Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Land area (sq. km)

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Papua New Guinea4,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,8604,52,860
Solomon Islands27,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,99027,990
Timor-Leste14,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,87014,870
Haiti27,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,56027,560
Yemen5,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,9705,27,970
Afghanistan6,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,2306,52,230
Burundi25,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,68025,680
Chad12,60,00012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,20012,59,200
Comoros1,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,8611,861
Guinea Bissau28,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,12028,120
Central African Republic6,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,9806,22,980
Côte d'Ivoire3,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,0003,18,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo22,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,05022,67,050
Guinea2,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,7202,45,720
Sao Tome and Principe960960960960960960960960960960960960960960960960960
Liberia96,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,32096,320
Togo54,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,39054,390
Sierra Leone72,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,18072,180
Somalia6,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,3406,27,340
South Sudan6,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,9306,31,930