Data for 2005

Land Area, 2005

Name: Land Area, 2005
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 2005, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 2005 covers 215 countries. Russia is highest, at 16,381,390; Vatican City is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 89,610. Against 2004, 21 values changed (10 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Area · Data for 2005

HighestRussia

16,381,390

LowestVatican City

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

215countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
210distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16,381,390
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9,388,212
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9,161,920
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8,965,590
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,358,140
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,682,300
7	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,973,190
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,736,690
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,699,700
10	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,381,740
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,267,050
12	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,149,690
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,943,950
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,877,519
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,759,540
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,628,760
17	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,554,444
18	Peru`PER`South America	1,280,000
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,266,700
20	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,259,200
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,246,700
22	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,220,190
23	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,213,090
24	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,122,978
25	Colombia`COL`South America	1,109,500
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,083,300
27	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,030,700
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	995,450
29	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	910,770
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	885,800
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	882,050
32	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	823,290
33	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	786,380
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	770,880
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	769,630
36	Chile`CHL`South America	743,532
37	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	743,390
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	653,360
39	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	652,230
40	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	627,340
41	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	622,980
42	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	581,540
43	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	579,380
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	569,140
45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	566,730
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	538,950
47	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	527,970
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	510,890
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	499,090
50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	472,710
51	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	469,930
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	452,860
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	446,300
54	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	437,370
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	435,849
56	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	410,450
57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	407,340
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	397,300
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	386,850
60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	365,244
61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	364,500
62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	348,760
63	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	341,500
64	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	328,550
65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	318,000
66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	312,837
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	309,500
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	306,330
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	304,590
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	298,170
71	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	295,718
72	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	273,600
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	263,310
74	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	257,670
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	248,360
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	245,720
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	241,930
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	230,800
79	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	229,980
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	227,540
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	202,833
82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	199,810
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	196,850
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	192,530
85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	191,800
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	183,570
87	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	176,520
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	175,020
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	160,508
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	155,360
91	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	143,350
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	139,960
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	130,170
94	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	128,900
95	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	120,820
96	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	120,410
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	120,340
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	112,760
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	111,890
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	108,640
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	107,160
102	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	106,440
103	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100,250
104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96,850
105	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	96,320
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	94,280
107	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91,470
108	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	89,610
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88,240
110	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82,660
111	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82,520
112	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	77,260
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	74,340
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	72,180
115	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71,020
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69,490
117	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68,890
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	62,710
119	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62,680
120	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62,227
121	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55,964
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54,390
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51,200
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51,060
125	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48,310
126	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48,100
127	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	42,390
128	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	40,000
129	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39,517
130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	38,117
131	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	35,410
132	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	33,760
133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	32,890
134	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30,360
135	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	30,333
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28,470
137	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28,120
138	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28,050
139	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27,990
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27,560
141	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27,400
142	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	25,680
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25,430
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24,670
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23,180
146	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22,810
147	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,640
148	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,720
149	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20,140
150	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18,280
151	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18,270
152	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17,820
153	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17,200
154	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,870
155	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12,190
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11,610
157	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,830
158	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10,230
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,120
160	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10,010
161	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,240
162	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8,870
163	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,020
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5,270
165	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,130
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,030
167	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3,471
168	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2,830
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,575
170	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,030
171	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,861
172	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	1,396
173	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,050
174	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	960
175	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	950
176	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	810
177	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	750
178	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	740
179	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	720
180	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	700
181	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	689
182	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	610
183	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	570
184	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	540
185	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	470
=186	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	460
=186	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	460
=186	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	460
189	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	440
190	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	430
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	390
192	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	350
193	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	340
194	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	320
195	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	300
=196	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	260
=196	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	260
=198	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	240
=198	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	240
200	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	200
201	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	198
=202	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	180
=202	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	180
204	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	160
205	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	150
206	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	100
207	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	90
208	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	60
209	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	54
210	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	30
211	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	28
212	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20
213	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10
214	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2
215	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Russia16,381,390
2China9,388,212
3United States9,161,920
4Canada8,965,590
5Brazil8,358,140

Lowest

215Vatican City0
214Monaco2
213Gibraltar10
212Nauru20
211Macau28

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 89,610. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
21values changed, of 215 in both
10 · 11rose · fell
194unchanged

Rose most

Vietnam310,070 → 312,837+2,767
Russia16,381,230 → 16,381,390+160
Ethiopia1,122,884 → 1,122,978+93
Ukraine579,340 → 579,380+40
Cuba106,410 → 106,440+30

Fell most

Bulgaria108,760 → 108,640−120
Spain499,180 → 499,090−90
Myanmar653,420 → 653,360−60
Portugal91,500 → 91,470−30
Romania230,000 → 229,980−20

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

210 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 3 countries share 460. 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 215 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2005). Land Area, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/2005

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07Questions

Land Area, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 2005?

Russia, at 16,381,390, of the 215 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Land Area, 2005 cover?

215.

Where can I download Land Area, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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