Australia vs India: Land area in hectares

Australia
769.20 million hectares
in 2023
India
297.32 million hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
6th
India rank
7th

Land area in hectares over time

  • Australia
  • India
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M196119922023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 769.20 million hectares against 297.32 million hectares in India, a difference of 471.88 million hectares.

That makes Australia's figure about 2.6 times India's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 6th and India ranks 7th of 233 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in hectares
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.