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Land area (sq. km), per capita by country

Land area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
216
Highest
7.22 sq. km per person
Greenland
Lowest
0 sq. km per person
Macao
Median
0.0104 sq. km per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,342

What the numbers show

Land area (sq. km), per capita is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 7.22 sq. km per person in Greenland; the lowest is 0 sq. km per person in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0104 sq. km per person, and the mean is 0.0626 sq. km per person.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 183 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French Part) (up 36.0%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 30.1%).

Land area (sq. km), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greenland 7.22 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
2 Mongolia 0.4477 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
3 Australia 0.2885 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.1% falling
4 Namibia 0.2778 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
5 Iceland 0.2614 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
6 Guyana 0.2555 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
7 Suriname 0.2552 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
8 Libya 0.2408 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
9 Botswana 0.2285 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
10 Canada 0.2194 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
11 Mauritania 0.2052 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
12 Kazakhstan 0.1328 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.6% falling
13 Central African Republic 0.1209 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
14 Russia 0.1139 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.0% flat
15 Gabon 0.1037 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
16 Bolivia 0.0885 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
17 Norway 0.066 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
18 Chad 0.0652 sq. km per person 2023 down 29.1% falling
19 Turkmenistan 0.0638 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.4% falling
20 Saudi Arabia 0.0638 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.0% volatile
21 New Caledonia 0.0631 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
22 Oman 0.0613 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.1% volatile
23 Argentina 0.0601 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
24 Paraguay 0.0579 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
25 Belize 0.0555 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
26 Congo 0.0552 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
27 South Sudan 0.055 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.8% flat
28 Finland 0.0544 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
29 Uruguay 0.0517 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.3% falling
30 Algeria 0.0516 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
31 Mali 0.0513 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.5% falling
32 New Zealand 0.0506 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.6% falling
33 Bhutan 0.0485 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.7% falling
34 Niger 0.0484 sq. km per person 2023 down 29.2% volatile
35 Papua New Guinea 0.0436 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
36 Brazil 0.0396 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.0% falling
37 Sweden 0.0387 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.9% falling
38 Vanuatu 0.038 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
39 Peru 0.0378 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
40 Chile 0.0378 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.1% falling
41 Sudan 0.0373 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
42 Zambia 0.0359 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.7% volatile
43 Solomon Islands 0.035 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
44 Eritrea 0.0349 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
45 Somalia 0.0342 sq. km per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
46 Angola 0.0339 sq. km per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
47 Latvia 0.033 sq. km per person 2023 up 6.9% rising
48 Estonia 0.0312 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
49 Venezuela 0.0312 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
50 Laos 0.0301 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
51 United States 0.0272 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.9% falling
52 Kyrgyzstan 0.027 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
53 Palau 0.0259 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.4% flat
54 Faroe Islands 0.0252 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.0% falling
55 Bahamas 0.0251 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
56 Zimbabwe 0.0237 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
57 Mozambique 0.0234 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.5% falling
58 Belarus 0.0221 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.9% rising
59 Lithuania 0.0218 sq. km per person 2023 up 3.0% rising
60 Montenegro 0.0216 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.2% flat
61 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0214 sq. km per person 2023 down 28.4% volatile
62 Colombia 0.0212 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
63 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0206 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.2% volatile
64 Djibouti 0.0201 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.6% volatile
65 Fiji 0.0198 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.8% falling
66 South Africa 0.0192 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
67 Georgia 0.0187 sq. km per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
68 Madagascar 0.0186 sq. km per person 2023 down 22.7% volatile
69 Iran 0.0179 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
70 Nicaragua 0.0176 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
71 Liberia 0.0175 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
72 Guinea 0.0171 sq. km per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
73 Bulgaria 0.0168 sq. km per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
74 Cameroon 0.0167 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
75 Panama 0.0166 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.4% falling
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0161 sq. km per person 2023 up 13.4% rising
77 Afghanistan 0.0157 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
78 Ukraine 0.0154 sq. km per person 2023 up 22.3% rising
79 Equatorial Guinea 0.0152 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.1% volatile
80 Mexico 0.015 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
81 Croatia 0.0145 sq. km per person 2023 up 9.7% rising
82 Eswatini 0.014 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
83 Ecuador 0.0138 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
84 North Macedonia 0.0138 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.2% rising
85 Yemen 0.0134 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
86 Moldova 0.0134 sq. km per person 2023 up 16.5% rising
87 Tajikistan 0.0134 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.6% falling
88 Tanzania 0.0133 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.7% volatile
89 Lesotho 0.0131 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.0% falling
90 Guinea-Bissau 0.0131 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
91 Ireland 0.013 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
92 Samoa 0.0128 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.1% falling
93 Tunisia 0.0127 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
94 Serbia 0.0127 sq. km per person 2023 up 4.0% rising
95 Greece 0.0124 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
96 Uzbekistan 0.0124 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
97 French Polynesia 0.0123 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
98 Romania 0.0121 sq. km per person 2023 up 4.9% flat
99 Myanmar 0.0121 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
100 Burkina Faso 0.0119 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
101 Morocco 0.0118 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
102 Brunei 0.0115 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.4% volatile
103 Albania 0.0114 sq. km per person 2023 up 16.8% falling
104 Dominica 0.0113 sq. km per person 2023 up 4.8% flat
105 East Timor 0.0107 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
106 Senegal 0.0107 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
107 Honduras 0.0105 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
108 Kenya 0.0105 sq. km per person 2023 down 17.0% volatile
109 Spain 0.0103 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.7% falling
110 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0102 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.2% volatile
111 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0102 sq. km per person 2023 up 16.9% rising
112 Cambodia 0.0101 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
113 Costa Rica 0.01 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
114 Iraq 0.0096 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.7% volatile
115 Hungary 0.0095 sq. km per person 2023 up 3.8% rising
116 Armenia 0.0095 sq. km per person 2023 up 1.0% rising
117 Slovenia 0.0095 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.9% falling
118 Cuba 0.0094 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
119 Malaysia 0.0094 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
120 Austria 0.009 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
121 Turkey 0.009 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
122 Slovakia 0.0089 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.3% flat
123 Ethiopia 0.0088 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
124 Egypt 0.0087 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
125 Portugal 0.0087 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.1% falling
126 Sierra Leone 0.0085 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
127 Poland 0.0083 sq. km per person 2023 up 3.7% falling
128 Azerbaijan 0.0081 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
129 Benin 0.008 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
130 France 0.0079 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
131 Syria 0.0078 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.2% volatile
132 Jordan 0.0078 sq. km per person 2023 down 30.1% volatile
133 Cape Verde 0.0077 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.9% falling
134 Thailand 0.0071 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
135 Czechia 0.0071 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.3% flat
136 Tonga 0.0069 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
137 Cyprus 0.0069 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.0% falling
138 United Arab Emirates 0.0068 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.6% volatile
139 Isle of Man 0.0068 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.0% falling
140 Ghana 0.0067 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
141 Indonesia 0.0067 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.3% falling
142 Denmark 0.0067 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
143 China 0.0067 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
144 Togo 0.0066 sq. km per person 2023 down 17.3% falling
145 Micronesia (country) 0.0062 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.0% flat
146 Kiribati 0.0061 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
147 Guatemala 0.0059 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.1% falling
148 Andorra 0.0058 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.0% volatile
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0056 sq. km per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
150 Italy 0.005 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
151 Nepal 0.0048 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
152 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0047 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
153 Marshall Islands 0.0046 sq. km per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
154 North Korea 0.0046 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
155 Malawi 0.0045 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.4% volatile
156 Switzerland 0.0044 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
157 Qatar 0.0043 sq. km per person 2023 down 28.6% volatile
158 Dominican Republic 0.0043 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
159 American Samoa 0.0042 sq. km per person 2023 up 13.6% falling
160 Germany 0.0042 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.0% falling
161 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0042 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
162 Uganda 0.0041 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.4% volatile
163 Liechtenstein 0.004 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
164 Nigeria 0.004 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
165 Luxembourg 0.0039 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
166 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0038 sq. km per person 2023 up 6.7% falling
167 British Virgin Islands 0.0038 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
168 Seychelles 0.0038 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
169 Jamaica 0.0038 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
170 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0038 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
171 Gambia 0.0038 sq. km per person 2023 down 22.0% volatile
172 Kuwait 0.0037 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.7% volatile
173 United Kingdom 0.0035 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
174 Saint Lucia 0.0034 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.3% falling
175 United States Virgin Islands 0.0033 sq. km per person 2023 up 3.0% falling
176 Cayman Islands 0.0033 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
177 El Salvador 0.0033 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.7% falling
178 Guam 0.0032 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
179 Vietnam 0.0031 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.6% falling
180 Pakistan 0.0031 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.7% volatile
181 Tuvalu 0.0031 sq. km per person 2023 up 12.1% falling
182 Japan 0.0029 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
183 Grenada 0.0029 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
184 Curacao 0.0029 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.5% flat
185 Sri Lanka 0.0028 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.9% falling
186 Puerto Rico 0.0028 sq. km per person 2023 up 13.3% falling
187 Philippines 0.0026 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
188 Belgium 0.0026 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.8% falling
189 Haiti 0.0024 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.2% falling
190 Israel 0.0022 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
191 Comoros 0.0022 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
192 India 0.0021 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
193 South Korea 0.0019 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
194 Netherlands 0.0019 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.1% falling
195 Burundi 0.0019 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
196 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.0018 sq. km per person 2023 up 36.0% rising
197 San Marino 0.0018 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
198 Lebanon 0.0018 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
199 Rwanda 0.0018 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
200 Nauru 0.0017 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
201 Aruba 0.0017 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.6% falling
202 Mauritius 0.0016 sq. km per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
203 Barbados 0.0015 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
204 Channel Islands 0.0012 sq. km per person 2021 down 4.2% falling
205 Palestine 0.0012 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.0% falling
206 Bermuda 0.0008 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
207 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0008 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
208 Bangladesh 0.0008 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
209 Malta 0.0006 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
210 Maldives 0.0006 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.4% volatile
211 Bahrain 0.0005 sq. km per person 2023 down 17.4% volatile
212 Gibraltar 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
213 Hong Kong 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
214 Singapore 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
215 Monaco 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
216 Macao 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.0% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Land area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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  • Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

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Indicator
Land area (sq. km), per capita
Unit
sq. km per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 15,342 data points, 1961–2023
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Land area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.