ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

Land Use

Total surface area as of 19 January 2007

 
Total area
  
km2
  
Afghanistan
652090
Albania
28748
  
Algeria
2381741
  
American Samoa
199
  
Andorra
468
  
Angola
1246700
 1
Anguilla
91
  
Antigua and Barbuda
442
  
Argentina
2780400
  
Armenia
29800
  
Aruba
180
  
Australia
7741220
  
Austria
83858
  
Azerbaijan
86600
  
Bahamas
13878
  
Bahrain
694
  
Bangladesh
143998
  
Barbados
430
  
Belarus
207600
  
Belgium
30528
  
Belize
22966
  
Benin
112622
  
Bermuda
53
  
Bhutan
47000
  
Bolivia
1098581
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
51197
  
Botswana
581730
  
Brazil
8514877
 2
British Virgin Islands
151
  
Brunei Darussalam
5765
  
Bulgaria
110912
  
Burkina Faso
274000
  
Burundi
27834
  
Cambodia
181035
  
Cameroon
475442
  
Canada
9970610
  
Cape Verde
4033
  
Cayman Islands
264
  
Central African Republic
622984
  
Chad
1284000
  
Channel Islands
195
  
Chile
756096
China
9596961
  
China: Hong Kong SAR
1099
  
China: Macao SAR
26
  
Christmas Islands
135
  
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
14
  
Colombia
1138914
  
Comoros
2235
  
Congo
342000
  
Cook Islands
236
 3
Costa Rica
51100
  
Côte d'Ivoire
322463
  
Croatia
56538
  
Cuba
110861
  
Cyprus
9251
  
Czech Republic
78866
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2344858
  
Denmark
43094
  
Djibouti
23200
  
Dominica
751
  
Dominican Republic
48671
  
Ecuador
283561
  
Egypt
1001449
  
El Salvador
21041
  
Equatorial Guinea
28051
 4
Eritrea
117600
  
Estonia
45100
  
Ethiopia
1104300
  
Faeroe Islands
1393
  
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
12173
 5,6
Fiji
18274
  
Finland
338145
  
France
551500
  
French Guiana
90000
  
French Polynesia
4000
 7
Gabon
267668
  
Gambia
11295
  
Georgia
69700
  
Germany
357022
  
Ghana
238533
  
Gibraltar
6
  
Greece
131957
  
Greenland
2175600
  
Grenada
344
 8
Guadeloupe
1705
 9
Guam
549
  
Guatemala
108889
  
Guinea
245857
  
Guinea-Bissau
36125
  
Guyana
214969
  
Haiti
27750
  
Holy See
0
  
Honduras
112088
  
Hungary
93032
  
Iceland
103000
  
India
3287263
  
Indonesia
1904569
  
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1648195
  
Iraq
438317
  
Ireland
70273
  
Isle of Man
572
  
Israel
22145
  
Italy
301318
  
Jamaica
10991
  
Japan
377873
  
Jordan
89342
  
Kazakhstan
2724900
  
Kenya
580367
  
Kiribati
726
 10
Korea (Dem. People's Republic of)
120538
  
Korea (Republic of)
99538
  
Kuwait
17818
  
Kyrgyzstan
199900
  
Lao People's Democratic Republic
236800
  
Latvia
64600
  
Lebanon
10400
  
Lesotho
30355
  
Liberia
111369
  
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
1759540
  
Liechtenstein
160
  
Lithuania
65300
  
Luxembourg
2586
  
Madagascar
587041
  
Malawi
118484
  
Malaysia
329847
  
Maldives
298
  
Mali
1240192
  
Malta
316
  
Marshall Islands
181
  
Martinique
1102
  
Mauritania
1025520
  
Mauritius
2040
  
Mexico
1958201
  
Micronesia Federated States of
702
  
Monaco
2
  
Mongolia
1564116
 2
Montserrat
102
  
Morocco
446550
  
Mozambique
801590
  
Myanmar
676578
  
Namibia
824292
  
Nauru
21
  
Nepal
147181
  
Netherlands
41528
  
Netherlands Antilles
800
  
New Caledonia
18575
 11
New Zealand
270534
 12
Nicaragua
130000
  
Niger
1267000
  
Nigeria
923768
  
Niue
260
  
Norfolk Island
36
  
Northern Mariana Islands
464
  
Norway
385155
  
Occupied Palestinian Territory
6020
  
Oman
309500
  
Pakistan
796095
  
Palau
459
  
Panama
75517
  
Papua New Guinea
462840
 13
Paraguay
406752
  
Peru
1285216
  
Philippines
300000
  
Pitcairn
5
  
Poland
312685
 14
Portugal
91982
 15
Puerto Rico
8875
  
Qatar
11000
  
Republic of Moldova
33851
  
Réunion
2510
  
Romania
238391
  
Russian Federation
17098242
  
Rwanda
26338
  
Saint Helena
308
  
Saint Kitts and Nevis
261
  
Saint Lucia
539
  
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
242
  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
388
 16
Samoa
2831
San Marino
61
  
Sao Tome and Principe
964
  
Saudi Arabia
2149690
  
Senegal
196722
  
Serbia and Montenegro
102173
  
Seychelles
455
  
Sierra Leone
71740
  
Singapore
683
  
Slovakia
49033
  
Slovenia
20256
  
Solomon Islands
28896
 17
Somalia
637657
South Africa
1221037
  
Spain
505992
 18
Sri Lanka
65610
Sudan
2505813
  
Suriname
163820
  
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
62422
  
Swaziland
17364
  
Sweden
449964
  
Switzerland
41284
  
Syrian Arab Republic
185180
  
Tajikistan
143100
Thailand
513115
  
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
25713
  
Timor-Leste
14874
  
Togo
56785
  
Tokelau
12
  
Tonga
747
  
Trinidad and Tobago
5130
  
Tunisia
163610
  
Turkey
783562
  
Turkmenistan
488100
  
Turks Caicos Islands
948
  
Tuvalu
26
  
Uganda
241038
  
Ukraine
603700
  
United Arab Emirates
83600
 19
United Kingdom
242900
 20
United Republic of Tanzania
945087
  
United States
9629091
  
United States Virgin Islands
347
  
Uruguay
175016
  
Uzbekistan
447400
  
Vanuatu
12189
  
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
912050
  
Viet Nam
331689
  
Wallis and Futuna Islands
200
  
Western Sahara
266000
 21
Yemen
527968
Zambia
752618
  
Zimbabwe
390757
  

Source:

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Footnotes:

  1. Including the enclave of Cabinda.
  2. Exact reference date unknown.
  3. Excluding Niue, shown separately, which is part of Cook Islands, but because of remoteness is administered separately.
  4. Comprising Bioko (which includes Pagalu) and Rio Muni (which includes Corisco and Elobeys).
  5. Excluding dependencies, of which South Georgia (area 3 755 km2) had an estimated population of 499 in 1964 (494 males, 5 females). The other dependencies namely, the South Sandwich group (surface area 337 km2) and a number of smaller islands, are presumed to be uninhabited.
  6. A dispute exists between the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
  7. Comprising Austral, Gambier, Marquesas, Rapa, Society and Tuamotu Islands.
  8. Including Carriacou and other dependencies in the Grenadines.
  9. Including dependencies: Marie-Galante, la Désirade, les Saintes, Petite-Terre, St. Barthélemy and French part of St. Martin.
  10. Including Christmas, Fanning, Ocean and Washington Islands.
  11. Including the islands of Huon, Chesterfield, Loyalty, Walpole and Belep Archipelago.
  12. Including Campbell and Kermadec Islands (population 20 in 1961, surface area 148 km2) as well as Antipodes, Auckland, Bounty, Snares, Solander and Three Kings island, all of which are uninhabited.
  13. Comprising eastern part of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville and Buka of Solomon Islands group and about 600 smaller islands.
  14. Includes inland waters as well as part of internal waters.
  15. Including the Azores and Madeira Islands.
  16. Including Bequia and other islands in the Grenadines.
  17. Comprising the Solomon Islands group (except Bougainville and Buka which are included with Papua New Guinea shown separately), Ontong, Java, Rennel and Santa Cruz Islands.
  18. Including the Balearic and Canary Islands, and Alhucemas, Ceuta, Chafarinas, Melilla and Penon de Vélez de la Gomera.
  19. Comprising 7 sheikdoms of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajaman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah, and the area lying within the modified Riyadh line as announced in October 1955.
  20. Excluding Channel Islands and Isle of Man, shown separately.
  21. Comprising the Northern Region (former Saguia el Hamra) and Southern Region (former Rio de Oro).


Definitions & Technical notes:

Total surface area refers to the total area of the country which comprises land area and inland waters.
0 - magnitude not zero, but less than half of unit employed