Land area per person · 2023

What country has the most km² of land per person?

Mongolia ranks first in the world for km² of land per person, at 0.437.

Ranking by km² of land per person
#CountryShare of #1km² of land per person
1 Mongolia 0.437
2 Australia 0.279
3 Namibia 0.266
4 Iceland 0.257
5 Guyana 0.253
6 Suriname 0.251
7 Libya 0.236
8 Botswana 0.221
9 Canada 0.211
10 Mauritania 0.194
11 Kazakhstan 0.130
12 Russia 0.114
13 Central African Republic 0.113
14 Gabon 0.099
15 Bolivia 0.086
16 Norway 0.065
17 Turkmenistan 0.062
18 Chad 0.060
19 Argentina 0.060
20 Saudi Arabia 0.058
21 Paraguay 0.056
22 Oman 0.056
23 Belize 0.054
24 Finland 0.054
25 Republic of the Congo 0.053
26 South Sudan 0.052
27 Uruguay 0.052
28 Algeria 0.050
29 New Zealand 0.049
30 Mali 0.048
31 Bhutan 0.048
32 Niger 0.045
33 Papua New Guinea 0.042
34 Brazil 0.039
35 Sweden 0.038
36 Chile 0.037
37 Peru 0.037
38 Vanuatu 0.036
39 Sudan 0.036
40 Zambia 0.034
41 Latvia 0.034
42 Eritrea 0.034
43 Solomon Islands 0.033
44 Angola 0.032
45 Somalia 0.032
46 Estonia 0.031
47 Venezuela 0.031
48 Laos 0.029
49 United States 0.027
50 Kyrgyzstan 0.026
51 Palau 0.026
52 Bahamas 0.025
53 Zimbabwe 0.023
54 Belarus 0.022
55 Mozambique 0.022
56 Lithuania 0.022
57 Montenegro 0.022
58 Colombia 0.021
59 DR Congo 0.020
60 Fiji 0.020
61 Djibouti 0.020
62 South Africa 0.019
63 Madagascar 0.018
64 Georgia 0.018
65 Iran 0.018
66 Nicaragua 0.017
67 Bulgaria 0.017
68 Liberia 0.017
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.016
70 Guinea 0.016
71 Panama 0.016
72 Cameroon 0.016
73 Afghanistan 0.015
74 Ukraine 0.015
75 Mexico 0.015
76 Equatorial Guinea 0.014
77 Croatia 0.014
78 Moldova 0.014
79 North Macedonia 0.014
80 Eswatini 0.014
81 Ecuador 0.014
82 Tajikistan 0.013
83 Lesotho 0.013
84 Serbia 0.013
85 Samoa 0.013
86 Yemen 0.013
87 Tunisia 0.013
88 Ireland 0.013
89 Tanzania 0.013
90 Guinea-Bissau 0.013
91 Greece 0.012
92 Romania 0.012
93 Myanmar 0.012
94 Uzbekistan 0.012
95 Albania 0.012
96 Morocco 0.012
97 Dominica 0.011
98 Burkina Faso 0.011
99 Brunei 0.011
100 Timor-Leste 0.010
101 Senegal 0.010
102 Honduras 0.010
103 Spain 0.010
104 Kenya 0.010
105 Costa Rica 0.010
106 Cambodia 0.010
107 Côte d'Ivoire 0.010
108 Hungary 0.010
109 Cuba 0.009
110 Slovenia 0.009
111 Iraq 0.009
112 Armenia 0.009
113 Malaysia 0.009
114 Türkiye 0.009
115 Austria 0.009
116 Slovakia 0.009
117 Portugal 0.008
118 Egypt 0.008
119 Poland 0.008
120 Ethiopia 0.008
121 Sierra Leone 0.008
122 Azerbaijan 0.008
123 France 0.008
124 Jordan 0.008
125 Cabo Verde 0.008
126 Benin 0.008
127 Syria 0.007
128 Thailand 0.007
129 Czechia 0.007
130 Tonga 0.007
131 Cyprus 0.007
132 China 0.007
133 Denmark 0.007
134 Indonesia 0.007
135 Ghana 0.006
136 Togo 0.006
137 United Arab Emirates 0.006
138 Micronesia 0.006
139 Kiribati 0.006
140 Guatemala 0.006
141 Andorra 0.006
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.006
143 Italy 0.005
144 Marshall Islands 0.005
145 Nepal 0.005
146 Antigua and Barbuda 0.005
147 North Korea 0.005
148 Switzerland 0.004
149 Malawi 0.004
150 Germany 0.004
151 Dominican Republic 0.004
152 Sao Tome and Principe 0.004
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.004
154 Uganda 0.004
155 Liechtenstein 0.004
156 Qatar 0.004
157 Nigeria 0.004
158 Jamaica 0.004
159 Trinidad and Tobago 0.004
160 Seychelles 0.004
161 Luxembourg 0.004
162 Kuwait 0.004
163 Gambia 0.004
164 United Kingdom 0.003
165 Saint Lucia 0.003
166 El Salvador 0.003
167 Tuvalu 0.003
168 Vietnam 0.003
169 Pakistan 0.003
170 Japan 0.003
171 Grenada 0.003
172 Sri Lanka 0.003
173 Belgium 0.003
174 Philippines 0.003
175 Haiti 0.002
176 Israel 0.002
177 Comoros 0.002
178 India 0.002
179 South Korea 0.002
180 The Netherlands 0.002
181 Burundi 0.002
182 San Marino 0.002
183 Lebanon 0.002
184 Rwanda 0.002
185 Nauru 0.002
186 Mauritius 0.002
187 Barbados 0.002
188 Palestine 0.001
189 Bangladesh 0.001
190 Maldives 0.001
191 Malta 0.001
192 Bahrain 0.000
193 Singapore 0.000
194 Monaco 0.000

Key facts

Runners-up

Australia is 2nd and Namibia 3rd.

Lead

Mongolia has 1.6× the figure of Australia.

Questions

What country has the most km² of land per person?

Mongolia ranks first in the world for km² of land per person, at 0.437.

What country has the second most km² of land per person?

Australia ranks second, with 0.279 (km² of land per person).

How many countries are in this ranking?

194 countries with data from World Bank (2023). Territories are not ranked.

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