Water bodies in any country of the world are extraordinarily important for the survival and development of humans. Ecosystems rely on water sources just as much as they rely on everything else to thrive. We directly use the inland water biodiversity to get food (through fishing), and we also use technology for water purification and waste treatment to ensure access to safe drinking water.
Besides the obvious implications water bodies have in the lives of the inhabitants of a country, they can also be great touristic points. Lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, springs and all of that can be a great attraction for a lot of people, especially those who love being in the midst of nature and its beautiful creations.
| Rank | Country | Water Surface |
| 1 | Canada | 891,163 sq km |
| 2 | Russia | 720,500 sq km |
| 3 | United States | 685,924 sq km |
| 4 | India | 314,070 sq km |
| 5 | China | 270,550 sq km |
| 6 | Brazil | 157,630 sq km |
| 7 | Sudan | 129,813 sq km |
| 8 | Iran | 116,600 sq km |
| 9 | Colombia | 100,210 sq km |
| 10 | Indonesia | 93,000 sq km |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 77,810 sq km |
| 12 | Tanzania | 61,500 sq km |
| 13 | Australia | 58,920 sq km |
| 14 | Uganda | 43,938 sq km |
| 15 | Argentina | 43,710 sq km |
| 16 | Sweden | 39,960 sq km |
| 17 | Finland | 34,330 sq km |
| 18 | Venezuela | 30,000 sq km |
| 19 | Pakistan | 25,220 sq km |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 25,200 sq km |
| 21 | Chad | 24,800 sq km |
| 22 | Malawi | 24,404 sq km |
| 23 | Ukraine | 24,220 sq km |
| 24 | Burma | 23,070 sq km |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 22,000 sq km |
| 26 | Vietnam | 21,140 sq km |
| 27 | Mexico | 20,430 sq km |
| 28 | Mali | 20,002 sq km |
| 29 | Norway | 19,520 sq km |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 18,290 sq km |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 18,170 sq km |
| 32 | Guyana | 18,120 sq km |
| 33 | Eritrea | 16,600 sq km |
| 34 | Bolivia | 15,280 sq km |
| 35 | Liberia | 15,049 sq km |
| 36 | Botswana | 15,000 sq km |
| 37 | Turkey | 13,930 sq km |
| 38 | Japan | 13,430 sq km |
| 39 | Mozambique | 13,000 sq km |
| 40 | Nigeria | 13,000 sq km |
| 41 | Chile | 12,290 sq km |
| 42 | Kenya | 11,227 sq km |
| 43 | Ghana | 11,000 sq km |
| 44 | Mongolia | 10,560 sq km |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 10,380 sq km |
| 46 | Somalia | 10,320 sq km |
| 47 | Gabon | 10,000 sq km |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 9,980 sq km |
| 49 | Paraguay | 9,450 sq km |
| 50 | Zambia | 9,220 sq km |
| 51 | Romania | 8,500 sq km |
| 52 | Poland | 8,430 sq km |
| 53 | Germany | 8,350 sq km |
| 54 | Tunisia | 8,250 sq km |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 8,150 sq km |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 8,005 sq km |
| 57 | Suriname | 7,820 sq km |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 7,730 sq km |
| 59 | Netherlands | 7,650 sq km |
| 60 | Italy | 7,200 sq km |
| 61 | Ecuador | 6,720 sq km |
| 62 | Spain | 6,390 sq km |
| 63 | Egypt | 6,000 sq km |
| 64 | Laos | 6,000 sq km |
| 65 | Madagascar | 5,501 sq km |
| 66 | Peru | 5,220 sq km |
| 67 | Belarus | 4,700 sq km |
| 68 | South Africa | 4,620 sq km |
| 69 | Cambodia | 4,520 sq km |
| 70 | Cote d’Ivoire | 4,460 sq km |
| 71 | New Zealand | 4,301 sq km |
| 72 | Senegal | 4,192 sq km |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 3,971 sq km |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 3,910 sq km |
| 75 | Bahamas | 3,870 sq km |
| 76 | Nepal | 3,830 sq km |
| 77 | Taiwan | 3,720 sq km |
| 78 | Hungary | 3,420 sq km |
| 79 | France | 3,374 sq km |
| 80 | Estonia | 2,840 sq km |
| 81 | South Korea | 2,800 sq km |
| 82 | Iceland | 2,750 sq km |
| 83 | Cameroon | 2,730 sq km |
| 84 | Lithuania | 2,620 sq km |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 2,590 sq km |
| 86 | Togo | 2,400 sq km |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 2,390 sq km |
| 88 | Latvia | 2,340 sq km |
| 89 | Thailand | 2,230 sq km |
| 90 | Burundi | 2,150 sq km |
| 91 | Benin | 2,000 sq km |
| 92 | Philippines | 1,830 sq km |
| 93 | Guatemala | 1,730 sq km |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 1,680 sq km |
| 95 | Rwanda | 1,670 sq km |
| 96 | Czechia | 1,620 sq km |
| 97 | Virgin Islands | 1,564 sq km |
| 98 | Syria | 1,550 sq km |
| 99 | Armenia | 1,540 sq km |
| 100 | Austria | 1,426 sq km |
| 101 | Ireland | 1,390 sq km |
| 102 | Albania | 1,350 sq km |
| 103 | Greece | 1,310 sq km |
| 104 | Switzerland | 1,280 sq km |
| 105 | Uruguay | 1,200 sq km |
| 106 | Malaysia | 1,190 sq km |
| 107 | Gambia | 1,180 sq km |
| 108 | Panama | 1,080 sq km |
| 109 | Cuba | 1,040 sq km |
| 110 | Namibia | 1,002 sq km |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 980 sq km |
| 112 | Moldova | 960 sq km |
| 113 | Iraq | 950 sq km |
| 114 | Slovakia | 930 sq km |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 910 sq km |
| 116 | Denmark | 660 sq km |
| 117 | Croatia | 620 sq km |
| 118 | Portugal | 620 sq km |
| 119 | Jordan | 540 sq km |
| 120 | Brunei | 500 sq km |
| 121 | Congo Republic | 500 sq km |
| 122 | Israel | 440 sq km |
| 123 | Burkina Faso | 400 sq km |
| 124 | Montenegro | 360 sq km |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 350 sq km |
| 126 | French Polynesia | 340 sq km |
| 127 | El Salvador | 320 sq km |
| 128 | New Caledonia | 300 sq km |
| 129 | Niger | 300 sq km |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 280 sq km |
| 131 | Belgium | 250 sq km |
| 132 | Morocco | 250 sq km |
| 133 | West Bank | 220 sq km |
| 134 | Honduras | 200 sq km |
| 135 | Haiti | 190 sq km |
| 136 | Lebanon | 170 sq km |
| 137 | Belize | 160 sq km |
| 138 | Eswatini | 160 sq km |
| 139 | Jamaica | 160 sq km |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 145 sq km |
| 141 | Guinea | 140 sq km |
| 142 | North Korea | 130 sq km |
| 143 | Slovenia | 122 sq km |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 120 sq km |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 40 sq km |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 35 sq km |
| 147 | Tonga | 30 sq km |
| 148 | Djibouti | 20 sq km |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 sq km |
| 150 | Cyprus | 10 sq km |
| 151 | Mauritius | 10 sq km |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 10 sq km |
| 153 | Samoa | 10 sq km |
| 154 | Singapore | 10 sq km |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 0 sq km |
| 156 | Algeria | 0 sq km |
| 157 | American Samoa | 0 sq km |
| 158 | Andorra | 0 sq km |
| 159 | Angola | 0 sq km |
| 160 | Anguilla | 0 sq km |
| 161 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 sq km |
| 162 | Aruba | 0 sq km |
| 163 | Bahrain | 0 sq km |
| 164 | Barbados | 0 sq km |
| 165 | Bermuda | 0 sq km |
| 166 | Bhutan | 0 sq km |
| 167 | British Virgin Islands | 0 sq km |
| 168 | Cabo Verde | 0 sq km |
| 169 | Cayman Islands | 0 sq km |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 0 sq km |
| 171 | Christmas Island | 0 sq km |
| 172 | Cocos Islands | 0 sq km |
| 173 | Comoros | 0 sq km |
| 174 | Cook Islands | 0 sq km |
| 175 | Curacao | 0 sq km |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 sq km |
| 177 | Falkland Islands | 0 sq km |
| 178 | Faroe Islands | 0 sq km |
| 179 | Fiji | 0 sq km |
| 180 | Gaza Strip | 0 sq km |
| 181 | Georgia | 0 sq km |
| 182 | Gibraltar | 0 sq km |
| 183 | Grenada | 0 sq km |
| 184 | Guam | 0 sq km |
| 185 | Guernsey | 0 sq km |
| 186 | Vatican City | 0 sq km |
| 187 | Isle of Man | 0 sq km |
| 188 | Jersey | 0 sq km |
| 189 | Kiribati | 0 sq km |
| 190 | Kosovo | 0 sq km |
| 191 | Kuwait | 0 sq km |
| 192 | Lesotho | 0 sq km |
| 193 | Libya | 0 sq km |
| 194 | Liechtenstein | 0 sq km |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 0 sq km |
| 196 | Macau | 0 sq km |
| 197 | Maldives | 0 sq km |
| 198 | Malta | 0 sq km |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 0 sq km |
| 200 | Mauritania | 0 sq km |
| 201 | Micronesia | 0 sq km |
| 202 | Monaco | 0 sq km |
| 203 | Montserrat | 0 sq km |
| 204 | Nauru | 0 sq km |
| 205 | Niue | 0 sq km |
| 206 | Norfolk Island | 0 sq km |
| 207 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 sq km |
| 208 | Oman | 0 sq km |
| 209 | Palau | 0 sq km |
| 210 | Pitcairn Islands | 0 sq km |
| 211 | Qatar | 0 sq km |
| 212 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0 sq km |
| 213 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 sq km |
| 214 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 sq km |
| 215 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 sq km |
| 216 | San Marino | 0 sq km |
| 217 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 sq km |
| 218 | Saudi Arabia | 0 sq km |
| 219 | Serbia | 0 sq km |
| 220 | Seychelles | 0 sq km |
| 221 | Sint Maarten | 0 sq km |
| 222 | Svalbard | 0 sq km |
| 223 | Timor-Leste | 0 sq km |
| 224 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 sq km |
| 225 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 sq km |
| 226 | Tuvalu | 0 sq km |
| 227 | United Arab Emirates | 0 sq km |
| 228 | Vanuatu | 0 sq km |
| 229 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 sq km |
| 230 | Western Sahara | 0 sq km |
| 231 | Yemen | 0 sq km |
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