Data for 2023

Land Area, 2023

Name: Land Area, 2023
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 2023, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 2023 covers 221 countries. Russia is highest, at 16,376,870; Vatican City is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 87,589. Against 2022, 42 values changed (23 up, 19 down), 1 left.

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Land Area · Data for 2023

HighestRussia

16,376,870

LowestVatican City

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

221countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
219distinct values14 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, 2023, 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, 2023: 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	8,788,700
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	1,892,410
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	1,558,500
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	1,122,135
26	Colombia`COL`South America	1,109,500
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,087,959
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	499,697
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	407,270
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	396,012
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	386,850
62	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	364,500
63	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	364,270
64	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	349,430
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	306,270
71	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	303,960
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	298,170
73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	295,720
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	227,533
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	211,140
84	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	202,983
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	120,800
98	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	120,410
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	112,760
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	111,890
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	108,560
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	107,160
103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	103,800
104	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100,830
105	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97,600
106	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	96,320
107	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	94,280
108	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91,606
109	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	91,260
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88,794
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	87,589
112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82,650
113	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82,520
114	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	77,167
115	Panama`PAN`Central America	74,180
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	72,180
117	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71,020
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69,490
119	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68,890
120	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62,600
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62,230
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	61,860
123	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55,960
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54,390
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51,200
126	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50,560
127	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48,198
128	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48,080
129	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	42,730
130	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	40,000
131	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39,510
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	38,140
133	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	35,410
134	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	33,670
135	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	32,930
136	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	30,494
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30,360
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28,199
139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28,120
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28,052
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27,990
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27,560
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27,400
144	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	25,680
145	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25,220
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23,770
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23,180
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22,810
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,640
150	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,720
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20,135
152	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18,576
153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18,270
154	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17,820
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17,200
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,870
157	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13,450
158	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12,189
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11,490
160	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,830
161	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10,230
162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,120
163	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10,010
164	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,240
165	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8,870
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,025
167	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5,270
168	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,128
169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,030
170	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3,471
171	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2,780
172	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,574
173	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,000
174	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,861
175	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	1,370
176	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,050
177	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	960
178	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	948
179	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	811
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	800
181	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	751
182	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	724
183	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	720
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	701
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	610
186	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	572
187	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	541
188	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	468
189	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	459
=190	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	457
=190	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	457
192	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	444
193	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	440
194	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	430
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	389
196	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	348
197	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	344
198	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	315
199	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	298
200	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	261
201	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	259
=202	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	240
=202	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	240
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	199
205	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	198
206	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	181
207	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	180
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	160
209	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	151
210	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	102
211	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	91
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	61
213	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	54
214	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	53
215	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	34
216	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	33
217	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	26
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	21
219	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	10
220	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2
221	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Russia16,376,870
2China9,388,210
3United States9,147,420
4Canada8,788,700
5Brazil8,358,140

Lowest

221Vatican City0
220Monaco2
219Gibraltar10
218Nauru21
217Tuvalu26

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 87,589. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
42values changed, of 221 in both
23 · 19rose · fell
179unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia1,557,510 → 1,558,500+990
Poland306,090 → 306,270+180
Germany349,360 → 349,430+70
Moldova32,880 → 32,930+50
Finland303,948 → 303,960+12

Fell most

Ethiopia1,122,480 → 1,122,135−345
Indonesia1,892,556 → 1,892,410−145
Chile742,915 → 742,832−83
Spain499,714 → 499,697−16
Sweden407,280 → 407,270−10

− Nicaragua

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

219 distinct values among 221
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 457. 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 221 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2023). Land Area, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/2023

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07Questions

Land Area, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 2023?

Russia, at 16,376,870, of the 221 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Land Area, 2023 cover?

221.

Where can I download Land Area, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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