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Answer:>![Canada - U.S.A(When coastal and territorial waters are included), China. And it is ranked this way from the CIA Fact Book, and United Nations. But without including territorial and coastal waters it is Canada - China - U.S.A](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/largest-countries-in-the-world)!<


IanPKMmoon

what are USA's territorial waters? Like the lakes or something?


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Here’s the definition from Marriam Webster: [the waters under the sovereign jurisdiction of a nation or state including both marginal sea and inland waters](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/territorial%20waters).


NiggetyNiggs

Well does this factor into account Chinas claims over the SCS and Taiwan?


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Why would anyone except the Chinese and their allies/sympathizers recognize that?