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Data for 2009

Land Area, 2009

Figures for 2009, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 2009 covers 217 countries. Russia is highest, at 16,376,870.0; Vatican City is lowest, at 0.4. The middle country reads 88,780.0. Against 2008, 23 values changed (8 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Area · Data for 2009

HighestRussia

16,376,870.0

LowestVatican City

0.4

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, 2009, 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 217 countries · select a heading to sort

Land Area, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1RussiaRUSEastern Europe16,376,870.0
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia9,388,211.0
3United StatesUSANorthern America9,147,420.0
4CanadaCANNorthern America8,965,590.0
5BrazilBRASouth America8,358,140.0
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7,682,300.0
7IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,973,190.0
8ArgentinaARGSouth America2,736,690.0
9KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,699,700.0
10AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa2,381,740.0
11DR CongoCODMiddle Africa2,267,050.0
12Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2,149,690.0
13MexicoMEXCentral America1,943,950.0
14IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,877,519.0
15LibyaLBYNorthern Africa1,759,540.0
16IranIRNSouthern Asia1,628,760.0
17MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1,557,465.1
18PeruPERSouth America1,280,000.0
19NigerNERWestern Africa1,266,700.0
20ChadTCDMiddle Africa1,259,200.0
21AngolaAGOMiddle Africa1,246,700.0
22MaliMLIWestern Africa1,220,190.0
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,213,090.0
24EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1,122,960.2
25ColombiaCOLSouth America1,109,500.0

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Russia16,376,870.0
  2. 2China9,388,211.0
  3. 3United States9,147,420.0
  4. 4Canada8,965,590.0
  5. 5Brazil8,358,140.0

Lowest

  1. 217Vatican City0.4
  2. 216Monaco2.0
  3. 215Gibraltar10.0
  4. 214Nauru20.0
  5. 213Macau29.5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 88,780.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 23values changed, of 217 in both
  • 8 · 15rose · fell
  • 194unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iraq437,370.0 → 434,320.0−3,050.0
  • Spain498,800.0 → 498,660.0−140.0
  • Bulgaria108,610.0 → 108,560.0−50.0
  • Netherlands33,760.0 → 33,730.0−30.0
  • Vietnam312,792.0 → 312,762.0−30.0

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

  • 212 distinct values among 217

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 3 countries share 460.0. 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 217 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) (2009). Land Area, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/2009

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07Questions

Land Area, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 2009?

Russia, at 16,376,870.0, of the 217 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Land Area, 2009 cover?

217.

Where can I download Land Area, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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