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WORLD STATISTICS

Geography

Surface area (sq. km)

square kilometres. Produced by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAOSTAT).
Indicator code
AG.SRF.TOTL.K2
Unit
square kilometres
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Latest available
Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank — World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0

World trend

1990 – 2023

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Russian Federation17.13 million km²2024
  2. 2Canada15.63 million km²2024
  3. 3United States9.83 million km²2024
  4. 4China9.56 million km²2024
  5. 5Brazil8.51 million km²2024
  6. 6Australia7.74 million km²2024
  7. 7India3.29 million km²2024
  8. 8Argentina2.78 million km²2024
  9. 9Kazakhstan2.72 million km²2024
  10. 10Algeria2.38 million km²2024

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 216Gibraltar10 km²2024
  2. 215Naoero21 km²2024
  3. 214Tuvalu26 km²2024
  4. 213Macao SAR, China33 km²2024
  5. 210San Marino61 km²2024
  6. 209Monaco75 km²2024
  7. 208British Virgin Islands151 km²2024
  8. 207Liechtenstein160 km²2024

Revision history

Changes to previously published values detected during imports.

No revisions recorded since the first import.