Country area

(thousand hectares)

Russian Federation is the top country by country area in the world. As of 2021, country area in Russian Federation was 1.71 million thousand hectares that accounts for 12.28% of the world's country area. The top 5 countries (others are Canada, the United States of America, China, and Brazil) account for 43.59% of it. The world's total country area was estimated at 13.9 million thousand hectares in 2021.

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What is country area?

Country area, area of the country including area under inland water bodies, but excluding offshore territorial waters.