Land area in square kilometers, per capita by country
Land area in square kilometers 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
215
Highest
7.22 sq. km per person
Greenland
Lowest
0 sq. km per person
Macau, China
Median
0.0105 sq. km per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,259
What the numbers show
Land area in square kilometers, per capita is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 7.22 sq. km per person in Greenland; the lowest is 0 sq. km per person in Macau, China.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0105 sq. km per person, and the mean is 0.0628 sq. km per person.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 182 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French Part) (up 36.0%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 30.1%).
Land area in square kilometers, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Russian Federation | 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, Plurinational State of | 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, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0312 sq. km per person | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0301 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 51 | United States of America | 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 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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, Islamic Republic of | 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 | Republic of 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, United Republic of | 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 Darussalam | 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 | Timor-Leste | 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 | Côte 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 | Türkiye | 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 | Syrian Arab Republic | 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, Federated States of | 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 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 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 | Viet Nam | 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 | Curaçao | 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 | 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 | Naoero | 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 | Palestine, State of | 0.0012 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 205 | Bermuda | 0.0008 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 206 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0008 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 207 | Bangladesh | 0.0008 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 208 | Malta | 0.0006 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 209 | Maldives | 0.0006 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 210 | Bahrain | 0.0005 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 0.0003 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 212 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0001 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 213 | Singapore | 0.0001 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 214 | Monaco | 0.0001 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 215 | Macau, China | 0 sq. km per person | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Land area in square kilometers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land area in square kilometers ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land area in square kilometers Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Land area in square kilometers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.