Rural land area (sq. km) 1990-2015 ranked by countries in the world

Time-series interactive graphs, charts, and maps for 1990-2015 explore the list of countries ranked by Rural land area (sq. km).

Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

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Map 2015 | Rural land area (sq. km)

Ranked by country 2015 | Rural land area (sq. km)

	Rank	Country	Rural land area (sq. km)	Ch.
	1	Russia	16,224,183
	2	Canada	9,197,138	-0.01%
	3	United States	8,903,098	-0.23%
	4	China	8,723,723	-0.97%
	5	Brazil	8,385,496	-0.06%
	6	Australia	7,650,418	-0.02%
	7	India	2,956,471	-1.54%
	8	Argentina	2,735,390	-0.05%
	9	Kazakhstan	2,636,600	-0.02%
	10	Algeria	2,305,478	-0.07%
	11	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	2,295,899	-0.10%
	12	Mexico	1,920,994	-0.35%
	13	Saudi Arabia	1,908,957	-0.09%
	14	Sudan	1,859,900	-0.05%
	15	Indonesia	1,820,838	-0.60%
	16	Libya	1,619,018	-0.03%
	17	Iran	1,601,053	-0.19%
	18	Mongolia	1,549,425
	19	Peru	1,281,204	-0.04%
	20	Chad	1,272,924	-0.02%
	21	Mali	1,251,575	-0.03%
	22	Angola	1,251,000	-0.08%
	23	South Africa	1,204,427	-0.16%
	24	Niger	1,187,981	-0.04%
	25	Colombia	1,127,198	-0.04%
	26	Ethiopia	1,124,616	-0.16%
	27	Bolivia	1,059,511	-0.02%
	28	Mauritania	1,045,548	-0.01%
	29	Egypt	971,206	-0.30%
	30	Venezuela	899,029	-0.09%
	31	Nigeria	882,025	-0.72%
	32	Tanzania	880,726	-0.17%
	33	Namibia	827,174	-0.01%
	34	Pakistan	821,721	-2.47%
	35	Mozambique	775,002	-0.09%
	36	Türkiye	754,925	-0.32%
	37	Zambia	740,140	-0.05%
	38	Chile	723,595	-0.07%
	39	Myanmar	660,980	-0.13%
	40	Afghanistan	636,173	-0.27%
	41	Somalia	635,102	-0.09%
	42	South Sudan	623,625	-0.03%
	43	Central African Republic	622,165	-0.02%
	44	Madagascar	588,613	-0.09%
	45	Kenya	579,896	-0.21%
	46	Botswana	572,887	-0.03%
	47	Ukraine	569,710	0.17%
	48	France	522,936	-0.42%
	49	Thailand	491,892	-0.59%
	50	Spain	488,926	-0.35%
	51	Cameroon	463,837	-0.08%
	52	Turkmenistan	463,258	-0.06%
	53	Papua New Guinea	462,122	-0.02%
	54	Yemen	452,881	-0.13%
	55	Iraq	434,270	-0.48%
	56	Uzbekistan	412,602	-0.55%
	57	Sweden	411,134	-0.05%
	58	Morocco	409,516	-0.19%
	59	Paraguay	396,431	-0.05%
	60	Zimbabwe	386,236	-0.08%
	61	Congo	340,341	0.01%
	62	Malaysia	318,198	-0.61%
	63	Côte d'Ivoire	318,024	-0.20%
	64	Japan	316,736	-0.23%
	65	Germany	316,383	-0.15%
	66	Greenland	315,961
	67	Oman	309,152	-0.17%
	68	Norway	306,188	-0.07%
	69	Finland	302,765	-0.04%
	70	Viet Nam	297,627	-1.29%
	71	Poland	293,194	-0.43%
	72	Philippines	282,120	-0.96%
	73	Italy	277,071	-0.58%
	74	Burkina Faso	273,918	-0.14%
	75	New Zealand	270,549	-0.05%
	76	Gabon	263,338	-0.02%
	77	Ecuador	253,214	-0.12%
	78	Guinea	244,206	-0.12%
	79	Romania	229,906	0.20%
	80	Lao People's Dem. Republic	228,354	-0.08%
	81	Ghana	227,830	-0.60%
	82	United Kingdom	218,903	-0.38%
	83	Guyana	209,904
	84	Uganda	201,995	-0.66%
	85	Belarus	201,456	0.14%
	86	Senegal	194,449	-0.27%
	87	Kyrgyzstan	186,901	-0.19%
	88	Syrian Arab Republic	180,423	-0.50%
	89	Cambodia	176,181	-0.18%
	90	Uruguay	173,707	-0.04%
	91	Tunisia	151,133	-0.26%
	92	Suriname	145,003	-0.06%
	93	Nepal	140,133	-0.82%
	94	Tajikistan	134,045	-0.57%
	95	Greece	128,796	-0.07%
	96	Eritrea	120,001	-0.08%
	97	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	119,025	-0.17%
	98	Nicaragua	118,298	-0.15%
	99	Benin	113,691	-0.52%
	100	Honduras	110,411	-0.41%
	101	Bulgaria	108,914	0.17%
	102	Cuba	106,665	-0.28%
	103	Guatemala	105,527	-0.68%
	104	Liberia	95,558	-0.14%
	105	Malawi	93,703	-0.26%
	106	Iceland	88,792	-0.01%
	107	Portugal	87,686	-0.11%
	108	Hungary	87,565	-0.03%
	109	Korea	86,793	-2.42%
	110	Jordan	86,673	-0.69%
	111	Azerbaijan	82,219	-0.54%
	112	Austria	80,031	-0.36%
	113	Bangladesh	79,329	-6.88%
	114	United Arab Emirates	77,233	-1.12%
	115	Serbia	74,453	0.25%
	116	Czechia	73,926	-0.47%
	117	Panama	73,614	-0.27%
	118	Sierra Leone	71,911	-0.31%
	119	Georgia	68,069	0.32%
	120	Ireland	67,698	-0.42%
	121	Latvia	62,762	0.17%
	122	Lithuania	62,585	0.09%
	123	Sri Lanka	61,386	-0.96%
	124	Togo	56,198	-0.30%
	125	Croatia	54,777	-0.04%
	126	Costa Rica	49,805	-0.54%
	127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49,135	-0.35%
	128	Slovakia	46,876	-0.30%
	129	Dominican Republic	45,390	-1.08%
	130	Estonia	42,657	-0.03%
	131	Denmark	40,366	-0.33%
	132	Bhutan	39,041	-0.04%
	133	Switzerland	34,764	-1.77%
	134	Guinea-Bissau	33,293	-0.10%
	135	Moldova	31,804	-0.02%
	136	Lesotho	30,172	-0.06%
	137	Solomon Islands	28,414	-0.06%
	138	Armenia	27,342	-0.13%
	139	Albania	27,332	-0.14%
	140	Equatorial Guinea	26,898	-0.12%
	141	Netherlands	26,212	-2.23%
	142	Haiti	25,688	-0.47%
	143	Burundi	24,151	-1.30%
	144	North Macedonia	23,681	-0.25%
	145	Belgium	22,781	-3.27%
	146	Rwanda	22,337	-2.25%
	147	Belize	21,708	-0.12%
	148	Djibouti	21,572	-0.06%
	149	Slovenia	19,401	-0.21%
	150	Israel	19,195	-2.59%
	151	Fiji	18,884	-0.18%
	152	New Caledonia	18,754	-0.21%
	153	El Salvador	18,676	-1.59%
	154	Eswatini	17,073	-0.30%
	155	Kuwait	16,648	-0.81%
	156	Timor-Leste	14,910	-0.11%
	157	Montenegro	13,147	-0.10%
	158	Vanuatu	12,338	-0.08%
	159	Bahamas	12,280	-0.21%
	160	Qatar	10,591	-2.41%
	161	Gambia	10,198	-0.78%
	162	Jamaica	10,006	-1.20%
	163	Cyprus	8,748	-1.38%
	164	Lebanon	8,546	-7.69%
	165	Puerto Rico	6,517	-1.60%
	166	Brunei Darussalam	5,572	-0.62%
	167	State of Palestine	4,391	-8.69%
	168	Trinidad and Tobago	4,364	-2.18%
	169	Cabo Verde	4,044	-0.12%
	170	French Polynesia	3,984	-0.19%
	171	Samoa	2,817	-1.04%
	172	Luxembourg	2,247	-3.25%
	173	Comoros	1,535	-4.65%
	174	Mauritius	1,524	-9.08%
	175	Faroe Islands	1,386
	176	Sao Tome and Principe	994	0.18%
	177	Turks and Caicos Islands	911	-1.57%
	178	Kiribati	908	-0.42%
	179	Micronesia	758	-0.41%
	180	Dominica	736	-0.29%
	181	Tonga	702	-0.51%
	182	China, Hong Kong SAR	591	-5.19%
	183	Saint Lucia	545	-2.17%
	184	Isle of Man	538	-1.25%
	185	Palau	481
	186	Northern Mariana Islands	477	1.08%
	187	Seychelles	475	-0.27%
	188	Guam	467	-0.86%
	189	Andorra	409	0.22%
	190	Antigua and Barbuda	396	-0.73%
	191	Bahrain	336	-12.11%
	192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	329	-0.31%
	193	Curaçao	316	-1.96%
	194	Grenada	291	-1.77%
	195	United States Virgin Islands	274	-1.40%
	196	Marshall Islands	272	-0.75%
	197	Maldives	260	0.17%
	198	Saint Kitts and Nevis	254	-0.61%
	199	Barbados	249	-4.90%
	200	Cayman Islands	229	-6.65%
	201	Singapore	210	-11.18%
	202	American Samoa	198	-5.49%
	203	Malta	151	-4.60%
	204	British Virgin Islands	148	-4.64%
	205	Liechtenstein	117	-4.86%
	206	Aruba	85	-10.54%
	207	Tuvalu	39
	208	San Marino	36	-8.64%
	209	Saint Martin (French part)	28	-9.08%
	210	Bermuda	20	-27.95%
	211	Nauru	15
	212	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	9	-20.61%
	213	China, Macao SAR	8	-7.29%
	214	Gibraltar	0
	215	Monaco	0