根据google的数据,得出以下结论:
1.不算水上面积,中国的陆上领土是大于美国的,仅次于俄罗斯。
2.多于950万近960万 平方公里的这个数,是对中国领土面积相当保守的估计。
3.在某些排名里,中国领土面积比美国少,台湾、藏南、阿克赛钦未被算在内并不是主因,主因是,美国加入了沿海水域(coastal water)和领海(sea territory)的面积,而中国未加入。如果两国都不算沿海水域(coastal water)和领海(sea territory),则中国第三,美国第四。
请见分析:
先上一张图,分析在图里,来自List of countries and dependencies by area。
由图可见,中国领土面积比美国少,台湾、藏南、阿克赛钦并不是主因,主因是,美国在计算领土面积时,加入了沿海水域(coastal water)和领海(sea territory)。
翻译一段关于中美领土排名争议的说明(同样摘自上述网页,直接看下边下划线翻译即可)。
Disputed Ranking Explanation: The dispute for world's third-largest country arose from the inclusion of Coastal and Territorial waters for United States. This discrepancy was deduced from comparing the CIA World Factbook and its previous iterations[8]against the information for United States onEncyclopaedia Britannica, particularly its footnote section.[5]In sum, according to older versions of the CIA World Factbook (from 1982 to 1996), the US was listed as the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and China) with