Chad vs Mali: Land area in square kilometres

Chad
1.26 million sq. km
in 2023
Mali
1.22 million sq. km
in 2023
Chad rank
21st
Mali rank
23rd

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Chad
  • Mali
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922023

How they compare

Chad currently reports 1.26 million sq. km against 1.22 million sq. km in Mali, a difference of 39,010 sq. km.

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

Chad ranks 21st and Mali ranks 23rd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). 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.