Data for 2011

Land Area, 2011

Name: Land Area, 2011
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2011, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 2011 covers 220 countries. Russia is highest, at 16,376,870.0; Vatican City is lowest, at 0.4. The middle country reads 85,059.0. Against 2010, 24 values changed (9 up, 15 down), 3 countries joined.

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Land Area · Data for 2011

HighestRussia

16,376,870.0

LowestVatican City

0.4

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

220countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
215distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16,376,870.0
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9,388,211.0
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9,147,420.0
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8,965,590.0
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,358,140.0
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,682,300.0
7	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,973,190.0
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,736,690.0
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,699,700.0
10	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,381,740.0
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,267,050.0
12	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,149,690.0
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,943,950.0
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,877,519.0
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,759,540.0
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,628,760.0
17	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,557,251.9
18	Peru`PER`South America	1,280,000.0
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,266,700.0
20	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,259,200.0
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,246,700.0
22	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,220,190.0
23	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,213,090.0
24	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,122,877.7
25	Colombia`COL`South America	1,109,500.0
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,083,300.0
27	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,030,700.0
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	995,450.0
29	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	910,770.0
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	885,800.0
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	882,050.0
32	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	823,290.0
33	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	786,380.0
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	770,880.0
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	769,630.0
36	Chile`CHL`South America	743,532.0
37	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	743,390.0
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	653,290.0
39	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	652,230.0
40	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	627,340.0
41	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	622,980.0
42	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	581,795.0
43	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	579,320.0
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	569,140.0
45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	566,730.0
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	538,950.0
47	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	527,970.0
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	510,890.0
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	499,880.0
50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	472,710.0
51	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	469,930.0
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	452,860.0
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	446,300.0
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	435,809.0
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	434,320.0
56	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	410,450.0
57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	407,339.7
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	397,300.0
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	386,850.0
60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	365,244.0
61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	364,500.0
62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	348,560.0
63	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	341,500.0
64	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	328,550.0
65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	318,000.0
66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	313,284.0
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	309,500.0
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	306,230.0
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	303,890.0
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	298,170.0
71	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	295,718.0
72	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	273,600.0
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	263,310.0
74	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	257,670.0
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	248,360.0
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	245,720.0
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	241,930.0
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	230,800.0
79	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	230,170.0
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	227,540.0
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	202,910.0
82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	200,520.0
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	196,850.0
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	192,530.0
85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	191,800.0
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	183,630.0
87	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	176,520.0
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	175,020.0
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	160,507.6
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	155,360.0
91	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	143,350.0
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	139,960.0
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	130,170.0
94	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	128,900.0
95	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	120,820.0
96	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	120,410.0
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	120,340.0
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	112,760.0
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	111,890.0
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	108,560.0
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	107,160.0
102	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	106,863.0
103	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100,250.0
104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97,190.0
105	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	96,320.0
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	94,280.0
107	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91,590.0
108	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90,530.0
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88,780.0
110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	87,460.0
111	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82,658.0
112	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82,520.0
113	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	77,230.0
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	74,340.0
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	72,180.0
116	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71,020.0
117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69,490.0
118	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68,890.0
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	62,710.0
120	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62,674.0
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62,227.0
122	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55,964.0
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54,390.0
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51,200.0
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51,060.0
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48,310.0
127	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48,088.0
128	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	42,390.0
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	40,000.0
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39,512.6
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	38,117.0
132	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	35,410.0
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	33,720.0
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	32,850.0
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30,360.0
136	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	30,333.0
137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28,470.0
138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28,120.0
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28,050.0
140	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27,990.0
141	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27,560.0
142	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27,400.0
143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	25,680.0
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25,220.0
145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24,670.0
146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23,180.0
147	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22,810.0
148	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,640.0
149	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,720.0
150	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20,146.0
151	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18,280.0
152	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18,270.0
153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17,820.0
154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17,200.0
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,870.0
156	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13,450.0
157	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12,190.0
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11,610.0
159	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,830.0
160	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10,230.0
161	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,120.0
162	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10,010.0
163	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,240.0
164	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8,870.0
165	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,020.0
166	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5,270.0
167	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,130.0
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,030.0
169	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3,471.0
170	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2,830.0
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,574.5
172	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,997.0
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,861.0
174	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	1,396.0
175	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,050.0
176	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	960.0
177	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	950.0
178	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	810.0
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	767.0
180	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	750.0
181	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	720.0
182	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	703.5
183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	700.0
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	610.0
185	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	570.0
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	540.0
187	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	470.0
=188	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	460.0
=188	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	460.0
=188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	460.0
191	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	444.0
192	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	440.0
193	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	430.0
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	390.0
195	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	350.0
196	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	340.0
197	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	320.0
198	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	300.0
=199	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	260.0
=199	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	260.0
=201	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	240.0
=201	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	240.0
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	200.0
204	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	198.0
=205	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	180.0
=205	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	180.0
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	160.0
208	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	150.0
209	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	100.0
210	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	90.0
211	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	60.0
212	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	54.0
213	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	50.0
214	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	34.0
215	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	30.0
216	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	29.9
217	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.0
218	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10.0
219	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.0
220	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0.4

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Russia16,376,870.0
2China9,388,211.0
3United States9,147,420.0
4Canada8,965,590.0
5Brazil8,358,140.0

Lowest

220Vatican City0.4
219Monaco2.0
218Gibraltar10.0
217Nauru20.0
216Macau29.9

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 85,059.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
24values changed, of 217 in both
9 · 15rose · fell
193unchanged

Rose most

Cuba106,440.0 → 106,863.0+423.0
Madagascar581,540.0 → 581,795.0+255.0
Romania230,050.0 → 230,170.0+120.0
Myanmar653,260.0 → 653,290.0+30.0
Belarus202,902.0 → 202,910.0+8.0

Fell most

Spain500,010.0 → 499,880.0−130.0
Uzbekistan435,892.0 → 435,809.0−83.0
Ethiopia1,122,957.6 → 1,122,877.7−79.9
Poland306,280.0 → 306,230.0−50.0
Mongolia1,557,292.4 → 1,557,251.9−40.5

+ Curaçao

+ Saint Martin

+ Sint Maarten

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

215 distinct values among 220
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 3 countries share 460.0. 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 220 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2011). Land Area, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/2011

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07Questions

Land Area, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 2011?

Russia, at 16,376,870.0, of the 220 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Land Area, 2011 cover?

220.

Where can I download Land Area, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Land Area, 2024.

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