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Geography Statistics > Land area > sq. km (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Greenland: 7,209.098 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 2   Mongolia: 613.352 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 3   Namibia: 405.312 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 4   Australia: 377.899 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 5   Suriname: 347.255 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 6   Iceland: 337.826 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 7   Mauritania: 334.085 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 8   Botswana: 321.107 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 9   Libya: 300.599 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 10   Canada: 281.542 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 11   Guyana: 262.041 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 12   Gabon: 186.199 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 13   Kazakhstan: 178.244 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 14   Central African Republic: 154.289 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 15   Chad: 129.163 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 16   Oman: 120.57 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 17   Bolivia: 118.098 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 18   Russia: 114.464 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 19   Turkmenistan: 97.228 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 20   Niger: 90.757 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 21   Mali: 90.261 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 22   Saudi Arabia: 86.509 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 23   Congo, Republic of the: 85.398 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 24   Angola: 78.205 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 25   Belize: 78.17 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 26   New Caledonia: 77.96 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 27   Papua New Guinea: 76.924 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 28   Somalia: 76.246 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 29   Bhutan: 73.825 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 30   Algeria: 72.495 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 31   Argentina: 70.629 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 32   Paraguay: 67.354 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 33   Norway: 65.814 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 34   Sudan: 65.576 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 35   New Zealand: 65.381 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 36   Zambia: 63.709 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 37   Solomon Islands: 58.588 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 38   Finland: 58.06 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 39   Vanuatu: 57.672 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 40   Equatorial Guinea: 55.708 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 41   Uruguay: 50.537 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 42   Afghanistan: 46.556 km² per 1,000 people  1989 Time series
# 43   Chile: 45.952 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 44   Peru: 45.766 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 45   Sweden: 45.471 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 46   Brazil: 45.382 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 47   Mozambique: 39.616 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 48   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 39.394 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 49   Laos: 38.959 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 50   Kyrgyzstan: 37.29 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 51   Venezuela: 33.188 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 52   Estonia: 31.491 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 53   Madagascar: 31.256 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 54   Bahamas, The: 30.985 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 55   United States: 30.91 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 56   Zimbabwe: 29.736 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 57   Liberia: 29.337 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 58   Djibouti: 29.228 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 59   Faroe Islands: 28.965 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 60   Cameroon: 28.514 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 61   Latvia: 27.077 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 62   Guinea: 26.135 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 63   South Africa: 25.901 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 64   Yemen: 25.172 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 65   Colombia: 24.331 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 66   Iran: 23.973 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 67   Nicaragua: 23.576 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 68   Tanzania: 23.053 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 69   Panama: 23.033 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 70   Eritrea: 22.947 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 71   Palau: 22.886 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 72   Fiji: 21.552 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 73   Tajikistan: 21.509 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 74   Belarus: 21.224 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 75   Ecuador: 20.928 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 76   Burkina Faso: 20.684 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 77   Mexico: 18.515 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 78   United Arab Emirates: 18.442 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 79   Lithuania: 18.358 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 80   Iraq: 17.954 km² per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 81   Guinea-Bissau: 17.726 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 82   Côte d'Ivoire: 17.517 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 83   Lesotho: 16.91 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 84   Kenya: 16.614 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 85   Ireland: 16.564 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 86   Senegal: 16.515 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 87   Uzbekistan: 16.257 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 88   Jordan: 16.123 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 89   Georgia: 15.531 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 90   Honduras: 15.53 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 91   Tunisia: 15.491 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 92   Samoa: 15.299 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 93   East Timor: 15.243 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 94   Swaziland: 15.208 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 95   Morocco: 14.794 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 96   French Polynesia: 14.263 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 97   Brunei: 14.098 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 98   Bulgaria: 14.036 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 99   Ethiopia: 14.034 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 100   Qatar: 13.533 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 101   Egypt: 13.446 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 102   Benin: 13.108 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 103   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13.104 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 104   Burma: 13.016 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 105   Malaysia: 12.962 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 105   Sierra Leone: 12.962 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 107   Serbia and Montenegro: 12.648 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 108   Croatia: 12.585 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 109   Cambodia: 12.545 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 110   Macedonia, Republic of: 12.502 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 111   Ukraine: 12.308 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 112   Cyprus: 12.193 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 113   Costa Rica: 11.8 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 114   Greece: 11.608 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 115   Spain: 11.503 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 116   Turkey: 10.68 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 117   Romania: 10.63 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 118   Dominica: 10.417 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 119   Ghana: 10.29 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 120   Slovenia: 10.067 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 121   Austria: 10.014 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 122   Azerbaijan: 9.855 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 123   Cuba: 9.745 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 124   Syria: 9.651 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 125   Armenia: 9.349 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 126   France: 9.037 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 127   Slovakia: 8.929 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 128   Hungary: 8.884 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 129   Togo: 8.851 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 130   Albania: 8.755 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 131   Portugal: 8.673 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 132   Guatemala: 8.606 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 133   Indonesia: 8.214 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 134   Poland: 8.026 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 135   Thailand: 7.954 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 136   Cape Verde: 7.952 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 137   Denmark: 7.834 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 138   Moldova: 7.815 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 139   Czech Republic: 7.549 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 140   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7.5 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 141   Kiribati: 7.374 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 142   Man, Isle of: 7.333 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 143   Malawi: 7.302 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 144   China: 7.149 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 145   Andorra: 7.069 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 146   Tonga: 7.037 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 147   Kuwait: 7.028 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 148   Nigeria: 6.924 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 149   Uganda: 6.84 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 150   Gambia, The: 6.592 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 151   Micronesia, Federated States of: 6.336 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 152   São Tomé and Príncipe: 6.133 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 153   Northern Mariana Islands: 6.03 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 154   Cayman Islands: 5.778 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 155   Luxembourg: 5.671 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 156   Seychelles: 5.444 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 157   Dominican Republic: 5.439 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 158   Switzerland: 5.378 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 159   Korea, North: 5.354 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 160   Antigua and Barbuda: 5.315 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 161   Nepal: 5.27 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 162   Italy: 5.018 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 163   Pakistan: 4.949 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 164   Liechtenstein: 4.604 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 165   Netherlands Antilles: 4.38 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 166   Germany: 4.229 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 167   Jamaica: 4.08 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 168   United Kingdom: 4.017 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 169   Trinidad and Tobago: 3.93 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 170   Vietnam: 3.73 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 171   Comoros: 3.714 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 172   Saint Lucia: 3.702 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 173   Philippines: 3.59 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 174   American Samoa: 3.431 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 175   Burundi: 3.402 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 176   Sri Lanka: 3.293 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 177   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 3.276 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 178   Guam: 3.242 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 179   Haiti: 3.232 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 180   Virgin Islands: 3.22 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 181   Grenada: 3.192 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 182   Israel: 3.126 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 183   El Salvador: 3.011 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 184   Belgium: 2.885 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 185   Lebanon: 2.86 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 186   Japan: 2.853 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 187   Marshall Islands: 2.845 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 188   Rwanda: 2.73 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 189   India: 2.716 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 190   Puerto Rico: 2.267 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 191   San Marino: 2.128 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 192   Mayotte: 2.078 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 193   Netherlands: 2.076 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 194   Korea, South: 2.044 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 195   Aruba: 1.894 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 196   Mauritius: 1.633 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 197   Barbados: 1.595 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 198   Bahrain: 0.977 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 199   Bangladesh: 0.918 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 200   Maldives: 0.911 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 201   Malta: 0.793 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 202   Bermuda: 0.791 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 203   Singapore: 0.159 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 204   Hong Kong: 0.15 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 205   Macau: 0.061 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 206   Monaco: 0.058 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
Weighted average: 75.6 km² per 1,000 people  



DEFINITION: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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