Land area in South Asia

The land area of South Asia was 3,346,818 km² in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2023 Source: World Bank
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2023 3,346,818 Square kilometres
Change from 2022 0% 2022: 3,347,100 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate

Land area in South Asia 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 2023
Period South AsiaWorld
2023 3,346,818 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 3,347,100 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 3,347,010 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 3,347,010 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 3,347,014 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 3,347,014 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 3,347,047 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 3,347,047 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 3,347,020 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 3,347,837 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 3,347,837 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 3,347,837 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 3,347,837 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 3,347,837 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 3,347,837 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 3,347,837 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 3,347,837 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 3,347,837 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 3,347,837 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 3,347,837 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 3,349,520 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 3,349,520 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 3,349,520 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 3,349,520 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0% from 3,347,100 km² in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 3,347,837 km², the figure has changed by 0%.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 129,763,686 km².

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 2023 for South Asia
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)