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Impearls: 2003-02-02 Archive

Earthdate 2003-02-05

My say on the Iraq war

East Indian blogger (now residing in Philadelphia) ratnose has linked to Impearls' latest table of the world economies; thanks very much.  I also note that a day or two ago he posted a piece “My say on the Iraq war,” in which ratnose writes:

“why did US choose to act now against Iraq.  Why not a year earlier or when Clinton was in office.  Why now?  what prompted Bush to act on Iraq now?”

As a person who vigorously opposed Bush during the 2000 election, I can try to answer ratnose's questions.

1.  “Why not a year earlier?”  A year earlier the Afghanistan war was still being wrapped up.  A year's worth of preparations, rebuilding spent munitions, etc., for war with Iraq had not yet been completed.

2.  “Why not when Clinton was in office?”  Frankly — speaking as one voted for Clinton the entire term he was in office — he didn't have the balls.  I believe Clinton was psychologically incapable of implacably waging war with a goal of victory, rather than just expending “tit for tat” strikes against a horrific foe with no end result.  Perhaps I'm being unfair given his creditable record with the Kosovo (air) war.  However, the fact is that Clinton got Congress to “declare war” on Saddam Hussein in 1998, and then did nothing effective about it.  He struck at Bin Laden once — but ineffectively.  Where's the determination that would win a war (a war we did not start)?  Force should be used effectively or not at all.  The plan is to use it effectively now against Iraq.

3.  “Why now?”  Because we're ready, mentally and physically.  Because waiting would inevitably trip that up in any number of ways.  (Plus wintertime is needed to accomplish the job, given the climate and necessity of wearing chemical-warfare protection suits.)

4.  “What prompted Bush to act on Iraq now?”  September 11, 2001, followed by time getting ready.
 

UPDATE:  2003-02-06 14:30 UT:  One other point, inspired by a comment left in ratnose's blog.  In my view there is absolutely no need to prove or even assume a connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein in regards to September 11, 2001.  Whether or not they were associated at the time, they clearly could or have become associated since, or might in the future.  The supposed ideological gulf between Al Qaeda and the Baathists cannot be assumed to be unbridgeable, given the personality of Saddam Hussein and the well known aphorism from the region, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”  Even we, America and the West, made common cause with Stalin during World War II.  The U.S. cannot risk its population on any assumption as dubious as that.




Impearls: 2003-02-02 Archive

Earthdate 2003-02-04

Table of the Big – 15 of the 50 largest Economies of the World are U.S. States (or the U.S. itself)

UPDATE:  2003-02-22 00:00 UT:  This entire set of tables has been updated and republished here.
 

To restate Impearls' recent table on the largest economies of the world using a revised color-coding scheme, following is the updated table, based on the CIA's 2002 World Factbook, of all the world's economies (including U.S. states amongst the nations) having GDPs, during 2001, in excess of $200 billion U.S. dollars.  Note that California's Los Angeles County is now included, though not given a rank, among the economies of the states and nations (only they are ranked).  See the Legend at the end of each of the following tables for the color-coding scheme.  Also, for further information about the tables, see the Key to the Tables below.
 

Table 1.  Top Nations/States of the World ranked by GDP
(according to the CIA's 2002 World Factbook)

Rank State Area (km2) Pop. 2002-07 (106)
CIA 2002 Factbook
2001 GDP (1012 US$)
CIA Factbook (PPP)
2001 GDP
(exch.rate)
1 United States 9,629,091 280.562,489   10.082   10.082
2 China 9,596,960 1,284.303,705     5.56     1.159
3 Japan 377,835 126.974,628     3.45     4.141
4 India 3,287,590 1,045.845,226     2.5     0.481
5 Germany 356,973 83.251,851     2.174     1.846
6 France 547,030 59.765,983     1.51     1.310
7 United Kingdom 244,820 59.778,002     1.47     1.424
8 Italy 301,230 57.715,625     1.402     1.089
9 California 411,049 34.501,130   1.344,623   1.309
10 Brazil 8,511,965 176.029,560     1.34     0.504
11 Russia 17,075,200 144.978,573     1.2     0.310
12 Mexico 1,972,550 103.400,165     0.920     0.618
13 Canada 9,976,140 31.902,268     0.875     0.694
14 South Korea 98,480 48.324            0.865     0.422
15 New York 127,190 19.011,378   0.799,202  
16 Spain 504,782 40.077,100     0.757     0.582
17 Texas 691,030 21.325,018   0.742,274  
18 Indonesia 1,919,440 231.328,092     0.687    
19 Florida 151,939 16.396,515   0.472,105  
20 Illinois 145,934 12.482,301   0.467,284  
21 Australia 7,686,850 19.546,792     0.465,9     0.357
22 Argentina 2,766,890 37.812,817     0.453     0.269
23 Turkey 780,580 67.308,928     0.443    
24 Iran 1,648,000 66.622,704     0.426    
25 Netherlands 41,532 16.067,754     0.413     0.380
26 South Africa 1,219,912 43.647,658     0.412    
27 Thailand 514,000 62.354,402     0.410    
28 Pennsylvania 117,348 12.287,150   0.403,985  
29 Taiwan 36,000 22.548,009     0.386     0.282
30 Ohio 107,044 11.373,541   0.372,640  
31 New Jersey 20,168 8.484,431   0.363,089  
32 Poland 312,685 38.625,478     0.339,6    
  Los Angeles County 10,518 9.637,494   0.339 **   0.339
33 Philippines 300,000 84.525,639     0.335    
34 Michigan 151,586 9.990,817   0.325,384  
35 Pakistan 803,940 147.663,429     0.299    
36 Georgia 152,576 8.383,915   0.296,142  
37 Massachusetts 21,456 6.379,304   0.284,934  
38 North Carolina 136,412 8.186,268   0.281,741  
39 Belgium 30,528 10.274,595     0.267,7     0.230
40 Virginia 105,586 7.187,734   0.261,355  
41 Egypt 1,001,450 70.712,345     0.258    
42 Colombia 1,138,910 41.008,227     0.255    
43 Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 23.513,330     0.241    
44 Bangladesh 143,998 133.376,684     0.230    
45 Switzerland 41,290 7.301,994     0.226     0.247
46 Austria 83,858 8.169,929     0.220    
47 Washington 176,479 5.987,973   0.219,937  
48 Sweden 449,964 8.876,744     0.219     0.210
49 Ukraine 603,700 48.396,470     0.205    
50 Malaysia 329,750 22.662,365     0.200    
 
  Legend
1 NATO or invited to join
2 U.S. state or associate
3 Other U.S. allies
4 Troublesome countries
5 Ex-troublesome
6 Former Yugoslavia
7 Former Soviet Union




Table of the Small (Economies)

To extend Impearls' table of the top economies in the world (above), following is the continuation, also based on the CIA's 2002 World Factbook, of most of the remaining economies of the world (including U.S. states amongst the nations) having GDPs, during 2001, less than $200 billion U.S. dollars.
 

Table 2.  Lesser Nations/States of the World, ranked by GDP
(according to the CIA's 2002 World Factbook)

Rank State Area (km2) Pop. 2002-07 (106)
CIA 2002 Factbook
2001 GDP (1012 US$)
CIA Factbook (PPP)
51 Indiana 94,309 6.114,745   0.192,195
52 Greece 131,940 10.645,343     0.189,7  
53 Maryland 27,092 5.375,156   0.186,108
54 Minnesota 218,601 4.972,294   0.184,766
55 Hong Kong 1,092 7.303,334     0.180  
56 Missouri 180,516 5.629,707   0.178,845
57 Tennessee 109,152 5.740,021   0.178,362
58 Algeria 2,381,740 32.277,942     0.177  
59 Portugal 92,391 10.084,245     0.174,1  
60 Wisconsin 145,436 5.401,906   0.173,478
61 Vietnam 331,041 81.098,416     0.168,1  
62 Colorado 269,596 4.417,714   0.167,918
63 Connecticut 12,997 3.425,074   0.159,288
64 Arizona 295,260 5.307,331   0.156,303
65 Chile 756,950 15.498,930     0.153  
66 Romania 237,500 22.317,730     0.152,7  
67 Denmark 43,094 5.368,854     0.149,8  
68 Czech Republic 78,866 10.256,760     0.147,9  
69 Venezuela 912,050 24.287,670     0.146,2  
70 Norway 324,220 4.525,116     0.138,7  
71 Louisiana 123,677 4.465,430   0.137,700
72 Finland 337,030 5.183,545     0.133,5  
73 Peru 1,285,220 27.949,639     0.132  
74 Hungary 93,030 10.075,034     0.120,9  
75 Alabama 133,915 4.464,356   0.119,921
76 Israel 20,770 6.029,529     0.119  
77 Oregon 251,418 3,472,867   0.118,637
78 Kentucky 104,659 4.065,556   0.118,508
79 South Carolina 80,582 4.063,011   0.113,377
80 Morocco 446,550 31.167,783     0.112  
81 Singapore 648 4.452,732     0.106,3  
82 Nigeria 923,768 129.934,911     0.105,9  
83 Ireland (state) 70,285 3.883,159     0.104,7  
84 Kazakhstan 2,717,300 16.741,519     0.098,1  
85 Oklahoma 181,185 3.460,097   0.091,773
86 Iowa 145,753 2.923,179   0.089,600
87 Kansas 213,098 2.694,641   0.085,063
88 Belarus 207,600 10.335,382     0.084,8  
89 New Zealand 268,680 3.908,037     0.075,4  
90 Nevada 286,352 2.106,074   0.074,745
91 Utah 219,889 2.269,789   0.068,549
92 Arkansas 137,754 2.692,090   0.067,724
93 Mississippi 123,514 2.858,029   0.067,315
94 Tunisia 163,610 9.815,644     0.064,5  
95 Burma 678,500 42.238,224     0.063  
96 Sri Lanka 65,610 19.576,783     0.062,7  
97 Slovakia 48,845 5.422,366     0.062  
98 Uzbekistan 447,400 25.563,441     0.062  
99 District of Columbia 179 0.571,822   0.059,397
100 Iraq 437,072 24.001,816     0.059  
101 Nebraska 200,349 1.713,235   0.056,072
102 New Mexico 314,925 1.829,146   0.054,364
103 Syria 185,180 17.155,814     0.054,2  
104 United Arab Emirates 83,600 2.445,989     0.051  
105 Dominican Republic 48,730 8.721,594     0.050  
106 Sudan 2,505,810 37.090,298     0.049,3  
107 Guatemala 108,889 13.314,079     0.048,3  
108 Bulgaria 110,910 7.621,337     0.048  
109 New Hampshire 24,032 1.259,181   0.047,708
110 Ethiopia 1,127,127 67.673,031     0.046  
111 Puerto Rico 9,104 3.957,988     0.043,9  
112 Hawaii (state) 16,729 1.224,398   0.042,364
113 West Virginia 62,760 1.801,916   0.042,271
114 Libya 1,759,540 5.368,585     0.040  
115 Ecuador 283,560 13.447,494     0.039,6  
116 Ghana 239,460 20.244,154     0.039,4  
117 Idaho 216,432 1.321,006   0.037,031
118 Rhode Island (state) 2,707 1.058,920   0.036,453
119 Delaware 5,294 0.796,165   0.036,336
120 Croatia 56,538 4.390,751     0.036,1  
121 Maine 86,156 1.286,670   0.035,981
122 Nepal 147,181 25.873,917     0.035,6  
123 Congo D.R. (Kinshasa) 2,345,410 55.225,478     0.032  
124 Costa Rica 51,100 3.834,934     0.031,9  
125 Slovenia 20,253 1.932,917     0.031  
126 Uruguay 176,215 3.386,575     0.031  
127 Kenya 582,650 31.138,735     0.031  
128 Kuwait 17,820 2.111,561     0.030,9  
129 Uganda 236,040 24.699,073     0.029  
130 El Salvador 21,041 6.353,681     0.028,4  
131 Zimbabwe 390,580 11.376,676     0.028  
132 Alaska 1,530,700 0.634,892   0.027,747
133 Lithuania 65,200 3.601,138     0.027,4  
134 Cameroon 475,440 16.184,748     0.026,4  
135 Paraguay 406,752 5.884,491     0.026,2  
136 Cuba 110,860 11.224,321     0.025,5  
137 Côte d'Ivoire 322,460 16.804,784     0.025,5  
138 Azerbaijan 86,600 7.798,497     0.024,3  
139 Yugoslavia 102,350 10.656,929     0.024  
     Serbia (Republic) 88,361 9.721,177 * N.A.  
        Serbia (proper) 55,968 5.753,825 * N.A.  
        Vojvodina 21,506 2.012,605 * N.A.  
        Kosovo 10,887 1.954,747 * N.A.  
     Montenegro 13,812 0.626,000 * N.A.  
140 South Dakota 199,730 0.756,600   0.023,192
141 Tanzania 945,087 37.187,939     0.022,1  
142 North Korea 120,540 22.224,195     0.021,8  
143 Montana 380,848 0.904,433   0.021,777
144 Jordan 89,213 5.307,470     0.021,6  
145 Oman 212,460 2.713,462     0.021,5  
146 Turkmenistan 488,100 4.688,963     0.021,5  
147 Bolivia 1,098,580 8.445,134     0.021,4  
148 Afghanistan 652,000 27.755,775     0.021  
149 Wyoming 253,326 0.494,423   0.019,294
150 Luxembourg 2,586 0.448,569     0.019,2  
151 Lebanon 10,230 3.677,780     0.018,8  
152 Cambodia 181,916 12.775,324     0.018,7  
153 Latvia 64,589 2.366,515     0.018.6  
154 Vermont 24,900 0.613,090   0.018,411
155 North Dakota 183,119 0.634,448   0.018,283
156 Mozambique 801,590 19.607,519     0.017,5  
157 Honduras 112,088 6.560,608     0.017  
158 Panama 75,517 2.882,329     0.016,9  
159 Qatar 11,427 0.793,341     0.016,3  
160 Senegal 196,190 10.589,571     0.016,2  
161 Georgia 69,700 4.960,951     0.015,5  
162 Guinea 245,857 7.775,065     0.015  
163 Yemen 527,970 18.701,257     0.014,8  
164 Estonia 45,226 1.415,681     0.014,3  
165 Madagascar 587,040 16.473,477     0.014  
166 Kyrgyzstan 198,500 4.822,166     0.013,5  
167 Angola 1,246,700 10.593,171     0.013,3  
168 Albania 28,748 3.544,841     0.013,2  
169 Mauritius 2,040 1.200,206     0.012,9  
170 Burkina Faso 274,200 12.603,185     0.012,8  
171 Botswana 600,370 1.591,232     0.012,4  
172 Nicaragua 130,700 5.023,818     0.012,3  
173 Papua New Guinea 462,840 5.172,033     0.012,2  
174 Haiti 27,750 7.063,722     0.012  
175 Moldova 33,843 4.434,547     0.011,3  
176 Armenia 29,800 3.330,099     0.011,2  
177 Cyprus 9,251 0.767,314     0.011  
178 Trinidad-Tobago 5,128 1.163,724     0.010,6  
179 Jamaica 10,990 2.680,029     0.009,8  
180 Laos 236,800 5.777,180     0.009,2  
181 Mali 1,240,000 11.340,480     0.009,2  
182 Macedonia 25,333 2.054,800     0.009  
183 Chad 1,284,000 8.997,237     0.008,9  
184 Zambia 752,614 9.959,037     0.008,5  
185 Bahrain 692 0.656,397     0.008.4  
186 Niger 1,267,000 10.639,744     0.008,4  
187 Namibia 825,418 1.820,916     0.008,1  
188 Macau 25 0.461,833     0.008  
189 Togo 56,785 5.285,501     0.007,6  
190 Tajikistan 143,100 6.719,567     0.007,5  
191 Rwanda 26,338 7.398,074     0.007,2  
192 Bosnia-Herzegovina 51,129 3.964,388     0.007  
193 Malawi 118,480 10.701,824     0.007  
194 Iceland 103,000 0.279,384     0.006,85  
195 Benin 112,620 6.787,625     0.006,8  
196 Gabon 267,667 1.233,353     0.006,7  
197 Brunei 5,765 0.350,898     0.006,2  
198 Malta 316 0.397,499     0.005,95  
199 Lesotho 30,355 2.207,954     0.005,3  
200 Bahamas 13,940 0.300,529     0.005  
201 Mauritania 1,030,700 2.828,858     0.005  
202 Mongolia 1,565,000 2.694,432     0.004,7  
203 Swaziland 17,363 1.123,605     0.004,6  
204 Central African Rep. 622,984 3.642,739     0.004,6  
205 Fiji 18,270 0.856,346     0.004,4  
206 Martinique 1,100 0.422,277     0.004,39  
207 Somalia 637,657 7.753,310     0.004,1  
208 Barbados 431 0.276,607     0.004  
209 Guadeloupe 1,780 0.435,739     0.003,7  
210 Burundi 27,830 6.373,002     0.003,7  
211 Liberia 111,370 3.288,198     0.003,6  
212 Réunion 2,512 0.743,981     0.003,4  
213 Guam 549 0.160,796     0.003,2  
214 Eritrea 121,320 4.465,651     0.003,2  
215 New Caledonia 19,060 0.207,858     0.003,1  
216 Sierra Leone 71,740 5.614,743     0.002,7  
217 Guyana 215,083 0.698,209     0.002,5  
218 Gambia 11,300 1.455,842     0.002,5  
219 Bhutan 47,000 2.094,176     0.002,5  
220 Congo R. (Brazzaville) 342,000 2.958,448     0.002,5  
221 Netherlands Antilles 960 0.214,258     0.002,4  
222 Bermuda 53 0.063,960     0.002,2  
223 Jersey 116 0.089,775     0.002,2  
224 West Bank 5,860 2.163,667     0.002,1  
225 Aruba 193 0.070,441     0.001,94  
226 U.S. Virgin Islands 352 0.123,498     0.001,8  
227 Suriname 163,820 0.436,494     0.001,5  
228 Man, Isle of 572 0.073,873     0.001,4  
229 Guernsey 78 0.064,587     0.001,3  
230 Andorra 468 0.068,403     0.001,3  
231 French Polynesia 4,167 0.257,847     0.001,3  
232 Maldives 300 0.320,165     0.001,2  
233 Guinea-Bissau 36,120 1.345,479     0.001,2  
234 Cayman Islands 262 0.036,273     0.001,18  
235 Greenland 2,175,600 0.056,376     0.001,1  
236 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 0.498,144     0.001,04  
237 French Guiana 91,000 0.182,333     0.001  
238 San Marino 61 0.027,730     0.000,940  
239 Faroe Islands 1,399 0.046,011     0.000,910  
240 Northern Mariana Is. 477 0.077,311     0.000,900  
241 Monaco 2 0.031,987     0.000,870  
242 Belize 22,965 0.262,999     0.000,830  
243 Solomon Islands 28,450 0.494,786     0.000,800  
244 Gaza Strip 360 1.225,911     0.000,750  
245 Liechtenstein 160 0.032,842     0.000,730  
246 Saint Lucia 616 0.160,145     0.000,700  
247 Antigua-Barbuda 443 0.067,448     0.000,674  
248 Samoa 2,944 0.178,631     0.000,618  
249 Seychelles 455 0.080,098     0.000,605  
250 Cape Verde 4,033 0.408,760     0.000,600  
251 Djibouti 23,000 0.472,810     0.000,586  
252 Gibraltar 6 0.027,714     0.000,500  
253 American Samoa 199 0.068,688     0.000,500  
254 Grenada 344 0.089,211     0.000,424  
255 Comoros 2,170 0.614,382     0.000,424  
256 East Timor 15,007 0.952,618     0.000,415  
257 Saint Kitts-Nevis 261 0.038,736     0.000,339  
258 St. Vincent-Grenadines 389 0.116,394     0.000,339  
259 British Virgin Islands 153 0.021,272     0.000,311  
260 Micronesia, Fed. States 702 0.135,869     0.000,269  
261 Dominica 754 0.070,158     0.000,262  
262 Vanuatu 12,200 0.196,178     0.000,257  
263 Tonga 748 0.106,137     0.000,225  
264 São Tomé-Príncipe 1,001 0.170,372     0.000,189  
265 Palau 458 0.019,409     0.000,174  
266 Turks-Caicos Islands 430 0.018,738     0.000,128  
267 Marshall Islands 181 0.073,630     0.000,115  
268 Cook Islands 240 0.020,811     0.000,105  
269 Anguilla 102 0.012,446     0.000,104  
270 Mayotte 374 0.170,879     0.000,085  
271 Kiribati 811 0.096,335     0.000,079  
272 Saint-Pierre-Miquelon 242 0.006,954     0.000,074  
273 Nauru 21 0.012,329     0.000,060  
274 Falkland Islands 12,173 0.002,967     0.000,052  
275 Montserrat 102 0.008,437     0.000,031  
276 Wallis-Futuna 274 0.015,585     0.000,030  
277 Saint Helena 410 0.007,317     0.000,018  
278 Tuvalu 26 0.011,146     0.000,012,2  
279 Niue 260 0.002,134     0.000,007,6  
280 Tokelau 10 0.001,431     0.000,001,5  
 
  Legend
1 NATO or invited to join
2 U.S. state or associate
3 Other U.S. allies
4 Troublesome countries
5 Ex-troublesome
6 Former Yugoslavia
7 Former Soviet Union




Impearls: 2003-02-02 Archive

Earthdate 2003-02-03

Tabled by Area
Table 3.  Other Entities of the World, in ascending Area order

Rank State Area (km2) Pop. 2002-07 (106)
CIA 2002 Factbook
2001 GDP (1012 US$)
CIA Factbook (PPP)
  Vatican City < 1 0.000,900   N.A.  
  Pitcairn Islands 5 0.000,047   N.A.  
  Wake Island 6 0.000,124   N.A.  
  Midway Islands 6 0.000,040   N.A.  
  Iwo Jima 20 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  British Indian Ocean Terr. 60 0.003,500   N.A.  
  Manhattan Island 60 1.541,150 N.A.  
  Ternate Island 106 0.050,558 * N.A.  
  Tidore Island 116 0.028,655 * N.A.  
  Rhode Is. (Aquidneck Is.) 117 0.064,544 * N.A.  
  San Francisco, City of 122 0.770,723 N.A.  
  Pribilof Islands 161 0.000,901 * N.A.  
  Easter Island 163 0.002,095 * N.A.  
  Niihau 186 0.000,230 * N.A.  
  Santa Catalina Island 192 N.A. * N.A.  
  Lanai 363 0.002,426 * N.A.  
  Wight, Isle of 381 0.126,600 * N.A.  
  Cozumel Island 489 0.005,858 * N.A.  
  Komodo 520 0.030,407 * N.A.  
  Minorca 668 0.058,727 * N.A.  
  Molokai 676 0.006,587 * N.A.  
  Ambon Island 761 0.650,927 * N.A.  
  New York City 785 8.019,033 N.A.  
  Madeira Islands 794 0.269,500 * N.A.  
  Selayar 899 0.095,484 * N.A.  
  Orkney Islands 976 0.019,450 * N.A.  
  Sangihe Islands 1,056 0.238,433 * N.A.  
  Talaud Islands 1,281 0.015,683 * N.A.  
  Rhodes 1,398 0.087,831 * N.A.  
  Kauai 1,433 0.051,177 * N.A.  
  Kai Islands 1,438 0.108,328 * N.A.  
  Åland Islands 1,527 0.024,515 * N.A.  
  Oahu 1,574 0.836,207 * N.A.  
  Muna Island 1,704 0.174,057 * N.A.  
  Morotai 1,800 0.027,333 * N.A.  
  Bacan 1,800 0.029,137 * N.A.  
  Nocobar Islands 1,841 0.039,022 * N.A.  
  Simeulue Island 1,844 N.A. * N.A.  
  Maui 1,886 0.091,361 * N.A.  
  Solor Islands 2,082 0.014,761 * N.A.  
  Juventud Island 2,200 0.071,097 * N.A.  
  Azores 2,247 0.236,500 * N.A.  
  Okinawa (prefecture) 2,255 1.213,000 * N.A.  
  Alor Island 2,330 N.A. * N.A.  
  Yapen Island 2,424 0.059,982 * N.A.  
  Biak Island 2,455 N.A. * N.A.  
  Saaremaa 2,671 0.036,000 * N.A.  
  Unalaska Island 2,745 N.A. * N.A.  
  Manitoulin Island 2,766 N.A. * N.A.  
  Kupreanof Island 2,808 N.A. * N.A.  
  Taliabu Island 2,900 N.A. * N.A.  
  Revillagigedo Island 2,937 0.008,263 * N.A.  
  Funen (Fyn) 2,985 0.424,687 * N.A.  
  Gotland 3,001 0.055,987 * N.A.  
  Yosemite National Park 3,081 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  Waigeo Island 3,100 N.A. * N.A.  
  Yamdena Island 3,100 N.A. * N.A.  
  Masbate 3,269 0.435,269 * N.A.  
  Vaygach Island 3,383 N.A. * N.A.  
  Long Island 3,571 7.463,423 N.A.  
  Siberut Island 3,600 N.A. * N.A.  
  Wetar Island 3,600 N.A. * N.A.  
  Socotra 3,600 0.051,000 * N.A.  
  Majorca 3,640 0.736,865 * N.A.  
  Euboea 3,655 0.185,626 * N.A.  
  Goa 3,702 1.168,622 * N.A.  
  Bohol 3,865 0.881,051 * N.A.  
  Glacier National Park 4,101 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  Unimak Island 4,144 N.A. * N.A.  
  Nunivak Island 4,144 0.000,177 * N.A.  
  Butung 4,200 0.317,124 * N.A.  
  Baranof Island 4,237 N.A. * N.A.  
  Kangaroo Island 4,351 0.002,044 * N.A.  
  Cebu 4,422 2.646,000 * N.A.  
  Admiralty Island 4,426 N.A. * N.A.  
  Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Is. 4,600 N.A. * N.A.  
  Saint Lawrence Island 4,610 N.A. * N.A.  
  Vendsyssel-Thy 4,686 0.309,834 * N.A.  
  Nias Island 4,772 0.468,375 * N.A.  
  Billiton 4,800 0.163,815 * N.A.  
  Sula (Arch.) 4,850 0.028,619 * N.A.  
  Faddeyevsky Island 5,000 N.A. * N.A.  
  Balearic Islands 5,014 0.702,770 * N.A.  
  Edge (Svalbard) 5,030 N.A.   N.A.  
  Kolguyev Island 5,200 0.000,300 * N.A.  
  Madura 5,290 2.686,803 * N.A.  
  Chichagof Island 5,341 N.A. * N.A.  
  Lombok 5,435 1.957,128 * N.A.  
  Bali 5,561 2.766,000 * N.A.  
  Tanimbar Islands 5,625 0.055,405 * N.A.  
  Prince Edward Island 5,660 0.129,765 * N.A.  
  Melville Island 5,800 0.000,554 * N.A.  
  Everglades National Park 6,097 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  Novaya Sibir Island 6,200 N.A. * N.A.  
  Andaman Islands 6,408 0.240,089 * N.A.  
  Zealand (Sjaelland) 7,015 1.855,500 * N.A.  
  Prince of Wales Island 7,174 N.A. * N.A.  
  Leyte 7,214 1.897,714 * N.A.  
  (Spanish) Basque Country 7,261 2.176,790 * N.A.  
  Canary Islands 7,273 1.522,380 * N.A.  
  Wrangel Island 7,300 N.A. * N.A.  
  (French) Basque Country 7,645 0.573,900 * N.A.  
  French Southern-Antarctic 7,781 0.000,100   N.A.  
  Anticosti Island 7,941 0.000,264 * N.A.  
  Galapagos Islands 7,994 0.009,243 * N.A.  
  Crete 8,261 0.536,980 * N.A.  
  Chiloé Island 8,394 0.067,821 * N.A.  
  Aru Islands 8,563 0.034,195 * N.A.  
  Disko Island 8,578 N.A. * N.A.  
  New Ireland 8,651 0.078,900 * N.A.  
  Corsica 8,681 0.249,737 * N.A.  
  Yellowstone National Park 8,983 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  Komsomolets Island 9,006 N.A. * N.A.  
  Kodiak Island 9,293 0.013,309 * N.A.  
  Buru 9,505 0.037,624 * N.A.  
  Prince Charles Island 9,521 N.A. * N.A.  
  Queen Charlotte Islands 9,596 0.005,316 * N.A.  
  Mindoro 9,735 0.833,000 * N.A.  
  Bougainville Island 10,049 0.109,000 * N.A.  
  Cape Breton Island 10,311 0.120,098 * N.A.  
  Hawaii (Big Island) 10,433 0.120,317 * N.A.  
  Bylot Island 11,067 N.A. * N.A.  
  Sumba 11,153 0.355,073 * N.A.  
  Ellef Ringnes Island 11,295 N.A. * N.A.  
  Bolshevik Island 11,312 N.A. * N.A.  
  Bangka 11,330 0.399,855 * N.A.  
  Panay 11,515 2.595,314 * N.A.  
  Yos Sudarsa 11,600 N.A. * N.A.  
  Kotelny Island 11,665 N.A. * N.A.  
  Palawan 11,785 0.311,548 * N.A.  
  Northland (Pen., N.Z.) 12,604 0.134,000 * N.A.  
  Negros 12,710 3.168,000 * N.A.  
  Samar 13,080 1.200,592 * N.A.  
  King William Island 13,111 N.A. * N.A.  
  Northern Ireland 14,120 1.610,000 * N.A.  
  Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsi Is. 14,170 N.A. * N.A.  
  North East Land (Svalbard) 14,210 N.A.   N.A.  
  Flores 14,250 1.249,052 * N.A.  
  Kaliningrad (oblast) 15,100 0.886,900 * N.A.  
  Sumbawa 15,448 0.304,134 * N.A.  
  (German) Jutland (Pen.) 15,729 2.564,565 * N.A.  
  Prince Patrick Island 15,848 N.A. * N.A.  
  West Timor 15,850 0.700,907 * N.A.  
  Bathurst Island 16,042 N.A. * N.A.  
  Katmai National Park 16,550 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  Ceram 17,148 0.092,187 * N.A.  
  Aleutian Islands 17,666 0.011,942 * N.A.  
  Halmahera 17,780 0.093,895 * N.A.  
  Shikoku 18,292 4.195,106 * N.A.  
  Chechnya 19,300 1.306,400 * N.A.  
  Ilha do Bananal 20,000 N.A. * N.A.  
  Wales 20,768 2.906,500 * N.A.  
  Peloponnese (Pen.) 21,439 N.A. * N.A.  
  (Argen.) Tierra del Fuego 21,571 0.069,323 * N.A.  
  European Turkey (Thrace) 23,719 N.A. * N.A.  
  Sardinia 23,813 1.657,562 * N.A.  
  Somerset Island 24,786 N.A. * N.A.  
  Sicily 25,460 5.172,785 * N.A.  
  (Chilean) Tierra del Fuego 26,491 N.A. * N.A.  
  Brittany 27,209 2.815,900 * N.A.  
  (Danish) Jutland (Pen.) 29,775 2.373,555 * N.A.  
  Timor (island) 30,724 1.382,207 * N.A.  
  Vancouver Island 31,285 0.571,493 * N.A.  
  Yuzhny (Novaya Zemlya) 33,275 0.000,400 * N.A.  
  Prince of Wales Island 33,339 N.A. * N.A.  
  Hainan 33,572 6.557,482 * N.A.  
  New Britain 36,500 0.263,500 * N.A.  
  Severnaya Zemlya (Arch.) 36,712 N.A. * N.A.  
  Kyushu 36,717 13.368,000 * N.A.  
  New Siberian Islands 38,000 N.A. * N.A.  
  Spitsbergen (island) 39,044 N.A.   N.A.  
  Marajó Island 40,100 N.A. * N.A.  
  Southampton Island 41,214 N.A. * N.A.  
  Melville Island 42,149 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  Axel Heiberg Island 43,178 N.A. * N.A.  
  California's Great Valley 47,000 N.A. * N.A.  
  Tierra del Fuego (island) 47,992 N.A. * N.A.  
  Severny (Novaya Zemlya) 48,904 0.000,000 * N.A.  
  Devon Island 55,247 N.A. * N.A.  
  Svalbard (Arch.) 62,049 0.002,868   N.A.  
  Tasmania 67,800 0.452,847 * N.A.  
  Banks Island 70,028 N.A. * N.A.  
  Moluccas (Arch.) 74,505 1.741,800 * N.A.  
  Hispaniola (island) 76,192 N.A.   N.A.  
  Sakhalin Island 76,400 0.681,000 * N.A.  
  Hokkaido 77,978 5.659,000 * N.A.  
  Scotland 78,783 4.957,300 * N.A.  
  Novaya Zemlya (Arch.) 82,600 0.000,400 * N.A.  
  Ireland (island) 84,406 N.A. * N.A.  
  Mindanao 94,630 13.232,000 * N.A.  
  Luzon 104,688 30,660,000 * N.A.  
  Newfoundland (Island) 112,790 0.568,474 * N.A.  
  North Island (N.Z.) 114,489 2.553,413 * N.A.  
  Java 126,897 102.873,397 * N.A.  
  England 130,439 48.378,400 * N.A.  
  West Malaysia (Malay Pen.) 131,598 15.261,600 * N.A.  
  South Island (N.Z.) 151,971 0.881,537 * N.A.  
  Ellesmere Island 196,236 N.A. * N.A.  
  East Malaysia (Borneo) 198,160 3.815,400 * N.A.  
  Great Britain 216,777 N.A. * N.A.  
  Victoria Island 217,291 N.A. * N.A.  
  Celebes 227,654 11.552,917 * N.A.  
  Honshu 227,898 N.A. * N.A.  
  Western Sahara 266,000 0.256,177   N.A.  
  Irian Jaya 412,981 1.648,708 * N.A.  
  Sumatra 473,606 35.835,000 * N.A.  
  Baffin Island 507,451 0.003,552 * N.A.  
  Kalimantan (Ind. Borneo) 549,032 8.637,000 * N.A.  
  Borneo 734,000 12.305,000 * N.A.  
  New Guinea (island) 800,000 N.A.   N.A.  
  Tibet 1,221,600 2.079,000 * N.A.  
  Antarctica 14,000,000 0.001,000   N.A.  
 
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1 NATO or invited to join
2 U.S. state or associate
3 Other U.S. allies
4 Troublesome countries
5 Ex-troublesome
6 Former Yugoslavia
7 Former Soviet Union




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