Nations ranked by land area; million hectares, 2023.
Land area is ranked across nations for 2023. Values are expressed in million hectares to keep large land areas readable. The top entry is Russia at 1.64 billion hectares, ahead of China by 695.2 million hectares. The lowest-ranked entry is India at 297.3 million hectares, making the top entry 5.51 times larger.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 1,637.7 | 2023 |
| 2 | China | 942.5 | 2023 |
| 3 | United States | 914.7 | 2023 |
| 4 | Canada | 878.9 | 2023 |
| 5 | Brazil | 835.8 | 2023 |
| 6 | Australia | 769.2 | 2023 |
| 7 | India | 297.3 | 2023 |
Source 1: FAOSTAT Land Use
Publisher: FAOSTAT
Dataset/table: FAOSTAT Land Use
Units: million hectares
Date checked: 2026-07-01
Evidence: Provides nation and territory area values for land area in 2023.
Displayed rows are nations; aggregate and non-nation territory rows are excluded where they appear in FAOSTAT Land Use. Values are expressed in million hectares; one million hectares equals 10,000 square kilometres. This page ranks nation values rather than presenting a part-to-whole total. Values should be compared within the stated FAOSTAT subject, metric and period.
The ranking uses FAOSTAT Land Use nation values for land area in 2023. Aggregate regional and world groupings are excluded where they appear in FAOSTAT. Values are ordered from highest to lowest using the same source family, period and unit. Area values are presented in million hectares while preserving the FAOSTAT ranking order.
Values use the same FAOSTAT Land Use source family, subject, metric, unit and period, supporting a like-for-like ranking across nations.
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