Latin American and Caribbean Countries Ranked by Size

Published: May 19, 2009, 12:43 am

Updated: May 19, 2009, 12:43 am

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Content Source: CIA

This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Mark McGinley

This article ranks countries by area, defined as the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.

Rank	South America Rank	Central America Rank	Caribbean Rank	World Rank	Country	Area (sq km)
1	1			5	Brazil	8,511,965
2	2			7	Argentina	2,766,890
3				14	Mexico	1,972,550
4	3			19	Peru	1,285,220
5	4			25	Colombia	1,138,910
6	5			27	Bolivia	1,098,580
7	6			32	Venezuela	912,050
8	7			37	Chile	756,950
9	8			58	Paraguay	406,750
10	9			71	Ecuador	283,560
11	10			89	Uruguay	176,220
12	11			91	Suriname	163,270
13		1		96	Nicaragua	129,494
14		2		101	Honduras	112,090
15			1	104	Cuba	110,860
16		3		105	Guatemala	108,890
17		4		115	Panama	78,200
18		5		128	Costa Rica	51,100
19			2	130	Dominican Republic	48,730
20			3	146	Haiti	27,750
21		6		150	Belize	22,966
22		7		151	El Salvador	21,040
23			4	160	Bahamas, The	13,940
24			5	161	Puerto Rico	13,790
25			6	166	Jamaica	10,991
25			7	172	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
27			8	180	United States Virgin Islands	1,910
28			9	184	Netherlands Antilles	960
29			10	186	Dominica	754
30			11	191	Saint Lucia	616
31			12	198	Antigua and Barbuda	443
32			13	199	Barbados	431
33			14	200	Turks and Caicos Islands	430
34			15	203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
35			16	207	Grenada	344
36			17	211	Cayman Islands	262
37			18	212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
38			19	217	Aruba	193
39			20	220	British Virgin Islands	153
40			21	225	Anguilla	102
41			22	226	Montserrat	102
43			23	230	Saint Martin	54
44			24	231	Bermuda	53

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CIA (Content Source);Mark McGinley (Topic Editor) "Latin American and Caribbean Countries Ranked by Size". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 19, 2009; Last revised Date May 19, 2009; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Latin_American_and_Caribbean_Countries_Ranked_by_Size>

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