Area and Boundaries
- Area
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- Total: 207,600 km²
- country comparison to the world: 92
- Land: 207,600 km²
- Water:
- Area comparative
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- Australia comparative: slightly smaller than Victoria
- Canada comparative: half the size of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Europe comparative: 13th place, slightly smaller than the United Kingdom or Romania
- United States comparative: slightly smaller than Kansas
- Land boundaries
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- Total: 3,306 km
- Border countries: Latvia 171 km, Lithuania 680 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
- Coastline
- 0 km (landlocked)
- Maritime claims
- None (landlocked)
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Neman River 90 m
- Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
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