| Rank | Country | Area |
31 | South Africa | total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island) |
182 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | total: 3,903 sq km
land: 3,903 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of 11 islands |
4 | Southern Ocean | total: 20.327 million sq km
note: includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies |
57 | Spain | total: 504,782 sq km
land: 499,542 sq km
water: 5,240 sq km
note: there are two autonomous cities - Ceuta and Melilla - and 17 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera |
251 | Spratly Islands | total: less than 5 sq km
land: less than 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central South China Sea |
127 | Sri Lanka | total: 65,610 sq km
land: 64,740 sq km
water: 870 sq km |
16 | Sudan | total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km |
98 | Suriname | total: 163,270 sq km
land: 161,470 sq km
water: 1,800 sq km |
130 | Svalbard | total: 61,020 sq km
land: 61,020 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island) |
164 | Swaziland | total: 17,363 sq km
land: 17,203 sq km
water: 160 sq km |
61 | Sweden | total: 449,964 sq km
land: 410,934 sq km
water: 39,030 sq km |
142 | Switzerland | total: 41,290 sq km
land: 39,770 sq km
water: 1,520 sq km |
94 | Syria | total: 185,180 sq km
land: 184,050 sq km
water: 1,130 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory |
144 | Taiwan | total: 35,980 sq km
land: 32,260 sq km
water: 3,720 sq km
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands |
101 | Tajikistan | total: 143,100 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km
water: 400 sq km |
37 | Tanzania | total: 945,087 sq km
land: 886,037 sq km
water: 59,050 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar |
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