Indicators by Countries (Source: World Bank)
Surface area (sq km) (Thousands)											Change in Surface area (sq km)
Country	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	country	Pcnt Change (2003-1998)
World	..	133,738	134,000	133,942	133,942	133,942	133,942	133,942	..	..	Singapore	3.13
Russian Federation	..	17,075	17,100	17,075	17,075	17,075	17,075	17,075	..	..	Israel	1.68
Canada	..	9,971	9,971	9,971	9,971	9,971	9,971	9,971	..	..	Andorra	1.32
United States	..	9,629	9,629	9,629	9,629	9,629	9,629	9,629	..	..	San Marino	0.28
China	..	9,598	9,598	9,598	9,598	9,598	9,598	9,598	..	..	Estonia	0.1
Brazil	..	8,547	8,547	8,515	8,515	8,515	8,515	8,515	..	..	Lithuania	0.05
Australia	..	7,741	7,741	7,741	7,741	7,741	7,741	7,741	..	..	Bulgaria	0.02
India	..	3,287	3,287	3,287	3,287	3,287	3,287	3,287	..	..	Japan	0.01
Argentina	..	2,780	2,780	2,780	2,780	2,780	2,780	2,780	..	..	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.01
Kazakhstan	..	2,725	2,725	2,725	2,725	2,725	2,725	2,725	..	..	France	0
Sudan	..	2,506	2,506	2,506	2,506	2,506	2,506	2,506	..	..	Germany	0
Algeria	..	2,382	2,382	2,382	2,382	2,382	2,382	2,382	..	..	Gambia, The	0
Congo, Dem. Rep.	..	2,345	2,345	2,345	2,345	2,345	2,345	2,345	..	..	Ghana	0
Saudi Arabia	..	2,150	2,150	2,150	2,150	2,150	2,150	2,150	..	..	Greece	0
Mexico	..	1,958	1,958	1,958	1,958	1,958	1,958	1,958	..	..	Gabon	0
Indonesia	..	1,905	1,905	1,905	1,905	1,905	1,905	1,905	..	..	French Polynesia	0
Libya	..	1,760	1,760	1,760	1,760	1,760	1,760	1,760	..	..	Georgia	0
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	1,633	1,648	1,648	1,648	1,648	1,648	1,648	..	..	Finland	0
Mongolia	..	1,567	1,567	1,567	1,567	1,567	1,567	1,567	..	..	Fiji	0
Peru	..	1,285	1,285	1,285	1,285	1,285	1,285	1,285	..	..	Greenland	0
Chad	..	1,284	1,284	1,284	1,284	1,284	1,284	1,284	..	..	Ethiopia	0
Niger	..	1,267	1,267	1,267	1,267	1,267	1,267	1,267	..	..	Eritrea	0
Angola	..	1,247	1,247	1,247	1,247	1,247	1,247	1,247	..	..	Equatorial Guinea	0
Mali	..	1,240	1,240	1,240	1,240	1,240	1,240	1,240	..	..	El Salvador	0
South Africa	..	1,221	1,221	1,219	1,219	1,219	1,219	1,219	..	..	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0
Colombia	..	1,139	1,139	1,139	1,139	1,139	1,139	1,139	..	..	Ecuador	0
Ethiopia	..	1,104	1,104	1,104	1,104	1,104	1,104	1,104	..	..	Dominican Republic	0
Bolivia	..	1,099	1,099	1,099	1,099	1,099	1,099	1,099	..	..	Faeroe Islands	0
Mauritania	..	1,026	1,026	1,026	1,026	1,026	1,026	1,026	..	..	Iceland	0
Egypt, Arab Rep.	..	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	1,001	..	..	Kiribati	0
Tanzania	..	945	945	945	945	945	945	945	..	..	Kenya	0
Nigeria	..	924	924	924	924	924	924	924	..	..	Kazakhstan	0
Venezuela, RB	..	912	912	912	912	912	912	912	..	..	Jordan	0
Namibia	..	824	824	824	824	824	824	824	..	..	Jamaica	0
Mozambique	..	802	802	802	802	802	802	802	..	..	Italy	0
Pakistan	..	796	796	796	796	796	796	796	..	..	Ireland	0
Turkey	..	775	775	775	775	775	775	775	..	..	Iraq	0
Chile	..	757	757	757	757	757	757	757	..	..	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0
Zambia	..	753	753	753	753	753	753	753	..	..	Guam	0
Myanmar	..	677	677	677	677	677	677	677	..	..	India	0
Afghanistan	..	652	652	652	652	652	652	652	..	..	Grenada	0
Somalia	..	638	638	638	638	638	638	638	..	..	Hungary	0
Central African Republic	..	623	623	623	623	623	623	623	..	..	Honduras	0
Ukraine	..	604	604	604	604	604	604	604	..	..	Haiti	0
Madagascar	..	587	587	587	587	587	587	587	..	..	Guyana	0
Botswana	..	582	582	582	582	582	582	582	..	..	Guinea-Bissau	0
Kenya	..	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	..	..	Guinea	0
France	..	552	552	552	552	552	552	552	..	..	Cyprus	0
Yemen, Rep.	..	528	528	528	528	528	528	528	..	..	Guatemala	0
Thailand	..	513	513	513	513	513	513	513	..	..	Dominica	0
Spain	..	506	506	506	506	506	506	506	..	..	Indonesia	0
Turkmenistan	..	488	488	488	488	488	488	488	..	..	Austria	0
Cameroon	..	475	475	475	475	475	475	475	..	..	Bolivia	0
Papua New Guinea	..	463	463	463	463	463	463	463	..	..	Bhutan	0
Sweden	..	450	450	450	450	450	450	450	..	..	Bermuda	0
Uzbekistan	..	447	447	447	447	447	447	447	..	..	Benin	0
Morocco	..	447	447	447	447	447	447	447	..	..	Belize	0
Iraq	..	438	438	438	438	438	438	438	..	..	Belarus	0
Greenland	..	342	410	410	410	410	410	410	..	..	Barbados	0
Paraguay	..	407	407	407	407	407	407	407	..	..	Bangladesh	0
Zimbabwe	..	391	391	391	391	391	391	391	..	..	Bahrain	0
Japan	..	378	378	378	378	378	378	378	..	..	Denmark	0
Germany	..	357	357	357	357	357	357	357	..	..	Azerbaijan	0
Congo, Rep.	..	342	342	342	342	342	342	342	..	..	Burkina Faso	0
Finland	..	338	338	338	338	338	338	338	..	..	Australia	0
Vietnam	..	332	332	332	332	332	332	332	..	..	Aruba	0
Malaysia	..	330	330	330	330	330	330	330	..	..	Armenia	0
Norway	..	324	324	324	324	324	324	324	..	..	Argentina	0
Ivory Coast	..	322	322	322	322	322	322	322	..	..	Antigua and Barbuda	0
Poland	..	323	313	313	313	313	313	313	..	..	Angola	0
Oman	..	212	310	310	310	310	310	310	..	..	American Samoa	0
Italy	..	301	301	301	301	301	301	301	..	..	Algeria	0
Philippines	..	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	..	..	Albania	0
Ecuador	..	284	284	284	284	284	284	284	..	..	Bahamas, The	0
Burkina Faso	..	274	274	274	274	274	274	274	..	..	China	0
New Zealand	..	271	271	271	271	271	271	271	..	..	Afghanistan	0
Gabon	..	268	268	268	268	268	268	268	..	..	Czech Republic	0
Guinea	..	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	..	..	Kuwait	0
United Kingdom	..	243	243	243	243	243	243	243	..	..	Cuba	0
Uganda	..	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	..	..	Croatia	0
Ghana	..	239	239	239	239	239	239	239	..	..	Ivory Coast	0
Romania	..	238	238	238	238	238	238	238	..	..	Costa Rica	0
Lao PDR	..	237	237	237	237	237	237	237	..	..	Congo, Rep.	0
Guyana	..	215	215	215	215	215	215	215	..	..	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0
Belarus	..	208	208	208	208	208	208	208	..	..	Botswana	0
Kyrgyz Republic	..	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	..	..	Colombia	0
Senegal	..	197	197	197	197	197	197	197	..	..	Brunei	0
Syrian Arab Republic	..	185	185	185	185	185	185	185	..	..	Chile	0
Cambodia	..	181	181	181	181	181	181	181	..	..	Chad	0
Uruguay	..	176	176	176	176	176	176	176	..	..	Central African Republic	0
Tunisia	..	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	..	..	Cayman Islands	0
Suriname	..	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	..	..	Cape Verde	0
Nepal	..	147	147	147	147	147	147	147	..	..	Canada	0
Bangladesh	..	144	144	144	144	144	144	144	..	..	Cameroon	0
Tajikistan	..	143	143	143	143	143	143	143	..	..	Cambodia	0
Greece	..	132	132	132	132	132	132	132	..	..	Burundi	0
Nicaragua	..	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	..	..	Djibouti	0
Korea, Dem. Rep.	..	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	..	..	Comoros	0
Malawi	..	118	118	118	118	118	118	118	..	..	Solomon Islands	0
Eritrea	..	118	118	118	118	118	118	118	..	..	Romania	0
Benin	..	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	..	..	Sweden	0
Honduras	..	112	112	112	112	112	112	112	..	..	Swaziland	0
Liberia	..	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	..	..	Suriname	0
Bulgaria	..	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	..	..	Sudan	0
Cuba	..	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	..	..	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0
Guatemala	..	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	..	..	St. Lucia	0
Iceland	..	103	103	103	103	103	103	103	..	..	St. Kitts and Nevis	0
Korea, Rep.	..	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	..	..	Sri Lanka	0
Hungary	..	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	..	..	Syrian Arab Republic	0
Portugal	..	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	..	..	Somalia	0
Jordan	..	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	..	..	Tajikistan	0
Azerbaijan	..	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	..	..	Slovenia	0
Austria	..	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	..	..	Sierra Leone	0
United Arab Emirates	..	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	..	..	Seychelles	0
Czech Republic	..	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	..	..	Senegal	0
Panama	..	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	..	..	Saudi Arabia	0
Sierra Leone	..	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	..	..	Sao Tome and Principe	0
Ireland	..	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	..	..	Korea, Dem. Rep.	0
Georgia	..	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	..	..	Samoa	0
Sri Lanka	..	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	..	..	Korea, Rep.	0
Lithuania	..	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	..	..	Spain	0
Latvia	..	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	..	..	Ukraine	0
Togo	..	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	..	..	Zambia	0
Croatia	..	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	..	..	Yemen, Rep.	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	..	..	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0
Costa Rica	..	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	..	..	Vietnam	0
Slovak Republic	..	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	..	..	Venezuela, RB	0
Dominican Republic	..	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	..	..	Vanuatu	0
Bhutan	..	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	..	..	Uzbekistan	0
Estonia	..	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	..	..	Uruguay	0
Denmark	..	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	..	..	United States	0
Netherlands	..	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	..	..	Switzerland	0
Switzerland	..	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	..	..	United Arab Emirates	0
Guinea-Bissau	..	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	..	..	Rwanda	0
Moldova	..	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	..	..	Uganda	0
Belgium	..	33	33	31	31	31	31	31	..	..	Turkmenistan	0
Lesotho	..	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	..	..	Turkey	0
Armenia	..	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	..	..	Tunisia	0
Solomon Islands	..	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	..	..	Trinidad and Tobago	0
Albania	..	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	..	..	Tonga	0
Equatorial Guinea	..	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	..	..	Togo	0
Burundi	..	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	..	..	Thailand	0
Haiti	..	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	..	..	Tanzania	0
Rwanda	..	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	..	..	United Kingdom	0
Macedonia, FYR	..	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	..	..	Madagascar	0
Djibouti	..	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	..	..	Qatar	0
Belize	..	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	..	..	Morocco	0
Israel	..	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	..	..	Mongolia	0
El Salvador	..	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	..	..	Mexico	0
Slovenia	..	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	..	..	Mauritius	0
New Caledonia	..	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	..	..	Mauritania	0
Fiji	..	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	..	..	Malta	0
Kuwait	..	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	..	..	Mali	0
Swaziland	..	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	..	..	Maldives	0
Bahamas, The	..	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	..	..	Myanmar	0
Vanuatu	..	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	..	..	Malawi	0
Gambia, The	..	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	..	..	Mozambique	0
Qatar	..	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	..	..	Macedonia, FYR	0
Jamaica	..	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	..	..	Liechtenstein	0
Lebanon	..	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	..	..	Libya	0
Cyprus	..	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	..	..	Liberia	0
Puerto Rico	..	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	..	..	Lesotho	0
Brunei	..	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	..	..	Lebanon	0
Trinidad and Tobago	..	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	..	..	Latvia	0
Cape Verde	..	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	..	..	Lao PDR	0
French Polynesia	..	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	..	..	Kyrgyz Republic	0
Samoa	..	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	..	..	Zimbabwe	0
Comoros	..	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	..	..	Malaysia	0
Mauritius	..	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	..	..	Oman	0
Faeroe Islands	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Puerto Rico	0
Sao Tome and Principe	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Portugal	0
Netherlands Antilles	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Poland	0
Tonga	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Philippines	0
Dominica	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Peru	0
Kiribati	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Paraguay	0
Bahrain	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Papua New Guinea	0
Singapore	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Panama	0
St. Lucia	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Palau	0
Guam	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Pakistan	0
Andorra	..								..	..	Namibia	0
Palau	..								..	..	New Zealand	0
Seychelles	..								..	..	Nepal	0
Antigua and Barbuda	..								..	..	Netherlands	0
Barbados	..								..	..	Netherlands Antilles	0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..								..	..	New Caledonia	0
St. Kitts and Nevis	..								..	..	Nicaragua	0
Grenada	..								..	..	Niger	0
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..								..	..	Nigeria	0
Malta	..								..	..	Moldova	-0.01
Maldives	..								..	..	Norway	-0.01
Cayman Islands	..								..	..	World	-0.01
American Samoa	..								..	..	Russian Federation	-0.05
Aruba	..								..	..	South Africa	-0.05
Liechtenstein	..								..	..	Slovak Republic	-0.11
San Marino	..			.06	.06	.06	.06	.06	..	..	Brazil	-0.13
Bermuda	..								..	..	Belgium	-2.7