List of countries by percentage of water area

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This article is a list of countries by percentage of water area in relation to total area (land area and water area).^[1]

This list includes three columns of data:

• Total area (km²): is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
• Land area (km²): is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers).
• Water area (km²): is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.^[2]

Rank	Country	Total area	Land area	Water area	% water	m² of water/ha
—	British Indian Ocean Territory	54,400	60	54,340	99.89	9,989
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	1,910	346	1,564	81.88	8,188
—	World	510,072,000	148,940,000	361,132,000	70.80	7,080
—	Puerto Rico	13,790	8,870	4,921	35.69	3,569
1	Bahamas	13,940	10,070	3,870	27.76	2,776
2	Guinea-Bissau	36,120	28,000	8,120	22.48	2,248
3	Malawi	118,480	94,080	24,400	20.59	2,059
4	Netherlands	41,526	33,883	7,643	18.41	1,841
5	Uganda	236,040	199,710	36,330	15.39	1,539
6	Liberia	111,370	96,320	15,050	13.51	1,351
—	French Polynesia	4,167	3,660	507	12.17	1,217
7	Gambia	11,300	10,000	1,300	11.50	1,150
8	Taiwan	35,980	32,260	3,720	10.34	1,034
9	Finland	338,145	304,473	33,672	9.96	996
10	India	3,287,590	2,973,190	314,400	9.56	956
11	Canada	9,984,670	9,093,507	891,163	8.93	893
12	Colombia	1,138,910	1,038,700	100,210	8.80	880
13	Sweden	449,964	410,934	39,030	8.67	867
14	Brunei	5,770	5,270	500	8.67	867
15	Guyana	214,970	196,850	18,120	8.43	843
16	Burundi	27,830	25,650	2,180	7.83	783
17	Nicaragua	129,494	120,254	9,240	7.14	714
18	Bangladesh	144,000	133,910	10,090	7.01	701
19	United States	9,826,630	9,161,923	664,707	6.76	676
20	Tanzania	945,087	886,037	59,050	6.25	625
21	Rwanda	26,338	24,948	1,390	5.28	528
22	Sudan	2,505,810	2,376,000	129,810	5.18	518
23	Norway	323,802	307,442	16,360	5.05	505
24	Tunisia	163,610	155,360	8,250	5.04	504
25	Uzbekistan	447,400	425,400	22,000	4.92	492
26	Indonesia	1,919,440	1,826,440	93,000	4.85	485
27	Albania	28,748	27,398	1,350	4.70	470
—	Hong Kong	1,092	1,042	50	4.58	458
28	Estonia	45,226	43,211	2,015	4.46	446
29	Armenia	29,743	28,454	1,289	4.33	433
30	Togo	56,785	54,385	2,400	4.23	423
31	Tonga	748	718	30	4.01	401
—	West Bank	5,860	5,640	220	3.75	375
32	Gabon	267,667	257,667	10,000	3.74	374
33	Switzerland	41,290	39,770	1,520	3.68	368
34	Kyrgyzstan	198,500	191,300	7,200	3.63	363
35	Ghana	239,460	230,940	8,520	3.56	356
36	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,345,410	2,267,600	77,810	3.32	332
37	Venezuela	912,050	882,050	30,000	3.29	329
38	Solomon Islands	28,450	27,540	910	3.20	320
39	Pakistan	803,940	778,720	25,220	3.14	314
40	Myanmar	678,500	657,740	20,760	3.06	306
41	Romania	237,500	230,340	7,160	3.01	301
42	Panama	78,200	75,990	2,210	2.83	283
43	China	9,596,960	9,326,410	270,550	2.82	282
44	Nepal	147,181	143,181	4,000	2.72	272
45	Iceland	103,000	100,250	2,750	2.67	267
46	Poland	312,679	304,459	8,220	2.63	263
—	New Caledonia	19,060	18,575	485	2.54	254
47	Laos	236,800	230,800	6,000	2.53	253
48	Mexico	1,972,550	1,923,040	49,510	2.51	251
49	Botswana	600,370	585,370	15,000	2.50	250
50	Cambodia	181,040	176,520	4,520	2.50	250
51	Italy	301,230	294,020	7,210	2.39	239
52	Ecuador	283,560	276,840	6,720	2.37	237
53	Paraguay	406,750	397,300	9,450	2.32	232
54	Kenya	582,650	569,250	13,400	2.30	230
55	Germany	357,021	349,223	7,798	2.18	218
56	Mozambique	801,590	784,090	17,500	2.18	218
57	Papua New Guinea	462,840	452,860	9,980	2.16	216
58	Senegal	196,190	192,000	4,190	2.14	214
59	Israel	20,770	20,330	440	2.12	212
60	Czech Republic	78,866	77,276	1,590	2.02	202
61	Ireland	70,280	68,890	1,390	1.98	198
62	Chad	1,284,000	1,259,200	24,800	1.93	193
63	Macedonia	25,333	24,856	477	1.88	188
64	Benin	112,620	110,620	2,000	1.78	178
65	Kazakhstan	2,717,300	2,669,800	47,500	1.75	175
66	Austria	83,870	82,444	1,426	1.70	170
67	Lebanon	10,400	10,230	170	1.63	163
68	Denmark	43,094	42,394	700	1.62	162
69	Saint Lucia	616	606	10	1.62	162
70	Somalia	637,657	627,337	10,320	1.62	162
71	Mali	1,240,000	1,220,000	20,000	1.61	161
72	Zambia	752,614	740,724	11,890	1.58	158
73	Latvia	64,589	63,589	1,000	1.55	155
74	Montenegro	14,026	13,812	214	1.53	153
75	El Salvador	21,040	20,720	320	1.52	152
76	Uruguay	176,220	173,620	2,600	1.48	148
77	Jamaica	10,991	10,831	160	1.46	146
78	Singapore	692.7	682.7	10	1.44	144
79	Nigeria	923,768	910,768	13,000	1.41	141
80	Moldova	33,843	33,371	472	1.39	139
81	Côte d'Ivoire	322,460	318,000	4,460	1.38	138
82	Lithuania	65,200			1.35
82	Sri Lanka	65,610	64,740	870	1.33	133
83	United Kingdom	244,820	241,590	3,230	1.32	132
84	Bolivia	1,098,580	1,084,390	14,190	1.29	129
85	Vietnam	329,560	325,360	4,200	1.27	127
86	Cameroon	475,440	469,440	6,000	1.26	126
87	Turkey	780,580	770,760	9,820	1.26	126
88	Iraq	437,072	432,162	4,910	1.12	112
89	Suriname	163,270	161,470	1,800	1.10	110
90	Argentina	2,766,890	2,736,690	30,200	1.09	109
91	Chile	756,950	748,800	8,150	1.08	108
92	Spain	504,782	499,542	5,240	1.04	104
93	Zimbabwe	390,580	386,670	3,910	1.00	100
94	Madagascar	587,040	581,540	5,500	0.94	94
95	Swaziland	17,363	17,203	160	0.92	92
96	Australia	7,686,850	7,617,930	68,920	0.90	90
97	Greece	131,940	130,800	1,140	0.86	86
98	Costa Rica	51,100	50,660	440	0.86	86
99	Belgium	30,528	30,278	250	0.82	82
100	Japan	377,835	374,744	3,091	0.82	82
101	Hungary	93,030	92,340	690	0.74	74
102	Iran	1,648,000	1,636,000	12,000	0.73	73
103	Dominican Republic	48,730	48,380	350	0.72	72
104	Belize	22,966	22,806	160	0.70	70
105	Haiti	27,750	27,560	190	0.68	68
106	Ethiopia	1,127,127	1,119,683	7,444	0.66	66
107	Brazil	8,511,965	8,456,510	55,455	0.65	65
108	Syria	185,180	184,050	1,130	0.61	61
109	Philippines	300,000	298,170	1,830	0.61	61
110	Slovenia	20,273	20,151	122	0.60	60
111	Mongolia	1,564,116	1,554,731	9,385	0.60	60
112	Egypt	1,001,450	995,450	6,000	0.60	60
113	Azerbaijan	86,600	86,100	500	0.58	58
114	France	643,427	640,053	3,374	0.52	52
115	Mauritius	2,040	2,030	10	0.49	49
116	Portugal	92,391	91,951	440	0.48	48
117	Russia	17,075,200	16,995,800	79,400	0.47	47
118	Thailand	514,000	511,770	2,230	0.43	43
119	Guatemala	108,890	108,430	460	0.42	42
120	Peru	1,285,220	1,280,000	5,220	0.41	41
121	Malaysia	329,750	328,550	1,200	0.36	36
122	Jordan	92,300	91,971	329	0.36	36
123	Samoa	2,944	2,934	10	0.34	34
124	Bulgaria	110,910	110,550	360	0.32	32
125	South Korea	98,480	98,190	290	0.29	29
126	Tajikistan	143,100	142,700	400	0.28	28
—	Metropolitan France	547,030	545,630	1,400	0.26	26
127	Croatia	56,542	56,414	128	0.23	23
128	Honduras	112,090	111,890	200	0.18	18
129	Sierra Leone	71,740	71,620	120	0.17	17
130	Congo	342,000	341,500	500	0.15	15
131	Burkina Faso	274,200	273,800	400	0.15	15
132	Cyprus	9,250	9,240	10	0.11	11
133	North Korea	120,540	120,410	130	0.11	11
134	Slovakia	48,845	48,800	45	0.09	9
135	Djibouti	23,000	22,980	20	0.09	9
136	Morocco	446,550	446,300	250	0.06	6
137	Mauritania	1,030,700	1,030,400	300	0.03	3
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209.2	51,197	12.2	0.02	2
139	Niger	1,267,000	1,266,700	300	0.02	2
—	Turkmenistan	488,100	488,100	Negligible	0.00	0
—	Saint Martin	54.4	54.4	Negligible	0.00	0
—	Algeria	2,381,740	2,381,740	0	0.00	0
—	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	2,149,690	0	0.00	0
—	Libya	1,759,540	1,759,540	0	0.00	0
—	Angola	1,246,700	1,246,700	0	0.00	0
—	South Africa	1,219,912	1,219,912	0	0.00	0
—	Namibia	825,418	825,418	0	0.00	0
—	Afghanistan	647,500	647,500	0	0.00	0
—	Central African Republic	622,984	622,984	0	0.00	0
—	Ukraine	603,700	603,700	0	0.00	0
—	Yemen	527,970	527,970	0	0.00	0
—	Western Sahara	266,000	266,000	0	0.00	0
—	Guinea	245,857	245,857	0	0.00	0
—	Oman	212,460	212,460	0	0.00	0
—	Belarus	207,600	207,600	0	0.00	0
—	Eritrea	121,320	121,320	0	0.00	0
—	Cuba	110,860	110,860	0	0.00	0
—	United Arab Emirates	83,600	83,600	0	0.00	0
—	Serbia	77,474	77,474	0	0.00	0
—	Georgia	69,700	69,700	0	0.00	0
—	Svalbard	61,020	61,020	0	0.00	0
—	Bhutan	47,000	47,000	0	0.00	0
—	Lesotho	30,355	30,355	0	0.00	0
—	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	28,051	0	0.00	0
—	Fiji	18,270	18,270	0	0.00	0
—	Kuwait	17,820	17,820	0	0.00	0
—	Vanuatu	12,200	12,200	0	0.00	0
—	Falkland Islands	12,173	12,173	0	0.00	0
—	Qatar	11,437	11,437	0	0.00	0
—	Kosovo	10,887	10,887	0	0.00	0
—	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128	5,128	0	0.00	0
—	Cape Verde	4,033	4,033	0	0.00	0
—	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3,903	3,903	0	0.00	0
—	Luxembourg	2,586	2,586	0	0.00	0
—	Comoros	2,170	2,170	0	0.00	0
—	Faroe Islands	1,399	1,399	0	0.00	0
—	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001	1,001	0	0.00	0
—	Netherlands Antilles	960	960	0	0.00	0
—	Kiribati	811	811	0	0.00	0
—	Dominica	754	754	0	0.00	0
—	Federated States of Micronesia	702	702	0	0.00	0
—	Bahrain	665	665	0	0.00	0
—	Isle of Man	572	572	0	0.00	0
—	Guam	541.3	541.3	0	0.00	0
—	Northern Mariana Islands	477	477	0	0.00	0
—	Andorra	468	468	0	0.00	0
—	Palau	458	458	0	0.00	0
—	Seychelles	455	455	0	0.00	0
—	Antigua and Barbuda	442.6	442.6	0	0.00	0
—	Barbados	431	431	0	0.00	0
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	430	430	0	0.00	0
—	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412	412	0	0.00	0
—	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	389	0	0.00	0
—	Jan Mayen	377	377	0	0.00	0
—	Mayotte	374	374	0	0.00	0
—	Gaza Strip	360	360	0	0.00	0
—	Grenada	344	344	0	0.00	0
—	Malta	316	316	0	0.00	0
—	Maldives	300	300	0	0.00	0
—	Wallis and Futuna	274	274	0	0.00	0
—	Cayman Islands	262	262	0	0.00	0
—	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	261	0	0.00	0
—	Niue	260	260	0	0.00	0
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	242	0	0.00	0
—	Cook Islands	236.7	236.7	0	0.00	0
—	American Samoa	199	199	0	0.00	0
—	Aruba	193	193	0	0.00	0
—	Marshall Islands	181.3	181.3	0	0.00	0
—	Liechtenstein	160	160	0	0.00	0
—	British Virgin Islands	153	153	0	0.00	0
—	Christmas Island	135	135	0	0.00	0
—	Jersey	116	116	0	0.00	0
—	Anguilla	102	102	0	0.00	0
—	Montserrat	102	102	0	0.00	0
—	Guernsey	78	78	0	0.00	0
—	San Marino	61.2	61.2	0	0.00	0
—	Bermuda	53.3	53.3	0	0.00	0
—	Bouvet Island	49	49	0	0.00	0
—	Pitcairn Islands	47	47	0	0.00	0
—	Norfolk Island	34.6	34.6	0	0.00	0
—	Macau	28.2	28.2	0	0.00	0
—	Tuvalu	26	26	0	0.00	0
—	Nauru	21	21	0	0.00	0
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	14	0	0.00	0
—	Tokelau	10	10	0	0.00	0
—	Gibraltar	6.5	6.5	0	0.00	0
—	Wake Island	6.5	6.5	0	0.00	0
—	Clipperton Island	6	6	0	0.00	0
—	Navassa Island	5.4	5.4	0	0.00	0
—	Spratly Islands	<5	<5	0	0.00	0
—	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5	5	0	0.00	0
—	Coral Sea Islands	<3	<3	0	0.00	0
—	Monaco	1.95	1.95	0	0.00	0
—	Vatican City	0.44	0.44	0	0.00	0

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