Country Area and Boundary Sources
Every selectable country resolves to a reviewed territorial-area record and an approved geometry packet.
Details
Area sources list the publisher, edition or year, direct URL, and the exact measurement definition used.
Boundary geometry uses Natural Earth Admin 0 Countries version 5.1.1 and preserves the reviewed multipart feature selection.
Reviewed source ledger
- UN Data — Algeria — Algeria; surface area 2,381,741 km², footnote b (2023); sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Antigua and Barbuda country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Antigua and Barbuda > Surface area (km²): 442; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- UN Demographic Yearbook 2024 — Table 3 — United States of America - États-Unis d'Amérique — Table 3 > printed page 56 (PDF page 67) > United States of America - États-Unis d'Amérique > Surface area (km²), 2024: 9,833,517 km².
- United Nations Data — Bahamas country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 13940; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs and maritime claims.
- UN Data — Bahrain — Profile Bahrain; surface area 778 km², footnote b = 2023; sole score/display value.
- UN Data — Bolivia — Profile Bolivia (Plurinational State of); app label Bolivia; surface area 1,098,581 km²; Data updated according to ‘Superintendencia Agraria’. Interior waters correspond to natural or artificial bodies of water or snow. Sole score/display value.
- IBGE — Brazil territorial area, 2024 — Cities and States > Brazil > Territorial area, 2024 (8,509,379.576 km²).
- United Nations Data — Cabo Verde country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 4033; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- UN Data — Chad — Chad; surface area 1,284,000 km²; sole score/display value.
- UN Data — Colombia — Profile Colombia; surface area 1,141,748 km². This is the sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Comoros country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 2235; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Cuba country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 109884; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs and maritime claims.
- United Nations Data — Dominica country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Dominica > Surface area (km²): 750; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area. Do not confuse with Dominican Republic (`DOM`, `do.html`, 48671 km²); Cuba is `CUB`, `cu.html`, 109884 km².
- United Nations Data — Dominican Republic country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 48671; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs and maritime claims.
- United Nations Data — Estonia territorial area — United Nations Data country profile > Estonia > Surface area (km²): 45 261; used as territorial surface area, never projected display area or raster extent.
- United Nations Data — Federated States of Micronesia country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 702; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Finland territorial area — United Nations Data country profile > Finland > Surface area (km²): 336 884, footnotes c,d; footnote c is exactly "Excluding Åland Islands." Store and score 336,884, never the full displayed Natural Earth feature.
- Statistics Greenland — Greenland in Figures 2025 — Greenland in Figures 2025 > Geography > Total area (2,166,086 km²).
- United Nations Data — Grenada country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Grenada > Surface area (km²): 345; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- UN Data — Guyana — Profile Guyana; surface area 214,969 km². Sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Haiti country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 27750; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs and maritime claims.
- UN Data — Iran — Profile Iran (Islamic Republic of); app label Iran; surface area 1,630,848 km², footnote b = 2023; sole score/display value.
- UN Data — Iraq — Profile Iraq; surface area 435,052 km², footnote b = 2023; sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Jamaica country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 10990; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs and maritime claims.
- United Nations Data — Kazakhstan territorial area — United Nations Data country profile > Kazakhstan > Surface area (km²): 2 724 902; used as territorial surface area, excluding display geometry and maritime claims.
- United Nations Data — Kiribati country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 726; profile footnote: land area only, excluding 84 km² of uninhabited islands; use 726 as the stored scoring value.
- UN Data — Kuwait — Profile Kuwait; surface area 17,818 km², footnote b = 2023; sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Latvia territorial area — United Nations Data country profile > Latvia > Surface area (km²): 64 594; used as territorial surface area, never pixels, projection, or display extent.
- UN Data — Libya — Libya; surface area 1,676,198 km²; sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Madagascar country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 587041; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Maldives country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 300; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Marshall Islands country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 181; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- UN Data — Mauritania — Mauritania; surface area 1,030,700 km²; sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Mauritius country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 1979; the profile footnote excludes Saint Brandon and Agalega; use this stored territorial value for scoring.
- United Nations Data — Mongolia territorial area — United Nations Data country profile > Mongolia > Surface area (km²): 1 564 116; used as territorial surface area, excluding display geometry and projected extent.
- United Nations Data — Nauru country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 21; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- UN Data — Paraguay — Profile Paraguay; surface area 406,752 km². Sole score/display value.
- UN Data — Qatar — Profile Qatar; surface area 11,627 km², footnote b = 2023; sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Russian Federation territorial area — United Nations Data country profile > Russian Federation > Surface area (km²): 17 098 246; store and score this territorial surface area, never projected display area, pixels, components, or maritime claims.
- United Nations Data — Saint Kitts and Nevis country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Saint Kitts and Nevis > Surface area (km²): 261; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Saint Lucia country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Saint Lucia > Surface area (km²): 616; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Saint Vincent and the Grenadines > Surface area (km²): 389; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Samoa country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 2842; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- UN Data — Saudi Arabia — Profile Saudi Arabia; surface area 2,206,714 km², footnote b = 2023; sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Sri Lanka country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 65610; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- UNDP — Sudan country programme — DP/DCP/SDN/3, p.2: post-secession surface area 1,886,068 km²; sole score/display value. Footnote 1 is scoped to the adjacent 2017 population projection.
- UN Data — Suriname — Profile Suriname; surface area 163,820 km². Sole score/display value.
- United Nations Data — Tonga country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 747; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs, maritime claims, and projected display area.
- United Nations Data — Trinidad and Tobago country profile — United Nations Data country profile > Surface area (km²): 5127; used as territorial surface area, excluding EEZs and maritime claims.
- UN Data — Tunisia — Tunisia; surface area 163,610 km²; sole score/display value.
- UN Data — Venezuela — Profile Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); app label Venezuela; surface area 929,690 km². Sole score/display value.
- Natural Earth Admin 0 Countries, version 5.1.1, 1:10m