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Data for 1997

Land Area, 1997

Figures for 1997, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 1997 covers 213 countries. Russia is highest, at 16,378,650; Vatican City is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 91,500. Against 1996, 8 values changed (4 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Area · Data for 1997

HighestRussia

16,378,650

LowestVatican City

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Land Area, 1997, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 213 countries · select a heading to sort

Land Area, 1997: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1RussiaRUSEastern Europe16,378,650
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia9,388,230
3United StatesUSANorthern America9,158,960
4CanadaCANNorthern America8,965,590
5BrazilBRASouth America8,358,140
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7,682,300
7IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,973,190
8ArgentinaARGSouth America2,736,690
9KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,699,700
10AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa2,381,740
11DR CongoCODMiddle Africa2,267,050
12Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,149,690
13MexicoMEXCentral America1,943,950
14IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,811,570
15LibyaLBYNorthern Africa1,759,540
16IranIRNSouthern Asia1,628,760
17MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1,547,439
18PeruPERSouth America1,280,000
19NigerNERWestern Africa1,266,700
20ChadTCDMiddle Africa1,259,200
21AngolaAGOMiddle Africa1,246,700
22MaliMLIWestern Africa1,220,190
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,213,090
24ColombiaCOLSouth America1,109,500
25BoliviaBOLSouth America1,083,300

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Russia16,378,650
  2. 2China9,388,230
  3. 3United States9,158,960
  4. 4Canada8,965,590
  5. 5Brazil8,358,140

Lowest

  1. 213Vatican City0
  2. 212Monaco2
  3. 211Gibraltar10
  4. 209Naurushared20
  5. 209Macaushared20

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 91,500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 8values changed, of 213 in both
  • 4 · 4rose · fell
  • 205unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 207 distinct values among 213

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 3 countries share 460. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    FAO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 213 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1997). Land Area, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/1997

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07Questions

Land Area, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 1997?

Russia, at 16,378,650, of the 213 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Land Area, 1997 cover?

213.

Where can I download Land Area, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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