Data for 1988

Land Area, 1988

Name: Land Area, 1988
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

Figures for 1988, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 1988 covers 186 countries. China is highest, at 9,388,250; Vatican City is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 98,355. Against 1987, 2 values changed (1 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Area · Data for 1988

HighestChina

9,388,250

LowestVatican City

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

186countries
1measure
1988the year it describes
183distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Land Area, 1988, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Land Area, 1988: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9,388,250
2	United States`USA`Northern America	9,158,960
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8,965,590
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,358,140
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,682,300
6	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,973,190
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,736,690
8	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,381,740
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,267,050
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,149,690
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,943,950
12	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,811,570
13	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,759,540
14	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,628,760
15	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,547,439
16	Peru`PER`South America	1,280,000
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,266,700
18	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,259,200
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,246,700
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,220,190
21	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,213,090
22	Colombia`COL`South America	1,109,500
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,083,300
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,030,700
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	995,450
26	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	910,770
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	885,800
28	Venezuela`VEN`South America	882,050
29	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	823,290
30	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	786,380
31	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	770,880
32	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	769,630
33	Chile`CHL`South America	743,532
34	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	743,390
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	653,540
36	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	652,230
37	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	627,340
38	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	622,980
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	581,540
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	569,140
41	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	566,730
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	538,950
43	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	527,970
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	510,890
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	499,440
46	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	472,710
47	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	452,860
48	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	446,300
49	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	437,370
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	407,340
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	397,300
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	386,850
53	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	365,244
54	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	364,600
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	349,130
56	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	341,700
57	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	341,500
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	328,550
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	325,490
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	318,000
61	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	309,500
62	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	306,290
63	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	304,590
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	298,170
65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	294,110
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	276,840
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	273,600
68	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	263,310
69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	257,670
70	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	245,720
71	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	241,930
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	230,800
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	230,340
74	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	227,540
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	199,810
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	196,850
77	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	192,530
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	183,780
79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	176,520
80	Uruguay`URY`South America	175,020
81	Suriname`SUR`South America	160,508
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	155,360
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	143,000
84	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	130,170
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	128,900
86	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	120,410
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	120,340
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	112,760
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	111,890
90	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	110,630
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	107,400
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	107,160
93	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100,250
94	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96,460
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	96,320
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	94,280
97	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91,500
98	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	89,870
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88,240
100	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82,520
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	74,340
102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	72,180
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71,020
104	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68,890
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	62,710
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54,390
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51,060
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48,310
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	46,723
110	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	40,000
111	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39,529
112	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	35,410
113	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	33,760
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30,360
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28,120
116	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28,050
117	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27,990
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27,560
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27,400
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	25,680
121	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24,670
122	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23,180
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22,810
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,640
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,720
126	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18,280
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18,270
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17,820
129	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17,200
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,870
131	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12,190
132	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11,610
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,830
134	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10,230
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,120
136	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10,010
137	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,240
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8,870
139	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,020
140	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5,270
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,130
142	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,030
143	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3,660
144	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2,830
145	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,030
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,861
147	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	1,396
148	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	990
149	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	960
150	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	950
151	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	810
152	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	750
153	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	720
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	690
155	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	670
156	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	610
157	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	570
158	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	540
159	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	470
160	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	460
161	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	440
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	430
163	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	390
164	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	350
165	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	340
166	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	320
167	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	300
=168	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	260
=168	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	260
=170	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	240
=170	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	240
172	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	200
173	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	198
174	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	180
175	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	160
176	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	150
177	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	100
178	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	90
179	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	60
180	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	54
181	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	30
=182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	20
=182	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20
184	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10
185	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2
186	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China9,388,250
2United States9,158,960
3Canada8,965,590
4Brazil8,358,140
5Australia7,682,300

Lowest

186Vatican City0
185Monaco2
184Gibraltar10
182Naurushared20
182Macaushared20

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98,355. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
2values changed, of 186 in both
1 · 1rose · fell
184unchanged

Rose most

Switzerland39,529 → 39,529+0

Fell most

Hungary89,880 → 89,870−10

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

183 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 2 countries share 260. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1988). Land Area, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/1988

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07Questions

Land Area, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 1988?

China, at 9,388,250, of the 186 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Land Area, 1988 cover?

186.

Where can I download Land Area, 1988?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Land Area, 1988 the newest?

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