Data for 2020

Land Area, 2020

Name: Land Area, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2020, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 2020 covers 222 countries. Russia is highest, at 16,376,870; Vatican City is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 88,191. Against 2019, 25 values changed (11 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Area · Data for 2020

HighestRussia

16,376,870

LowestVatican City

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

222countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
218distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9,388,210
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9,147,420
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8,965,590
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,358,140
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7,692,020
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	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,868,000
16	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,759,540
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,622,500
18	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,557,507
19	Peru`PER`South America	1,280,000
20	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,266,700
21	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,259,200
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,246,700
23	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,220,190
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,213,090
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,122,802
26	Colombia`COL`South America	1,109,500
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,083,300
28	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,030,700
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	995,450
30	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	910,770
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	884,000
32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	882,050
33	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	823,290
34	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	786,380
35	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	770,880
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	769,630
37	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	743,390
38	Chile`CHL`South America	742,832
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	652,670
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	652,230
41	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	631,930
42	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	627,340
43	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	622,980
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	581,800
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	580,876
46	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	579,400
47	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	566,730
48	France`FRA`Western Europe	538,950
49	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	527,970
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	510,890
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	499,557
52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	472,710
53	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	469,930
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	452,860
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	446,300
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	440,650
57	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	434,130
58	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	410,450
59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	407,280
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	397,300
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	386,850
62	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	364,500
63	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	364,285
64	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	349,390
65	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	341,500
66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	328,550
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	318,000
68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	313,429
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	309,500
70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	306,130
71	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	303,940
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	298,170
73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	295,717
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	273,600
75	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	263,310
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	257,670
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	248,360
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	245,720
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	241,930
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	230,800
81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	230,080
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	227,530
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	211,120
84	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	202,980
85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	200,520
86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	192,530
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	191,800
88	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	183,630
89	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	176,520
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	175,020
91	Suriname`SUR`South America	160,508
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	155,360
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	143,350
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	138,790
95	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	130,170
96	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	128,900
97	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	120,810
98	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	120,410
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	120,340
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	112,760
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	111,890
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	108,560
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	107,160
104	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	103,800
105	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100,830
106	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97,600
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	96,320
108	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	94,280
109	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91,606
110	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	91,260
111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88,794
112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	87,589
113	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82,646
114	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82,520
115	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	77,199
116	Panama`PAN`Central America	74,180
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	72,180
118	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71,020
119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69,490
120	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68,890
121	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62,620
122	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62,230
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	61,860
124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55,960
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54,390
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51,200
127	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51,060
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48,198
129	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48,080
130	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	42,750
131	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	40,000
132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39,510
133	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	38,140
134	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	35,410
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	33,670
136	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	32,885
137	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	30,494
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30,360
139	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28,197
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28,120
141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28,050
142	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27,990
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27,560
144	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27,400
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	25,680
146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25,220
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24,670
148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23,180
149	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22,810
150	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,640
151	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,720
152	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20,136
153	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18,280
154	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18,270
155	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17,820
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17,200
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,870
158	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13,450
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12,190
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11,490
161	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,830
162	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10,230
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,120
164	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10,010
165	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,240
166	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8,870
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,020
168	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5,270
169	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,130
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,030
171	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3,471
172	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2,780
173	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,574
174	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,000
175	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,861
176	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	1,366
177	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,050
178	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	960
179	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	950
180	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	810
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	785
182	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	750
183	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	720
184	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	717
185	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	700
186	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	610
187	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	570
188	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	540
189	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	470
=190	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	460
=190	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	460
192	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	459
193	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	444
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	440
195	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	430
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	390
197	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	350
198	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	340
199	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	320
200	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	300
=201	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	260
=201	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	260
=203	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	240
=203	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	240
205	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	200
206	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	198
=207	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	180
=207	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	180
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	160
210	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	150
211	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	100
212	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	90
213	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	60
214	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	54
215	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	50
216	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	34
217	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	33
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	30
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20
220	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10
221	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Russia16,376,870
2China9,388,210
3United States9,147,420
4Canada8,965,590
5Brazil8,358,140

Lowest

222Vatican City0
221Monaco2
220Gibraltar10
219Nauru20
218Tuvalu30

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 88,191. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
25values changed, of 222 in both
11 · 14rose · fell
197unchanged

Rose most

Guyana196,850 → 211,120+14,270
Kenya578,920 → 580,876+1,956
Mongolia1,557,258 → 1,557,507+249
Serbia87,460 → 87,589+129
Uzbekistan440,555 → 440,650+95

Fell most

Tanzania885,800 → 884,000−1,800
Norway365,094 → 364,285−809
Armenia28,470 → 28,197−273
Ethiopia1,122,912 → 1,122,802−110
Faroe Islands1,396 → 1,366−30

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

218 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 2 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 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020). Land Area, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/2020

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07Questions

Land Area, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 2020?

Russia, at 16,376,870, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Land Area, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Land Area, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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