Maptheory
demographic2015

Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2015. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•215 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
526.4square kilometers
Median: 22.7square kilometers
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
32,989.8square kilometers
Lowest
Botswana
0.0square kilometers
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China32,989.8square kilometers
2Vietnam12,038.4square kilometers
3Bangladesh7,024.5square kilometers
4India7,009.4square kilometers
5Japan6,558.8square kilometers
By Region
Asia3,097.9square kilometers(26 countries)
North America1,433.5square kilometers(4 countries)
Africa737.2square kilometers(9 countries)
Oceania435.2square kilometers(2 countries)
Europe348.5square kilometers(32 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0square kilometers)High (32,989.8square kilometers)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 526.4square kilometers)

Asia (26)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Other (135)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2015. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1People's Republic of China32,989.8square kilometers
2Vietnam12,038.4square kilometers
3Bangladesh7,024.5square kilometers
4India7,009.4square kilometers
5Japan6,558.8square kilometers
6Indonesia5,029.2square kilometers
7United States of America5,004.0square kilometers
8Egypt4,819.9square kilometers
9Netherlands4,256.9square kilometers
10Thailand4,007.0square kilometers
11Malaysia1,730.8square kilometers
12Philippines1,511.5square kilometers
13Brazil1,503.7square kilometers
14Italy1,081.1square kilometers
15Nigeria989.3square kilometers
16Germany852.2square kilometers
17Spain844.3square kilometers
18United Kingdom825.8square kilometers
19Australia751.9square kilometers
20France735.7square kilometers
21Türkiye643.4square kilometers
22Russian Federation581.0square kilometers
23United Arab Emirates529.0square kilometers
24Belgium521.0square kilometers
25South Korea438.0square kilometers
26Mexico425.8square kilometers
27Saudi Arabia379.5square kilometers
28Myanmar365.9square kilometers
29Denmark355.7square kilometers
30Venezuela328.3square kilometers
31Tunisia328.1square kilometers
32Canada290.6square kilometers
33Ghana286.6square kilometers
34Sri Lanka276.9square kilometers
35Sweden274.4square kilometers
36Islamic Republic of Iran259.7square kilometers
37Iraq251.3square kilometers
38Benin247.0square kilometers
39Argentina243.1square kilometers
40Libya237.8square kilometers
41Ukraine222.8square kilometers
42Poland222.0square kilometers
43Greece209.3square kilometers
44Suriname207.1square kilometers
45Puerto Rico178.0square kilometers
46North Korea166.8square kilometers
47Senegal165.4square kilometers
48Algeria164.5square kilometers
49Morocco156.3square kilometers
50Ecuador149.6square kilometers
51Guyana147.9square kilometers
52Oman141.9square kilometers
53Norway131.0square kilometers
54Colombia130.4square kilometers
55Mozambique126.8square kilometers
56Finland125.8square kilometers
57Liberia124.4square kilometers
58Portugal121.9square kilometers
59New Zealand118.4square kilometers
60Jamaica116.7square kilometers
61Mauritania115.1square kilometers
62Cote d'Ivoire112.7square kilometers
63Bahrain108.0square kilometers
64Madagascar106.0square kilometers
65Cuba104.9square kilometers
66Qatar102.2square kilometers
67South Africa99.2square kilometers
68Latvia91.3square kilometers
69Angola90.1square kilometers
70Guinea87.1square kilometers
71Kuwait79.3square kilometers
72Hong Kong72.5square kilometers
73Israel71.2square kilometers
74Pakistan70.0square kilometers
75Dominican Republic69.8square kilometers
76Chile66.5square kilometers
77Albania66.4square kilometers
78Croatia65.7square kilometers
79Haiti63.7square kilometers
80Peru58.6square kilometers
81Ireland57.2square kilometers
82Georgia56.2square kilometers
83Yemen54.2square kilometers
84Panama52.5square kilometers
85Uruguay51.8square kilometers
86Trinidad and Tobago51.5square kilometers
87Cameroon50.3square kilometers
88Papua New Guinea47.5square kilometers
89Belize41.5square kilometers
90Lebanon41.0square kilometers
91Honduras40.5square kilometers
92Sierra Leone38.7square kilometers
93United Republic of Tanzania38.3square kilometers
94Bulgaria37.5square kilometers
95Gabon36.9square kilometers
96Togo36.0square kilometers
97Brunei Darussalam34.0square kilometers
98Cambodia33.1square kilometers
99Cyprus30.6square kilometers
100Kenya28.8square kilometers
101Somalia27.9square kilometers
102Costa Rica27.0square kilometers
103Romania26.7square kilometers
104Syrian Arab Republic26.4square kilometers
105Guinea-Bissau25.1square kilometers
106Republic of The Gambia24.7square kilometers
107Bahamas24.4square kilometers
108Sudan22.7square kilometers
109Fiji21.9square kilometers
110Singapore21.0square kilometers
111Estonia20.9square kilometers
112Lithuania17.7square kilometers
113Mauritius17.4square kilometers
114Equatorial Guinea16.7square kilometers
115El Salvador14.8square kilometers
116Montenegro14.7square kilometers
117Nicaragua14.6square kilometers
118Guatemala13.6square kilometers
119Slovenia12.4square kilometers
120New Caledonia12.1square kilometers
121Iceland12.0square kilometers
122Bermuda11.2square kilometers
123Cayman Islands11.0square kilometers
124French Polynesia10.9square kilometers
125Comoros10.9square kilometers
126Maldives10.7square kilometers
127Djibouti8.4square kilometers
128Eritrea8.4square kilometers
129Macao8.3square kilometers
130Solomon Islands7.6square kilometers
131Aruba7.5square kilometers
132Virgin Islands, U.S.7.4square kilometers
133State of Palestine7.4square kilometers
134Grenada7.3square kilometers
135Republic of the Congo7.2square kilometers
136Saint Lucia6.8square kilometers
137Malta6.6square kilometers
138Marshall Islands6.5square kilometers
139Timor-Leste6.5square kilometers
140Saint Martin (French part)6.3square kilometers
141Tonga6.2square kilometers
142Barbados6.2square kilometers
143Seychelles4.8square kilometers
144Cape Verde4.7square kilometers
145Vanuatu4.5square kilometers
146Turks and Caicos Islands4.1square kilometers
147Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3.8square kilometers
148Curaçao3.7square kilometers
149Kiribati3.7square kilometers
150Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.6square kilometers
151Gibraltar3.5square kilometers
152Samoa3.5square kilometers
153Namibia3.4square kilometers
154Antigua and Barbuda3.4square kilometers
155Dominica3.0square kilometers
156Democratic Republic of the Congo2.8square kilometers
157Micronesia, Federated States of2.5square kilometers
158Greenland2.3square kilometers
159Isle of Man2.2square kilometers
160Virgin Islands, British2.1square kilometers
161Guam1.9square kilometers
162Palau1.7square kilometers
163Saint Kitts and Nevis1.7square kilometers
164American Samoa1.5square kilometers
165Northern Mariana Islands1.5square kilometers
166Nauru1.3square kilometers
167Jordan1.2square kilometers
168Sao Tome and Principe1.1square kilometers
169Monaco0.6square kilometers
170Burundi0.0square kilometers
171Belarus0.0square kilometers
172Central African Republic0.0square kilometers
173Chad0.0square kilometers
174Czech Republic0.0square kilometers
175Ethiopia0.0square kilometers
176Faroe Islands0.0square kilometers
177Hungary0.0square kilometers
178Kazakhstan0.0square kilometers
179Kyrgyzstan0.0square kilometers
180Lao People's Democratic Republic0.0square kilometers
181Lesotho0.0square kilometers
182Liechtenstein0.0square kilometers
183Luxembourg0.0square kilometers
184Malawi0.0square kilometers
185Mali0.0square kilometers
186Mongolia0.0square kilometers
187Moldova, Republic of0.0square kilometers
188Nepal0.0square kilometers
189Niger0.0square kilometers
190Paraguay0.0square kilometers
191Rwanda0.0square kilometers
192San Marino0.0square kilometers
193Serbia0.0square kilometers
194Slovakia0.0square kilometers
195Zimbabwe0.0square kilometers
196South Sudan0.0square kilometers
197Eswatini0.0square kilometers
198Switzerland0.0square kilometers
199Tajikistan0.0square kilometers
200Turkmenistan0.0square kilometers
201Tuvalu0.0square kilometers
202Uganda0.0square kilometers
203The Republic of North Macedonia0.0square kilometers
204Burkina Faso0.0square kilometers
205Uzbekistan0.0square kilometers
206Zambia0.0square kilometers
207Afghanistan0.0square kilometers
208Andorra0.0square kilometers
209Azerbaijan0.0square kilometers
210Austria0.0square kilometers
211Armenia0.0square kilometers
212Bhutan0.0square kilometers
213Bolivia0.0square kilometers
214Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0square kilometers
215Botswana0.0square kilometers
Showing 215 of 215 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2015).

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