| Countries by Area (Vanuatu) | Country | Flag | Area (km²) |
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1 | Russia |  | 17,075,400 | 2 | Canada |  | 9,984,670 | 3 | United States of America |  | 9,826,680 | 4 | China |  | 9,640,820 | 5 | Brazil |  | 8,514,880 | 6 | Australia |  | 7,617,930 | 7 | India |  | 3,287,260 | 8 | Argentina |  | 2,780,400 | 9 | Kazakhstan |  | 2,724,900 | 10 | Algeria |  | 2,381,740 | 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo |  | 2,345,410 | 12 | Saudi Arabia |  | 2,250,000 | 13 | Mexico |  | 1,972,550 | 14 | Indonesia |  | 1,904,570 | 15 | Sudan |  | 1,886,070 | 16 | Libya |  | 1,759,540 | 17 | Iran |  | 1,648,200 | 18 | Mongolia |  | 1,564,120 | 19 | Peru |  | 1,285,220 | 20 | Niger |  | 1,267,000 | 21 | Angola |  | 1,246,700 | 22 | Mali |  | 1,240,190 | 23 | South Africa |  | 1,221,040 | 24 | Colombia |  | 1,141,750 | 25 | Ethiopia |  | 1,104,300 | 26 | Bolivia |  | 1,098,580 | 27 | Mauritania |  | 1,030,700 | 28 | Egypt |  | 1,002,450 | 29 | Tanzania |  | 945,203 | 30 | Nigeria |  | 923,768 | 31 | Venezuela |  | 916,445 | 32 | Namibia |  | 825,418 | 33 | Mozambique |  | 801,590 | 34 | Pakistan |  | 796,095 | 35 | Turkey |  | 783,562 | 36 | Chile |  | 756,096 | 37 | Zambia |  | 752,618 | 38 | Burma |  | 676,578 | 39 | France |  | 674,843 | 40 | Afghanistan |  | 647,500 | 41 | Somalia |  | 637,657 | 42 | Central African Republic |  | 622,984 | 43 | South Sudan |  | 619,745 | 44 | Ukraine |  | 603,628 | 45 | Madagascar |  | 587,041 | 46 | Botswana |  | 581,730 | 47 | Kenya |  | 580,367 | 48 | Yemen |  | 527,829 | 49 | Thailand |  | 513,120 | 50 | Spain |  | 504,645 | 51 | Turkmenistan |  | 491,210 | 52 | Cameroon |  | 475,442 | 53 | Papua New Guinea |  | 462,840 | 54 | Sweden |  | 449,964 | 55 | Uzbekistan |  | 447,400 | 56 | Morocco |  | 446,550 | 57 | Iraq |  | 438,317 | 58 | Paraguay |  | 406,752 | 59 | Zimbabwe |  | 390,757 | 60 | Norway |  | 385,252 | 61 | Japan |  | 377,944 | 62 | Germany |  | 357,021 | 63 | Finland |  | 338,424 | 64 | Vietnam |  | 331,210 | 65 | Malaysia |  | 329,847 | 66 | Ivory Coast |  | 322,463 | 67 | Poland |  | 312,685 | 68 | Oman |  | 309,501 | 69 | Italy |  | 301,338 | 70 | Philippines |  | 300,000 | 71 | Ecuador |  | 276,841 | 72 | Burkina Faso |  | 274,200 | 73 | New Zealand |  | 268,021 | 74 | Gabon |  | 267,667 | 75 | Guinea |  | 245,857 | 76 | United Kingdom |  | 243,610 | 77 | Ghana |  | 238,535 | 78 | Romania |  | 238,391 | 79 | Laos |  | 236,800 | 80 | Uganda |  | 236,040 | 81 | Guyana |  | 214,970 | 82 | Belarus |  | 207,595 | 83 | Kyrgyzstan |  | 199,900 | 84 | Senegal |  | 196,723 | 85 | Syria |  | 185,180 | 86 | Uruguay |  | 176,215 | 87 | Suriname |  | 163,821 | 88 | Tunisia |  | 163,610 | 89 | Bangladesh |  | 147,570 | 90 | Nepal |  | 147,181 | 91 | Tajikistan |  | 143,100 | 92 | Greece |  | 131,990 | 93 | Nicaragua |  | 130,373 | 94 | Korea, North |  | 120,540 | 95 | Malawi |  | 118,484 | 96 | Eritrea |  | 117,600 | 97 | Benin |  | 112,622 | 98 | Honduras |  | 112,492 | 99 | Liberia |  | 111,369 | 100 | Bulgaria |  | 110,994 | 101 | Cuba |  | 109,884 | 102 | Guatemala |  | 108,889 | 103 | Iceland |  | 103,001 | 104 | Korea, South |  | 100,210 | 105 | Hungary |  | 93,030 | 106 | Portugal |  | 92,212 | 107 | Jordan |  | 89,342 | 108 | Serbia |  | 88,361 | 109 | Azerbaijan |  | 86,600 | 110 | Austria |  | 83,855 | 111 | United Arab Emirates |  | 83,600 | 112 | Czech Republic |  | 78,866 | 113 | Panama |  | 75,517 | 114 | Sierra Leone |  | 71,740 | 115 | Ireland |  | 70,273 | 116 | Georgia |  | 69,700 | 117 | Sri Lanka |  | 65,610 | 118 | Lithuania |  | 65,300 | 119 | Latvia |  | 64,589 | 120 | Togo |  | 56,785 | 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |  | 51,197 | 122 | Costa Rica |  | 51,100 | 123 | Slovakia |  | 49,035 | 124 | Dominican Republic |  | 48,442 | 125 | Estonia |  | 45,227 | 126 | Denmark |  | 43,094 | 127 | Netherlands |  | 42,508 | 128 | Switzerland |  | 41,285 | 129 | Bhutan |  | 38,394 | 130 | Taiwan |  | 36,193 | 131 | Guinea-Bissau |  | 36,125 | 132 | Moldova |  | 33,846 | 133 | Belgium |  | 30,528 | 134 | Lesotho |  | 30,355 | 135 | Armenia |  | 29,743 | 136 | Albania |  | 28,748 | 137 | Solomon Islands |  | 28,400 | 138 | Burundi |  | 27,834 | 139 | Haiti |  | 27,750 | 140 | Rwanda |  | 26,338 | 141 | Macedonia |  | 25,713 | 142 | Djibouti |  | 23,200 | 143 | Belize |  | 22,966 | 144 | El Salvador |  | 21,040 | 145 | Israel |  | 20,770 | 146 | Slovenia |  | 20,273 | 147 | Fiji |  | 18,274 | 148 | Kuwait |  | 17,820 | 149 | Swaziland |  | 17,364 | 150 | Montenegro |  | 13,812 | 151 | Vanuatu |  | 12,190 | 152 | Qatar |  | 11,437 | 153 | Lebanon |  | 10,452 | 154 | Cyprus |  | 9,251 | 155 | Brunei |  | 5,765 | 156 | Trinidad and Tobago |  | 5,131 | 157 | Cape Verde |  | 4,033 | 158 | Samoa |  | 2,831 | 159 | Luxembourg |  | 2,586 | 160 | Mauritius |  | 2,040 | 161 | São Tomé and Príncipe |  | 1,001 | 162 | Kiribati |  | 811 | 163 | Dominica |  | 790 | 164 | Bahrain |  | 765 | 165 | Tonga |  | 748 | 166 | Singapore |  | 710 | 167 | Federated States of Micronesia |  | 702 | 168 | Saint Lucia |  | 617 | 169 | Andorra |  | 468 | 170 | Palau |  | 459 | 171 | Seychelles |  | 451 | 172 | Antigua and Barbuda |  | 440 | 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |  | 389 | 174 | Malta |  | 316 | 175 | Maldives |  | 298 | 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |  | 261 | 177 | Marshall Islands |  | 181 | 178 | Liechtenstein |  | 160 | 179 | Anguilla |  | 91 | 180 | San Marino |  | 61 | 181 | Tuvalu |  | 26 | 182 | Nauru |  | 21 | 183 | Monaco |  | 1 | 184 | Vatican City |  | 0 |
| Vanuatu Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some 1,750 kilometres east of northern Australia, 500 kilometres northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.
Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were the members of a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived in Espiritu Santo in 1605; he claimed the archipelago for Spain and named Espiritu Santo. In the 1880s France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the country, and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through a British–French Condominium. An independence movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was founded in 1980.
The nation's name was derived from the word vanua ("land" or "home"), which occurs in several Austronesian languages, and the word tu ("stand"). Together the two words indicated the independent status of the new nation. |