World Map HD

Here is the large world map hd showing 195 countries of the world, according to most international standards. This includes 193 member states of the United Nations and two observer states, namely the Holy See (Vatican City) and Palestine. However, the count can vary depending on the recognition status of certain territories. For example, Taiwan is generally considered a separate entity but is not universally recognized as an independent country. Similarly, some regions like Kosovo have declared independence but are not recognized by all UN member states. Therefore, the exact number of countries can be a subject of debate, depending on the criteria used for recognition.

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The World Map

A world map shows most or all of the Earth's surface. Making a world map is tricky because you have to fit a round, 3D world onto a flat, 2D surface. This causes some parts to look different than they really are. This problem is even bigger in world maps compared to smaller maps. Various methods have been made to fix these issues.

Making an accurate world map used to be very hard because people didn't know much about the Earth's lands and oceans. For a long time, people knew about less than half of the coastlines and just a little of the land inside continents. But starting from the European Renaissance, explorers learned more and more. By the mid-1700s, people had rough ideas of what most coastlines looked like, and by the 1900s, they knew a lot about the lands inside continents too.

World maps can focus on different things. Some maps show countries and cities, while others show natural features like mountains and soil types. There are also maps that go beneath the surface to show things like different types of rock, fault lines, and structures under the Earth. Some maps use colors to show differences between areas, like population or how much money people make.

About Map Projection

In map-making, a map projection is a way to show the round Earth on a flat surface. To do this, points on the Earth, like latitude and longitude, are changed into points on a flat map. Making a flat map like this is necessary, but it also changes how things really look on Earth.

Any time you turn a round object into a flat map, you have to change or distort some things. Depending on what the map is for, some changes are okay while others are not. There are many kinds of map projections, each with its own kind of changes. The goal is to understand what each projection does to the map's accuracy.

Although the word "projection" makes it sound like a shadow or an image made by a camera, it's really any math rule that turns the Earth's surface into a flat map. Most commonly used map projections don't actually work like a camera.

Usually, people think of the Earth as a perfect sphere when making maps. But in reality, Earth and other big objects in space are more like slightly flattened balls. Even objects with very uneven surfaces can be turned into flat maps.

The Mercator projection is one of the most famous map projections. It keeps angles accurate but makes places far from the equator look much bigger than they are. There are also map projections like the Sinusoidal and Gall–Peters that keep the sizes of places accurate but change the angles. Some maps, like the Robinson and Winkel tripel, try to find a balance between keeping sizes and angles somewhat accurate.

Early World Maps

The oldest world maps we know about were made a long time ago, around the 5th and 6th centuries BCE. These early maps thought the Earth was flat. Maps that showed the Earth as a sphere started appearing during a time called the Hellenistic period. Important Greek scholars like Eratosthenes and Posidonius made big contributions to map-making, and their work was later built upon by a Roman named Ptolemy in the 2nd century CE. Ptolemy's map was used for a very long time, even throughout the Middle Ages.

From the 15th to the 18th centuries, during the Age of Discovery, world maps got a lot better because of explorations. However, it wasn't until the 19th and early 20th centuries that people from the West started accurately mapping places like Antarctica, Australia, and the inside parts of Africa.

Sovereign Countries in the World

The following list provides a thorough insight into the sovereign states located in the world. The sovereign states listed are based on the status and identification of sovereignty and it is clearly marked on the map above.

The listed states, which are 206 in number, can be segregated into three groups on the basis of the membership within the United Nations system. There are 193 member states, two observer states, and eleven other states. The dispute column based on sovereignty depicts those states which come with unrivaled sovereignty. There are sixteen states, out of which six are member states. One falls into the category of nine other states. There are two states which carry a special status.

S.N.	Recognised Countries in the World	Capital	Population	Currency	Dialing Code	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)
1	Afghanistan	Kabul	26,849,000	Afghani	+93	652,864	251,827
2	Albania	Tirana	3,020,209	Lek	+355	28,748	11,100
3	Algeria	Algiers	33,333,267	Dinar	+213	2,381,740	919,595
4	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	85,458	Euro	+376	468	181
5	Angola	Luanda	16,941,000	Kwanza	+244	1,246,700	481,354
6	Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	89,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 268	440	170
7	Argentina	Buenos Aires	43,131,966	Peso	+54	2,780,400	1,073,518
8	Armenia	Yerevan	3,060,631	Dram	+374	29,743	11,484
9	Australia	Canberra	23,923,600	Australian Dollar	+61	7,741,220	2,988,902
10	Austria	Vienna	8,223,062	Euro	+43	83,871	32,383
11	Azerbaijan	Baku	9,686,210	Manat	+994	86,600	33,436
12	Bahamas	Nassau	379,000	Bahamian dollar	+1 242	13,878	5,358
13	Bahrain	Manama	1,781,000	Bahraini dinar	+973	765	295.37
14	Bangladesh	Dhaka	158,762,000	Taka	+880	147,570	56,977
15	Barbados	Bridgetown	283,000	Barbadian dollar	+1 246	439	166
16	Belarus	Minsk	9,608,058	Belarusian ruble	+375	207,600	80,155
17	Belgium	Brussels	11,239,755	Euro	+32	30,528	11,787
18	Belize	Belmopan	369,000	Belize dollar	+501	22,966	8,867
19	Benin	Porto-Novo	8,439,000	CFA franc	+229	112,622	43,484
20	Bhutan	Thimphu	760,000	Bhutanese ngultrum	+975	38,394	14,824
21	Bolivia	Sucre	10,027,254	Boliviano	+591	1,098,581	424,164
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	3,871,643	Convertible mark	+387	51,197	19,767
23	Botswana	Gaborone	1,839,833	Pula	+267	581,726	224,606
24	Brazil	Brasília	204,893,000	Real	+55	8,514,877	3,287,612
25	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	421,000	Brunei dollar	+673	5,765	2,226
26	Bulgaria	Sofia	6,924,716	Lev	+359	110,879	42,811
27	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	13,228,000	CFA franc	+226	274,000	105,792
28	Burundi	Bujumbura	7,548,000	Burundian franc	+257	27,830	10,745
29	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	15,040,000	Riel	+855	181,035	69,898
30	Cameroon	Yaoundé	17,795,000	CFA franc	+237	475,442	183,569
31	Canada	Ottawa	35,819,000	Canadian dollar	+1	9,984,670	3,854,085
32	Cape Verde	Praia	420,979	Cape Verdean escudo	+238	4,033	1,557
33	Central African Republic	Bangui	4,216,666	CFA franc	+236	622,984	240,535
34	Chad	N'Djamena	10,146,000	CFA franc	+235	1,284,000	495,755
35	Chile	Santiago	18,006,407	Peso	+56	756,102	291,933
36	China (PRC)	Beijing	1,370,793,000	Renminbi (yuan)	+86	9,596,961	3,705,407
37	Colombia	Bogotá / Santa Fe de Bogotá	48,347,000	Peso	+57	1,138,910	439,736
38	Comoros	Moroni	798,000	Comorian franc	+269	2,235	863
39	Costa Rica	San José	35,819,000	Costa Rican colón	+506	51,100	19,653
40	Croatia	Zagreb	4,470,534	Kuna	+385	56,594	21,851
41	Cuba	Havana	11,252,000	Cuban peso, Cuban convertible peso	+53	109,884	42,426
42	Cyprus	Nicosia	1,172,458	Euro	+357	9,251	3,572
43	Czech Republic	Prague	10,538,275	Czech koruna	+420	78,867	30,451
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	75,507,308	Congolese franc	+243	2,344,858	905,355
45	Denmark	Copenhagen	5,569,077	Danish krone	+45	43,094	16,639
46	Djibouti	Djibouti City	906,000	Djiboutian franc	+253	23,200	8,958
47	Dominica	Roseau	71,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 767	750	290
48	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	9,980,000	Dominican Peso	+1 809, +1 829, +1 849	48,442	18,704
49	Ecuador	Quito	16,346,700	United States dollar	593	283,561	109,484
50	Egypt	Cairo	84,550,000	Egyptian pound	+20	1,001,449	386,662
51	El Salvador	San Salvador	6,460,000	United States dollar	+503	21,041	8,124
52	Equatoria`l Guinea	Malabo	504,000	CFA Franc	+240	28,051	10,831
53	Eritrea	Asmara	5,880,000	Nakfa	+291	117,600	45,406
54	Estonia	Tallinn	1,257,921	Euro	+372	45,228	17,463
55	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	85,237,338	Birr	+251	1,104,300	426,373
56	Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir	135,869	United States Dollar	+691	702	271
57	Fiji	Suva	890,057	Fijian Dollar	+679	18,274	7,056
58	Finland	Helsinki	5,268,799	Euro	+358	338,145	130,559
59	France	Paris	66,259,012	Euro, CFP franc	+33	643,427	248,429
60	Gabon	Libreville	1,384,000	CFA franc	+241	267,668	103,347
61	Gambia	Banjul	1,517,000	Gambian dalasi	+220	10,380	4,008
62	Georgia	Tbilisi / T'bilisi	4,935,880	Lari	+995	69,700	26,911
63	Germany	Berlin	80,996,685	Euro	+49	357,022	137,847
64	Ghana	Accra	23,000,000	Ghana cedi	+233	238,534	92,098
65	Greece	Athens	10,816,286	Euro	+30	131,957	50,949
66	Grenada	St. George's	104,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 473	348.5	132.8
67	Guatemala	Guatemala City	16,176,000	Guatemalan quetzal	+502	108,889	42,042
68	Guinea	Conakry	10,057,975	CFA Franc	+240	245,857	94,926
69	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	1,586,000	CFA franc	+245	36,125	13,948
70	Guyana	Georgetown	747,884	Guyanese dollar	+592	214,969	83,000
71	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	10,994,000	Haitian gourde	+509	27,750	10,714
72	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	8,950,000	Honduran lempira	+504	112,492	43,278
73	Hungary	Budapest	9,919,128	Forint	+36	93,028	35,918
74	Iceland	Reykjavík	317,351	Icelandic króna	+354	103,000	39,769
75	India	New Delhi	1,299,499,000	Indian rupee	+91	3,287,590	1,269,346
76	Indonesia	Jakarta	255,462,000	Rupiah	+62	1,904,569	735,358
77	Iran	Tehran	78,778,000	Rial	+98	1,648,195	636,372
78	Iraq	Baghdad	36,575,000	Iraqi dinar	+964	437,072	169,234
79	Ireland	Dublin	4,832,765	Euro	+353	70,273	27,133
80	Israel	Jerusalem (proclaimed)	8,372,000	New Shekel	+972	22,072	8,522
81	Italy	Rome	61,680,122	Euro	+39	301,340	116,348
82	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	Yamoussoukro	17,654,843	CFA franc	+225	322,460	124,503
83	Jamaica	Kingston	2,729,000	Jamaican dollar	+1 876	10,991	4,244
84	Japan	Tokyo	126,891,000	Yen	+81	377,944	145,925
85	Jordan	Amman	6,837,000	Jordanian dinar	+962	89,342	35,637
86	Kazakhstan	Astana	17,948,816	Tenge	+7-6xx, +7-7xx	2,724,900	1,052,090
87	Kenya	Nairobi	34,707,817	Kenyan shilling	+254	580,367	224,081
88	Kiribati	Tarawa	101,998	Australian Dollar, Kiribati Dollar	+686	811	313
89	Kuwait	Kuwait City	4,161,000	Kuwaiti dinar	+965	17,820	6,880
90	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	5,943,000	Som	+996	199,951	77,181
91	Laos	Vientiane	6,802,000	Kip	+856	236,800	91,428.99
92	Latvia	Riga	2,165,165	Euro	+371	64,589	24,938
93	Lebanon	Beirut	4,288,000	Lebanese pound	+961	10,452	4,036
94	Lesotho	Maseru	2,067,000	Lesotho loti	+266	30,355	11,720
95	Liberia	Monrovia	4,128,572	Liberian dollar	+231	111,369	43,000
96	Libya	Tripoli	6,036,914	Dinar	+218	1,759,540	679,362
97	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	37,313	Swiss franc	+423	160	62
98	Lithuania	Vilnius	2,943,472	Euro	+370	65,300	25,212
99	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	520,672	Euro	+352	2,586	998
100	Macedonia	Skopje	2,091,719	Macedonian denar	+389	25,713	9,928
101	Madagascar	Antananarivo	18,606,000	Malagasy ariary	+261	587,041	226,658
102	Malawi	Lilongwe	12,884,000	Kwacha	+265	118,484	45,747
103	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	31,032,000	Ringgit	+60	329,847	127,355
104	Maldives	Malé	345,000	Maldivian rufiyaa	+960	298	115
105	Mali	Bamako	13,518,000	CFA franc	+223	1,240,192	478,841
106	Malta	Valletta	412,655	Euro	+356	316	122
107	Marshall Islands	Majuro	73,630	United States Dollar	+692	181	70
108	Mauritania	Nouakchott	3,069,000	Ouguiya	+222	1,030,700	397,955
109	Mauritius	Port Louis	1,219,220	Mauritian rupee	+230	2,040	788
110	Mexico	Mexico City	121,006,000	Mexican Peso	+52	1,972,550	761,606
111	Moldova	Chișinău	3,583,288	Moldovan leu	+373	33,851	13,070
112	Monaco	Monaco	30,508	Euro	+377	2	0.8
113	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	3,029,000	Tögrög	+976	1,566,000	603,909
114	Montenegro	Podgorica	650,036	Euro	+382	13,812	5,333
115	Morocco	Rabat	35,757,175	Moroccan dirham	+212	446,550	172,414
116	Mozambique	Maputo	20,366,795	Mozambican metical	+258	801,590	309,496
117	Myanmar (Burma)	Naypyidaw	52,280,000	Kyat	+95	676,578	261,227
118	Namibia	Windhoek	2,031,000	Namibian dollar	+264	825,418	318,696
119	Nauru	No official Capital	12,329	Australian dollar	+674	21	8
120	Nepal	Kathmandu	28,038,000	Nepalese rupee	+977	147,181	56,827
121	Netherlands	Amsterdam(capital)	16,877,351	Euro, US dollar, NA guilder, Aruban florin	+31	41,543	16,040
122	New Zealand	Wellington	4,570,038	New Zealand Dollar	+64	267,710	103,363
123	Nicaragua	Managua	6,514,000	Nicaraguan córdoba	+505	130,375	50,193
124	Niger	Niamey	13,957,000	CFA franc	+227	1,267,000	489,191
125	Nigeria	Abuja	174,507,539	Naira	+234	923,768	356,669
126	North Korea	P'yŏngyang	25,863,000	North Korean won	+850	120,540	46,528
127	Norway	Oslo	5,147,792	Norwegian krone	+47	323,802	125,021
128	Oman	Muscat	4,181,000	Rial	+968	309,501	119,498
129	Pakistan	Islamabad	191,785,000	Pakistani Rupee	+92	803,940	310,403
130	Palau	Ngerulmud	21,032	United States Dollar	+680	459	177
131	Palestine	Jerusalem (proclaimed), Ramallah	4,225,710	Israeli Shekel	+970	6,220	2,402
132	Panama	Panama City	3,764,000	Panamanian balboa, United States dollar	+507	74,177.30	28,640
133	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	6,310,129	Papua New Guinean kina	+675	462,840	178,704
134	Paraguay	Asunción	7,003,406	Guaraní	+595	406,752	157,048
135	Peru	Lima	31,151,643	Nuevo sol	+51	1,285,216	496,225
136	Philippines	Manila	102,965,000	Philippine Peso	+63	300,000	115,831
137	Poland	Warsaw	38,346,279	Polish złoty	+48	312,685	120,728
138	Portugal	Lisbon	10,427,301	Euro	+351	92,090	35,556
139	Qatar	Doha	2,113,000	Riyal	+974	11,586	4,467.60
140	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	4,012,809	CFA franc	+242	342,000	132,047
141	Romania	Bucharest	21,729,871	Romanian leu	+40	238,391	92,043
142	Russia	Moscow	146,267,288	Russian ruble	+7	17,098,242	6,601,668
143	Rwanda	Kigali	7,600,000	Rwandan franc	+250	26,798	10,347
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	46,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 869	261	104
145	Saint Lucia	Castries	172,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 758	617	238.23
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	110,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 784	389	150
147	Samoa	Apia	194,320	Samoan tālā	+685	2,831	1,093
148	San Marino	San Marino	32,742	Euro	+378	61	24
149	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	183,176	Dobra	+239	964	372
150	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	31,521,000	Saudi riyal	+966	2,149,690	830,000
151	Senegal	Dakar	11,658,000	CFA franc	+221	196,723	75,955
152	Serbia	Belgrade	7,209,764	Serbian dinar	+381	88,361	34,116
153	Seychelles	Victoria	80,654	Seychellois rupee	+248	451	174
154	Sierra Leone	Freetown	6,144,562	Leone	+232	71,740	27,699
155	Singapore	Singapore City	5,541,000	Singapore dollar	+65	719.1	278
156	Slovakia	Bratislava	5,443,583	Euro	+421	49,035	18,933
157	Slovenia	Ljubljana	1,988,292	Euro	+386	20,273	7,827
158	Solomon Islands	Honiara	584,578	Solomon Islands dollar	+677	28,896	11,157
159	Somalia	Mogadishu	9,832,017	Somali shilling	+252	637,657	246,201
160	South Africa	Bloemfontein(judicial) Cape Town(legislative) and Pretoria(executive)	52,981,991	South African rand	+27	1,221,037	471,445
161	South Korea	Seoul	50,617,000	South Korean won	+82	100,210	38,691
162	South Sudan	Juba	8,260,490	South Sudanese pound	+211	644,329	248,777
163	Spain	Madrid	47,737,941	Euro	+34	505,370	195,124
164	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	20,869,000	Sri Lankan rupee	+94	65,610	25,332
165	Sudan	Khartoum	36,787,012	Sudanese pound	+249	1,861,484	718,723
166	Suriname	Paramaribo	541,638	Surinamese dollar	+597	163,820	63,251
167	Swaziland	Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane(administrative)	1,032,000	Lilangeni	+268	17,364	6,704
168	Sweden	Stockholm	9,723,809	Swedish krona	+46	450,295	173,860
169	Switzerland	Bern / Berne	8,061,516	Swiss franc	+41	41,277	15,937
170	Syria	Damascus	23,270,000	Syrian pound	+963	185,180	71,479
171	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	8,451,000	Somoni	+992	143,100	55,251
172	Tanzania	Dodoma	44,929,002	Tanzanian shilling	+255	945,203	364,945
173	Thailand	Bangkok	68,387,000	Baht	+66	513,120	198,115
174	Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Dili	1,245,000	US Dollar	+670	15,410	5,743
175	Togo	Lomé	7,154,237	CFA franc	+228	56,785	21,925
176	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	106,146	Tongan paʻanga	+676	747	288
177	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	1,357,000	Trinidad and Tobago dollar	+1 868	5,131	1,981
178	Tunisia	Tunis	10,102,000	Tunisian dinar	+216	163,610	63,170
179	Turkey	Ankara	78,214,000	Turkish lira	+90	783,562	302,535
180	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	4,902,000	Turkmen new manat	+993	491,210	188,456
181	Tuvalu	Funafuti	11,146	Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar	+688	26	10
182	Uganda	Kampala	27,616,000	Ugandan shilling	+256	236,040	91,136
183	Ukraine	Kiev	44,291,413	Ukrainian hryvnia	+380	603,550	233,032
184	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	8,933,000	UAE dirham	+971	83,600	32,278
185	United Kingdom	London	63,742,977	Pound sterling	+44	243,610	94,058
186	United States	Washington, D.C.	321,234,000	United States dollar	+1	9,857,306	3,805,927
187	Uruguay	Montevideo	3,404,189	Uruguayan peso	+598	176,215	68,037
188	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	31,283,000	Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi)	+998	448,978	172,742
189	Vanuatu	Port Vila	256,155	Vanuatu vatu	+678	12,189	4,706
190	Vatican City	Vatican City	842	Euro	+379	0.44	0.17
191	Venezuela	Caracas	30,620,404	Bolívar fuerte	+58	912,050	352,144
192	Vietnam	Hanoi	91,812,000	đồng	+84	332,698	128,565
193	Yemen	Sana'a	26,745,000	Yemeni rial	+967	528,076	203,796
194	Zambia	Lusaka	14,668,000	Zambian kwacha	+260	752,614	290,586
195	Zimbabwe	Harare	13,010,000	US dollar	+263	390,757	150,872

List of Countries with Limited Recognition

S.N.	Non-United Nations Member Sovereign Countries	Capital	Currency	Dialing Code	Population	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi))
1	Abkhazia	Sukhumi / Sukhum	Abkhazian apsar, Russian ruble	+7 840, +7 940, +995 44	250,000	8,660	3,344
2	Cook Islands	Avarua	New Zealand dollar, Cook Islands dollar	+682	20,811	236	91
3	Kosovo	Pristina	Euro	+381	1,836,529	10,887	4,203
4	Nagorno-Karabakh	Stepanakert	Armenian dram, Nagorno-Karabakh dram	+374 47 / 97	141,400	7,000	2,703
5	Niue	Alofi	New Zealand dollar	+683	2,134	260	100
6	Northern Cyprus	Nicosia	Turkish lira	+90 392	294,906	3,355	1,295
7	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	El Aaiún(proclaimed)	Algerian dinar, Sahrawi peseta	+212	266,000	267,405	103,246
8	Somaliland	Hargeisa	Somaliland shilling	+252	4,000,000	137,600	53,128
9	South Ossetia	Tskhinvali	Russian ruble	+995 34	70,000	3,900	1,506
10	Taiwan	Taipei	New Taiwan dollar	+886	23,071,779	35,980	13,892
11	Transnistria	Tiraspol	Transnistrian ruble	+373	530,000	3,500	1,351

List of World's Non-Sovereign Dependent Territories

S.N.	Dependent Territories	Capital	Currency	Dialing Code	Population	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi))
1	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Episkopi Cantonment	Euro	+357	7,700 Cypriots, 8,000 British military personnel and their families	254	98
2	American Samoa	Pago Pago	United States dollar	+1 684	57,345	199	76.8
3	Anguilla	The Valley	East Caribbean dollar	+1 264	13,037	91	35
4	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Uninhabited	Local currency (ABC)		Uninhabited	5	2
5	Bajo Nuevo Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	145	56
6	Baker Island	Uninhabited	United States dollar		Uninhabited	2.1	0.81
7	Bermuda	Hamilton	Bermudian dollar	+1 441	64,237	53.2	20.6
8	British Indian Ocean Territory		United States Dollar, Pound sterling	+246	3,000	54,400	21,004
9	British Virgin Islands	Road Town	United States dollar	+1 284	28,054	153	59
10	Cayman Islands	George Town	Cayman Islands dollar	+1 345	58,238	264	102
11	Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	Australian dollar	+61 8 9164	2,072	135	52
12	Clipperton Island	Uninhabited	Euro		Uninhabited	6	2.3
13	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island / Bantam	Australian dollar	+61	596	14	5
14	Coral Sea Islands	Uninhabited			4	3	1
15	Easter Island	Hanga Roa	Chilean Peso	+56	5,761	163.6	63.2
16	Falkland Islands	Stanley	Falkland Islands pound	+500	3,140	12,173	4,700
17	Faroe Islands / Faeroe Islands	Tórshavn	Faroese króna, Danish krone	+298	49,947	1,393	538
18	French Polynesia	Papeete	CFP Franc	+689	294,935	4,167	1,609
19	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Saint-Pierre	Euro	+33, +262	140 estimate	38.6	15
20	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Gibraltar pound	+350	29,185	6.5	2.5
21	Guam	Hagåtña / Agaña	United States Dollar	+1-671	161,785	541.3	209
22	Guernsey	Saint Peter Port	Pound sterling	+44	65,849	78	30
23	Hawaii	Honolulu	United States dollar	+1 808, +1 650, +1 209	1,419,561	28,311	10,931
24	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong dollar	+852	7,298,600	1,104	426
25	Howland Island	Uninhabited	United States dollar		Uninhabited	1.62	1.05
26	Isle of Man	Douglas	Pound sterling	+44	86,866	572	221
27	Jarvis Island	Uninhabited	United States dollar		Uninhabited	4.5	1.75
28	Jersey	Saint Helier	Pound sterling	+44	96,513	118	46
29	Johnston Atoll	Uninhabited	United States dollar		Uninhabited	2.67	1.03
30	Juan Fernández Islands	San Juan Bautista	Chilean Peso	+56	900	99.6	38.5
31	Kingman Reef	Uninhabited	United States dollar		Uninhabited	76	29
32	Macau / Macao	Macau / Macao	Macanese pataca	+853	642,900	28.2	10.9
33	Midway Islands	Uninhabited	United States dollar	+1 808	60	6.2	2.4
34	Montserrat	Plymouth	East Caribbean dollar	+1 664	4,922	102	39
35	Navassa Island	N/A	United States dollar	N/A	Uninhabited	5.4	2
36	New Caledonia	Nouméa	CFP Franc	+687	268,767	18,576	7,172
37	Norfolk Island	Kingston	Australian Dollar	+672 3	2,210	34.6	13.3
38	Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	United States Dollar	+1 670	53,855	475.3	183.5
39	Ogasawara Village	Ōmura (大村)	Yen	+81 3	2,871	104.41	40.31
40	Palmyra Atoll	Uninhabited	United States dollar	+1	4 - 20	12	4.6
41	Papua	Jayapura	Indonesian Rupiah	+62 9	3,486,432	319,036.05	123,180.51
42	Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	New Zealand dollar	+64	56	47	18.1
43	Puerto Rico	San Juan	United States dollar	+1 787 / 939	3,548,397	9,104	3,515
44	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	Saint Helena pound, Pound sterling	+290	5,661	420	162
45	Serranilla Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,200	463.32
46	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	King Edward Point	Pound sterling	+500	no indigenous inhabitants	3,903	1,507
47	Tokelau	Each Atoll has its own administrative centre	New Zealand dollar	+690	1,431	10	3.86
48	Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	United States dollar	+1 649	31,618	616.3	238
49	United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	United States dollar	+1 340	106,405	346.36	133.73
50	Wake Island	Uninhabited	United States dollar	+1 808	150	7.1	2.73
51	Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu	CFP Franc	+681	15,585	142.42	55
52	West Papua	Manokwari	Papuan, Dutch Guilder, Indonesian Rupiah	+62 9	877,437	140,375.62	54,199.33

List of Other Areas in the World

S.N.	Other Areas	Capital	Currency	Dialing Code	Population	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi))
1	Åland	Mariehamn	Euro	+358	27,500	6,787	2,620
2	Aruba	Oranjestad	Aruban florin	+297	110,000	178.91	69.08
3	Bonaire	Kralendijk	United States dollar	+599 7		294	114
4	Canary Islands	Santa Cruz and Las Palmas	Euro	+34	2,205,247	7,447	2,875
5	Ceuta	Ceuta	Euro	+34 952	76,861	28	11
6	Curaçao	Willemstad	Netherlands Antillean guilder	+599 9	157,000	444	171.4
7	French Guiana	Cayenne	Euro	+594	250,109	83,534	32,253
8	Greenland	Nuuk	Danish krone	+299	56,000	2,166,086	836,109
9	Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	Euro	+590	405,000	1,628	629
10	Madeira	Funchal	Euro	(+351) 291 XXX XXX	267,785	828	320
11	Martinique	Fort-de-France	Euro	+596	383,000	1,128	436
12	Mayotte	Mamoudzou	Euro	+262	186,452	374	144
13	Melilla	Melilla	Euro	+34 952	72,000	20	8
14	Northern Ireland	Belfast	Pound Sterling	+44	1,810,863	14,130	5,456
15	Pelagie Islands	Lampedusa e Linosa	Euro	+39	6,304	21.4	8
16	Plazas de soberanía	N/A	Euro	+34	74
17	Réunion	Saint-Denis	Euro	+262	793,000	2,512	970
18	Saba	The Bottom	United States dollar	+599 4		13	5
19	Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	Euro	+590	10,000	25	9.5
20	Saint Martin	Marigot	Euro	+590	36,000	87	34
21	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	Euro	+508	6,000	242	93
22	San Andrés and Providencia	San Andrés	Colombian peso	+57		52.5	20.3
23	Sint Eustatius	Oranjestad	United States dollar	+599 3		21	8
24	Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	Netherlands Antillean guilder	+1 721	39,000	34	13.1
25	Svalbard	Longyearbyen	Norwegian krone	+47	2,019	62,045	23,956

List of Territorial Claims in Antarctica

S.N.	Territory in Antarctica	Claimant	Date	Capital	Currency	Dialing Code	Population	Claim limits	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi))
1	Adélie Land	France	1924	Dumont d'Urville Stationa	Euro	+262 262 00 2	33 (winter), 80 (summer)	142°2'E to 136°11'E	432,000	166,796
2	Argentine Antarctica	Argentina	1942	Handled by the province of Tierra del Fuego, whose capital is Ushuaia.		0054 + 02901 Esperanza and Marambio Stations: 0054 + 02964	469 (2010 Census)	25°W to 74°W	1,461,597	564,326
3	Australian Antarctic Territory	Australia	1933	Davis Station	Australian Dollar	+672 1x	less than 1,000	160°E to 142°2'E, 136°11'E to 44°38'E	5,896,500	2,276,651
4	British Antarctic Territory	United Kingdom	1908	Halley Base	Pound sterling		250 (summer)	20°W to 80°W	1,709,400	660,000
5	Chilean Antarctic Territory	Chile	1940	Villa Las Estrellas	Chilean Peso	56 + 61	115 (2012 Census)	53°W to 90°W	1,250,257	482,727
6	Peter I Island	Norway	1929		Norwegian krone		uninhabited	68°50'S 90°35'W	154	59
7	Queen Maud Land	Norway	1939	Oslo	Norwegian krone		maximum average of 40, Six are occupied year-round	44°38'E to 20°W	2,700,000	1,042,476
8	Ross Dependency	New Zealand	1923	Scott Base	New Zealand Dollar	+64 2409	10-80 (Scott Base) 200-1,000 (McMurdo Station) 85-200 (South Pole Station) 0-90 (Zucchelli Station)	150°W to 160°E	450,000	174,000

List of Overlapping Claims in Antarctica

S.N.	Claimants	Claim Limits
1	Argentina, United Kingdom	25°W to 53°W
2	Argentina, Chile, United Kingdom	53°W to 74°W
3	Chile, United Kingdom	74°W to 80°W

List of Unclaimed Territory in Antarctica

S.N.	Region	Unclaimed limits	Currency	Population	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi))
1	Marie Byrd Land	90°W to 150°W	Penguino	20 to 30 People	1,610,000	620,000

List of Oceans of the World

S.N.	Ocean	Location	Area (km2)	Area (% of Total)	Volume (km3)	Volume (% of Total)	Avg. depth (m)	Coastline (km)	Coastline (% of Total)
1	Pacific Ocean	Lies between Asia and the Americas and Australasia	168,723,000	46.60%	669,880,000	50.10%	3,970	135,663	35.90%
2	Atlantic Ocean	Lies between the Americas and Africa and Europe	85,133,000	23.50%	310,410,900	23.30%	3,646	111,866	29.60%
3	Indian Ocean	Lies between southern Asia, Australia, and Africa	70,560,000	19.50%	264,000,000	19.80%	3,741	66,526	17.60%
4	Antarctic / Southern Ocean	Lies between Antarctica, Atlantic, Pacific ocean, and Indian oceans. Sometimes treated an extension of those 3 oceans.	21,960,000	6.10%	71,800,000	5.40%	3,270	17,968	4.80%
5	Arctic Ocean	Lies between Eurasia in the Arctic and northern North America and treated a marginal sea of the Atlantic.	15,558,000	4.30%	18,750,000	1.40%	1,205	45,389	12.00%
Total	-	-	361,900,000	100%	1,335,000,000	100%	3,688	377,412	100%

List of World's Longest Rivers

Rank	River	Outflow	Length in km	Drainage Area in km2	Length in Miles	Average Discharge in m3/s
1	Nile	Mediterranean	6,650	3,254,555	4,130	2,800
2	Amazon	Atlantic Ocean	6,400	7,000,000	3,976	209,000
3	Yangtze	East China Sea	6,300	1,800,000	3,917	30,166
4	Mississippi	Gulf of Mexico	6,275	2,980,000	3,902	16,792
5	Yenisei	Kara Sea	5,539	2,580,000	3,445	18,050
6	Yellow River	Bohai Sea	5,464	745,000	3,395	2,571
7	Ob-Irtysh	Gulf of Ob	5,410	2,990,000	3,364	12,475
8	Paraná	Río de la Plata	4,880	2,582,672	3,030	22,000
9	Congo	Atlantic Ocean	4,700	3,680,000	2,922	41,800
10	Amur	Sea of Okhotsk	4,444	1,855,000	2,763	11,400
11	Lena	Laptev Sea	4,400	2,490,000	2,736	15,500
12	Mekong	South China Sea	4,350	810,000	2,705	16,000
13	Mackenzie	Beaufort Sea	4,241	1,790,000	2,637	10,300
14	Niger	Gulf of Guinea	4,200	2,090,000	2,611	5,589
15	Brahmaputra	Ganges	3,969	712,035	2,466	19,800
16	Murray	Southern Ocean	3,672	1,061,000	2,282	767
17	Tocantins	Atlantic Ocean (Marajó Bay), Amazon Delta	3,650	950,000	2,270	13,598
18	Volga	Caspian Sea	3,645	1,380,000	2,266	8,080
19	Indus	Arabian Sea	3,610	960,000	2,250	7,160
20	Shatt al-Arab	Persian Gulf	3,596	884,000	2,236	856
21	Madeira	Amazon	3,380	1,485,200	2,100	31,200
22	Purús	Amazon	3,211	63,166	1,995	8,400
23	Yukon	Bering Sea	3,185	850,000	1,980	6,210
24	São Francisco	Atlantic Ocean	3,180	610,000	1,976	3,300
25	Syr Darya	Aral Sea	3,078	219,000	1,913	703
26	Salween	Andaman Sea	3,060	324,000	1,901	3,153
27	Saint Lawrence	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	3,058	1,030,000	1,900	10,100
28	Rio Grande	Gulf of Mexico	3,057	570,000	1,900	82
29	Lower Tunguska	Yenisei	2,989	473,000	1,857	3,600
30	Danube-Breg	Black Sea	2,888	817,000	1,795	7,130
31	Irrawaddy River	Andaman Sea	2,809	404,200	1,745.80	13,000
32	Zambezi	Mozambique Channel	2,740	1,330,000	1,703	4,880
33	Vilyuy	Lena	2,720	454,000	1,700	1,480
34	Ganges	Bay of Bengal	2,704	1,024,000	1,690	12,037
35	Amu	Aral Sea	2,620	534,739	1,628	1,400
36	Japurá	Amazon	2,615	242,259	1,625	6,000
37	Nelson	Hudson Bay	2,570	1,093,000	1,597	2,575
38	Paraguay	Paraná	2,549	900,000	1,584	4,300
39	Kolyma	East Siberian Sea	2,513	644,000	1,562	3,800
40	Pilcomayo	Paraguay	2,500	270,000	1,553
41	Upper Ob-Katun	Ob	2,490		1,547
42	Ishim	Irtysh	2,450	177,000	1,522	56
43	Ural	Caspian Sea	2,428	237,000	1,509	475
44	Juruá	Amazon	2,410	200,000	1,498	6,000
45	Arkansas	Mississippi	2,348	505,000	1,459	1,066
46	Colorado	Gulf of California	2,333	390,000	1,450	1,200
47	Olenyok	Laptev Sea	2,292	219,000	1,424	1,210
48	Dnieper	Black Sea	2,287	516,300	1,421	1,670
49	Aldan	Lena	2,273	729,000	1,412	5,060
50	Ubangi-Uele	Congo	2,270	772,800	1,410	4,000
51	Negro	Amazon	2,250	720,114	1,398	26,700
52	Columbia	Pacific Ocean	2,250	415,211	1,398	7,500
53	Pearl	South China Sea	2,200	437,000	1,376	13,600
54	Red	Mississippi	2,188	78,592	1,360	875
55	Kasai	Congo	2,153	880,200	1,338	10,000
56	Ohio	Mississippi	2,102	490,603	1,306	7,957
57	Orinoco	Atlantic Ocean	2,101	1,380,000	1,306	33,000
58	Tarim	Lop Nur	2,100	557,000	1,305
59	Xingu	Amazon	2,100		1,305
60	Orange	Atlantic Ocean	2,092		1,300
61	Brazos-Double	Gulf of Mexico	2,060		1,280
62	Northern Salado	Paraná	2,010		1,249
63	Vitim	Lena	1,978		1,229
64	Tigris	Shatt al-Arab	1,950		1,212
65	Songhua	Amur	1,927		1,197
66	Tapajós	Amazon	1,900		1,181
67	Don	Sea of Azov	1,870	425,600	1,162	935
68	Stony Tunguska	Yenisey	1,865	240,000	1,159
69	Pechora	Barents Sea	1,809	322,000	1,124	4,100
70	Kama	Volga	1,805	507,000	1,122	4,100
71	Limpopo	Indian Ocean	1,800	413,000	1,118
72	Chulym	Ob	1,799	134,000	1,118
73	Guaporé	Mamoré	1,749		1,087
74	Indigirka	East Siberian Sea	1,726	360,400	1,072	1,810
75	Snake	Columbia	1,670	279,719	1,038	1,611
76	Senegal	Atlantic Ocean	1,641	419,659	1,020
77	Uruguay	Atlantic Ocean	1,610	370,000	1,000
78	Blue Nile	Nile	1,600	326,400	994
78	Churchill	Hudson Bay	1,600		994
78	Khatanga-Kotuy	Laptev Sea	1,600		994
78	Okavango	Okavango Delta	1,600		994
78	Volta	Gulf of Guinea	1,600		994
83	Beni	Madeira	1,599	283,350	994	8,900
84	Platte	Missouri	1,594		990
85	Tobol	Irtysh	1,591		989
86	Alazeya	East Siberian Sea	1,590	64,700	988
87	Jubba-Shebelle	Indian Ocean	1,580		982
88	Içá	Amazon	1,575		979
89	Magdalena	Caribbean	1,550	263,858	963	9,000
90	Han	Yangtze	1,532		952
91	Kura/Mt'k'vari	Caspian Sea	1,515	188,400	941	575
92	Oka	Volga	1,500	245,000	932	1,258
93	Upper Murray	Lower Murray	1,500		932
94	Guaviare	Orinoco	1,497		930
95	Pecos	Rio Grande	1,490		926
96	Murrumbidgee River	Murray River	1,485	84,917	923	120
97	Upper Yenisey	Yenisey	1,480		920
98	Godavari	Bay of Bengal	1,465	312,812	910	3,061
99	Colorado	Gulf of Mexico	1,438		894
100	Upper Tocantins	Tocantins	1,427		887
101	Belaya	Kama	1,420	142,000	882	858
101	Cooper-Barcoo	Lake Eyre	1,420		880
103	Marañón	Amazon	1,415		879
104	Dniester	Black Sea	1,411	72,100	877	310
105	Benue	Niger	1,400		870
105	Ili (Yili)	Lake Balkhash	1,400		870
105	Warburton-Georgina	Lake Eyre	1,400	365,000	870
108	Sutlej	Chenab	1,372		852
109	Yamuna	Ganges	1,370	366,223	851	2,950
109	Vyatka	Kama	1,370	129,000	851	890
111	Fraser	Pacific Ocean	1,368	220,000	850	3,475
112	Grande	Paraná	1,360		845
113	Liao-Xiliao-Laoha	Bohai Sea	1,345		836
114	Lachlan River	Murrumbidgee River	1,339	84,700	832	49
115	Narmada	Arabian Sea	1,333	98,796	815	1,447
116	Yalong	Yangtze	1,323		822
117	Iguaçu	Paraná	1,320		820
117	Olyokma	Lena	1,320		820
119	Northern Dvina-Sukhona	White Sea	1,302	357,052	809	3,332
120	Krishna	Bay of Bengal	1,300		808
120	Iriri	Xingu	1,300		808
122	Lomami	Congo	1,280		795
123	Ottawa	Saint Lawrence	1,271	146,300	790	1,950
124	Rio Grande de Santiago-Lerma	Pacific Ocean	1,270	119,543	789
125	Elbe-Vltava	North Sea	1,252	148,268	778	711
126	Zeya	Amur	1,242		772
127	Juruena	Tapajós	1,240		771
128	Upper Mississippi	Mississippi	1,236		768
129	Rhine	North Sea	1,233	185,000	768	2,330
130	Athabasca	Mackenzie	1,231	95,300	765
131	Canadian	Arkansas	1,223		760
132	North Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan	1,220		758
133	Vistula-Narew-Bug	Baltic Sea	1,213	194,424	754	1,080
134	Vaal	Orange	1,210		752
135	Shire	Zambezi	1,200		746
135	Ogooué (or Ogowe)	Atlantic Ocean	1,200	223,856	746	4,706
137	Nen	Songhua	1,190		739
138	Kızıl River	Black Sea	1,182	115,000	734	400
139	Markha	Vilyuy	1,181	99,000	734	405
140	Green	Colorado (western U.S.)	1,175		730
141	Milk	Missouri	1,173		729
142	Mun - Chi	Mekong River	1,162		722
142	White	Mississippi	1,162		722
144	Chindwin	Ayeyarwady	1,158		720
145	Sankuru	Kasai	1,150		715
145	Wu	Yangtze	1,150	80,300	715	1,108
147	Red (Asia)	Gulf of Tonkin	1,149	143,700	714	2,640
148	James (Dakotas)	Missouri	1,143		710
148	Kapuas	Natuna Sea	1,143		710
150	Desna	Dnieper	1,130	88,900	702	360
150	Helmand	Hamun-i-Helmand	1,130		702
150	Madre de Dios	Beni	1,130	125,000	702	4,915
150	Tietê	Paraná	1,130		702
150	Vychegda	Northern Dvina	1,130	121,000	702	1160
155	Sepik	Pacific Ocean	1,126	77,700	700
156	Cimarron	Arkansas	1,123		698
157	Anadyr	Gulf of Anadyr	1,120		696
157	Paraíba do Sul	Atlantic Ocean	1,120		696
159	Jialing River	Yangtze	1,119		695
160	Liard	Mackenzie	1,115		693
161	Cumberland	Mississippi	1,105	46,830	687	862
162	Huallaga	Marañón	1,100		684
162	Kwango	Kasai	1,100	263,500	684	2,700
162	Draa	Atlantic Ocean	1,100		684
165	Gambia	Atlantic Ocean	1,094		680
166	Tyung	Vilyuy	1,092	49,800	679
167	Chenab	Indus	1,086		675
168	Yellowstone	Missouri	1,080	114,260	671
168	Ghaghara	Ganges	1,080	127,950	671	2,990
170	Huai River	Yangtze	1,078	270,000	670	1,110
171	Aras	Kura	1,072	102,000	665	285
172	Chu	none	1,067	62,500	663
173	Seversky Donets	Don	1,053	98,900	654	159
174	Bermejo	Paraguay	1,050		652
174	Fly	Gulf of Papua	1,050		652
174	Kuskokwim	Bering Sea	1,050		652
177	Tennessee	Ohio	1,049		652
178	Oder-Warta	Baltic Sea	1,045	118,861	649	550
179	Aruwimi	Congo	1,030		640
180	Chambal	Yamuna	1,024		636
181	Daugava	Gulf of Riga	1,020	87,900	634	678
182	Gila	Colorado (western U.S.)	1,015		631
183	Loire	Atlantic Ocean	1,012	115,271	629	840
184	Essequibo	Atlantic Ocean	1,010		628
184	Khopyor	Don	1,010	61,100	628	150
186	Tagus (Tajo/Tejo)	Atlantic Ocean	1,006	80,100	625	444
187	Flinders River	Gulf of Carpentaria	1,004	109,000	624	122

List of Highest Mountains Peaks in the World

Rank	Mountain Name	Height (rounded) in Meters	Height (rounded) in Feets	Prominence (rounded) in Meters	Prominence (rounded) in Feets	Range	Parent Mountain	Country
1	Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, Chomolungma	8,848	29,029	8,848	29,029	Mahalangur Himalaya	-	Nepal, China
2	K2	8,611	28,251	4,020	13,190	Baltoro Karakoram	Mount Everest	Pakistan, China
3	Kangchenjunga	8,586	28,169	3,922	12,867	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	Mount Everest	Nepal, India
4	Lhotse	8,516	27,940	610	2,000	Mahalangur Himalaya	Mount Everest	China, Nepal
5	Makalu	8,485	27,838	2,378	7,802	Mahalangur Himalaya	Mount Everest	Nepal, China
6	Cho Oyu	8,188	26,864	2,340	7,680	Mahalangur Himalaya	Mount Everest	China, Nepal
7	Dhaulagiri I	8,167	26,795	3,357	11,014	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	K2	Nepal
8	Manaslu	8,163	26,781	3,092	10,144	Manaslu Himalaya	Cho Oyu	Nepal
9	Nanga Parbat	8,126	26,660	4,608	15,118	Nanga Parbat Himalaya	Dhaulagiri	Pakistan
10	Annapurna I	8,091	26,545	2,984	9,790	Annapurna Himalaya	Cho Oyu	Nepal
11	Gasherbrum I, Hidden Peak, K5	8,080	26,510	2,155	7,070	Baltoro Karakoram	K2	Pakistan, China
12	Broad Peak	8,051	26,414	1,701	5,581	Baltoro Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	China, Pakistan
13	Gasherbrum II, K4	8,035	26,362	1,524	5,000	Baltoro Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	Pakistan, China
14	Shishapangma, Gosainthan	8,027	26,335	2,897	9,505	Jugal Himalaya	Cho Oyu	China
15	Gyachung Kang	7,952	26,089	672	2,205	Mahalangur Himalaya	Cho Oyu	Nepal, China
16	Gasherbrum III, K3a	7,946	26,070	355	1,165	Baltoro Karakoram	Gasherbrum II	Pakistan, China
17	Annapurna II	7,937	26,040	2,437	7,995	Annapurna Himalaya	Annapurna I	Nepal
18	Gasherbrum IV, K3	7,932	26,024	712	2,336	Baltoro Karakoram	Gasherbrum III	Pakistan
19	Himalchuli	7,893	25,896	1,633	5,358	Manaslu Himalaya	Manaslu	Nepal
20	Distaghil Sar	7,884	25,866	2,525	8,284	Hispar Karakoram	K2	Pakistan
21	Ngadi Chuli	7,871	25,823	1,011	3,317	Manaslu Himalaya	Manaslu	Nepal
22	Nuptse	7,864	25,801	305	1,001	Mahalangur Himalaya	Lhotse	Nepal
23	Khunyang Chhish	7,823	25,666	1,765	5,791	Hispar Karakoram	Distaghil Sar	Pakistan
24	Masherbrum, K1	7,821	25,659	2,457	8,061	Masherbrum Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	Pakistan
25	Nanda Devi	7,816	25,643	3,139	10,299	Garhwal Himalaya	Dhaulagiri	India
26	Chomo Lonzo	7,804	25,604	590	1,940	Mahalangur Himalaya	Makalu	China
27	Batura Sar	7,795	25,574	3,118	10,230	Batura Karakoram	Distaghil Sar	Pakistan
28	Rakaposhi	7,788	25,551	2,818	9,245	Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram	Khunyang Chhish	Pakistan
29	Namcha Barwa	7,782	25,531	4,106	13,471	Assam Himalaya	Kangchenjunga	China
30	Kanjut Sar	7,760	25,460	1,660	5,450	Hispar Karakoram	Khunyang Chhish	Pakistan
31	Kamet	7,756	25,446	2,825	9,268	Garhwal Himalaya	Nanda Devi	India
32	Dhaulagiri II	7,751	25,430	2,397	7,864	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	Dhaulagiri	Nepal
33	Saltoro Kangri, K10	7,742	25,400	2,160	7,090	Saltoro Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	India, Pakistan
34	Kumbhakarna, Jannu	7,711	25,299	1,036	3,399	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	Kangchenjunga	Nepal
35	Tirich Mir	7,708	25,289	3,910	12,830	Hindu Kush	Batura Sar	Pakistan
36	Molamenqing	7,703	25,272	433	1,421	Langtang Himalaya	Shishapangma	China
37	Gurla Mandhata	7,694	25,243	2,788	9,147	Nalakankar Himalaya	Dhaulagiri	China
38	Saser Kangri I, K22	7,672	25,171	2,304	7,559	Saser Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	India
39	Chogolisa	7,665	25,148	1,624	5,328	Masherbrum Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	Pakistan
40	Dhaulagiri IV	7,661	25,135	469	1,539	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	Dhaulagiri II	Nepal
41	Kongur Tagh	7,649	25,095	3,585	11,762	Kongur Shan (Eastern Pamirs)	Distaghil Sar	China
42	Dhaulagiri V	7,618	24,993	340	1,120	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	Dhaulagiri IV	Nepal
43	Shispare	7,611	24,970	1,240	4,070	Batura Karakoram	Batura Sar	Pakistan
44	Trivor	7,577	24,859	997	3,271	Hispar Karakoram	Distaghil Sar	Pakistan
45	Gangkhar Puensum	7,570	24,840	2,995	9,826	Kula Kangri Himalaya	Kangchenjunga	Bhutan, China
46	Gongga Shan, Minya Konka	7,556	24,790	3,642	11,949	Daxue Mountains (Hengduan Shan)	Mount Everest	China
47	Annapurna III	7,555	24,787	703	2,306	Annapurna Himalaya	Annapurna I	Nepal
48	Skyang Kangri	7,545	24,754	1,085	3,560	Baltoro Karakoram	K2	Pakistan, China
49	Changtse	7,543	24,747	514	1,686	Mahalangur Himalaya	Mount Everest	China
50	Kula Kangri	7,538	24,731	1,654	5,427	Kula Kangri Himalaya	Gangkhar Puensum	China, Bhutan
51	Kongur Tiube	7,530	24,700	840	2,760	Kongur Shan (Eastern Pamirs)	Kongur Tagh	China
52	Annapurna IV	7,525	24,688	255	837	Annapurna Himalaya	Annapurna	Nepal
53	Mamostong Kangri	7,516	24,659	1,803	5,915	Rimo Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	India
54	Saser Kangri II E	7,513	24,649	1,458	4,783	Saser Karakoram	Saser Kangri I	India
55	Muztagh Ata	7,509	24,636	2,698	8,852	Muztagata (Eastern Pamirs)	Kongur Tagh	China
56	Ismoil Somoni Peak	7,495	24,590	3,402	11,161	Pamir (Academy of Sciences Range)	Muztagh Ata	Tajikistan
57	Saser Kangri III	7,495	24,590	835	2,740	Saser Karakoram	Saser Kangri I	India
58	Noshaq	7,492	24,580	2,024	6,640	Hindu Kush	Tirich Mir	Afghanistan, Pakistan
59	Pumari Chhish	7,492	24,580	884	2,900	Hispar Karakoram	Khunyang Chhish	Pakistan
60	Passu Sar	7,476	24,528	647	2,123	Batura Karakoram	Batura Sar	Pakistan
61	Yukshin Gardan Sar	7,469	24,505	1,374	4,508	Hispar Karakoram	Pumari Chhish	Pakistan
62	Teram Kangri I	7,462	24,482	1,703	5,587	Siachen Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	China, India
63	Jongsong Peak	7,462	24,482	1,298	4,259	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	Kangchenjunga	India, China, Nepal
64	Malubiting	7,458	24,469	2,193	7,195	Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram	Rakaposhi	Pakistan
65	Gangapurna	7,455	24,459	563	1,847	Annapurna Himalaya	Annapurna III	Nepal
66	Jengish Chokusu, Tömür, Pik Pobedy	7,439	24,406	4,148	13,609	Tian Shan	Ismail Samani Peak	Kyrgyzstan, China
67	Sunanda Devi, Nanda Devi East	7,434	24,390	229	751	Garhwal Himalaya	Nanda Devi	India
68	K12	7,428	24,370	1,978	6,490	Saltoro Karakoram	Saltoro Kangri	India, Pakistan
69	Yangra, Ganesh I	7,422	24,350	2,352	7,717	Ganesh Himalaya	Shishapangma	China, Nepal
70	Sia Kangri	7,422	24,350	642	2,106	Siachen Karakoram	Gasherbrum I	Pakistan, China
71	Momhil Sar	7,414	24,324	907	2,976	Hispar Karakoram	Trivor	Pakistan
72	Kabru N	7,412	24,318	720	2,360	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	Kangchenjunga	India, Nepal
73	Skil Brum	7,410	24,310	1,152	3,780	Baltoro Karakoram	K2	Pakistan
74	Haramosh Peak	7,409	24,308	2,277	7,470	Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram	Malubiting	Pakistan
75	Istor-o-Nal	7,403	24,288	1,043	3,422	Hindu Kush	Noshaq	Pakistan
76	Ghent Kangri	7,401	24,281	1,493	4,898	Saltoro Karakoram	Saltoro Kangri	India, Pakistan
77	Ultar	7,388	24,239	688	2,257	Batura Karakoram	Shispare	Pakistan
78	Rimo I	7,385	24,229	1,428	4,685	Rimo Karakoram	Teram Kangri I	India
79	Churen Himal	7,385	24,229	650	2,130	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	Dhaulagiri IV	Nepal
80	Teram Kangri III	7,382	24,219	520	1,710	Siachen Karakoram	Teram Kangri I	India, China
81	Sherpi Kangri	7,380	24,210	1,320	4,330	Saltoro Karakoram	Ghent Kangri	India, Pakistan
82	Labuche Kang	7,367	24,170	1,957	6,421	Labuche Himalaya	Cho Oyu	China
83	Kirat Chuli	7,362	24,154	1,168	3,832	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	Kangchenjunga	Nepal, India
84	Abi Gamin	7,355	24,131	217	712	Garhwal Himalaya	Kamet	India, China
85	Gimmigela Chuli, The Twins	7,350	24,110	432	1,417	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	Kangchenjunga	India, Nepal
86	Nangpai Gosum	7,350	24,110	427	1,401	Mahalangur Himalaya	Cho Oyu	Nepal, China
87	Saraghrar	7,349	24,111	1,979	6,493	Hindu Kush	Noshaq	Pakistan
88	Talung	7,349	24,111	366	1,201	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	Kabru	Nepal, India
89	Jomolhari, Chomo Lhari	7,326	24,035	2,341	7,680	Jomolhari Himalaya	Gangkhar Puensum	Bhutan, China
90	Chamlang	7,321	24,019	1,241	4,072	Mahalangur Himalaya	Lhotse	Nepal
91	Chongtar	7,315	23,999	1,295	4,249	Baltoro Karakoram	Skil Brum	China
92	Baltoro Kangri	7,312	23,990	1,140	3,740	Masherbrum Karakoram	Chogolisa	Pakistan
93	Siguang Ri	7,309	23,980	669	2,195	Mahalangur Himalaya	Cho Oyu	China
94	The Crown, Huang Guan Shan	7,295	23,934	1,919	6,296	Yengisogat Karakoram	Skil Brum (K2)	China
95	Gyala Peri	7,294	23,930	2,942	9,652	Assam Himalaya	Mount Everest	China
96	Porong Ri	7,292	23,924	512	1,680	Langtang Himalaya	Shishapangma	China
97	Baintha Brakk, The Ogre	7,285	23,901	1,891	6,204	Panmah Karakoram	Kanjut Sar	Pakistan
98	Yutmaru Sar	7,283	23,894	680	2,230	Hispar Karakoram	Yukshin Gardan Sar	Pakistan
99	K6, Baltistan Peak	7,282	23,891	1,962	6,437	Masherbrum Karakoram	Chogolisa	Pakistan
100	Kangpenqing, Gang Benchhen	7,281	23,888	1,345	4,413	Baiku Himalaya	Shishapangma	China
101	Muztagh Tower	7,276	23,871	1,710	5,610	Baltoro Karakoram	Skil Brum	Pakistan, China
102	Mana Peak	7,272	23,858	732	2,402	Garhwal Himalaya	Kamet	India
103	Dhaulagiri VI	7,268	23,845	488	1,601	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	Dhaulagiri IV	Nepal
104	Diran	7,266	23,839	1,329	4,360	Rakaposhi-Haramosh Karakoram	Malubiting	Pakistan
105	Labuche Kang III, Labuche Kang East	7,250	23,790	570	1,870	Labuche Himalaya	Labuche Himilaya	China
106	Putha Hiunchuli	7,246	23,773	1,151	3,776	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	Churen Himal	Nepal
107	Apsarasas Kangri	7,245	23,770	607	1,991	Siachen Karakoram	Teram Kangri I	India, China
108	Mukut Parbat	7,242	23,760	683	2,241	Garhwal Himalaya	Kamet	India, China
109	Rimo III	7,233	23,730	613	2,011	Rimo Karakoram	Rimo I	India
110	Langtang Lirung	7,227	23,711	1,534	5,033	Langtang Himalaya	Shishapangma	Nepal
111	Karjiang	7,221	23,691	895	2,936	Kula Kangri Himalaya	Kula Kangri	China
112	Annapurna Dakshin (Annapurna South)	7,219	23,684	769	2,523	Annapurna Himalaya	Annapurna	Nepal
113	Khartaphu	7,213	23,665	712	2,336	Mahalangur Himalaya	Mount Everest	China
114	Tongshanjiabu	7,207	23,645	1,757	5,764	Lunana Himalaya	Gangkhar Puensum	Bhutan, China
115	Malangutti Sar	7,207	23,645	507	1,663	Hispar Karakoram	Distaghil Sar	Pakistan
116	Noijin Kangsang, Norin Kang	7,206	23,642	2,160	7,090	Nagarze Himalaya	Gangkhar Puensum	China
117	Langtang Ri	7,205	23,638	665	2,182	Langtang Himalaya	Shishapangma	Nepal, China
118	Kangphu Kang, Shimokangri	7,204	23,635	1,244	4,081	Lunana Himalaya	Tongshanjiabu	Bhutan, China
119	Singhi Kangri	7,202	23,629	730	2,400	Siachen Karakoram	Teram Kangri III	India, China
120	Lupghar Sar	7,200	23,600	730	2,400	Hispar Karakoram	Momhil Sar	Pakistan

List of Deserts in the World by Area

Rank	Desert Name	Type	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)	Location	Country(s)
1	Antarctic Desert	Polar ice and tundra	14,200,000	5,482,651	Antarctica	-
2	Arctic Desert	Polar ice and tundra	13,900,000	5,366,820	Eastern Europe, Northern America, Northern Asia, Northern Europe	United States, Canada, Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Jan Mayen, Russia, Svalbard, and Sweden
3	Sahara Desert	Subtropical	9,200,000	3,552,140	Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, Western Africa	Algeria, Western Sahara, Chad, Eritrea, Egypt, Mali, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia, and Sudan
4	Great Australian	Subtropical	2,700,000	1,042,476	Australia	Australia
5	Arabian Desert	Subtropical	2,330,000	899,618	Western Asia	Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia
6	Gobi Desert	Cold winter	1,295,000	500,002	Eastern Asia	China, and Mongolia
7	Kalahari Desert	Subtropical	900,000	347,492	Southern Africa	South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia
8	Patagonian Desert	Cold winter	673,000	259,847	South America	Argentina
9	Syrian Desert	Subtropical	500,000	193,051	Western Asia	Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia
10	Great Basin	Cold winter	492,098	190,000	Northern America	United States
11	Chihuahuan Desert	Subtropical	453,248	175,000	Northern America	United States, and Mexico
12	Karakum Desert	Cold winter	350,000	135,136	Central Asia	Turkmenistan
13	Great Victoria	Subtropical	348,750	134,653	Western Australia, South Australia	Australia
14	Colorado Plateau	Cold winter	337,000	130,116	Northern America	United States
15	Sonoran Desert	Subtropical	310,000	119,692	Central America, Northern America	United States and Mexico
16	Kyzylkum Desert	Cold winter	300,000	115,831	Central Asia	Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan
17	Taklamakan Desert	Cold winter	270,000	104,248	Eastern Asia	China
18	Ogden Desert	Subtropical	256,000	98,842	Eastern Africa	Ethiopia, Somaliland, and Somalia
19	Thar Desert	Subtropical	238,254	77,220	Southern Asia	Pakistan and India
20	Puntland Desert	Subtropical	200,000	77,220	Eastern Africa	Somalia
21	Ustyurt Plateau	Temperate	200,000	77,220	Central Asia	Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan
22	Guban Desert	Subtropical	175,000	67,568	Eastern Africa	Somalia / Somaliland
23	Namib Desert	Cool coastal	160,000	61,776	Middle Africa, Southern Africa	Angola, South Africa, and Namibia
24	Dasht-e Margo	Subtropical	150,000	57,915	Southern Asia	Afghanistan
25	Registan Desert	Subtropical	146,000	56,371	Southern Asia	Afghanistan
26	Atacama Desert	Mild coastal	140,000	54,054	South America	Peru and Chile
27	Danakil Desert	Subtropical	137,000	52,896	Eastern Africa	Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea
28	Mojave Desert	Subtropical	124,000	47,877	Northern America	United States
29	Chalbi Desert	Subtropical	100,000	38,610	Eastern Africa	Kenya
30	Columbia Basin	Cold winter	83,139	32,100	Northern America	United States and Canada
31	Dasht-e Kavir	Subtropical	77,000	29,730	Southern Asia	Iran
32	Ferlo Desert	Subtropical	70,000	27,027	Western Africa	Senegal
33	Ladakh Desert	Cold winter	59,146	22,836	Southern Asia	India
34	Dasht-e Lut	Subtropical	52,000	20,077	Southern Asia	Iran

History of the World

Periodisation

In Western cultures, world history is often broken down into three main parts: ancient times, the medieval era, and modern times. This way of splitting up history isn't as clear in Arabic and Asian accounts of history. Some scholars, like Karl Jaspers, have talked about an "Axial Age" that lines up with what Western cultures call "classical antiquity." Jaspers also suggested a different way to look at history as a whole, dividing it into prehistory, history, and planetary history. According to him, the "history" part is actually a short phase between two much longer time periods.

Ancient history

Ancient history is the time from when people first started writing until around AD 650. This is about 5,000 years, starting with writing in Sumeria. This period includes all the places where people lived from 3000 BC to AD 650. People often break down ancient history into three parts: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. Recorded history is usually said to start with the Bronze Age. The timing of these three ages is different depending on where you are in the world.

During ancient history, the number of people in the world grew a lot because of the Neolithic Revolution, which was a big change in how people lived and farmed. In 10,000 BC, there were about 2 million people in the world. By 3,000 BC, that number grew to 45 million. In 1000 BC, it was 72 million, and by AD 500, it reached 209 million. So, in about 10,500 years, the world's population grew by 100 times.

Stone Age

The Stone Age is a very old time when people mostly used stone to make tools. This time lasted about 3.4 million years and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC when people started working with metal. People did use some simple metals like gold and copper for decorations during the Stone Age, but the age really ended when people started melting copper to make things. This happened around 3,000 BC in Western Asia, and then the Bronze Age began. In the Stone Age, people made different kinds of tools. Not just modern humans, but also earlier types of humans and maybe even some older relatives of humans. Some tools made of bone have also been found, but stone tools last longer so we find more of those. The Stone Age has different parts based on the kinds of stone tools people were using. The Stone Age is the first part of a system that archaeologists use to talk about human history. This system has three main parts: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. The Stone Age itself is often broken into three smaller parts: the Paleolithic era, which is the oldest and most basic; the Mesolithic era, which is a middle period with better tools; and the Neolithic era, which is the newest. During the Neolithic era, people started farming and living in towns instead of just hunting and gathering. This time also overlaps with another period called the Chalcolithic era, which comes right before the Bronze Age.

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a time in history from about 3300 BC to 1200 BC when people started using bronze to make things. This time comes after the Stone Age and is the second part in a system that divides ancient history into three main parts: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age.

People in the Bronze Age made bronze by melting copper and mixing it with other metals like tin. Bronze was better than other metals they had, making it easier for them to build things and improve their lives. Iron was also around, but it was harder to melt and work with, so people didn't use it much until later.

Bronze was not easy to find everywhere, so some places had to trade for it. The Bronze Age usually comes after a time called the Neolithic period, and sometimes there's a middle period called the Chalcolithic.

Not all places in the Bronze Age had writing, but some like Mesopotamia and Egypt did. They created early forms of writing like cuneiform and hieroglyphs.

The Bronze Age ended around the 12th century BC with a big collapse that affected many places, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. This was a tough time for many cultures and led to a period known as the Greek Dark Ages.

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the last part of the three Metal Ages, coming after the Copper and Bronze Ages. It's also seen as the last phase in a three-age system that starts with Prehistory, moves to Protohistory, and ends with the Iron Age. Before this, there was the Stone Age, which is broken down into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic ages. These ideas were first used to talk about Europe and the Ancient Near East but now apply to other old parts of the world too.

Iron from meteorites has been used for a long time, but the Iron Age is defined as the time when people started making iron and steel tools and weapons, replacing bronze ones. This change happened at different times in different places.

In places like Anatolia, the Caucasus, or Southeast Europe, the Iron Age began around 1300 BC. In the Ancient Near East, it started at the same time as the end of the Bronze Age, in the 12th century BC. The technology then moved to other parts of the Mediterranean and South Asia between the 12th and 11th centuries BC. It reached Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central Europe a bit later, and Northern Europe around the 5th century BC.

In India, the Iron Age is said to start with a culture known for making iron and having Painted Grey Ware, around the 15th century BC, and goes up to the time of Ashoka in the 3rd century BC. The term "Iron Age" is used less often for Asia and Africa. In Africa, some areas moved directly from using stone to iron, possibly as early as 2000 BC.

The idea that the Iron Age ends when written history begins doesn't work everywhere. For example, in China, people were writing before they started using iron. In the Ancient Near East, the starting of the Achaemenid Empire around 550 BC is often used as the end date for the Iron Age. In Central and Western Europe, it's the Roman conquests in the 1st century BC. In Scandinavia, it ends around AD 800 with the start of the Viking Age.

Medieval (Post-classical History)

In world history, the time from around 500 CE to 1500 CE is often called post-classical history. This time is also known by other names like the medieval era or the pre-modern era. During this period, civilizations grew bigger in terms of land and trade networks between different civilizations also developed.

In Asia, Islam spread quickly and started the Islamic Golden Age. This led to advances in science and more trade between Asia, Africa, and Europe. In East Asia, Imperial China became very powerful and had a big influence on places like Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Buddhism and a new form of Confucianism also became popular in East Asia. Gunpowder was invented in China during this time. The Mongol Empire helped make trade between Europe and Asia safer and more stable.

The world's population also changed a lot during this time. It doubled from about 210 million people in 500 CE to 461 million in 1500 CE. While the population mostly grew, there were some times when it dropped because of things like diseases or invasions. For example, the Plague of Justinian, the Mongol invasions, and the Black Death caused the population to go down temporarily.

Modern Era

The modern era is the time in human history that comes after the Middle Ages, which ended around 1500 AD, and goes up to today. This way of looking at history is mostly used for European and Western history.

The modern era can be broken down into smaller parts:

1. The early modern period is from around 1500 to 1800 AD. This time saw big changes in thinking, politics, and economics. It included the Age of Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and revolutions in places like America and France.

2.The late modern period starts around 1800, after the big revolutions of the 18th century. This period is about the shift from empires to nations, especially after World War I and World War II.

3. Contemporary history is the time after World War II in 1945 and goes up to today. Some people think of it as part of the late modern period, while others see it as a separate time.

During the modern era, there have been big developments in science, politics, war, and technology. This time has also been about exploring new places and globalization. European countries and later their colonies started to have a lot of influence around the world.

By the late 19th and early 20th century, modern ways of thinking and doing things became very popular, not just in Western Europe and North America but almost everywhere. This era has a lot to do with ideas like individualism, capitalism, and the growth of cities. It also believes in the good that can come from technology and political changes.

However, this time has also had its problems, like big wars and the breakdown of traditional beliefs. These issues have led to criticisms of modern life. For example, postmodernism questions the idea that progress is always good. Also, the way Western Europe and North America have dominated other places has been criticized.