]]||17,364||NA
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|160||[[Timor-Leste]]||14,874||NA
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|161||[[Bahamas, The]]||13,880||NA
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|162||[[Montenegro]]||13,812||NA
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|163||[[Puerto Rico]]||13,790||NA
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|164||[[Vanuatu]]||12,189||NA
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|165||[[Falkland Islands]] (Islas Malvinas)||12,173||NA
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|166||[[Qatar]]||11,586||NA
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|167||[[Gambia]]||11,295||NA
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|168||[[Jamaica]]||10,991||NA
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|169||[[Kosovo]]||10,887||NA
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|170||[[Lebanon]]||10,400||NA
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|171||[[Cyprus]]||9,251||NA
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|172||[[West Bank]]||5,860||NA
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|173||[[Brunei]]||5,765||NA
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|174||[[Trinidad and Tobago]]||5,128||NA
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|175||[[French Polynesia]]||4,167||NA
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|176||[[Cape Verde]]||4,033||NA
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|177||[[South Georgia]] and [[South Sandwich Islands]]||3,903||NA
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|178||[[Samoa]]||2,831||NA
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|179||[[Luxembourg]]||2,586||NA
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|180||[[Comoros]]||2,235||NA
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|181||[[Mauritius]]||2,040||NA
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|182||[[Virgin Islands]]||1,910||NA
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|183||[[Faroe Islands]]||1,393||NA
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|184||[[Hong Kong]]||1,104||NA
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|185||[[Sao Tome and Principe]]||964||NA
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|186||[[Turks and Caicos Islands]]||948||NA
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|187||[[Kiribati]]||811||NA
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|188||[[Bahrain]]||760||NA
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|189||[[Dominica]]||751||NA
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|190||[[Tonga]]||747||NA
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|191||[[Federated States of Micronesia]]||702||NA
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|192||[[Singapore]]||697||NA
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|193||[[Saint Lucia]]||616||NA
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|194||[[Isle of Man]]||572||NA
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|195||[[Guam]]||544||NA
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|196||[[Andorra]]||468||NA
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|197||[[Northern Mariana Islands]]||464||NA
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|198||[[Palau]]||459||NA
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|199||[[Seychelles]]||455||NA
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|200||[[Curacao]]||444||NA
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|201||[[Antigua and Barbuda]]||443||NA
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|202||[[Barbados]]||430||NA
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|203||[[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]||412||NA
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|204||[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]||389||NA
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|205||[[Jan Mayen]]||377||NA
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|206||[[Gaza Strip]]||360||NA
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|207||[[Grenada]]||344||NA
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|208||[[Malta]]||316||NA
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|209||[[Saint Helena]], [[Ascension]], and [[Tristan da Cunha]]||308||NA
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|210||[[Maldives]]||298||NA
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|211||[[Cayman Islands]]||264||NA
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|212||[[Saint Kitts]] and [[Nevis]]||261||NA
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|213||[[Niue]]||260||NA
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|214||[[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]||242||NA
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|215||[[Cook Islands]]||236||NA
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|216||[[American Samoa]]||199||NA
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|217||[[Marshall Islands]]||181||NA
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|218||[[Aruba]]||180||NA
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|219||[[Liechtenstein]]||160||NA
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|220||[[British Virgin Islands]]||151||NA
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|221||[[Wallis and Futuna]]||142||NA
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|222||[[Christmas Island]]||135||NA
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|223||[[Dhekelia]]||131||NA
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|224||[[Akrotiri]]||123||NA
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|225||[[Jersey]]||116||NA
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|226||[[Montserrat]]||102||NA
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|227||[[Anguilla]]||91||NA
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|228||[[Guernsey]]||78||NA
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|229||[[San Marino]]||61||NA
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|230||[[French Southern and Antarctic Lands]]||55||NA
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|231||[[Saint Martin]]||54||NA
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|232||[[Bermuda]]||54||NA
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|233||[[Bouvet Island]]||49||NA
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|234||[[Pitcairn Islands]]||47||NA
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|235||[[Norfolk Island]]||36||NA
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|236||[[Sint Maarten]]||34||NA
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|237||[[Macau]]||28||NA
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|238||[[Tuvalu]]||26||NA
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|239||[[United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges]]||22||NA
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|240||[[Nauru]]||21||NA
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|241||[[Cocos Islands]]||14||NA
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|242||[[Tokelau]]||12||NA
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|243||[[Gibraltar]]||7||NA
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|244||[[Wake Island]]||7||NA
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|245||[[Clipperton Island]]||6||NA
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|246||[[Navassa Island]]||5||NA
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|247||[[Spratly Islands]]||5||NA
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|248||[[Ashmore and Cartier Islands]]||5||NA
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|249||[[Coral Sea Islands]]||3||NA
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|250||[[Monaco]]||2||NA
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|251||Holy See ([[Vatican City]])||0||NA
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==References and notes==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Countries]]