demographic2015
Urban land area (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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
8,839.6square kilometers
Median: 1,500.5square kilometers
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
522,345.2square kilometers
Lowest
Tuvalu
0.0square kilometers
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China522,345.2square kilometers
2United States of America186,573.4square kilometers
3India171,839.2square kilometers
4Indonesia67,755.1square kilometers
5Bangladesh56,970.0square kilometers
By Region
North America58,011.3square kilometers(4 countries)
Asia40,515.6square kilometers(26 countries)
South America10,392.8square kilometers(7 countries)
Africa10,103.7square kilometers(9 countries)
Oceania6,958.1square kilometers(2 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 (522,345.2square kilometers)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 8,839.6square kilometers)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 522,345.2square kilometers |
| 2 | United States of America | 186,573.4square kilometers |
| 3 | India | 171,839.2square kilometers |
| 4 | Indonesia | 67,755.1square kilometers |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 56,970.0square kilometers |
| 6 | Japan | 53,452.1square kilometers |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 52,887.0square kilometers |
| 8 | Brazil | 45,853.3square kilometers |
| 9 | Pakistan | 39,082.0square kilometers |
| 10 | Germany | 36,996.4square kilometers |
| 11 | Vietnam | 28,615.4square kilometers |
| 12 | Mexico | 28,588.1square kilometers |
| 13 | Nigeria | 25,189.9square kilometers |
| 14 | France | 23,030.7square kilometers |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 22,676.0square kilometers |
| 16 | Italy | 20,916.7square kilometers |
| 17 | Thailand | 19,506.7square kilometers |
| 18 | Egypt | 18,918.0square kilometers |
| 19 | Ukraine | 16,271.3square kilometers |
| 20 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 16,217.1square kilometers |
| 21 | Spain | 15,655.1square kilometers |
| 22 | Türkiye | 15,460.7square kilometers |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 15,432.2square kilometers |
| 24 | South Africa | 15,118.7square kilometers |
| 25 | Poland | 14,773.8square kilometers |
| 26 | Canada | 13,983.1square kilometers |
| 27 | South Korea | 12,473.4square kilometers |
| 28 | Philippines | 12,151.5square kilometers |
| 29 | Australia | 11,946.0square kilometers |
| 30 | Argentina | 11,432.7square kilometers |
| 31 | Malaysia | 11,417.6square kilometers |
| 32 | Algeria | 9,357.1square kilometers |
| 33 | Netherlands | 8,322.5square kilometers |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 7,756.6square kilometers |
| 35 | Belgium | 7,730.9square kilometers |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7,232.3square kilometers |
| 37 | Iraq | 6,573.0square kilometers |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 6,363.4square kilometers |
| 39 | Venezuela | 6,249.0square kilometers |
| 40 | Myanmar | 5,783.5square kilometers |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 5,760.7square kilometers |
| 42 | Ghana | 5,559.5square kilometers |
| 43 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,282.9square kilometers |
| 44 | Romania | 5,124.8square kilometers |
| 45 | Colombia | 5,114.6square kilometers |
| 46 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5,092.3square kilometers |
| 47 | Morocco | 4,621.3square kilometers |
| 48 | Portugal | 4,165.1square kilometers |
| 49 | Sweden | 4,064.2square kilometers |
| 50 | Czech Republic | 4,023.4square kilometers |
| 51 | Switzerland | 4,016.8square kilometers |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 3,993.8square kilometers |
| 53 | Hungary | 3,928.8square kilometers |
| 54 | Uganda | 3,854.1square kilometers |
| 55 | Sudan | 3,789.6square kilometers |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 3,745.4square kilometers |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 3,627.8square kilometers |
| 58 | Chile | 3,579.7square kilometers |
| 59 | Peru | 3,457.9square kilometers |
| 60 | Kenya | 3,416.8square kilometers |
| 61 | Cuba | 3,053.2square kilometers |
| 62 | Nepal | 3,041.8square kilometers |
| 63 | Angola | 2,991.3square kilometers |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,982.0square kilometers |
| 65 | Austria | 2,973.7square kilometers |
| 66 | Libya | 2,958.2square kilometers |
| 67 | Mozambique | 2,943.2square kilometers |
| 68 | Guatemala | 2,900.6square kilometers |
| 69 | Belarus | 2,882.6square kilometers |
| 70 | Tunisia | 2,877.9square kilometers |
| 71 | Greece | 2,748.7square kilometers |
| 72 | Israel | 2,743.7square kilometers |
| 73 | North Korea | 2,678.3square kilometers |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 2,589.9square kilometers |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 2,504.5square kilometers |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 2,390.7square kilometers |
| 77 | Cameroon | 2,352.1square kilometers |
| 78 | Serbia | 2,323.4square kilometers |
| 79 | Ecuador | 2,293.8square kilometers |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 2,263.1square kilometers |
| 81 | Finland | 2,242.7square kilometers |
| 82 | Denmark | 2,235.5square kilometers |
| 83 | Jordan | 2,170.1square kilometers |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,136.3square kilometers |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 2,109.3square kilometers |
| 86 | Zambia | 2,079.1square kilometers |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 2,024.5square kilometers |
| 88 | Norway | 2,007.8square kilometers |
| 89 | Benin | 2,005.9square kilometers |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 2,004.6square kilometers |
| 91 | New Zealand | 1,970.3square kilometers |
| 92 | Lebanon | 1,872.0square kilometers |
| 93 | Cambodia | 1,838.8square kilometers |
| 94 | Slovakia | 1,805.4square kilometers |
| 95 | Yemen | 1,795.4square kilometers |
| 96 | Bolivia | 1,767.5square kilometers |
| 97 | Madagascar | 1,660.6square kilometers |
| 98 | Croatia | 1,648.4square kilometers |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,641.9square kilometers |
| 100 | State of Palestine | 1,629.7square kilometers |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 1,599.3square kilometers |
| 102 | Honduras | 1,576.9square kilometers |
| 103 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,576.1square kilometers |
| 104 | Senegal | 1,566.4square kilometers |
| 105 | El Salvador | 1,559.9square kilometers |
| 106 | Rwanda | 1,506.2square kilometers |
| 107 | Mali | 1,505.0square kilometers |
| 108 | Oman | 1,500.5square kilometers |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 1,475.9square kilometers |
| 110 | Somalia | 1,451.3square kilometers |
| 111 | Guinea | 1,390.7square kilometers |
| 112 | Haiti | 1,326.1square kilometers |
| 113 | Paraguay | 1,320.8square kilometers |
| 114 | Niger | 1,314.0square kilometers |
| 115 | Ireland | 1,261.4square kilometers |
| 116 | Lithuania | 1,185.9square kilometers |
| 117 | Georgia | 1,130.2square kilometers |
| 118 | Panama | 1,071.0square kilometers |
| 119 | Jamaica | 1,022.3square kilometers |
| 120 | Uruguay | 1,017.9square kilometers |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 992.8square kilometers |
| 122 | Chad | 948.8square kilometers |
| 123 | Armenia | 922.3square kilometers |
| 124 | Togo | 895.2square kilometers |
| 125 | Burundi | 887.8square kilometers |
| 126 | Albania | 827.7square kilometers |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 813.0square kilometers |
| 128 | Slovenia | 804.8square kilometers |
| 129 | Botswana | 804.3square kilometers |
| 130 | Kuwait | 772.9square kilometers |
| 131 | Malawi | 770.9square kilometers |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 713.6square kilometers |
| 133 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 701.3square kilometers |
| 134 | Qatar | 678.1square kilometers |
| 135 | Latvia | 676.3square kilometers |
| 136 | South Sudan | 666.4square kilometers |
| 137 | Liberia | 652.6square kilometers |
| 138 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 542.2square kilometers |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 535.4square kilometers |
| 140 | Cyprus | 519.0square kilometers |
| 141 | Hong Kong | 516.7square kilometers |
| 142 | Mauritius | 475.8square kilometers |
| 143 | Singapore | 454.1square kilometers |
| 144 | Estonia | 450.0square kilometers |
| 145 | Republic of the Congo | 420.3square kilometers |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 415.4square kilometers |
| 147 | Mauritania | 373.5square kilometers |
| 148 | Mongolia | 355.0square kilometers |
| 149 | Namibia | 342.3square kilometers |
| 150 | Republic of The Gambia | 338.7square kilometers |
| 151 | Eritrea | 331.2square kilometers |
| 152 | Bahrain | 330.3square kilometers |
| 153 | Gabon | 311.6square kilometers |
| 154 | Montenegro | 294.6square kilometers |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 283.5square kilometers |
| 156 | Suriname | 261.4square kilometers |
| 157 | Lesotho | 249.9square kilometers |
| 158 | Bahamas | 203.7square kilometers |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 199.2square kilometers |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 196.3square kilometers |
| 161 | Barbados | 187.6square kilometers |
| 162 | Eswatini | 177.9square kilometers |
| 163 | Malta | 173.5square kilometers |
| 164 | Guyana | 165.7square kilometers |
| 165 | Comoros | 142.5square kilometers |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 136.7square kilometers |
| 167 | Belize | 122.9square kilometers |
| 168 | Curaçao | 118.1square kilometers |
| 169 | Fiji | 117.3square kilometers |
| 170 | Iceland | 107.6square kilometers |
| 171 | Aruba | 97.3square kilometers |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 89.0square kilometers |
| 173 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 86.4square kilometers |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 84.9square kilometers |
| 175 | Guam | 83.8square kilometers |
| 176 | Timor-Leste | 74.5square kilometers |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 72.6square kilometers |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.8square kilometers |
| 179 | Grenada | 68.5square kilometers |
| 180 | Cape Verde | 59.6square kilometers |
| 181 | Djibouti | 51.3square kilometers |
| 182 | Samoa | 46.7square kilometers |
| 183 | Cayman Islands | 44.0square kilometers |
| 184 | Bermuda | 42.0square kilometers |
| 185 | Liechtenstein | 38.4square kilometers |
| 186 | Isle of Man | 38.3square kilometers |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 37.8square kilometers |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.9square kilometers |
| 189 | Andorra | 30.9square kilometers |
| 190 | Tonga | 29.6square kilometers |
| 191 | Bhutan | 28.6square kilometers |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 27.9square kilometers |
| 193 | Northern Mariana Islands | 25.6square kilometers |
| 194 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 24.9square kilometers |
| 195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 24.4square kilometers |
| 196 | American Samoa | 23.4square kilometers |
| 197 | San Marino | 22.0square kilometers |
| 198 | Saint Martin (French part) | 21.5square kilometers |
| 199 | Dominica | 21.0square kilometers |
| 200 | Macao | 17.8square kilometers |
| 201 | Virgin Islands, British | 14.4square kilometers |
| 202 | Maldives | 14.4square kilometers |
| 203 | Seychelles | 13.4square kilometers |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.7square kilometers |
| 205 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.3square kilometers |
| 206 | Marshall Islands | 8.6square kilometers |
| 207 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.5square kilometers |
| 208 | Gibraltar | 7.4square kilometers |
| 209 | Nauru | 7.0square kilometers |
| 210 | Kiribati | 5.2square kilometers |
| 211 | Palau | 4.9square kilometers |
| 212 | Monaco | 2.8square kilometers |
| 213 | Greenland | 2.6square kilometers |
| 214 | Faroe Islands | 0.0square kilometers |
| 215 | Tuvalu | 0.0square kilometers |
Showing 215 of 215 countries
Topics
Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2015).
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