Surface area (sq. km), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Surface area (sq. km). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
135
Highest
1.44 % change on previous year
French Polynesia
Lowest
-1.56 % change on previous year
Solomon Islands
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
16,403
What the numbers show
Surface area (sq. km), annual growth rate is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 1.44 % change on previous year in French Polynesia; the lowest is -1.56 % change on previous year in Solomon Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.0263 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 223.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).
Surface area (sq. km), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Polynesia | 1.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Qatar | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 223.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Madagascar | 0.7834 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Comoros | 0.4675 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Fiji | 0.3448 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Barbados | 0.2326 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Palau | 0.2179 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Singapore | 0.1634 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Malaysia | 0.0887 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Mali | 0.0847 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Isle of Man | 0.0677 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | South Africa | 0.0418 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Sweden | 0.0378 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 0.0117 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | South Korea | 0.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Cuba | 0.0036 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Poland | 0.0032 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 0.0027 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Japan | 0.0016 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 0.0015 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Spain | 0.001 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 0.0007 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 0.0007 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Kenya | 0.0002 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Andorra | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | American Samoa | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Burundi | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Bahrain | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Bahamas | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Belarus | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Belize | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Bhutan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Canada | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Switzerland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | China | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cameroon | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cyprus | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Czechia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Germany | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Dominica | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Estonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | France | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Faroe Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Micronesia (country) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Ghana | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Grenada | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Guatemala | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Guam | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Honduras | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Croatia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Iraq | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Jordan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cambodia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Kiribati | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Lebanon | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Lithuania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Latvia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Macao | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Monaco | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Malta | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Myanmar | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritius | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Malawi | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Namibia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | New Caledonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Norway | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Nepal | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Nauru | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Portugal | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Paraguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Palestine | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Russia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | San Marino | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Somalia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Serbia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Slovakia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Slovenia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Seychelles | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Togo | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Thailand | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Tonga | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Tanzania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Ukraine | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | United States | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Vietnam | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Yemen | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Zambia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 208 | Nigeria | -0.0002 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 209 | Greenland | -0.0002 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 210 | Romania | -0.0013 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 211 | Uruguay | -0.0028 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 212 | Moldova | -0.003 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 213 | Montenegro | -0.036 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 214 | Gambia | -0.0442 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 215 | Chile | -0.091 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 216 | Solomon Islands | -1.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.1037 % change on previous year
- Other small states 0.0278 % change on previous year
- European Union 0.0255 % change on previous year
- Small states 0.0096 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0054 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0042 % change on previous year
- Euro area 0.003 % change on previous year
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0028 % change on previous year
- High income 0.0018 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0013 % change on previous year
- Arab World 0.0008 % change on previous year
- Africa Western and Central 0.0001 % change on previous year
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific 0 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0 % change on previous year
- IDA total 0 % change on previous year
- IDA blend 0 % change on previous year
- IDA only 0 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 0 % change on previous year
- Low income 0 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 0 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0 % change on previous year
- North America 0 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 0 % change on previous year
- South Asia 0 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 % change on previous year
- Post-demographic dividend -0.0003 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) -0.0006 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total -0.0007 % change on previous year
- World -0.0007 % change on previous year
- IBRD only -0.0008 % change on previous year
- Caribbean Small States -0.0009 % change on previous year
- OECD members -0.0018 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income -0.0023 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Surface area (sq. km). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Surface area FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Surface area (sq. km). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.