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| Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Marine Jurisdictions: Territorial sea area Units: Square kilometers |
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| 2000 | ||
| World | ||
| World {1} | 18,816,919 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) {2} | 5,730,868 | |
| Central America & Caribbean {3} | 1,049,953 | |
| Europe {4} | 2,589,440 | |
| Middle East & North Africa {5} | 649,740 | |
| North America | 3,484,108 | |
| Oceania | 2,830,359 | |
| South America {6} | 1,029,960 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa {7} | 871,895 | |
| Developed Countries {8} | 7,482,048 | |
| Developing Countries {9} | 10,754,275 | |
| ISO | 2000 | |
| Country | ||
| Albania | ALB | 6,210 |
| Algeria | DZA | 27,863 |
| Angola {10} | AGO | 34,673 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 7,147 |
| Argentina | ARG | 142,508 |
| Aruba | ABW | 2,789 |
| Australia | AUS | 773,112 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 283,164 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 4,006 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 40,257 |
| Barbados | BRB | 3,383 |
| Belgium | BEL | 1,523 |
| Belize | BLZ | 18,508 |
| Benin {11} | BEN | 2,458 |
| Bermuda | BMU | 2,917 |
| Brazil | BRA | 218,102 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 3,157 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 6,506 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 19,918 |
| Cameroon {12} | CMR | 8,495 |
| Canada | CAN | 2,687,667 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 59,868 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 12,287 |
| Chile | CHL | 271,884 |
| China | CHN | 348,090 |
| Colombia | COL | 43,956 |
| Comoros | COM | 12,684 |
| Congo {13} | COG | 3,492 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 1,022 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 24,204 |
| Croatia | HRV | 31,710 |
| Cuba | CUB | 122,817 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 13,679 |
| Denmark | DNK | 24,760 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 4,853 |
| Dominica | DMA | 3,788 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 14,041 |
| Ecuador {14} | ECU | 107,280 |
| Egypt | EGY | 56,981 |
| El Salvador {15} | SLV | 6,568 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 12,875 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 39,241 |
| Estonia | EST | 24,279 |
| Fiji | FJI | 162,197 |
| Finland | FIN | 55,123 |
| France | FRA | 73,382 |
| French Guiana | GUF | 8,200 |
| French Polynesia | PYF | 237,116 |
| Gabon | GAB | 19,624 |
| Gambia | GMB | 2,329 |
| Georgia | GEO | 6,120 |
| Germany | DEU | 18,385 |
| Ghana | GHA | 11,890 |
| Greece | GRC | 114,914 |
| Grenada | GRD | 4,504 |
| Guadeloupe | GLP | 11,582 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 7,694 |
| Guinea | GIN | 14,233 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 19,535 |
| Guyana | GUY | 10,939 |
| Haiti | HTI | 40,142 |
| Honduras | HND | 36,470 |
| Iceland | ISL | 73,037 |
| India | IND | 193,834 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 3,205,695 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep {16} | IRN | 76,400 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 716 |
| Ireland | IRL | 39,358 |
| Israel | ISR | 4,124 |
| Italy | ITA | 155,629 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 15,973 |
| Japan | JPN | 373,831 |
| Jordan | JOR | 87 |
| Kenya | KEN | 12,382 |
| Kiribati | KIR | 71,961 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 12,654 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 81,125 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 5,362 |
| Latvia | LVA | 12,584 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 4,702 |
| Liberia {17} | LBR | 12,663 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya {18} | LBY | 38,131 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 2,018 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 124,938 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 152,367 |
| Maldives | MDV | 125,858 |
| Malta | MLT | 3,976 |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | 111,968 |
| Martinique | MTQ | 5,121 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 19,455 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 16,840 |
| Mexico | MEX | 291,585 |
| Micronesia, Fed States | FSM | 91,494 |
| Morocco | MAR | 37,481 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 70,894 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 154,778 |
| Namibia | NAM | 32,728 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 13,223 |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT | 11,951 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 81,269 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 176,614 |
| Nicaragua {19} | NIC | 31,643 |
| Nigeria {20} | NGA | 19,300 |
| Norway | NOR | 111,228 |
| Oman | OMN | 51,821 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 31,388 |
| Panama {21} | PAN | 57,832 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 752,256 |
| Peru {22} | PER | 59,571 |
| Philippines | PHL | 679,774 |
| Poland | POL | 10,632 |
| Portugal | PRT | 64,145 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 17,526 |
| Qatar | QAT | 11,373 |
| Réunion | REU | 5,703 |
| Romania | ROU | 5,343 |
| Russian Federation {23} | RUS | 1,318,100 |
| Samoa | WSM | 10,120 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | STP | 15,530 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 82,048 |
| Senegal | SEN | 11,495 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 45,411 |
| Sierra Leone {24} | SLE | 11,224 |
| Singapore | SGP | 744 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 171 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 212,294 |
| Somalia | SOM | 68,849 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 74,699 |
| Spain | ESP | 115,821 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 30,544 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 3,716 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | VCT | 6,124 |
| Sudan | SDN | 32,645 |
| Suriname | SUR | 8,999 |
| Sweden | SWE | 85,308 |
| Syrian Arab Rep {25} | SYR | 3,866 |
| Taiwan | TWN | 36,289 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 36,578 |
| Thailand | THA | 75,876 |
| Togo {26} | TGO | 1,002 |
| Tonga | TON | 35,659 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 12,974 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 36,773 |
| Turkey | TUR | 81,006 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 53,930 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 30,962 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 168,145 |
| United States | USA | 796,441 |
| Uruguay {27} | URY | 22,526 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 114,299 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 135,995 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 158,569 |
| Virgin Islands | VIR | 5,790 |
| Yemen | YEM | 82,359 |
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| Footnotes |
| 1 - World |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| World total excludes 2,867,050 square kilometers of disputed territorial seas. |
| 2 - Asia (excluding Middle East) |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| 3 - Central America & Caribbean |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 4 - Europe |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| 5 - Middle East & North Africa |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| 6 - South America |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 7 - Sub-Saharan Africa |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 8 - Developed Countries |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| 9 - Developing Countries |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| 10 - Angola |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 11 - Benin |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 12 - Cameroon |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 13 - Congo |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 14 - Ecuador |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 15 - El Salvador |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 16 - Iran, Islamic Rep |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| 17 - Liberia |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 18 - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 19 - Nicaragua |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 20 - Nigeria |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 21 - Panama |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 22 - Peru |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 23 - Russian Federation |
| No claims or areas for the Caspian Sea have been included. |
| 24 - Sierra Leone |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 25 - Syrian Arab Rep |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 26 - Togo |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| 27 - Uruguay |
| National and regional figures exclude territorial seas being disputed by overlapping claims. |
| Source | |
| Source: Territorial sea data is from L. Pruett and J. Cimino, unpublished data, Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD), Veridian - MRJ Technology Solutions, (Fairfax, Virginia, January, 2000). |