| Rank | Country | highest point | Elevation extremes |
1 | Iraq | 361,136,073,595 | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is neither Gundah Zhur 3,607 m nor Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m |
2 | China | 8,850 | lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
3 | Nepal | 8,850 | lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
| World | 8,850 | lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
4 | Pakistan | 8,611 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m |
5 | India | 8,598 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m |
6 | Bhutan | 7,553 | lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m |
7 | Tajikistan | 7,495 | lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m |
8 | Afghanistan | 7,485 | lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m |
9 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,439 | lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m |
10 | Kazakhstan | 6,995 | lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m |
11 | Argentina | 6,960 | lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza) |
12 | Chile | 6,880 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Ojos del Salado 6,880 m |
13 | Peru | 6,768 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m |
14 | Bolivia | 6,542 | lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m |
15 | Ecuador | 6,267 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m |
16 | United States | 6,198 | lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,198 m |
17 | Canada | 5,959 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m |
18 | Tanzania | 5,895 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m |
19 | Burma | 5,881 | lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m |
20 | Colombia | 5,775 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m
note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation |
21 | Mexico | 5,700 | lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m |
22 | Iran | 5,671 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m |
23 | Russia | 5,633 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m |
24 | Georgia | 5,201 | lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m |
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