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Land Area, 2012

Figures for 2012, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Area, 2012 covers 222 countries. Russia is highest, at 16,376,870.0; Vatican City is lowest, at 0.4. The middle country reads 88,120.0. Against 2011, 16 values changed (6 up, 10 down), 2 countries joined.

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Land Area · Data for 2012

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, 2012, 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 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Land Area, 2012: 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
15SudanSDNNorthern Africa1,868,000.0
16LibyaLBYNorthern Africa1,759,540.0
17IranIRNSouthern Asia1,628,760.0
18MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1,557,251.9
19PeruPERSouth America1,280,000.0
20NigerNERWestern Africa1,266,700.0
21ChadTCDMiddle Africa1,259,200.0
22AngolaAGOMiddle Africa1,246,700.0
23MaliMLIWestern Africa1,220,190.0
24South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,213,090.0
25EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1,122,854.7

02In 2012

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. 222Vatican City0.4
  2. 221Monaco2.0
  3. 220Gibraltar10.0
  4. 219Nauru20.0
  5. 218Macau29.9

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 88,120.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 16values changed, of 220 in both
  • 6 · 10rose · fell
  • 204unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Cuba106,863.0 → 106,649.0−214.0
  • Romania230,170.0 → 230,020.0−150.0
  • Myanmar653,290.0 → 653,150.0−140.0
  • Ethiopia1,122,877.7 → 1,122,854.7−23.0
  • Germany348,560.0 → 348,540.0−20.0
+ Sudan+ South Sudan

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

  • 217 distinct values among 222

    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 222 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) (2012). Land Area, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-area/2012

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07Questions

Land Area, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land area in Land Area, 2012?

Russia, at 16,376,870.0, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Land Area, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Land Area, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Land Area, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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