Land area in China

The land area of China was 9,388,210 km² in 2024.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
China, 2024 9,388,210 Square kilometres
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 9,388,210 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as China (2024).
Position in 2024 2nd of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in China over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period ChinaWorld
2024 9,388,210 km² –
2023 9,388,210 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 9,388,210 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 9,388,210 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 9,388,210 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 9,388,210 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 9,388,210 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 9,388,210 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 9,388,210 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 9,388,211 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 9,388,211 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 9,388,211 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 9,388,211 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 9,388,211 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 9,388,211 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 9,388,211 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 9,388,211 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 9,388,211 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 9,388,211 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 9,388,212 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 9,388,213 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 9,388,213 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 9,388,213 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 9,388,214 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 9,388,220 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9,388,211 km², the figure has changed by 0%.
  • Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, China has the 2nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for China
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)