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Landmass deterrent

Country landmass, square kilometres (2018)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for landmass deterrent. Embed

Landmass deterrent

Country landmass, square kilometres (2018)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — Russia
    16,376,870 km² 2018
  • 2 57.3 — China
    9,389,290 km² 2018
  • 3 55.9 — United States
    9,147,420 km² 2018
  • 4 47.0 — Australia
    7,692,020 km² 2018
  • 5 18.2 — India
    2,973,190 km² 2018
  • 6 11.1 — Indonesia
    1,811,570 km² 2018
  • 7 9.5 — Mongolia
    1,553,560 km² 2018
  • 8 4.7 — Pakistan
    770,880 km² 2018
  • 9 4.0 — Myanmar
    653,080 km² 2018
  • 10 3.1 — Thailand
    510,890 km² 2018
  • 11 2.8 — Papua New Guinea
    452,860 km² 2018
  • 12 −1 2.2 — Japan
    364,560 km² 2018
  • 13 −1 2.0 — Malaysia
    328,550 km² 2018
  • 14 −1 1.9 — Vietnam
    310,070 km² 2018
  • 15 −1 1.8 — Philippines
    298,170 km² 2018
  • 16 −1 1.6 — New Zealand
    263,310 km² 2018
  • 17 −1 1.4 — Laos
    230,800 km² 2018
  • 18 −1 1.1 — Cambodia
    176,520 km² 2018
  • 19 −1 0.9 — Nepal
    143,350 km² 2018
  • 20 −1 0.8 — Bangladesh
    130,170 km² 2018
  • 21 −1 0.7 — North Korea
    120,410 km² 2018
  • 22 −1 0.6 — South Korea
    97,489 km² 2018
  • 23 −1 0.4 — Sri Lanka
    62,710 km² 2018
  • 24 −1 0.2 — Taiwan
    36,014 km²* 2019
  • 25 −1 0.0 — Brunei
    5,270 km² 2018
  • 26 0.0 — Singapore
    709 km² 2018
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