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Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

World Bank code: AG.SRF.TOTL.K2 • Data available for 216 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Russian Federation led Surface area (sq. km) at 17.13M.

The world median across 215 reporting countries was 103,000.00.

What this measures: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

How "Agriculture" indicators are measured

Agricultural indicators are compiled by the FAO and national agriculture ministries. Many are reported as percentages (share of land, share of GDP, share of employment) so per-capita normalization is rarely needed. Weather-driven variability means single-year readings can be misleading — a 5-year rolling average is often more meaningful than a single point.

Distribution — 2023

Reporting
215 countries
Median
103,000.00
Mean
653,670.96
25th percentile
11,300.00
75th percentile
475,440.00
Range
10.00 – 17.13M

World at a Glance — 2023

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 200.00ASAustralia: 7.74MAUBrunei Darussalam: 5,770.00BNCambodia: 181,040.00KHChina: 9.56MCNFiji: 18,270.00FJFrench Polynesia: 3,471.00PFGuam: 540.00GUHong Kong SAR, China: 1,110.00HKIndonesia: 1.92MIDJapan: 377,969.27JPKiribati: 810.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 120,540.00KPKorea, Rep.: 100,450.00KRLao PDR: 236,800.00LAMacao SAR, China: 33.00MOMalaysia: 330,411.00MYMarshall Islands: 180.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 700.00FMMongolia: 1.56MMNMyanmar: 676,590.00MMNauru: 20.00NRNew Caledonia: 18,580.00NCNew Zealand: 267,710.00NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 460.00MPPalau: 460.00PWPapua New Guinea: 462,840.00PGPhilippines: 300,000.00PHSamoa: 2,840.00WSSingapore: 728.00SGSolomon Islands: 28,900.00SBThailand: 513,115.02THTimor-Leste: 14,870.00TLTonga: 750.00TOTuvalu: 30.00TVVanuatu: 12,190.00VUViet Nam: 331,338.31VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 28,750.00ALAndorra: 470.00ADArmenia: 29,740.00AMAustria: 83,879.00ATAzerbaijan: 86,600.00AZBelarus: 207,629.00BYBelgium: 30,689.00BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 51,210.00BABulgaria: 110,996.76BGCroatia: 88,070.00HRCyprus: 9,250.00CYCzechia: 78,871.43CZDenmark: 42,920.00DKEstonia: 45,340.00EEFaroe Islands: 12,960.00FOFinland: 338,480.00FIFrance: 606,410.00FRGeorgia: 69,700.00GEGermany: 357,680.00DEGibraltar: 10.00GIGreece: 131,960.00GRGreenland: 410,450.00GLHungary: 93,030.00HUIceland: 103,000.00ISIreland: 70,280.00IEIsle of Man: 570.00IMItaly: 302,070.00ITKazakhstan: 2.72MKZKyrgyz Republic: 199,950.00KGLatvia: 64,590.00LVLiechtenstein: 160.00LILithuania: 65,290.00LTLuxembourg: 2,590.00LUMoldova: 33,850.00MDMonaco: 74.90MCMontenegro: 13,888.00MENetherlands: 41,540.00NLNorth Macedonia: 25,710.00MKNorway: 624,500.00NOPoland: 313,930.00PLPortugal: 92,230.00PTRomania: 238,400.00RORussian Federation: 17.13MRUSan Marino: 60.00SMSerbia: 84,990.00RSSlovak Republic: 49,030.00SKSlovenia: 20,480.00SISpain: 505,975.98ESSweden: 528,660.00SESwitzerland: 41,290.70CHTajikistan: 141,379.00TJTurkiye: 785,350.00TRTurkmenistan: 491,209.00TMUkraine: 603,550.00UAUnited Kingdom: 243,610.00GBUzbekistan: 448,920.00UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 440.00AGArgentina: 2.78MARAruba: 180.00AWBahamas, The: 13,880.00BSBarbados: 430.00BBBelize: 22,966.00BZBolivia: 1.10MBOBrazil: 8.51MBRBritish Virgin Islands: 150.00VGCayman Islands: 264.00KYChile: 757,244.88CLColombia: 1.14MCOCosta Rica: 51,100.00CRCuba: 109,880.00CUCuracao: 444.00CWDominica: 750.00DMDominican Republic: 146,839.46DOEcuador: 256,370.00ECEl Salvador: 21,040.00SVGrenada: 340.00GDGuatemala: 108,890.00GTGuyana: 214,970.00GYHaiti: 27,750.00HTHonduras: 112,490.00HNJamaica: 10,990.00JMMexico: 1.96MMXNicaragua: 130,370.00NIPanama: 75,320.00PAParaguay: 406,752.00PYPeru: 1.29MPEPuerto Rico (US): 8,870.00PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 34.00SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 260.00KNSt. Lucia: 620.00LCSt. Martin (French part): 50.00MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 390.00VCSuriname: 163,820.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 5,130.00TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 950.00TCUruguay: 176,220.00UYVenezuela, RB: 912,050.00VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 350.00VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 652,870.00AFAlgeria: 2.38MDZBahrain: 800.00BHDjibouti: 23,200.00DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 1.00MEGIran, Islamic Rep.: 1.75MIRIraq: 435,050.00IQIsrael: 22,070.00ILJordan: 89,318.00JOKuwait: 17,820.00KWLebanon: 10,450.00LBLibya: 1.76MLYMalta: 320.00MTMorocco: 446,550.00MAOman: 309,500.00OMPakistan: 796,100.00PKQatar: 11,490.00QASaudi Arabia: 2.15MSASyrian Arab Republic: 185,180.00SYTunisia: 163,610.00TNUnited Arab Emirates: 98,647.90AEWest Bank and Gaza: 6,025.00PSYemen, Rep.: 527,970.00YENorth AmericaBermuda: 4,290.00BMCanada: 15.63MCAUnited States: 9.83MUSSouth AsiaBangladesh: 147,570.00BDBhutan: 38,390.00BTIndia: 3.29MINMaldives: 300.00MVNepal: 147,180.00NPSri Lanka: 65,610.00LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 1.25MAOBenin: 114,760.00BJBotswana: 581,730.00BWBurkina Faso: 274,200.00BFBurundi: 27,830.00BICabo Verde: 4,030.00CVCameroon: 475,440.00CMCentral African Republic: 622,980.00CFChad: 1.28MTDComoros: 1,861.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 2.34MCDCongo, Rep.: 342,000.00CGCote d'Ivoire: 322,460.00CIEquatorial Guinea: 28,050.00GQEritrea: 121,765.80EREswatini: 17,360.00SZEthiopia: 1.14METGabon: 267,670.00GAGambia, The: 11,300.00GMGhana: 238,539.00GHGuinea: 245,860.00GNGuinea-Bissau: 36,130.00GWKenya: 591,969.00KELesotho: 30,360.00LSLiberia: 111,370.00LRMadagascar: 587,295.00MGMalawi: 118,480.00MWMali: 1.24MMLMauritania: 1.03MMRMauritius: 2,010.00MUMozambique: 799,380.00MZNamibia: 824,290.00NANiger: 1.27MNENigeria: 923,770.00NGRwanda: 26,338.00RWSao Tome and Principe: 960.00STSenegal: 196,710.00SNSeychelles: 460.00SCSierra Leone: 72,300.00SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 637,660.00SOSouth Africa: 1.22MZASouth Sudan: 646,883.00SSSudan: 1.88MSDTanzania: 947,300.00TZTogo: 56,790.00TGUganda: 241,550.00UGZambia: 752,610.00ZMZimbabwe: 390,760.00ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Surface area (sq. km)
1 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 17.125M
2 Canada North America 15.634M
3 United States North America 9.832M
4 China East Asia & Pacific 9.563M
5 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 8.510M
6 Australia East Asia & Pacific 7.741M
7 India South Asia 3.287M
8 Argentina Latin America & Caribbean 2.780M
9 Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia 2.725M
10 Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.382M

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 85 715,070.63
Upper middle income 53 839,518.16
Lower middle income 50 386,452.79
Low income 25 555,714.47
Not classified 2 1.02M

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 670,131.57
Europe & Central Asia 56 516,112.76
Latin America & Caribbean 42 488,357.69
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 558,023.52
North America 3 8.49M
South Asia 6 614,385.00
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 507,083.14

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Surface area (sq. km)
1 Gibraltar 10.00
2 Nauru 20.00
3 Tuvalu 30.00
4 Macao SAR, China 33.00
5 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 34.00
6 St. Martin (French part) 50.00
7 San Marino 60.00
8 Monaco 74.90
9 British Virgin Islands 150.00
10 Liechtenstein 160.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.